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cient to satisfy the reasonable demands of a well 

 disciplined mind, which has just views of human 

 life, and is neither cankered by vice nor intoxica- 

 ted by ambition. His gains, the fruits of honest 

 industry, made at no man's expense, and prejudi- 

 cing no man's interest, may be enjoyed with the 

 full satisfaction of bis own heart and conscience. 

 His occupation presents no hazards to bis own, or 

 bis children's virtue. He has at bis command, all 

 the means of subsistence and comfort. His abode 

 is the calm abode of peace, industry, frugality and 

 ■contentment. His table is spread with the sub- 

 stantial fruits of his own labor. His clothing is 

 gathered from the flocks which he himself feeds ; 

 and woven by the industrious hands of the wife 

 and children whom be loves, and who love to share 

 his labor, he wears it with an honorable and en- 

 viable pride. When honor and integrity, kindness 

 and piety, shed their combined influence over such 

 a habitation, however lowly, humble, secluded, 

 weather-beaten, or moss-covered, it presents an 

 example of substantial independence and domestic 

 comfort, which the proudest monarchs of the earth 

 may envy. 



The farmer, of all others, should be a man of 

 religion. If pious gratitude and confidence, find 

 no place in his bosom, his mind must be debased 

 by selfishness, and bis heart as hard as the stones 

 of his fields. " Even the ox knoweth his owner, 

 and the ass his master's crib." How can he then, 

 receiving so immediately as be does from the baud 

 of God, the exuberant bounties of bis providence, 

 be unmindful of the source of all bis power, and all 

 his blessings ! 



[n the wonderful operations of nature constantly 

 going on around him, he is compelled to remark 

 the wise and ever active providence which sustains 

 and directs all things. In the part which he is 

 called to perform in these extraordinary and mi- 

 raculous processes, he is most forcibly reminded 

 of his own dependence. In the abundant fruits 

 which crown bis labors, and the ample and rich 

 provision every where made for the support and 

 enjoyment of all the animal creation, be cannot but 

 adore the infinite goodness of the Author and mys- 

 terious Preserver of nature. In every depart- 

 ment of the wide field in which God requires or 

 permits him to toil or to partake, as the humble 

 co-operator in the labors of the great Husbandman, 

 or the favored recipient of his unrestricted bounty, 

 he has constant occasion to regard Him as the great 

 object of his reverence, confidence, and love ; of 

 his humble and devoted obedience, of bis fervent 

 and filial gratitude, and to bow down before Him, 

 as " all in all." 



MASS. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MR. CARTER'S CULTIVATION OF A PREMIUM 

 CROP OP POTATOES. 



To the Committee on Experiments and Agricultural 



Products : 



Gentlemen : — In offering a statement of the 

 cultivation and product of one acre of Potatoes for 

 the premium offered by the Trustees of the Agri- 

 cultural Society, I deem it proper in conformity to 

 their rules to state that the sward was broken in 

 Dec. 1832 (having the summer previous taken from 

 the same about 1£ tons English Hay) — in the 

 spring of 1833 cross ploughed — then carted on 

 40 buck loads or about 16 cords of rich animal 



manure, spread and ploughed in the same, and 

 about the first of June after the field had been fur- 

 rowed 2ti feet apart the seed (consisting of £ds 

 long reds, Jd blues, 55 bushels) was planted — 

 when the plants were all out of the ground the 

 field received a first dressing — second ditto when 

 the plants were 1 foot in height — The crop har- 

 vested 1st November, which was by correct meas- 

 urement, 677 bushels on one acre. 



William Carter. 

 Fitchhurg, November 27, 1833. 



I certify that I assisted in digging and measuring 

 the whole crop of potatoes mentioned above, and 

 that the amount was as there stated, six hundred 

 and seventy-seven bushels. John Sticknev. 



Worcester, ss. November 27, J. 833. 

 Then appeared the above named William Car- 

 ter and John Sticknev, and severally made oath 

 that the above statements and certificates by them 

 severally subscribed are true. 

 Before me, 



Ebenezer Torrev, Just. Peace. 



This is to certify that I, Philip F. Cowdin, being 

 sworn Surveyor in the town of Fitchhurg in the 

 County of Worcester, having measured a piece of 

 ground on which Potatoes grew this season, and 

 find it to contain one acre and no more, the Land 

 of Win. Carter of Fitrhburg, and cultivated by 

 himself. Philip F. Cowdin. 



Fitchhurg, November 20, 1833. 



MR. CARTER'S CULTIVATION OP A PREMIUM 

 CROP OP BARLEY. 



To the Committee on Agricultural Products and 

 Experiments of the Mass. Agr. Society : 



Gentlemen : — In claiming the Premium of- 

 fered by the Trustees of the Mass. Agr. Society, 1 

 take leave to state that the product of 57 bushels 

 of barley was grown the past season on the same 

 acre which had 691 bushels of Potatoes grown, 

 and which obtained your premium in 1832 — 

 quantity of seed sown, 5 bushels — kind, the com- 

 mon 2 rowed — crop harvested last part of July. 



William Carter. 



Fitchhurg, November 27, 1833. 



I hereby certify that I assisted Mr. William 

 Carter in harvesting, threshing and measuring the 

 above named crop of Bailey, and that the whole 

 amount was as there-stated, fifty-seven bushels. 



John Smith. 



Worcester ss. November 27, 1833. 

 Then the above named William Carter and John 

 Smith, severally made oath that the above state- 

 ments by them severally subscribed are true. 

 Before me, 



Ebenezer Torret, Just, of Peace. 



This is to certify that I, Philip F. Cowdin, being 

 sworn Surveyor in the town of Fitchhurg, in Wor- 

 cester County, having measured a [piece of ground 

 on which Barley grew this season, and find it to 

 contain one acre and no more. The land is owned 

 by William Carter of said Fitchhurg, and cultivated 

 by himself. Philip F. Cowdin. 



Fitchhurg, November 20, 1833. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 CURE FOR THE TOOTH-ACHE. 



Mr. Fessenden — Sir, We have often seen re- 

 cipes in your paper for the tooth-ache, but have 

 never seen the one that has often relieved us and 

 some of our friends. We burn writing paper ou 

 pewter, which will produce oil ; we absorb the 

 same on cotton or lint and apply it to the hollow 

 place in the tooth. It has a tendency to kill the 

 marrow, of course does not ease it immediately, 

 but let it remain fifteen or twenty minutes, and 

 apply it afresh a second and even a third time if 

 needful. We think the patient will be relieved, if 

 not cured entirely. Care should be taken that the 

 oil be not swallowed or come in contact with the 

 other teeth. 



BEST METHOD OF PRESERVING QUINCE. 



Pare and quarter the quince, let the cores and 

 parings be boiled in water until soft, thin rub 

 through a sieve ; let the juice and quince be put 

 in a jar and placed in a heated oven and remain 

 until soft, or if you choose in some other vessel 

 over a very slow fire that the quarter may not be 

 broken. An equal weight of sugar to that of the 

 quince should then be dissolved in a little water, 

 and scum ; then put it to the quince and scald for 

 a short time, and perhaps in a week scald again. 

 If molasses be used, perhaps half a pint to 1£ lb. 

 of quince would be a suitable proportion for sauce. 

 Done in this way the quince will not be bard, but 

 may be cut with a tea-spoon. 



Sir, if you think either of the above, or both, 

 worthy an insertion in your paper, you will gratify 

 A Female Friend. 



RICE MILL. 



Among the inventions and improvements of the 

 age, the patent Rice Mill is destined to take an im- 

 portant rank, whether it be considered as a labor 

 saving machine, or as a means of giving increased 

 value to an article of food. This Mill was invent- 

 ed and patented by a gentleman of Northampton. 

 John Prince, Esq. of Roxbury, has recently erect- 

 ed one at South Boston, which is now in operation, 

 and completely justifies the expectations of the pro- 

 prietor. The process of bulling and cleansing Rice, 

 as practised in the rice-growing regions, lias al- 

 ways been expensive, troublesome, and imperfect. 

 It is performed at Mr. Prince's Mill with great ra- 

 pidity, and to a degree of perfection that will es- 

 tablish the value of the article beyond comparison, 

 above that cleansed in the ordinary way. The ma- 

 chinery is moved by steam power. The grain ie 

 placed in the mill in its rough state, and passes 

 through the various stages of the hulling ami cleans- 

 ing process, from hopper to hopper, without the in- 

 tervention of manual labor of any sort, till it is deliv- 

 ered in its most perfect condition, fit for use. There 

 is a separate mill for grinding the grain into flour. 



We understand that the patentee has erected, or 

 is about erecting, one of bis mills at Wilmington, 

 anil another at Charleston. There is no doubt thai 

 it will speedily supersede the present mode of pre- 

 paring rice for the market, which is by pounding. 



When it is considered that rice furnishes not 

 merely a cheap and wholesome food, but enters 

 into the composition of many of the luxuries of the 

 table as a principal ingredient, this improvement 

 must be viewed as one of great importance, and the 

 enterprising proprietor of the mill at S. Boston may 

 claim consideration as a public benefactor. — J3. Cour. 



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