Transactions - Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ... the young ones talk of pears in the present and in the future. li Ah, but the pear tree needs attention " And what good thing is there that does not? Look at the other side, the almost fabulous prices that good pears bring, and the great satisfaction there is in growing, and also, in eating them. If farmers consulted their own interest, every farm would have its vineyard, its pear orchard, its peach orchard and its strawberry patch. The health of the family and the health of the purse would be benefited an hundred fold by them. There is, beyond doubt, more attention paid to stock, than formerly, and it is on the increase. Farmers are getting discontented with their native and grade stock, and are looking for full blooded cattle. This has led to the introduction into the State of much valuable stock, during the past year. This is matter of congratulation. There is no reason why they should not have as eood milch cows and oxen as any body else. And so of sheep and swine. The last dog law of the State, with the increased price of wool, has given an impulse to sheep husbandry. If the farmer pursue his own interest in this matter, Kentucky mutton will not be found for sale in our markets. And, in spite of all the anathemas that are leveled at the hog, he will never be entirely proscribed, or, if so, the proscription will be disregarded. The good farmer can make him more than earn his living, if compelled to throw away his carcase. But prices current do not indorse the belief that the carcase need to be thrown away at less than 18 to 20 cents per pound. The formation of the New England Agricultural Society, during the past year, will be hailed by the farmers of Rhode Island as an omen of great good. Composed, as it is, of individuals from all the New Englan...