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liflii:v<^(l to <->;<-.et;(l niiy oiIm-i- al this lime in lliu 

 KuMi III' (;i)iicor(l, if "not in the cuiuiiy al' Jlui- 

 riiiiiick. 



On ihf way to lliese ticliis, froiiliiif; ii liollnw 

 wlitM-i! tliiMii w:is Ibniiuily 11 liricky:inl, Mi. Jn- 

 i<p|i!i Liiiiil liii.-* a ."qatirt- iiclil, uliicli lliioe. or Imir 

 ji-iirs ii;:" WMS liki; Innidieds uT otlii!!' iicii's ol 

 ri\ViUM|iv '-olii IhiiiI, Mliiio.'t entirely iin|ir(Mlin-iivc, 

 hill ill .Jilei- liiislies mill llie coiirfe.st Im^.' griists: 

 fiiim llii.s l.iiiil ilie owner lukes iis ii liisl erop, ix- 

 celleiil i;ioviT anil liiimlliy or lieiilcjiniss iil tlie 

 iMic! Ill I'roin two to iliii-i; Ions to I In; iir.ie. 



It (lues n.i L'lioil to notice tliese iiiid otiicr iiii- 

 proveineiils wiiioli iiie (iiiid lunk to llie ouiiei 

 oCron ill n ii'o|) of a sinjfle vmi' ;— to see men 

 ei-eetiiijf, (iHiii^ mnl oCleii oliliueil ta eilliiij;e, 

 li.ii-MS wlii'.ro none vvci-e neeiliil lii'loie. 



1*. S. Onr iiop ol'hesl rye lias lieeu reiipeil jiikI 

 liiiiKseil witli llie eT'-eption of two loads whii-li 

 will roiiie ill on tliis lowiy inorniiifl ol' July 3Ist, 

 il" it tiliall not lie ruiiiy. We liiive kept llie 

 f;iciwili of tlie.se six iieies (rattier perli.ips, on 

 tiiori- !ii-ciirate mea-iiirouienl, sliould i: be culled 

 five UMil II halt' acre.-) in a separate liarn, iiiteml- 

 iiii to tliresh and iiieasiiie the whole crop al 

 once and preserve it as seed ivorlh at least (louli- 

 le that of ryewhii-h lias siiHereil from rust or 

 liny other raiise, and lieioiiie shrivelled, ll is in- 

 ileeil must iiia.iiiiilie.-iit : (Voni the kernels sliiit- 

 tereil out upon the hay ''iirt we presnnie they are 

 jilinost as imnh lar!.'ef as the stalk was hi,i:lier 

 lliall the ordinary stalk. The pxlei ior of the 

 kernel has all the whitenes.s of whejl. rrom 

 this lot we sliall thresh for onr own se.Ml, and il 

 is possilile we may retain the wlmle to he. sold 

 liir seed to siirh tjirmers as may apply l^r il. — 

 Several '.'eiitlemen who locked on tliis field of 

 r\e heliire it w;is reaped say it was the tallest 

 and hest field they had 'ver seen ill the eomity. 

 'I'he whole tielil (inehidiii^'' ahoni four acres that 

 liillowed a crop of cum last jearaiid was sowed 

 very late in ihe fall) einlinicin^' lielweeii nine and 

 ten acres has tiirned mit ri-in;; three liiindred 

 sto'jks of twelve larf;e huiidles lo a suiok. 



Tin: holijilis <if hemliick placi il over the pnlam 



hill in a cellar liahle to Ineiiiiii; l^.il in ihe witi'.c!-, 



are a much lietler protection im.ailist ihe eftecis of 



frost than the introdiiclioii ol fnc in the cellar. — 



sorts. 'J here are apples now that were not 1 Cold living' water, in open ve>sil>,ofleii repeated, 



known to the ancients ; ih-re were apples in the has a >!r< al elfc-il in k • ■ - ' ' ■'■ ~ 



... 11 t .. . . I ! .1 t l_ 



alory ; now lln-y are extinct. Various sorts of 

 iriiil tiee.s, such as apples and pears, are known 

 to have their youili, maluriiy and old aj;e, as 

 mncli as the individual trees helonyins; lo ihose 



The best d iryinj.' in New Eii;{laii(l is upon 

 onr romjhesi, highest (iraiiile hills. The ipcanli- 

 ty ol' Imtter inrneil out from cows pasimed iip'iii 

 tlieiii is nincli ;,'ieater, and ihe ipialitj much liet- 

 ter than thai pro.lneeil from ilie lowland pas- 

 tures. Foriimate is the larmer with the i!ooil 

 hoiisewile who knows liow to make the hesi 

 hiittcr. Mr. Hiker, who reside.* ahiiut four miles 

 out of ihis toiMi oil the Bow hills, fnrnislies tinee 



ila\s of the Kevohilioii which no art has succeed 

 ediii perpeliuiting. Thus iiidi\ idiials, sorts, spe- 

 cies have then- ai,'e and die. May il not he so 

 with the sycamores? ll so. " v\e sliall ne'er look 

 upon the "like aiiain." Ve who have a favorite 

 sjeaiiiore, worship well its fadiiij; leaves this 

 stiiniiier, as the last opporluiiily ye will have lo 

 .see siieli a thm^'. 



iSv Ihe way, in travellini!, ihis smniner, throti]|ih 

 Maiiii', New Hampshire and Mass;ichn.-ells, we 

 have iiolieed almost every where that ihe II Itilt 

 Oaks are havinj; a diseased appearance. Kvery- 

 where the leaves look as il ihe external eil;;e.s 

 were hurnt, curled up and turned lilack. This 

 raimol inilieale a slate of liealih; and ihejieiier- 

 al up|iearaiice looks a.< if ilieie was a f;eneral 

 cause of disease l<> the wholeiiice. Can it he 

 that we are lo lose lliat prince ot our fields and 

 forests? Il would he a severe eulamiiy indeed. 

 We should like to have our hiotlier aj:i ii iihnral 

 editors yive llieir opinion on this snlijeci.— .Wi/iae 

 Plough Boij. 



[We cojiy the above from the I'lonjih Hoy, an 

 aiiiiciiltmal paper piiiiled in Alaiiie. Iiom thi: pen 

 of Mr. Drew, a practical lloi iicnltiirisi. ll is 

 hoped that the "end of all thing's" in reldlioii to 

 lln.l heaiitilnl tree, llie Syciiinore, ''is not m'I" — 

 and »'e «illyt-t helieve llial the ancient hullerinit 

 IS destined \el to (loiirisli upon this poor eai ih 

 (or a-ies lo come. 



The siii;^'esiioii of our friend Drew in regard 

 to the Willie Oak is new to us: this is one of 

 iRe most valuable timber trees of New England, 

 second perhaps only to the White I'ine. We 

 pray that this tree may not meet the anticipated 

 lale of the sycamore. 



Coiifined iiear home, by hniL' iiidispo.-itioii the 

 editor of the Visilor has had but a poor opportii- 

 iiilv this season lo observe the growth and pecu- 

 liar ili.seasts of trees and vegetables. In our own 

 door vai'd we have perceived a disease in the 

 Rose bii.^hes ih.it we are told is general in ihis 

 vicinil\. The leaves of ihis tree are atti cled by 

 a disorder nearly as bad as the premalmu riisl, 

 which ill past years has destroyed poraloe iield.s. 

 The appearance is that some iiivi.-ible iiised 

 iias done the work of desiriiciioii. When did 



■epingliosl nntol ji cellar, 

 Potatoes buried in the tloiind in \ also be 

 much assisted by being surroiii.ik d or iinered 

 in the first inslance wiili hemlock houghs Iresh 

 from the forest. The pit for the polaloes m-i il 

 not he much below llie siirlai e. A .scoopi d hol- 

 low of two tcet upon some sandy or gravi lly 

 ridge where the waler descends eai h way, is the 

 best spot lor burying poiatoe--. K'l Ihem he file ll 

 in so as lo come even with lie sr.i face ol the 

 gioiind. The I i inlock spiigs sl.nidd I e ; I. ii d 

 at the points wheie the fiosi will be likely to en- 

 ter: over these hoards may he placed us a slellcr 

 or roof to cany off the lidlmg lain or inehing 

 ice: upon the top of ihe boaiiis straw or l:!;y, 

 shutting o(V the dill iliiowit over ihe pile to ihe 

 depth of one or l«o leu, ; liould he laid. I'ola- 

 loes inny be put inio the ground in loads on ihe 

 same day they are dog in Ihe ii.onlh of Oclohcr 

 iiithiswuy. They will come out in ihe ensuing 

 spring apparently as fresh as liny were put in. 



Twr liie l-'.iniicr's Moatlilv Visitor. 



Meteorological Joiiriiiil kejit al Concord 



UY .V. ca.v.\ui..KU. 



onr .'!',ic7Jfi/ic men discover the fads in relaiiou lo 

 large families ill C'oiicord with all their butter on i||,.j 

 the produce of five cows, after coniUK'ndaiily 



•se 



serving up his own liimily in liulter, cream and 

 the best new milk. These live ordinary cows 

 L'ave him in the moiitli of June as high as lliiity- 

 six pounds of butter in a week; and while others 

 were selling their butler for store pay al ten and 

 twelve cents a pound, he was regularly ilealiiig 

 out his hiiller for cash al filteeu cents a [1011111!. 

 The hard flinty hills of New ll.impshire contain 

 beneath the earth's sin face tli'ise eleiui-nls of 

 ferliliiy which make our soil really more ilesha- 

 bh,', uiiih-r a proper treatment and cnhivalion, 

 than the hesi prairie eoimlry of the West and 

 South. We have here no malaria producing 

 ngiies and chilis and roiigeslive levers. We have 

 Iiooverrtoiv upon the hills destroying the crops far 

 and near: from the dangers, lo which poor liii- 

 m iiiliyis the hen- in Nalure's ■;re.itconviilsioiis onr 

 granite liiMs arc at the higiiest point of di-staiice. 



Sycamores. 



All over the I'nited St.iles, from Maine to the 

 far South and West, the S\camores or Uoitoii- 

 wood trees, old and young, large and small, are 

 all djint'. I'he disea.se \\hich is proving thus 

 liilal began two ycurs ago ; this season the irei-s 

 have hilt vimv few leaves, and these are pushed 

 oiil from the side of limbs in small, ir healthy, 

 uimatural tufts. Another year, we pri'siimi. such 

 a thing as a sycamore leaf will not be seen in the 

 11. S. Who iviii account for this singular ialali- 

 ty ? As yet we have seen no rationnl. accoiml ol 

 the mailer, and so we venliire to give one thai 

 may be as nnrea-onable as the rest. May it not 

 be that, in nalme, not only individiials, but s, e- 

 cies and races 1 nve their age and in lime be- 

 come extinct? We know this is true of some of 

 ihe insect tribes : nil animal races: nay, il iscer- 

 iiiinly true of so e piants, vegelahlea and trees. 

 They once ate kDo.vii 10 hav<3 existed in tlioir 



,i.-,^. .....lii'i-s necessary lo enlighieii ihe public 



.niiiil ? The pradkul knowledge of observers 

 who do not prol'ess to be leariieil— of ihe firmer 

 who notices events as they occur, and inudilales 

 ill his tield— h.is geuerall;, been the ohIv useful 

 exponent of those appuremly new things that 

 are occurring in nalme.— /^J. Visitor.] 



There is a common practice in (arming vvhii-h 

 our personal i'X|ii,rieiMe convinces us is had 

 economy ; and lliat is, the elo.so leediug of grass 

 I, mils alter the hay is taken from il. Upon 

 moimd 1h.1t h:is nil ailvanlai.'e of oveiflow or 

 wash, this close I'eeilmg will lessen the Ciop 

 amazingly : the ti!id itself is not half ill ainoimt 

 of Ihe value of the hay-crop of the next year 

 ••done which it t.iUes aw:.y. l\irmers would do 

 much belter to lessen their iinmber of acres ol 

 mowing and conveit il into pasture, that tliey 

 mi:;lit shut their cattle eiilirely from their mow- 

 in;.' groimris. In a rough country there is nec- 

 ess.nilv a great poriion of some farms I oat miitl 

 remiuii in pastiirr': on such linrms ihe entire 

 niouiim ground is that only which may he ciil- 

 livaled with a plough ; and upon this it is usual 

 to take a bay-crop five or six years in sueci'ssioii. 

 Hut a farm that has none or few rocks may he 

 ploii:;heil in all parts; and here a ipiick lulalion 

 will enable the liiruier lo plough both his pasiiire 

 and moiving grounds. A paslure culiivaled and 

 manureil like mowing lands will give at least four 

 times the feed ol' llie same land kept permaneiil- 

 ly down to pasture. 



C0LI1 Sr.vKCii Kon LiNCN.— There is economy 

 in siilKeiiing the collars and wristbands of sluil.s 

 with uiihoileil slareh. 'i'ake as much of the best 

 law slaich as will (ill half a common tninbler,or 

 a halfpint cnp. Fill it nearly up v>ith very clear 

 cold water. Mix it well with" a s|.ooii, pressing 

 out all the liiiiip.=, liil J on gi'i it ihoionghly dis- 

 solved. Ne.vl.add a tea-spoonfid of sail, to pre- 

 vent iis Slicking. Theii pour it inio a bioail 



eartli'-n niiii. .iiu! .-iM ^.ri.ili.^l > a y i' c!i :ir 



cold waler, ami siir .-uui mi.\ 11 c. di, l)u noi i.'uil 



il. 



The shirts having been wasiiiai and dried, iii|i 

 the wrislbaiiils inio tins starch, and then .sipieczo 

 it out. lietween c'lcli dipping, .stir il up from th« 

 bottom with a spoon. 'Iheii sprinkle the shuts, 

 and fold or roll them up with thecoll.iis and 

 wilsthai, lis folded evenly, inside. 'Ilnvwill be 

 readv lo iron in an hour. 



This (pi.-inliiy of cold starch is siiftlcicnt for 

 ihe collars and wristbands of a dozen »hii Is. — 

 Laiiies' collars may be done also with cold starch, 

 if ihe muslin is not very thin.— .ViiM LcsHe'sMng- 

 tizine. 



Ml-. Hartshorn of Aiiiherst, who has been more 

 sncci-ssful than almost any oilier person in this 

 liorlherii region ill the cnhivalion of peaches, we 

 are iiiforme'd. has preservid his trees lluough the 

 winter by simply i-laciug them imdcrthe protec- 

 tion of a' limb of the lieniluck upon ilie mosi ex- 

 posed side. 



TBA.s»ri,.*.NTiNG Frvit Treks !.■« .XfTusr.N. — 



C-ipl. Josiah Ivivcit, of U.;m riy, Mas.-., pluiils 

 his I'ruil trees between llie "(lib ol August and 

 last of Sepli'inbi-r— immedi-.neiy after ihe sum- 

 mer droiiaht. wh.-n l!ic suiomer grnwih of wood 

 has ripened. He ci Is oft' all the leaves heioio 

 removing willi a paii ol'sharp scissor,--, ami itii 11, 

 in the morning ol a clei.r cl.iv, raises ii, imtl pla- 

 ces the roots in a nib ol soapsiiiis liil alieriioim ; 

 then replants it. lie al o ;.ia;ts in anlumn, (he 

 does not mention at what lime,) lor hnji lor llie 

 tirxl \c:\r.-Hoi:»i'f Mrrgaxine. 



