THE FARMER'S MONTHLYJ^STTOR. 



27 



From the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. 1 



A Proposition. 



The Farmers of .Xnc England devote too much time 

 to manuid labor. 

 No dictate of con,^o„ sense can be ,a,ner_than 



T, """'.■; m'u^ucl V, b^rpromote tbe great 

 that use "' '."'« "^^^,^'' 'y;^ trivial objects, or to pur- 

 objects of lite, ^o pursue iriv_^^ ^j^^^^^^^l^^ ^^ ^^^^ 



for cnstant labor. But were tliero no means oi 

 lor consiani i.inui. r , (Vmilv it bv no means 



lp>;spninir the expenses ot a taniiij, ii uy 

 f;n::v:ri,at tl. 'present syste-v^ nn.t be pnrsu d. 

 It is not a necessary consequence bat >f tbe arm 

 er spends more time in intellectu. P""^;"''^' ^ 



mus diminish his income. Ag,"<'"","'„Vadditimi 

 so far advanced that study can .i.rnisb no addiUon 



'The amount of labor bestowed upon the last 

 mentioned piece,including the difr^rinrr and putting 

 Z,,l\h,. cellar was at the rate of lourteen days 

 Jo ^he acre In this estimate tbe work of the 

 re"' is included; and considered e„ual to that of a 

 man This fourteen days work at the price for la- 



^^:;'^o'd^;:^,Xv:lue"f"gbtbushJlsofp^a- 

 ?f^:^ie,uantiy_perac. planted at U-ony^^ 



----?^;;^^S^'r:-:.-"-i.r!:: 

 --:^^v;rlb:r-5=;^x^- 



'r'- '^?';";t ilt mr mlb^^-e t; tbe Uws 



''rhealt/ While 1- cultivation ol the earth is an 



r.n 1 duty the obligation to cultivate the no- 



;-:^-is;:::^^r:l:^-ni:;::r^'^nin/without 



:;ro;.:;Sl:!aion"t:inbi'convenient to consider 

 ''"rMooUrlReligions Instruction. To attempt 



.„ ; iS -.--• •■7r/r':;,ftrsSp::e 



Slfs:;S-^;ntr:;?bU.d,j.es£or. 



ed to Ibe study of the principles on «h,chtnese 



"''s^YnteTlecU.al Education. Independent of that 



^. intuiecuiai Y n-eneral nformation 



''h'^'?.''rve?vrne b ud foss/ss, no man can 



'frl^e science of agriculture without much 



^^^;^:rr:«^m. i£^r:;^,udr::it:r 

 !;;i::':;:^;.StnotC^'i:b:r,buthemustre^ 



1^ r fleet- and for these he .nust have time. The 

 treasu es ^t h ? ^et c ^_^^ j^ ,„„. 



;£r;;;""ir-:=»,«i^s. ;:;,--- 



q,„rli.i; wealth. Tlie inf.Tenc. is t'bi". 'I'-^f't' '. 



,.cU;;fir,sno'i:;:;p=te.\be,.rmerthan 

 ■Tf:lur^ no conclusion can be drawn from what 



^^m«s;ia^bfs;ir^.^^ 



of labor between the mind and body i» better than 



"''."obedience to the laws of health O- S-f, 

 objection to the present system ° 'f "^f,;^^ '^^„ . 

 shortens life. By statistics which have b en co 

 lected at different times, it »PP'^"\t''^ .,X if a- 



ens life as much by over exertion, ^.^ ^^e protes 

 sional man does by neglect of ^.''•■■^cise. Indeed 

 how often do we find fanners at the "go o* "'' "' J^ 

 titl, tbe stiffjoints and deorepid forms whicbbn 

 to those ol three score and ten ? This '^ '<■ '''f ^ 

 imate effect of transgressing the laws of beaUh. 

 But besides the violation which ,s done to na.un- 

 thi, endless toil defeats its own ob)eet. 1 he man 

 v^o^ai:.; ten years for labor by negloeting to cu - 

 tivate his mind, and wears himself o"' t^" >,^;" 

 before the "debt of nature" is due, cannot surely 



'''Ti^r:r::^ations it is believed -e sufficient 

 to establish tbe affirmative of the prop^s^tmn at the 

 head of this article. OBSbRVA lutv. 



Keene, Jan. 13, 1840. _ 



•IV.tlie E.l.tororilier..nner-..Mn.,thlyV.si,„r. 

 Deau S,k :-Having taken.notes of the result of 



whole expense of llu- crop, which will make the 

 cost of the potatoes only three cents per busheh 



The manure 1 do not take into the account, ex- 

 cept the labor of getting it out as ,t ,s an art^le 

 that costs the farmer nothing: ^1 '-""g'', i^ ""b, e 

 i„>porlance. It may be considered ' ' tj'' » « 

 which the husbandman must pay back to H'e so 

 as i return for the bounties received, and without 

 1 wluch t will cease to reward his labors. Besides, 

 he pot toe is generally planted as a Preparatory 

 .„ fi. the irround for the subsequent crop ot 

 wh^;.^ to whfch'aud the crop still to follow the ma- 



"•^.:';:::::e':f^S^tm the field last f.11 was 

 twentV cents per bushel, being higher tlmn usua 

 on account of the general short crop. This w, 1 

 ^"veThe very handsome profit of sixty ^f'^Jf' 

 fars from one acre of land, after paying all expen- 



'"Tho intelligent farmer, by comparing the two 

 modes of cultfvation, will readily see the .g«at^-v- 

 n? m labor, in that last described, which,.! the 

 m's were merely equal, would be of vast nnpor- 

 tance- but when w^e find tire crop one quarter greater 

 the advantage of its general adoption would be in- 

 a culable. ^As a preparation for a crop of grain 

 the next season, the two modes are yet to Le test 

 ed . but from the sta.en.ent of Mr Whitney, that 

 aUhou.h twice well hoed, and althongh he wet 

 over the piece once and pulled up all 'I"" -'"'^^'^e 

 could find, from the wetness of the season it was 

 [mnoss hie to keep the weeds down, and many 

 V e fi und to have seeded, I should suppose the 

 piece hoed might be in uo better state tor a crop of 



ffrain, than the other. 



^ Fo^ the benefit of those farmers who have not 

 vetnrocured that useful implement, the ro ler, I 

 ^vi I's at", that Mr. Whitney doubts whether its 

 use in his experiment was of any advantage, and 

 use 111 "'= \ 1 , . f _t ,,, nart. 



S,K :-Having taken notes o"'^ ;;="';;. •^{-^^^ ,,,,11 dispense with its use, at least m part, 

 an experiment made by Mr. N.'.vvei.l V\ ,,n > ^ M t at^>e J ^^ ^,^,„t. the potatoes will ex- 



this town, in the cultivation ot the Potaloe which "^ "^ j. t|,„ ^„d thereby receive great- 



Ihowr: v'ery great saving of bd.o;, - w^^^^^^^^^^^^ "."/avtlag™ from the m'anure, if the furrow should 



crease oft,, crop, I have Urought ,t in^^ valuab J not^e pres^d dow., by U. rolle.^ 



It niay lie i 1 , Initthe «round 



.he;,:^eU,X^.^ti;c=s of y^r valuable 



^°'A;tughthe,ntrc^ueU™oft,.Hol.^^^^^ 

 is, I believe, destined to be ot ""''"^ ^'^ , -j 



should known. ^hit broke up a piece of 



""f':;:;r^hi{!';^"i:::;^:^^'ccountof the rust, 



^=^;th:'t^:'l?^^K-' on precisely the same 



de b^l ^e^ ;';;c;n\ained an acre ; but the ground 

 was caef"lly measured, as well as the crop, and 

 rUnrate account kept of the labor expended 

 from which the calculations were made, for the ac- 

 curacy of which I will hold myself responsible, 

 I am, sir, very respectlully. 



Your obedient servant,l| 



JAMES A. PAUDOCK. 

 Craftsbury, Vt., Jan. 27th, 1840, 



!;;:rbim;Sof tbose-helps which the Agricultural ^_^^^ 



^T Th^'S:;^;: on^^ n'is a^very P-^ - 1 !!:— ^^'^'^ ""^'^ ^^"'"" 



;/,S^L'^,-':u;;i?^to?;=K 



^ti^^^^^^ce^fi^^th:;^::;:^!^^ 

 "^^-^-:a^:er^hez^>:::;,^ri.x:>:^"i:;::h 



1- .,„„ ii.irHs of the year, almost the wnoie iime, 



„;niia t,-i reouirc comment, uwing vu i..i= 

 : ,°tom! the ."nter evenings, ^vhlch of course em- 

 fa ^ce most of .h"t;.ue left for improvement, be- 



A British Agricultural Newspaper and 

 British Agriculture. 



Amon<r the papers sent us from New York by 

 the edi o=r of the Whig, is the "Mark ane Express 

 and A 'rluHural Journal" published ,n London. 

 Tl^s is°a weekly sheet of si.xteen pages considera- 

 blvHro-er than the Visitor, devoted mainly to the 

 ^LicnU, re of the British islands, and to every 

 riciesf information connected with production 

 r rade in.whatever the soil produces ^ pr. 



e side of this piece, on precisely i..^ ="■•- """,■:■■ W,^,. ,,, j,a„er is £1: 8; 2 (about G dollars) 

 ,.amy or^l,n.r.Uom t^e^y^rd^was^^edj J^ ^ ^^J^^ „, ,be Corn 



But 



-;s£ks;5s;s£-;"si:: 



and spread, at the same rati- .-. "•"-■;,;,, , j 



and the noies n nu "!' , , rri.pre was no fur- 



of seed, mostly i»e bowever came 



in the same week. 1 he ''^"'-'^ f'; ,, and soon 

 -:^U;tv;S^e-^^::i^^-al^;ou.hnev- 



Befor 



ny r illv believe this; but comple e y cove,..^.^^ =■ - ^^ ^^^^,^ ,, ■ j3,f,r 



'(wheat and flour) trade for the week in all parts of 

 lekmc'dom; the reports of the Mark Lane (a 

 ace n London where bread stuffs are sold) sup- 

 '^Uesofthe various kinds of grain; the price per 

 f,uarter and currency by imperial measure the e- 

 , undaney or scarcity lu the market of each panic 

 uUr a.",de ; the London seed market with its sup- 

 nUes .and prices ; the London duty paid upon wheat, 

 ^,ts bar ey, beans and pens ; the Imperial Average 

 ofp'rk^es fo; the week and the aggregate average 

 ?or'^ix weeks, which admits or shuts out the for- 

 .-.n gram in bond as the price is h'gher or lower 

 the aleracre prices of gram compared with the av- 

 e a.e pricc-s of the same grain for tbe correspond- 

 h'>week a year previous; Foreign News and 

 cfuntryNews; Notice of an A-ociation or re- 

 wirdini^ the good conduct and habits ol Kbortrs 

 and o v r -, a^n essay on Ploughs; notice ol a new 

 a'chJle'cilled the Scorches for b«--g -"- 

 and vegetable matter upon the soil , « ^^^^ 7„ 

 turns oT the quantities and prices of Br. sh corn 

 wheat, barley, oats, peas and beans) in aJl the 



