NO. 13. 



THE FARMEUS' CABINET. 



20' 



tics, for the more peaceful arts of (lie field and 

 the cultivation of the ground ; thus adding to 

 the culture of pliilosophy that of rural econo- 

 my and rendering themselves doubly service- 

 able to their country. 



For the Farmer's Cabinet. 



Tlioiiglits, 



Suggested bythcRev.T. Flint's remarks on 'Farming '* 



So5S of America! who lovo tho soil where ye 



were born! 

 Melhinks the j! elds should be your theme, at 



evening and at morn : 

 And you, the favor'd ones of Heaven ! who call 



the lands your «wh ; 

 Whose riches are the yearly gifts, which from 



the earth have grown — 

 Oh ! let improvement mark your steps, go fer- 

 tilize the soil, 

 Where nature's promise is, to blesa tho eflforts 



of your toil. 

 The nation's honor, power, and wealth, all flow 



from one wide source. 

 From agriculture, as the fount, each takes its 



winding course : 

 Commerce and manufuclurcs own this main- 

 spring moves their wheels ; 

 And all that lives, and moves, the worth of man's 



frst charge reveals. 

 To agriculture's valued power! delighted we 



would bow ; 

 And ever shall our echo'd song, respond to 



"speed the plough !" 

 We love to paint the husbandman, stripp'd to 



his blest employ. 

 For though " in sweat of face" he toils, 'tis with 



a smile of joy : 

 We deem him highest of the race, America can 



boast ; 

 And here, in honor, do we pledge, to him our 



noblest toast : — 

 Hence may his '< corn and wine increase," till 



" milk and honey" flow • 

 Throughout his land, where harvests ripe, in all 



their richness glow ; 

 God crown the labor of his hands, with " plenty 



and with peace !" 

 Till daily toils of husbandman, with aiZ of earth 

 shall cease. 



Clxmestina. 



Plainfeld, »V. /., December, 1836. 



thirteen bull calves, by the method follov 

 ing : At three days old they were taken fro 

 the cows, put into a shed and fed with fl 

 (skimmed milk) allowing three quarts 

 each calf morning and evening. When 

 montli old, they were fed with a like qua 

 lity of milk and water, morning and evenin 

 with hay to feed on in the day time ; and 

 noon they were fed with oats and bn 

 equally mixed, allowing half a peck to oi 

 dozen calves. At two months old they we 

 fed only in tiie morning with milk and wat( 

 they had hay to feed on in the day time, ai 

 at evening instead of noon, had the san 

 quantity of bran and oats with water to drin 

 They were fed in this manner until the mi 

 die of April, when they were turned out 

 grass all day ; and taken into a shed in t 

 evening; and fed with hay until there we 

 plenty of grass and the weather gr( 

 warm. Such of the calves as were wean 

 in March were continued to be fed with mi 

 and water every morning until midsummi 

 All the said calves are in good health a 

 condition; and the Society allowed t 

 premium offered on that head the precedi 

 year. 



The Bath Society papers contain the fol- 

 lowing account of the method adopted at 

 various periods of weaning and rearing 

 calves, as practised by thrifty farmers. 



'< Mr. Whitley of Wallington did, between 

 the first of December 1776, and April, 1777, 

 wean and rear on his farm ten cows and 



* See Farmers' Cabinet, No. 2, page 27. 



^^ricuHure is an art — Man is the artist, 

 the soil his laboratory, — manure his r: 

 material, — animal strength and machine 

 his power, — air, heat and moisture his agen 

 — and grains, roots, fruits and forage, 1 

 product. 



Jlgriculture is a science — which teaches t 

 artist the best mode of improving and fitti 

 up his laboratory, — instructs him in 1 

 properties and economical use of his r; 

 material, — learns him how best to apply 1 

 power, and to profit by his agents, — anc 

 thereby enables him greatly to abridge ] 

 labor and multiply his products. 



The art teaches the hands to do — the s 

 ence what to do, and how to do. Art is i 

 sail which propels the ship, — science i 

 compass which directs her course. Withi 

 the sail, the ship will not "go ahead 

 without the compass, her course will 

 erratic, and the profits of the voyage doubtf 

 With sail and compass, her progress will 

 " onward," her course direct, and her voya 

 prosperous. 



Don't be frightened if misfortune sta 

 into your humble habitation. She sometin 

 takes the liberty of walking into the presen 

 chamber of Kings. 



To all parts of the world, the export! 

 British hardware and cutlery is £l'^;J3,0^ 

 of this amount £978,491 come to the Uni 

 States. 



