VOL. XIX. NO. .10. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



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epeiuient of l)is nei{,'hbors. He has wants and 

 ecessities wliicli some time or other will compel 

 Im, (lrs|)i(e of all his rules to the contrary, to ask 

 ind ofTices of others. I remember too, that there 

 :e rii:iny membi,-,-s ot the humrin family loss wealthy 

 lan others, and that a helpino; hand should ever 

 s e.xtPiulod to those who need it, even if it bo 

 Dne through the medium of horroiinne- 



A PL.\IN FARMER. 



[We meant only to say that all such items as 

 e cvstnnui of the neighborhood would brinij into the 

 counts between neighboring farmers, should be 

 icorded in a hook, and not left to memory to re- 

 ,in. Many small loans doubtless will be, and 

 jrtninly should be, made without charge. It was 

 )t our purposf to advi.--e differently ; but wo siill 

 ly, let whatever, according to prevailing custom, is 

 I bo paid for, be entered on the account book. — 



From the Farmer's Cabinet. 



SO'.VING GRASS SEED. 

 'hick and even, not thin and irregular, is the true 

 interest. 

 One of the most frequent errors in agricultural 

 Derations, is sowing gmss seeds too thin and un- 

 ;enly : great is the loss in either case, wliile noth- 

 ig is easier than to remedy both. In the spring 

 ' 18;ib, clover seed was very scarce and dear; 

 )me sowed none, and others scattered it as thin 

 i possible over the ground, and the effects of this 

 ■oceeding have been visited with great severity 

 1 the delinquents. There has been a deficiency 

 ' hay and pasture, a thin, bare sod to plough down ; 

 c manure heap has shrunk in its dimensions for 

 am of provender, and the subsequent crops have 

 en proportiouabiy starved and diminished. This 

 lason clover seed is very abundant, cheap and of 

 )od quality, and it might be well for the provi- 

 nt to lay in a store against a season of scarcity 

 id hij;h prices, and this may readily be accom- 

 ished by putting it in a tight, diy cask, through 

 e bung-hole, and bunging it up and keeping it in 

 dry place, where it is believed it will remain 

 jod for several years to come. Clover should be 

 le of the grasses sown, but other seeds should al- 

 ays accompany it, as there is a larger crop where 

 sveral kinds of grasses are grown together, seme- 

 mes the season bi'ing favorable to one and not to 

 lother. Many farmers begin to think it more 

 •ofitable to raise orchard grass than timothy, 

 here soiling of hay is not intended, as it furnishes 

 ore pasture, both early and late, and is equally 

 ood, if not better, for home use as hay. Timothy 

 sars a iiigher price in the market than other kinds 

 ' hay, and the reason probably is, that horses eat 

 of it in a given space of time, as it is a good 

 sal of work to chew it ; hence, tavern-keepers uni- 

 irmly prefer it, being for them more economical. 



P. D. 



From the same. 



PEACH TREES. 



Gentlemen of great experience in the cultivn- 

 on of the peach assert that the decay of this valu- 

 ble tree is in a great measure, and principally, 

 wing to the practice of grafting: an imperfect 

 nion takes place ; sickly growth is tiie cmse- 

 uence, and the diseased tree is then rendered vul- 



nerable to the attacks of the worm, which com- 

 pletes its d''struction. 



Now, if we would have healthy peach trees, wo 

 must not do violence to nature ; we must cultivate 

 from the stone; and although we i.iight find some 

 bad and worthless fruit, we shall hive much that 

 is excel lent, and obtain now and valuable varieties 

 by planting the seeds of those only which are very 

 superior. A sentleman has just informed us that 

 he has obtained peaches of most delicious flavor 

 from trees the third year from the planting of the 

 stone, without grafting or budding: and by far the 

 finest peaches exhibited at the late horticultural 

 meeting in Philadelphia, bearing the name of the 

 Tippecanoe Peach, were produced by the above 

 means, the planter, it is said, having reserved the 

 stone of a remarkably fine peach, which he pur- 

 chased in the Philadelphia market for twelve and a 

 half cents, and the tree from which had never been 

 either grafted or budded. There are still in exist. 

 ence many large and aged peach trees, which 

 have never been removed from the place where the 

 seed was planted, or either grafted or budded, but 

 which continue to produce large crops of the finest 

 fruit. Nothing is easier than to plant a row every 

 year of the seeds of the finest peaches to be ob- 

 tained for money in the market, and pruning them 

 in their places iintil they produce fruit, at which 

 time those of inferior sorts could be grafted, and 

 others of fine flavor might be permitted to remain, 

 with the expectation (^f their retaining health and 

 vigor for many years to come. B. H. 



FARMING. 

 If one half the zeal, energy and expense which 

 have been exhibited fur electioneering purposes 

 were bestowed upon agriculture — if the people 

 wore half as anxious to improve and beautify their 

 fields, and half as angry with their thistles, thorns 

 and bad fences, as they are with their political op- 

 ponents, we should have more productive fields, 

 less complaint of poverty, more ability fur charity, 

 and abundantly n:ore good feeling. From Maine 

 to Georgia, the son plcjughs as his father did be- 

 fore him, and the great mass of farmers as stationa- 

 ry in them-y as they are in practice ; nine in ten 

 believe at this n.oment that book-farming is the 

 mere, useless, visionary dreaming of iuen that 

 know nothing of practical agriculture. The real 

 benefactor of mankind is he who causes two blades 

 of wheat to grow where one grew before; his 

 fields are his morn and evening theme, and to fer- 

 tilize and improve his farm is his prime temporal 

 object. All national aggrandizement, power and 

 wealth may be traced to agriculture as its ultimate 

 source — commerce and manufactures are onlyiSub- 

 ordinate results of this main spring. 



We consider agriculture as everyway subsidiary 

 not only t) abundance, industry, comfort and health, 

 but to good morals and ultimately even to religion. 

 We regard the farmer, stripped to his employment 

 and cultivating his lands, as belonging to the first 

 order of noblemen ; we wish him bountiful harvests, 

 and invoke upon him the blessing of God in all his 

 undertakings: may peace be within his walls. — 

 Selected, 



The true farmer is a philanthropist. He labors 

 not only to provide for his own wants, but he is 

 urged by a cimstant desire to leave the world bet- 

 ter and more beautiful than he found it, and add to 

 the stock yf human comforts. 



THE PRODUCING CLASSES. 



Every student of history is aware that a large 

 turijority of the warriors and statesmen of the revo- 

 liitiiui were from the producing classes — were, be- 

 fore they were called upon to relinquish tlie imple- 

 ments of industry, laboring men. But locd< into 

 the LeLrislatiire of this and other Stales for the last 

 fifty years, and what proportion of producers do we 

 find? Is it contended that lawyers are the best 

 qiiiiliried to form laws? Look at the cumbrous de- 

 tails of chancery practice of our own State — the 

 jarring systems of law and equity, (as if law and 

 equity might with propriety diiTer!) — the annual 

 acts explanatory of other acts which were wrought 

 up with so much legal skill that even their own 

 framers could not understand them ! — the multitude 

 of l:iws "which no man can number," and which 

 are constantly accumulating — lonk at these tilings 

 and then toll us if it is necessary to fill our Legis- 

 lature with lawyers, because of their presumptive 

 knowledge in firming laws? Is it contended that 

 there is not sufficient talent to be found in the la- 

 boring class<^s ? I answer in the eloquent lan- 

 guage of Channing — "Real greatness has no'hing 

 to do with a man's sphere. It does not lie in the 

 magnitude of liis outward agency, in the extent of 

 the effpct which he produces. * * * A man 

 brought up to an ob.-cure trade, and hemmed in 

 by the wants of a growing family, may, in his nar- 

 row sphere, perceive more clearly, discriminate 

 more keenly, weigh evidence more wisely, seize on 

 the riffht means more decisively, and have more 

 presence of mind in difficulty, than another who 

 has accumulated vast stores of knowledge by labo- 

 rious study ; and he has more of intellectual great- 

 ness. Many a man, who has gone but a few miles 

 from home, understands human nature better, de- 

 tects motives and weighs character more sagacious- 

 ly than another who has travelled over the known 

 world and made a name by his reports of different 

 countries." 



I would not preach up a crusade against the le- 

 gal or any other profession. I would not drag 

 them down, but I would raise the producer up — 

 raise him up in his own estimation. I would sound 

 a trumpet-peal in his ear to arise and assert the 

 dignity of liis calling. Man was formed to labor 

 and to be useful. The primal curse of labor was 

 a blessing in disguise. There should be no drones 

 in the great hive of humanity. Labor ennobles its 

 followers. The farmer as he goes forth in his 

 fields to converse with nature and nature's God, 

 feels his soul dilate and expand under the benign 

 influences about him. 'I'he bright sun, the re- 

 freshing breeze, the genial shower, are all blessings 

 from a parem's hand. As lie casts his eye upon 

 the distant prospect, glittering in the auroral light 

 of spring, or fading into the sober hues of autumn, 

 his feelings harmonize with the outward agencies 

 which surround him. He stands as it were in the 

 visible presence of his Creator, and passion and 

 selfishness are rebuked. There is no hum of ex- 

 cited crowds to drown the small still voice of rea- 

 son and conscience. He stands erect in the con- 

 scious dignity of a man, — honest toil hath given 

 him the nerves and physical vigor of a man, — rea- 

 son, reflection, conscience, and brotherly love have 

 expanded his soul to the dimensions of that of a 

 man. — -llbany Cult. 



Blind Staggers in Sheep Half a pint of hogs 



lard melted and poured down a sheep, will cure 

 the blind staggers in ten uiinutes. — 76. 



