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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Nov. 14, 182S. 



MISCELLANIES. 



HARVEST HYMN. 



The following effusion was written for a recent 

 agricultural exhibition at Hartford, Connecticut. — 

 We are so much accustomed to associate tlie name 

 of Mrs. Sigourney with the poetry of our sister 

 state, that we almost involuntarily attribute these 

 ihies to the fine fancy of that lady. To whomev- 

 er they may belong, a certain warmth of feeling 

 pervades them, which is one of the most apparent 

 characteristics of Mrs. Sigourney's muse. 



■God of Ihe year ! — Willi songs of praise 



And hearfs of love, ^ve come to bless 

 Thy bounteous hand, for Ihou hast shed 



Thy niiinna o'er our wilderness; — 

 In early spring-lhne ihou didsl fling 

 O'er Earth its robe of blossoming — 

 And its sweet treasures, day bj' day, 

 Rose quickening in thy blessed ray. 



And now Ihey whiten liill and vale, 



And hang from every vine and tree. 

 Whose penciled branches hanging low, 



Seem bowed in thankfulness to thee, — 

 The earlh with .nil its purple isles. 

 In answering lo thy genial smiles, 

 And gales of perfume breathe along, 

 And lift to thee their voiceless song. 



God of the Seasons ! — Thou liasi blest 

 The land wiih sunlight and with showers, 



And plenty o'er its bosom smiles 

 To crown the sweet Autumnal hours ; 



Praise, praise to ihec !— Our hearts expand 



To view- these blessings of thy hand, 



And, on the incense-brealh of Love, 



■Go off to their bright home above. 



Cattle Fairs before Ihe Revolution. — iBefore tlie 

 Revolution, regular Cattle Fairs were lield in the 

 town of Hardwick, under the patronage of Timothy 

 Rnggles, one of the most distinguished men in our 

 county in former times. The poUtical commotioi.s 

 which overspread the land swept away the cus- 

 tom so beneficial to the agricultural community. — 

 We notice that the enterprising inhabitants of 

 Southbridge, propose to revive the ancient usage, 

 and hold on Saturday, the 8th day of November, 

 a Fair, for the exhibition, sale, and exchange of 

 cattle, horses and specimens of the mechanic arts. 



The beneficial effects which have resulted from 

 the encouragement given to industry by the Agri- 

 cultural Societies, have been manifested in the an- 

 nually increasing numbers of beautifid and valua- 

 ble animals which crowd to their exhibitions, and 

 in the spirit of improvement and of liberal compe- 

 tition which has gone through the coiiimuuity 



The shows of these associations, while they 

 present to observation and imitation the rarest 

 specimens of the productions of the earth, of me- 

 chanical skill, and of good breeding, h;ivc not been 

 occasions where the farmer couhl part with his 

 surplus property, or supply his v.ants by sale or 

 exchange. The best premium on the productions 

 of skill and industry, is in the price tliey bring to 

 the proprietor. Periodical sales have been at- 

 tempted by the New England Society, and it is 

 said with a degree of success, although limited, 

 not inconsiderable in application to manufactures. 

 The experience of other countries, the best prac- 

 tical guide in our own, demonstrates that such 

 open markets are en)inently useful in their con- 

 nexion with agriculture. Under judicious regula- 

 tions and salutary provisions for the preservation 

 of order, and securing fairness in the cciduct of 



business, they may doubtless be rendered advan- 

 tageous to our citizens, allowing choice and com- 

 petition m purchases, without the disturbance of 

 those scenes of tumult and blood-.shed wliich dis- 

 grace the riotous and debased population of other 

 lands whenever assetnbled.— 7Va<. Xgis. 



Theme for Thanksgiving Sermons — Some clergy- 

 men in this vicinity have suggested the propriety 

 of delivering sermons on Thanksgiving day on the 

 subject of general education — such as is contem- 

 plated by the establishment of Lyceums. We 

 could mention the names of some distinguished 

 ministers who have promised to make this subject 

 Ihe theme for their scrinons on that day of glad- 

 ness ; we know^ of no subject more appropriate at 

 this time, when efforts ,-irc making to elevate the 

 standard of education in this country higher than 

 it is in any other coimtry on the globe.— Pa//aA'um. 



to be pastured at any season of the year. But i*^ 

 the land be in good condition it can be but little 

 injury to pasture it in the fore part of autumn. It 

 is necessary, however, to be particularly careful 

 not to let cattle run on mowing land while it is 

 wet, and so soft that they can make an impres- 

 sion with their feet. 



Incredible barbarity Wood was formerly so 



scarce in Patagonia, and cattle so plentiful, that 

 sheep were driven into the furnaces of lintekilns 

 to answer the purpose of fuel. We should not 

 have dared to repeat this fact, however undoubted, 

 if a decree of the king of Spain, prohibiting the 

 barbarous custom, were not still preserved in the 

 archives of Buenos Ayres. — Mem. of Gen. Miller. 



The Minister of a country church having com- 

 plained to one of his parishioners that he often saw 

 his eyes shut during the sermon. " Aye, Measter 

 Parson," said the bumpkin, " thee doesn't think I 

 hear wi'my eyes, do'ee." 



Horticulture. — A correspondent observes that he 

 has seen the nectarine this summer in great ver- 

 dure, strong and flourishing, while the peach trees 

 around it were decaying with the " yellows." He 

 suggests as an experiment, the inoculation of the 

 peach buds on the nectarine stock, leaving at the 

 same time some of the nectarine shoots to grow 

 with the peach. — JV. Y. Statesman. 



TO PREVENT yorNG FRUIT TREES FROil BEINO 

 DESTROYED BY MICE.. 



When the earth has been deeply covered with 

 snow for a few weeks, we frequently find manj- 

 trees in our nurseries and young orchards injured, 

 or perhaps destroyed by mice. To prevent their 

 excursions and lessen their number, it has been 

 recommended to tread the snow down very firmly 

 about the roots and bodies of the trees, to the dis- 

 tance of two or three teet from them. This will 

 make the snow too solid a mass for them to pene- 

 trate, and probably destroy many of them in their 

 liests. As these animals require warm nests to 

 sleep in, all the materials with which they cover 

 themselves, such as grass, weeds and stubble, 

 should be removed from nurseries and young fruit 

 trees. Particidar attention is required for those 

 trees, which are placed near to a wall, as it af- 

 fords a secure and comfortable shelter for mice. 

 No kind of manure which can harbor mice should 

 be laid about your fruit trees. 



Gunpowder, 1,-c. 

 Du Font's Gun Powder, at 2o to 50 cts. per pound Shot Balls 

 Flints and Percussion Caps. 



Also, Alum Refined Salt Pelre Blue Vitriol, &e. constant- 

 ly for sale at the Dupont Powder Store, No. 65 Broad street — 

 By E. COPELAiNU, Jr. 



[SZT The Du Pont sold as above, is warranted first quality — 

 and is marked "£. Copeland, jr. Boston " on the liead of Ihe 

 cask tf March 14 



~ SUBSCRIPTION. 



For importing Grape Vine Roots from France, at a moderate 

 price, and encourao-ing the introduction of that culture into the 

 United S'ates. 



Mr Alphonse Loubat, having considerably enlarged his Vine- 

 yard, on Long Island, \*'here he now has, in full cultivation, 

 thirty-five acres of ground, containing 72,000 Grape Vine 

 Roots ; having also the peculiar advantage of being enabled lo 

 procure the best specimens of roots from his fa therms extensive 



Fine pork Mr. Smick, of this place, slau ■'liter- ^''"f .var* and nurseries, in the districts of Bordelais, Clerac. 



„j j;. I , • , • 1 J , , ^n, ,1 ' '"° Buzet, departments of Gironde and Lot and Garonne, in 



ed hve hogs, which weighed together 1,501 lbs. France, (45° N. Lai.) proposes to the numerous friends lo the 

 One of them, (though not Ihe heaviest,) was up- ' ™'''^^''"" o*^ 'he grape vine in the United States, a subscrip- 



M/ni-Hc ^f r. ,■««.. ^\A . »T,« ^.1 r r- i tion will be opened on the first of August. 1828. 



wards of a year old ; the other four were of one Mr A. L. will engage to furnish sSbscribers with the Grape 

 litter, and were less than eleven months old. The Vine Roots, before the first of March next, and forward thein 

 weight of the largest was 329, and of the smallest ' '''[*''?, f e^Fi^e, to the different cities where subscription lisis 

 occ i»r ? ■ ■ 1- 1 /- . shall have been oponed. The roots will be three vears old, and 



^b». VVe are ot opiniou this was the finest lot , «,l| produce considerable fruit the second year from the lime of 

 of pork which has been lately exhibited in this ' ''"'i'' ''<=i'ig planted. They will be carefully classed and packed 



Tipirhl.r,i.|,r,n.t dc.ooJoII,. ,.,1,o.> »i,„ .• .u i in boxcs. wiih Some of the original soil in which ihev have been 



neighborliood, especially when the age of the .aised, which will greatly fa?ilitate the thriving of the roots, 

 hogs IS taken into consideration. — Hunterdon ('.V. when transplanted. 

 J.) Gazette. 



HINT TO STAGE OWNERS, AND OTHERS WHO TRAV- 

 EiMN CARRIAGES IN COLD WEATHER. 



The inconvenience and suffering, which arise 

 from cold feet, while riding in stages in the win- 

 ter, are obviated in the north of France, by means 

 of pewter tanks, made after the manner of water 

 plates, fitted to the bottom of the stages, and filled 

 with hot water at each stopping place, which im- port. Allen &, Co 

 part not only warmth to the feet in the coldest 

 weather, but a pleasant glow of heat through the 

 whole stage. 



Ord ers will be punctually altended to ; the subscribers desig- 

 nating the quantities and species of the grape vine roots they 

 wish lo have. They will engage to pa}- for 1000 roots or more, 

 at the rale of 12 1-2 cents for each root ; for less than lOOO, at 

 theralpof 15 cents j and 25 cents per root for less than 50. — 

 Roots only two years old, shall be paid for at the rale of 9 cents 

 each, for 10 or more ; 12 1-2 cents for less than one 1 ; and 

 IS cents for less than 50 roots. Payment to be made on deliv- 

 ery of the roots. Letters not received unless post paid. 



Subscription lists arc open at New York, with Alphonse Lou* 

 bat, 83 Wall sireei Bosion, E. Copeland, Jr. Albany. R. 

 .^I'Michael Philadelphia. Van Amringe Baltimore, VV illard 

 Rhoads Washington Ciiy, Wm. Pairo. Richmond, Dnveii- 

 Savannah, Hall, Shap'.cr &. Tupper New 

 i3rleans, Foster & Hution Charleston, (S. C.) J. & J. .SirccI 

 Co. Mr A. Loubat's book on the Cultureof the Grape Vine, 

 and on the Making of Wine, may be found at the principal book- 

 sellers of the United States ; and his agents will furnish Ihem 

 gratis to subscribers. 



MOWING LAND. 



It is a bad practice to feed your mowing land 

 very closely in the fall. There "should be enough j V; 



JVeie England Farmers Almanack, for 1829> 

 In press at llie New England Farmer office, and will be pub- 

 lied to-morrow, the New England Fanner's Almajiack for 



9. By Thomas G. Fessenden. Editor of the New England 



grass lelt to iirotect the roots' of the erass against i Farmer. For sale, wholesale and retail, at the N. E. Farmer 

 tbn i-..„^. 1- • . i%- 1 . " ,! oftice. No. 52 Noi-ih Market street, bv Bowles &, Dearborn, 50 



tnc Hosts ot winter. We have known very good [ Washington street, and by the booksellers and traders generally. 



iarmers, who would not suiiiir their mowing land 



Some copies interleaved with writing paper, which will be vejv 

 serviceable to fanners, will be kept for retail at the Farmer offitV 



