^\)c iTavmcr's iHontl)lij llisitor. 



Ill 



jilonsiire is soon lost in a new and siicceedin}; 

 plfiit^Mre of seeing tin; wIkiIo Mirfiice nf llie 

 firiiiiiul, n|ion tlie n|)|no;(pli, pnliiips of winlcr, 

 CDVeroiJ vvilii ihi; lilndes of yrecii corn, liesli (iiid 

 veiilimt lis lliu viri;iii spiiiiir. 'J'liis plrnsMrc 

 likewise, is iiiraiii surcredtd wiili otiicis, iii'i>iii^ 

 slill li-nin the new !i|)|ie;iriMioes of iialuip, wldi-li 

 must nfit'ds l)o a grow in;; deli^'lit, forasnmcli lis 

 every day lends us to a nearer |irns|ieet iil' liar- 

 vest, wliicli is the rrowii of all our lahors. 



The like eontent may he reaped (Void all the 

 other employ nients of liie ciiiiiitiy, uhetlii.'r they 

 relale to plaiitini.', or lo the ordering of paslnraiie. 

 The meadow which lo-day is f^reeii, two or three 

 days hence appears in another livery, even that 

 oC flowers, one week wiiite, nnon yellow, as soon 

 IMirpIt^ or perhaps, in divers colors at once, as if 

 iialiire had horrowed ils heanlies fioin art and 

 limey. Friiil-heariiif; trees, Cor some time, are 

 co\ere(l w ith spotless and sweet smeirmy lilos- 

 soiiis, such as pertiime the air, and lavish our 

 senses wiili surpri.-iiiir deliyhls : These <lrnppiiij; 

 ofl", ihi; fruit ilself lie{.niis to appear in ils inliincy, 

 which every day prows more liiir till it arrives to 

 mnlurlly ; and then serves furlher lo gratify ciir 

 senses in yielding us lijoil of delicacy ; hut more 

 pinincntly, hy afTordiiig us those excellent liquors, 

 liy which Me heurt nf mini is made glad, and his 

 body suslained and nourished. 



Indeed, were we to take up always wiih any 

 one eiiterlaimnent of nature, we should soon 

 snrft'il with it, as we see it happens daily In us 

 in other cases, where the constant fruition of 

 one thing ceases lo aflect us : But where there 

 is such an infinite variety of things (such as are 

 the proiiuclioiis of the earlli) tendered to lis suc- 

 cessively, and in their several seasons, this can- 

 not hut sweeten the mind with wonderful con- 

 teiil : So that as the toils and lahors are still re 

 tinning, in like maimer are the sweet fruits of 

 them also : And even toil and lahor ilself, has 

 this pleasure in it, that it quickens appetite, and 

 runtrihntes lo heallli and streiiL'th of hody, where 

 it is not in exi'ess, and accompanied with tlisor- 

 ders. And when a man attentively considers the 

 nnnnal progress of nature through all ils stages 

 and alterations, it cannot but mind him of his 

 own conlinnal changes, still leading him for- 

 waril lo his end, wliicli is, or ought to be a thing 

 of more consequence to him than all the other 

 pleasures which he may justly hope to reap from 

 the several blessings and seasons of the year. 



(t[/^ The editor of ihe Visitor is in the contin- 

 ued receipt of good things in this "land flowing 

 with milk and honey." He has frequent occa- 

 sions to acknowledge the remembrance of sev- 

 eral of the Shaker families: last of them came 

 lo us from the Second Shaker Family at Canter- 

 Iniry ajar of beautiful white syrup witli a box of 

 perfectly granulated sugar exnacied from the 

 maple. The syrup is equal lo the best fresh ar- 

 ticle from the cane which we much admired u[i- 

 on the table of the St. Charles at New Orleans: 

 of the beautiful maple syrup, the Canlerbniy 

 First Family this year sent off to be retailed in 

 Ihe cities all along the Atlantic, some three hun- 

 dred gallons, the product of their niaiile orchard 

 of the second growth. 



ter ; and that by crossing and tnixing the blood 

 of the difli.'reiit varieties of the .same species, the 

 strongest strains of blood will be Itnind to pre- 

 dfimiiiati' — and that health or disease — good or 

 bad properties — ,iie Iraiisinis^ilile lo the prngenv 

 and descent, both in hinnaii and animal creation 

 — even the color may be shaded lo suit the fan- 

 cy. 



" From over fifty years' practice and experience 

 upon these principles, I consider tin; lipllowin:;, 

 among nihuy points, important to he observed in 

 neat cattle generally, but in bulls and cows par- 

 lieiilar, viz : iMii/zle line, with yeMow nose; eijes 

 brilliant; head arid horns light; ears thin, the in- 

 side yellow, not unlike as lluaigh sprinkled with 

 yellow ; neck of cows thin and clean, line slioul- 

 di'rs (piite close, and well l.iid in, giving the line 

 hand n very ligiil appearance, in proportion to the 

 other parts of the cow ; hullo' necks may project 

 bom Ihe breast and shoulders stout, very miiscii- 

 lar and strong, hut tapering line, so i)iat iIk- bulls' 

 and cdws' neck be jniued lo the licail very neatly. 

 Throats clean and li ee from much dewlap. Jjo- 

 som or breast, broad and full, projecting well fur- 

 ward ; legs straight with fine bone, and well set 

 apart; the fore arms well covered with muscle, 

 tapering downwards line, shoulders smooth and 

 well laiil ill ; chine full; back stiaighl and broad ; 

 ribs well rounded out, ihe last rib projecting most, 

 and not too liir from the hips; broad in the loins 

 and hips; hips full and globular— neither too 

 close nor ragged, bin placed on a level with the 

 back ; rumps long ami broad — very little, if any, 

 sloping; pelvis broad and full ; tails set on strong, 

 and on a level wilh the back — tapering down to 

 the end fine, where they should be well covered 

 with long, silky and glossy hair; and on opening 

 the hair here, there should be Ihe same yellow 

 appearance on Ihe skin as mentioned above on 

 the inside of the ears. Not too full in the twist, 

 (which is, a liilliiess between the hind legs or 

 thighs,) nor too thick in the thighs. Flankii quite 

 deep. Jt is ijnporlani that the w hole skin should 

 be yellow. The color of the hair is pretty niiicli 

 fiincv. A good coat of hair, even if it inclines to 

 he long, is not unfavorable ; but it should be very 

 silky and glos.sy. The elastic handle, or touch, of 

 flesh, with the sil/!]j and glossy coals, are of ihe 

 greatest importance, as tbi.'se properlies indicate 

 Ibeir value as much, in comparison, as in broad- 

 cloth of /iom two dollars to ten dollars per yard. 

 The bag or udder of cows should be capacious, 

 projecting well, hoili fore and aft ; hanging mnd- 

 eraleiy deep when lull, but after the milk is drawn 

 to be quite the reverse. It is very desirable in a 

 cow that she should have (eats well spread aparl 

 and of medium size, (yoivs possessing most of the 

 above mentioned points I have found generally 

 to be deep and rich milkers — also, neat cattle 

 gentrally I liave (iiuiid to be of good temper, good 

 spirits, vigorous, aclive, good walkers, easily kept, 

 taking on flesh readilv, and that too, on the most 

 valuable parts; and the hulls ami cows well 

 adapted for good breeders, for the dairy, the 

 yoke and the shambles." 



Breeding Neat Cattle. 



Col. Jaqiio.s, proprietor of Ten Hills Farm, near 

 Boston, who is known as a skilful, and most suc- 

 cessful breeder of cows and other douiestic ani- 

 mals, gives the following judicious directions in 

 relation to this iniporlanl branch of rural econo- 

 my : 



" Upon the subject of selecling and breeding 

 domestic animals generally, it has been my oh- ] 

 ject to combine as much as possible all the "most 

 desirable properties adapted lo the soil, climate, 

 uiid habits of New England. J w isb, hiiwever, it 

 may be dislinctly imderstnod, that whatever I 

 may say upon this subject, I do not desire lo dic- 

 tate to others, but hope ihose who are better in- 

 formed may make known their practice and ex- 

 perience. 



" My principles are, that the blood — the red fluid 

 in every living creature, in whose body it flows, 

 is, by the laws of nature, the sole agent and con- 

 trolling power, in developing the general charac- 



I'otato Disease. 



Mi-ssns. Editors — In the Culiivator of the 

 9ih inst., (Uie of your correspondenls, J. W. ol 

 KItlery, .Me., wishes to know if any ol' the read- 

 ers of Ihe Ciillivalor iioiiced Ihe dying ol' ibe 

 potato tops last season, about the lime ibe tops 

 were in bloom. That was the case to a consid- 

 erable extent with mine, and I was fearful ibat I 

 should suiter much worse than I iliil Ihe previous 

 year. In 1844 I lo^t a large part of my (lotatoes 

 hy the rot, before and after they were du-j:. Last 

 spring 1 plained my potatoes lale, the first were 

 planted about ihi' y.'ilh of May, :iiid at other limes, 

 not till Ihe 5tli of June. The land was prepared 

 ill several ways and difliereni kinds of manure 

 were used, old rotted nianiire upon one piece, 

 compost manure and muck upon anolher and 

 harrowed in upon the inverled sward ; anolher 

 piece highly mamired wiih long fermenting ma- 

 nure ploughed under the inverted sod; another 

 with line compost in the hill. In July and Au- 

 gust, many of the lops of ihe potatoes woulil sud- 

 denly wilt and fall to the ground — upon examin- 

 ation, 1 found all Ihe plant below the snrlaee ol 

 Ihe ground rolten. Some of the seed I planted 

 had the dry rot, or the " brown plague spot" up- 

 on lliein. 



But at the suggestion of M. Teschemacher, I 

 applied at the lime of the first hoeing a large 



spoonful of salt, ashes and lime ; the salt I pro- 

 cured at a store, iieiug the salt and brine left in 

 mackerel barrels. 1 u^ed Ibe brine to moisieii 

 Ihe dry ashes and lime and threw it into the hills 

 and covered it when I hoed ihe potatoes. We 

 had a very dry season, but a fair crop of potatoes, 

 none of them roiten when harvesini, nor have 

 they rolled since. While many of my nei^ihlinrs 

 have sufti'ici! very much, one whose larm .adjoins 

 mine, wiih the same kind of land, lost more than 



llii'ee q ters ol bis crop. In 1844, his criqi and 



mine siiA'cred about alike. I do not say that 

 the salt, &c., was the means of saving 'mine, 

 but if the rot is occasioned by "liin;;i," asissup- 

 posed by many scientifio men, sail is death lolljo 

 fungi. — Boston Cidtivalor. 



The Dking Struggle of the BniTisH 

 Landlords. — The proteclioiiisis of England died 

 hard. To the hist hour ihey kept up their opposiiion 

 to Ihe repcid of Ihe corn laws, and even when their 

 opposition in the House of Lords liecanie useless, their 

 groans hcciuiie only the more distressing. It w:is not 

 — s;ud the proleeliiinist lords and landowners — that 

 they carerl for their rents, liut because llie abolition of 

 Ihe corn laws would ruin the tenant f.riners and ihe 

 agricultural laborers. The yeomen, ihey pretended, 

 would be obliged to become mechanics, anil thus, in 

 consequence of ihis increused competilion, the mechan- 

 ics would be obliged to work for lower w:ises. Uhus 

 all would ibr certain be ruined and none would be ben- 

 efitted. It was remarkable to see vvh.il a deep foun- 

 tain of .sympathy existed in the breasts of I'ritish buid- 

 lords in favor of the masses of the British empire. 



The scenes that transpired in parliament en ihe night 

 of June 25, will be ever memorable in British histo- 

 ry. Fer then and there the greatest monopoly law in 

 ihe world was svvepl from the statute book, and at ihe 

 same time the statesmen that acconiplished this were 

 driven Com power; the corn laws were repealed in the 

 house of lords and the ministers were defeated in the 

 house of commons. The scene in the former was e.x- 

 citing. Though it was understood there was to be no 

 division, yel groups were assembled below the bar, 

 awaiting the result wilh intense anxiety. In one place 

 were leading and well known free-traders, such as 

 Bright aud Wilson, — in anolher Lord John Russel in 

 jocular conversation with his political friends. The 

 discussion is characterized as having been dry and 

 empty, save in denunciation. The Karl of M'leklow 

 put Ihe government in mind of the equivalents and 

 conipensulions which the landlords were promised, he 

 said, lo make up lo lliem for their loss of rents. The 

 Earl of Ripon made a brief defence of the financial 

 scheme of die government. Lord Feversham spoke of 

 ihe tenant firmers and a!;ricultuial laborers that would 

 be ruined by the repeal, and decl.ired that lo pass it 

 would be nothing but concessions to intimidation and 

 agitation, and '-be a downward n:ovement to over- 

 llirow the constitution." The Duke of (Meaveland 

 protested in the most solemn manner against the repeal, 

 and declared that the goveninienl had been guilty of 

 " uncalled for and thorough breach of faith." Lord 

 Cjage fumed and threatened, and declared there was 

 but one argument for it — power. It was not merely 

 for the sake of the rents that the landlords opposed 

 repeal, but " for the sake of the yeomen .and farmers 

 who would be ruined by it." "Was tljcrc," he ex 

 claimed, " a suspected enemy of ihe church, state, 



and crown that was not a supporter ef this bill?" 



" Where did the liberal parly mean to stop >" "The 

 touchsione of the nation s existence as a stale was 

 threatened." " No institution in the country could be 

 safe from the results of such agitation. Its continu- 

 ance and iMicouragemenl would lead lo the destruction 

 of all order and properly." Earl Stanhope asserted 

 that the measure bad been thus far carried hy " a 

 monstrous and unaatural combination of parlies," ob- 

 jurgated the friends o( the hill in the most violent lan- 

 guage, and concluded hy "solemnly warning" the 

 lords ef " the consequences — consequences involving 

 nothing short of ruin and revolution." Earl of Sel- 

 kirk Ibrealencd, an, id pioledioiii.a cheering, to aid 

 in reconsidering the subject, and thus renew the con- 

 test. The Duke of Richmond agreed with the last 

 speaker, and declared it out of the question lo consider 

 the action final. " Would the farmers and middle 

 clas.ses of the country sit down p;ilienlly under the in- 

 justice now heaped upon them? No'. 'Ihey would 

 agitato — not for the miserable sliding sc;do of the pres- 

 ent bill being made permanent, or for any nonsensical 

 ■Is duly; they would agiiate for an adequate degree of 

 protection lo agriculture, and not only to agriculture, 

 but," exclaiojed the excited duke, amid cbeers and 

 loud cries of " hear," " hear," from his brother land- 

 lords, " lo every species of national industry." Lord 

 Ellenborough gave a cordial support lo the bill. Then 

 came Ihe question, "That this bill do pass." " Con- 

 tent," exclaimed some voices; " Nonconlent," replied 

 others; and then the lord chancellor gravely said, "the 



