1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



273 



HOMESTEAD OF THE THRIFTY FAR- 

 MBE. 



In contrast with the homestead of farmer Shick, 

 already presented, we now give a view of the beau- 

 tiful grounds and residence of farmer Thrift. And 

 what an attractive home it is. What an air of 

 neatness and comfort pervades the buildings ; every 

 board is tight, and every door swings true to its 

 place. No broken windows or dangling gates, no 

 old pots or pans, no old carts and wheels, mar the 

 general appearance of order which prevails. What 



an animated scene the fore-ground presents ! IIow 

 stout and^leek are the horses — how vigorous the 

 men — how appropriate the implements they are 

 using ! Children, reared and educated in such a 

 home, will carry out influences with them to make 

 the world a better and happier one. And then, to 

 adopt the language of the Pennsylvania Farm 

 Journal, the provident and thrifty farmer has 

 three rules for regulating his business, which he 

 observes himself and enforces on those around him , 

 viz. : to do everv thing in the right time, convert 







HOMESTEAD OF THE TUKIFTT FARMER. 



everything to its proper use, and put cverj' thing 

 in its proper place. 



He buys only the improved breeds of cattle, 

 horses, sheep and swine, and keeps no more than 

 he can keep well, either in summer or winter. 



He always drives on his work and never lets his 

 work drive him. 



His animals are never under fed or over 

 worked. 



His outhouses, wood-shed, poultry house, pig 

 pen, wagon house, spring house, and corn crib 

 are nicely white-washed or painted on the outside, 

 and kept clean and neat within. 



He has a tool house, and a place for every tool 

 in it, which may bo wanted for any ordinary farm 

 purposes, such as mending implements, making 

 axe or hoe or fork handles, &c., and also for stow- 

 ing carefully away, such as will not be Avantedfor 

 another season. 



He has sheds around his barn-yard, to protect 

 his cattle from the weather, and warm, well ven- 

 tilated stables for his cows and young stock, and 

 also a cellar or shed, to protect his manure heap. 



He has leaves or other refuse vegetable matter, 



together with soil from his headlands, convenient 

 to his barn-yard, to compost with his manure 

 heap, through the winter. 



He does not allow the liquid manure to escape 

 into the nearest stream, a quarter or half a mile 

 from his 1iarn-yard. 



His barn, and sheds, and dwellings are all sup- 

 plied with good spouting. 



His fences are always in good order, and mate- 

 teriaL^ for repairing or renewal, arc collected and 

 made during winter. 



His wood-shed is supplied with wood, cut in 

 August, always one year ahead. 



His wife never scolds, because she never has oc- 

 casion to. 



Her cellar and pantry are always supplied with 

 the needful raw material, which she works up in- 

 to a palatable form to fill up vacuums at meal 

 times. 



Heavy bread, cold buckwlieat cakes and rancid 

 butter arc novelties which her gudc man and the 

 children have heard tell of by some of the neigh- 

 bors, but have never seen. 



When a friend or two calls to lodge, a plate of 





