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tlie straw white and strong, not liable to fall. It is similar in ap- 

 pearance to the variety obtained from the Patent Office under the 

 name of Prince Albert wheat. 



It will yield as well as any other wheat grown and has been known 

 to weio-h 72 lbs. to the measured bushel, and yield 44 lbs. of flour 

 to the standard bushel ; and it is certainly a premiun flour in ap- 

 pearance and fact, having a rich and cream like color, and will bring 

 fifty cents per barrel more than any flour in the market. Ed. 



BFNEFIT OF "HARD TIMES." 



The last year was for this country a year of decided scarsity. 

 Prices were hi"-h and in many parts of our country the comforts, not 

 to say luxuries, were not abundant even for money. 



The efi"ect of this state of things has been and will continue to be 

 decidedly advantageous. Greater attention will be given to agricul- 

 tural pursuits. 



The fertile uncultivated lands with which portions of our country 

 abound and which have been neglected, will now be tilled. Any 

 observer must now see this economy manifested in the cultivation of 

 many a fence corner formerly filled with briars and weeds, and waste 

 Btrips once covered with logs and rubbish now carefully tilled. Be- 

 sides an air of neatness and thrift is now marked where formerly 

 great slovenliness and carelessness were prevalent. The conse- 

 quence will be that the life of the farmer will present far more at- 

 tractions and more solid and substantial comforts than the multitude 

 have been willing to concede. Too many have, of late, left its quiet 

 and healthful pursuits to crowd into the already overcrowded cities ; 

 forsaking, with niost perverted tastes, the green fields and shady 

 groves, and salubrious atmosphere of the country for the dust and 

 noise, and confined air that is found in streets and alleys. 



From the scarsity that has prevailed, combined with other causes, 

 attention will now be more strongly turned to the cultivation of the 

 soil, and as a conse(iuonce provisions of every kind will be more 

 abundant and cheaper. It is high time the current should set the 



