-^rs WIft'tJuaUM 



gaaggagg 'ii" — mini 



^l)C ifarmcr's iHmil!)Iri llifiitav. 



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clicslL'i-, Veiliioiit, who had there several times 

 eiiliMtaiiietl me ill tlie same way: so that the (list 

 ni^w ac(|iiainlai]re alter [las.sitig the moiiiuaiii was 

 an ohier ac(]iiaiiiiaii<-f', hy liie name of IMorse, ol" 

 more than a (Uizeii years ago, whom I hail not 

 seen for the last ten yuiu:-. 



For the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. 

 Old Times. 



Some of my neijihliors, e^:|)eeially of llie tee- 

 total eoailiiiiatioii, took it into their lieads that 1 

 was no lietlor than 1 shonid he, heeaiisi', they said 

 that llie manner in wliieh I informed yon "Ijow 

 thin;:s used to he done" n|i here in Franeestown, 

 rnciiura<;e<l |iee|de 10 ihinli too lightly of llie 

 solemn snhjert of swallow iiij; down so iinieh 

 of li(|Mid tire, as they rail ii. This reminded me 

 of old limes, when there was sneli an atireeahle 

 whi/zin^', niid fra^'rant steam and smoke, ol' a 

 winter's <lay, on enterin-,' a har-room or store 

 where Hip was sold. Aye, Hip, good, savory, 

 foamini,' (tip, "illi a liille niitmi'f:, or as my nei;;h- 

 lior Fisher used loeall it, "a liltli: giinhlet handle 

 to top it oir wilh." Thos<,' were the days, — we 

 were yoim^' then ; men lanjihed and roared, and 

 spolie ont, and now and then a tii;ht and hloody 

 nose ensued; this kept things in motion. How 

 is it now-a-days.' IVo infise, no (lip, no h;;li!s, 

 and so deaeonish and eirrumspee! that instead of 

 langhing, a man can hardly he made to smile. 

 And, to my mind, the y nng people do not get 

 married half as readily as in the "olden times." 

 Tlic yoimg folks areolien inelined, hnt then they 

 are haekward and diffident, and tongne-lied. 

 When we used to get into a donhle sleigh some 

 half a <lozen hoys aiifl girls, at every tavern we 

 took (nol the girls, tln^y went the innlled wine) 

 the eliei ry lliji. If the weather was cold, we had 

 a eoverh^t o\er us in the sleigh to keep o(F the 

 wind, and after two or three refreshings we he- 

 ean lo sing and lash the hojses, and then \m: 

 womIiI kiss all ronnd, and veiy often the (|neslioii 

 would he popped, and some three or four mar- 

 riages would grow ont of one sleigh ride, when 

 (li|i and mulled wine could he had. 



My good neiglihor Fisher and myself talked 

 the matter over the other eveniug, at my honse; 

 and he could not hnt admit the woefid and sour 

 visaged change that has come over the laud. 

 " \Vh:U is the .advaul.ige," sail I, "if people are 

 more prndeni and thonghllid ? What good can 

 come oftlj;it? iMost of llie young folks have 

 almost forgotten how to laugh, and if any thing 

 goes wrong, why, they arc given to sorrow and 

 thinking; formerly it was not so. Ifihingswent 

 had, down wilh half a tiing of (lip, in the winter 

 — if very had, why doiihle the dose: sorrow fled, 

 and mi.--(orinue was driven out of couiileuanee." 

 " Yes," said my friend. " Why, a quart of West 

 India would neliially do more of an eveniua ihaii 

 a peck of meal: ihe children wonld e.at the last 

 in hread .-lU'l cry for more, hut make the rnin 

 into hiack sirap, and when they had swallowed 

 it ihey uoiihl all go lo >leep ;uid he ijuiet l(>r ihe 

 night, ' after a little .scr.-iiching and hitiiig' among 

 iliem. Hesides, what ran he heller ihan rum and 

 molasses for a had cold ? The Thompsoiiian 

 pracliee of medicine goes lo snslain ihe fact ihal 

 all diseases short of a hroken limh are owing to 

 a deficiency of animal heat. Who can douht 

 iherefore that nearly all the disorders, which luive 

 so increased of lale, is owing lo ahslinence, and 

 the w;mt of warmlh to the hlood.so tiifully taken 

 in gooil old limes in (lip and toildy. This w.iier 

 <loclrine is alarming: lirsl, it was ilistillcil spirit, 

 then wine and ciiler, porter, hcer, and lirowii 

 stout followed. C'o(l( e and tea, aye, these coin- 

 Corts, these friends to the social circle, have heen 

 prohihiled in some parts of the State of Ohio, 

 uiid in iVew York meat is deemed too stimulat- 

 ing a diet hy the Grahainiles, and some of these 

 using no water. ' We get plenty of thai,' say 

 they, ' in our excellent, economical, heahhfid diet 

 of vegelahles.' Tiiree fourths of the glohe we 

 live upon, says our schoohnasler, is covered wilh 

 water. Now if every hody comes to ihe re,-oln- 

 lion to drink no water, is there not danger ihat 

 this fluid will so increase and aiigUK'ut, ih.-it the 

 other fourth will he also covered ? 1 almost he.n- 

 this aiilipathy gurgling in my ears when 1 ihink 

 of it, tiir hotli my neighhor and myself dislike 

 water for ils cold, rickety insipidity. We are not 

 opposed to others who choose to he nji early and 

 late, working hard ;md drinking nolhiug hut wa- 

 ter; but we sa^'j what good cau come of nil iliis.- 



why this great stir ahont great crops? Is it not 

 true that if every hody makes great crops, the 

 price is knocked down to almost nothing, imd 

 allhongh we may he crammed to ihc throat with 

 a heavy vegelahle diet, our pockets will he emp- 



"Rising early, too, is another of the new doc- 

 trines, and which i am nllerly opposed to. I\ly 

 iieighhor's hre.akfiist horn usually sounds while I 

 am ahcd, and it puts me so out of lempi'r that I 

 smut and snore hy way of rehuke. These ex- 

 tremes, my w<irlhy friend, will not do, at least for 

 me. More lahor, care in saving luannre, half 

 kill ihe oxen with Ihese murderous new (iishioued 

 ploughs, great crojis, wilh increased lahor to 

 gather it. Tlu'n the harns and cellars are nol 

 largo (Miough, and a heuit-refi<liug, lie "endous 

 expense to hiiild larger and make more room. 

 All this comes of ihe new-fangled doctrines of 

 temperance and hook farming, and other thonghl- 

 fiil inatlers. 1 loid; upon these great crops as 

 unfair to the land, overtasking it, exiracting ils 

 very snhslaiice, and not unlike driving a poor 

 horse almost to death for liie sali(! of healing 

 everv hotly, and, what is reasouahle." 



A FKANCESTOWN FARMER. 



Fcbninry 24, 1845. 



For the F;irinnr's Monthly Visitor. 

 Meteorological Observations at Concord, 



Taken at 6 o'cUid: .1. J\I. and 2 o'clock P, M. 

 BY A. CHAiVDI>BR. 



Model Farms. 



Mr. Colman notices some of these. lie has 

 visited that at Glasnevin, near Uulilin, and (iir- 

 nisiies some highly iiilere.siiug parlicul.irs in re- 

 g.ird lo il. In conueclion with lliis eslahlishmeul 

 I here is also an agricnilnr.il school, whore young 

 men receive such .■m edncaiiou, iheor.lical and 

 practical, as (Its them to [nusue the occnpaliou 

 of (iirmins lo ihe best advantage. The young 

 men work in the field ahoiit six hours a day. Mr. 

 C. had the gratificalion of listening to an exam- 

 ination of fourleen of these voniig men, hrougliL 



out of the field from their l.dior, and declares 

 that " il was eminenlly successful, and in tlin 

 lliglle^t degree credilahle hoih to master and pu- 

 pil." The prodiicls of this model farm, as given 

 liy the supt.'rintendenl and teacher, are quiu^ re- 

 markahle. Seven huntlred and nvenly hnshels 

 of ])olatoes pi'r a<'n!, art; given as an iiverago 

 crop. The snperiuleudcnt slates that Ihe largest 

 crop he ever ohlained, was in n field where the 

 sets wen; three (eel apart each way. Medinni 

 f-ized pot.uoes, planted whole, are preferred lo 

 cut ones. I'he experiinenl h.id heen made, and 

 tlu; (Idference hetwecn whole potatoes and cut- 

 lings was marked, and obviously in (iivor of the 

 fill iiier. The cattle 011 the larin are soiled. It.d- 

 iaii rye grass is mentioned as one of the best ar- 

 ticles for (eediiig. It is cut (bur limes in a sen- 

 son, yielding at each enlling n good crop. Ln- 

 cei ne is someiimes cut five limes. The Scotch 

 potato oat, and the llopelown oat, are ihe v.ii ie- 

 tics of this grain here raised. Thiy yield an av- 

 erage of eighty bushels per .acre, and weigh al.out 

 (briy-lour pounds per bushel. 



Great pains are taken in all cases lo save the 

 manure. N.ilbing is wasted. The animal.-, are 

 sUdl-(i,'d, and only turned into a yard a few bonra 

 a day for exercise. lirick or stone tanks, well 

 cemented, are sunk near the cow-slables and 

 pig-sties, for the reception of all the lirpiid ma- 

 nure. "The conlenls of these l.iuks, on becoiii- 

 ing (nil, iu-e pumped into a small cart, wilh a 

 spriiikling box attached to il, like that used for 

 watering streets in cities, and distributed over 

 the crofis, always wilh the greatest advantage, 

 and wilh eirecl;- immedialely pciceplible," All 

 uhich fllr. Colman saw, convinced him lli.it there 

 is no necessity of impoverishing the soil, but that 

 iiiider Ihe riglil manai'emenl, il will keep itself 

 in condition, and be ever impnning. 'I'he .dlol- 

 ment system, though so evidently beiiefieial to 

 Ihe poorer clastcs, is slrougly opposed by the 

 farmers in geuerak In relation to ihe causes of 

 this opposition it is alleged that ihe farmers are 

 not willing lo lessen the dependence of the la- 

 borers on them for support — that the great crop.s 

 obtained under such nice culiivatioii, eonlrasted 

 with those of the farmer, lend to throw the latter 

 into the shade, or by proving wliat the land is 

 capable of producing, may induce the landlords 

 to raioe Iheir rents. Besides, it is said Ihe farm- 

 ers are nil willing to see the la bore is appear in the 

 markets in 1 ompetilion wilh themselve.s. 



([J^ It happened to he convenient for the Ed- 

 itor of the Visitor, during a recent sojourn of a 

 few days in the city of Washington, to he pres- 

 ent at the delivery, by Hon. Levi Woodbury, of 

 the Annual Address before the National lusti- 

 tiite. The address was pronounced in the Hall 

 of Ihe House of Represenlativcs, whose !ini[ile 

 dimensions were crowded \\illi auditors, and it 

 was marked by those ilisliuguishiug (('alnrcs 

 which rciidir Mr. Woodbury's addresses always 

 iuieresliug and inslruclive. Few men make a 

 more skillul array of facts and piiueiples, in ad- 

 dressing tin; pnlilie, wheiher in the field of sci- 

 ence, or of politics, lb;in Mr. Woodbury: and 

 Ibis conslitnies one ef the abiding charms of his 

 slylc of oratory. The subject of his address 

 wa.s, the Promotion of the I'liblie Inlercsls 

 through the aids of Science ; it was a theme 

 full of interest, and llir dislingnisbed orator dis- 

 cussed il, in all ils hearings upon the civilization 

 .■md progress, the vveahli, power, happiness .ind 

 glory olihe peo[)le, in a manner highly gralily- 

 iiig to bis hearers, parlicularly to ilie enlighten- 

 ed body composing the National lustitule, of 

 which Mr. Woodbury has been and is one of ils 

 most «(fllcieiu and inflnenlial friend.-:. 



The Editor was also much gratified ill being 

 preSent on ti subsequent occasion, at one of the 

 Lectures given in Washington, (in- the purpose 

 of aiding a new Baptist Society in that city in 

 Ihe comphiion of a church edifice, when .•moih- 

 er son of the Granite State— the Hon. Bj^njauiin 

 R French — consented to recite a I'oeiii nrigin.il- 

 Iv delivered by him betore a Literary Snciely in 

 Washington. " His subject w-as " Ivirth's Changes, 

 plivsic-d, moral, and inlelleelu.-il"— in which llie 

 poet found a field leemiug wilh imgalheied fiuils, 

 and opening lo his fine (aucy the mighty shad- 

 ows of ihe past, ihe brilliant realities of the pres- 

 ent, and glorious visions ol" the illimilidde liiliue._ 

 Major French, as is known perhaps to most of 

 our readers, has been for some yec.rs a Clerk in 



