ABOUT FRUITS, FLOWERS AND FARMING. 11 



ning-piano, a clean cupboard, a clean dairy, and a clean con- 

 science. 



We firmly disbelieve in farmers that will not improve ; 

 in farms that grow poorer every year ; in starveling cattle ; 

 in farmers' boys turning into clerks and merchants ; in 

 farmers' daughters unwilling to work, and in all farmers 

 ashamed of their vocation, or who drink whisky till honest 

 people are ashamed of them. 



ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR. 



1. WORK FOR JANUARY. If you have done as you ought 

 to have done, you have a snug ice-house, with double walls, 

 the space between which is filled with non-conducting sub- 

 stances, as pulverized charcoal, or dried saw-dust, or tan- 

 bark, which are mentioned in the order of their value. Cut 

 your blocks of ice of a size and shape with reference to 

 close packing. Cover over thickly with clean straw when 

 the stock of ice is all in. Look out not to lose all your 

 chance in waiting for a better one ; sometimes careful folks 

 mean to have such glorious ice, that an open winter cheats 

 them out of any at all. 



WARMTH. The best fire in winter is made up of exercise, 

 and the poorest, of whisky. He that keeps warm on liquor 

 is like a man who pulls his house to pieces to feed the fire 

 place. The prudent and temperate use of liquor is to let it 

 alone. If you don't touch it, it certainly won't hurt you ; 

 he that says there is no danger, boasts that he is something 

 more than other men. 



The way to summer your cattle well is to winter them 

 well ; and half the secret of good wintering is to keep them 

 warm. Animal heat is generated in proportion to the abun- 

 dance and excellence of their food. Exposure to the cold 

 air withdraws heat rapidly, and of course makes more food 



