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NEW ENGLAND FAEAIER. 



April 



business claimed by the above extract, why have 

 the gentlemen of the ring so generally thrown off 

 their old mantle and borrowed a new dress of 

 somebody — we do not say an old woman — as they 

 have done in substituting "Horse Fair" for the 

 old term Horse Race f 



— Rennets have been imported to some extent 

 by the Herkimer County, N. Y., dairymen from 

 Bavaria. The Utica Herald says they are put up 

 without salt, and look much like a dried bladder. 

 In fat the stomach of the calf is "blown up" like 

 a bladder, the orifice tied, and thus while filled 

 with air suffered to dry. These rennets, so far as 

 we have seen, appear to be veiy sweet and free 

 from taint, and they are said to be of extra quality 

 as to strength. 



The following extracts I think contain much practical 



wis'lom. As it is manj years since I saw them in 



print, I may not give the exact words, E. B. 



Berry, N. H., Jan., 1868. 



— Do not all you can ; believe not all you hear ; 

 tell not all you know. 



— Never worry about what you cannot help; 

 never worry about what you can help. 



— Who does the best his circumstances allow, 

 does well ; acts nobly; angels could do no more. 



— Long credits, poor fences, and unruly animals 

 cause many quarrels. 



— Delay in fulfiling contracts, and want of punc- 

 tuality in general, will ruin any one's credit and 

 standing with his fellow men. 



— One who uses all the natural light of day will 

 find less occasion to use the less healthy and more 

 expensive artificial light of lamps. 



— The farmer who improves all the fair weather 

 will find little occasion to work out of doors in 

 storms of rain and snow. 



— Borrowing tools when the borrower ought to 

 own them ; an unwillingness to make them good 

 when injured, and neglecting to return them at 

 the proper time, are causes of much vexation. 



For the following suggeetive sentences we are indebted 

 to the head end pen of our correspondent, W. D. 

 Brown, of Concord, Mass. : — 



— A farmer provided with a good grindstone, is 

 apt to cut his way smoothly through the world. 



— The best way to apply the whip to your team, 

 is to give it in the shape of oats — in the crib. 



— It is better to sell milk and beef, than hay or 

 grain. 



— The stomach of the swine resembles the hu- 

 man ; therefore his need for warm, cooked food. 



— Canada exported^nto the United States $71,- 

 576 worth of flax last year. 



— A bill is now before the legislature of New 

 Jersey to regulate the sale of vegetables by weight. 



— The animal and vegetable productions of a 

 farm are usually alike in quality and abundance. 



A farm is not wisely managed where both do not 

 improve each year. 



— Hospitality provides a good tie-post with chain 

 and spring hook, where the guest may safely fas- 

 ten his steed. 



— A harness is stronger, and more comfortable, 

 and lasts better, when kept soft and pliable with 

 neat's-foot oil. 



— The square form in building gives the cheapest 

 inside room. Too many little structures are a 

 great tax on the owner. 



— The property of the 'country is enhanced in 

 value by improved roads. From field to market 

 there should be the fewest hills ; no loose stones or 

 needless sand. 



In communicating the following "items" Mr. H. Poor, 

 of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly of Andover, Mass., re- 

 marks, "If any one thinks I have 'wheat on the brain,' 

 I can only express my n gret that the 'fever' is not 

 more contagious I" He adds, Maine is waking up and 

 the other New England States should rouse them- 

 Belves, as he predicts that the annual tax of some 

 J59,000,000 will be grievously felt, if, as he fears, man- 

 ufacturing is to become less prosperous. He also be- 

 lieves that the severe drought at the West, which pre- 

 vailed during seed time, the past summer and fall, 

 will materially reduce the crop o^ the coming season. 

 — Maine has seventy thousand farms. Three 

 acres of wheat to each farm, at 15 bushels per acre, 

 will give seven hundred thousands barrels of flour, 

 allowing four and a half bushels to the barrel. 

 Population 650,000. One barrel flour to each per- 

 son would leave 50,000 barrels surplus. At $18 

 per barrel it has cost the State over eleven mil- 

 lions of dollars per annum the past two years. 



— New Hampshire has about thirty-five thousand 

 farms. Three acres of wheat to each farm, on the 

 foregoing estimate, would give 350,000 barrels of 

 flour. Population 350,000. Her annual tax the 

 past two years, for flour, has been six millions. 



— Vermont has about the same number of farms 

 and the same amount of population as New Hamp- 

 shire, and her annual expenees for flour about the 

 same. 



— Connecticut has about twenty-six thousand 

 farms. Population about 500,000. She would re- 

 quire six acres of wheat to each farm, allowing 

 fifteen bushels per acre, and one barrel flour to 

 each person. Her flour bills at $18 per barrel, 

 amount to nine and a half millions dollars per 

 annum. 



— Massachusetts has thirty-six thousand farms. 

 Population about thirteen hundred thousand. She 

 would require nine acres to each farm. With 

 twenty bushels to the acre, it would give fourteen 

 hundred thousand four hundred barrels flour. This 

 State has paid annually twenty-three millions dol- 

 lars the past two years for flour. 



— Rhode Island has five thousand four hundred 

 and six farms, (average ninety-six acres each.) 

 Population about 200,000. It would require eleven 



