No. 10 



Winter — to the Husbandman. 



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furrow, and health sparkles on every blade of 

 grass, to throw awny half a dozen years of the 

 sprino^oflife behind a counter. Their minority 

 is closed, and they must then enter upon the 

 world with little or no improvement in their 

 moral, intellectual or physical habits, with" no 

 capital but their integrity and good name (if 

 luckily they have been able to pass through 

 such a dangerous apprenticeship without lo-s 

 ot these qualities) wherewith to commence 

 business, and with the knowledge of no pro- 

 fession, but one that is full of competitors, 

 and which offers them no prospect of inde- 

 pendence. The city is crowded with shop- 

 keepers, and there is no branch of wliat may 

 be called trade that is noc overdone. It a 

 young man obtains credit for a small stock of 

 dry goods, or hardware or groceries, ten 

 chances to one he is unable to meet the Jirsl 

 payment, and if he should be so fortunate as to 

 have turned his stock and made a small profit 

 by the revolution, the second or third period 

 of payment finds him unprepared and he must 

 either clear out (as the phrase is) and seek 

 a living at New York or some other re- 

 moter place, or he must write ^^ Agent," under 

 his name, on the sign, and struggle with his"' 

 debts and his bad luck a little longer. The 

 result of this latter arrangement need not be 

 told. Every body knows how few of those 

 whoy"«;7, ever recover from the shock which 

 broken credit produces; and how hard it is for 

 an "Aifeni" of this description ever to recover 

 the character of a principal. 



How happy would it be for hundreds and 

 thousands of our young men, if they could be 

 persuaded that a few acres of ground are a 

 better capital, than as many thousands of dol- 

 lars procured by writing their names at the 

 bottom of a negotiable note ; and what years 

 of misery might be saved, if men would be- 

 lieve that a dollar actually earned by honora- 

 ble and healthful labor, as farmers and me- 

 chanics, is worth a hundred in prospect to be 

 gained in trade and speculation. 



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Barley Flour. 



Flour made from barley is becoming an 

 article of diet, in various parts of the state. 

 It makes the finest of cakes, and when pre- 

 pared in like manner, is by many preferred 

 to buckwheat. Farmers are making the same 

 discovery with regard to this grain that they 

 have in regard to apples. They find it to 

 be as unlike economy to send their Barley to 

 the brewers to be converted into beer to make 

 paupers and criminals for them to support, as 

 to convert their apples into cider to create 

 an appetite in their chidren for stronger 

 drink. Apples are now considered about as 

 valuable as potatoes to fatten hogs; and bai- 

 ley, ground, is a most valuable food for all de- 

 scription of stock. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Wisitcr— To tiac Musbaudnian. 



The sang of ' ihe husking" is o'er, 



Tlie cnin-crib of [ileiily dnlh tell ; 

 The frainero'ei flows with its store, 



And the liarnsuilh licli provender swell ! 

 The tdi sof the Imsbandniaii, eaith 



With crops of abundance hath blessed ; 

 Now, the plongh-boy to school hastens lorlh, 



And t.if pliiijgli liath its 'sea-ion of rest.' 



The l)erds from the pastures ha\'a come, 



(No longer with green herbage crown'd.) 

 To the barn-yaid, their long winter liome. 



Where a carpel of straw is spread round ; 

 And well liave iheir riches deseived, 



The care wliich the farmer liestowe, 

 Who hath snug and warm stables reserved. 



To shield them from pililesi snows. 



The hickory piles, towering hiph, 



Give promise to brichten the hearth ; 

 While they bid ns turn ('haiity's eye 



To Ihn poor and the needy of earth. 

 And I he generous mug overflows 



With cider, all sparlxling and clear; 

 Which at eve, when irithont the wind blows, 



Wilkin is the farmer's ' good cheer !' 



The housewife hath willingly sought 



The ' wool and thf flax" of ihe field. 

 And clothing in caiefiilness wrought. 



Her household fmni winter to shield. 

 While the rich golden butter and cheese, 



Tiirice rich, as the woik of her hand : 

 Shows that luxury fullows'not ease. 



But with industry goes throus;li the land. 



And oh : if the lovers of ease. 



Who sepk it in pleasure's turmoil ; 

 Who try all that pledges to please, ' 



And have disappointment for toil; 

 Would turn tosome homestead at nifiht, 



And see the true peace of ihat hearth 

 Where contentment and competence light 



A smile more enduring than mirth: 

 Sure, then, would the gayest admit 



That /lappinessdwellelh at Ao7«e, 

 And never was treasured as yet. 



In the heart that for pleasure doth roam. 

 There seated beside the bright fire. 



The helpmate her knitting doth ply ; 

 While with hook or some story, the sire 



Makes time seem loo swiftly to fly. 

 Thechihireii, a group, cluster round. 



All smiling through roses of health ; 

 Oh : where can tlio>e riches be found, 



Surpassing the husbandman's wealth 1 

 And ah ! if iheie's gratitude due 



Frnm all, to the Father of love, 

 How ofi should the farmer renew 



His thanks for these gifts from above ! 



E. C. S. 



Cedar Brook, Plainfield, N. J. 



