®l)e jTarmcr's illoxitl)lp bieitov. 



lOi 



rereived due attention on this funii, llioii<;li hay 

 and gniiii me the |iriiKi|ial crops. 



We wereinlarriind thatilie liirrneisof Conoord 

 were about (iirniiiij; a town society oliili. Tiiose 

 are becondiig coininon, and are nndotduedly 

 nnrong the most efficient means of agiicultniul 

 piojrress. 



Mr. Win. Blanchard of BiMuisca isnuicli inter- 

 ested in the cause of afrricnlture and well inform- 

 ed on the snliject. We observed tiial he propa- 

 gated qninces, by partly cutting off the small 

 lower linihs and bending them down, covering 

 them about four inches deep in the eaith, leaving 

 the top out from a foot to 18 inches. Mr. Phin- 

 ney propogates tliern by simple layers. 



From the Baltimore Clipper. 

 Parental Government. 



Mnch of the vice and immorality, and we may 

 add, crime of the age, is attribniable to the re- 

 missness of parents in the edncation and raising 

 of their children. Instead of preserving a whole- 

 some discipline; enliircing regularity; and in- 

 cnlcuting honesty, imliislry and proper religions 

 and moral feelings, njost parents are content to 

 let their children act independent of control ; go 

 and come at pleasure, and form associations, 

 without the least restraint or being snbjected to 

 any acconntal>ility. The consequences are natii- 

 rnl ; as parents will not control their children, 

 the latter govern their parents — and hence, a 

 yonng master or miss is indignant if questioned 

 as to his or her whereabouts after dark. They 

 become insolent, proud, extravagant and indolent 

 — know nothing of doniestic duties — get niar- 

 rifid, and spend miserable lives. ?iIost young 

 jiersons repel with indignation all advice to learn 

 a mechanical business, and deem themselves too 

 respectable to soil their hands by mannal labor, 

 thoiig'i they can sometimes use them to pick a 

 jiocket, or to break into a house. Nor, indeed, 

 is this feeiipig confined to the yonng. Parents 

 are ambitions that their children shall shine in 

 what is called f-ishionable society ; and hence 

 the first lesson taiiglit girls is to dress extrava- 

 gantly and to distort their persons; whilst the 

 iaoys are indnlged in the fancied glory of hecojn- 

 ing luminaries of the b;ir, the pnlpit or the medi- 

 cal profession. One of these lads must be wait- 

 ed on with the strictest attention an<l respect. 

 and never ajipsars in the street unless with glov- 

 ed hands and dress of the newest ;nid most fash- 

 ionable cut. They begin the world fools, and 

 too often terminate life as knaves. We are 

 nware that lecturing on this subject is of little or 

 _uo use, as the false moile of rearing children has 

 "bccotne too general, and is too firmly fixed, to be 

 changed excepting from necessity. And yet we 

 do not despair. The wild speculations which 

 have overspread the country with ruin, have had 

 the salntury effect of recalling thousands to their 

 senses, and to make them reflect, in their present 

 •neoessitniis conditions, on the, errors of their past 

 lives. Greater economy will be gradully intro- 

 'dnncd ; and parenis inay be made to feel, that 

 •lliev have Bot dischaiigefi their 'whole duty to 

 the'ir oftspringiby raising! them'tb rtttspisia 'b«)i*es! 

 indnstry. ■ ' - ■' '• ■<'■■'■' '^ ■' '' ' , ' ' 



On this subject vye havo an ndiniraWe art^icle 

 from the Bangor Wlfig and Ooiirier; vvliich p:<- 

 tpressps our views and sentinients in hnignage 

 inruch more ap]H'f'P''i'"e '<"'' i!Sii>ressivoithaiiwei 

 can use-i-andi we quote froliwih^lor tlie tenefit"ofj 

 ciir readers. -"■■ • ' i!'>'i ■.•■!,;.ii-nii,, •!.■ ..--ini v ! | 

 .u.:"The liiiie was wheti parent's vnlort'theii* owhi 

 hodses and governed ami gnided iheir chiklren';: 

 ■when yoiilh were recpiireil to a,-isist'iii the lahors! 

 of thefinnily ; to restrain their p.lssions iiHil *iib- 

 init their wills to parental judgment; tQ-liecoU!- 

 teoiis and respccirsil to their Seniors;- fienceal'le,: 

 qnift, and orderly in pnblic'i]ilaees: siibordinnte 

 and deferential to. tite wi.^B atirl virtmnts: and 

 cheerfully to submit' to the restrainto *)f social 

 order and good government; when Ibey wore rei-i 

 quired and doiight.-id to devote all theVr loisurej 

 iioiirs to theeuhivation of their nn^nt-t! and nio-' 

 ml powers. Every ' discriminating mind innsti 

 rpadily lierceive the fitness and salutary infliipnce 

 of f-xicM a state of tliins9,an«l;i!» iiiij>ortnnt bear- 

 ing upon the cbaraqter of 'sofioly and the olestiny 

 of the nation. . [■•''■ '■■<■' ,; .i ,i • m ^ !'>■.- ■■ 



"The voice of Natitvejexiierience,-(Hid pstrirttl- 

 ism all demand the best . exertions of pareutB to 

 maintain such a condition of society; but. for 

 pome twenty-five-ye»)rs spa^ tticrb-hns bP6>n a 



growing disposition in our fathers and mothtn-s 

 to reynquish this salutary control of their off- 

 spring, and to throw oflfthe responsibility con- 

 necteil therewith ; and on the part of children 

 and youth a corresponding disposition to assume 

 the government of their parents, the school, the 

 teacher, the lyceum, and the magistrate, and to 

 trample upon all laws, human ami divine. This 

 deplorable state of things has thus in part been 

 superinduced by the folly, indolence, and indie- 

 cility of parents", who, though readily admitting 

 the duty of parental government, are unwilling 

 to make the requisite exertions to bring up their 

 children in the mannei- which reason, justice, 

 bimumity, and religion dictate. 



"But another prominent co-operating cause of 

 this great and wide-spread evil is to bo found in 

 the insidairdinate, lawless, reckless spirit of the 

 age — that radical, pidl-down, demagogue spirit 

 which so lamentably pervades these United 

 States; that innovating, experimenting, infidel 

 and distinctive spirit, which would uproot every 

 great and well established principle, disregard 

 every vital truth, and destroy all respect for ex- 

 isting laws and in.stitntions ; that spirit which 

 considers rowdyism as nothing but the lawfid 

 exercise of natural liberty, with which civiliza- 

 tion, social order, and good government have no 

 right to interlijre; in fine, that brutal, miserable 

 mobbish spirit, which can brook no restraint, but 

 woidd make its own arbitrary will 'the sole rule 

 and guide of all its actions;' in other words, that 

 spirit which, in the French Revolution, character- 

 ized the trio, Robespieire, Danton, and ;\larat. 

 This reckless spirit, these modern absurd notions 

 of personal rights and civil liberty, and the out- 

 rages to which they have led, have already struck 

 a severe blow at the morals of the people and 

 the trembling institutions of America. 



" Forty years ago, youth from fifteen to twenty 

 years of age, properly brought up, would hardly 

 dare to pass an evening at a neighbor's house 

 without special permission iVorn their parents or 

 guardians; and they would as soon run their 

 hands into the fire as give their iiarents or in- 

 strncters an insolent reply. Wiien their (larents 

 and otheradults were |)resent, those youth would 



conduct in a njodest, respectful, and deferential 



manner, looking up to them for instruction and 

 advice. But in this 'eidightened age of freedom 

 and indepemlencp,' every 'spirited yonlh is ex- 

 pected to have his own way, think and act for 

 himself, without being trammelled by the foolish, 

 obsolete notions of antiquated parents, teachers, 

 and magistrates!' In this novv' state of 'republi- 

 can simplicity,' boys from twelve to eighteen 

 years old go vvliere they please, seek what haunts 

 of folly and vice they please, annoy and ins(dt 

 whomtliey please, and 'kick up a row' when 

 and where ilioy please; and if any respectable 

 citizen rebukes them for any of theii' disgracefui 

 conduct, they turn to, assail and denounce him as 

 'an aristocraVic old tyrant.' Not one parent in 

 ten in our villages knows half t'le time, by day 

 or night, where ids boys of ten. twelve, or fifteen 

 years old are, or what '•scrapes' or sinks of ini- 

 quity they may be in. And when these boys are 

 .vflioniHi if asked to perform any .service to pro- 

 mote thoitilerests of the family, ten tooneth.it 

 tbeyvvliine and snarl sit the alleged hardship, and 

 [lerliaps mterlyreftisei'Wilh •often.'sive and inso- 

 lent langUiVge;'"' ■>>■-'•;! "''l -lureKi .. 



Fr-im the Ci:!cii;n.nii Gazette. 

 .. .'i; h.-'iii' ■i-^ gmall.FariMS. 

 ' W!'e'«re-glii<! that the fin-inrrH thrnngiiont the 

 cm!*rtry rfro disctissing this subject wiilr so mitcli 

 fft' interest amtenriTeVitlfesS.' ■■'"'''■'■' •■"'' '^f^iu.'-i 1 

 For a Inng ti'mfi' we'have''iiWutge(t 'ffi e.vlf'S'^sl-f 

 pwt' fancies in ever'y tbinh;: Ijftcge possegKions 

 ;\'lid large \\'enlth?-^lhesi! werC'^coWnted ei^sciitiid, 

 and tew were t!re men whonniid toil contenied-! 

 ly on Ertiall farms, and be satisfied vvith a limited 

 iwsiness. B(!k the txiierience of the' last few 

 ■j'ears ba.e timtjht lis all, thiit iVioney, beyond thai 

 iioint which Piciii'f^s ns independence, is not an 

 elemetU of happiness or progress. ■ 'When sought 

 tor, (or its ov.m sake, it is ever s meant) of evil. 

 Nor can ft be otherwise, if gruspod nt to grmifv 

 a low social ambition. Tbt-se trtwlis have rtiadt 

 Blow, but iPiu-e progress, ftinonit iiH ch«s(Js;T<!! 

 among lions more than the' Rciicultui'aliintei'edts 

 of the land. ' " '■'<"'; ','' •''•' ■■• ' ■ ' • 



Wc may tri^ntidif'^rhc-'gi-bwing" (li9)JosJtiof»ion 

 (().-> part of fanner? to ;i()Sfip<i«ionliya>»'iriiich|nnt! 



as they can cultivate well, as proof of these re- 

 marks. And we cannot t)ut rejoice at it ; for, if 

 rightly directed, their infiuence will ever be ex- 

 erted for the substantial good of all — since it 

 possesses, from a variety of causes, that admix- 

 ture of wisdom and prudence, which is unwilling 

 to run fi)olish risks, or try hazardous experiments 

 in gov(-rnmeiit, or the policy of government, yet 

 which is never backw.ird in making exchanges 

 whenever in reason they are called for, or urging 

 relbrins when existing evils demand them. Just 

 views of home ensure just views generally, with 

 regai-d to everything else. And when the farm- 

 ing interests practice on their own soil whatever 

 a wise ecmiomy, comfi)rt, and real independence 

 may demand, wc may feel assured, not only that 

 their influence will be rightly directed, but that 

 they will see to it that those virtues are practiced 

 in our public affairs. 



And, as a general rule, the possession of as 

 much land as may bo well cultivated, will help 

 to establish these virtues. First, the tiirmer who ^ 

 is so situated can apply his industry better; 

 second, he can employ all hia capital ; third, he 

 can do more, and obtain a surer and steailier re- 

 turn from both ; fourth, ho can secure more of 

 those comforts which tend so much to improve 

 and civilize all of us; a good dwelling, good out 

 houses, good fences, good cattle, greater fertility 

 of soil, anil a better knowledge of his business. 

 Nor is this all. When men measure themselves 

 thus, by what thoy can do, and are zealous to do 

 it, they are not so apt to be led astray by specu- 

 lation, by avarice, by social display, or any of 

 that class of evils whi<-h so mnch tlistnrb and dis- 

 tress society. They love the earth thoy till, they 

 are content to till it, being proud of the labor of 

 tlieir bands; they finil, and feel under these cii- 

 cmnstances, that they can do more good to others, 

 ami enjoy themselves better, because iiecessnrily 

 they will lool; more to what is in a man i!r;ii 

 what is a;ou!i!/ liini ; — to character, rather than 

 to- the number of acres he may own, or the 

 wealth he may (lossess. 



It is a national blessing, in every way, to nuilli- 

 ply small farms. Show us a State that has the 

 most of them, and we will guarantee to find there 

 the greatest amount of substantial wealth and real 

 happiness. Economy, it is said, is a mine of 

 wealth: that is practiced on them. Energy is 

 the means to supply this mine ; and as the truest 

 economy and the stoutest energy are employed 

 on them, the more small fitrins we have, the 

 greater will be the strength and wealth of the 

 nation. 



For the Farmer's .Monthly Visitor, 

 On choosing and breaking Males. 



(0° ^Ir. SKI>Sha, the 'lliir!l .\ss;slr.iit Post Msstor 

 General, and FaUier, as he has bean called, of the A^^ri- 

 tnltural Press in the United States, hr.s ever heen i warm 

 a.'ivocate to.- the mnre genenl nse uf* the Mule. Som-? 

 one desirous of Recin£; him carry tmt hi? theory, wrote to 

 J.lesBrs. SrKVi-.NsaK, BlantoN and Swigep.'t. conspic- 

 uous members ol' the Aanciiltuvji Society of Kriitucliy, 

 (of wliieli State, amies conslilvuo one o1 the prinoinr.l 

 staples) reqi:e3tiR5 them to look out for a p.iir of maleii 

 !or Mr. S to go in Itglit harness; and for tiie choice of 

 them submitted to the judi;raeiit of these gsntlemen the 

 ibllowinj^ rules, vvoicii as they relate to an impr.;tant 

 branch of Aaierican Husbandry, were ut our soUcitation 

 furiushod for preservation in tiie Monthly Visitor : 



Kind Sirs: — your aid 1 would solicit, 



Wiierein these lines ivi|| make cjplicit. 



Tl^an you, none better know the rules, 



To jniii/e of l-iorscs, Cows raid AlTilss ; 



And of lliesc last, I wish to gel 



A pair, for road and carriage (it, — 



A pair that sh^dl witliout ill luck. 



An-lton'/r do'to " Old Knthtcl!." 



.Size nnd'St.i^eti(ith. you know tiiey need, 



With docile spirit, wind and speed ; 



If ail else suit, fiSr years a few, 



Mori oii lesB*— ymi> reedn't'tiiem c.~chew ; 

 1 T'iorciiwithat ihey BJiould luatr.b exactly, 



iSo.ihey be Ij'.U form'd compactly. -.i 



. Yet if, Ki iooliin.n'. you can ttaLch 1 



So much itie better, I sliouUI say..— 

 sinQt miijdiua:, w.hrither bhipk or iSiy. 

 Xf'l lliein in" cpjoF ba the aa>ne, 



Or ol^e let C07itra$t be your aim ; ,i' 



Theiaine in spirit anil in action,, 



T'.ifrc do Cur likeness-to a fraction. :i 



,, • ,, Qiticli to '• gic" and to '• ttiia.T.hith.ir. ' i t 



Tiic ro: I is—*' leather or pi uncila'- 1 



But if you'd have their (cn.jjfr rigl,t. 



Forever kfcp tlissc nihi in'sig/it; 

 ■■'ksk Siit'tnr ;I.Uie3 I'ht-'ll b'ear me •■»;, 



And who will d ire /iisjuilgiiisnt dcubt t 



The .\ss mail be oT itfall'csf bried 

 ris;,-. .plJP yoo'db**'9Ut-e'to !in\"e mule? ftre'd" 



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