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NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



Aug. 



affirm there is scarce even a cottage in this country 

 that does not contain an invaluable, certain, imme- 

 diate remedy for such events — nothing more than 

 a dessert spoonful of made mustard, mixed in a 

 tumbler of warm water, and drauk impiediately. It 

 acts as an emetic, is always ready, and may be used 

 •with safety in any case where one is required." 



this, and, as said before, his enjoyment, his health, 

 and even his interest, as well as the comforts of his 

 family, will be benefited by it. — Exchange. 



THE USE OF THE EYES. 



The proper adjustment of the light is very im- 

 portant to the close reader and student. Altera- 

 FARMEKS' GAE.DENS. tions of light and darkness distress weak eyes, and 



. 1 ii • i- 14. VI debilitate those which are sound. The sudden 



As a general thmg, farmers do not Provide .^^^^.^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^j^ ^^ jjj^^ ^ the degree of 



themselves with good gardens; a least, so far as I ^^^ .^ ^^^ ^^^^^. -^^ ^^^^^^ j^ ^j^v^j^ ^^^ 



the wri erhas travelled, he has seldom seen what [ j.|j^^ ^^j,^ -^^ ' ^^.^ ^jj important consid- 



he would call a good garden on farms. Ihe ex-,^^^.^^ ^j^^ ^^ apparently triHing in themselves, 

 cuse for this neglect is generally the same with all j.^^,^ j. -^ debilitates the eve and compels 



of them — thev "have no time to attend to such » , .- . ^i 



small matters." And yet it may safely be asserted 

 that an acre of ground appropriated to a good gar- 

 den will be more profitable to the farmer than any 

 other ten acres of the farm. The interests of the 

 farmer, the comforts of his family, the good condl 



over-action, while too much dazzles and confuses, 

 and causes a morbid sensibility of the organ. The 

 student should not, after sitting in the dark to 

 meditate, suddenly commence his studies. There 

 should be sufficient light to see easily. The light 

 should be equally distributed, and not reflected or 



tion and health of his whole househod, require, ^^^^^^^^^^^H ^j^^ tj,, „f ^....i^een shades 

 such a garden on every farm m th. country And;.^ ^^^ ^^j^^^ ^j^^^^ij^ ^ deficiencv in the prominen- 

 it should be a garden-not a mere exucse for one | ^^ ^^^ ^^.^ ^^ ^ ^^^^.^^ y^e^^kue.H of the sight, 

 a mere weedy patch. It should be one so managed ^^^^.^^ oi^ writing by twilight or moonlight, and 



looking at lightning, are attended Avith danger to 

 the sight. Sitting in front of a window with a 

 book on the knees, sitting with the back directly to 

 any open window, and permitting strong light to 

 fall immediately upon the paper, holding a candle 

 between the eye and the book, are all practices 

 likely to debilitate the sight. The light should fall 

 obliquely from above, over the left shoulder. — Sci' 

 entljic American. 



and arranged that every vegetable of a wholesome 

 quality for human food should be raised in it in 

 perfection, and at the earliest season. After a 

 Winter's diet on solid and generally salt animal 

 food, the human constitution requires the deterg- 

 ing operations of free vegetable and fruit diet, and, 

 as a general rule, no one can dispense with it safe- 

 ly. Besides this, the natural a])petite calls for it, 

 and there are few pleasures that may be so safely 

 and even beneficially indulged in. In the latter 

 part of Winter and early in Spring, measures 

 should be taken to secure early vegetables of all 

 kinds capable of early cultivation. Details will not 

 be expected here ; there are other books and pa- 

 pers appropriate to such information ; but I cannot 

 help saying, that when I am at a farm-house, at a 

 season when early peas, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, 

 potatoes, green corn, lettuce, &c., are properly in 

 season, and find none of these luxuries on the ta- 

 ble — nothing but the blue beef, salt pork and beans 

 or potatoes of Winter — I am free to say I do not 

 envy that farmer's life nor his family their enjoy 

 ments. These very people are fond enough of such 

 things when they go to the city, and it is not there- 

 fore want of taste. It is simply the fault of negli- 

 gence. Why may not every farmer in the State 

 have every kind of early vegetal^les on his table as 

 early as any gardener near the cities can raise them ? 

 There is not a single reason why he should not, while 

 there are a great many why he should. The gar- 

 deners have to incur a very considerable expense 

 in procuring hot manure for their hot-beds, while 

 the flirmer has it in his barn-yard. The gardener 

 has every thing to purchase, and draw a considera- 

 ble distance, while the farmer has nothing to buy. 

 The small quantity of lumber required is probably 

 rotting on his premises. It would only be a source 

 of amusement during Winter for him to construct 

 the frame of a hot bed, and prepare the manure 

 and bed for use. Having done this, and got his 

 plants in a thrifty state, he can, in a short time, 

 ■when the season arrives, get his garden ground in 

 order and make his plantations. And then he will 

 have these vegetal)le luxuries as early as many of 

 his town friends can purchase them It only re- 

 quires a little industry and attention to accomplish 



NEW BOOKS. 



The Family Kitchen Gardener. By Robert 

 Bidst. A new edition with twenty-five engravings. 

 This is an excellent work, containing plain and ac- 

 curate descriptions of the different species and va- 

 rieties of culinary vegetables. Saxton & Co., N. 

 Y., and 81 Washington St., Boston. Price 50 

 cents. 



French Univers.vl Exposition of Procrea- 

 tiat; Animals, and of Agricultural Implements and 

 Products, for the years 1S56 and 1857. A copy of 

 the above has been received from the Secretary of 

 State at Washington. It gives a list of the premi- 

 ums, classes of stock and implements, and conditions 

 of the Exposition. 



Treatise on the Stra'wtjerry. By Samuel 

 S. Brown. Price 15 cents. It contains about all 

 the information necessary for a successful culture 

 of the plant. 



An Address delivered before the York 

 County Agricultural Society, October 4, 1856, by 

 Gen. Henry K. Oli\t;r, of Lawrence, Mass. Ex- 

 cellent. Twenty-five pages, small type, yet all ex- 

 cellent. The General has the happy faculty of so 

 mingling wisdom with his wit, that while every 

 page attracts, it also instructs. We shall find room 

 in another column for some extracts, and only 

 wish we could give the reader the whole address. 



