NO. 32. 



THE farmers' CABINKT. 



351 



Corn. 



If there be any who may have put in their 

 corn without being able to manure their 

 ground, from want ol tmie, who may have ma- 

 nure at command, we would advise them still 

 to give it a dressing, either before ihe grain 

 comes up, or just alter it has done so. 



Those who may live upon tide water, where 

 the sea-weed washes ashore, have a certain 

 resource in that article to insure a good yield 

 of corn, and by taking a little trouble may add 

 25 per cent, to tiieir product : in ploughing 

 their corn the first time, let the furrow be 

 turned from the stalks on either side ; let the 

 cart follow the plough with the sea-weed, 

 put in a shovel full of it around the stalks in the 

 furrow, then let the plough return the soil, cov- 

 ering up the sea-weed, and they may restassur- 

 ed the happiest results will crown their labors. 



Those who have not this resource, have an 

 equal fertilizer in the mould and leaves from 

 the woods, which, if applied in the same way, 

 would act equally efficient. So also would 

 well rotted manure of any kind. 



But should ihere be any who are so situated, 

 as not to be able to encounter this trouble, we 

 would advise them to a less laborious course. 

 Let them mi.\ ten bushels of spent ashes with 

 one of plaster, and cast a common sized kitchen 

 ladleful upon each hill soon after the corn is up. 



If there should be any who may not be able 

 to obtain the ashes, an ordinarily sized table- 

 spoontul of plaster to each hill, will act as a 

 charm, if put around and on the plants, when 

 they first come up. — Farmer and Gardener. 



Manufacture of Beet Sugar in France* 



The French Minister of Finances in his 

 report recently made, states the manufacture 

 of beet sugar in France to be as follows : 

 In 1835—668,936,762 lbs. 

 " 1836—1,012,770,589 lbs. 



That the value of the raw sugar from the 

 harvest of 1835, was 30,349,340 francs. That 

 of 1836, 48,968,805 francs. 



Thenumber of manufactories now at work 

 in the making of beet sugar is 512 : besides 

 these there are 39 being erected. 



By this exhibit it will be seen, that public 

 confidence in this branch of agricultural in- 

 dustry, is steadily on the increase in France; 

 which fact should inspire those engaged in 

 the pursuits of husbandry in America, with a 

 like confidence ; and we sincerely hope, that 

 every farmer and planter will teel himself 

 justified in putting in more or less of the seed, 

 with a view of ultimately adding this to the 

 other branches of his culture. When so many 

 disasters have followed the exertions of the 

 wheat-growth for the last four years, — when 

 the price of cotton has so greatly fallen, — 

 when its sales have been so precarious — and 

 when so little profit has recently ensued to 

 the tobacco planters, surely each and all of 



them should look around them with a view 

 of embracing other pursuits ; and to us. it 

 appears clear, that none which promises surer 

 prospects of success and profit could be desired 

 than those of the beet and mulberry culture. 

 Blessed with soil and climate both happily 

 adapted to their growth, how easy a matter 

 will it be, for any one so disposed, to embrace 

 either, or both branches, upon a small scale, 

 without materially afiecting those which now 

 form the staple articles of their growth. lb. 



Ewes and Lrambs. 



Farmers sometimes experience a difficulty 

 in making ewes own their lambs; and oftener 

 perhaps when cases of twin lambs occur than 

 at other times. When sheep are as valuable 

 as at present, those who desire to rear all 

 their lambs may find a benefit in sprinkling 

 a little fine salt over the disowned lamb. 

 This will usually attract the mother, and whea 

 once the operation of licking has been per- 

 formed, there is usually but little danger of 

 desertion. A friend assures us he has prac- 

 ticed this method with decided success ; and 

 no injury to the lambs need be apprehended 

 from the application. Sheep, when about to 

 lamb, should be moved and disturbed as little 

 as possible; as all such disturbance, especially 

 with young or wild ewes, greatly increases 

 the probability of their forsaking their young. 

 Ewes in the spring of the year should be kept 

 by themselves, and fed with grain or roots in 

 such a manner as to make them less fearful, 

 as well as to keep them in good heart. — 

 Genesee Farmer. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Farmers' Song, for 1§3'7. 



While the commercial woild doth rock, 



And feel the earthquake's power — 

 We only Acar the distant shoclj, 



Which deepens every hour. 



While Merchants' notes suspended lie, 



Nor Banks their specie yield — 

 The plough siill merrily ve ply, 



And siill enrich the field! 



While anxious brows, and faces pale, 



Like spectres fill the town — 

 We speed our toils with look so hale. 



•Twould ill befit the frown. 



While Parsons, Squires, and Doctors all 



Must whistle for their fees — 

 Earth's credit has no rise and fall, 



The Farmer rests at ease : 



Not ease like that which sluggards love, 



As sweat of brow w ill show ; 

 But rest of mind 1 'tis this we prove, 



The sweets of tMs we know. 



What if we sell not as before ? 



Our lands still yield their crop ; 

 We shall not starve I— and what's still more — 



May cheer the sufferer's hope ! 



With ' food and raiment,' we're content, 



And if God smiles, they 're ours — 

 For both through fields and flocks are sent, 



With honey from the flowers. 



So thanks to Him who gave our lands. 



And makes usdifler now — 

 From those who gaze on empty hands. 

 Or 'neath misfortune bow. 

 PlainjieU, JV. J. Clemertika. 



