Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-02

STOP THE LEAKS.

No one will deny the Importance of
closing up the holes which time and
decay will eventually make through the
roofs of our buildings. 1t is not at all
pleasant to have the rain beating down
upon us as we sit at our tables or around
our hearths of an evening, or to have
the plastering over our heads come
crashing down upon US, leaving an un-
slightly spot, all in consequence of few
leaks in the roof Nor does it make the
hay in our barns any more palatable
for the cattle to have the water fltering
through it from certain large holes in
the roof. But there are other leaks
in the fran which should be stopped or
much damage will be done. BY throw
ing the solid manure out of the stable
window and leaving it exposed to rains
and storms till much of its value has
been soaked out Of it. and by allowing
the liquid manure to run through the
stable floor to be lost in the ground be-
meath, man may lose much valuable
property every year. If a man cannot
we'll have good cellar under his barn
he can at least provide some shelter for
the manure, and some absorbent for the
valuable liquid material which will be
wasted unless pains be taken every day
to preserve it.
Another leakage results from the
neglect af farm implements. If plows,
harrows, shovels, chains and other tools
are left scattered about the fields and
yards they will soon be ruined, and the
expense of purchasing new ones will
take away large share of the profits
of the following year. Moving ma
chimes aud rakes are usually put away
in sheltered places, and yet these costly
machines are left sometimes for weeks in
the fields where they were last used.
Still another leak in the profit of
farming sometimes results from bad
bargains. A farmer should not be a
horse jockey. One who stands ready
to trade horses with every man who
has horse that he wishes to dispose of,
may occasionally make a few dollars
but in the long run he will lose more
than he gains, unless he is much more
fortunate than most of men. A great
deal of valuable time is wasted in such
trades, and there is too much risk in the
business. If any man needs to be care
full not to get swindled and deceived By
. jockeys and sharpers, that man is the
farmer. Ordinary farmers have nj
money to throw away in foolish trades
Yet farmers have the name of being
easily duped by designing men ant
persuaded into almost anything b.
!. those who have plenty of that articl'
r called "check." Many a farmers hard
i earned cash leaks out into the hands o
some agent for a worthless machine, o
some artful lightning rod peddler, ant
+ he is able to pay for it, he has per
feet right to do SO /: but he should b
very careful to know what he is pur
chasing. and how much it will cost him
before he allows twice as much none,
to leak out of his pocket az he expected
is to pay. And in regard to patent ma
y chimes, farmer who attends to his ow1
business will not have much time t
a spare in selling patent rights, nor
E. it advisable to believe the fatterin
stories that skillful general agen
will tell of the prospects of maxim
7. money by attempting to introduce som
10 new churn or washing machine, or othe
to implement. Such an agency rarel
ct pays when a man makes it his bushes!
le But it is extremely unwise for farme
to be ready to invest money in buyin
the right to sell an article, and the
H. neglect his own work with the unce
tain prospect of selling enough to g
back what he has paid out.
n n We might mention many more leak
er but will only speak of one more, ;
present, and that is the one which r.
suits when man neglects to give b
>, personal attention to his business. Tin
= is money, and the farmer who spent
much of his time lounging about be-
saloons, not only loses his time, b
much more of his cash leaks out f
beer and cigars than he is aware {
until he wakes up to the startling ia
that his income has escaped-gone som
where, he hardly knows where. The
s. are very few farmers who can affo
to hire all their work done. Hard al
unpleasant as it is to bend ones ba
m to hard work, it must be done if M
d is to prosper in farming, unless pr
n chance he is so fortunate as to be a ca
IN italist or fancy farmer, not depende
3, upon the products of his farm for
\. support. A large proportion of t
T.. farmers who find themselves financial
is embarrassed in the hard times can att
a butte their condition to no other eau
n. than the lack of close attention to
is details of the farm. No hired help
to as much interested in attending to the
n details as the farmer himself. Let
man u,ho 20 ON tha dounh;l1 erode