THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



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stone pile is found encumbering the flolds. Mr. 

 Morrill observed that a great portion of these stones 

 liad been moved witli his own hands. The ar- 

 rangement of the barn and barn yards is admira- 

 ble ; a t'ranary, built proof against rats, constitutes 

 one apartment of the barn. Any attempt to de- 

 scribe the conveniences about the barn and house 

 would be futile ; it suffices to say, that no gentle- 

 man upon the committee could suggest any con- 

 siderable alteration wliich would be an improve- 

 ment. Mr. Morrill had several varieties of wheat 

 growing — the Black sea wheat, the Tea wheat and 

 a kind resembling barley. His fields of corn and 

 potatoes were not stout, but remarkably clean. 

 His land being all of the elevated kind requiring 

 manure would be benefitted beyond measure if he 

 had the stable of some extensive tavern to which 

 lie might resort. He has however done every 

 thing in his power to increase the manure on his 

 own premises. The yard of his barn saves every 

 thing that comes into it; and the arrangement of 

 his hog habitation is admirably well adapted for the 

 increase of the material for crops. 



If the man who owns tliis pattern farm deserves 

 much praise, the lady within doors, who happens 

 to be the youngest daugliter of one of our respec- 

 table ancient Concord families, should likewise 

 come in for a full share. Just at the point of clos- 

 ing a rapid day's work, the hospitable gentleman 

 invited us to partake as a beverage of his 'told or- 

 chard." This was followed up by the lady to an 

 invitation to tea: tlie invitation was accepted on 

 condition that it should be on the table in fifteen 

 minutes. Every thing, under her own direction, 

 was as it should be in that time ; and before an en- 

 tertainment far better than we find at the Tremont 

 or AstOr hotels, because instead of skimmed milk 

 diluted with water, we had sweet cream, and in- 

 stead of stale bread made from sour flour we had 

 newly risen cakes made from barlej'-wheat grown 

 on the same premises, was finished, the good lady 

 gave us the information that every item of our bill 

 of fare, with the exception simply of the tea 

 brought from China, was tke product of their own 

 •farm from the labor of their own hands. 



The committee proceeded to the farm of S.mith 

 S.iSBor.N, Esq. Mr. Sanborn although of the com- 

 mittee, was necessarily absent in pursuit of his lost 

 health. The farm of this gentleman, besides pas- 

 ture and woodland at a distance, consists of 103 a- 

 cres of intervale on the east bank of the Merri- 

 mack. When this farm came into hia possession 

 about four years ago, it was considered to be what is 

 denominated a "v.-oru out farm." It is a lighter 

 soil than much of tlie intervale below in the town 

 of Concord, and lience is considered more di*licult 

 of renovation. A portion of it, so light and sandy 

 as to yield little or nothing, Mr. S. is bringing to 

 heart by summer tilling, ploughing in crops of oats, 

 and thus far has succeeded well. Another portion 

 of low land bound out to wild dwarf grass, ho has 

 reclaimed by ditching and draining. When he 

 came upon the ground, scarcely half a dozen 

 tons of good English hay were produced: twenty- 

 five acres have been so inproved as this, year to 

 turn out more than fifty tons of the best English 

 hay. The whole farm has yelded this season more 

 than eighty tons of hay. Four acres of the small 

 early corn will have yielded according to compari- 

 son with other fieldi, seventy-five bushels of shelled 

 corn to the acre, and probably from fifty to an hun- 

 dred cart loads of pumpkins. This cornfield lias 

 had the present year double the usual quantity of 

 manure — say fifty loads to the acre. Mr. Sanborn 

 thinks the additional quantity of manure will be 

 more than repaid in after crops. He has four a- 

 cres of wheat : one and a half acre sowed April 

 35, was apparently much injured with wevil ; two 

 and a half acres, Lowed May 25, although aliected 

 by drouglit in some places, looked well, and had 

 not been touched by the wc.vil. It can scarcely be 

 anticipated, aUhough great .pains were taken in the 

 preparation of ground tor this wheat, that the crop 

 will compare with other pieces on higher grounds 

 where there, was no extraordinary preparation. Mr. 

 Sanborn had also ten acres of oats, better than or- 

 dinary for the present year — also ^ne and a half a- 

 cre of potatoes, more than an aero of beans, and a 

 considerable field of peas. It is to be hoped he 

 may give the Society a more particular account of 

 the product of his farm. He certainly deserves the 

 highest commendation, abundant in property as he 

 is, for the spirit and energy with which he has 

 commenced and carries on the business of farming. 

 His example is worth much to the farmers of Mer- 

 rimack County. His dwelling house, his barn and 

 other out houses may be presented as a model for 

 the farmer v/lio is able to erect just such buildings 

 as may suit, and who may wish to place himself a- 

 longside of one who is doing the utmost he is capa- 

 ble for the benefit of his species. 



Two Gardens on Boscawen Plain. 



The Committee were introduced to the truly el- 

 gant garden of Worcester Wdkster, Esq. late 

 the property and estate of Hon. Ezekiel Webster, 

 deceased. Our entertainer was mistaken if he sup- 

 posed tlie beauties of Nature displayed in this p;ir- 

 terrc would not be our suflicieiil temptation to re- 

 main for its full examination : we v^ill not accuse 

 him with transgressing the bounds of rational tem- 

 perance, for his arbor opened upon us with an exhi- 

 bition of nothing stronger than vinoua fermenta- 

 tion ; but lie had well nigh encroached too much 

 on tiie d;iy's work which was before us by minis- 

 tering to the palate when he ought only to have 

 feasted the eyes. The garden, for the laying out 

 and construction of which the credit is due to an 

 esteemed citizen and civilian now no more, but for 

 the clean keeping and present beauty of which 

 himself deserves al'l the praise, is thus described by 

 its owner : " It contains about two acres laid out 

 in the form of an oblong square : three parallel 

 walks, one in the centre and one on each side with 

 intervening plats for cultivation. Borders arrang- 

 ed with numerous species of choice flowers and a 

 great vai-iety of selected fruit, such as the quince, 

 pomegranate, bine and white gage, English and 

 tame cherries, English gooseberries and superior 

 engrafted apples The principal garden lies about 

 eight feet hnvcr than the main street of Boscawen 

 plain with stairs communicating with each walk. 

 At the lower e.itremity of the oblong square occu- 

 pied as the garden and over the central walk is e- 

 rected a summer house of lattice work, covered 

 with an abundance of various kinds of grape vines." 

 It was in this place, "solitary and alone," that the 

 entertainment introduced itself to the Committee ; 

 and since that, as if he, could not be suflnejently 

 tempted, the Chairman and his family have been 

 furnished in samples of beautiful gages with re- 

 newed evidence that the like to the garde:, of Mr. 

 Wr-bster may not possibly bo found within the 

 limit.^ of the criiinty. Not a weed was to be seen : 

 the varieties of flowers were so extensive that more 

 or less of them., appear beautiful from April to No- 

 vember. The example of Mr. Webster, we hope, 

 w'M be followed by every gentleman of taste who 

 like himself can afford the time and expense. 



Returned to the tavern of Mr. James West, and 

 partaking of a bountiful breakfast to which our ap- 

 petites had been sh;irpened by our early morning 

 expeditioiij we were shown to his garden, situated 

 on Boscawen plain, which then seemed to be more 

 sensibly aft'ected by drought than any other point 

 %ve had visited. The garden was all it should be, 

 and riiuch more than could have been expected of 

 it in that position: it was more particularly a kitchen 

 garden. The onions were larger and the niusk- 

 niclons more numerous on the vines than we had 

 seen elsewhere. The cabbages, ruta baga, beets, 

 carrots, &.C. ^vero very fine. Under the influence 

 of the natural heat of tho sun,. jVIr. West had cu- 

 cuni^bers in this garden on the lOtTi of June. An- 

 other oominendable quality^. ^^as that this garden 

 was entirely free of weeds. 



How plain and simple is the instruction contained 

 in these two answers ! What child tliat is taught 

 them at a tender age can ever forget them .' and 

 what adult who has them duly impressed on h'n 

 mind when young that can pursue a course of pro- 

 fligacy and sin without horror ? 



The duty of every man who has a family is to 

 nurture carefully and tenderly his family of child- 

 ren as he would cultivate the tender plants of his 

 garden or his field — to preserve the purity of his 

 own offspring from all offensive associations as he 

 would the young shoots or scions of his orchard 

 from noxious vermin. Let the children of our far- 

 mers be taught to "remember now their Creator in 

 the days of their youth" — let them be tiuglit their 

 dvity towards God and their neighbor in early life ; 

 and most assuredly they will not depart from the 

 right way when they shall become old. 



Teaching by example should be the great rule of 

 parents. How can the father " who is not true and 

 just in all his dealings," who " bears malico and ha- 

 tred in his heart," who does not " keep his own 

 body in temperance, soberness and chastity, "or who 

 does not do his " duty in that state which it has 

 pleased God to call him" — expect of his young son, 

 who watches and imitates him at every step, any 

 better fruits of this life than he shows for himself? 

 How can the mother, who does not rigidly abstain 

 from evil and from the appearance of evil, claim 

 from her daughter that behaviour which puts her 

 own lite to the blush P 



The rule of the parent should be, not to do that 

 himself which he would forbid in his child — to prac- 

 tice no other amusements than such as his children 

 may innocently pursue — to indulge in no practice 

 that he would deny to them : above all to conceal 

 no hab.it of life, no recreation or indulgence, which 

 he would be ashamed to have come to their knowl- 

 edge. 



Cornwall Bridge, Ct. Jan. 24, 1839. 

 " On stepping into the Post Office yesterday, X 

 saw your prospectus and also the first number of 

 the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. Additional publica- 

 tions of this kind are precisely what the whole pop- 

 ulation of this growing country needs. An effort 

 must be made to induce farmers to assume and 

 maintain their true standing in the community. 

 Publications of this kind should be circulated and 

 supported liy the farming interests generally. I 

 am liiippy to say that your paper is likely to circu- 

 late in this vicinity ; seven subscriUers were found 

 on demand. — A few yea^s since the iarmers in 

 this ])art of the' eonntry carried their rye, wheat 

 and corn to market : now thousands of dollars are 

 paid for flour t>om New York. Our lands are neg- 

 lected — even the system of farming formerly prac- 

 tised has been suff'ered to retrograde. We must 

 remedy this, and I can think of no more succeea- 

 ful method than to give circulation to your paper." 



" Train vp a chilcL-in'tkc way he should go." 

 We cannot do a more acceptable service to our 

 readers, confining our eff'orts merely to their terres- 

 trial welfare, than to copy into the Visitor thaj part 

 of the ( "ateclilsm of one denomination of christians 

 which is contained in two questions and answer.*, 

 and in which is summarily comprehended 

 "THE MORAL LAW." 

 '^ Quest. What is thy duty towards God .^ 

 JIns. My duty towards God is, to believe in him; 

 to fear Uim ; and to love him with all my heart, 

 with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all 

 my strength ; to worship him ; to give him thanks ; 

 to put iny whole trust in him ; to call uj>on him ; 

 to honor his holy Name and his Word ; and to serve 

 him truly all the days of my life. 



Quest. What is thy duty towards thy neighbor.' 

 Mns. My duty towards my neighbor is, to love 

 him as myself^ and to do to all men as I would 

 they should ilo unto me : To love, honor, and suc- 

 cor my father and mother : To honor and obey the 

 Civil Authority : To submit myself to all my gov- 

 ernors, tcachertl, spiritual pastors, and masters: To 

 order myself lowly and reverently to all my bet- 

 ters: To hurt nobody by word or deed : To be true 

 and just in all my dealings : To boar' no malice or 

 hatred in my lieart: To keep my hands from pick- 

 ino- and stealing, and my tongue from evil speak- 

 ing, lying, 'and slandering: To keep my body in 

 temperance, soberness, and chastity : Not to covet 

 nor desire other men's goods ; but to learn and la- 

 bor truly to got mine own living, and to do my du- 

 ty in that state of life ui^to which it shall please 

 God to call me." 



From tile Pliilad. F.iinier3' Cittiinel. 

 Planting Trees. 



Those who won't dig must beg, and those who 

 won't plant should not be permitted to partake of 

 the fruits of other men's planting. 



All of us have partaken of the fruits of the la- 

 bors of those who have preceded us, and we are all 

 under obligations to render some service to those 

 who may succeed us. 



■ The labor and expense of planting and rearing a 

 few fruit and ornamental trees, and shrubs, is so 

 trifling, that no one would suppose that the most 

 indolent and penurious person in the community 

 could be deterred by it from procuring and setting 

 out a dozen or more the ensuing spring. 



There is a pleasure and satisfaction connected 

 with the performance of such a duty as this, which 

 furnishes an ample compensation for the expendi- 

 ture of musele and money, independent of any 

 benefit to be hereafter derived from it. 



No person, it is believed, ever planted a fruit 

 tree, or grape-vine, without feeling a secret con- 

 sciousness that lie had rendered a service of an im- 

 portant character either to his own family, or to 

 others that might come after him. 



It is the peculiar characteristic of the truly pious 

 and good, t© take pleasure in promoting and in- 

 creasing the comfort, the happiness, and the inter- 

 ests of their fellow men. 



" There is no part of husbandry which is niore 

 commonly neglected than that of planting trees, 

 without which they can neither e.xpect fruit, orna- 

 ment or delight from their labors. But they seldom 

 do this till they begin to be wise, that is, till they 

 begin to grow oJ:d, and find by experience the pru- 

 dence and necessity of it. When Ulysses, after a 

 ten years absence, was returned from Troy, and 

 found his aged father in the field planting trees, he 

 asked him, ' Why, being now so far advanced in 



