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NEW" ENGLAND FARMER. 



feeding time, — this is the way man should do to 

 remain in health. 



Never pamper immediately after calving. At 

 milking time, the master or mistress should assist, 

 or be present, in order to see that the milkers milk 

 briskly and without talking. A great deal de- 

 pends on these two point.s. A milker may sing or 

 whistle, but not talk, but then it must be tunable. 

 There is an old saying that "the last drop is the 

 richest," and should be drawn. This is wrong, 

 for the last drop from a good milker never does 

 come. I have seen milkers pulling at the udder 

 for the "last drop," while a weekly constituted 

 cow has been made nearly sick. 



A mother who has suckled children can under- 

 stand this, and yet I have known thoughtless moth- 

 ers to foi'get it when milking cows. In stripping a 

 cow a milker finishes with his right hand, by tak- 

 ing the teats in rotation, and getting what can 

 come out; and when he gets hold of a teat, if he 

 can get milk twice, he must try that teat again af- 

 ter he has gone them round; but if he can only get 

 milk once, he should give up; for the last drop 

 which ought to betaken is then come; and if more 

 after this is got, it is a pull upon the milk veins, 

 and is no richer than milk taken at the first, or 

 rather it is of an average quality. 



If a farmer intends to follow his busiuess to the 

 best advantage, either he or his wife must them- 

 selves milk, or be present at the time of milking. 

 One of the best managers I am acquainted with al- 

 ways did the stripping himself, and left the others 

 to do the regular milking. 



LABOR SAVING. 



It is a notorious I'act that many of our farmers re- 

 gard but narrowly their own best interests. They 

 do not consider what great losers they are bj^ per- 

 mitting things to go as they do by sixes and sevens. 

 I was, several years ago, paying a visit to a friend, 

 by whom I was taught a lesson I shall not soon for- 

 get, in reference to the advantages gained by the 

 farmer in having a place for everything, and by 

 keeping everything in its proper place. 



The friend of whom I speak was a farmer in mod- 

 erate circumstances, yet he had eveything around 

 him arranged to the best advantage. His house 

 stood upon the summit of a hill. A short distance 

 from his kitchen door he had a high wall built, 

 surrounding his pig-sty, the location of which was 

 at the bottom of the hill. Beside this wall, and 

 upon the top of the hill, he had his granary erected, 

 adjoining which was his tool-house, where might 

 be found every implement suitable for agricultural 

 purposes, and also a work-bench, containing many 

 tools used in carpentering. These were so arranged 

 that not one of the family dare misplace them; yet 

 all had the privilege of using them, but each one 

 knew that they were to be returned to their appro- 

 priate places in the tool-house as soon as they were 

 done using them. I saw at once how much was 

 gained by adopting a system of this kind. Having 

 a place to keep each article in, much time would 

 be saved hunting it up when wanted; as he assured 

 me there was not one of his family but could go 

 and lay their hands upon any article they wanted 

 in the dark. — Dollar Newspaper. 



J^ We should be careful to practice, and treat 

 the humblest menial with courtesy as delicate as 

 wewo:i!(i show the children of alTluence and hon- 



or. So shall we transfuse in them a corresponding 

 refinement which will tend eventually, perhaps, to 

 make them purer in morals and more elevated in 

 mind. 



BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. 



One fountain there is, whose deep lying vein 

 has only just begun to throw up its silver drops 

 among mankind — a fountain which will allay the 

 thirst of millions, and will give to those who drink 

 from it, peace and joy. It is knowledge; fountain 

 of intellectual cultivation, which gives health to 

 mankind — makes clear the vision, brings joy to his 

 life, and breathes over his soul's destiny a deep re- 

 pose. Go and drink therefrom, thou whom for- 

 tune has not fovored, and thou wilt soon find thy- 

 self rich ! Thou mayest go forth into the world, 

 and find thyself everywhere at home; thou canst 

 cultivate in thy own little chamber: thy friends 

 are ever round thee, and carry on wise conversa- 

 tions with thee: nature, antiquity, heaven, are ac- 

 cessible to thee ! The industrious kingdom of the 

 ant, the works of man, the rainbow, and music's 

 sweet chords, offer to thy soul hospitality. — Freder- 

 eka Bremer. 



AYRSHIRE STOCK. 



We had the pleasure a few days since of exam- 

 ining the full blood Ayrshire stock at the N. H. 

 Asylum for the insane. It consists of a bull three 

 years old, a cow we think a year older, and two 

 heifer calves. They are beautiful specimens of the 

 breed. The bull is a noble animal with all the 

 fine points of the true Ayrshire about him, very 

 gentle and large of his age. The most attractive 

 of the lot is a calf six weeks old, that appeals to 

 our senses of the beautiful very strongly. Dr. 

 McFarland has been oftered thirty dollars for the 

 calf as it stands, but declines the price. It is des- 

 tined to be a noble cow. We advise all who wish 

 to see good specimens of the Ayrshire blood to vis- 

 it these at the hospital. 



fllcfljanics' Department, ^Irts, ^c 



YOUNG MECHANICS— THE WAY TO 

 RISE. 



We stated last week that few of our mechanics 

 rose direct from the workshop to important places 

 of trust in the republic, and we also stated that but 

 a few of the great many were qualified to fill im- 

 portant situations even in connection with the 

 trades they learned. Why is this ? Is it not pos- 

 sible for men to be as well educated in the work- 

 shop as anywhere else ? Do mechanics not pos- 

 .sess the same abilities as those who follow the pro- 

 fession ? Yes. Well, then, why is it they are 

 not in general fit to march out from the workshop 

 to fill the highest and most honorable offices in our 

 country 1 



The answer is, they do not in general try to 

 qualify themselves to fulfil their proper duties, as 

 citizens of this great republic. We suppose that 

 our mechanics themselves would be planet-struck, 

 if it was proposed to run one of their number for 

 President, but it is not our object, except in an an- 

 gular direction, to point to political situations; 

 we Jiope the point, however, will not be lost. 



We have alluded to the absence of a taste for 

 sound and solid reading among our mechanics, 

 and we have now to complain of the absence of a 



