^l)t Javmcv's iHont!)lij Visitor. 



95 



is capable, himI what we inuy still hope in panto 

 accoiuplisli. If mil- crops were more geiienilly 

 than tliey are, in the same list with the tew 

 - preiniiiiu" crops, what a flitFerence would it not 

 make in the aji^negatp value of our prochicis, 

 and wealtn and population. 



In the frrent nuirjhers that have left, and are 

 nnniially Icavrnir us, nf our yoiuig and enterpris- 

 ing men, how many are there that increase their 

 wealth or happiness ? No trnii son ol' oin- land 

 ever forgets iiis natal skii s ; and we helieve few 

 better their condition in their efforts far away. 

 vCvery farnjer is aware that in an endeavor, a 

 failing' endeavor it may he, he is sure of a pre- 

 mium: he may not get the ten, fifteen, or twenty 

 dollars awarded for the best — ids name may lie 

 known only to iliose who award it to another; 

 but is he not, is not every one rewarded in the 

 value of the crop he does make ? Is not seventy- 

 five bushels of corn to the acre a premium in 

 ^ itself ove" ibrty bushels ; and so with every other 

 crop? Let us consider, if such rewards, even 

 when we fail, are not of sufficient value, we may 

 rely upon it that the increased labor and expense 

 of unsuccessful efforts fur p,-enfmms is an outlay 

 that re'urns more that] com|)ounil interest; ard 

 in this light all these crops are in fact i)reniinm 

 crops; they gain us credit as farmers — they give 

 us plenty for our cattle, and leave the purse in a 

 ^rnore solid condition at the closing up of the 

 year. 



It has sometimes occurred to me that i)remi- 

 nms might he more acceptable,and have a better 

 effect, if bestowed in a difftirent way than in 

 paying n:oney. Money may he said to have no 

 identity; no one inquires, when the farmer pays 

 a debt, how it came there, and the pride, if it 

 ha', e any share in the effort, bus nothing tu lay 

 hold of to attract and retain public attention. If 

 the preiiiiuin was in a coat of the best cloth, 

 premium cloth, of American mannficture and 

 growth, _or the best sill; for a dress in the butter 

 and cheese department, these would last for 

 some time as the best dress for pulihc occasions ; 

 and the wearer would be as often reminded nf 

 his success, and his wife or dangliter of her in- 

 ' --Justry and care. Upon this same princi|jlc, sil- 

 ver cups with the name inscribed have no douht 

 been given ; Uv\ I am a little old fashioned, .-lud 

 go for something of more utility. The r-ilver 

 cup or goblet is rarely ussi\ : when com]iany is 

 expected, it decorates the mantle or tea table, 

 and may descend in the famih'. It does not 

 wear out. Now the coat or silk itress will wear 

 out, and then for anoihei' effort for ii new suit. 1 

 am an ac'vocate for the hapi'lness of the young 

 jjeople, our sons and daughters; and if we coidd 

 ■'■ so arrange matters as to bring then- efforts into 

 the, lists for premiums; and then if they chose 

 let the tiew premium (iresses garnish the liap- 

 |)iest hours of their lives, to afterwards go hand 

 in hand through life: after these people should 

 get pietiy mmieruns there might he some aildi- 

 tional etinris ncces.^ary )i)r a premium. The 

 united etfo;ls of those who had triumphed in 

 , duors and out would promise us specimen farms, 

 and S|jecimen liu'in-ljonses also, diffiising tlieir 

 benefits ever} where about iheni. If any benefit 

 arises f]'(mi these suggestions, 1 shall be amply 

 repaid for the time in putting them togetluM-. 



A FARMER. 

 .1% 30, 1843. 



For the F.-irmRr's Monthly Visitor. 



• ■ Parsons/!M,Me.June\0,i8i;i. 



Mr. EntTOR: — I was much gratified ;md I think 

 instructed by a communication in the February 

 or March mnnber of the Vi.-itor from aMr. Bart- 

 lett in relation to the use of alkalies in decotn- 

 posing stone and forming a part of the stock of 

 oats, wheat, &c. which a|ipeais rational and prac- 

 tical. It accomiterl satisfactorily to me for what 

 bad been a sidject of wmuler. 1 had notic'ed 

 grain pailiculai ly oats on Ihe Aroostook audio 

 all the new .>ettled parts of iNlaiue, very large and 

 tall standing eiect. and in no case lodged, but 

 whenever 1 attempted by mimmingtoget a larger 

 growth on them in this town, they lodged bclbre 

 they got to neany the beighth of those geci\ 

 growing on new lands. 1 now have no rioidit it 

 is occasioned by a deficiency of decnniposed 



, mineral substance in the soil to form the neces- 



f sary hard suh'tauce in the stock to support the 



plant of large growth. Whether the mode he 



suggests to fiirjiish a supidy by burning the turf 



is well worthy of a fair and full trial to ascertain 

 if it can he done with practical and economical 

 effect. I am inclined to the opinion that the 

 soil on the Aroostook will never as iiere be defi- 

 cient in that necessary sidtstaiu'c to form the stock 

 of oats, &c. of sufficient strength to sustain the 

 head without lodging, because I ha\e observed 

 the soil there to differ widely in containing a 

 sort of gravel different from nurs — not ol"pebiile.«, 

 but slatey and thin, whicli ex|iosed to the surfiice 

 and air decomposes and dis.appears, forming 1 

 have no doubt the requited ingredient for a strong 

 straw. Yours respectfullv, &c. 



RUFIISM'INTIRE. 



For the Farmer's Monthly Visitor. 



Met3oroloe;ical Jotirnal kept at Concord 



by A. CHANDLER. 



M.iximum height of the Barometer, 30.10 on the 3J. 

 Minimum ■' " " 29.30 " 31st. 



Mean " ' •■ 2969 



Maximum ' " Thermometer. 80" on the 15th. 



Minimum •• '■ ■• 34° " 19th. 



Mean " " ■■ 5S"3. 



Rem.\rks. — 1st, it began to rain moderately 

 yesterday at 4 o'clock ; increased to a shower in 

 tlie night, and has C(Mitiiined to pour down ;d- 

 most incessantly till 1 o'clock P. M., when tt be- 

 gan to clear up. — 2d. The Merrimack is mnv 

 higher than it has been for a munher of years 

 past. It is the third freshet there has been this 

 spring. — lOlli. Very blight halo tiroiind the moon 

 this eve. — 12lh. Quite a linst in the night. — I.itli. 

 Very warm daj ; heal lightning in the eve; C'an- 

 ada plum trees in liill bloom. — 19lh. Hard ficist. 

 — 20th. Common garden cherry trees in blow. — 

 19lh to 23d. Atmosphere very smoky. — 23d. 

 Foreiioou, rainy ; evening, tliuiuier shower. A 

 few a[iple trees in full blow. — 27th. Moderiitcly 

 raii;y all day. —31st. Moderate tain m the fore- 

 noon. 



EsTiMATio.N OF Perso.nal Reautv. — Smi7iderB, 

 the distinguished miniature painter, remarked to 

 N. I'. Willis "that the motive li>r silting for a pic- 

 ture, in this country, was almost t\\wiiyti afftdion ; 

 in England it was .almost always pride. 'I'hougb 

 .•iinong his sitters were a t'uw of the loveliest 

 women he had ever seen, the tnajoiity were in- 

 valids, or old persons wlio might soon die, or 

 |>ersons aliont going on llir journeys — lho.>e, in 

 shoit. who were lovi-il, and niiL'ht soon he lost. 

 In Enyland, the subject of a miniature is nstudly 

 good looking ; it is a young girl the year she 

 conies otit, or a beaniiful child before his curls 

 are shorn to send him to a pidilic school, or a 

 young man in bis first uniform after entering the 

 army— pride ajqiears somewhere in the reason for 

 the doing of the pictm-e. And Mr. Saunders' 

 remark (says Mr. W.) confirms a previous im- 

 pression of iiiv own, that personal beauty is vast- 

 ly more valueil in countries over the water." 



Living to Lose. — Who is there that lives past 

 twenty, that does not live to lose? First goes by 

 youth, flown into that deep sea, which gives us 

 back none of all the treasures that it swalloNiS 

 tip. Youth goes down, and innocence with it, 

 and peace is then drowned too. Some sweet 

 and happy feelings that belonged to youth, like 

 the strong swimioer fi'om some ship-wrecked 

 bark, struggle awhile iipon the surface, but are 

 engulphed at last. Strength, vigor, powers of 

 enjoyment, disajipear, one by one. Hope, bnoy- 

 tiiit hope, snatching at straws to keep herself 

 afloat, siid<s also in the end. Then life itself 

 goes down, and the broad sea of events, which 

 has just swallowed up another argosy, flows on, 

 as if no such thing had been ; and myriads cross 

 and recross on the same voyage the spot wheie 

 others perished, scaree a day before. It is all loss, 

 nothing but los.s. — James. 



Preservation of Vines from Worms and Bugs. 



A member of the Legislature and subscriber 

 of the Monthly Visitor requests us to inform onr 

 readers that be has found a complete remedy of 

 the cut worm from the nestruclion of cucumbers, 

 melons, squashes, &c. in a simple box ten inches 

 or one foot scpiare, and six or eight inches high 

 — set open over Ihe hill, without bottom or cov- 

 er. Such a box constructed of refuse bo.ards set 

 with the lower edge just below the surface will 

 not only stop the cut worm, who crawls aboui 

 the ground in the night, hut will be almost a 

 com|ilelo protection fi'om the ravages of hugs. 

 The box also in land well prep;ired will f'lcili- 

 tate the grosvth of viiie.s, especially in a cold sea- 

 son, by l.-ikitig greater bciicfit of the sun-shine. 



Marriage is the mother of the world, and pre- 

 serves kinaifoms atul fills cities and clnirclies. 

 Celibacy, like the fly in the iicart of an apple, 

 dwells in [lerpetnal sweetness; but it sits alone 

 r.inl is conlincd, and dies in sinu'iilaritv ; tint mar- 

 riage, like the useful bee, buihis a bouse, an." 

 gathers sweetness from every flower, and labors 

 anil unites into socii'ties and repi.'blics and sends 

 out colonics and fills the world with delicacies, 

 anil obeys lluiir king, keeps order, and cxerci.ses 

 many virtues and promotes the inlerests(d" man- 

 kind; and is that state <if things liir s\liich God 

 hath dcsiuued the |ircsent cimsiiintion of the 

 world. RIarriage litith in it the labors of love 

 and Ihe delicacies ol" tiiendship, ihe blessings of 

 society and the union of hands and hearts. It 

 hath in it less nf beauty but more of safety than 

 a single life; it is more merry and more sad, it 

 is fuller of joys and fuller of sorrows; it lies 

 under more burdens, but it is siippoited by all 

 the strength of love and cliarity : and these bur- 

 dens ate dclightfid. — Jeremy Taylor. 



.\ poor Irish woman, with the simplicily and 

 thc^ intelligence that characterize her country, 

 upon witnessing some of the many wonderful 

 improvements of the present age, exclaimed, 

 ".Mil then, what a be.-uililid world it will be 

 when it is finished I" Tlu^ idea led to a tiain of 

 thought not altogether uninteresting, the result of 

 which was, to represent every thing that hitherto 

 seemed to he pcrli-ct in .a most imperfect state ! 

 fi'om the contcmphilion of man, down to inferior 

 objects! Will he be finished in ibis stale of ex- 

 istence .' No I the resurrection day must dawn 

 ere his perfection will be accomplished I and 

 stirely, when we turn to the page of history, and 



