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<J:i)C /lumcv's iKciutl)lij bisitor. 



Farmers' Daughters. 



It is often rermiiUed u'uli t^oiiie siM|irisc, that 

 farmers' (lauglitersselilotn iiiufer liusli:iiiils of that 

 jirofession ; ami iriariy farmers believe lliat edii- 

 oatiiig girls, produces a disreilsli for rural life. 

 Olliers have ilioii^;lil tlie lilaiiie was willi iiiolhers, 

 ill not confinin;,' tlieiu to Imsiiiess sufticienlly lo 

 malie it agreeable to iheiti, or that they l]a<l neg- 

 lected to iiii|>ress them willi tlie idea, ihal firm- 

 ers were the only men siiiiahle Ibr liu^bands. In 

 my Inimble o|)inion, if they would look to them- 

 selves for the cause, they would be (|uiie sure of 

 finding it. r , , 



It is not education we have reason to lear, but 

 the want of it. 'I'he thoroughly eilurale<l woman 

 understands her duties and responsiliililies bet- 

 ter, and is far heller qualified to discharge them 

 tha'n she otherwise couhl be ; neither do I believe 

 want of euiplo3iiient to beany part of the reason. 

 Our girls hear much said of the safety of the 

 agriciillinal profession— of the almosl sure iiule- 

 jiendeiiceof the farmer; bul have they ever seen 

 or ever heard ol' iudepenileuce for the farmer's 

 wife ? Do they not see that for her there is nf 

 cessation from toil— that, as their father's laii<ls 

 increase, so do their mother's cares? 



They hear that the father has worked hard long 

 enough, and iiilcudsto relax from labor, and only 

 oversee his business, wilhout hearing il even hint- 

 ed that their mother coulil live more eotnli)rlably. 

 Though they see their father employ extra help 

 when his work becomes troublesome — whicli 

 makes the molhei's task still harder— ihey see no 

 indication of her toil being appreciated as long 

 as she can endure it ; and if help mtist be employ- 

 ed, it is not thai she may live easier, but because 

 she cannot do what must be done. 



And when the farmer finally determines to take 

 Ids ease, and sells or rents his farm, he prudent- 

 ly suggests to his wife the necossity — as he has 

 given up business— of her iiianagiiig in such i 

 manner as not to depend on him for funds : per- 

 iiaps proj'oses I') keep an extra cow, a few sheep, 

 or something of the kind, to enable her to sn|iply 

 herself willi necessaries. Who ever heard of a 

 larmer's witt; being able to live without work, 

 while she had the use of her I'eet ami hands? 



There is no class of women of whom so great 

 fill amount of care and labor is required as among 

 farmers, nor where the dependence of wives is 

 more thorough. — Genesee l^armcr. 



Large Fakmi.ng on a Smali, Scale. — The 

 first premium on farms, of the Aliddlesex Agri- 

 ciilliiral Society, in Massachusetts, was awardeil 

 the past season to Amos Uarllon, of Chelmslord. 

 The manner in which Ik; has, in ilie space ol a 

 few years, brought a farm of tweiity-eighl acres, 

 mostly covered with woods ami alilers, and huge 

 rocks, to a slate ivf high cultivation, so as H> yield 

 several huudreil dollars worlli of farm produce 

 yearly, can hardly fail lo be iiileresling. 



Twelve years ago, when he pmchased ii, there 

 were but seven acres ; the other twenlv-one he 

 has bought at dilferenl times since. 'I'he soil is 

 a hard, gravelly loam, very sloney ; not one acre 

 could be turned smooth wiili the ploui;h. Im- 

 proveiiient was commenci'<l on an acre and a hall, 

 ■ by diggiiiL' out sloiie enough to fence it with a 

 doiibfe wall. Since he had ihe |dace, he has laid 

 about 430 rods of wall, lie formerly boiif;lii 

 some manure, but now ihiiiks he can make ii 

 cheaper, lie tiiids itieadow mud, well mixed 

 with a se\cuilh part ashes, and a ipiarter stable 

 iiiauure, ipiile as good as deiir stable manure. 

 At fust he had bul ihree cows aii<l our horse : 

 now, bv the iniprovemeul of llie ferliliiy ol the 

 land, he ki'cps one horse, four cows in summer, 

 and five or six in wimer, wiili Ihree heil'er.s and 

 three pigs. 



He cut 18 tons of hay tlii^ past season bom his 

 meadow. Three years ago, hi: built a barn and 

 carriage house, which was 40 by 43 feel, which, 

 he says, he thought was larger liian be should 

 over fill ; but he has had to add V2 feet more lo 

 one end of his Imrn. 



lie has (.'iven much allfiilion lo I'l oil. The 

 original orchard of natural trees he ;:ialii(l, and 

 they are iiosv in full bearing coudiiion, anil lie 

 gels four limes as mni-h of good IVuil as he diil 

 before of had. In IHl,'>, he had 4'JO barrels of ap- 

 ples; in lb 111, ahnui HUO, and ten or twelve bush- 

 els of (piinces, bi'sides a line supply of peaches, 

 cherries, grapes, &c. 

 The amoiiiil paid for labor, including wall build- 



ing, 1ms, of lale years, been $140 per year. The 



produce sold, acording lo accouni, was, for 184.'>, 

 including fruit, milk, hay, &c., .*041,y5. About 

 one (piarterof his28 acresis covtued with rocks. 

 This account is condeiiseil frmii his slalement 

 to the commiileeof the Agriculiural Society, who 

 examined llie fani , as published in the lioslon 

 Courier. _ 



Fur tlie Fiiriiicr's MuliUiIy Visitor. 

 A I'roductive Farm. 

 There is a lillle I'arm in Springfield, Vl., the 

 culiivoted portion of which consists of 36 acres 

 only, Comieclicut river jdluvion. The products 

 of these 3() acres for 18JC were 401 bushels corn, 

 53i» bushels oals, 4 bushels peas, 45 bushels po- 

 tatoes, and 50 ions English hay. The division 

 of crops were,7 acres each to Ciirii and oals, one- 

 sixth acre polatoe-s, one-eighth acre of peas, and 

 Ihe balance, nearly 22 acres, in grass. This farm 

 produces nearly three fold what it diil ten years 

 ano, and was one of ihe premium farms last year 

 of Ihe Windsor County Agricultural Society. 



X. 



SiNGDLAB AND DiSTKESSING AFFAIR.— A high- 

 ly respectable genlleiiiau ol Billimore ciiy, who 

 iransacled a iiiercanlile bu>iness on the wharf, 

 was taken sick ami died, as was supposed, u 

 short time since. lieiiig a iialive of an adjoining 

 cilv, his wife and friends de-ired lo iiiler his re- 

 maius there, and his body was accordingly pl.iced 

 ill a coffin and conveyed lo thai city. When the 

 coiBu arrived, it was opened iii order lo transfer 

 the remains to a more suitable one, which had 

 been prepared, for final iii!eri(ienl. When the 

 lid was removed, the body was found lying upon 

 the llice, which upon cxamiiialioii was bruised. 

 .•\ moisture was observed upon the skin, and on 

 a close exatuiiialion it was touiid that ihe vital 

 spark had not as yel flt-d. All the restoratives 

 that liie best medical skill couhl devise, were 

 used, and iho man was actually revived anil lived 

 llir twci I'avs allerwards, before llie "spirit de- 

 parted unio him who gave il." No doubt was 

 enlerlained here of the decease, and the feelings 

 of relatives ;iiid friends at such a discovery, can- 

 not be for one moment imagined. — PhUadelphia 

 Ledger. 



"The American Farmer," 



And Spirit of the Jif^ricutturat Journals of the Daij. 



A new volume of this old and popular agricul- 

 tural work, cominences on the Isl of July. It is 

 published on llie first of every month, each nuiii- 

 lier conlaiiiiug 32 large octavo pat;es, at .SI per 

 annum — (J copies for $5 — 13 copies (or SIO. 



The American Farmer has now been in exist- 

 ence since 1619, and was the first periodical ever 

 published in llie United Slales,devoled exclusive- 

 ly lo ihi! iiilere>ts of the cullivalors of the soil: 

 many similar works have since sprung into exist- 

 ence, and have passed away, whilst ihe /Jiojifer in 

 llie gooil cause has sleudily pursued ils way, and 

 in its ripe old age, evinces all the lieshiiess and 

 vigor of y(!Ulh. The publisher Hels conscious, 

 that his numerous palrons will bear him out in 

 the assertion, thai at no stage of ils existence has 

 jiis journal been received wiih more favor than 

 at the present lime. Gentlemen of ihe highest 

 slanding, and eminent llir their zeal a'lil ilevo- 

 lion to tleir time-honored calling w ho have been 

 subscribers lo ihe work since ils first appearance 

 to the present time (and we li.ive a number of 

 lliem siill on our list,) iiave bul rei-eiilly borne 

 lestiiiiony lo the liuM, lliat il is iiol excelled in 

 point of practical iililily by any of the numerous 

 journals with which our country now abounds. 

 Whilst these assurances are flattering lo our 

 pride, they will serve as a slimulus lo future ex- 

 ertions. All communications lo be aildressed to 

 SAMUEL SANDS, 



Publisher American Farmer, 



123 Dalliiiiore st., liuliimure, Md. 



RoCK-BoRiNG Machine.— Messrs. G. W. & J. 

 Lee, of Maiden Creek, Pa., have iiivenied and 

 put in operation a mnchiiie that will bore into 

 comiiioii granite oroilii-r sloiie at llie rale of five 

 feel per hour, or one inch per miiiiile, by the 

 woikof one man at the crank; of course, if 

 sleani or horse power was opplieil, il would ac- 

 complish a large busiiii'ss. We have not been 

 furnished with a full descripiioii of this machine, 

 hut expect 10 receive a model thereof^ ere lonj;, 

 when we can describe il ill fiill. — Scientific Amer- 

 ican. 



If you wish to be happy, keep busy; iilleness 

 is harder work than ploughing, a good deal. — 

 There is more fiiii in swealiiig an hour than there 

 is in yawning a ceiilury. 



Gypsum. — llow does gy|isiim act ? This is an 

 impiiry which litis often been made, ami which 

 is answered in various ways, even by the Icarneil. 

 True science call alone ralionally direct the |irac- 

 lical farmer. "All else," observes an eriidiie au- 

 thor," is mere expeiimeni — hazardous, tx|iensive 

 and coiijeclural." The beiieticial effecls of gyp- 

 sum, or plaster of Pari-', on giouiiig crops, is lo 

 111! reliured exclusively lo llie powir il posses.'es 

 of fixing aiiimonia, and holding il for llie gradii.d 

 use (U- progressive appropriation of pl.inls. Il 

 has been corieelly demonslraled by the most 

 (!aieliil ami accuiale scientific experiineiils. ihal 

 one huudreil pounds of gypsum will fix as much 

 ainiiioiiia in the soil, as si'.r Ihousrind luo hundied 

 imd /ifli/ pounds nt' horses' excrement woulil im- 

 (lail lo il. Aiiiiiiouia is always present in llie at- 

 mosphere, .-iiid hence ihe bi'iuficial effecls of ibis 

 miiH'ral, wliiili absorbs and fixes il so as lo ren- 

 der il available lolhe growing crop.— jUui'iif Far- 

 mer. 



To Destkov the CuRcULto. — A lady in Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, has for several years past pracliccd 

 hanging one m' more hollies, filled wiih swci!len- 

 id water or llie like, among ihi; branches of her 

 plum tries, and the result has been an abiinilaiil 

 supply of plum.". The curcuh<vs are caiighl in 

 iIk; boille anil the plums left lo ripen willioiil suf- 

 feiing from the curcullo's usual depredaliiuis. — 

 Some link' atleiiliou is neces?aiy to note when 

 ihi' hollies get filleil, and then of course they 

 UlU^t be empllcil iiiid filleil afri-sh. This course 

 has been fully succi.'ssliil ; resulliiig in abimilatil 

 crops from Irees so iiiaiiagrd, while olliers around 

 had their fruit eiilhely (kv-uoyi'd. The remedy 

 is a simple one, imil so easily ailo|iled thai il in 

 oilier cases it should uul su.ceeil, ils expense will 

 bi- very trifling. 



.All ilies anil iiisecls caught in this way should 

 be ihroiin inlo llie fire, as liny generally come 

 lo life when ihrowii upon ihe ground. 



It is eslimiled lliat the quantity of grain, afloat 

 ami in store at ButTilo. is between 700,000 anil 

 800,000 bushels, mil that ihe stock is daily in- 

 creasing. The qiianliiy of flour is very large. 



Green jieas are silling at 40 ceiils a half peck 

 in Ciiiciiinali. 



TOIIAY-MAKERS. 



"VMTAN IKD UP. a Farm in .Massirlmsi^lls, fnur stciily, 

 TT iiKtuslnnus moil u ho nre i;n(id mowers — to coin, 

 inencc July Glh and work one nionlli : iT nil p.irlies arc 

 salisiicd, Uicy will b -• cinpluyed longer. It would be pre- 

 ferred lo contract willi one, -ind that one lo furnish three 

 others. .Xpply lo 



IS.VAC HlLl.. 

 at his llou^c in Concord, N. H. 

 May 31. 1817. 



I-Vom llif flohlon Jt'Urnal. 



BRKilirO.V M.VUKET— MosUAV, May 31. 



At inarkcla'.IJ Bed Cattle, (inrludinj,' GOIell over Irom 

 last (iiarkr t.) iK) y okca Working O.xen, 50 Cows and 

 ('alves, Klt.'> ilKM'ii'aiiil I.aiiihs, and -WO Swaie. 



l*ivic Ks. — //(*;/' C'ultlf — In conhptiiit'iicr? ola large num- 

 lii.-r at niarki.'l, we ijnolt; a deiliiction ol' 7oo per cw t. I^x- 

 ira Jj'Tail; lirsl quality ^7 a ~ 'io; second $6 a G 7 j ; 

 third a 60 a .S'l). 



H'orAiiig Uxcn — Sales Iroin S\5 i §120, according to 

 quality. 



Coifs and Cnk-M— Sales 5^0. S'i?, $35; one exlro 63. 



Wiir/i and /.um6s— l.ambs from S- ^ " 3^0; old 

 SliiTii >'f a i '.io; cxlrn $(>. 



.s'n'inf — ,\t wholosaluSJ a G^c ; at relail GJa l^c. 



IJj Ueel Cattle fell over. 



From llie Itostoil Posl. 

 BOSTOJJ M.VKKKT— May 31. 



FE.01IU — 'I'lierc is less activity in the iiiarliet »o-i>a/, 

 and »ati'9 have been l-IGlh below Salurd.ay's prices — re- 

 ceipts al railroad 3;'j00bbls. 



illtvMN — Sail's inoileiale, and prices rather unsellled. 

 Yellow round lis a I20c, and do. Hat lUallG— whilo 

 108 a 1 10c per bushel. Oats, G8c. 



