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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov, 



lowness, and, no doubt, more or less richness to the 

 soil. — Traveller. 



PICTURE OF THE DEPARTED. 



What would we give ? — what would we not give, 

 in some circumstances, for a good portrait of a de- 

 parted fi'iend ? 



So thought a lad, a mere boy, of this city, (son of 

 Mr. Jonathan Dearborn,) who had lately lost a 

 beloved and beautiful little sister of eight summers. 

 The family had daguerreotypes of every member 

 but the departed, strange to say. And the friends, 

 all but the boy, gave it up, as hopeless. 



He insisted that a good painter might, under his 

 cUrection, and from his recollections, create a like- 

 ness. And against all advice and remonstrance, he 

 went to Boston on this errand, carrying only a lock 

 of the little girl's hair, and his own \ivid, undying 

 mental ])icture of the loved and lost. 



His plan was, to select one feature from one pic- 

 ture, and another from another, as he could find 

 them in picture galleries in Boston, and combine 

 and alter the whole, by his dictation to a finished 

 artist. 



The artists there admired the boy's enthusiasm, 

 and the owners of galleries gladly made him wel- 

 come to their pictures for his purpose ; but doubted 

 mianimously and disbelieved almost universally, that 

 a likeness could be thus produced. 



At last one artist made tlie trial ; and after days 

 of patient toil, gave it up as impracticable. But 

 the boy's f;iith stumbled not. He enlisted the 

 friendship of Mr. J. A. Whipjjle, of 96 Wasliington 

 street, and procured his services to take a photograph 

 from the unfinished and condemned portrait by the 

 first i)ainter. With this, with the lock of hair, and 

 with his own self-reliant knowledge of the fact to be 

 reproduced, he went to another painter, Mr. Ram- 

 son, of 7^ Tremont Row, and stated his case ; Ram- 

 son replied that a portrait could not be obtained 

 under the circumstances, and that he never heard of 

 such a thing ; but he at length persuaded him to 

 commence a picture. After working a long time 

 on it the painter threw aside the picture in despair, 

 thinking it was impossible to paint a jiortrait of one 

 he had never seen, and of whose features he had 

 seen no copy. The boy insisted that it could be 

 done ; saving I know I can get such a correct pic- 

 ture of my sister as I desire. By the perseverance, 

 determination and persuasion of the boy, the painter 

 was induced to try again, and in his second attempt 

 obtained a most beautiful and correct picture of the 

 little girl, which has been recognized at once by all 

 who knew her, as an excellent likeness ; and wliich 

 is also a good painting. 



The boy bas his reward ; the artist deserves great 

 credit for his skill and patience. — Portsmouth 

 Chronicle. 



The Vetekinary Journal. — We have received 

 the first number of a work with this title, edited by 

 Dr. George H. Dadd, a gentleman whose devotion 

 to veterinary science is probably unsurpassed by that 

 of any other person in the country, and whose 

 qualifications are equal to his zeal. The work is in 

 octavo form, neatly printed and covered, and is 

 filled with instructive matter. We wish the Dr. 

 and his undertaking abimdant success, and advise 

 those who keep valuable stock to read his journal. 



For the New England Farmer. 



LARGE AND SMALL POTATOES. 



Fkiexd Brown : — I send you a statement of re- 

 sults from a piece of potatoes! planted on the 15th 

 day of April, 18J5, on one acre of land. In 1854 

 it was sown with spring Avheat and seeded, but did 

 not take seed ; so I plowed it on the 13th day of 

 April, about ten inches deep, and some times deeper 

 if the frost would let it. It was well harrowed, and 

 furrowed out 2^ feet apart. I manured it with 

 horse manure, a good forkful in a hill. Potatoes 

 dropped on the manure, and covered about 2 J 

 inches deep. Description of seed as planted April 

 15th: 



Lot a — I iVN Acre. 



Planted 2^ bushels small or hog potatoes, worth 

 50 cents per bushel, $1,25. 



Lot B — i AN Acre. 



Planted 4 bushels medium size potatoes, worth 

 $1 per bushel, $4. 



Lot C — \ AN Acre. 



Planted 4^ bushels large size potatoes, worth 

 $1,12^ per bushel, $5,06. 



Lot D — \ AN Acre. 



Planted 3 bushels large size potatoes, cut in mid- 

 dle, worth $1,12^ per bushel. 



They were hoed alike and at same time. Land 

 as near alike as could be on an acre of flat meadow. 



The Result. 

 I commenced digging Lot A, July 8th, and con- 

 tracted to deliver them at Troy for 75 cents per 

 bushel, to be delivered on the 9th, 13th and 14th 

 of July. The small ones I considered worth for 

 hogs 15 cents per bushel. The potato planted is 

 known here as Early White Junes. 



Lot A. 



July 8, I dug Z\\ bush, marketable potatoes, worth 7ac, $23,62 

 I dug 81 bush, small or hog potatoes, worth 15c, - - 98 



Worth of seed planted, 



LotB. 



$24,60 

 ■ 1,25 



$23,35 



July 12, I dug 30 bush, marketable potatoes, worth 75c, $22,50 

 I dug 9 bushels small or hog potatoes, worth 15c, 1,35 



Cost of seed planted. 



LotC. 



$23,85 

 4,00 



$19,85 



July 13, I dug 21 bush, marketable potatoes, worth 75c, $15,75 

 I dug 165 bush, small or hog potatoes, worth 15c, - 2,52 



$18,27 

 Cost of seed planted, ... - 5,06 



LotD. 



$13,21 



July 14, 1 dug 24 bush, marketable potatoes, worth 75c, $18,00 

 I dug 14 bush, small or hog potatoes, worth loc, - 2,10 



Cost of seed planted, - - - - 3,38 



$16,72 



By the above we see that the small seed gave 

 the most profit. I have tried the three sizes of po- 

 tatoes, and of different kinds of potatoes, and the 

 result in every case but one was in favor of small 

 ])Otatoes. The above is a small yield of potatoes 

 for the quaUty of the ground, but still the result is 

 quite satisfactory, as fitr as different kinds and sizes 

 of seed, and profit of an acre of land in potatoes. 



Petersburgh,JV. Y., Aug., 1855. w. R. s. 



