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dHSti'0>iiJ,- i:;iit<-;r|)niiil'^ iii,'Ui;,;ii,.(!:H,. trci;» is wov- 

 fhy oV trial j if f/ifoiUiiil, tlio vvBiniii so (UiStfiiiJ- 

 liVtf Id jViiit ti-i'e.i iiiiiy Uti fjin rid of at liiflin-g cx- 



We call lii'.rdiviTcdit ilie iiccoiiiit nl llie Hiiri; 

 jinicosd of llm Vuniiont ijiMfier;). If a ciiii;jk; 

 IIPB can l)e gi-.ifted in a liiilf iidoziiii |>l;u-t:s wiUi- 

 oiit a failure of one scion, it is bKUcr ihan any 

 ease of gral'un;,' v.c havu ever kiioAvn. Two 

 scions n(ion cviny point of a limb are nsnally 

 inserted, in tiie cliaiice tliat one may not sni'.eemi. 

 One alone, secnro fioni aCfident.-i, would he Ijet- 

 ter ill a limb tlian two; but le.st botli sbuuld die, 

 we insert other siriims ni another point of tlie 

 same limb, so as to be assured tliat otie slioot at 

 1* a^t HJiall succeed. 



The r using oi" good ajiples I»as becwne a iivat- 

 (er of yreat iinixirtauci; to tlie farmers of New 

 Kngland. Ojieniiiir wide tiie greater jiouion o! 

 'lie comilry in llio quick and easy traiis|i()rt over 

 rail roads, apples may become an item of great 

 Value lo be sent abroad. Ships Iransporliiif.' ice 

 can carry tlie upiilcs of Mew EuKi^nid to all the 

 tropical climafes, even lo the disiaiit East Judiaii 

 seas, where they can be delivered as i'resh and 

 Hs perfect as at the marliet town distant only a 

 few mile?, li'e, which is now transported from 

 our shores over distant seas, is considered to be 

 one of tlie safest' and bel=t articles tiir frcL'ht. 

 With it apples and fruits are Uept \n perlect 

 f'resliness. A friend of ours at West Cambridge, 

 -jM;!ss., sent out tun hundred boxes of ripeslraw- 

 I'criies in an ice ship last summer to Havana : 

 they optuied as h;nid>onie as I hey wo'ild in Bos- 

 ton market the mnriiini; suci"eedin<.' the day on 

 which they were picked, and they were sold as a 

 luxury of imcoiamon temptalion for just such 

 price ns th.e vender had a conscience to ask. 

 The same nifciiileman sent out in an ice siiip two 

 bumb-ed dozen of bis first picked peaches, the 

 return ti-om which be iKid not heard at the time 

 (if oin- finpiiry. .'Vpples, such as are barrelled 

 fi-oiii the jirafted trees of New Eiighind, are ti 

 luNiiry in forei.i;n countries sure to sell for a good 

 price. We are told that there are no apples 

 raised in Kiiriipe equal to ours. Indeed the iSlew 

 Eniflaiiff SiMli.'S have not the present year raised 

 a[iples sufficient for the consiimiilion of our own 

 cities and villai;es. Thousamls of barrels of ap- 

 ples have b:'en bronirht over the Western rail 

 road fioiii the interior of New York to lioston 

 the present tiiri; ai d this additioji bus not even 

 supplied the demand, for "ood apfdes were sell- 

 ini: in the Boston market, In Novenil>er, as hi<;l) 

 as thre? and a half dolkn's ihe barrel. 



from tlieN. Y. Plebei.m. 

 " A Hume on the Mountain." 



A !<oug. 



Deiict'ted t'j Hie Miustrcla nf Freeilom — the Hutchinson 

 F-linily. 



Away nn tlip nuiuntniii ! O i^ivo nis^ ;i heme. 

 Where F.njli^s tn huilil t\\eh vviht^ eyeries slinll come ; 

 W'heia c<i!d winter blasts, and the summer winds wmtr 

 Tiieir fciids on my chccli like a bnnner Bhall fiing. 



Thpre nr?RlTivesin the ¥;i!c who do tyranny's wUI, 

 They d ire not an up u> the ch-lts nf Ihe hill 5 

 Where li-aves have a spirit, and rocks take a form, 

 Whea. Irccdo.ii yoes by in the roar of the storm. 



They rettcr i-n lowland and smite on the plain. 



To mountains Ihpy bring ni.t the sword nor the chain, 



There are tonL'Ufcs in Ihose winds aiitt old boughs as 



tlley^wavG. 

 Crying — * D.ire not to bind in onr shadows a slave.'' 



O ! thcrs do the Ttui-'s by li^eir nltrrs arise, 

 And loiftni; their liamU to'lhe light ol' the skies, 

 Siiako the fclters, tlioaitclves and tlieir country hive 



wi>rii. 

 And laoyh all the bands of ilie tyrant w,th scotn ! 



.^w.ay on the mountain my eastlc shall stand. 

 Where gatiier Ihe brave and the true of the land ; 

 Wh-ii-o a sllont siiall sjo u:i lo liie Heivnns in glen. 

 From the hearts of the hold — we are Ireel we are free! 



C. D. Stuajit, 

 December, 1313. 



A Story of Birds. 



DY M/IS. CHILD, 



•' Two barn-swallows came into onr wood-shed 

 in the spriiif; time. Their busy, earnest twitier- 

 insrs led me at once to suspect that thev wen^ 

 lookinjr oin a biiildinir spot ; but as a carpenter's 

 bench was under the window, and frequent ham- 

 mering, sawing, and planeing were going on, I 



had liilie iiope Hull t.ii:y would cjioose a hicatioii 

 under oin- I'oof. To my surpri.-e, however, they 

 soon began to bnild in ilie eroich of a beam, over 

 the ojjen door-way. 1 was delighted, and spent 

 mun- time walchiiig tliem than '•penny-wise" 

 people vvixild have approved. It was, in liict, a 

 beanlifnl little drama of domestic love. The 

 niother bird was so important; and her mate was 

 so attentive! Never did any newly-inarrled 

 couple take more saiisfactiun wiih their first 

 nicely-arranged drawer of baby clothe.s, tbim 

 these ilid in liisliiuniii:^' their little woven cradle. 

 The I'alher-bird scarcely ever lelt the s'lde of ll»; 

 neist. There he was all day loiig, tw'mering in 

 tones that were most obvionsly the onlponrini;s 

 of love. Sometimes lie wonid hriii^ in a straw, 

 ar a bair, to be interwoven in ilie precious little 

 fabric. One day my altention was arrested by a 

 very nnusual tvvittering, and 1 s,iw him circling 

 round with a larye downy fe.itber in his bill. Me 

 bent over the unfniislied iiesi, and otlered it to 

 his mate with the most gr.iceful anil loving air 

 iinagiimble : ami when she put ii|i her iiHiiith to 

 lake it, he |ionrcd forth such a gush of gladsome 

 ,«omid! It seemed as if pride and idfection 

 had swelled his heart, till it wa.s almost toi> big 

 for lii;i litihs hosoiM. 'I'he whole Ir.vnsiictioii was 

 the prettiest piece of fond coquetry, on both sides 

 that it was ever my goi:)il luck tfi witness. 



"It is evident that the fatlier-bird liad formed 

 correct opinions on the women in question ; for 

 divriiig Ike progress of iiieiih:itio;i he vohkiteered 

 to perlijiiii his share of lioiiseJKiM duly. 'Hiree 

 or iinir times a day would he, with coa.xing twit- 

 terings, persuafle his palient nute toflyabiOad for 

 food: and the moment she had left the egas, he 

 woiihl lake the maternal st<iti<m, and give a lotid 

 alarm whenever cat w dog came .■dneit the (irem- 

 istsi He certainly pertbrmed the office with tiir 

 less e.'ise and grace ihtin she drd ; it was some- 

 thing in tlie style of an old iiaclielor tending a 

 babe; but neverlhidess it showed that his heart 

 was kind, and his principles correct, cojicerning 

 division of labor. When yoinig ones came forth, 

 he pursued the .same equalizing policy, and 

 hroiii.'hl at least li,ilf the Ibod I'or his greedy fami- 

 ly. But when they beconie old enough 10 iiy, the 

 veriest ruis.mllirope wiHtld have laiiglied to watch 

 their mancenvres. Siirh chirping and twitlering. 

 Such diving down frtnii the nesl, and dying up 

 again! Sncli wheeling round in circles, talking 

 to the young ones all the while ! Such (dinging 

 to the sides of the slieil with their sharp claws, 

 lo show the timid little fledglings that there was 

 no nted of iidling I 



" For three days all this was C!n-ri(}<l- on with 

 increasing .-ictivity. It was obviously an tnfaiil 

 flying school. But ail their ttdking.ind fuss were 

 of no avail. The little dov.ny things looked 

 down ;ind tlien looked tqi, ami alarmed at tlie in- 

 finity of space, sunk into tlieir nest again. At 

 length the parents grew inipiv!ient,iii)(l summoned 

 tlieir neighhois. As i was ))ickina np chips one 

 day, I lijiind my head encircled willi a swarm of 

 swallows. They flew up to the nest, and chat- 

 tered away to the youjig ones-; they clung to the 

 walls, looking bacli to tell how the thing was 

 done : they dived, and wheeled, and balanced, 

 and floated, in :>, manner perleetiv beautiful to 

 behold. 



"The pupils were evidently ntncli exc'ued. — 

 They jumped np mi the edge of the nest, and 

 twiiiered, ami shook their feathers, and waved 

 their wings ; and then, hopped' hack asain, saying', 

 ' It's pretty sjiurt hilt v\ec,in'l doit.' 'i'iiree times 

 the iiei;;hbiirs cime in and repeated their grace- 

 ful lessons. The thir.l [hup^ two, of the young 

 birds uave a sudden plini;;e dowiiward, and then 

 fluttered and hopped, till liiey aliiihred on asm.ill 

 iipri^'ht log. And oh! such praises as were war- 

 bled by the whole traop ! The air was filled with 

 their joy! Some was flying round, swift as a 

 ray of light; others were |iercheil on the hoe- 

 handle, and the teeth of tlie rake : miiltiliiiles 

 clung lo the wall, after the (ashionof their preil\ 

 kind ; anil two were swinginj.', in a most gr^'.celiil 

 style, oil a pendant hoop. Never, while meinoiy 

 lasts, shall I forget a swallow party! I have frol- 

 icked wiih hie.-.sed Nature much and often; but 

 thi.<, above all her gamlxils, spoke into my minosi 

 heart, like the iilad voices of little children. The 

 beautiful family conlinned lo be our playmates 

 until the falling leaves gave token of approach- 

 ing winter. For some time, the little ones came 

 home regularly lo their nest ut night. I wus ever 



oil the wntcli to welcomi^ them ; and count I Fiat 

 none were missing. A sculptor might have taken 

 ii lesson ill bis art from those little creature.s, 

 perched so gracefully on the edge of iheir clay- 

 buill cradle, tiist asleep, with heads hidden niider 

 tlieir folded uings. 'i'heir fimiliarity was won- 

 derful. If I hung my gown on a nail, I tiiuiid a 

 little swallow perclieil on the sleeves. If [ took 

 a nap in the aliernuon, my waking eyes were 

 greeteil by a sw.dlow on the bed-po.st ; in the 

 siiimuer iwilij;ht they flew alioiil the sillint^-rooin 

 in searcii ot' flies, and somelimes lighted in, ihe 

 cha'ns and talile.s. I almo.-t ihonghi they knew 

 how nniidi I loved them. But at latl ihey flew 

 away to more yeiii;,! skie.s, with a whole troop of 

 ndations and iiei:;lili )i'.<. h was a deep ['.'in to 

 me, that 1 should never know them from oiher 

 swallows, and ihat they would have no recoilec- 

 tioii of me."' 



For the Farmer's JMontbly Visitor. 



• Dertf/, Orleans Counti/, VI. ? 

 Dec. 6, 1843." $ 



Deaii Sir: — -I am not tin; writer of ilie article 

 signed " Verinoni'' in your Last nnmber, but can 

 Siiy that it is no li.Hion, and ain requested by the 

 writer to continue the subject, as 1 happen to 

 know, perhaps, as much lUiout the Diirliain cat- 

 tle and n,itivo too, in lid.s p'ace as any oilier |ier- 

 Suii. The writer refe 'red to, is only inisi.ikeii 

 about the time wliirli these cattle have been here. 

 The rea! •' i.uproveil shnii Horns," have never 

 been in Vermont, 1 think, iiniil broniihi here from 

 Queliec, by myself in March 1810 — an acconnl 

 of wdiicii I gave in one of the niinibers of the 

 Visitor of that year. 



It iiKiy lie seen by that nolico that I then anti- 

 ci)ialed inucli trom the sUiek, informed as I was 

 of its success in Kentucky, I'emisylvania and 

 Western New Vorl; after l.> or 'JO years' trial — but 

 I can now say that my hopes, thus far, have been 

 more than realized. There is of course none of 

 1113' stock of Durhams mure than 2 years old last 

 S|iring — and there are only 8 or 9 heifers that 

 have bad calves, but these, vvithoul a single ex- 

 ception, have been worth tiir milk the season past 

 both ill quantity ;iiid quality, an average of two 

 of the ihjtive cows in this vicinity. Tliis iii.iy be 

 llionght a strong a.s.sertion, but I hold msscll re- 

 Sjionsilile to .suhslaniiate the fact by nndonbted 

 lestimony. 1 bad ott'eretl the fall p,i5l $S;0 each 

 for a iiumlier of these heifers and ii is lelused. 

 have sold within the past two nioullis 15 2 3 ear. 

 ol4 beiJers-at an average of §21) each, and lb '. 

 years old steers at $'26 a |)air. J cmdd sell man 

 inortj at these and even lii;;her (irices if! Iiii 

 them. 1 am no tanner and can truly s,iy ib 

 these cattle have never had tlie care bestoweU 

 i.:pon them which g^oorf fniners ordinarily bestow 

 .(ipoii their stock. 



Another liii't in regard lo this slock should not 

 he overlooked, and should convince the most in- 

 credulous, of its siiperioi ily — il is uniformly {rood. 

 'tliis sipck is not extraordinarily large, but solid, 

 filled up at every,, |,>oint and weighs much more 

 according to lliidr kvserior appearance than the 

 native (jali.le, and their heef is of an excellent 

 quality. I said I. was "no tiirmer," which is true 

 in its proper sense, yet I have a large real estate 

 and have r.iised more or less cattle lor tueiity-flve 

 years, but all of the native kind ; and conir.iiy 10 

 the theory and practice of "J. A. J." of West 

 'risbnry, I find the Durham Cattle tnnidi easier 

 kept than any cattle I ever had. Tliree or lour 

 years ago I conidndi'd i iiinst keep some sheep 

 to clear my pastures from raspberry bushes, this- 

 tles and- other nuisances of the kind: now iliey 

 are entirely (dear of these, and have been made 

 so by the slioit keeping and siqieriur scrnbliing 

 of my LKirbam citile. Now, if it lie a fuel, w liich 

 I do no,t doubt, that I can raise a steer or heifer, 

 which a,t the age of '2^ years will rlress (i to 7 

 hundred pinimls, at even less cost than J. A. J's, 

 whiidi will weigh only 3 to 4 hundred, it would 

 seem a dictate of coininon sense at least, llial the 

 experiment be made. 



The idea |ilaiiily advanced by your correspond- 

 ent "J. A. .1." that the less a man has the less he 

 is liable to loose, as beiii^ fiivoralile to raising 

 small stock, is preposterous in the extreme; It is 

 coiitrarv to reason and the ambition of man as 

 denionsirated by more than 0000 years e.vp ri- 

 ence, and I should hope, with the Editor, llial he 

 did not mean what he said. I would not assume 

 Uie office of diotuior— aud 1 tjo uot believe in 



