NO. 4. 



THE FARMEns CABINET. 



ardist, informs us that he had succeeded in 

 chancrincr this habit in a variety of Jiiiieatings 

 whicix he liad in his orchard, and which bore 

 alternately. His manner of doinjr it is this : 



HavinfT other trees which also bore alter- 

 nately, but not in the same years with the 

 Juneatings, he was convinced that enfjraftinjj 

 the two other, the habit of one would coun- 

 teract that of the other, and a " nulification" 

 of them be produced. Accordiiirrly on a bear- 

 ing year of the Junealings, he took scions 

 from them and engrafted them into stocks, 

 which would that year be barren. The result 

 in the cases which he has tried justifies the 

 conclusion which he had drawn, and he has 

 Juneatings every year. 



Whether it is necessary that the scion to 

 be engrafted should be taken from its parent 

 on the fruitful year or not, we cannot say, or 

 whether this system will be attended with a 

 similar result in all trees, which bear iti this 

 way, or have barren and fruitful years, we 

 are not able to say. It is however, a subject 

 worth attending to; and we should be hap- 

 py to learn any facts from those who have 

 experience in these things. — Maine Farmer, 



Apples. 



The past winter has been a very remarka- 

 ble season for the preservation of apples. — 

 They have been abundant about here till 

 within a few days. We ate a couple on tlie 

 13th, and presume there are barrels of sound 

 ones now in the county. There were several 

 cases of farmers makino- cider in March from 

 sound apples which had laid under the snow 

 all winter. Mr. I. Hitchcock, of South Wil- 

 braham, informed us last week, that on the 

 second day of May he gathered sound, fair 

 apples from the ground, under all winter. — 

 The experience of the past season afTords 

 some hints in the art of preserving apples. — 

 It is supposed that the early and steady cold 

 prevented the apples from ripening, and thus 

 retarded their decay. Many were doubtless 

 preserved from freezing by being under a 

 heavy covering of snow. — Springfield, Mass. 

 Mepublican. 



Sheep in Pennsijlvania. — According to the 

 census of 1810, the whole number of sheep 

 in Pennsylvania amounted to G1,8-2S. Of 

 this number 47,291 belonged to Washington 

 county. At the present time, the stock in 

 Washington county exceeds 700,000, nearly 

 all the most approved breed, producing on an 

 average 2 3-4 lbs. wool each, or a total of 

 1,925,000 lbs. 



Cholera among Hordes. — The people of 

 Newark, N. J. are losing their horses by a 

 disease, which appears to be as fatal as the 

 cholera among men. Mr. Dickerson, who 

 keeps an extensive livery stable at that place, 

 lost eight elegant and very valuable steeds, 

 all of which died with from 8 to 20 hours 

 sickness. 



New-England has many points of advan- 

 tage ; but in respect to neatness and order 

 about her villages and farms, she contrasts 

 badly with other countries. Knglishmen, 

 who visit us, are disgusted with the appear- 

 ance of our villages, for, in their own land, 

 they are accustomed to see them adorned by 

 the hand of system and taste. 



Let us look to this point then. Neatness 

 and order are enjoined not only by economy 

 but by comfort. Every slovenly farmer re- 

 signs one of the choicest pleasures within 

 his reach, that of seeing his house and home 

 surrounded by the marks of neatness, indus- 

 try and taste. He brings u|) his family amidst 

 confusion, and presents to his children an ex- 

 ample of negligence the most unpardonable. 

 Can he wonder if they f )llow this example ] 

 They will go further. In their very partial- 

 ities, they will have a vicious preference for 

 what just taste, good sense, and sound econ- 

 omy condemn. They will regard with less 

 respect the decencies of life, and be more 

 likely to abandon the paths of virtue and mo- 

 rality. There is as much meaning in the old 

 adage, and the observance of which let me 

 urge as a remedy for every degree of the evil 

 I advert to — " Have a place for every thing, 

 and keep every thing in its place." In the 

 language of a venerated man, now gone to a 

 better world — 



Ltt order oVr your time preside, 

 And Tivthutl all your l)u«,n<ss ^iilde ; 

 One tLin^j at once be stiM be^u' , 

 Contriv'il rosolvM, pursuM and done; 

 Ne'er, till lo-niorrow's lip;lit delay, 

 What inig'lit as well be <loiic to-day ; 

 Neat be your barns ; yo. r liotKis neat ; 

 Your doors be i lean ; ynur louit yards sweet ; 

 Neat be your bar s; 'ti# long coul'ess'd. 

 The ueatest larmers are the best. 



Fursii Elouscf* 



We are far behind the English in the 

 comfort and appearance of our Farm houses. 

 On the other side the water, they are content 

 to build a house no larger than can be finish- 

 ed or occupied, but our practice is too often 

 the reverse of this ; for our zeal or money 

 fails, and when the frame of the dwelling is 

 covered, not a room is finished within, the 

 windows are stuffed with old hats or rags, 

 and the house stands a monument of the own- 

 er's taste and judgment. The houses of our 

 farmers are of irregular shapes, and though 

 their deformities might be somewhat conceal- 

 ed by trees, the proprietor will give up his 

 shade rather than his prospect. 



An Englishman once told us that this want 

 of shade about our houses, was the first 

 thing that struck him unfavorably in the 

 country ; and this too in a land every- 

 where abounding in trees. Regarding them, 

 we would repeat the advice of the Scotch 

 Laird to his son, "Be aye sticking in a tree, 

 they'll be growing while ye're sleeping." 



There is also a flowering plant, the honej'- 



