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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



success. It did better than any of twelve sorts 

 I raised this season, and I do not hesitate to say 

 that it is not surpassed as a market cabbage by 

 any variety I am acquainted with. I think it is 

 difficult to procure true seed, though it may be 

 had at some of the seed stores. I raise my own 

 seed. 



GREEN GLOBE SAVOY. 

 A very nice variety of cabbage, being very cur 

 ly and of fine flavor. It does not head very well. 

 It is exceedingly difficult to get good seed, judg- 

 ing f^oni my success for a tew years past. It does 

 not usually grow large, and in shape is somewhat 

 conical. For home use it is one of the best, if 

 pure seed can be had. 



LATE DUTCH CAULIFLOWER. 



I have given this sort a fair trial, and am satis 

 fied it is a good one. The seed was obtained of 

 Nourse & Co., Eagle Warehouse, and was good ; 

 almost every plant produced a head, which is rare, 

 unless the seed is good. The cauliflower is one 

 of the most delicious vegetables known, and is 

 not properly esteemed. It is far superior to the 

 best cabbage ever raised. James F. C. Hyde. 



Neicton Centre, Dec. 22, 1857. 



YOUNG "WOMEN'S PAKT IN LIFE. 



There is something in a pleasant faced damsel 

 which takes a young man's eye — whether he will 

 or no. It may be magnetism. It may be the 

 sympathy of that which is beautiful in men's na 

 lures for that which is lovely in women's. The 

 women have great power over the sex called stern- 

 er. Particularly so, if they be young, pretty, and 

 marriageable. Young women ! do you know that 

 it is you who are to mold some man's life ? Have 

 you ever thought of the responsibility that at- 

 taches to you long before you are married? A 

 word you may say to a young man whom you may 

 never marry nor even see a second time, will pos- 

 sibly exert an influence over his life that you 

 don't dream of ! A smile does Avonders in light- 

 ing up the dark corners of a man's soul — a word 

 in the right place may electrify his whole being. 

 A wrong influence will do more damage in a sin- 

 gle instant than a life time may correct, llie 

 fasMonable extravagance of a large majority of 

 the young women, in town and country, frightens 

 young men away from all intention of matrimony, 

 leads them to look upon the whole sex with dis- 

 trust, and drives them to scenes where they are 

 not bound hand and foot by the unreasonable de- 

 mands of wives who would spend faster than they 

 could make. And the fact that this tendency 

 shows signs of increase makes the case worse. 

 The fever of fashionable dress, the ignorance ot 

 housewifery accomplishments, the lack of the pe- 

 culiar home-virtues that are calculated to make a 

 home lovely — infect the villages now-a-days as 

 they do in the city. 



When an earnest, energetic, hard-working, sen- 

 sible young fellow, who is in search of a wife, 

 sees this, he fears and hesitates, refuses to marry 

 at all perhaps, and so does only half the good he 

 could in the world — simply because he has no no- 

 tion of fulfilling the homely but very truthful 

 adage which tells of placing a man's nose contin- 

 ually upon the grindstone. We commend the 

 subject to the regards of our young women read- 



ers. Let them cultivate the domestic virtues — 

 make themselves true Avomen — knoAv a woman's 

 duties — cherish their hands less and their intellect 

 more — and their lot Avill be happier and better. 

 More than this, they Avill find that there are mates 

 in the Avorld for them, and those Avorth having. 

 Will not mothers bring the true mode of life be- 

 fore their daughters in the light in Avhich it ought 

 to be shoAvn — Avhich is nothing more than that of 

 common-sense. That is the rarest of virtues ; more 

 valuable because there is comparatively little of 

 it to be found. — Germantoum Telegraph. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 TOBACCO. 



It may be knoAA'n to some of your readers that 

 one of the staples of the Connecticut valley is 

 tobacco, and yet feAv know any thing of its cul- 

 ture. I jjropose very briefly to give my experi- 

 ence. 



Tobacco seed is the smallest that I know of. It 

 is said that a thimblefull will produce plants 

 enough to set an acre. About 3500 plants will 

 grow upon an acre. Fresh seed is best, but seed 

 five years old will groAV, though it Avill take long- 

 er to germinate. As soon as the frost leaves the 

 ground, select a rich, Avarm, sunny place, for a 

 seed-bed. Some sow in the fall of the year Avith 

 good success. The plants are thinned, Aveeded, 

 and watered freely till about the middle of June. 

 Then begin to set in squares about three feet 

 apart. Finish setting previous to the 4th of July, 

 hoe, Avorm and sucker the crop all you can aff'ord 

 time, till the 1st of September. From then, till 

 the frost comes, cut the plants up by the roots and 

 hang them bottom upwards in barns and sheds. 

 No other care is requisite till the damp, rainy 

 weather of early Avintcr, Avhen, if sufficiently dried 

 it is taken doAvn, stripped, sorted and packed. It 

 is then ready for market. The product of an 

 acre under good cultivation is often 2000 lbs. 

 Tobacco likes a rich, heavy loam, though it will 

 do Avell on lighter soils if thoroughly manured. 



At the present time, the tobacco groAvers are 

 generally stripping the stalks. 



From curiosity, I Aveighed one of my largest 

 plants Avhen first cut, Avhen ready to strip and. af- 

 ter stripping, Avith the folloAving result : 



The whole plant, green 1% 'bs. 



The whole plant, dried 2i " 



The leaves, without the stalks J " 



Some people have conscientious scruples about 

 raising tobacco, and class the business Avith gam- 

 bling and rum-selling. There is room for argu- 

 ment on both sides of the question. One thing 

 is sure — it pays Avell, and that is the chief end of 

 all labor. More anon. James Neavton Bagg. 



West Springfield, Nov. 17, 1857. 



Fine Hogs. — Mr. Galutia Heath, of Con- 

 cord, Mass., recently slaughtered a hog 14 months 

 old, AA'hich Aveighed, Avhen dressed, 575 pounds. 



ISIr. C. P. Blake, of Epping, N. H., slaugh- 

 tered six, all of one litter, whose average age 

 was 16 months, and which weighed as follows: 

 427, 497, 625, 525, 530 and 340 pounds ! making 

 in aggregate of 2,944 pounds. 



