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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 



"It was last spring," says Josh, coming up and 

 leaning on the wall too ; "I remember it, because 

 we were lugging out the apple tree limbs when 

 that man went along who looked at us as though 

 we owed him something." 



"Well, I never see things grow as these have in 

 one year afore. If our corn had growed like this, 

 we should have had some, I guess. Wonder what 

 the reason is ?" 



"Don't know," said Josh, "the sun comes here 

 terrible hot in the middle of the day, perhaps it's 

 that ; the papers say ashes make things grow, but 

 I never believed it. I guess it's got the wash of the 

 road." 



"No it hasn't," said Ben, "it is a good deal high- 

 er here than the road itself,— it must be the ashes, 

 and if I live till spring, 1 mean to buy some and 



try it." 



And so the corn was loaded without much labor, 

 for it was not heavy to handle, and the harvesters 

 v.'ent home. 



Well, we hope the hint they got from under the 

 wall will be wrought into good works, and produce 

 to them abundantly. But will they, and their 

 neighbors, in the mean time, gather the ap- 

 ple tree and all other brush and rubbish, and burn 

 U carefully xmder the icall ? 



For tha New England Farmer. 



CABBAGES vs. ONIOKS. 



Mr. Editor :— When I have read recently, the 

 hi^-'h-wrought panegyrics on underdraining, by 

 your intelligent and agreeable correspondent from 

 Exeter, I have been disposed to think that he al- 

 lowed his fancy to lead captive his judgment; not- 

 withstanding it may be his peculiar province to 

 judge without exaggeration. But a fad has lately 

 "come to my knowledge, quite as extraordmary as 

 <,nv of the benefits he has ever witnessed. A tar- 



For the A'eio Hngland Farmer. 



AUTUMN GLEANINGS.^ 



BY SUSIE SUMIIERFIELD. 



Autumn is the season when the farmer, the mat- 

 ron and the nimble maiden make gleanings from 

 the abundance which "Dame Nature" pours upon 

 them, where they design, sow, plant and reap_ m 

 accordance with "her laws, and where her require- 

 ments are satisfied. Golden sheaves of corn are 

 o-arnered ; mealy potatoes are housed ; yellow pump- 

 fdns are heaped in convenient places, ready for 

 "old Brindle," that her butter may catch their 

 glowing tinge ; juicy ajiples are carefully gathered, 

 and all are busy and happy in the midst of abun- 



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I, too, have been gleaning ; and O ! such an au- 

 tumnal gleaning have I enjoyed, that there seemeth 

 nought but a s])irit of praise "to God for his bene- 

 fits unto the children of men," inspirmg all withm 

 the chambers of imagery. I would tell all the tar- 

 mers, and those of their home-circles, what has 

 been my success and enjoyment. Pause ye, then, 

 in your life labors, and let me tell you what a nov- 

 el harvest I have secured, and what a discovery 

 I've made, during these "mid-October days. It is 

 that pros;ress, ckmtion, and success have beconae 

 'matters of certainty to the persevenng, energetic 

 New England farmer. Though many have lett 

 Eastern homes, to seek an abode in the ^'famous 

 West," where, it is rumored, that a Genu dwells, 

 who is ever ready to enrich each sojourner with 

 great wealth— yet "it is proved that such can be 

 gained upon our own styled, sterile soil. Ihere- 

 fore, I say, progress is united with agricultural pur- 

 suits Science has decided that compounded com- 

 posts will enrich the soil. Mechanical inge- 

 nuity has planned and perfected farm-implements, 

 which enable farmers to perform hard labor with- 

 out any rheumatic results. Experiment has proved 

 that bo<^ meadows may be drained, and transformed 

 into prolific fields, all which proves farming to be 

 progressive. Farmers can and do become rich, 

 without resorting to the West. 



There is much to encourage the farmer at tms 



day, compared with what there was, in times past. 

 Aftpr the serine nlanting and sowing, the sumnaer s 



