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ing voice," why he should have returned 

 with his ploughs again to Newtown, com- 

 plaining that he was not satisfied, but wished 

 them tried again, I cannot conjecture. I be- 

 lieve there are still dissenting voices after 

 his second trial. As a member of the 

 Bucks County Agricultural Society, I ex- 

 tend to J. P. a cordial invitation to meet 

 with us again at Newtown at our next ex- 

 hibition, hoping that the committee on 

 ploughing will correct the error into which 

 they fell, that of not arranging the list of 

 ploughs in their report according to the or 

 der in which they ploughed in the field. 

 A Bucks County Farmer. 



Twelfth mo. 17lh, J846. 



lay in his integrity, which in one shape or 

 another generally met with its reward in 

 the world, and could not fail of giving the 

 highest pleasure, by consciousness of virtue, 

 which every man feels that is so happy as 

 to possess it." — Journal of Commerce. 



Good Domestics. 



We have observed that persons much ad 

 dieted to complaining of servants, and to 

 dismissing them for real or imaginary of- 

 fences, seldom find their own condition im- 

 proved by the change. On the part of em- 

 ployers, the habit of fault-finding too often 

 but aggravates the evils of neglect and diso- 

 bedience on the part of domestics, and those 

 will seldom be pleased, who show no dispo- 

 sition to be pleased. It is human nature to 

 be seldom amiable when unhappy. There 

 are but few ungenerous, obdurate persons, 

 who will not be more moved and swayed by 

 a pleasant smile and ten words of kindness 

 and encouragement, than by long lectures 

 on the duty of servants, or whole volleys of 

 censure. It is ever bad policy, as it is un- 

 just, to have a quick eye to faults and to be 

 blind to good actions. And in families as in 

 States, those govern best who govern little, 

 and rather by invisible influences and the 

 contrivances and circumlocutions of discre^ 

 tion and charity, than by unmasked autho' 

 rity and force. In fine, in the domestic cir 

 cle affection must be law, and domestics 

 must come within the circle of a deep and 

 generous regard. Who can estimate the 

 value of a long tried and faithful servant? 

 Nearly a century ago Lady Montague wrote 



" I would not every day tell my footman 

 if I kept any, that his whole fraternity were 

 a pack of scoundrels, that lying and stealing 

 were inseparable qualities from their cloth, 

 that I should think myself very happy in 

 them if they confine themselves to innocent 

 lies, and would only steal candles' ends; on 

 the contrary, I would say in their presence 

 that birth and money were accidents of for- 

 tune, that no man was to be seriously de- 

 spised for wanting them; that an honest and 

 faithful servant was a character of more 

 value than an insolent and corrupt lord; that 

 the real distinction between man and man 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Large Farm in 3IaryJand. 



To THE Editor, — The intelligent and 

 wealthy citizens of our country have it in 

 their power to do much good, particularly 

 those who have travelled in Europe, and 

 have closely observed the manners and ha- 

 bits of the people, and their mode of living 

 and conducting business, whether in agri- 

 culture, commerce, or manufactures. When 

 such individuals, after having availed them- 

 selves of the advantages of their position, 

 fix their minds on the accomplishment of 

 any great object for the benefit of others, 

 their good judgment, perseverance, and am- 

 ple means, will generally bear them cut in 

 such an undertaking. 



The truth of the above remarks were veri- 

 fied, when on a visit a few weeks since, in 

 company with a friend, to the extensive and 

 highly cultivated farm of George Patterson, 

 Esq., near Sykesville, Carroll county, Md. 

 We were indeed astonished at the magni- 

 tude of his operations, and the apparent evi- 

 dences of his success. The improvements 

 made on his farm of near 1800 acres, — 1200 

 of which are under cultivation — in the space 

 of a few years, are truly wonderful. He 

 informed us that it was destitute of grass of 

 any description, and some parts covered with 

 moss, at the time he commenced farming. 

 It is now producing heavy crops of wheat, 

 corn, oats, hay, &c., &c. Many of the fields 

 are laid down permanently in grass for graz- 

 ing purposes, and have the appearance of the 

 fine lands in parts of Chester county, Pa. 

 This wonderful change in the fertility of the 

 soil, has been brought about principally by 

 the use of lime. The practice of Mr. Pat- 

 terson, as he informed us, was to spread on 

 the surface about 100 bushels per acre, which 

 af\er lying from three to five years, was 

 ploughed under, and the ground planted 

 with corn, and after undergoing a course of 

 farming, is sowed liberally with grass seeds. 



Many of his fields have had a second 

 dressing of lime, equal to, or greater than 

 the first, making upwards of 200 bushels of 

 lime to the acre. On such, the natural 

 grasses are forming a good .sward of the best 

 quality of grass for grazing. 



The farm is undulating and well watered. 

 The low grounds are neatly and perfectly 



