ABOUT FRUITS, FLOWERS AND FABMING. 101 



will be feeble, and the juices stored in them thin. Now 

 the power to resist cold, among other things, is in propor 

 tion to the viscidity of the fluids in a plant. 



It is highly desirable that the chemical researches which 

 have revolutionized the art of cultivation, should be pushed 

 into the morbid anatomy of vegetation. A close, exact 

 analysis of all the substances in an injured condition, will 

 save a vast deal of bootless ingenuity and fanciful specu 

 lation. 



WINTER TALK. 



Do not be tempted by fine weather to haul out manure 

 it will be half wasted by lying in small heaps over the 

 field ; to spread it will be worse yet ; manure should lie in 

 a stack, as little exposed to the weather as possible. 



Look to your fences ; see that they are in complete order 

 and leave nothing of this to consume your time in the 

 spring when you will need all your force for other work. 

 It is well to haul all the rails you will need for the year. 

 The timber will last longer cut now. Do not leave rails or 

 sticks of timber lying where you cleave them, on the damp 

 ground, they will decay more in six months there, than in 

 eighteen when properly cared for. Put two rails down and 

 lay the rest across them so as to have a circulation of air 

 beneath. If you have five or ten acres of deadening which 

 you mean to clear up and put to corn, you may as well 

 roll the logs now. Every good farmer should study 

 through the winter to make his spring work as light as 

 possible. Whatever can be done now do not fail to do 

 it ; you will have enough to do when spring opens ; and 

 perhaps the season may be one which will crowd your work 

 into a week or two. If you have young fruit-trees, or a lit- 



