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THE FARMER'S xMONTHLY VISITOR. 



day. Stirring the earth, thi'reforc, not only ;iUo\vs 

 more moisture and more fond to be imbibed Ironi 

 the air iind dews of niglit, but it also enables it to 

 resist tlie heat of the siui's rays. 



7. Hon' to make at^rUnUt'ral pursuits pheasant 

 us wcfi as jjf'.'ftubh. 



For ocps Ihc ciup!oyiiv-nt of the husbandman 

 has been looked upon as dull, uninteresting work. 

 It has been thought to be a dull, plodding occujia- 

 tion of the hands and not of the head. And there 

 lias been too niucli foundation for sucli an inipres- 

 eion. The agriculturist of year?- not long- by-gone, 

 did little with the head to diirnify or enliven the 

 work of the hands. \ change for tlte better seems 

 now liear at hand. Perhapsj in your day Tamiers 

 may be t^'enerally more iniellectual, more intelli- 

 gent, ami more able to bring- the truths of science 

 to benefit then> in tlfeir manual labors, and to aive 

 them interest and delight intlieir occupations. But 

 whatever others do, I hope you at least will take 

 such measures as will convince yourself, if not oth- 

 ers, that agricultural employments are as interest- 

 ing, intellectual, and pleasing pursuits as any with 

 which they may be put in comparison. 1 know of 

 no method by which you can more eflectually ren- 

 der them so than bj' einplo3-ing your mind upon your 

 work. Most assuredly the more your mind is em- 

 ployed upon your work — in tracing cifccts to their, 

 causes, in accounting for failure and disappointment 

 in understanding the operations of natur?, in devis- 

 ing improvements, &c.^-lhe nrore interest you will 

 take in your employments and the pleasure and 

 gratification you will derive from them. jMoreover 

 this is not only the way to make your pursuits plea- 

 sant, hut ilis the way to make them profitable also. 

 Your mental operations must be wrong-sided and in- 

 judicious indeed, if they do not lead you to the dis- 

 cover)' of means whereby you can educe more pro- 

 duce out of any certain amount of labor and expen- 

 diture. The most intelligent farmers, j'ou may 

 easily convince yourself, if industry is not v.-anl- 

 ing, generally succeed in making their farms the 

 most profitable. But what 1 wish especially to in- 

 culcate upon you, at this time, is, that you will feel 

 more interest, more pleasure, more conscious dig- 

 nity in your pursuits, the more you occupy your 

 mind on the subject. 



Agricultural schools, would aid in thus elevatino- 

 agriculture. 



8. The Horse: — its minui^tment. 

 Of gross and direct cruelty to your animals, 1 

 have no fears of your being guilty ; but Inhere are 

 other cruelties which may pass under the milder 

 name of neglect, against which I would warn you 

 earnestly, for that man stands lo".v in my estima- 

 tion, who is careless <\l' the coi^ifort of his cattle 

 and especially of his companion and serviiiit — the 

 horse. I trust you will aiont the rule whirii 1 have 

 endeavored to fallow, as your ma.xira: 1 will treat 

 my horse as I think I would like to be treated! Were 

 I in his place I Allow me to drop yo« a few hif.ts 

 which may cojitnlnite to ytfur accoraplipIim"nt of 

 this benevolent purpose. 



When you purchase a horse, endeavor to hnd out 

 how aiid upon what he has been kept — how he has 

 been fed and otherwise managed. This it is im- 

 portant to ascertain, for you cannot make any sud- 

 den changes in the mode of managenienl without 

 discomfort to the animal, and the risk of injury. 

 If a horse has been grained higher than you mean 

 to, you must reduce the ijuantity of srain very 

 gradually, and not, by any means,'all atonce.. ' A- 

 gain, when you take your horses from grass in the 

 autumn, they should not have a totallv drv diet all 

 at once, but should be gradually acciistoniecl to it 

 by giving them roots and r-iashcs with their hay. 

 Begin likewise with a small quantity of oats, arid 

 gradually increase the quantity until you arrive at 

 their wonted or intended allowance. 



Feed your aiiimals, your horses'especially, as ren-- 

 ularly as you feed yourself Have certain hours 

 of feeding, and do not deviate from th*so. Your 

 horse, as well as yourself, will not feel so comfort- 

 able if feeding is postponed long after the usual 

 hour. 



Make no sudden changes, as I have said, in the 

 quantity and quality of your horse's food, but at 

 the same time accommodate the food to the exer- 

 cise and fatigue which the horse has to undergo. 

 Even if there is a rather sudden change in this re- 

 spect, your change as to the quantity *id quality 

 of the food should be gradually acco'inplished. 1 

 am convinced, from errors anil injudicious man- 

 agement in this respect, many diseases are entailed 

 upon the horse- 



A%grain would prove more nutritive, if ground 

 or chopped up. Some horses, however, clfew up 

 their oats much better than others. A good sub- 

 stitute for grinding the grain when that^'is incon 



ly chopped straw. If the straw is coarsely chop- 

 ped, you may probably find, as 1 have done, that 

 your horse can pick up all tlie oats and yet leave a 

 ver}' considerable portion of the straw. 



Let your horse be driven rather slow at starting, 

 especially if just newly fed or watered. Increase 

 his speed by degrees; and if warm, when within 

 a mile or two of his joufuey s end, slacken his pace 

 and let him cool down scmewhat before being sta- 

 bled. More auou. T. C. A. 



Clinton, Lcnaicec Co. Mich. June 5'^, l^iJt'. 



Flour and Wheat. 



The quantity of wheat and llour delivered at the 

 Hadsou lliver from the Erie canal in the first two 

 weeks in June, in the l:'st and present years, is as 

 follows, viz : — 



Barrels. 

 1639 7G,0]8 



ItidS G0;7tt9 



clearly and elegantly, as well as of depicting, by 

 his jiencil, what he saw in his rambles, set out to 

 penetrate throucrU tire vast territories of the United 

 ^5tates, undeterred by forests and swamiis, for the 

 sole purpose of painting ami describing the native 

 birds. — During seven years, in which he prosecu- 

 ted this undertaking, he travelled more than ten 

 thousand miles, " a solitary, e,>Lploring pilgrim," aa 

 he describes himself. His labors were rewarded 

 with no v.'orldly jichcs. for he liad the greatest dif- 

 ficulty in procuring subscribers for his splendid 

 work: and when a book-seller at last undertook to 

 print and publish it, the- only remuneration which 

 tlw author received, was apa^'ment forthc mechan- 

 ical labor of coloring his own plates." 



Increase, 

 I'he total amount in vach 

 is as follows : — 



1S3'J 

 lba8 



Increase, 



vcar to tl.M 



;i'ind June, 



Barrels. 

 i.'(il,Oby 



1,225 



Canal Tolls in Ohio. 



The Ohio Statesman of the loth inst. states that 

 the toUscoliected on the Ohio canals fertile month 

 of May, lS3',',araouut to, §30,469 o>i 



In M.ay, 1S3S, • 7ii,2od 03 



Increase, 



$14,223 74 



VlrllU' 



c 1- llie Fii:iin-i'^ .Mnnli.Iy Vj-i(r.r. 

 The White Uose. 

 When gently breathes the soft sotitii-west, 

 And summer's clouds in pearly showers 

 Are strown on earth's embroider'd vest. 

 We greet the fair unfolding flowers. 



Far from the crowded scenes of strife 



For wealth and power, where men' grow vile. 



In happier haunts of rural life. 



They brightest bloom, and sweetest smile. 



• Pride of the race I thou pale white rose ! 



-iVs pure and calm in scented bower 

 Thy alabaster leaves unclose, 

 1 hall thee as my fav'rite flower. 



Emblem of purity and truth I 



To mc thy gentio presence brings 



Sweet mem'ries of , unsullied youth, 

 Twin'd with all fair and lovely things. 



And thoughts of purer climes than curs 



Wake, as thy quiet smile I see, 

 Link'd w'lih these far unfading bowers, 



Where every flower is pure like thee. 



While day-born buds, sweet flower of Hope ! 

 - In dreams with f'olded drapery lie; 

 (Jncliill'd thy fearless blop.-?onis ope 

 On midnight's dim a.nd shp.dowy eye. 



The glistening bells that drink the dew, 

 With glowing lip, and gorgeous vest, 



And sister flowers nf blushing hue. 

 In beauty's varied tints are drest. 



But thou — pale, pure, and passionless ! 



Thou, spotless vestal of the flowers ! 

 No answering blush ruturnsthe kiss 



Of the bright sun, at morning hours. 



No gaudy lines thy charms deface^ 

 No borrow'd tint of earthly dye — 



Pearls — pearls alone thy vesture grace, 

 And on thy snowy bosom lie. 



And dreaming fancy's pencil power. 

 So pure each charm around thee flim". 



Still points thee as that Eden flower. 

 From whom all other roses sprung. 



The SwaUcw. — The swallov/ is one of my favar- 

 ite birds, and a rival of the nightingale; for he 

 cheers luy sense of seeing as much as the other 

 dees my sense of hearing. Hois the glad prophet 

 of the year — the harbinger of the best season ; he 

 lives a life of enjoymentamongst the lovliest forms 

 of nature ; winter is unknov.'n to him ; and he leaves 

 the green meadows of England in aulumii, for tlio 

 j myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the 

 palms of Africa: — he has always objects of pursuit, 

 and his success is secure. Even the beings selcet- 

 efi for his pre}' are poetical, beautiful, and transient. 

 The epheiiiera' are saved by his means f'roih a slow 

 and lingering death in the evening, and killed in a 

 moineiil, Vv'hen they have known nothing of life 

 but pleasure. He is the constant destroyer of in- 

 sects — the friend of man ; and with the sterk and 

 the ibis, may be rcgariied as a sacred bird. His 

 instinct, wliichglvcs lim his appointed scas:'n,aiid 

 teaciies hiui when and where to move, may be re- 

 garded as flowing from a Divine source, andhe be- 

 longs to the oracles of nature, which speak the 

 awful and intelligible Linguage of a present Deity. 

 — English pullicatiun. 



Plainfield, N. II. od July. 



E. U. 



Ai.KXANDER Wilson.— "With an enthusiasm 

 never excelled, this extraordinary man, who went 

 to the United States a poor and unfriended Scotch 

 weaver,first taught himself, at the age of forty years, 

 to draw and color after nature — then applied h 



CuB.v. — The Island of Cuba happily enjoys tran- 

 quillity' and securit\', ii'noi liberty, amid the insta- 

 bility of thrones and the revolutions ol'government 

 which have characterised the present century be- 

 yond all other eras in the world's history. This is 

 the more remakable as the mother country lias be- 

 come the great slaughter-house of Europe, wh.ere 

 blood flov.'s like water — discords, commotions, sedi- 

 tions and massacres, desolate the land, and the 

 work of death and ha^-oc has gone on for years, 

 and continues to advance without any prospect of a 

 termination. The whirlwind of revolution, that 

 sweeps over all South America, has left this portion 

 of Spain's dominions unscathed and untouched, 

 though it requires no prcplietic eye to discern that 

 this exemption from change cannot last niucli lon- 

 ger. The position of the Island makes it the key 

 to the Gulf of Mexico, and lipids forth facilities 

 that may constitute it the centre of a rich and 

 1 boundless conimerce, while tlie extent of its sur- 

 I face and the fertility of its soil, furnish the capa- 

 bilities of becoming the seat, of a pov.crful and 

 populous empire. AU that is wanting to realize 

 these capabiliticf, nnd develope these resources, is 

 emancipation from colonial bondage— the erection 

 of Cuba to a free and independent state. — The way 

 is rapidly preparing for this great nhango. The 

 people o^ Cuba have only to icill their freedom, 

 aad tlie island will be lost to Spain. The vigilance 

 of military despotism has hitherto .availed to suii- 

 press every attempt at revolution ; but tlie march 

 of innovation must soon chov/ footsteps here as 

 elsewhere. — Already tlic intrigues and Miachina- 

 tions of the Carlist party have put the popular 

 liiiiid in action. The subject of politics begins, for 

 the first time, to engage the attention of tlie peo- 

 ple. A little more thought, reflection and debate 

 en this topic, and they v.'ill learn their right to 

 choose their rulers, and be governed by laws td" 

 their own making— and tiien, farewell to the do- 

 minion of Spain. The colonial yoke will be thrown 

 ofl^, and perhaps, another great republic will ere 

 long be added to the magnificent dciiiocracy of 

 North America. — J\'. 0. Bulletin. 



- - - -rt Jiim- 



self to the study of various branches of knowl- 



vpnient, 13 to mix with the grain a quantity of fine- 1 "'^g'' i and, having acquired the power of writing 



Wealth. — Wealth in this country may be Ir.iccd 

 back to industry and frugality : the paths which 

 lead to it are open to all ; and such is the joint op- 

 eration of the law and the customs of society, that 

 the wheel of fortune is in constant revolution, and 

 the jioor in one generation furnishes the rich of the 

 ne.\t. The rich man, who treats poverty with ar- 

 rogance and contempi, tramples upon the ashes of 

 his father or his grand-father ; the poor man who 

 nourishes feelings of unkindness and bitterness a- 

 gainst wealth, makes war with the prospects of his 

 children, and the order of things in which he lives. 

 — Edward Ertrctl. 



