^Ij7ihrme?0 ilTontl)hj Visitor. 



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must be ohaervert, however, ihnt this dne. meat 

 lias portions of/a( with it, a.ul that they a so ot- 

 teii nnuirU- marrow with it, wh.cli materials lat 

 and marrow) contain heat-l>roducuig prmcililes, 

 as hyiho^en, carhoii, &o. 



We will not now give the theory how these 

 chanir.-.s are hro..f;ht nhont in the process o >U- 

 .-ostion, hut merely rei)cat our remark ma.le in 

 the he-inninff, that a proper knowlcil};e ot those 

 things would he vastly hencficial m lecdmij ani- 

 mals, p „, 

 We ousht to know the exact amount ot eacn 

 material wo feed out to ouV stock, and also how 

 to apportion it to the same animal when he is nt 

 daily work, or rpiietly reposing m the stall, l)c- 

 cause we all know that exercise anil rest have a 

 great inliucuce on the matter of feeding and (at- 

 tening animals. 



We will give below a table of the proi.ortions 

 of fihrinotis or mitrilive matter in n lui'idred, ol 

 certain ve-elahle matters used for lood ihomp- 

 son observes that the several kinds ol tlour nscM 

 ns human food, are principally albuinmuus (hl.ri- 

 nousl substances— heat producing matter, ana 

 wat.-r aiul salts, &c., if you obtain the nutritive 

 poriion (which has been called gluten, a biimeii 

 and libriii) in dried specimens, the remainder may 

 be considered as heat-producing. ^ 



The following are the results of Thompson s 

 experiments : 



Albuminous or niUrilivc matter per 100 lbs 



bean) 



2.').36 hundredths. 



23.(i-2 



15.(51 



12.81 " 



ll.G-2 



11.31 " 



10.93 " 



a/i » 



8.71 " 



8.37 " 



3.33 



3.13 " 



2.23 " 



2.18 " 



1.32 



Bean meal, (En 



Linseed meal, 



Scotch Oatmeal, 



Semolina, 



Canadian (wheat) flour, 



Barley, 



Maize, (Indian Corn) 



Hav, 



INIa'lt, 



Rice, (Bast Indies) 



Sago, 



South Sea Arrow root. 



Potatoes, 



Starch, (wheat) 



Swedish turnips. (K. Baga, - - _ 



We observed above that rfnerf specimens being 

 used, what was not nutritive matter might be con- 

 sidere<l hvat producing. In specimens as com- 

 monly fed out, such as potatoes for instance, al- 

 lowance must be made for the water they con- 

 tain. „ . , 1 



Now for the practical useof the above remarks 

 and talde. A man who does not labor or exer- 

 cise much, should live on that kind of food which 

 is more hcnt prorfucmg than muscle nmking—hvend 

 and vegetable substances rather than much meat. 

 One who works hard will require n somewhat 

 opposite course of diet. In the feeding of aiii- 

 mals many observing farmers have adopted the 

 rii'ht principles without knowing the great rea- 

 so'ns. Some will tell you that Indian corn is bet- 

 ter for a horse in winter, and oats in suiumer.— 

 This accords with Thompson's tables. You will 

 there see that the heat producing powers of corn 

 are nearly 89 out of a hundred, while those ol 

 oats are but about 84 in a hiindre<l. Many far- 

 mers will tell you that they do not give corn to 

 their horses, because it is too heating, more so 

 than oats, which is true. They will also tell you 

 that corn will fat a hor.se, hut oats will make him 

 more/nsJ-^. This is true ; there is more hbrin- 

 ous or muscle making matter in oats than in corn. 

 — Me. Fanner. 



From nmvning's N. Y. Ilnrliciiluirist. 



Plant and Transplant Trees ! 

 "The man who loves not trees, to look at 

 them, to lie under them, to cliiub up them, (once 

 more a schoolboy) would make no bones of mur- 

 derius Mrs. Jefls. In what one imaginable attri- 

 bute, Uiat it ought to possess, is a tree, pray, defi- 

 cient? Light.shade, shelter, coolness, freshness, 

 music,— all the colors of the rainbow, dew and 

 dreams dropping through their soft twilight, at 

 eve and morn, — dropping direct, soft, sweet, 

 soothing'restoiutive from heaven. Without trees, 

 how, in the name of wonder, could we have had 

 houses, ships, bridges, easy cbair.s, or coffins, or 

 almost any single one of the necessaries, comforts, 

 or conveniences of life? Without trees, one 

 man might have been born with a silver spoon 

 in his niouih, but not another wiih a wooden la- 



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Evei7 man, wBo has in his nature a spark ot 



sympathv with the good and beautilul, must in- 

 voluntary respond to this rhapsody o Li.nisTO- 

 PiiFK North's, in behalf .d' trees--tho noblest 

 and proudest drapery that sets oft the hgure of 

 our fair planet. lOvery man's better sentiments 

 would involuntarily lead him to cherish, respect, 

 and admire trees. And no one who has sense 

 enough rightly to understand the wonderful sjs- 

 tem of lil'e, order, and harniuuy, that is involved 

 in one of our grand and majestic forest frees, 

 could ever destroy it, unnecessarily, without a 

 painful feeling, we should say, akm at least to 

 murder in the fourth degree. 



Yet it must be confessed, that it is surprising, 

 when li-om the force of circumstances, what the 

 nhrenolo'Tists call the ininciple of destructivencss, 

 'rets e.Ncited, bow sadly men's bettor feelings arc 

 warped and smothered. Thus, old soldiers sweep 

 away ranks of men with as little compunction as 

 the mower swings his harmless scythe in a mea- 

 ilow ; and setilers, pituieers, and s.piatters, girdle 

 and make a charins:, in a centennial forest, per- 

 haps one of the grandest that ever God planted, 

 with no more remorse than we have m brushing 

 away dusty cobwebs. We are not now about to 

 declaim against war, as a member of the peace 

 society, or against planting colonies and extend- 

 ii,.r the human family, us would a disiciple ot Ur. 

 Malthus. These are probably both wise means 

 of progress, in the hands of the Great Worker. 

 But it is properly our business to bring men 

 hack to their better feelings, when tlie lever of 

 deslrnclion is over. If our ancestors lomuf it 

 wise and necessary to cut down vast forests, it is 

 all the more needful that llieir descendants should 

 plant trees. We shall do our part, therefore, to- 

 wards awakening again, that natural love of trees, 

 which this long warfare against iheiii— this con- 

 tinual laying the axe at their roots-so common 

 in a new country, has, in so many vUicb>^, we 

 nish extinguished. We ought not to cease, till 

 every man feels it to he one of his moral duties 

 to become a planter of trees ; until everyone 

 feels, indeed, that, if it is the most patriotic thing 

 that can he done to make the earth yield two 

 blades of grass instead of one, it is far more so 

 to cause trees to grow where no foliage has wav- 

 ed and fluttered before -trees, which are not 

 only full of usefulness and beauty aUvays, but to 

 which old Time himself grants longer leases than 

 he does to ourselves, so that he who plants them 

 wi'^ely, is more certain of receiving thanks of pos- 

 terity, than the most persuasive orator, or the 

 most prolific writer of his day and generation. 



The especial theme of our lamentation toucli- 

 w" trees, at the present moment, is the general 

 neldect and inattention to their many charms, in 

 country towns and villages. We say general, for 

 our mind dwells with unfeigned delight upon ex- 

 ceptions—many beautiful towns and villages in 

 New England, where the verdure ol the loveliest 

 elms waves like crand lines of giant and grace- 

 ful plumes above the house tops, givmg an air 

 of rural heautv, that si.eaks louder for the good 

 habits of inhaijitanls, than the pleasant sound of 

 an hundred church bells. We remember North- 

 ami.ton, Springfield, New Il.aven, Siockhridge, 

 and others, whose long and pleasant avenues ttre 

 refreshing and beautiful to look upon. We do 

 not forget that large and sylvan park, with undu- 

 lating surface, the Boston Common, or that real- 

 ly admirable city arboretum ol rare trees, Wash- 

 ington Square ol Philadelphia.* Their groves 

 aiS as beloved and sacred in our eyes, as those 

 of the Deo-dar are to the devout Brahmms. 



But lhe.se are, we are sorry to he obliged to say, 

 only the exceptions to the average condition ot 

 our country towns. As an offset to them, how 

 many towns, how iTiany villages could we name, 

 where rude and uncouth streets bask in the sum- 

 mer heat, and revel in the noontide glare, witli 

 scarcely a leaf to shelter or break the painlul mo- 

 notony"' Towns and villages, where there is no 

 lack of trade, no apparent want of means, where 

 houses are yearly built, and children week- 

 ly born, but where you mii;ht imagine from their 

 barrenness, that the soil had been cur,-ed, and it 

 refiised to supimrt the life of a single tiee. 



What must he done in such cases? Iheie 

 must he at least one right-feeling man m every 

 such Sodom. Lei him set vigorously at work, 

 and if he cannot induce bis neighbors to join him, 



nVhicli probably contains more well grown specimens of ilif- 

 IV.rent spociea of forost trees, tbau any similar Bpaco of ground 

 ID America. 



lie must not he disheartened— let him plant and 

 cherish carefully a few trees, if only half a doz- 

 en. They must be such as will grow vigorously, 

 and like the native elm, soon make themselves 

 felt and seen wherever they may be placed. In 

 a very few years they will preach more eloquent 

 orations tiuin '-gray goose quills" can write.— 

 Their luxuriant leufy arms, swaying and waving 

 to and fro, will make more convincing gestures 

 than any member of Congress or stump sjieaker, 

 and if tliere is any love ot niiture dormant in tlie 

 dusty hearts of tlie villagers, we prophecy that m 

 a very short time there will be such a general 

 yearning after green trees, that the whole place 

 will become a bower of frcdiness and verdure. 

 In some parts of (Jermauy, the government 

 makes it a duty for every land-holder to plant 

 trees in the highways, before his property ; and in 

 a few towns tiiat we have heard of, no young 

 bachelor can take a wife till he has planted a 

 tree. We have not a word to say against either 

 of these regulations. But Americans, It must be 

 confessed, do not like to be over-governed, or 

 compelled into doing even beautiful things. We 

 therefore recommend, as an example to all coun- 

 try towns, that most prais^-worlhy and success- 

 ful mode of achieving this result, adopted by the 

 citizens of Northampton, .Massachusetts. 



This, as we learn, is no less than an Ornament- 

 al Tree Society. An association, whose busniesa 

 and pleasure'it is to turn dusty lanes and bale 

 highways into alleys and avenues ol coohiessaiul 

 verdure. Making a " wilderness blossom like u 

 rose," is scarcely more of a rural miracle than 

 may he wrought by this simple means. It is qmto 

 incredible how much sjiirit such a society, com- 

 posed at first, of a few really zealous arftociCuHu- 

 rists, may beget in a country neighborhood. Some 

 men there are, in every such jilacc, who are too 

 much occupied with what they consider more 

 important matters, ever to plant a single tree, un- 

 solicited. But these are readily acted upon by a 

 society, who work for " the public good," and who 

 move an individual of this kind, much as a town 

 meeting moves him, by the greater weight ot 

 numbers. Others there are, who can only be leU 

 into tasteful improvement, by the principle ot im- 

 italion, and who consequently will not begin to 

 plant trees, till it is the fashion to do so. AnU 

 a-'ain, others who grudge the trifling cost of put- - 

 ting out a shade tree, but who will be shamed 

 into it, by the example of every neighbor around 

 them— neighbors who have been stimulated into 

 action by the zeal of the society. And last of all, 

 as we have learned, there is here and there an in- 

 stance of some slovenly and dogged farmer, who 

 positively refuses to take the trouble to plant a 

 single twig by the road-side. Such an individual, 

 the society commiserate, and beg him to let them 

 plant the "trees in front of his estate, at their own 



cost ! , 1 rrl 



In this way, little by little, the Ornamental Iree. 

 Society accomplishes its ends. In a few years it 

 has the satisfaction of seeing its village the pride 

 of the citizens— for even those who were the 

 most tardy to catch the planting fever, are at last 

 —such is'the silent and irresistible influence ot 

 sylvan beauty— the loudest champions of green 

 irees— and the delight of all travellers, who trea- 

 sure it up in their hearts, as one does a piclure 

 drawn by poets, and colored by the light ot some 

 divine genius. , • , c 



We heartily commend, therefore, this plan ot 

 Social Planting Reform, to every desolate, leafless, 

 and repulsive town and village m the country. 

 There can scarcely be one, where there aro not 

 three persons of taste and spirit enough to organ- 

 ize such a society ; anil once fairly into opera- 

 tion, its members will never cease to congratulate 

 themselves on the beauty and comfort they have 

 produced. Every tree which they plant, and 

 which crows up in alier years into a giant trunk 

 and grand canojiy of foliage, will be a better 

 monument (though it may hear no lying inscrip- 

 tion) than many an unmeaning obelisk of marble 

 or granite. . , , . 



Let us add a few words respecting the best 

 trees for adorning the streets of rural towris and 

 villages. With the great number and vuriefy of 

 fine trees which flourish in this country, there is 

 abundant reason lor asking, " where shall we 

 choose?" And although we must not allow our- 

 selves space at this moment, to dwell upon the 

 subject in detail, wo may venture two or three 

 hints about it. 



