Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-04-10

1t should be considered by farmers that the
farm is factory, but the majority of far
mers do not avail themselves of its -dvan-
tages in that respect. The farm also pro.
duces its own raw material from which to
manufacture articles of sale. Instead of the
farm being adapted to a single occupation
only, it is really a combination of a great
many pursuits. The implements and ma
chinery are varied, and the products are not
limited to any particular article. 1t is be.
cause all the advantages of farming are not
utilized that so many failures occur, for with
proper management and judicious system no
pursuit is surer, owing to the many available
forms in which the farm produce may be
marketed.
There is no advantage in selling the r.
material off the farm, and by the term raw
material is included all the vegetation pro
duced. The farmer usually sells the first
product (Which brings the lowest price al.
Ways, and its conversion into more salable
matter is done through the agency Of others
He can partially regulate the prices obtained
by sending his produce to market only 10
such forms as will bring profit, and the ad-
vantage lies in the unlimited time for doing
this. The machinery for producing the raw
material is constantly getting out of repair,
but the machinery used for converting the
products into different material is self-sus.
tanning and lf-repairing. l. make it plain
er, the COW is a machine for converting hay
and grain into milk, butter, cheese and beef
As she gradually wears out she supplies her
place with newer machine. She is capable
of appropriating and utilizing a vast amount
of matter which could not find a market but
for her assistance, while at the same time she
returns portion of the original cost in the
shape of manure for the purpose of assisting
to further increase the amount of raw mate
rial. The eve furnishes wool, mutton and
lambs, and, unlike the COW, forages upon the
barren waste places, gathering the scanty
heritage, and compelling even the weeds to
furnish their quota. The SOW, the most pro-
life of our animals, fills the ia mly pork bar
rel and furnishes progeny that mature quick
ly and reach the market in a short time, and
on variety of food which permits of the
cultivation and utilization of many crops
that are rarely salable, except at a low price.
The mare gives US the power with which to
perform the work required and adds her of
spring to the revenue; and even the poultry,
though but small part of tho whole. are eff
fective and capable machines for the CONVEX.
sion of much waste material into ready sell
ing carcasses and eggs. Thus it is seen that
animals aud birds are machines, performing
their work by different methods and giving a
variety of manufactured products which are
salable at all seasons of the year.
II the farm is factory, it must be, to yield
profit, first-class one A poor machine
will do inferior work only, and to get the
best results the most perfect and labor, saving
machinery alone should be employed. It is
not good judgment in the farmer manufac.
turer to use a machine that makes only ten
quarts of milk from the material used when
he can as readily use one that manufactures
double that quantity and even more. As fac
tories are provided with the latest inventions,
in order to compete with rivals 80 must the
farmer begin to realize that he too is in com.
petition with his fellow-farmers, and endeav-
or to secure the greatest profits by the eff
cheney of his machinery and the quality of
its products. No business man is satisfied
with the machinery of twenty years ago, and
why should the farmer be less energetic ?
The old-fashioned milk machine should give
way to the Hostein, Ayrshire and Jersey.
The pork barrel must be filled quickly and
cheaply by the Berkshire, Chester, Yorkshire
and Poland China The wool and mutton
must come from the Merino, the Cotswold
and the downs :" and the ''old blue hen"
must make room for the Brabma, the Leg
horn and the Plymouth Rock. The factory
must be worked to its fullest capacity, and
nothing should be sold off the farm until it
has been utilized by the machines I'hila-
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