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NEW ENGLAND FARRIER. 



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U. S. AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 



Everytliing is going on to render this Exhibition 

 the grandest and most attractive that has ever tak- 

 en place in tliis country. It will come after all the 

 other State and County Fairs have taken place, 

 so that the stock, implements, &c., that have been 

 exhibited at these, may be brought here. The 

 Journal says, in regard to this show, the ground to 

 be occupied in October next, for the grand exhibi- 

 tion by the United States Agricultui-al Society in 

 this city, is on the city lands at the South End, 

 bordering on Harrison Avenue on the north, 

 Brookline Street on the east, and on the south and 

 west by the water, covering an area of some fifty 

 acres. About one hundred horse-carts and between 

 four and five hundred laborers are actively em- 

 ployed in levelling this extensive lot, and a host of 

 carpenters are engaged in preparing the wood wook 

 for fencing, seats, &c. 



The Ohio Farmer says : — 



"Well, we are to have another National Stock 

 Fair. We are glad of it. Boston has taken hold 

 of it in earnest. ]\Ir. Wilder writes us : — 'It may be 

 well for you to know that the subscription of ^20- 

 000 I have raised in about six hours, no one person 

 2)utting down less than $500. The occasion will be 

 one of great interest, and no pains will be spared to 

 make it worthy of the city in which it is held, and 

 of the nation Mhich the Society represents.' That's 

 the talk, and the performance will be equal to the 

 promise. Col. Wilder never does anything by 

 halves, but with the munificence of an emperor. 

 Now let the Ohians, Kentuckians, Illinoans and In- 

 dianians, prepare their best cattle for this National 

 Show, and let us have a grand Jubilee. All the 

 State Fairs mil be over, and the gorgeous Indian 

 summer weather will be just the time to visit New 

 England." 



Agriculture the Proper Calling. — A most 

 sensible writer in the Country Gentleman says : — 



All other ])\irsuits are proper in their places, but 

 when carried to too great an extent, produce poverty, 

 distress, and misery. The more agriculture is pur- 

 sued, the gi'eater is the benefit to the human race. 

 Here is a field for the philanthropist. Establish 

 agriculture upon a good basis — the basis of intel- 

 ligence — and you will do much to close what are 

 now flood-gates of miseiy to society. Our city poor, 

 our merchant clerks, our emigrant poor, and our 

 country poor, all call for reUef; and here alone can 

 it be obtained, — in intelligent husl)andry. Agricul- 

 ture is the great moving power of human existence, 

 and as the human family increases, we must cling 

 the closer to our mother earth for su])port. Thus 

 the mandate " to earn our bread by the sweat of 

 our brow," becomes from our condition a matter of 

 necessity ; but in it we see the goodness and wisdom 

 of our great law-giver, for " necessity is the mother 

 of contrivance," we thus increase in intelligence, and 

 intelligence promotes morality and happiness. In 

 the dim but yet brightening future, we behold, in- 

 instead of cities overcrowded with human life and 

 ragged pauperism stalking abroad, the whole face of 

 nature one great Eden, — the sons of Adam all in- 

 heriting lus estate. Agriculture exerts an influence 



to equalize the distribution of wealth, which no law, 

 nor theory, nor any other piu-suit, has or ever can 

 accompUsh. 



HOW TO PREVENT AND CURE KICK- 

 ING COWS. 



An "Old Farmer" writes thus to "Life Illustra- 

 ted ;" 



In most cases the habit of kicking is contracted 

 during the first month after the cow has had her 

 first calf. If, as is often the case with well-fed heif- 

 ers, the udder is a little feverish at the time, it oft- 

 en becomes so sore that it is impossible for the 

 poor creature to stand still while the necessary milk- 

 ing is being done. FoUowmg the instinct of nature, 

 she kicks ; and finding she is thus for the moment 

 freed from pain, continues to do it till the ang-er 

 of the milker is aroused, and then a bad matter is 

 made much worse. ' 



It is better in the first place to tie the heifer by 

 the head, then set your left shoulder gently but 

 firmly against her, just back of her right shoulder, 

 grasp firmly her right fore leg below the knee, turn- 

 ing her foot up backward till it touches the leg, then 

 sHp on over the knee a strap, or hoop, or cord that 

 will confine it fast in that position. While stand- 

 ing on three legs she will find it difficult to kick so 

 as to hurt you. Now take a convenient sized cloth, 

 and wet and Avash the udder thoroughly with tepid 

 or cold water, after which milk her as carefully and 

 tenderly as possible, using at the same time such 

 gentle "and soothing language as is calculated to 

 show her that you do not msh to hurt her — but 

 let her struggles be ever so A-iolent or provoking, 

 mind you keep control of your own temper. An 

 outbreak on your part ^rill as certainly be produc- 

 tive of a bad effect upon the cow, as an echo will 

 answer your own voice, or as your image will be re- 

 flected in a mirror. Kindness, combined with the 

 perfect control you have over her in this situation, 

 I consider much the best way of breaking thein ; 

 and after a few times she will lift her foot to be tied 

 as readily as a horse Avill be shod. Continue to 

 milk her "in this way until the soreness is gone, and 

 she will find it a gratification to be milked, will oft- 

 en meet you as she sees you comuig Avith the pail, 

 and you "mIU ever after find it eiisier to get along 

 with her should her teats by chance get sore after- 

 ward. 



Flour in Neav Hampshire. — For several years 

 past the Eastern States have depended almost en- 

 tirely upon the West for their flour ; but this year 

 tliey" undertook to raise their own, and with very 

 gratifying success. An old farmer, who has recent- 

 ly travelled extensively in Sullivan and Grafton 

 counties, assures us that he never saw such crops 

 of wheat in New Hamjishire. We hear similar re- 

 ports from other quarters, and have seen some 

 beautiful fields ourselves. It may be thought, per- 

 haps, that all the wheat New Hampshire can raise 

 will not att'ect the market ])rice of flour ; but when 

 it is considered that for five years past it has pro- 

 duced next to none, while this year it will su])ply 

 half its population, the ett'ect must be felt ; imd if 

 the other New England States have done as well, 

 the aggregate influence upon prices must be quite 

 percei)tible. Flour nmst come down, as soon as 

 the new crop is fully available. — Manchester Demo- 

 crat. 



