No. 9. 



Farm for the Indigent Poor. — Friesland Sheep. 



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den veg-etables, one acre turnips, as a second 

 crop; the mowino^ ground being- 30 acres. 



The produce of the farm for the ]ast year 

 was, 



150 bushels of Rye, 

 400 " Corn, 



2500 " Potatoes, 



JOOO " Beets, 



800 " Ruta Baga, 



500 " Round Turnips, 



10 " Beans, 



?00 •' Carrots, 



75 tons of Hav, 

 10 " Marsh Hay, 

 15 " Straw, 

 1-J " Corn Tops and Butts, 

 200 pounds of Butter, 

 4500 gallons of Milk, 

 10 Calves, 

 G barrels of Apples, 

 400 pouriils of Citron Melons, 

 300 Musk Melons, 

 300 Water Melons, 



15 Ox cart-loads Pumpkins, 

 1000 Cabbages, 



Increase -on swine, $300. 

 Poultry, §20. 



Amounting in the whole to $5,751 50 



Outlay for cultivating, exclusive of interest 

 on value of farm stock, tools, &c 500 00 



Balance $^,^1 ^0 



Now, Mr. Editor, is there any reason on 

 enrth, why this system sliould be confined to 

 Houses of Refuge J In every public charitable 

 institution, there are many individuals, even 

 of tender age, who might be made exceed- 

 ingly effectual in the operations of a farm. 

 Unlike the Arts, as they are called, the du- 

 ties and exercises of agriculture can be en- 

 tered upon and practised without previous in- 

 6truction, a little time only being necessary 

 to make perfect. A great deal of the plant- 

 ing, sowing, weeding, and gathering might 

 be done by very youthful hands; and the 

 care and attendance of the lesser animals, 

 poultry, &c., would be exceedingly appropri- 

 ate to such ; while in the horticultural de- 

 partment they would often be found of supe- 

 rior usefulness; indeed, it appears clear to 

 me that such an institution, if properly con- 

 ducted, could be carried on in any situation, 

 and to any extent, not only without loss, but 

 to considerable proht, the outdoor labours 

 serving rather as recreation than otherwise, 

 and be the means of introducing a perfect 

 system of management throughout the coun- 

 try, by the instrumentality of its juvenile por- 

 tion of inmates, who might thus be made to 

 acquire a scientific knowledge of its different 

 branches, and be sent abroad, at a suitable 

 age, as practitioners of superior attainments, 

 throughout the length and breadth of the 

 lemd ; indeed, from such an institution young 

 men of very superior attainments in the sci- 

 ence of agriculture and the rural arts, might 

 be supplied as from a college — making, what 

 might be very properly termed, a virtue of 



necessity. Carpenters' and smiths' shops 

 should be attached, where all the implements 

 which are used should be made and repaired 

 by the inmates of the institution — the fenc- 

 ing, gates", buildings, &ic., being done by the 

 assistance of youthful hands, that each one 

 might become acquainted with the way of 

 doing those things, which would prove of par- 

 amount importance in their future plans of 

 destination, perhaps as pioneers in the far, 

 far West ! 



Now, I wonder who is destined to become 

 celebrated in the future history of his coun- 

 try, by devoting his wealth and talents to the 

 formation of such a noble institution ! a bless- 

 ing to himself and to those who are ready to 

 perish 1 I know not that I at present envy 

 any one their possessions, except the owner 

 of that most admirably adapted estate on the 

 Haddonfield road, a mile and a half from 

 Camden, which would appear to have been 

 planted there for the express purpose of " A 

 farm for the indigent Poor." What an op- 

 portunity has he of laying up treasures 

 " where neither moth nor rust do corrupt, nor 

 thieves break through and steal;" and erect- 

 ing for himself "a mansion in the heavens" 

 with " everlasting pillars and eternal hut- 

 ments." J. C. D. 



New Jersey, 18th March, 1841. 



P. S. Is it not strange that persons who 

 have property to invest in charitable institu- 

 tions at their death, should deprive them- 

 selves of the opportunity of managing it in 

 the way they would approve, during their 

 lifetime 1 especially when they see how easi- 

 ly the plainest directions can be mistaken 

 when the donor is not present to enforce his 

 plans. There can be no appearance after 

 death, or Stephen Girard, one would suppose, 

 could not lie quietly in his grave. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Friesland Sheep. 



Sir, — The article in your January number, 

 on Friesland sheep, with the offer of their 

 owner, Mr. Benedict Boone, to supply a few 

 couples of lambs the next season, may pro- 

 bably lead some of your readers to desire a 

 farther account of a kind of sheep that would 

 appear very desirable as stock for many parts 

 of the States; and finding mention made of 

 them in Youatt's late work on sheep, I copy 

 it, for insertion in your pages. Your subscri- 

 ber, J. F. 



" In Friesland is a breed of sheep of a large 

 size, measuring sometimes two feet nine 

 inches in height, v^ithout horns, having pen- 

 dent ears, a head so long as almost to ap- 

 proach to deformity, and the tail long and 

 small, and generally devoid of wool. The 



