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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



We have alluded thus particularly to the history 

 and circumstances of this individual, because he 

 left the farm with that strong conviction of his na- 

 tural adaptation to other business which is every 

 year driving thousands from the country to the 

 cities, in search of the place they were expressly 

 made to fill ; and because we believe we can do our 

 young friends no better service than to urge them 

 to imitate his example, by returning to the farm, 

 before their failing health, their failing fortunes 

 and their failing habits shall render such a course 

 impracticable. 



For the Isew England Farmer. 



SONG OF THE FARMER BOY. 



Ho, brothers, ho ! 



Merrily forth we hie, 

 And busily over the fields we go. 



That broad to the sunshine lie ! 

 The plow we steadily hold. 



And a watchful eye we keep 

 On its share that gleams through the damp rich mould, 



In the furrows straight and deep. 



Ho, brothers, ho ! 



Hopefully glows the morn, — 

 With a liberal hand the grain we sow, 



The wheat and the golden corn ; 

 If the sunshine and the rain 



But fall on the buried seed, 

 Then we shall a bountiful harvest gain. 



Of our weary toil, the meed. 



Ho, brother, ho ! 



Joyfully speeds the day ! 

 We are no laggards, so dull and slow. 



Briskly we'll work, and gay. 

 Vigor and life abound, — 



Redolent all of tte spring. 

 Breezes are hovering lightly around, 



And gaily the wild-birds sing. 



Ho, brothers, ho I 



Cheerily sing your song ! 

 Music and mirth in their merriest flow. 



Ever to spring belong ; 

 Pleasant our task will be. 



Lightened by music's power, 

 So, let the pulse of her liveliest glee 



Throb through our busiest hour ! 



Ho, brothers, ho ! 



Merrily forth we hie. 

 And busily over the fields we go. 



That broad to the sunshine lie ! 

 Singing our cheerfulest song, 



Yet speeding our glad employ, — 

 Music and mirth to the spring belong. 



And labor shall share their joy ! k. 0. h. 



New Cabbage. — The Winningstadt cabbage is a 

 new variety, the seeds of which have been recently 

 distributed from the Patent Office at Washington. 

 The Lewisburg (Pa.) Chronicle thus speaks of it : 



"This is a new variety of cabbage. It is a very 

 early kind, with small heads of a sugar-loaf form, 

 and very compact and solid, and of course heavy 

 for its size or bulk — so compact that no worm or 

 insect can get between its leaves, and hence its in 

 terior, which is of surpassing whiteness, is always 

 nice and clean, possessing a richness of flavor equal, 

 if not superior, to any variety of the cabbage yet 

 known in these parts." 



U. S. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In pursuance of previous appointment, the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee of the National Society met in 

 the city of Albany, May 30. The use of the rooms 

 of the New York State Agricultural Society having 

 been kindly tendered, the Board were called to or- 

 der at half-past 7 P. M. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 of Mass., President of the Society, assumed the 

 chair. On motion of His Excellency, Gov. King, 

 Mr. Olcott, of the Implement Committee, was ap- 

 pointed Secretary of the meeting. 



Hon. Frederick Smyth, of New Hampshire, 

 moved that Col. B. P. Johnson, Secretary of the 

 New York Society, be requested to lake a seat at 

 the Board as an honorary member of the same ; 

 and to take part in the deliberations ; which wa« 

 unanimously carried. 



The Committee then proceeded to the appoint- 

 ment of the judges upon reapers, mowers, and such 

 other implements as are to be tested at the Nn- 

 tional trial at Syracuse, in July. 



J. Stanton Gould, Esq., of Hudson, N. Y., was 

 unanimously elected chairman of thejurj'. 



Messrs. Seth Scammon, of Maine ; Brooks Shat- 

 tuck, New Hampshire ; Edwin Hammond, Ver- 

 mont; San ford Howard, Massachusetts ; Stephen 

 H. Smith, Rhode Island ; T. S. Gold, Connecticut ; 

 B. B. Kirtland, New York ; Geo. Hartshorne, New 

 Jersey; Jono. Jones, Delaware; Francis P. Blair 

 and Samuel Sands, Maryland ; Frederic!^ Watts 

 and J. L. Darlington, Pa. ; Gen. J. T. Worthing- 

 ton and Wm. A. Gill, Ohio ; Joseph A. Moore and 

 W. L. Underwood, Kentucky ; Joseph A. Wright, 

 Indiana ; Horace Capron, Illinois ; J. C. Holmes, 

 Michigan ; Wm. C. Rives, Virginia ; H. K. Bur- 

 gwyn, North Carolina; A. G. Summer, South Car- 

 olina; Richard Peters, Georgia ; Lewis Worcester, 

 Wisconsin ; and Wm. Duane, of Iowa, were, upon 

 motion of Gov. King, appointed as a Board of 

 Judges for the trial at Syracuse. 



B. P. Johnson, Esq., moved that Mr. Joseph E. 

 Holmes, the General Superintendent, be admitted 

 as a member, ex officio, of the Board of Judges — 

 which was carried. 



The following resolution, upon motion of Gov. 

 King, and seconded by Hon. Fred'k Smyth, was 

 unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting 

 be presented to the Executive Committee of the 

 New York State Agricultural Society, at its meet- 

 ing at Buffalo in June ; and that they be respectful- 

 ly requested to appoint a Committee, and to invite 

 the members of the Society to attend the proposed 

 trial of Reapers, Mowers, &c., under the auspices 

 of the United States Agricultural Society, at Syra- 

 cuse in July next. 



Judge Gould adverted to the probable attendance 

 of a throng of persons at the Trial; and urged the 

 necessity of enforcing stringent regulations for ex- 

 cluding all persons from the harvest fields during 

 the examinations by the Judges. He also moved, 

 and it was resolved, that there should be two sep- 

 arate premiums on Hay Presses — one for Stationa- 

 ry and one for Portable Presses. 



The Chair called upon Mr. H. S. Olcott, Secre- 

 tary of the Committee of Arrangements, to state 

 what had already been done towards completing 

 the preliminaries of the Trial. Mr. Olcott stated 

 that he had visited various cities and villages in 

 western New York, and had received liberal offers 



