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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



Yes, old in a physical point, but young in years, [followed the lead of Mr. Kendall, with every pros- 

 They have sons who become weary of home- Ipect of success. There is, beside the fine wool- 

 monotony, of home-drudgery, and turn away in flocks established in Texas, a constant, and large 

 disgust with a farm life. Their fathers have importation of the coarse wool-sheep of Mexico, 

 failed to educate them as the times demand, and jit is estimated that a fourth of a million of Mex- 

 also fail to elevate their occupation in the esti- ican sheep have crossed the line into Texas, since 

 mation of their sons, and too often are left alone .the first of 18u9 — and the number is constantly 

 upon the old homestead in their declining years, increasing. These Mexican sheep are crossed 

 But the intelligent farmer who studies for im- with Northern stock — and make a valuable pro- 

 provement, who has not infring'd upon nature's geny, both for wool and mutton. We shall ex- 

 laws, steadily increases his wealth, and old age pect, before many years more, to see Texas mut- 

 sits gracefully upon him, as he retires to his arm-ton sheep in the New York market, more fre- 

 chair, to allow the son of his youth to stand at quently than we now see Texas beef-cattle — and 

 the helm. In such farmers' homes, we find fath- that they will be much better liked, both by 

 ers and mothers looking with eyes dim with butchers and mutton-eaters, than the bullocks 

 grateful tears upon their offspring, who till the are. — .Y. Y. Tribune. 

 fields and cull the roses which they cared for in 



NEW YORK 3TATE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



youth. 



Beauty is something which is considered as 

 belonging to woman. Refinement is what ought 



to characterize her, in her intercourse with her ^^ j^^^^ ^gf^re us the eighteenth volume of 

 family and in society. Vvhile the yeomanry ot ,, ^ ,. r ^f o • . 



our land should make a law like the Medes andi^he transactions of this Society, giving its oper- 

 Persians, that beauty, utility and refinement shall ations for the year 1858. It is a handsomely 

 exist among themselves, their wives and their printed volume of 850 pages, and is the thirtieth 

 daughters should 'act well their part," in thcj volume of the society, prepared under the direc- 

 gcod work that pertains to the occupation which Lj^^^ ^f ;^^ ^^^^ ^^^ accomplished Secretary, B. 

 their lathers and brothers pursue. '-p t r 



Much has been said upon the want of refine- 1 •'^^- JOHNSON, J-.sq. 

 nientin our farm-housts. It is well that the. After a brief "notice" from the Secretary, in 

 subject has been agitated. It will awaken aew' which he lays the volume before the "farmers of 

 thought upon the subject, while it will give risej]\few York," the book opens with a report from 

 to action in the cause of improvements. Per- \ ^-^^ Executive Committee of the Society, in which 

 chance, some have not thought that the introduc- 1 , . , . ,. • , • p , ^ t 



tionof literary periodicals, volumes of poetry, I they give a brief recapitulation of the leading 

 scientific discussions and essays, religious and, transactions of the year. It is the full report of 

 moral papers and books, and agricultural re- 1 these transactions that makes up the volume, 

 ports would shed a halo of brightness around ' ^j^j^ ^.^^^^^^.^ ^j^.^^^ j^^ ^ condensed form, the con- 



the "old home." But let each farmer patronize ,. . , „„„„<• „„«;„.,u,,^„ „„,i «i,o t,,o 



^, , , ,, 11.1- 1 i r • dition and progress of agriculture and the me- 



the book-seller, and let him subscribe tor pen-, . , , f c. -n j 



odicals and papers, till he has planted them pro- cyanic arts throughout the State, as illustrated 

 fusely within his home, and see if they are not, in the operations of the agricultural sodeties of 

 as productive of good as the planting of corn, the State. They say, that, upon the whole, the 

 potatoes, and the foreign seeds from the Agri- ^r of 1858 was a successful one to the farmers, 



cultural Department at Washington. Love of i ^i » „„ i i i i „ i u„„„ 



,' , ,1 ] T . »u and that a very commendable advance has been 



music ought also to be encouraged. Let the •' ^ ■ , nr 



echoes of song vibrate the heart strings, and let made in every department of agriculture. "We 

 it ring in the farm-house. Money that is invest-! want"— say they— "to increase the number of 

 ed in books, and in promoting intelligence and well educated and intelligent agiiculturists — 

 true refinement in a farmer's home, is better than ^^^ ^Yio are, in every respect, as well qualified 



an investment of hoarded money in a bank at , n ,i a 4- .,,„♦„,! .^.uu ^^ 



. ■ ^ . ,,,, . z 11 for all the varied operations connected with ag- 



six per cent, interest. Ihe mind ever pays well i / r , c • 



for all efforts to enrich it, in all grades of socie- Iriculture, as are tl^e men of other professions, 

 ty. Mind is immortal. Money is perishable, who have been duly prepared for their pursuits." 

 Money never clinks beneath the coffin-lid so| On speaking oi the uheat crop of the Slate, 

 that it makes music to the dead sleeper who ^w gay that investigations into the habits of 

 once possessed it. As minds are expanded and . , .. i v i. i • • i • *u 4. 



*^ 1 • .• -11 .u 1 1 1 insects has established one principle, viz : — that 



improved upon in time, so will they be elevated, ' ' ' 



"where land is properly dressed and cultivated 



there is less liability of damage from insects, 

 than where the land is poor, and the crop is ne- 



c!„^^„ ,^, rr^^. .^ Tu • i e • glected." This is undoubtedly true, as it is in 



Sheep in Texas. — there is a sort of mama, ° , • i > 



just now, about sheep in Texas. The start made ^he case of poor or diseased animals, who are 

 a few years ago by G. W. Kendall — and his sue- sure to be attacked by vermin long before the 

 cess, after going through all the phases of ill luck, healthy and vigorous cattle of the herd are. 

 losses and discouragements— which perseverance fhis is in compliance with a law of nature, who 



overcame — has induced many others to establish i . i n .. n „ a c^t^ 



great sheep-farms in that State. Maj. Wm. Le-I^^^^^-^^ deformity as well as a vacuum and sets 

 land, one of the proprietors of the Metropolitan i^n^ediately to work to put it out of sight ! Lean 

 Hotel, in this city, is one of the number who has land sickly crops, and lean and sickly kine, are 



jpor 



and rejoice in eternity, if faith and forgiveness 

 secure to them an entrance into Heaven. 



