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^l)c iTarma's iltontl)!^ bisitor. 



Bliould open her |)orts permanenlly for the intro- 

 fluction of forci;;ii praii), (he influence of this 

 trixle on onr oun eonnlry, as on En^'land, cannot 

 fail to he rnigtrly indeed. Onr fanning, otir mer- 

 canlile and niaiinfactnring ioteresli', will all feel 

 the effeftx oC this trade ; and its moral influence 

 will lie iiiigfirv also, A war heiween P^ngland 

 und llie Uiiiled Scales would not be u thing to he 

 ihouglM of, when one country was the I'rodncer 

 and the other the consumer of the grain fields of 

 the Great West. — Traveller. 



Production of the United States. — The 

 Patent Oftice Repoit furnishes the following iin- 

 porlanl infurinution : 



Wheat, oals, rye, Indian corn, polatoeH, hay and 

 tohacco, are raised in every State and territory in 

 the Union. 



Barley raised in all except Louisiana. 



BiicUwhi-at raised in all except Louisiana and 

 Florida. 



New F",n<;tand, New York, New Jersey, Penn- 

 gylvania, Mirhigan, Ohio and Wisconsin do not 

 raise colton. 



The Slates that do not raise cotton, together 

 with Maryland, Delaware and Indiana, do not 

 raise rice. 



Every Stale mid territory except Iowa does 

 false silU. 



Every Stale except Delaware makes sugar. 



New York raises the most harlev, viz: 1,802,- 

 282 hush. 



New Yorh raises the most potatoes, viz: 24,- 

 907,554 bush. 



New York raises the most hay, viz: 4,595,936 

 tons. 



Ohio raises the most wheat, viz: 10,786,705 

 bush. 



Pennsylvania raises the most rye, viz: 8,429,- 

 226 bush. 



Pennsylvania raises ihe most huckwheat, viz: 

 <5,408,508 bush. 



Tennessee raises the most corn, viz: 67,738,- 

 447 hush. 



Virginia raises the most flax and hemp, viz; 

 31,726 lbs. 



Kentucky raises the most tobacco, viz : 72,322,- 

 543 lbs. 



Georgia raises the most cotton, viz: 148,175,- 

 129 Ihs. 



South Carolinn raises the niosl rice, viz: 66,- 

 692,307 lbs. 



Glass Blowi.ng, &c. — We understand that it 

 i^ in tonlemplation by some genllfmcn, mostly 

 residing out of the Slate, to establish a maiiulac- 

 tory of glass, and another of duik, at the point 

 iVoiiliug on the May near 'I'ukey's biidge. Alea- 

 suies are taking lo p "titiou the legislature on Ihe 

 subject, and a lot of land at Ihe point designated, 

 «ome ten acres in extent, has been bought by a 

 gentleman in Dover, N. IL, with reference to 

 (liese objects. — Portland Bulletin. 



UsEFUi, Imvention. — We were invited last 

 week by P. W. Gates, late firm of Sroville & 

 Gales, 10 visit his shop on the west side of the 

 river, to witness the operation of a new inven- 

 tion f(M' cutting screws for which he has seemed 

 H p.iteiil. We saw sevf^al experiments, ami be- 

 c.inie fidly convinced of the vidiie of the inveii- 

 lioii In the saving of ihree-fuurlhs or five-sixths 

 • if the labor and power of the old way. It Is a 

 very simple in\eiitioii, the very ihiiiL' that one 

 would have s\ipposed would have been the first 

 thuiight of ill learning how to cut a screw. Biil 

 every body has looked beyonil it, until i\lr. Gates 

 liifcame Ihe liiiky one to hit upon the idea that 

 will be of great advantage lo the public, and for 

 which he will doubtless be amply rewarded. 



Mr. Gates informs \i:t ihal with the power of 

 •me man, it will ciU bolls as fiilluws: 

 700 1-2 inch holts per day, 

 .500 3 4 do. do. do. 

 400 1 (1m. do. do. 

 300 1 I 2 do. do. do. 



Besides the despatch in doing work, the fid- 

 lowing are a few other of its advantages over the 

 c'oiiimon llie : 



I -it, its ilurabillty, In- having cut over 4000 holts 

 with one dii;, without any repairs, and it is yet as 

 good as new. 



2d, instead of jamming or driving ihe thread 

 into shape, It cuts ll out, the same a.^ in a lathe, 

 leaving the thread of solid iron, which cannot be 



stripped off os is usual with those cut by the 

 common die. 



3d, It will do the work by once passing along 

 the bolt, making the thread perfect. 



4th, the die can be made by common work- 

 men with fiir less expense than the common die, 

 and when made, is not at all liable to get out of 

 repair. 



It possesses many other advantages which 

 might be enumerated. Dies and taps with ma- 

 chines for working ihein will be kept constantly 

 on hand lo be forwarded lo any part of the Uni- 

 ted States. 



Information respecting Ihein can he had by 

 addressing P. W. Gates, Esq., Chicago. — H\ Cit- 

 izen. 



Cultivation of Cranberries on Upland 

 Soils. — The attention of the public having been 

 calliMl lo the cidtiue of Ibis delicious fruit, and 

 Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts, having produced 

 three hundred ami twenty bushels lo the acre on 

 upland soil, 1 proceed lo give his mode of culti- 

 vation, as follows; "I select a piece of cold wet 

 land that will keep moist through the year; re- 

 move the top soil to the depth of two inches; 

 this prevents all grass or weeds from growing, 

 and the plants will require no cultivation after 

 they are set out. After the lop was removed, 1 

 harrowed the ground smooth and marked it oul 

 in drills, eighteen inches apart, and set in the 

 plants four inches apart. Some 1 set out on sods 

 fourteen inches square, placed in holes a little be- 

 low the snrfiice. They all flourished far beyo:id 

 my expectations ; the first year they put forth run- 

 ners three feel long, and every vine was loaded 

 with fruit. The plants can be set oul from Sep- 

 leuiber to December, and from April lo the last 

 of June." — Cor. of Farmer's Cabinet. 



DiFFERBNCE in THE QuALITT OF MiLK. — 



Farmers in general are not aware o( the great 

 difference there is in the richness of milk. In 

 butter dairies, especially, this Is a point which de- 

 serves atlenlion. The mere fact that a cow gives 

 a large quantity of milk. Is scarcely any eviiience 

 of her value for the production of butler. It is 

 but a short time since we heard a farmer stale 

 thai be had a cow which would give from 20 lo 

 22 quarts per day, and he had tilt last summer 

 alwjiys considered her a first rate cow ; but it 

 then happened that her milk was set separately 

 for Ijulter, when it was proved that only about 

 four ounces per day could be obtained. This 

 may be called an extreme case; but let the milk 

 of various cows be fiiirly tried, and a surprising 

 difltrence will oficn be seen. Mr. Newell, in his 

 address before the Essex County iMii^.s.) .Agricul- 

 tural Society, observes that according lo his oh- 

 servntioii, there is much less imiliuinity in the 

 milk of what we call " native" cows, than in that 

 of the Ayrsliires and Alilerneys. He says — "A 

 few years ago I made a little experiment lo lesl 

 the cpiality of the milk of sixteen cows. A gal- 

 lon of each cow's milk was sei by itself, and af- 

 ter standing twenty-lour hours, the cream liom 

 each was churned liy itself, and the quantity of 

 butter ranged from 3 to 8 ounces." Thus it is 

 seen that while the milk of some cows afforded 

 ■> pound of butter to every eight quarts. It requir- 

 ed more than t^^enIy-one (piarts of Ihe milk of 

 some others to make that quantity. Will nut this 

 fict hi- remeiubered .- — .ilbanij Cull. 



CHILl>aE.%"s lioOTS AND SlIOES. — Tlic atteii- 

 tiiMi of every mother should be given to the state 

 of her cliildren's liel. How much subsequent 

 pain, distortion ami hinx'iiess, might be spared. 

 If a Utile conslileriition «ere given in time lo the 

 child's shoes and boots. As a general rule, if 

 proper length and width he given, all will be well ; 

 but this must be seen to fri'i|uenlly, as little fi.-el 

 Hmiii grow larger. 



If shoes are worn, they should he easy across 

 the lo<!s, and of good form in the sole, hollow and 

 archeil al the waist, and snug at the heel — if boots, 

 tlii'ii the elastic the same as ladies'. 



If the ankles are weak, a surgeon should be 

 coiisnlti'il without delay. I have benefitted many 

 children by makiti:; lui elastic lace hoot, which, 

 from the support ll affords, compressing the mus- 

 cles of the fool, and by bearing well up by me;uis 

 of a spring uiiiler the arch of the fiiol, has pre 

 vented lameness, and restored the feet and ankles 

 to till ii natural form. - Hall's Rook nf the Ferl. 



Thb Education or the Heart. — The Rich- 

 mond Uepublican,in an article U(ion the compar- 

 ative merits of exclusively intellerlual systems 

 of popular ediicaiion, closes with the following 

 heaulffnl remarks : 



Hand in hand with such a system of ediicalifm 

 should go that home-teaching which the mother 

 ulone can give — those worrls of goodness and 

 lleaveii-deriTed monition, whispered oter the cra- 

 dle, breathed in the morning and evening prnyer, 

 exemplified in ihe daily life, which the child can- 

 not fiirgel if he would, which he remembers in 

 the dustiest path of after llfe,and which rise, with 

 the freshness of yesterday, before his dying eye.". 

 If there is a spot upon earth where man is best 

 fitted for his earthly and eternal destiny, ami 

 where angelic intelligencers, watching wiih eager 

 interest the development of an order of iTemgs 

 hut little lower than themselves, delight to linger, 

 it is not in the school of science, not atone In the 

 sacred temples of religion, bul at ihe holy altar 

 of a well ordered home, where the priestess 

 brings her chihiren to luiuister liy her side, and 

 teaclies ihem lo ofitjr up daily sacrifices of evil 

 passions, selfish propensities and wayward hu- 

 mors, upon a shrine consecrated to benevolence, 

 generosity, humility, forgiveness, truth — in one 

 word, lo God. 



The War Ship of Peace. 



Br SAMUEL LOVER. 



Sweet land of B»r>g, Ihy hafp dolh bairg 



Upon llie willows now, 

 While f.imlne's blight and fever's pang 



Stamp misery on thy brow j 

 Vet lake Ihy harp and raise thy voice, 



Though faint and low it be, 

 .■^nd let thy sinking heart rejoiccr 



fn friends, sliH lelt lo Ihee. 



I.ooK out, look out, across the sea 



That grinds Ihy emerald shore, 

 \ ship ol" war is bound lor thee, 



But with no warlike store : 

 Her thundersleeps — 'lis ftJercy's brealh 



That wafts her o'er the sea. 

 She goes no! tbrlh lo deal out death, 



Bul bears new lile to tbee. 



The wasted hand can scarcely stnko 



The cords ol' grntelul praise ; 

 Thy plaintine lone is now unlike 



Til) voice of prouder d.iys. 

 Yet, even in sorrow, tunelul 



Let Krin's voire proclaim 

 In bardic praise, on every hill, 



Columbia's glorioos name. 



Be Steadv. — "trolling stone gathers no moss.'' 

 — This maxim figuratively and fitly illiislrates the 

 ill success of the fickle minded anil shililng. 



Such (lersons do not accumnlale sveallli or rep- 

 utation. They pass too rapidly from one thing 

 to another. There is a want of fixcihiess of pur- 

 pose, slabillty of mind, and ilecisloii of character. 

 This incluiles " Jai-k al all trades, and good at 

 none." They bart ly scan the surfaces or super- 

 fices of things. Tliey do not, by research am! 

 perseverance, find the pearl or the jjold : not so 

 fortunate as to discover the rich mine of wealth, 

 or ihi; hidden treasure. 



Division of labor serves, in a measure, for pre- 

 vention or cure. If a iiiaii would profit himself 

 or the couimniiity. let lilui i-onfine himself to some 

 fixed and permanent I'uiplovnierit ; let him re- 

 member Ihe old adage, "labor overcnineth all 

 Ihiiig."." If' the unstable I liaracler Is not acquir- 

 ed by habit, hilt lielongs to natnro or conslltutlon, 

 ll is more ditfienll to remedy It; for " what is breil 

 In the bone will never be out of the flesh." 



But whether this fickle character liu llie pro- 

 duct of naliire or habit, our maxim is still appli- 

 cable, "a rolling stone gathers no moss." 



The moral of this is, the importance of firm- 

 ness of mind, and slnbiliiy of huliii in every lau- 

 dable occu|ialioii. 



Sowi>o Seeds. — The principal points to he 

 atlendcil to In sowing seeils are, firsi, lo prepare 

 the ground so that the young and lender roots 

 iliidwn out by the seeds may easily peiielrate into 

 It ; secondly, lo fix the seeds firmly in the soil ; 

 ihlrdly, to cover them, so as to exclude the light, 

 «liii'h Impedes vegetation, and lo preserve a siif- 

 liilency of moisture round them to encourage it ; 

 .'iiiil, fourthly, not to bury them so deeply ns ei- 

 ther to deprive them of the beneficial Influence 

 of the air, or lo throw any unnecessary impedi 

 mrutn In the nay of tlieli ascending shoots. 



