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FAUMEKS' REGISTER, 



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dies the principles am', practice of his art, but | become a partner with these fremlemen in their 



those principles involve a iaiowlciiu^c of various 

 abstract sciences and lie is constrained to involve 

 tlie aiii of anatomy, pliysioloixy, cheniislry, min- 

 eralogy, hotany, Sec. &c., belbre he enters npon 

 the practice of his prolession. We are. speal<in<^ 

 of those studies only as they relate to the prnfca- 

 stonoZ qualifications of the student, and of course 

 we are not to he understood, as denyiufif either the 

 possession or the importance, of other brandies of 

 learning, to proli'ssional men. They, as well as 

 agriculturists and others, in their social and politi- 

 cal relations to community, are e(iually re(|uired to 

 discharge the duties of citizens; and we hold 

 that all classes should avail themselves of every 

 accomplish.ment which learning or science can he- 

 stow, in aid of the performance of those high du- 

 ties. J}ut we need not array comparisons or illus- 

 trations on the subject ; our opinions may be pre- 

 sented at one view. We would give to every one, 

 of whatever pursuit, precisely the education adapt- 

 ed to it — and it should be thorough and perfect in 

 all its branches, or at least so far as any or all the 

 branches related to the peculiar pursuit adopted 

 by the student, [t should thus fjualify him for the 

 intelligent prosecution of the labors of his life and 

 ensure his complete success. It would render the 

 farmer as illustrious, and certainly as useful, in 

 his sphere, as the jirofoundest statesman or pro- 

 fessor. But the subject is too interesting to be 

 treated satisfactorily in the narrow limits to which 

 we are circumscribed ; and we mean to pursue it. 

 In the meantime, we submit to the board of edu- 

 cation and to the commissioners of common 

 schools, the propriety of early considering the im- 

 portance of adopting a series of agricultural worlds, 

 as text books in the schools about to be put in 

 operation, under the excellent common school law 

 of' the state. They may do incalculable good to 

 the children of Kentucky, which will flow to other 

 generations, and they may render the system far 

 more useful and efl'ective, by seasonably directing 

 <heir earnest attention to the subject. 



large concern. I'liilip Reyhold, Esq., tlu- cliicient 

 President of the Delaware Agricultural Society, 

 has also, we midiM'sland. set out this spring a larfe 

 orchard. We sincerely wish all these gimtlemen 

 the success they merit. Some of the fine jieacli 

 districts of Jersey, seem of late years to have lost 

 their power of producing, and continuing long- 

 lived, the tree that produces this best, in its season, 

 ol_" all fi-uits. We should like to hear fi-om some 

 of our .Jersey subscribers, if they can give us the 

 reason, why it is so— and if any clue has yet been 

 fiiund into that most insidious and fiital dis(iase to 

 the peach tree, the yellows? We hope this fiinl 

 will he kindly taken, and that all the information 

 that can be imparted to ns may be given for the 

 benefit of the readers of the Cabinet, on the in- 

 teresting subject of rearing and of prolonging the 

 existence of the peach tree. A full and generous 

 supply of this luscious and wholesome fruit, is a 

 matter of great interest and luxury to every one, 

 and our populous districts and cities should not 

 hesitate to hold out the highest premiums and in- 

 ducements (0 those who propagate li-uit and sup- 

 ply our markets with the finest varieties. 



From the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 PEACH PROSPECT. 



We are happy to learn from Delaware, now 

 becoming celebrated for its fine peaches, that al- 

 though the cold weather and frosts have been most 

 trying on the young fruit, and much of it injured, 

 that there is yet enough spared to promise a fine 

 crop— if no future frosts should occur to nip the 

 tender blossoms just bursting from the bud. The 

 great success of Messrs. Ridffeway and Reeves, 

 near Delaware City, (and who does not remem- 

 ber their fine and "luscious peaches of last sum- 

 mer?) will soon be followed by other equally en- 

 terprising gentlemen of Delaware and this city 

 who have ffone largely into the business. 



On the Union Farms, near Wilmington, own- 

 ed, we understand, by Dr. Thomson of that place, 

 and Mr. M. Eayre of this city, we learn that 

 about 100 acres immediately on the river Dela- 

 ware, are now flourishing in peach trees, anrt that 

 about one half will bear this year, and that by a 

 iate arrangement our esteemed fellow-citizen", I. 

 Reeves, for whom peaches will always grow, has 



From tlic Farmers' Cabinet. 



USE OF LiatE. 



Lockhart, in his Life of Sir Walter Scott, relates 

 the following anecdote. 



'There see'— he continued, 'that farm there, at 

 the foot of the hill, is occupied by a respectable 

 enough tenant of mine; I told him I had a sreat 

 desire for him to try the efl:ects of lime on his land. 

 He said he doubted its success, and could not ven- 

 ture to risk so much money as it would cost. 

 Well, said I, fair enough ; but as I wish to have 

 the experiment tried, you shall have the lime for 

 the mere carting; you may send to the place 

 where it is to be bought, and at the term day you 

 shall strike off the whole value of the lime from 

 the rent due to me. When the day came, my 

 friend the farmer came with his whole rent, which 

 he laid down on the table before me, without de- 

 duction, "flow's this, my man; vou are to de- 

 duct for the lime, you know." "Why, Sir Wal- 

 ter," he replied, "my conscience will not let me 

 impose upon you so far — the lime you recom- 

 mended me to try, and which, but for your sug- 

 gestion I never Avould liave tried, has produced 

 more than would have purchased the lime half a 

 dozen times over, and I cannot think of making a 

 deduction." ' 



CUT WORM. 



In some years these larvfp arc very destructive 

 to the Indian corn, and of all the contrivances for 

 destroying them, which we have seen, that of 

 Park Shee, of Delaware county, in Pennsylvania, 

 is the most simple and the most expeditious. A 

 pair of old wheels from a cart or wagon, are fit- 

 ted with several projectjons like the cogs of a spur 

 wheel in a mill, which are so formed as to impress 

 ia the earth a hole four inches deep. The smooth 



