1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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SYSTEM AND ECONOMY IN FARMING. 



It was Weslei who said. •■ / am alwayz in huste 

 but never in </ hurry" — a saying truly characteristic 

 i f the careful and prudenl tanner. No momenl is 

 wasted in listless i Lleness : he lias no time to waste 

 in gossip i •!)()!•• — 



but \. i the day are over, cheerfi 



and content are his. lor his duty has lien a 

 plished. 1 te ha -\< ne 1 to his work, and without hurry 



i be has een his work done, and t: 



sink below the horizon, bidding him to refreshment, 



domestic enjoyment, and i e. System and 



order point out. the work lor every hour, and by 



"making hasteslowly" nothing is left undone, which 



io at the time presenl ; consequently no 



rets or repinings ever disturb his comfort, or tho 



: his home. When morning opens the 



the wife who is as dear to him as the 



bright red drops of his heart — and his children, the 



best ornament o\' his power — with these around him 



praise and thanks are the first emotions, silently or 



loudly expressed. With energy and strength he goes 



forth, to perform no uncertain duty, and never with 



the inquiry as to what is to be done. No — his well 



arranged system leads him from day to day and from 



hour to hour to that particular work which careful 



study and thought had pre-arranged. 



Thus the seasons, in all their beauty and fruitful- 

 ness fly round the circle of the farmer's life, lessening 

 its span year by year, till, reaching its centre, he 

 passes away full of age and happiness, the object of 

 veneration and joyous reflections to those who remain 

 of his contented household, and the pole star by which 

 they endeavor to follow in the path leading to results 

 for which every heart should pant and strive. 



While we are yet young and in middle life, how 

 often does the question arise, " when shall ive find 

 time" to read or study, or do some one admitted and 

 needful duty ? No sooner does this question present 

 itself, or even the thought exist, than we should sus- 

 pect error in our heads or hearts, for there is time for 

 all things good and profitable. Many are the noble 

 instances of persons in this country, who, after the 

 usual hours of labor, between the rising and setting 

 sun. have then fovnd time to become familiar with 

 knowledge, leading them to the highest honors of our 

 nation, and well-merited applause of their fellow-men. 



Where is the man who does not waste more than 

 one hour in every day of his life ? — wasted in the 

 pursuit of unproductive amusements, or in empty idle- 

 ness. Let each man scrutinize his own daily con- 

 duct and I am convinced he will admit that an average 

 loss of time exceeding two hours per day has marked 

 his every year. Suppose then we admit that one 

 hour per day is saved for a life of fifty years — it gives 

 a saving of about four years, a period equal to the 

 acquisition of knowledge sufficient for success in any 

 vocation of life, when added to the practical observa- 

 tions and applications of our daily work. In this 

 respect the farmer has peculiar and extensive advan- 

 tage over every other class of men. The very ele- 

 ments of creation are ever before him ; the daily 

 bread, the comfort and happiness of all other classes 

 are dependent, under providence, on the exertions of 

 the farmer ; in this country the very government is 

 upheld, directly and indirectly, mainly by the agri- 

 culturist. What a field, then, has the farmer for 

 study ! and what inducements has he to seek, exam- 

 ine, digest and thoroughly to understand the great 



book of knowledge thus placed in his keeping for the 

 good of his fellow-men ! — to economize his time, 

 avoiding waste. Farmer.— Seneca Co., 1849. 



THE AYRSHIRE COW "AYR," 



Owned by E. P. Prentice, Esq. of Mt. Hope, near 

 Albany, is one of the most perfect and beautiful ani- 

 mals of that breed which we ever saw. The por- 

 trait gives a very good idea of her form, fcc. She 

 is thus described by Mr. Howard of the Cultivator, 

 in which journal the cut originally appeared: 



"She possesses in a high degree the excellent 

 milking properties which distinguish the best of the 

 breed to which she belongs, united to a more perfect 

 symmetry than we have ever seen in any other Ayr- 

 shire, and which we have seldom, if ever, known 

 equalled in any breed. Her body, (as will be seen 

 by the cut,) is small ; but her frame or bone is pro- 

 portionally less. The head is small, the face dished, 

 the forehead broad, and the eye prominent. The neck 

 is small at the junction of the head, but pretty deep 

 and full at its connection with the body. The back 

 is straight, the crops fine, the ribs round, the loins 

 broad, the flanks deep, the udder capacious, (spread- 

 ing wide on the body but not hanging low,) and 

 the milk veins large and prominent. The legs 

 are small but strong, hard, and sinewy, like those 

 of a deer. The great length and depth of the 

 hind quarters might, from a profile view, give the 

 idea that the chest was too light ; but though the 

 hind quarters are proportionally heaviest, (as we 

 prefer to have them in a milch cow,) there is no defi- 

 ciency in the fore end. The sternum, (or breast 

 bone,) is wide, the fore legs stand wide apart, the 

 bosom is full, and the first ribs are particularly full 

 and wide-spread at their junction with the sternum, 

 giving a chest of great capacity for an animal of her 

 size. As her form and general appearance indicate, 

 she is healthy and hardy. Her skin is of a yellowish 

 hue, mellow and elastic ; and though she does not 

 possess the fattening quality in an excessive degree, 

 or to an extent that would interfere with her dairy 

 qualities, she thrives very rapidly when not giving 

 milk. The quantity of milk she aflbrds is, in propor- 

 tion to her size, quite extraordinary. She has given, 

 when on grass-feed only, upwards of twenty quarts 

 (by actual measure) per day, and she continues in 

 milk till near calving. No particular experiments 

 have been made with regard to butter, but her milk 

 has been ascertained to produce a large proportion of 

 the richest cream." 



A bright plowshare is the cheapest commodity 

 ever used by a farmer. — Cobbett. 



