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THE FARMERS CABINET. 



VOL. 1. 



the purposes of sizinw and finishing cloths. 

 Its superiority over wiieat starch is conceded, 

 we learn, by many of the principal manufac- 

 turing establishments. It gives to fabrics a 

 more brilliant and clastic finish, requires less 

 in quantity and bears a less price; three im- 

 portant considerations, winch we should sup- 

 pose would mduce every manufacturer to try 

 the experiment of its use. The mode of 

 preparation is similar to that observed in 

 wheat s'arch, except that it requires a slight 

 fermentation, which is produced by exposing 

 it to the air for a short period. — Troy Whig. 



Sugar iroin ISeet Root. 



M. Isnard, French Vice Consul at the 

 Port of Boston, has addressed a letter to the 

 Daily Advertiser, containing some interest- 

 ing statements respecting the manufacture 

 of sugar from Beets, This manufacture it is 

 generally known, was commenced under the 

 auspices of Napoleon, protected by high du- 

 ties, and sunk at once when those duties 

 were withdrawn after the return of the Bour- 

 bons in 1813. It appears however that the 

 manufacture was resumed in 1816, that it 

 has increased ever since, and that it now pro- 

 duces annually, from eighteen to twenty 

 millions of pounds of brown sugar, and in- 

 stead of requiring further protection from the 

 government, it is now proposed by the 

 French Ministry to lay a tax upon ii. It is 

 found in France that one ton of Beets costs 

 on the average three dollars : that one hun- 

 dred pounds of sugar may be extracted from 

 it for an additional cost of four dollars; a 

 pound of sugar may be manufactured thus 

 for seven cents. M. Isnard describes the 

 business as having been exceedingly profit- 

 able iu France for the few years past. 



TIfie I£ii!!«kasidsua.u. 



No man, one would think, would feel so 

 sensibly his immediate dependence upon 

 God, as the husbi! dman. For all his pecu- 

 liar blessings he is invited to look immedi- 

 ately to the bounty of heaven. No second- 

 ary cause stands between him and his Maker. 

 To him are essential the regular succession 

 of the seasons, and the timely fall of the 

 rain, the genial warmth of the sun, the sure 

 productiveness of the soil, and the certain 

 operation of those laws of nature which must 

 appear to him. as nothing less than the exer- 

 tions of Omnipotent energy. In the country, 

 we seem to stand in the midst of tiic great 

 theatre of God's power; and we feel an un- 

 usual proximity to the presence of our Crea- 

 tor. 



The blue and tranquil sky spreads itself 

 over our heads, and we acknowledge the in- 

 trusion of no secondary agent unfolding this 

 vast expanse. Nothing but Omnipotence can 



work up the dark horrors of the tempest, dart 

 the flashes of the vivid lightuintf, ai;d roll 

 the long resounding thunder. The breeze 

 wafts to his senses the odors of Coci's be 

 nificence — the voice of God's power is heard 

 in tiie rustling of the forest, and the varied 

 forms of life, activity and pleasure, which he 

 observes at every step in tlie field, lead him 

 irresistibly, one would think, to the source of 

 being, beauty and joy. 



How auspicious such a life to the noble 

 sentiments of devotion I Besides, the situa- 

 tion of the husbandman is peculiarly favora- 

 ble, it should seem, to purity and simpliciiy 

 of moral sentiment: ho is brought acquamt- 

 ed chiefly with the real and native wants of 

 mankmd. Employed solely in bringing food 

 out of the earth, he is not liable to be fasci- 

 nated with the fictitious pleasures, the un- 

 natural wants, the fashionable follies and ty- 

 rannical vices of more busy and splendid life. 



A Oood Suggestion. 



As a great number of things are always to 

 be done on a farm, let every farmer carry in 

 his pocket a paper and pencil, and as soon as 

 any thing requiring early attention occurs to 

 him, which cannot be done immediately, let 

 him make a memorandum of it, and thus in a 

 short time he will have a list of whatever is 

 necessa-y to be done ; and at any leisure mo- 

 ment, by consulting this list, he determines at 

 once what next needs his attention most. It 

 is a good practice also to write down every 

 evening whatever is to be done next day and 

 at the end of every week what is to be done 

 the next week. By pursuing this course, the 

 farmer has the whole of his business at one 

 view under his eye, and knows how to spend 

 every hour to the best advantage; and he 

 rarely finds any unexpected business to call 

 him suddenly away from his present employ- 

 ment, and thus a great deal of time and vexa- 

 tion are saved, which would otherwise be 

 wasted in bemg perpetually hurried from one 

 kind of labor to another, leaving every thing 

 but half finished in the bustle. 



Maturity of Grain on Old and 



I¥cw L<ands. 



I believe it will be found that the richer 

 the land the longer all the crops will be in 

 coming to maturity. On poor sandy soils, 

 vegetation is rapid and short ; on new lands, 

 the soil, boing charged with vegetable food, 

 will of course be richer, whereas, old lands, 

 exhausted of vegetable food by cultivation, 

 is conse()uently poorer ; and I conceive it 

 makes little ditlerence whether land be ele- 

 vated one hundred or a thousand feet above 

 the level of the sea. If it be rich, the crops 

 will be longer in coming to maturity. 



