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®l)e jTarmer's illonti)Ii) llisitor. 



.land. He rntired in his last years to an olngiint 

 seat vvliich he had pni-rhasi'd in the viMago of 

 Augusta, at whicli he died about two years ago. 

 He was anioug those- patriots whose services auil 

 wliose virliies will he long rccollerted witli grat- 

 itude hy his fellow citizens. 



The county of Cuiuherhind is evidently im- 

 proving its Agricidture, especially along the 

 seahoard. The marine niaiuires liere, as along 

 the coiist at the westward, are conjing greatly 

 into use : in Westhrook the iniproveiiieiit was 

 evinced liy the niaiuire piles in many tields and 

 the verdure of the meadows at a late season — 

 also on the Piscataway river further in the inte- 

 rior near Falmouth. Of the crops worthy of 

 notice was that of Mr. William Moriill, of 48 

 bushels of wheat to the acre, and 181) bushels 

 of rye from four bushels of sowing oii 4 acres 

 39 square rods, hy a Mr. Foss of the same tow n. 

 Hon. Meshech Humphrey of Gray, gave 30 laisli- 

 els of onions from ten square rods — a product 

 almost equal to Weatherstield in a country iiiuch 

 further north. 



Of the inaicufactures, those of silU by Mr. John 

 Dillingham of Tm-ner, who jirodnced in the 

 year 1841. lour thousand skeins: for the susten- 

 ance of the worms, he prefers the morns expansa, 

 u thicker and more hardy leali^d imdherry, to 

 the ntoriis mnlticaulis; Mr. George Fitch of 

 Bridgtoti, has made each of several seasons from a 

 few "trees, 4 Ihs. of sewing silk. The hounty 

 |iaid hy the State is 5 cents per |ionnd for cocoons, 

 and 50 cents per pound for manufactured silk. 

 This article is now produced in several towns of 

 Maine. 



S|"/eeimens of very superior Ingrain carpeting 

 manuliictnred hy J. Woodward at Gorhani — 

 Hats by Covin and Kimhall and Lihhey at Port- 

 land — Hardware, such as hmi|)s, Brittania tea- 

 jKits, tea-trays,&c. hy Messrs. Porters and Stevens 

 of Westhrook — were creditable to the manufac- 

 turing ingenuity of that county. 



Beard's Improved Bee House. 



We have heretofore tioiiced the cheap ai;d 

 convenient Hee House patented by Khenezer 

 Beard of New Sharon, Maine; having tasted of 

 the pure honey t.-iken from one of these houses, 

 sent us last winter by Doct. E. C. Tiolfe of Far- 

 miiigton, Maine, who is an agent for selling the 

 right .■md tin nisliing the houses, we again call 

 the public notice to them. These houses .are so 

 constructed as better to seciu'e and protect the 

 bees than any other that has yet come within our 

 knowli'dge. Mr. Rolfe. at the Concord lower 

 bridge has summered and wintered the bees tor 

 two houses, now busily engaged at their sum- 

 mer's work. Without llie protection of any cover 

 other than the house itselt", these bees have wilh- 

 sti od in a ii inaikable state of pl■e^ervation, the 

 iuclenienoy o!' the last Ions winter. AYiy person 

 who has the curio.-^iiy to see these newly inven- 

 ted houses; may ih) so by calling at the loll-honse 

 of thebriik'e parsing from Concord to Pembroke, 

 where he can obtain iulianiation how the hives 

 inav be priicurc<l. 



The followinir mode of constructing these lice 

 houses is extracteil from llie scheilule of Mr. 

 Beard's letters patent. "The Houses m:iy he 

 made of vai'ions sizes, accordim;' to the nnndier 

 of swarms that inhabit them. A Bee-House, for 

 fom- swarms of coiiniinii size, should be thir- 

 ty-nine .•mil a half iiu-hes in length. Th(! width 

 on the bottom, twenty-three inches ; and from the 

 bottom upwards (ilteeu inches it widens to twen- 

 ty-nine irielu^u. From the fifteen inches to the 

 top is fourteen inches, making the whole twenty- 

 nine inches. Across the top is eleven inches, 

 and frou] the to[) downwards, on both sides, it is 

 sloping so as to shed off the water. This sloping 

 part or roof is hung on hinges at the top, so as to 

 ))ut four small hives,- with bees in them, into the 

 large house: and also, small boxes lor the bees to 

 make honey in. On the top of the house a cap 

 is put to shell off the water from the joints that 

 nre made by the covers or lids. The Bee-House 

 stands on fiiiir legs, made fast to it by nailing at 

 each end. The linltom has one boaid, ten inches 

 wide, whi'li runs from end to end, and to this 

 bollom board there are on each side two small 

 bottom I)oai(ls, hung by hinges, taat should be 

 let down in hot weather, to give the bees more 

 rooin to enter the hives in the time of making 

 honey, anri also to give them a fresh circulation 

 of air, and thereby facilitate them in their labor. 



These bottom hoards are to be put up in the fall 



as soon as the flowers disappear, so as to protect 

 them from being robbed by their neighbors, and 

 kept so until flowers apjiear again." 



Among the nmnificenl presents of last year, 

 the editor hi d the pleasure to acknowledge the 

 liberal gifts of the bi'st Scytlies and Suailhes and 

 Hand-rakes ever used on his premises from Gen. 

 Colby of New London, and Dea. Barrett of War- 

 ner: o higher prkt can be affordtd for their nrticlcs 

 thfin for any ue have yet seen. We would that 

 some ingenious mechanics would give us an op- 

 portunity to commejid, as of equal superlative 

 value with those jnst named, a newly im|iroved 

 cultivator to work among the corn and potatoes 

 — a revolving hoise rake that will not entangle 

 the hay — a Roller that will lay the harrowed 

 grain ground smooth as the floor — or a light 

 seed plough that will answer well for one or 

 two horses. Pitchforks, dung-lbrks, shovels, hoes 

 and rakes, always come to us in good time at the 

 opening of spring. Our praise f()r the very best 

 articles is worth more to the manufacturer than 

 the money ]irice. 



Rifles for grass and grain Scythes. — Mr. 

 True K. Mason of Canterbury, N. H. will ac- 

 cept the thanks of the Kditor of the Visitor ;br 

 half a dozen of his excellent lifles. They come 

 to us very opiioriiinely, since the sands washed 

 over our intervales by the high freshets of this 

 S[)ring will require these best rifles to restore a 

 keen and smooth edge to the scythes of our work- 

 men, without which they cau labor neither to 

 their own ease or our profit. Tl>e composition 

 for these rifles is of a thorough, genuine, water 

 proof cement that will not suffer them to flake 

 or scale off, or to be iifti^cted by water: the em- 

 ery is of the best quality. 



Pronty and Mears' Plough — the sward plough 

 followed hy their .new subsoil plough — have 

 been at work in our field three days last week : 

 tiiur acres were turned over as beautifully as the 

 most fastidious eye could wish. The first plongli 

 turns the sod upon a gromid work of manure 

 spread upon the sward to the depth of eight 

 inches: the sidisoil |)lough fiillows in the sanie 

 liirrow stirring the ground eight inches deeper. 

 A portion of the field has been left with the or- 

 dinary ploughing of eight inches. We shall see 

 in the course of two years whether sul)Soil 

 |)lougliing is of any value. 



Bf: Something. — Be something — says the tal- 

 ented King.sluiry, no matter what. Throw aside 

 all collateral aids — oft' with your coats — and de- 

 termine to work your way U|). Providence has 

 provided the ladder ; there it is beliire you; — 

 come mount, mount. Don't fold your arms un- 

 til you find something that suits your talents. 

 Take the chisel — the saw — the axe — the hammer. 

 We recollect a young gentleman — an intimate 

 friend — ^wiio was a fijw years since wealthy, be- 

 ing worth some filiy thousand dollars — he did an 

 excellent business; hut the last panic, like a 

 whirlwiiul. swept his whole properly overboard 

 and left him a bankrupt. Did he reiriain idle ? 

 No. He braced himself up- for a fi-esh struggle. 

 He minded not his delicate hands; but worked 

 his passage (iom a western port to New Orleans. 

 Finding nothing lo do there, he worked his pas- 

 sage to New Vork. There we find him busy anil 

 contented as of old. 



" What are you at now, Bill ?" 



" At !— Oh, I'm porter lo a broker in Wall 

 street." 



"Pay well eh?" 



" Wl^y, enough to live on. 1 receive nincpence 

 a day, and have the privilege of slee))ing on his 

 counter at night. Hal ha! — a broker's counter 

 makes rather a hard bed." 



"But, Bill, yon ought not to live thus. Your 

 talents should make you look higher." 



" .^y, and so you woidd have me run the risk 

 of starving, out of respect to my talents-' 1 

 must do Kunuthing. All I want is a liiolhold. In- 

 quire for me in a year fVom now." 



In a year he had worked himself npto be con- 

 lideiitiai book-keeper in a large New York estab- 

 lishment. He will he admitted as a prntner soon, 

 and will ;icqi!ire anolhi.'r fiirtnue. He adopted 

 the true method to keep out of iiiischiel^ 



Good old William West, the celebrated and 

 successful farmer of Delaware county, always 

 had a large bed of compost, duly and properly 

 prepared in the field he intended to plant with 

 corn, wherewith to dress it. He raised fine crops 

 and improved his farm, and left u good e,\ample 

 fi>r others to follow. It was a maxim with him 

 "lo he kind lo the soil," and he reaped his re- 

 ward. 



Query, was there ever a farmer who annually 

 prepared and applied a good bed of compost to 

 his corn, who did not thrive and prosper in his 

 calling.' 



Preserving Winter Apples. — Mr. VVillard 

 Haven, our townsman, tells us he opened one of 

 his barrels of apples last week and took out 200 

 Baldwins, [lerfeclly sound, and found but one 

 rotten one. He first put his apples on a floor to 

 dry, then headed them iq) quite tight, excluding 

 the air, and put them into a cold cellar last au- 

 tumn. — Ploughman. 



A lady requested a friend of ours to tell her to 

 what order of natural history man was usually 

 assigned. He of course answered I^er philosoph- 

 ically, and desired her to give him woman's loca- 

 tion. " Oh," said she with a smile, " man embra- 

 ces woman." 



Why does steam cause the common grist mill 

 to go ? Do you give it up ? Well, then, the sun 

 causes the vapor lo rise in steam, whicli is waft- 

 ed by the winds in clouds, and fiills upon the 

 mountains; as it runs ilown, the mill dam arrests 

 it, and the mill is turned. 



The Farmer.— With no inheritance but health, 

 with no riches but industry, and no ambition but 

 virtue, he is the sole king among men, and the 

 only man among kings. 



Scraped horseradish made into a syriqi, is said 

 to he an excellent remedy for hoarseness. 



THE MARKETS. 



Flour and Grain. — Boston, May 2f!. — FLOUR. 



Ttie transactions in Genesee comprise nearly all the ar- 

 rivals ol the week at i 9t a ^5 per bbl. and 'lancy 5 12^. 

 The st'.ck of .ill kinds is uiicommnnly small for the sea- 

 son, particularly of Sduthern, whicli has improved within 

 a few dajs 25 c per bbl. and at which rate holders are 

 firm. Sales consist of 2 a 3000 bbis Frodericsburgh i 37 

 a 4 30, cash, and 4 62.J, 60 days ; 600 do, do. Belmont 

 brand,4ii7; 1000 do. do. extra'iSagle. ,55, cash; 100 do. 

 do. do. 5 2j, 60 d,lvs, on interest ; 10 a 1200 bbIs George- 

 town, coinioon. 4 ()2^, and do extra bakers, g3 a 5 12 per 

 bbl; 903 bbIs Philadelphia, 4 62^, cash and short time; 

 200 do. How-ard street, 4 62^. cash. 



GRAIN— The demand for Corn has been extremely 

 limited, and at tlie close of our report there remains five 

 carbines afloat unsold. Yellow flat is ofTered at 55c with- 

 out finding buyers. \ c«r<;o New Orleans a little heated, 

 sold at Sir. and a parcel in good order. 52^c per bushel ; 

 yellow fi:it ,54 a 55c, and round, rather green. 53. and dry, 

 37 a .58c per bushel ; white 53 a Sic per bushel. North- 

 ern Oats 30 a 31c; do. Rye, 65c; 1000 bushels heavy 

 Shorts, 30c, and 500 do. light do. 28 c per bushel ; Brao 

 21 a2.'ic, 



A'fio i'ork. May 23, 2 p, 111. — Genesee Flour is selling 

 at 4 81, but hardly .500 bbIs could lie found at any price. 

 No receipts since Saturday, so that the market is at this 

 moment more entirely bare of Western Flour than ever 

 before in this city or Boston. A sale of iNorthern Corn ^ 

 has been nude at Si^c in the slip. It should be remark- 

 ed. however, that a good deal of the Northern Corn is 

 objected td because it has lain through the winter in an 

 exposed situation. Fresh Jersey would sell at 56c rea- 

 dily. 



Cattle and Meat. 



Brighton, May 22.— .\t market, 350 Beef Cattle, 16 

 pairs Working Oxen, 33 Cows and Calves, 430 Sheep, and 

 1700 Swine. 50 Beel' Cattle unsold. 



Prices— Bee/ Cattle— The prices obtained last week 

 for a like quality were noi sustained. Wc quote a few 

 extra g350; hrst quality, ,g5 25 ; second quality, «4 75 

 a go 00; third quality, g* 00 a j^4 50. 



Working Orra.— Sales at ,958, 65. 70 and 75. 



Cow^ and Caiufs.— Sales at 514. 17. 22.28 and 35. 



Sheep. — Lots were sold from J(l 50 to 2 50. 



Swine. — Lots to peddle Iroin 45 a 5c for Sows, and 51 - 

 a Gc for Barrows ; large Barrows 5u. At retail from 3A 

 to 7c. " 



New Yorlc. May 22.— At market, 758 Beef Cattle. 110 

 Cows and Calves, and 465 Sheep. 320 of the Beef Cat- 

 tle were from the South- all at market but 30 sold. 



Prices— Hi'et' Cattle ranged from ^5 lo §7 30 fur re- 

 tailing, and ,S4 to 4 75 for poor and ordinary kinds. 



Cows and Calves— 80 sold at 18 to 25, a ^30. 



Sheep— Sales ,it 1 73 to 2 SO, a 4 50 tor e.Mtra lots 30 

 left. 



