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The Farmers — To destroy S!orreI. 



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rops. I have not debited tlie corn crop to 



ar vesting-, nor "either of the three grain crops 



) expense of preparing for market, the fod- 



er and litter furnished by the stalks and 



;raw will be sufficient to balance these ; one 



ere of No. 1 was occupied by broom corn, — 



itto of No. 2 by potatoes and sugar beets, 



•J lese and other matters may form another 



ommunication. [Send it on.] I have given 



lis exhibit of the mode of management of 



tie farm, not but that I suppose it capable of 



■reat improvement, or excelled by others, but 



ave stated it just as it was, in hopes that 



thers may be led to follow the example, when 



y comparison the good and bad practices of 



ach will be discovered. It will be seen that 



wo of the main crops, the corn and hay, 



i^ere very deficient. This, however, was 



wing rather to accidental circumstances, than 



any fault of culture. The wheat is liable 



injury from the frost, mildew and rust; the 



orn, from the grub, wire-worm, drought and 



hort seasons ; oats is almost a sure crop; — 



frass may suffer by dry weather and from 



he attacks of grasshoppers. As the crops of 



he farmer are thus exposed to so many ene- 



nie-', it is hardly likely he will escape with- 



)Ut material injury received by one or other 



)f them ; this he should anticipate ; it is well 



hat it should be so, it calls forth the reason- 



ng faculties, to apply a remedy for these dis- 



isters; it awakens the subtle energies of the 



nind, and affords them an incentive to re- 



ewed exertion, and which is the only means 



hereby tliey may be developed. Happily 



lear of the vortex of trade and speculation — 



ndependent of man — the agriculturist should 



all in his power to avert impending evils, 



nd then rest contented, that he has performed 



fflsBhis quota, to the extent of his abilities, and 



that to God alone does he look to crown his 



endeavors with increase and plenty. 



In the retrospect of the past, we will find 

 perhaps, that agriculture has received a great- 

 er impulse during the last twenty years, than 

 in double or treble that period, previously — 

 that during this space of time, a great number 

 of those who have brought a scientific know- 

 ledge and enlightened education to bear upon 

 the subject — and aid them in putting theory 

 into practice, have thrown aside the narrow 

 prejudices, contracted by the world at large, 

 have entered the arena, and are bringing these 

 pursuits up to their true standard, clearly de- 

 monstrating that herein there is an ample 

 field for the exercise of the clearest faculties, 

 and the deepest scientific -vesearches, calcu- 

 lated to afford enjoyment to those engaged in 

 it, and fiilly reimburse their expenditures. 



This march of improvement is not stayed, 

 happily we may safely assert, that at no point 

 of time, was it more in the full tide of pro- 

 gress than at the present, and no limits can be 



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set to its advancement. To quicken it our 

 farmers themselves must lay hold of the mat- 

 ter, they should individually experience that 

 a portion of this work is assigned the7n; — 

 tiiat they are called upon as integrant parts 

 of a great community, to further its interests, 

 by the means which they severally have at 

 command. They should be willing, impar- 

 tially, and unbiassed by old prejudices, to can- 

 vass all their actions, and bring them to the 

 test of reason. They should not suppose that 

 in any one particular have they reached to 

 ultimate perfection, and yet at the same time 

 keep this always in view, as the point to ar- 

 rive at, let our real tillers of the soil do this, 

 and the course must be onward. 



A. E. T. 



Philadelphia county, Oct. 25, 1839. 



The Fanners* 



The following just and eloquent tribute to 

 this meritorious class of American citizens 

 is from the pen of an eminent New England 

 clergyman. 



" There is one class of men upon whom 

 we can yet rely. It is the same class that 

 stood on the little green at Lexington, that 

 gathered on the heights of Bunker Hill, and 

 poured down from the hills of New England, 

 which were the life-blood of the nation when 

 the English lion was ready to devour it, — I 

 mean tiie Farmers. They were never found 

 to trample on law and right. Were I to com- 

 mit my character to any class of men, my 

 family, and my country's safety, it would be 

 to the farmers. They are a class of men 

 such as the world never saw for honesty, in- 

 telligence and Roman virtue, sweetened by 

 the Gijspel of God. And when this nation 

 quakes, they and their sons are those that will 

 stand by the sheet anchor of our liberties, and 

 hold the ship at her moorings till she outrides 

 the .storm." 



To destroy Sorrel. 



Among the pests to which the farmer is 

 subject, there is none more annoying or vex- 

 atious than sorrel. While it exhausts the 

 soil, and impedes the progress of healthful 

 and cleanly culture, it is utterly unfit for all 

 purposes of food. It is however fortunate for 

 the husbandman that there is a remedy. — 

 Lime is its certain destroyer. We say this 

 from experience, having tested its efficacy the 

 present season. We had a few acres infested 

 with it, much to our inconvenience : on a part 

 of this we spread sixty-six bushels and two- 

 thirds of lime to the acre ; on the balance we 

 spread two hundred bushels of ashes. The 

 sorrel on the limed part has nearly disappeared, 

 while on the portion on which ashes were 

 spread, it is as thick as ever. 



