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IVlucli «(■ tlie iron wliifli ii.iri l>ialt up Piitslnii-f; 's 

 Cfinioil over Hie ninimtnins westwmd. Tweuly- 

 five years iij;o llic |iiice oftniiis|ioil I'miii the Iron 

 refiioii west oPllce Siisnueljaiiii.i tr> rillt-lmrj; wiis 

 3eveiili/-fiv€ doltnrs n ton : ill llie pieseMI liirie ovit 

 llie liiilmiids mid llii(iii;;li iliecHiials llie jiiM-e oC 

 cnrriii'te is hardly a tweiiru'ili p.irt of lliiit sum — 

 uhoui tliiee dolliirs. Canals mid niilroiids ure 

 llie {.'leiit liilioi-siiviii^jiuarliiiies ofllie country — 

 tliey iiicieiife llie viiliie ofiill llie |iioi!iicls oC la- 

 bor licyoiid nil our (irsi estimates'. They create 

 cajjilul 1111(1 tliey malie capilal wiirU— (a doiilile- 

 eiitendie in the use oC die word, as taken either 

 siihslaiilive or adjective.) The raidonds of New 

 England have been the inosl successliil, triosl use- 

 ful investment ever made liy our capitalists on an 

 extensive scale. The Yankees are so furtnnate 

 (18 scarcely ever to scent out foe coii^iletion an 

 iinpri.fiialile ra«lix>a<l. 



CC/^ Las* year in the haying season we were 

 sjived ill lalmr far more tiraii the price of the rake 

 simply ill raking' after the curt, in the use of the 

 larjie rake or pallierer mmuifactnred liy Messrs. 

 Clement and Little of Enfield, N. H. From those 

 gentlemen we acknowledge the leceipt of anoth- 

 er of these rakes, which we shall denominate tJie 

 gatherer, much improved in its coiistmction in 

 stiength and convenience of liandHiiff. With 

 tliis rake in iiurried piirhing, a single strong m.in 

 can go over the whole ground in thick mown 

 grass during the process of pitching. ]n thin 

 gr.-iss— we mean to have little of that if we can 

 <ie1p it in <iiir mowing land — we would suppose 

 » man might do douiile the work with the gaih 

 erer as with the common hand rake. We pie- 

 snine these rakes may he had at the agricultural 

 depository of Mr. Currier in this town, where 

 are to he Ibund almost every kind of hihor-saving 

 machine invented for the use of the larmer. 



sniistancps, and all vegelahle inattpr. We neeil 

 not now pcsier our readers with uiiy |)hiliisophi- 

 cal explanation. But we stale it as a posiiive 

 lact founded on long ejcperieiice, iniil if any one 

 ilonlits he can ipiiie easily saiisly himself hy 

 making trial on a small patch of his garden. 



But we .are linther lold ihai ().is>iiig a ploui;h 

 or a ciiltfvalor along liciween roivti of corn, &c., 

 when Ihi.'snrliiceis diy, w ill .>.\pose the mangled 

 roots to the hot sun mid have the , plains to wiiji- 

 er for waul of their usual ineaii;; to draw inoisl- 

 ure from the sniisoil. So also we are met with 

 the saineolyeciion when we recommend ploiiyli- 

 ing in orchards anioiij,r ihe roots ol trees, cutting 

 them off and rendering them useless. 



But just cast your eyes upon (ields thai have 

 heeii regularly tilled tliKuigli the siiinii.er, and 

 compare the corn and trees growing there wiili 

 corn and trees that have lieen considered too del- 

 icate to he snhjecied to this rough usage-; ami 

 yon cannot (iiil to see the difference: the siirred 

 earth will he moist while theiinslirred will he dry. 



And this is hy no means the only advuniage 

 of stirring the surface of the earth in a dry slim- 

 mer. Weeds spring up in all cases where ma- 

 nure has heeii applied, and weeds are poiiliiinally 

 sucking and dispersing to the winds large (piaii- 

 lities of inoislnre that would otherwise he left to 

 be taken by cultivated plants. 



Slir the gioimd then, dry or wet; hnry the 

 ■weeds or cut them up and let your corn bave ulJ 

 that the soil can spare. Jle w'lio neglects tilling 

 his -corn on tbejilca that Ik; sliaJI injure the roots, 



must be extremely ignorant or extremely lazy 



he may be 'iwlU.—Mass. Ploughman. 



away, so 

 iipuii each 



"A Book for Every Farmer."— From tire 

 fuiblisheis we have received a copy of*'ilie 

 American Veterinarian, or Diseases of Domestic 

 Animal,*, shouiiig the canse.s, symptoms, and 

 remedies aiul rules for restoring and preserving 

 beallli, hy good management, with directions for 

 iraining and breeding, by J. W. C«li;." As the 

 editor of that excellenl agricultmal paper the 

 Boston Cultivator, and other kindred works, IMr. 

 <-ole lijiK shown himself well ijiialified for the 

 compilation o* this «oik. We have known him 

 for years, and we say of him that he has proved 

 (limself to he one of the most persevering anil 

 able of ouragrinillural editors. We understand 

 bis new book has already had a free and extend- 

 ed sale : many limes its price to almost any (iirin- 

 vr may be saved in ii.s purohase. 



There appears to be no diminntion in the val- 

 ue of good planlaiioiLS. The estate of the late 

 Mr. Hhillipeii, iHti miles from New Orleans, sohj 

 lately Ibr $140,000. Jt had 77 negioe.s. 



QJ= We have been told that Ghii. Zaebary 

 Taylor a few years since paid SI50,0U0 in cash 

 for his cotton plantation upon the hank of the 

 great river in the State of Mississippi. Fortunes 

 liave been easily made sometimes by the produc- 

 tion ofcotloo and sugar with the inerease<l vabie 

 of the plantationis on w hicli these articles have 

 been produced. 



M. C. A. Society. 



^ The executive committee of the Merrimack 

 Co. inly Agricultural Sncieiy met at the American 

 llon.se ill Concord, according to previous notice, 

 and the following geiiih-meii were ajipointed as 

 viewing committee on Farms, Gardens aifdK;«-ops, 

 viz : — 



Simeon B Little, Boscawen ; Asa P.Cate, North- 

 field ; Isaac Virgin and Isaac F. Williams, Con- 

 coi.<l; Benj. Whipjile, Dimharton ; Tiiiiolhv C. 

 Rolle, Fishersvillc; T. D. Rohertson, Warneri 

 Amos Cogswell, Oanterbory ; Enoch Coffin, Bos- 

 cawen ; Joseph Barnard, liopkinlon. 



Votcil, That h'A ^lersoiis wishin'g lo enter llieir 

 Farms, Gardens or Crops for premiums, must iii- 

 lorm the Secretary on or before the 18ili of July 

 next, and that none will he eniiiled to a premium 

 who neglect so lo do. 



Voted, To ailjourn, lo meet again at L. G. John- 

 son's Tavern in FishersVille, at J2 o'clock, noon, 

 on the first Samrdav in September, 1847. 



ISAAC K, GAGE, Sec, 



fishersville, June ii), 1847. 



Stir the Grou.nd.— It is a stupid error to sup- 

 pose ihat stirring the earth around plants w ill ren- 

 der it more dry in a diy lime. Earih ih.il isol- 

 ten moved imbibes more readily moisture from 

 the air and from the subsoil than earth that is 

 siilTered to lie at rest. Other substances are dil- 

 fereiitly affected. Hay dries ihe liister f;r slir- 

 riiig, so does luanure, as well as all combustible 



Rose Culture. 



Many pei-sons an; deterred from paviii;r iniich 

 attention lo the cnliiiie of the rose I'ruiu the Ijict 

 iliat lis blossoms are so short livid:; preferring to 

 ^ive allemjon to those slinihs or plants \s liicli ul- 

 lin-d a bloom dmin;; ihe se^yiui, or at least (or a 

 considerable lime logether. Our common June 

 roses are in hlos-om (w two or Ifire.! vveeks, and 

 tin- the rest of Ihe season mdy aft'ord us la—ed 

 shrubs. 



Tbeee is a class of roses of late introduction, 

 called hurily, which are put down as perpeliials; 

 but their prices are so hijili, „iir| their abiliiy to 

 resist our climaie so donbtt'nl, ihat were they ea- 

 sily obtained — which is not the case yet— they 

 would hardly be veninred upon, hy any hm the 

 most determined amateurs. 



There is, houever, a cla.ss of ro.>.es, always to 

 he obtained, cheap, and easy of culture, u'hii'h 

 bloom during the season ; hut which are regard- 

 ed as so tender that they are pieity geiieraUv 

 shunned, except |br house cnliure. " 'I'hese are 

 the Tea and China roses; sjiecimens of which 

 are to be lonnd in almost every parlor, in pots, 

 where they affor.l more or less "hloom, according 

 to treatment, "^ 



'i'hese roses may he made in a good deiree har- 

 dy, by plaining ihem in the open ground, and 

 Ihey may he led out over winter with enlne suc- 

 cess, in the manner hereafter lahl down. 'J'he 

 ground where they are set should he thoronghiy 

 dry, and of a narm soil ; and can hardly he luade 

 loo rich, provided ilmt no manure is alloweil lo 

 touch their roots, and provided, as before men- 

 tioned, that the ground is pcrliicily drained. If 



they can be so placed as to be half sheltered from 

 the sun during the hot dry weather of Jiilv mid 

 August, they will bloom much more beauilfully ; 

 andimkHil wiihont some such proleclioii their 

 bloom will be very scant and ragged. The same 

 object will be jiromoied, also, liy covering the 

 ground wbere ihey stand wiib snme mos's, old 

 shavings, siraw, or woolen rags, pariiidiv covered 

 with earth to prevent eva|ioraIion and"keep the 

 ground moist. The bushes should also he freely 

 irinnmid afier every month's blossoming ; and 

 provided large blossoms are wanted, a portion 

 (if the buds should be plucked off as soon as 

 formed. 



Now forlbe wintertreatment. The first frosts 

 will not injure them, even though il:ey may bo 

 s veie. Tliej may be left without any protei-tion 

 till November, and ofien till near the end of ihat 

 month. Before the ground frei ze.«, however, 

 bend down tbe hushes and cover ihem over «ilh' 

 earth, at first perliaps ivmj or three inches, and 

 finally lo about six inches in depth. In bending 

 ihem down, tb-e Iwishes should he spread ; iiol 

 being suffered to lie in a bunch so that the air can 

 have access to tjiem^asiii that case they \\ill 

 nionld. Jf the biliage is thick, cut it 

 that the eaith ma^ be well pressed 

 shoot. 



VVliefl tlie weather i)egins to he warm in i^'o 

 spring— say the last of Mai-ch or early in April, 

 in thit* climaie— gradually uncover them, and cm 

 away a good part of the tops; and they are rea- 

 dy at once to |)ut fiirtli leaves, and render a good 

 account of thewjsidves lor the .summer. 



Those who fiillow this method will have per- 

 petual roses of llie most beantifiil sorls, and witli 

 a small aniotim of trouble. 



We are greatly in fiivor of burying plants, of 

 ainiost all kinds, having tried it the past winter 

 with entire success, iiponsliruhs and trees of va- 

 rious (lescri|iiion*; including ro.ees of various 

 habits. 'chesTy stocks onsamental shrubs, and 

 strawberry plants. Of the latter we buried a do- 

 zen, six inches in depth ; of w hich ei^rht put forth 

 witfi great vigor on being (ilanled out in April; 

 while others set in Novtudier in the open ground, 

 and covered with mauure, died as soon as'spriii"' 

 o^>ene<i. " 



The earlh keeps the shrub in entire vi;:or; so 

 that on being planted out, the lop is not exhaust- 

 ed and necessitated to draw upon the root for 

 siislenance, hut pushes fbriliof its own slrenoth ; 

 ihiis giviug iJje ixjot a cha^:ce lo recover li-oiifthe 

 effects of the riipiitre received in being lake 

 — Prairie Farmer, 



en up. 



FoKtio Dema.no for our Breaostl pes. 



The June nun. her of limit's Merehaiiis' Maga- 

 Kiiie contains a valuable article on Ihe cost of pTo- 

 duclion and foreign ilemand fiir our hreadsluij.s 

 Great Britain, it secin-s has long been an exten- 

 sive inipuiter of breadstufls. Her average anim- 

 al importation fi)r the past .seven vears has ex- 

 ceeded twenty -three millions of huiliels of grain, 

 or its eipiivaleiil in flour. But receni eveni.s'havo' 

 shown lier liability u, need vastly more grain than 

 Ihe average i|iiaiilily of the past seven \ear,s It! 

 I84(;, she iiiiponed more than what is equivalent 

 to 41 inillions <d' bushels of grain ; and in 1647, 

 Ihe quanliiy will ilonbile.<s be \eiy innch gi eater 

 than during the (uevious year. 



Now, the quesiicm is from whence shall this 

 immense (piai.tiiy of gr in be obtained.' Hith- 

 erto the markets of Noitherii Europe have sup- 

 plied a large part of the demaiaj ; and it has been 

 supposed that the United Stales could not com- 

 pete with Ihe scrfhihm- and paiqier labor of Eu- 

 rope. I!nl, all experince has shown, that flee la- 

 bor IS in Ihe long lun, vastly cheaper than com- 

 pulsory labor ; anil Ihose best acipiainted with 

 the cost of rai:>ing v\ heat in this coimiry, aver 

 that fifty cents a bushel uill pay the tiir'mer in 

 iMichigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, for 

 raising wheal, and about filly cents more w ill pay 

 all the expenses of transportation lo New York. 

 I his is not fiir fioni the average value of wheat 

 at Uaiilzic, the great grain market of Noiihern 

 Europe. It; therefore, oiir fiicilnies for shippini; 

 to Liverpool will counteract the advantages de- 

 rived fiom the neainess of the Daulzic and other 

 European markets which now averages about 7 

 <:enls a bushel in their favor— it seems fjiiiie like- 

 ly that we may compete wiihanv coimuy in u,,,,. 

 plymg the grain market of Great Briiain. 



And, if this cjii he done, and if Greal Briiain 



