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^\]t ifttriner'0 iBontl)lL) bisitor. 



Plant More Trees ! | We cannot but nilniire that provision of nature 



Liixi.rutifl« H. the seiuson ofintense heat in Uvliirl, restores liealil.y nciion nnd life to iKwlier- 

 the Bliadf of trees, of which we had not aiiiici|>a- 1 i.oih animal aiirl ve^euihle w\w:h have siitrer.;<l 



ted such »ml(lun grovviii,\ve oiiDuot omit to, ad 

 vise lilt i^jersoiia yoinij; and ohi to pfcint aiiit set 

 out trees uUim: the hif;l;ways ami in the by-ways. 

 VVu boa-^i (11 th« soiilhcrly part of tl)e Concord 

 Main street as Iteaulifnl ehns'as can be sluwn in 

 any part at the worhl. Tliere are many charm- 

 ing villus in the country raii^'enl>ont Boston ; but 

 *ve mnsl say o<' these that their cleaned path ave- 

 nues shaded and covered over by trees high be- 

 fore reaching the limb, or snrronniled by the 

 sinuhhery whirh eiilirely shnls out airess of foot 

 or of eye, do not compare with the nnarlorncd 

 beuNly of the row of elms opposite on the street 

 to the place of our vvrilinjf. There is a remark- 

 able similarity in the siiread of ihe isolated elm, 

 which is a native- of our intervale and sljmds ei- 

 tlipr on ibat or the (irst nphnid of the river bank. 

 Tlie men who s.il out our stalely elms .sevenlj- 

 five and a limnlred yc-irs a-.'O, Hall, t-lnite anil 

 others, have |>asset^aw•ay :-at tlii^ season, when 

 liundreds of birds conic there and hnild their 

 liBSts, the elegant gold-robin, the cay bhie-hiid, 

 the chaltering wren, anrl*vcn llie shy crow black- 

 bird, ihe snarlin;; cat and scoldini; tljrn.sb both 

 hin-jiiig so beainiftill'y amhso alike when iindis- 

 imbed as lo be niK<'ak>en each for the other — 

 there is n charo) in lli«se venerable trees wiiich 

 bids Its remember those who planted ihciri. there, 

 uiid to present them as proof that planting: trees 

 ii one of tliose "good llel<d^" of men which live 

 nfler them. 



By many of iis years have been thrown away 

 in neglect to do that wlix-h. might while living he 

 a standing pleai»ure in the ri-colleciion. Short is 

 the time requited for tl>e' growth and pirfectiun 

 of trees. Of frnil trees lUf'r: j.'rn\\tli and eulti-. 

 vatioii have been neglect: 1 iip many ueighbor- 

 hoiids from the prevailing sciitiincnt that our soil 

 and clinmle were not aibipted ta llieir growth. — 

 No fndt trees had been set out on our own prem- 

 ises, becanse we supposed plums and cherries 

 and pears and peaches wuidd not llii're grow and 

 bear. I\!ueli to our surprise, plum trees set out 

 some two or three years, in the soil made, over 

 Ihe deposite of sand raising the ground, bore ilie. 

 last tjeason quite a respectable fjiiantiiy of cxcel- 

 Icnt pliinis. 'I'his year other trees close. I v> the 

 h'lusc bank are full of the grow irig frinl. For the 

 lirst lime a luxuriant rare-ri[ie peach tree planted 

 linm Ihe native stone has growing liair upon it. 

 I'pon similar artificial created grounrj <ivcr the 

 natural soil, our himeuisd friend William L')W in 

 the exposed part of i, n- village obt»ineil-from u 

 tree shading the w indow of his .sitting room some 

 id' the rarest and best liiiit during the two last 

 t'Rasiins. 



The growth of the pencil on this grnaiid eu- 

 couraged the setting in our yard nf shrubberv. 

 .niifl roses Ihe five peach trees si.uit byowr friend 

 "Clement of Dracnit. 'I'wo of these trees bnddid, 

 rJind gave notice of expansion in leaves in the 

 .month of Alay : Ihe three others, while other buds 

 .•uiKMcavcs were spiinging, si;emidl to be naked 

 .jukI. bead for weeks. The limbs shewed the life 

 of eiitulaiion — but no bnds expainled ttiitil the 

 last »v«ek in June, since which all of them ilis- 

 .cover-figns of ihe vigor of life. The infant green 

 buddjijj.; .ippeais all along the liody of the tree. 

 ■ Fioni «>nr own experiment of tree planting Ihe 

 I piesentiyeir, we can certify that il has been a 

 I iiare t)noi&" making almust any kind (d'trce live. 

 'Kverytlni'ijj; put in the gromul retaining the liv- 

 1 ji!g,princ,i||j'- has been fuiced into living nctinii. 



injury. If nature did not under a wise Providence 

 do its work, vain would be the work of man. A 

 winler rye tkid ofa few acres, from which it had 

 not been possible for us to keep cattle, we had 

 supposed to be nemly if not cjuile mined. As 

 late as the tenth of June the cattle ami sheep of 

 some persons who think ihey find it cheaper to 

 keeji these auimids in the fields of their neigh- 

 bors than upon their own fields, were down upon 

 our rye with their .iciuistonivd voracity. We 

 shut them off by niakiujf nearly a mile of stout 

 t'ltitce sufficient to prevent their ingress, since 

 which the rye has l>fieii stUSiied to grow. 'J'wo 

 weeks time have grown it into the hope ofa crop : 

 'il iJi.'i; liiMjB its body and weight of straw have 

 n, creased seemingly leiiddil. Nature has step- 

 ped in to aid the rye fieldjand will giv^ il a crop 

 despite of the depredating cattle. 



Nature does every thing to make up for man's 

 neglect in the planting and growlh^f trees; nor 

 is she slow in heroperations. She has matle ev- 

 ery acre of waste l.inil in New Hampshire valua- 

 ble. The beautiful chesniit timber so much u.sed 

 in the New England railroads grows spontaneous- 

 ly in all our poorest rocky lands which have been 

 considered too hard for cultivation : the laihvay 

 chesnut cross timbers are worth standing on the 

 average sixteen ceius apiece, trees of the suitable 

 size making sotni times three and four cntliu<'S. 

 It is Paid tliese chesnut trws, will grow to the 

 suitable size of posts in the _>ear8thut these posts 

 rot in the ground. A remarkable feature in the 

 cliPsmit is, that where a main tree is cut sprouts 

 the same year shoot forth from the roots, grow- 

 ing np n cimnp of trees, some three to six of 

 which soon grow iniosizesto be used fortimher. 



It is worthy of attention to watch the progress 

 of the growth of trees. Take our pine plains 

 iKirbaroitsly set on fire by those who do it to de- 

 light in the mischief, or cut down to be convert- 

 ed into more useful pnrpo.«es, soon the young 

 trees set from seeds scattered in the way. Val- 

 uable pine liinbir luts.are now grown whose or- 

 igin was in the seed le.-s than fifty years ago. 



'J'his s)uing »e ohservi^l an isolated black oak 

 of the second growth, under which wiik some 

 hijshels.of acArns ihat had fallen picvious to last 

 winter. These actn-iis, where they had o| porin- 

 uily to toiK h the earth soil, were opening anil 

 seeking to io'plant ihe.msidves. Kaily in the 

 spring, looking upon this oak, which is mil the 

 most comnion, but which is wry valuable both 

 for fuel and liniber, as woilii planting, we filled 

 our pockets with the acorns, bi-oiighi them home 

 and planted tliein be.-ide the t'furu id' the yard 

 in a posi;ion where other trees, having had the 



first chance, may prevent their ready growth. 



But we have Inoked under the oiiyinal tree; and 

 »c lind enough slarted in ibc leaf in niuke a 

 nursery of irees. The natur.il course of liiesc in 

 a meadow field will be (or the scythe lo take iheui, 

 thus fruslraiiug by the baud of loim what nature 

 had designed them lo be. 



Hy.even less l.ilior thun has been taken for ihe 

 destruction of our forests, the most vidnable tim- 

 ber lots-might be made to grow on most farms, 

 leaving ample space Ibrii greater than their pres- 

 ent prodnciion in the improved cultivation to 

 which the same farms may be hroui;hl. 



Corn Ciiof.— Careful estimates make last 

 year's corn crop .lOO.OOOOdO linshels, or over y.'i 

 bushels lo every iudiMiliial in Ihe United Stales. 

 Thisycai- Kill mcri.atc the amouiil ouc-llimlh. 



Dublin, June. 1,— Harv£st Prospects — Thk 

 PoTAiO.— No further in^conuls have been receiv- 

 ed ol any teudency to disease in Ihe potato crop.. 

 Oil the coiira.y, all tlie agi icultural re|.orts an- 

 highly fiivorable as regards ihiit esculent, as well 

 as the grain and green crops of aM desi-riptioiis. 

 The weather is all that the firmer could oesiie.. 

 U'e have rapid vegetal ion, under the iiiHuence 

 of a fine genial temperature. New potatoes are 

 beginning lo appear in stnall parcel..*, and can be 

 bad at ;id. a |)Ound in some jiiaces. 



iXJ^ We are glad to present the loregoing, n.«! 

 nnich better news of the important crop in Ire- 

 land than the accounts of the last previous arri- 

 val, which had represented the iiKlicatious of the 

 rot ns having already appeared. 



J. It. Uiddin^ and Horace Greeler* 



The editor of the Farmer's Monihly Visitor 

 was honoriil at his residence with a call from iImj 

 Hon. J. R. Giddinss of Ohio on the '-clilh June, 

 whose face in ll e House of Representatives of 

 Congress hud become familiar Hi the nowreeof nn 

 attendance on the proceedings of that body dur- 

 ing the last two wiiilers, but whose acipiainlunce 

 had not unlil ibis time been made. As Mr. Gid- 

 diugs, v\ho is well known for bis nliru o|iinious 

 on a single lopic which has Iweii made a mis- 

 chievous matter of agitation and bad feeling, 

 iiiiide nopolhticaicoiiversaliuii with us, we talked 

 wi-th liim for his short larry on Fhe subject of foriit- 

 work and improvement, imil commended to him 

 the high value of our highest rough iiranite liill.«. 

 He said he was taken entirely by surprise in the 

 appearance of the valley of the Merrimack run- 

 ning out of AJassacbuselis ihrongli the centre of 

 New HaiHf shire; that he could attribute our bet- 

 ter improvements aiwl our surer progress lo pop- 

 ul.itiou and wealth lo that law of necessity which 

 had compelled all of our people to be iniluslrioiis. 

 He said he must return to Ohio and recommend 

 young men to emigrate east rather than go far- 

 ther west, as the niost sure road to henltli ami in- 

 depetidcnce. 



Horace Greeley of New York, a young nia4i 

 born u)iou a dilapidated hiriii in Bedford three 

 miles out of iMaiichester, w iiicb is ow iied by Gen, 

 Riddle, and w hich he as a valu-;d patrimony is 

 restoring almost from wnrthlcssiie.ss to high val- 

 ue by the light application of capital ;— Horace 

 Greeley, eilitor of the Tribune, whose talent has 

 given his paper a higher circulation with one ex- 

 ception than any paper of the Uni<ui, and who is 

 marked in the slieels of the ciiy of New V'ork 

 as carrying np and down Broadway more the 

 dress and manners of a clown than those of a 

 scholar and gentleman, travelled in company w ith 

 Mr. Giddingson his jouriny eastward : Ihey wine 

 congenial spirits and '•hale fellows well met." — 

 Mr. Giildings may be .iiid probably is a lawyer, 

 ahhongii he appears as much like n farmer as 

 finr-lilihs of our legislators now sitting in Con- 

 cord, who could nut be kept inuiiy days after iho 

 4ili of July away lioiii thi ir hoeing and hayiut'. 

 All. \}ii tlej, discoursing of his journey, sa_>s of 

 Mr. (jiddings — 



^ '•Tweuly-eiglit jcars ago .Mr. Giddiugs hdl 

 Canaiuliiigua, iii ibisState— a place lijrtilc in nieii 

 of note — H.r the ' l''ar We.si' .,|' ijinsc days. Il 

 was Ihe anabasis of his family ; tliuy were all go- 

 ing where they tboughl lo obtain more of the 

 necc,ssarii!s of life with less of life's harassing 

 toil. The family were li.ur weeks in leachin-' 

 JclVerson, Oliio, where iMr. (Jiddings now resides. 

 He was sirlitii hours last week ill accomplishing 

 the same journey !— a pheuoineiion lo the duly 

 rifllecling mind." 



(jov. Porter lately mentioned to us a llict in re- 

 • alioii to Western Pennsylvania, which goes to 

 illu-"ratc ihe value of iiiiprovcnicnts in thai Stale. 



