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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 



Fur the New England Farmer. 

 SUCCESS—FARMERS' CLUBS. 



Mr, Editor : — In order to succeed in any 

 thing, one must love it, and give it all the energy 

 of his nature. If he does this, and is blessed with 

 ordinary health, he will be successful — he cannot 

 help it ; this is according to the law of cause and 

 effect. 



Now permit me to say a few words to those 

 farmers who are continually complaining of the 

 want of success. Before giving utterance to these 

 complaints, would it not be well for such to take 

 an account of stock, investigate the operations of 

 the farm in all its departments, in doors and out, 

 and see if there has not been a lack of knowl- 

 edge, common sense, enterprise, skill ; some one 

 or all these, which might have been easily ac- 

 quired or obtained from some good _ agricultural 

 ])aper, or, perhaps, by a simple inquiry of neigh- 

 bor Thrifty. 



Those operations which go by the name of Inch, 

 do not come half so often by "chance," as most 

 people imagine. Whenever you find a person re 

 markably successful in any undertaking, whether 

 it be as the mechanic, merchant, or farmer, you 

 will find upon close investigation, that luck, as 

 generally understood, has had very little to do 

 with his success, though I would by no means 

 deny that in some instances, favorable circum 

 stances have helped produce the grand result. 

 Much more frequently, however, it will be found, 

 that such a person has a thorough knowledge of 

 his business ; he knows how to do what he wants 

 done, and when ; and it is done at the proper 

 time, and in the right way. You will find him 

 thoroughly posted up in his business, and that 



meetings have been in operation a single year, I 

 will venture to affirm, you >vill find more intelli- 

 gent farmers, better cultivated farms, and more 

 successful operations connected therewith, all 

 things being square, than will be found where 

 none of these social gatherings, (for they should 

 be truly such,) have been instituted. In this, 

 there is not a shadow of a doubt. The sum of 

 human knowledge is diversified, and no one man 

 can know every thing, however small ; but when 

 all these "littles" are put together, the sum total 

 is astonishing. Just so in farming : when all the 

 mites" are put together, the aggregate is large, 

 and it should be the object of the farmer to gath- 

 er up these, that nothing be lost. If I were a far- 

 mer, and there was nothing of the kind in opera- 

 tion in my neighborhood, I would not rest a sin- 

 gle day, without some effort to establish a Far- 

 mers' Club, feeling assured, that I should be 

 more amply paid than dollars and cents could do. 

 The advantages to be derived from these meet- 

 ings will suggest themselves to every thinking 

 man ; they are numerous, and directly to the in- 

 terest of those who engage in them. I am in- 

 formed by a gentleman who knows whereof he 

 speaks, that good, great good, and nothing but 

 good, has been the result in every place where 

 these Clubs have been formed and sustained for 

 a single winter. Meetings for professional im- 

 provement are held by ministers, doctors, &c. ; 

 why not by the professional agriculturist, the 

 foundation and prosperity of all human enter- 

 prise. The old-fashioned system of "sleep in the 

 corner" must be abandoned, and that of "young 

 America" introduced. Now, farmers, is the time ; 

 the long evenings are upon us, do not let anoth- 

 er week go by, without an effort for the forma- 



iie avails himself of aU those opportunities which I tion of such a Club in your neighborhood. _ A 

 present themselves to accomplish what he wishes, text,— No matter how dull the instrument, gi-md- 

 just in time to succeed ! No matter what these ing, on a good stone, if persevered in, will bring 

 may be, provided they are honest, he brings them it to an edge "^ '"' '^ ' " ^''" ' 



King Oak Hill. 



to bear upon the grand issue. If there is a new 

 implement, which will do his work better, faster 

 and cheaper, than any he has, he gets it. He em- 

 ploys good help, improves his stock, renovates 

 his pastures, increases his manure heap from the 

 resources of his own farm, plants the best seeds, 

 &c. &c., and success comes as surely as water will 

 run down hill. Is there any luck in all this ? 

 Why, my dear man, open your eyes, and read the 

 papers, and you will soon be convinced to the 

 contrary. What such a successful farmer has 

 done, another mat/ do ; one success brings anoth- 

 er, and plenty of means with it. Gash, if you 

 please, is the result of such a course. All the 

 elements of this success are within the reach of 

 nearly every farmer in New England. There can 

 be no mistake in this, but it never will be ob- 

 tained by those who rest satisfied by doing as the 

 "fathers have done," or who are not wakeful to 

 the spirit of the day, and goes boldly to the work. 

 Thus far, I have written altogether diflercntly 

 from what my intention was when I took my 

 pen, which was — to say a few words in regard to 

 Fanners' Clubs. I have noticed this subject men- 

 tioned in quite a number of the newspapers of 

 late, aside from those devoted to agriculture, 

 proving the importance attached to their meet 



December, 1857. 



BEST THING FOR BURNS. 



It may be put down as a settled fact that the 

 very best application for all kinds of burns and 

 scalds is an immediate application of dry ivhcat 

 flour. It is without controversy better than any 

 and all of the "healing salves," turpentines, oils, 

 "pain-killers," &c., that can be named. We sp"ak 

 positively on this point, because it is one decided 

 by the best physicians, and we have had abund- 

 ant practical proofs of its efficacy. 



Heat disorganizes the flesh, deadens the cuti- 

 cle or outer skin and admits air which is irritat- 

 ing. A good coating of flour shuts out the air, 

 soothes the irritation, and dries up the fluids 

 thrown out. Do not imagine that "something 

 healing" must be applied. Not all the salves in 

 the world can mend broken flesh._ You can stick 

 together broken glass, or wood, with wax or glue. 

 You can weld together severed iron, butno such 

 treatment is applicable to flesh disorganized, cut 

 or burned away. Nature, so to speak, has a Avay 

 of her own, and only one way to repair a breach 

 in the flesh. The healing material comes from 

 witliin. If the hand be cut, bring the severed 



ings by those who are supposed to be acquainted parts together, hold them there steadily, cover 

 with what the times demand, and the best inter- up the part from the air and from external injury 

 est of the farming community. Where these and the healing will go on so long as there is no 



