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12 to 1, for repose ; but they have been known 

 in a few instances, when the weather was 

 pretty catchy in hay-time, to go an hour be- 

 yond the above. 



Any thincr out of the most simple routine 

 of every day plain business they eschew, par- 

 ticularly moving; stone from the fields, pick- 

 incT potatoes or diggfing post-holes; these 

 kind o' things they think professional, and al- 

 ways send for black Bob, Tom or Pete, as be- 

 ing in their line of business. On the whole, 

 the neighbours, I mean the old folks who 

 have judgment and experience in such mat- 

 ters, think that three of them, taken on an 

 average the whole year round, are about 

 equal to three-quarters of what a man was 

 fitly years ago, that is, before the French Re- 

 volution, for you must know that spoiled men 

 most desperately, and it is doubtful whether 

 we shall ever get up to the old standard again 

 in these United States any how. 



Now, Mr. Editor, as you are a man of ex- 

 perience, from the above you can guess the 

 rest, and lay down a pretty regular portrait 

 of the aforesaid boys, and all others of the 

 same stamp. Now do please tell me what 

 shall be done with them to make 'em into 

 men, to make 'em so that they will pass mus- 

 ter in any decent neighbourhood, and parti- 

 cularly to bring them into such a state that 

 the girls will not turn up their noses at them, 

 for it is desirable that they should marry and 

 settle themselves in the world, if they can 

 be taught enough of common sense to get a 

 living decently. Your friend, 



Thomas Perkinpine. 



Nov. 22, 1840. 



Transplantinsr Grafted Fruit-Trees. 



" In the fall of 1838, 1 purchased of Judge 

 Buel, at Albany, one hundred grafted fruit- 

 trees, apple, pear, and cherry ; these were 

 received in good time and duly planted, about 

 the last of October, in a good soil. Nearly 

 every tree lived from the place where the 

 ecions had been inserted, downwards, but 93 

 of the grafts died ; thus giving a very dis- 

 couraging result. Now, had these trees been 

 allowed to stand until the spring, probably 

 not one of the grafts would have died, and 

 they might have been removed successfully. 

 Tlie trees were small, and the connexion be- 

 tween the scion and the stock had not been 

 sufficiently matured to enable the graft to 

 sustain the double shock of removal and ex- 

 posure to a hard winter. May not a useful 

 rule be deduced from this example — that is, 

 so long as good reason exists to believe time 

 has not been given to establish a well-knit 

 connexion between the graft and stock — that 

 grafted stock should not be transplanted in 

 the fall V'—CuUimtor. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 A New Crop. 



Mr. Editor, — As an agriculturist, horti- 

 culturist or grazier, I have never yet entered 

 the arena for a prize, but am now about to 

 introduce a new kind of crop, for which I 

 intend to apply for a premium, and hereby 

 extend a general challenge to every patron 

 of " THE Cabinet," to the contest. 



I consider a successful experiment in the 

 cultivation of this crop, at this time, as tend- 

 ing to produce incalculable benefit to the ag- 

 ricultural community of our country at large, 

 and to your patrons in particular, and of much 

 more importance to the husbandry of the 

 middle States than that of many other crops, 

 of recent origin in our country, of which so 

 much has been written, and so much has been 

 said. The entire proceeds of this crop, I in- 

 tend to present, as a New Year's gift, to the 

 editor and proprietors of the " Farmer.s' Cab- 

 inet," to whose experience and united exer- 

 tions, through the medium of this useful pe- 

 riodical, we are indebted for many valuable 

 improvements in the agriculture of our coun- 

 try. In a word, I purpose to cultivate a crop 

 of new subscribers to the Farmers^ Cabinet, 

 of which I conclude that every one of its 

 reader^, who feels the least interest in the 

 continuation and success of this publication — 

 a publication which has wrought so much 

 good — can raise Jice at least, vviiich should 

 be forwarded with a five dollar bill, to Messrs. 

 Kimber and Shnrpless, proprietors and pub- 

 lishers, No. 50 North Fourth Street Phila- 

 delphia, on or before the first day of January 

 next ensuing, in order to entitle the individual 

 to a chance for the premium — at the same 

 time that no one will be restricted by that 

 number. Still, if every present subscriber 

 to this book should procure and forward only 

 five responsible names, with the money in ad- 

 vance for one year, it would elevate " the 

 Cabinet" at once to a proud rank among the 

 periodicals of the day, and place it, where 

 it deserves to be, at the head of the list. 

 This can be done with very little trouble, and 

 at no expense, and as far as respects myself, 

 it shall be done ; and the premium, Mr. 

 Editor, which I propose to the successful 

 competitor, is the assurance of your best 

 wishes for his health and happiness. 



Yours, &c. P. W. 



Rural Retreat, Nov. ], 1840. 



A DILIGENT husbandman knows not what 

 a bad year is ; he suflTers not the serenity of 

 his mind to be rufHed by storms and tempests. 

 An indolent one, on the contrary, expects all 

 from Providence, and complains of the par- 

 tiality of fortune, because his harvest is worse 

 than that of his industrious neighbour. 



