NO. 11. 



THE FAKMERS' CARINET. 



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London, by the sale of her drawings ; one of 

 the Duchesses of the same Court maintained 

 herself and husband in Bath, by traching a 

 music school, and the Queen herself, kept 

 her family by plailing bonnets. These ex- 

 amples we hope will have their influence, 

 where examples of our own good country- 

 women would be spurned as vulgar, repub- 

 lican models. — Mechanic and Farmer. 



The Drill-Barroiv— -Cultivator 



— Tiii'Diep-lIoc. 



The implements used in the Turnep culture, 

 which are figured below, are useful for va- 

 rious other purposes on the farm or in the 

 garden. They are, {fig. 50.) 



Fi'. 50. 



The Duill-Barrow, which is made in 

 different t()rms, and is used in sowing various 

 small seeds, as onions, radishes, lucern, beans, 

 peas, &LC. The machine is propelled like a 

 wheel-barrow, and sows and covers the seed 

 at the same operation. The cut represents 

 the one we have in use. They are manufac- 

 tured by Mr. Craig, of Galway, N. Y., and 

 sold at eight dollars. A barrow somewhat 

 differently modeled, has been invented in 

 Lewis county, which has been highly com- 

 mended for its value in planting corn. Price 

 fifteen dollars. 



Fig. 51. 



The Cultivator, {fig. 51,) is the most 

 useful implement we know of for dressing 

 Indian corn, as well as ruta baga. By being 

 passed frequently between the rows, the 

 ground is kept free from weeds, and in a fine 

 state of pulverization, while the manure and 

 vegetable matter is left under cover, where 

 it is most beneficial, and the roots of the 

 plants preserved from injury. It should be 

 passed twice at dressing, and if the .soil is 

 stiff or grassy, it may he passed oftener, or 

 repeated at short intervals. The teeth are 

 of various forms, according to the purposes 



for which they are used. Some of these are 

 figured in the cut. It is most convenient to 

 liuvc sets of difil-rcnt kinds, and the cost is 

 trifiing, that they may he shifted at pleasure. 

 Our late excellent niMghbor, Joscjjh Builnck, 

 u.sed ctleclually to extricate the rjuack grass 

 iti his corn ground, by the frequent use of the 

 cultivator, tlie teeth of which he liad modeled 

 for this purpose. They are manufacliirnd by 

 Mr. Oaig, and, together with the drill-bar- 

 rows spoken of, kept for sale by onr enter- 

 prising friend, C. N. Bement, who is making 

 some improvements on both these imple- 

 ments.* The cultivator is often denominated 

 horse-hoe, scufiler, scarrifier, &c. It has 

 sometimes a wheel attached forward to regu- 

 late the depth. 



Fig. 52. 



The Turnep Hoe, {fig. 52,) is a very sim- 

 ple, but useful implement, particularly in the 

 garden, where it greatly fiicilitates the weed- 

 ing process. We have them of various lengths, 

 from four to ten inches. They should be of 

 cast-steel, and may be made of an old file or 

 rasp; the blade should be thin, and not more 

 than one and a half or two inches broad. They 

 may be drawn the arm's length without being 

 raised, and there is little danger of cutting 

 the plants among which they are used. 



Cultivator. 



I call that mind free which is not passively 

 framed by outward circumstances, which is 

 not thfi creature of accidental impulse, but 

 which bends events to its own improvement, 

 acts upon an inward spring, for an immutable 

 principle which it has deliberately espoused. 



1 call that mind free which protects itself 

 against the usurpations of society, which does 

 not cower to human opinions, which feels ac- 

 countable to a higher law than fashion, which 

 respects itself too much to be a slave to the 

 many or the few. — Dr. Channing. 



A writer on swearing says that an oath 

 from a woman's lips is unnatural and incredi- 

 ble, and he would as soon expect a bullet from 

 a rose-bud. 



Disdain not your inferior in the gifts of for- 

 tune, for he may be your superior in the gifts 

 of the mind. 



* Of thf! improvininnt.i our rcailers will hf riuly »d- 

 vised. These implements msy he obtained at the 

 principal seed stores ia Philadelphia. 



