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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



OCT. 18 18 :7. 



])l()usliins "I'"" o"'' *'"'^ of tlie lonil altogether — 

 he piiicliJised one of these i>loiighs on piiipo.se, 

 anil MOW siiys, he more than cleared the price of 

 it in the time of his team and hands, which would 

 otherwise have been spent in iravellinf; without 

 l)l(inirhiiij.'. Much more might he said in favor 

 of these ploimhs, hut my only ohject is to (all the 

 attention of those farmers who are ahout purchas- 

 ini; iilonghs to do their fall ploughin!;. To such 

 1 woidd say — don't purchase until you have seen 

 and are satislie.l. All that wil, he necessary to 

 satisfy yon, will he to try, and I am certain you 

 will hny. 



They need no more recotu'iienilntion in this vi- 

 cinity — tliere will he very few other ploughs nsi:d 

 in one or two more years. 



Yours, very respectfully, 



A Friend to Agricultuuk. 



Mt. Vernon Village, Sept. 8, 183". 



Sept. 17, 1837. — I am at this iviomeiit informed 

 thai Mr Davis has sold ten of llic above ploughs 

 within one fortnight. — Maine Fanner. 



onr goveru'nent makes it necessary that these 

 States should pause and reflect, before it he too 

 late. We have escaped from one war with a crip- 

 pled constitution ; the next will probably destroy 

 it ; therefore let the niotio of the state be — Peace." 



The Advocate of Peace for September, contains 

 a nundicr of well written articles. Amonjr them 

 is one entitled "Coucest^ions of Warriors," from 

 which we select the following: 



"The battle of Germantown was fought on the 

 day of the yearly meeting of the Quakers in Phil- 

 adelphia; and during the battle, they were pray- 

 ing for divine protection to the people, and in 

 preparing to renew their testimony against war. 

 While James Thornton was writing this testimo- 

 ny, the cannon slio(d< the house in which they 

 were assendded, .iiid the ail was darkened by the 

 smoke of gims. Warner Mifflin undertook the 

 service of carrying the testimony to the opposing 

 generals, Washington and Howe ; and, in dis- 

 charging his duty, he was obliged to walk in 

 hlooil, and anion;; the dead bodies of those who 

 had fallen in battle. He performed it, however, 

 with great freedom, and in conversation with 

 Washington, said expressly, 'I am opposed to the 

 revolution, and to all changes of government which 

 occasion war and bloodshed.' 



"After Washington was chosen President of 

 the United States, WifBin went to see him at N. 

 York, and was received with markeil respect and 

 kindness. Recollecting what Mifflin had said to 

 him at Germantown, the President asked, 'will 

 you please, Mr Mifflin, to intorin me on what 

 principles you were opposed to the revolution ?' 

 ' Yes, friend Washington ; upon the same |irinci- 

 ples that I should now he opposed to a chaiige in 

 this government ; all that ever was gained by rev- 

 ohilioin, is not an lulecpiate compensation to the 

 poor mangled sohlier for the loss of life or limb.' 

 Washington, alter some pause and retieclion, re- 

 plied, '.Mr Mifflin, I honor your sentiments ; there 

 is more in them, than mankind have generally 

 considered.' 



(jen. Wilkinson, another American warrior, lifts 

 up his warning voice thus : 



" What would it avail the citizens of this coun- 

 try, if in a political frenzy, they should barter 

 their rights and libertii'S, for national renown ? — 

 And who would exchange the blessings of free- 

 dom for the repute of having eclipsed tln^ whole 

 human race in feats of valor and deeds of arms .' 

 " This is a serious question. It affects the vi- 

 tal interests of every freeman ; and the course of 



Pkicf. of Breab. — I'ew in affluent circumstan- 

 o«!S, are aware how nnich difference in the health 

 and' comfort of the great mass of the people is oc- 

 casioned by a few cents rise in the price of a 

 bushel, or a few shillings advance on a quautern 

 of wheat. Mr Barlon, an English medicid gen- 

 tleman, has been making some enquiries connec- 

 ted with this matter, and the following extract 

 will show the imporlance of havinsr bread cheap 

 in order to sustain life. Mr Barton's reports com- 

 prise returns from 7 manufacturing districts in 

 Europe, distinct from ca(di other. 

 Years. Price of wheat per quarter. Deaths. 

 1801 118* 3./ 55,965 



1804 60* Id 44,794 



1807 73s Id 48,108 



1810 106* 2rf 54,864 



There can he no question, but that in order to 

 enjoy good health, the food should he in abun- 

 dance, an<l of good quality, requisites rarely to he 

 found, where more altention is paid to commerce 

 and mannfaclnros than to agri<idture. — Genessce 

 Farmer. 



Coffee. We h.-ive had a specimen of Ojffee 



sent us that was grown the [iresent season in Man- 

 chester, N. H. The coffee is of good size, and is 

 said by those having used it, to he of an excellent 

 quality. It has become hy culture in this lati- 

 tude, a hardy plant, and withstood the frost the 

 present season, much belter than most of our 

 maize. The seed was brought into the .country, 

 some years since by a sailor, but we have not been 

 able to learn from u hat place it was obtained, — 

 piobably from the West Indies. — Porlsmoiilh (JV. 

 H.) paper. 



The following remarks from an experienced 

 farmer, we commend to the attention of our rea- 

 ders. We know of several farms where the prac- 

 tice here alluded to, would be of incalculable ben- 

 efit, and yet it is to be feared that the very persons 

 who should be first to take the hint, anil try the 

 experiment, will he among those who first forget 

 the article. Let every tanner who feels the need 

 of a larger amount of manure, take the hint to 

 himself. — Bangor Far. 



•' It has been a settled belief with most farmers, 

 that a person must keep a considerable stock for 

 the purpose of manure to keep u|) the fertility of 

 the land. But is this true .' I believe not. A 

 friend of mine with whom 1 was conversing some 

 time since, and who is a close calculator, told me 

 it was more profit to turn under a good bottom of 

 grass to raise grain, that it was to cut and feed it 

 out to stock. Another person who ha<l turned 

 under a large growth of clover, thought it worth 

 to him, for the purpose of manure, as much as 

 tin; bay would have been worth at fifteen dollars 

 a ton. 



But the loss hy turning under a green dressing, 

 in forage, is merely nominal, for it soon returns 

 in the form of straw; which, with a liberal sup- 

 ply of roots, will keep the same stock, or more ; 

 Thus the farmer, instead ol keeping less stock, 



is actually in a way to keep more; for, hy turn. 

 ing under now and then a good dressing, he will 

 cut more hay in one year, than he can now in 

 two ; besides all this straw, and plenty of [iroven- 

 der to boot. Thus instead of diminishing his oth- 

 er resources for manuring his lands, he actually 

 increases them. It is like compound interest, 

 increasing both principal and interest every y<:M." 



We understand that Hon. Daniel Webster has 

 lately purchased a large and beautiful farm near 

 the flourishing town of Peru, at the jimction of 

 the llliiois and Michigan Canal with the Illinois 

 river, from Col. Kinney, of that place, who is a 

 successful and extensive land proprietor in thai 

 town and vicinity, and that Mr Webster intends 

 to convert it into a highly im| lOved country seat. 

 and give it the name of Salisbury, that being the 

 town of his nativity in the State of New Hamp- 

 shire. 



It is stated that the son of Mr Webster, who ii 

 now residing at Detroit, and who is said to be <• 

 young gentleman of high order of intellectual 

 literary and legal attainment, is expected to .settli 

 and reside at Peru. — Hennepin (III.) Jnir. 



Interesting Piiknomenon. — .\ scientific friem 

 gives us the following statement : — "An exca>a 

 tion recently made for a well, at the ciu-ner of on 

 city square, has disclosed an interesting phenoni 

 enon in the discharge of an unusual qn.mtity c 

 carbonic acid gas, wliicdi is still exhibiting itsel 

 by a violent ebullition through the water collecte. 

 at the bottom. After penetrating through the va 

 rious strata of sand, clay, and loam to the dcpt| 

 of sixteen or eighteen feet, there was found a d( 

 posit of vegetable debris in clay rendered da( 

 liy the vegetable matter; and beneath this a stri 

 tiim of bluish, adhesive and impervious clay. O 

 penetrating the latter deposits, the gas dischargi 

 itself with such force an<l abundance as instant! 

 to preclude the possibility of any further oper 

 tions. The gas is very ()ure and concentrate<l, ■ 

 evinced hy the usual tests, causing an immediaH 

 and clear preciiiitation of alkaline solutions." 



We saw several experiments tried in the abov 

 named well. A lamp was let down — it went oi 

 instantly. A turkey was let down — it fell over i 

 an instant apparently lifeles-, was drawn up an 

 recovered. A fire of shavings and tar in a kett 

 was let down — it went out as quick as the lam; 

 A terrapin was let down — his "trine lives 

 could'nt stand it. It was a " killing business fi 

 the whole of them." — Mobile Advertiser. 



Waiter Scott's Sabbath. On Sunday 1 

 never rode, at least not until his growing infirn 

 ties made his jioiiy almost necessary to him, f- 

 it was bis ]iriuciple that all domestic anima 

 have a full right to their Sabl)aih of rest ; but a 

 ter he had read the church service'he usual 

 walked with his wiiole family, ilogj incbid^'d. 

 some favorite spot at a considerable distance fro 

 the house — most frequently the ruined town 

 of Elihank — and there dined with them in t 

 open air, on a basket of cold provisions, rnixi 

 his wine with the water ol the brook, bcs- 

 which they were all grouped around him on t 

 turf; and here, or at home, if the weather kt 

 them from their ramble, his Sunday talk was ji 

 such a series of biblical lessons as that which • 

 have preserved for the permanent use of risi 

 generations, in his "Tales of a Grandfather" 

 the early history of Scotland. 



