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llif iKiiict: (if (iiiiiikiiMl iiN II c-liHii|i mill Miliiliiioiis 

 fiilisnuilr lor (lie liuw liiilin:; .-inil ili.-r^.M-il |i(il;i- 

 111. Ililln-iii) llie ml liiii'l liiis lit-fii iiiil_\ iim'iI in 

 Knuliiiiil UN a pii'lvli' or ii.s .•! f;iiriii>li lor miLhI ; 

 evi-ii ilif lew who iln'>.-' II i:iii>nill_\ lioil ii, lij 

 wliii'li |ii Ill-ess llii? I'irli ."iirrlimjlie jiiirc Is in ii 

 f;ri'.il imiisiire lo.-i, iihil ilir mot cihim i|iiciill} 

 ifiiili'iril Irss iiiilniliiiis li) llii- i|iiiiiilii_\ III Willi r 

 wliK'li il iiiiliilii's, ii- well ^..sj>\ I ailing wiili lli« 

 lialive sun 1 1 of w liicli il i> iliii^ loniMv ile|iiiveil ; 

 il is lliereliii'p slioii<jl\ ri roiiinieliiied In liiike iii- 

 sli'iiil ot liiiiliiii.' ilieiii, » 1 11' II iliey v\il| lie tiiniul li> 

 iiffiiid II ilelirioiis hikI w lioltf.-iiije Iboil. 'I'liis is 

 (till iili iiiinieil iiiivi'llv, liir liolli luil iiml while 

 lieel runt are exn lisiveiy iisiil on the (•■niiiiieiil. 

 Ill llaly |iiiriii'iihirly, the) iiie emriiil .ilioiil lini 

 iioiM llie oven Iwiee a day, mil soli! (iiililirly in 

 the slieels ; lliiis lliey are (iiiri-hiised liy all l•|.l^^s- 

 es ol' iieojile, anil jiive lo llioiisaiiils, willi lireail, 

 sail, |)e|i|ier!inil liiiiler,a satislinloiy iiifal. Theio 

 are lew |iiir|ioses lor wliiih liakeil, or even roust- 

 ed or liieil heel rool, would mil lie loiiiiil ineler- 

 ahle lo jioilt^it, IT these lonls were as univeisal- 

 ly onhivated in EimLiiiil lor Iniiiiin tiiod, as lliey 

 lire on ihe conlini lit ol l\nio|ie, and lialied and 

 .-(lid as elnNi|i ns lliey iiiiiilii easily he, many a 

 |iiior {lersoii vAoiild have a liearly am) <:ooil meat 

 who is now oli"ii iililij;iil III ;:o w ilhoiil oi.e ; and 

 now ihal llie |ioniio eiii|i is ajiain l^iilinj;. Ilie 

 uliove iidi)rma1iiin cannot lint he ol' inlinite ser- 

 vire, ir fieneially known, liir there is a ;;iind deal 

 of lieet ill the eoimiry, alllionj;h only |ilanud or 

 eovMi lor the use of cattle. 



A Farm. 



A rorrpspiindent of tin; Boston 'rr.insi'ri|it, 

 pives the liillownij! aeeonnt of a farm in one of 

 the Hudson liver counties : 



.•\ii inviiation to iiass the day. broiifflit ine lo 

 the liniisK of the riili and fienerons |iro|irielor 

 on ihe Klinee Kill creek, iliHvin;,' willi llie milk 

 and honey tif liii'mer's •iiroiliice. 'J'lii^ i^elille- 

 inan has idioiii four liiiiidred acres aionn I his 

 fine residence which he works willi his own 

 liHiiils. and which is valued ut, and liriiiL's in the 

 interest of ahoiit §30,000. This season he has 

 [liled iiji in his exiensive liarns and oiil-hoiises, 

 filieeii liimdreil sliorUs of rye and nearly as iiia- 

 liy of oats, hut the corn will match this acciiii u- 

 latioti of staple, each shock conlainin;: u full 

 bushel. This same tiirmer has one thoiisanil a- 

 cres besides, on the trrecn river's hill side and at 

 Clavarack. In all he owns nearly sixteen hiinil- 

 red acres in Coliiinhi:i coimiy, and all mo, under 

 his own iiiaiia;;emeiii ; the heller pait vvoilh 

 near one hntiilred ilulhiis ihe acre. 'J'lie firms 

 nt Green River are liir his Iwo tlionsand sheep 

 there p.-istiired. and his uliiiiidance reminds me 

 of the day of Job in every llims except the lakiiif; 

 away of these liit iliiii^s. Mis family is an intei- 

 estin;r one — lii.'S w ile .i comily niiilron of ;;reat 

 di;.'iilty, and the moiher oftwelve children. The 

 fjpiillemanly owner of ihis property condncled 

 (IS over Ihe premises. We limnil lliiii;/s in ud- 

 miralile order, and iimna^ed, as it will please the 

 Hoslnniiins lo hc.ir, on mercaniile hnsiiiees prin- 

 ciples, which show ihe prolil of the ciiiicern in 

 ;i siilislaniial landed properly. The profiis loo, 

 evince in no small ile;;ree the im|iiiii;cKce of well 

 directed habits of dili'-ence ami econmnv. 



Thc Bannkr Wheat. — 2i Btmheh /mm ^i 

 Pints. Ill .\u^nst. lt:44, we received Irom the 

 I'alenl Office at Washiiiuton, a sample — say per- 

 hap.s a small spuonfiil — of heaiitifnl w inter Wheat 

 just then broiiylit from the B diic in oi.e of onr 

 national ships, and deposited in ihe Palent Office 

 for distrilinlion. We sowed it in .Sepiemlier liil- 

 lowiiiy. Every slock of ii lued lliioii<;li the iie\i 

 vvinier. lliiini;li mil specially lavored as to loca- 

 lioii or soil, and last An:;iisi we rnhlieil out of 

 the heads nearly one qnait of most splendid 

 praili. In >'eptemlier we sowed this in Iwo hi- 

 caiioiis, so as to yive il ihe worst exposures »■ e 

 hail, as to the sever ly of winier. Ilei s .scratch- 

 ed lip half of one plat, so that, on the whole, 

 there could not have been nioie than a |iiiit and 

 a half of the seed left in llie i;roimil lo ve<;elale. 

 'i'lial all came up and .•ihitiil every stalk, in boih 

 places, lived thriiufih the w inler, tlii:ii;:li clover 

 and other jurasses close by. were winier-kdlid — 

 il bein;.' a Iryiiiy winter liir -.Mass and rr.iiiis. — 

 Hiindieils of people, inclnilinir most of the 

 inemliers of the Abiiiie Lei;islaiure, came to see 

 it, all ihroujjn tliti liinl spring uiid the presenl 



snmmci ; uiiil we promised many when we hai- 

 vesled il, we would pnlilish the result. 



'Ihe Wheat was col llie last ol July and stack- 

 ed np (Mil of doors. J.asi Saimday ue hired .Mr 

 jMiiiim lo Iliiesh it oni, winnow and ineasiire il. 

 lie did so, carelnlly, and aeliiall) put up lor ns, 

 (Vom the Ji pint sovviii};, '^Ji bnshels of Ihe most 

 splendid wheat we ever saw! We were offered 

 by one of onr shrewdest merchants, a biirrel of 

 (jinesee flour liir a liiishel of it that same day, 

 hut we did not raise it to sell. We have sowed 

 il, and nnolher year, if we and it live, shall lie a- 

 lile lo liii nish the connlry wiih what we hope 

 may lie ol ;;reat benelil to it. We call it ihe 

 Ha.wkr Wiikat, liir two jeasons ; first, because 

 we are sure I lure is lioihint; in this couniry eipail 

 111 ii in Ihe shape ol" w inler wheal, for liaidiuess. 

 prodncliveness, and ils coin|ietency lo make 

 while fliiiir, (ihe ;;raiii is lif;lit coloured and 

 weii;lis (iO lbs per bushel) and secondly because 

 il is iiiain iniiodiiced by lis (the Kdiinr of the 

 Banner) into iMame and has ils origin in llie 

 tliimhle lull we have raised it from. The heads 

 are bald, while and liiiii;. \V illi us it has yiel- 

 iled lOtij 111 I. We (111 not suppose it will do as 

 well as this in ordinary field ciilliue, because we 

 have taken special care in sowing;, weediiif; and 

 haive.-im^'; lint we are conlideiit it will yield 

 inure than any oilier kind ol wheat wilh Ihis 

 same Irealmenl, and thai il will wiihsland the 

 riiiors of our winter, and ripen so early in llie 

 slimmer as lo escape the weevil, riisl, &c. — GoS- 

 jtct Banner. 



lloMr.LY Wives. — You can't ).'ei aloii^' in the 

 world Willi a linmely will'. f«he'll spend half her 

 lime In hiokin;.' in iiie ;:lass', and iinii and twisi 

 and briisli and fi.\, till she gets coinpletely vexed 

 Willi her own u;;liness, and then she'll j;o riylit 

 off and spank ihe I abv. 



Sia-'ll nevei- be pleased with herself, and that's 

 Ihe iiusiin w hy she'll ..e .divays lieuin^ or scold- 

 ill}.' at somehoily or oilier. Slie'll be i|iiarreling 

 with all the pieliy fiirls in the neijjhborhoiid. 



And then she must have so many fiiij;er riii<;s, 

 ear jewels, fioiinces and osirich feathers— so 

 ii.ui h all tired expensive, flarinf> io).'ery, to make 

 her look any way nice al all, llml no reasniuible 

 mall can stand it. 



Hens. — W'e have Ireipiently seen il as.^erlnd 

 (says ilie Me. (^ullivaloi ) in onr afiriciilliiral pa- 

 pers, that hens are the im si piufilalile liiwls that 

 a Dm mer can raise. Weaie inclined to believe 

 the sialement sniislanlially true, 'J'lie only re- 

 ipiisiie, is to keep lliem well, and see ihal they 

 are consiaiilly and liberally fed wiih meal, };iain, 

 lime, firave, ashes and indeed, all lliose siibslaiices 

 which they naturally reipiire to preserve them 

 in a slate of health, lien keepiii}; has now pro|i- 

 erly come lo lie resjarded as an esseiilial branch 

 ol larmin;;, and ascoinpeiiiion incieases improved 

 breeds and modes of iiiana;:;eiiieiil will be indis- 

 pensable lo succes.s. The efif: market is al pres- 

 ent, in this Slale, very iibundaiilly supplied ; bin 

 the price lor ;;ood e{;i;s is yet remnneialini', ;ind 

 hiob hly will leinain so for years locom(\ 



We think ihal by judicious mana;;emenl, the 

 net priilil ol lii^i.s may be made to exceed lliat of 

 any liiwls usually kept oniheltnm. They de- 

 vour lar^e ipianliiies of riilibish, and are sevicea- 

 ble in thus converiiiifj niiicli thai would other- 

 wise come mnler the deiioiiiiiialinn ol refuse, to 

 proiiiable use. The lollowini; anicle, which we 

 copy from an exelianye, exhibits a commendable 

 system, and a lair accoiini. 



Akk IIe.ns Phofitjblk .'^Feelin;.' a lillle cu- 

 rious III kiiiiw win llier my hens earn their living.' 

 or lull, 1 0|.ciieil an accniinl Willi them last Jan- 

 nary, and haie kepi the debt and credit, and as 

 the year is drawiiifr to a close, I propose lo reck- 

 on lip wilh llieni, and know how the account 

 slai.il.s. 



1 wintered seventeen };ood sqitarc built hens 

 and a roosler of the native breed. I kept them 

 in a warm place in the winter in my barn, taking' 

 pains to prov ide gravel, old plasleiiny, and pound- 

 ed hone liir lliem ; and as ollen as once a week 

 I li^'d lliem a lillle fresh meal. Aly way is lo 

 leed lliem wilh pndilin<.', (meal wel wilh warm 

 waler, liiiiled polators, and corn ; (iir hens like a 

 vaiieiy ol liiiid. I liiuliil that my hens ntpnred 

 ihne pinit- of meal a day tiir six moiiilis of the 

 year, and a li.iil llial anioiiiil ihe oilier six ; fiir I 

 iel Ihc'iii run al larzu ill Uie KUiiiliici'. I led llieiii 



Willi cob meal (corn ;;roniid on the cob) and 

 broom-corn seed, eipial parts. The inixinre 1 

 eslimale at .lOcis a bushel. 



1 have sold 100 dozen of e;r^rs, besides supply- 

 ing' a family of seven wilh what they vvanied, 

 and have reared sixiy-ei-ht chiekeus. 1 allow 

 3.') dozen of efi^'s hir family consuiiiplion, wliich 

 is a moderale allow.-mce. 



Now let ns see how it will fool np : 

 ]3."> dozen egj:s at 13 els, $17.,'),5 



C8 chickens at 15 cts. each, 10,'<!0 



$27,75 



E.XPENSE9. 



For 13 biisliels off;iain al .'50 cts., ,'J-f;,.53 

 3 do. of meal hd to chickens, y.'J.5 

 Incidental, liir lending, &c. 2,00 



$10,78 



Balance in favor of liens, $IG,97 



D. B. CROCKER. 

 Sunderland, Dec. 23, 184,5. 



An Importa.nt Decision' i.\ rklatio.n to 

 Land Teni'res.— The New York Constiinlioiial 

 Convention, which has been in session liir some 

 months /(ir ihe purpose of revisiiii; the Coiistitti- 

 lion of that Slale, on Saturday last disposed of 



ihe imporlaiit rpieslioii of Land 'J'e es— the 



cause of so much internal aailation and almost 

 civil war to that Slale — by adoptiiii) the following 

 by iireat majnrilies : 



Isl. Thai all Ii nihil tenures of every descrip- 

 tion, he abolished ; savin;: and leco^fiiizini.', how- 

 ever, all rents and services cerlain, which al any 

 lime heretolbie have been lawfully created or re- 

 served. 



2d. That all lands within the State are allodial; 

 and llial llie eiilire and absolute properly is vest- 

 ed in the owners, according to ihe lialiire ol'thejr 

 respective estates. 



3(1. Thai no lease or pr.-int of a^ricnliural land, 

 beyond twelve years, hereafter made, in whicli 

 shall be reserved any rent of service of any kind, 

 shall be valid. 



A Brilliant Whitewash. — "Take lialf a 

 bushel of nice, unslaked lime, slake il with boil- 

 iiifr waler, coveriiifr it dnriiijr llie process to keep^ 

 in the steam. Strain llie liipior tliriiuf;h a fine 

 sieve or strainer, and add lu it a peck of eleua 

 sail, pieviously dissolved in warm water; three 

 pounds of ;;roun(l rice, jrroniid lo a lliiii past© 

 and stirred and boiled hot; half a pound of jiow- 

 dered Spanish wliiiin::, and a pound of (-learv 

 filiie, which has been previously dis.s(ilved by 

 first soakinji; il well, and ihen lianijiiii; it over a 

 slow tire, in a small kettle, wiiliin a lai-fje one 

 filled wilh water. Add five gallons of hot water 

 to tin; whole mixture; stir it well and let it stand 

 a few days covered from llie dill. Il should lie 

 put on (piite hot ; for ihis pin pose il c.-in be kept 

 in a keiilenn a portable furnace. It is said that 

 about one pint of this mixuire will cover a square 

 yard upon the outside of a house, if properly 

 a|iplied. Brushes more or less small, may be 

 used accordiiii; lo the neatness of the job re- 

 (piired. Il retains ils brilliancy fiir many years. 

 'I'here is nolhiiif.' of the kind ihal will coi'npare 

 with il either Icir inside or outside walls." 



Bee-moth. — In an old volume of the New 

 Eii;j|aiiil Fanner is a remedy a;iaiiist the bee- 

 molh which is recommended as iiiliillible. It 

 consists merely in coverin;; the floor board on 

 which the hive stands, with common earth about 

 an inch thick. .A hive set on earth, il is said, 

 will never be infested with worms, fiir llie bee- 

 inolli will not deposile her e(.').'s where the earth 

 will come ill contact. She nalmally resorl.s lo a 

 dry board as her element. The remedy has been 

 employed by a number of petsotis for several 

 years wilh complete success. 



0[^ If we go down al noon-day lo the bottom 

 of a deep pit, we shall be able to see llie stars, 

 which on ihe level are invisible. Fven so, from 

 Ihe depths of firief — worn, wreiched und ilyiiif: — 

 the blessed aspirations and loktii* of lifuvcn 

 make lliemsi Ives visible louiireyc. 



Legal WEiGiir. — The following table of the 

 iinmlier of pounds !iilowe(l lo the bushel of dif- 

 fereni f;raiiis, &c., may be aconveiiii i,l reicreii.e 

 to many. 



Wheal, 60; beans, 60; clurer seed, CO; [.o;a- 



