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(ill)c imnur'a iHont!)hj I'tsitor. 



lukcii von to a Oiiicituinti poiU-h'iiise. Here lue 

 iwo men uiigijiii;.' tin; liojrs as lliey aie liroiiglit 

 ill, tl)eii two oiliers lUiovv llieiii ij|joi) ii tiuyc 

 hlock, I)}' llie sidu ol' vvliicli stand 

 «iih iiiiiiieiise cleaveiM, wliicli it i: 

 liiisiness lo swiiij; tVoiii inoriiiii;: till iiiirlit. Tlio 

 first blow ul" tin; cleaviu- 6i;i(:is tin; liuail I'luiii 

 till! body, anil tlic body in twain. Not iiioii; tlian 

 two strokes fiom oacli arc given, wbt-n ibo |iiere.s 

 are passed on lo another s<;t, who .<nli<iivi(le and 

 irlni as may be needltd, and on ibey fiu.into ibe 

 bairel. At' tbis time oC llu- season the |proeess 

 is kept up day and nij;bt by a clianj^e (d' men. 

 Onr liunierKare making money on liiejr I'ork this 

 fear as they have iwt doin; for years before. 

 Seven dollars per bimdred is the coiiiinon prit-e. 



For tlic Kanner's Montiily Visitor. 

 New Coin Meal the year round. 



This desirable arti<-le may be bad by putting 

 away iIk' corn in the hnsli, perfectly dry, and as 

 it i.s" wanted strip liiem oil', shell, and -send to 

 mill. 'I'his inride of <d)iaininL' sweet new meal 

 is further recom'neniled to the palate by the 

 ab.senee of rati: and mie.e, lioni amon^ tlie corn, 

 as they idiiiost entirely avoid meddling with corn 

 in the'hnsk,and is the discovery ol n nei;,'hbor of 

 mine who lias lieen l;r. orably noticed by the fra- 

 ternity of easy people, by sending him :\ com- 

 mission in the corps of tlie J.azy Society, of 

 which be is a worthy member and enviable ex- 

 ample; and I eeize the occasion to say something 

 for ibis most useful class (d' people. 



We win strike at t4ie loot, as my worthy friend 

 says, and see what the lazy would do if theyliad 

 their proper iutiuejice. The law makers, for 

 instance, are eternally at work makitic new laws, 

 so that onlv the l/iwyers kiwiw w.hat the law is, 

 and the comniunity i.s stripped and iieeced in 

 perfect iuiioeence. Would it not he far bettiij' to 

 rhoose lazy men for Leijislaiors, wlio should 

 make no changes-' King log instead of Jving 

 serpent, nnd does not every body admit that the 

 world is governed over much .' t^o s,-iys my 

 neighbor Fisher, who is now an a)ii:reiuice to 

 our soeielv, and is doing duty liy keeping his 

 hands foi- two weeks at a time in his blouze ooat 

 pockets. 'I'lie discoverer of new corn the year 

 round, now an officer, was too lazy to husk ii, 

 and his wife got great credit for n<!W broad and 

 puddings: nnd the rats preferrinix cnrn stipped 

 all run ofl' to the neighliors. Vonr lazy man is 

 generally good natured, and always is a philoso- 

 pher, and, as Fisher says, society is mainly in- 

 .lebted to them, for idle men think amazingly. 

 Watt and Fnllon both were ol' this ilescription : 

 they laid abed late, ihnugbt mueh and did little, 

 aiul have we n<it conquered space? Galvini, an 

 Italian, was very fond of tisliing, which is an 

 excellent lazy pi'c-suil, and a gotui sign in a man. 

 Having ugliruig <dse to do, he tickled tiie leg of 

 a (i-og two day* dead wil-ii (i wire; it kicked, — 

 galvanism was discovered, and noiv Mr. .Morse 

 girdles, or could girdb* the globe twice in a 

 ^econd. The tjict i.s, we do loo much, and think 

 too little, and there is no telling what we should 

 liave lieen with more idlers. Wliiiteiuore was 

 too indolent to t7iake cords i<i the flld way by 

 bund, and so he invented the cord inacbine; 

 and Whitney, with sympathy i'i)r the cotton pick- 

 ers, contrived the gin. I am too prone to tliis^ 

 comnienilalile virtue to emuner.Lle the benefits of 

 theses drones, as they wore thnnghl, upon this 

 growing country. 



Patricit Hem-)', as Mr. Wirt says, was loo indo- 

 lent to keep shoji; and Roger l^lu'rinnu was 

 never idile to makir good his promises in su|)- 

 plyitig his customers wii'li shoes; and yet where 

 can we find two such Patriots aud Statesmen as 

 they were? Fabins, too lazy lo fighl, was the 

 con(|Uer(n' of the rrnjst able fjenerid of the an- 

 cients, and has not Washinglon beim calli'd Ibe 

 modern Faliins? So Talleyrand promulgated 

 the ivi.xest maxim- of diplomacy, when he said 

 " never do to day, what c.-m be left till to-mor- 



roiv." 



It )jas liecomc fashionuhle to jiraise iiidustry, 

 and .omn-gy, «iul I'arly risini:, and hard \\ork, 

 when the'riian who I'olils his arms and thinks, 

 does tlie most part for society. In wisdom and 

 the mechanic arl» we have to thank the idle; 

 and if legislators and generals were indolent. 

 • liociily would lie spared from two great alllict 

 iions-^ovBr-legislation and blood-shed. Wlia- 

 Vrii can en! and wei'r, u> saiisly our lim ger, and 



to keep us decent and warm, are easily bad. 

 'I'licn, what merit is there in thinoil and exhaus- 

 tion of your •• iiidiisliious I'armersr" They liuy 

 two others, their mo"iiey mo dear, do ibey iiol ? with prema- 

 tlieir only ; lure old age, and broken health for ii.oiiey and 

 great crops. .And is not your res'.l.ess, thrilty 

 mall far behind the la.sy go-aiiy-buw sort of 

 citizen ? In the lir.st pVact; lie i.s not .so goed a 

 husband, il' h!; gets married at all. When he 

 comes in lioni work, if the dinner is not ready, 

 be is apt to lic^ ill iiaiiired: he is good liir noth- 

 ing after working all day, and beliire his eyes are 

 open be is out of bed. In Uouie those who had 

 large liimilies of children were rewarded by the 

 State, and these marks of disiiiictioli alwajs li;ll 

 to idle btisbands, who were uoiorions i'or their 

 *asy temper." and coijugal a.ifcctian. 



1 ijiusx pay a tribute to idieiiciss, and say no 

 more. The tiest of statesmen, legislators, and 

 diplomatists, aud stddiers, have been the inactive : 

 llie ulryidgements of lalior have arisun from a 

 reluclance lo work, and can th»,re remain a uonbt 

 that the be.st husband, and farmer is he who gets 

 up late aud lelires earlv ? 



A f.Alnx'Estown h)Li:i{. 



Analysis of SoUs. 



pnrpo.se of determining tin 



For the pnrpo.se ot determmiug the proper 

 tions of the principal i-arlbs and organic mailer 1 

 there is in a soil, we have liiuiid the l()llowing 

 course, which is the .same in substaisce as that , 

 recommended by Pioliissnr Johnson in his essays 

 for a rough analysis, to be sullicienlly accurate, 

 and more easily peii'urmed than any other. — 

 Nothing is requisite for its perf ••.(nance, but a 

 set ot' common druggist's scales wilh grain 

 vveiglus ; a capsule of Plalina for liurni.'ig the 

 earth, (or a piece of sheet iron, or even an iron 

 spoon, vvbere the plalina is not at bund,) and a 

 Sinall i|naut!iy of murialic acid, with a common 

 inmhler or two. Select the soil to In; expi;ri- 

 mented upon, in such a manner that it may be a 

 fair sample of that of which you wish to aocer- 

 .tain the constiinenli--. IJy drying it in the air, 

 making it tine, anil passing some of it Ihrongh a 

 not very fine sieve a quantily lor e.\.imining is ob- 

 tained. 



Take of the soil so provided one hundred 

 grains, spread il in a thin layer on white pajier 

 and place in an oven, the heat ol which should 

 ■be raisqd till the paper begins to be slightly dis- 

 colored. An hour or two should be employed in 

 this proces.-;. L'ake jrom the paper and weif;li; 

 the loss will be the water driven olil 'l'ake one 

 hundrrd grains dried us above, and place them 

 on a platiua capsule or some nntiiwied clean iron, 

 aud heat the earth lo a dull redness, over a spirit 

 lamp or a charcoal fire. T.ike from the iron 

 when cool and wei^h. This will show the 

 anioiuil of organic matter burned out, or the per 

 cent, in the soil. 



'l'ake one hundred grains of llic dried soil and 

 mix it thoroughly willi half a pint of cidd water. 

 To this a.dd a large lable-spoonfnl, or lialf a w ine- 

 gla.ss of muriatic acid, and stir the mixture fre- 

 ■ipjeiitly. It may siaiid over night lo settle; pour 

 oft' the litpiid in the inoi iiing, and (ill the vessel 

 with waler, to wash oil' the excess of acid. — 

 When the water is dear, poiir il off ciirelidly, 

 dry the soil and weigh il. The loss will show 

 the per cent, of linit! iu the soil, aud although not 

 rigorously accurate, will he sufficicnily so (iir 

 ordinary purposes. 



To <lelerinine tbi! ipianiiiy of sand in ilii; soil, 

 an/I by il-s separation, the amount of i-lay also, it 

 is heater to lake as much as two huiidreil grains, 

 aud this shouM be from the undried mass. The 

 two hundred grains may be boiled iu water, as 

 that will iw<irporate the soil more fully wilii the 

 tlnid, and then poured into a glass, where the 

 sand will soo.'i subsidtt to the bolloni. When 

 the clay begins lo.setile, llie water inusl be turned 

 otl' aud the saiul collected aud weighi'd. This 

 will show llie per cent, of sand, and thi! remaimhir 

 will be the clay, or nearly so. Someliiiies the 

 sand will coiilain consider;ible cpianlilies of lime. 

 When this is sn.-.-.pected to be llie case, it may, 

 after separaiion, be treatiMl with muriatic acid, 

 and the remainder will be silicious sand alone. 

 In determining tin- ipianliiy of lime, the ulass 

 should not 111! tilled, as where the e(rer\esi'ence 

 is active on the addition of the muiialii^ acid, a 

 part of the maKn'iiil iiiiiy he lost and Ihi! resnll be 

 consnpienlly erroneous. 



Ity llieniinplt* proi-ess wo have here descrihed, 



any farmer who chooses may determine the gen- 

 eral characler of liis farm, or any ptirt of il — W. 

 Omi'.'jrd. 



From the .\lb. Culiivalor. 

 Hogs will uot live ou Air. 



if it be a fact, as coiitendeil by some, that the 

 inlrodnction of tlie B';rksliire Iveed of bogs lias 

 been of no benefit to the country, il cannot be 

 doiiii'd hut that U has imtii the means oi'drawing 

 the. atlenlion o!' farmers lo the sulijeet of im- 

 provement in lliat branch of rural ecoiioiiiy. 

 VVIiether this improvement has been etl'ecied liy 

 crossiriL' or selection, is of no conseipience, so 

 long as ihe improvemenl progresses. 



This improvement is a[ipareiii in all sections 

 of the cnniitry which 1 have visited, and more 

 particnlaily iii the immen.se dioves, which puss 

 through this city, (Albany,) from the cenlral and 

 western counties of ibis slate on their way east. 

 In looking over a drovi; of . 'SOU or 100, yon would 

 hardly find one wliieli would appear to have any 

 alliiiiiy to the " J/mil-Pike " or " Alligtitor " breed, 

 which formerly o<-cnpied the places of ihe full, 

 plump, round-liodieii, small boned grnnter of ihe 

 present day. They cannot, to be sure, travel 

 quite as many miles in the day, as ihe long-legged 

 racer of former yeais; but what they loose in 

 travel thi'V make up in thrift. 



It is a common remark of strangers ihat ibougb 

 hogs are suft'ered "by amboriiy," lo lUii at large 

 in Ihe streets of our ciiy, liiey award lis ihecredil 

 of having very decent 1 loking ones at least ; and 

 it is a fact ibat a mean looking hog is a rare sight 

 hereabiaits. Althuugb lliere are but very I'ew of 

 the pme Berkshire breed lo be fouinl in this 

 section, h aces of them may be seen in most of 

 llinse we meet. 



It has always been my i-rvt d lo siiek lo one 

 breed of animals uiili! 1 could find a better. — 

 That there are is a great difii-rei.ce iu the amount 

 of liioil re(|nired or consumed by one breed over 

 aiiolbor, must be admiiied by every person who 

 has paid any attention to the subject. Show ine 

 a hog with a plump, round body, tsniall head, 

 short nose, small, upright ears, of a (piiei, lazy 

 disposition, and 1 will warrant him an easy 

 keeper. 



It is said by some farmers, and 1 have no doiibl 

 but Ihey believe if. "that ihe superiority of a 

 breed may be found in the It^eding trough." But 

 a little allenlion lo this subject, I ihiuk will con- 

 vince lliem of ilieir error. I have no iilea that 

 there is any breed that will live on air; but the 

 manner in which some of my breeding sows 

 lived ;md improved in ftcsh last summer, stag- 

 gered my credulity. Alicr taking the pigs from 

 the sows, rings were put in their noses, and lliey 

 were inriied into a small pasture to Iced ou grass, 

 with an ear of corn each per ilay ; the dronlli 

 soon dried up the grass, but the hogs contiuned 

 lo improve, and did not seem to care iniicli for 

 the corn, which was soon discontiuiied. They 

 continued to iuqirove, and we almost persuaded 

 onrself that we iiad found the grand desiderainm, 

 long sought for, viz: a breed that would live on 

 air; but lo and behold! what was my a.4tonish- 

 meiil on yoing into ihe field not long alter, when 

 I discoverial the great secret, in the sparing and 

 (•arlv part of the snnini(-r, my man thai comes 

 to the city every Tuesday aud Friday, with vege- 

 tables for the lioiel, and takes the otl'al of the 

 kitchen, with which I feed my pigs, also look the 

 rcliise of the fish market, amounting to one and 

 nvo barreis each time. This was deposili'd in 

 ihe lot where the hogs run, aud covereil with 

 soil, a layer of fish and a layer of soil alternately, 

 intendeii for manure. The keen scent of the 

 bogs had led thiMii lo the heap, into which they 

 B<Jon made their way, and ti'asted sumptuously 

 every day, which acconnis lor their great im- 

 provement iu condition, and luruing up llieir 

 liuse at the corn. 

 .Vol'. 1815. C. N. IJkmk.nt. 



(.^t'RiM; HoKsr.s' Fvks.— There is no disease 

 so prevalcnl among horses at the South tis that 

 of bad eyes. Tbis is no doubt owing to lb" 

 practice of putting them under the saddle bel'ore 

 lluiy are suHiciently stnmg. The result is an 

 afl'cc-iion of the spine, mauifesling ilself by <lis- 

 ea^ed eyes. We have a v<'ry Hue animal, about 

 six yiJiirs old,alVected in this way and from this 

 cause. One eye is almost entirely iiselees, nl- 

 Ibough the infiiimalion was entir<dy rcmovod by 



