JO. 18. 



THE FARMERS CABINET. 



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The Fanner's Song. 



Away with grandeur, pomp, and gold, 



Away with childish case; 

 Give mc but strength my plough to hold, 



And I'll find means to please. 



'Tia sweet to toil for those we love — 



My wife and darling boys; 

 Both tend to make my labor prove 



The sweetness of my joys. 



The sweetest morsel I procure, 



When labor makes it sweet, 

 Is oaten with a taste more pure 



Than meats that monarchs eat. 



'Tis mine — yes, 'tis my happy lot, 



From cares and av'rice free. 

 To own but this secluded cot. 



True friends and liberty. 



Thus I no monarch on his throne 



Can grudge his destiny ; 

 Let him his weight of cares bemoan, 



Whilst I am truly free. 



When labor wearies, and grows dull, 



I take my book or gun : 

 Thus I the sweetest pleasure cull, 



And thus all sorrow shun. 



Now tell me, all ye gouty train. 

 Who have what fortune gives. 



Is not the cheerful country swain. 

 The happiest man that lives] 



Propagating the Peach. 



1st. We gather the stones in the fall 

 •hich we bury about an inch under ground, 

 ligh and early ground is preferred as the 

 its will sprout early in the spring,) spread- 

 g singly, but as closely as you can in or- 

 that the frost may have its full effect 

 )on them. The best time for putting them 

 the ground is the last of October, but any 

 me in October or November will do. 

 2d. Preparing the ground for the young 

 pes, — Select a rich and middling dry piece 

 ground, which if very rich, will do with- 

 it manuring, but if not, manuring is indis- 

 snsable. Short and old manure is the best, 

 d if some rich dirt be mixed therewith, I 

 ink it all the better. The manure should 

 spread along the furrows, which should 

 made with a plough four feet apart. If 

 y other manure be added after, I would 

 commend lime or ashes. The ground 

 ould be ploughed as well as harrowed well 

 the first place. 



3. Transplanting. — This should be done 

 soon as the pits begin to sprout in the 

 ring, by dropping them in the rows already 

 pared for them about eight or nine inches 

 art and covered about an inch or more 

 ep. Some nursery-men let the young 



sprouts grow six or eight inches high before 

 they transplant them, but the former way I 

 think the best. 'I he young trees should be 

 planted and hoed as often as necessary in 

 order to keep them free from weeds and 

 grass, say three or four times each, the last 

 just before budding and not afterwards that 

 season. 



4th. Budding. — Select from the healthiest 

 trees the scions of the kinds you wish to 

 propagate, cut off the leaves and keep them 

 in water, at least the butt ends, (those liuds 

 that have three leaves are the best.) They 

 may be kept in this manner three or four 

 days. Then take the scion in your hand, 

 holding the butt end downwards, enter your 

 knife about half an inch below the bud and 

 cut upwards about a quarter of an inch above 

 the bud, taking the wood with it, and then 

 cut across the twig deep enough for the bud 

 to come off; then with the point of your 

 knife, take out the wood from the bnd ; then 

 make a transverse cut in the stock to be 

 budded, about three or four inches above the 

 ground, (first trimming off the leaves and 

 limbs about six inches above the ground ;) 

 from the middle of this cut make a slit about 

 half an inch downwards, then with the point 

 of your knife open the bark on each side of 

 the slit, by the transverse cut; enter the 

 lower end of the bud therein, bearing it down 

 with your thumb and finger till the top side 

 of the bud comes just below the first trans- 

 verse cut, then with bark or yarn wind be- 

 low and above the bud in order to keep close 

 to the wood. In twelve or fourteen days 

 the bandage may be removed. The time of 

 budding may be from the 20th of August to 

 the 20th September, perhaps later some- 

 limes. In the following spring when the 

 buds grow three or four inches long, the old 

 stalks should be cut off about an inch above 

 the bud. In the following fall or spring, 

 you may set out your orchard, putting the 

 trees about twenty feet apart. The ground 

 should be rich and dry, not springy. Ma- 

 nuring is indispensable unless the ground be 

 very rich. — Corn or potatoes may be planted 

 among the trees, with benefit to them for 

 three or four years. — Ilorf. Register. 



Larcje Hogs. — Joseph .Tennison of South- 

 borough, Mass. has fatted and brought to 

 Market this season, two hogs 18 months 

 old, weighing 629 lbs. and 557 lbs., which 

 he sold for 13 cents a pound, realizing tho 

 sum of $151,18. Pretty fair business this ! 



Anthony Holfman of Pine Plains, killed 

 on the 19th ult. a hog twenty-one months 

 old, which weighed when dressed 891 lbs* 

 and was sold for $100. 



