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NEW ENGLAND FARIVIER. 



June 



From the Hartford Advocate. 

 THE BLACKSMITH'S PKETTY DAUGH- 

 TER. 



Why do the horFos come always at noon 



To be thjd ut the blacksmiih'd shop? 

 At iioon time, ivh n the eun is ^t 11, 

 "When the blacfesmilh is fjrce 1 ayaicst his will 

 To rest, aud his worE to stop ? 



Just at noon, from his hous" on the hill, 



A girl wiih a pail rom.s thence; 

 Smiles C( m ■ on her lip*, on lier cheeks a glow, 

 Aa fhe eee= tin h(Jr^«8 tied i'l urow, 



Along by the biacktmith's fence. 



Oh, but the blacksnii h's daughter is fair 1 

 And the horses all look at each other, 



As much as to tav, "iS'owisn'c s! e sweet? 



We k ow why our masters say tha' our feet 

 Are giving thtm so much bother." 



The bell ring? one, and the blacksmi'h cries, 



' SSow, then, for work riuht away 1" 

 But most of ih m say that iis growing late, 

 And ihey really ihinK they'd belter wait, 

 And come ou some other day. 



Oh, blacksmith's daughter, your mother, too, 



Was fair »htn jour father sought 1 eri 

 You're going in the way that she has tc od. 

 You'll b J a wife e e those horses are shod — 

 Oh, blAcksmitii's pretty daughter I 



I03W PUBIilCAITONS. 



On Seats and Paddles, Rits and Bittin^, and the 

 Prt'Venlio i aua Cu'e ot Re.-uvenees in Uorses. By 

 Fiaucis JDw.\f r, Major cf Hr.'Sais in the Imperial 

 Austrian Servi e. Philadelphia: J B. Lippincolt & 

 Co. 1869. Kx.ra cloth, $2. 2J5 pagta. 



AVe are glad to see a book on the subjects of 

 seats, saddles and bits. The "Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals" can scarcely find a 

 more appropriate field f jr their beneficent action, 

 than tliat occupied by this volume. The bits that 

 are put into the tender mouth of the horse, the 

 saddles that are put on his sensitive back, and 

 the position and action of the rider, are subjects 

 of sufficient importance to claim the attention and 

 study of the horseman. Though written by a 

 military man, the principles discussed in the text 

 and illustrated by the numerous engravings in this 

 volume, are applicable to the horse on the farm or 

 on the road. The author explains and illustrates 

 the mechanical principles involved not only in the 

 construction of saddles and bits, but also in the 

 frame-work of the horse, or "the machine," as it 

 is termed in the frontispiece. As a specimen of 

 the writer's style, we copy the following from his 

 remarks on bitting : — 



"How many horses, especially young ones, are 

 made restive, and become plung(!Vs, "bolters, or 

 rearers throu,i;h the intoleralile pain occasioned by 

 bits that are wholly unsnited to Ilicir months, and 

 some'imes fitter fir a riiinoceros than so sensi'ave 

 and delicate an animal as the horse. Many a curb, 

 stringhalt, and spavin are originated by ttie use, or 

 rather abuse, of bits whose lever power is so ex- 

 cessive that it is impossible to regulate their ac- 

 tion, not to mention the very numerous instances 

 in which bits are placed in such a position in the 

 horse's mouth as to act on the animal's head in ex- 

 actly the opposite direction to that intended by the 

 rider, and thus, in conjunction with the misplaced 



burden of the rider, assist in throwing down the 

 bearer." 



On another page will be found a copy of one 

 of the illustrations of the work. 



The Ninth Annuai, Report of 'he Board of Agri- 



cul ure of the Jfrovince of New BrunswicK. Fredtr- 



Icksoii, 1S68. 



This is a pamphlet of 152 large pages, giving a 

 list of the members of the Board, with an account 

 of their transactions during the year 186S. We 

 are not a little surprised to learn that this Province 

 does not produce all the food required by its pop- 

 ulation, and that the breadstuff ■ imported amount- 

 ed to $1,265,175 in 1861. One reason assigned for 

 this deficiency is that many farmers divide their 

 attention between farming and lumbering; pursuits 

 that do not harmonize. The latter being specula- 

 tive, often proves precarious. There were fourteen 

 agricultural societies in the Province entitled to 

 grants in 1868. Oats, buckwheat, and potatoes are 

 produced more largely than wheat, barley or corn, 

 — the latter crop being less cultivated than for- 

 merly. 



The Ameeicax Farmer, Baltimore, Md., one of 

 our most valuable monthly exchanges, celebrated 

 the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment, on the 

 second day of the present month, by a review of 

 the contents of the first number, printed April 2, 

 1819. The writings of Wm. Cobbett, Chancellor 

 Livingstone, and Thomas Jefferson, appear to have 

 occupied a large portion of its columns. A de- 

 tailed statement is given by Mr. B.irney, of Port 

 Penn, of his "big oxen." One of them called 

 "Columbus," weighed alive 29G2, the other 

 "Delaware," 2688 pounds. Prime pieces were sold 

 at fifty cents per pound. There are several notices 

 of fat hogs copied from a Boston paper. One 

 merchant had purchased 60,000 pounds of very 

 nice pork raised in Vermont and New Hampshire. 

 A hog killed in Easton, Mass., by Cyrus Lathrop, 

 weighed 742 pounds, at one year and eight months 

 old." 



The ^mencfm T^anner is three years older than 

 the New England Farmer, and was the first 

 agricultural paper printed in America. There 

 are now more agricultural papers published in the 

 country than the American Farmer is years old. 



— A correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph 

 wishes that he could make the truth vivij to every 

 keeper of cows, that the care of them is something 

 that requires knowledge and painstaking in details. 

 Cows must not be neglected or deprived of sufll- 

 cient food. Good shelter and abundance of food 

 they must have if we would make them profitable. 

 Evenness of local temperature is a necessity. If 

 the weather is cold or wet without doors, they 

 should be made warm or dry within the stable. 

 If the sun shines too hot, they should have the 

 privilege of -shade. When a cow becomes uncom- 

 fortable the flow of her milk is restrained. A cow 

 will return to you just in proportion as you confer 

 upon her. 



