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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Marcs 



Mr. Darling, of Boston, added his testimony to I the highest degree of refinement and mental cuL 



the value of manures Mhich have been long kept 

 housed. 



Mr. Nye, of Sandwich, also spoke of the value 

 of the muck obtained in his -vicinity, even when ap- 

 pHed fresh firom the swamp, and without mixture 

 with other manures. 



General Toavne, of "Worcester county, could not 

 agree with Mr. DoDGE that agricultm-e had gone 

 backward within the last twenty years. He would 

 not believe it, certainly, if Mr. Dodge had not 

 said so ; but his opinion is the end of the law. He 

 urged the importance of greater punctuality in 

 meeting, and then, at half past 9 o'clock, the meet- 

 ing adjom-ned till 7 o'clock next Tuesday evening, 

 at Avhich the same subject will be further discussed. 



GIRLS SHOULD LEARIJ TO KEEP 

 HOUSE. 



ture. Many of the most elegant and accomplished 

 women I have known, have looked well to their 

 household duties, and have honored themselves and 

 their husbands by so doing. — Anon. 



No young lady can be too well instructed in any- 

 thing that will affect the comfort of a family 

 Whatever position m society she may occupy, she 

 needs a practical knowledge of the duties of a 

 house-keeper. She may be placed in such circum- 

 stances that it will be unnecessary for her to perform 

 much domestic labor ; but on this account she needs 

 no less knowledge than if she was obliged to pre- 

 side personally over the cooking stove and pantry. 

 Indeed, I have often thought it was more difficult 

 to direct others, aud requires more experience, than 

 to do the same work with our own hands. 



Mothers are frequently so nice and particular in 

 their domestic arrangements, that they do not like 

 to give up any part of their care to theii" children. 

 This is a great mistake, for they are often burdened 

 with labor, and need relief. Children should be 

 early taught to make themselves useful — to assist 

 their parents in every way in their power, and con 

 sider it a pri\i]ege to do so. 



Young people cannot realize the importance of a 

 thorough knowledge of housewifery, but those who 

 have suffered the hiconveniences and mortifications 

 of ignorance. Children should be early indulged 

 in their disposition to bake and experiment in cook- 

 ing in various ways. It is often but a troublesome 

 help they afford, still it is a great advantage to 

 them. 



I know a little girl, who, at nine years old, made 

 a loaf of bread every week during the winter. Her 

 mother taught her how much yeast and flour to use, 

 and she became an expert baker. Whenever she is 

 disposed to try her skill in making simple cake and 

 pies, she is permitted to do so. She is thus, while 

 amu<suig herself, learning an important lesson. Her 

 mother calls her "her httle housekeeper," and she 

 often permits her to get what is necessary for the 

 table. She hangs the keys by her side, and very 

 musical is their jingling to her ears. I think, be- 

 fore she is out of her teens, upon which she has not 

 yet entered, that she will have some idea how to 

 cook. 



LEGISLATIVE AGRICULTURAL MEET- 

 INGS. 



We are glad to see this reorganization. It has 

 ever appeared to us that great, good might be de- 

 rived from these meetings if properly conducted. 

 The great difficulty lies in two things. One, that 

 there are always some of those long-winded, ever- 

 lasting talkers, who occupy a long time in begin- 

 ning, more in talking, and who, after they have 

 wound off six times, you find just spreading them- 

 selves for a speech. The other difficulty is found 

 in the fact, that no one feels that responsibility 

 rests on him, and of course no one prepares him- 

 self with facts gathered, condensed and arranged 

 for the occasion. Each one appears to go without 

 definite object, and expects the one who speaks be- 

 fore him, to furnish topics and suggestions for him 

 to corroborate or refute, according as the real or 

 fanciful relation of something he has seen or heard, 

 may, at the moment, dictate. If a portion of the 

 speakers were pledged at the pre\ious meeting, 

 those speakers restricted to 15 minutes, and all 

 others to 10, it would give a life, definiteness and 

 practical value, not often found in the discussion as 

 now conducted. There Mould be hope, also, that 

 some of the same spirit might be carried into the 

 proceedings of the Legislature, in the sessions dur- 

 ing the day. Every auctioneer knows if he would 

 sell high he must sell fast. Bidders soon find it is 

 now or never, competition becomes brisk and good 

 prices are realized. So with discussions. Let a 

 speaker be stopped a few times in the middle of a 

 long yarn, and he will soon accustom himself to 

 commence with his subject, stick to it while he 

 talks, and stop when he gets through ; and by so 

 doing give pleasure to all who hear him. There is 

 almost always agricultural talent of the highest 

 order, in attendance at the meetings, talent not 

 connected with the Legislature, and nothing but 

 definiteness of sulijects, time and order, is requisite 

 to bringing it out. But if, when raising and pre- 

 serving apples is the subject, one man taken half an 

 hour on the breed of cattle, because he is a cattle- 

 breeder, and another on sheep because he has 

 sheep to sell, and a third on underdraining, that be- 

 ing his hobby, another on the virtue of guana ap- 

 plied to corn, because he has killed the sweet corn 

 in his garden with it, you will have a meeting too 

 much like many that have been held. — Culturist 

 and Gazette, Pittsfteld. 



Agriculture in Sullr'an County, N. H. — At 

 a recent meeting of the Executive Board of the 

 State Agricultural Society, the Committee on 

 Farms awarded the Jirst premium of $40 to Ezi-a 

 J, GHdden, Esq., of Unity, for the best cultivated 

 farm in the State ; and the second premium of $30 



for the second best. 



to Ebenezer Pike, of Cornish, 



Some mothers give their daughters the care of I These awards establish the fact, as we understand 



house-keeping, each a week by turns. It seems it, that "Little Sullivan" stands^two degrees ahead 



to me a good arrangement, and a most useful part of any other county in the matter of first class 



of their education. farms. It is a distinction worth bragging over. — 



Domestic labor is by no means incompatible withljV*. H. Spectator, JVeivport. 



