No. 1. 



Peach Trees. — Editorial Notices. 



37 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Peach Trees. 



The present being what in common par- 

 lance is called a peach year, and as many 

 of the most esteemed varieties of that valu- 

 able fruit, which have been perpetuated for 

 thirty years or more, by budding or inocu 

 lating, are running out, I would suggest to 

 farmers or growers of this delicious fruit, 

 the propriety of saving the stones of the 

 best kinds for planting, so that we can com 

 mence again with seedlings of the most 

 valuable sorts, which may be extended by 

 budding, for ten or twelve years, when re- 

 sort should again be had to seedlings. It 

 seems now to be admitted by all observant 

 cultivators of fruit, that resort must occa 

 sionally be made to seedlings, in order to 

 perpetuate good fruits of any kind; grafting, 

 buddmg, cuttings, layers, and suckers, being 

 a mere extension of the original plant or 

 tree, and the only way of procuring a young 

 and vigorous tree, is by recurring to the 

 seed. Fruit trees, like animals, have their 

 period of youth, maturity and vigor, old age, 

 decline, and death, and no care or manage- 

 ment can prevent their passing through 

 these various stages; our only plan is to re- 

 sort to the seed and select the best varieties 

 for cultivation and extension, by budding, 

 &c., as the old stock shows symptoms of de- 

 clining, from age or infirmity. O. 



That we must strive for culture, does not 

 discourage the youthful mind ; the thought 

 rather enlivens and exalts it, that one, 

 through his own power, and by bravery of 

 spirit, not by sighs and penances, can bring 

 into the kingdom of self culture, the powers 

 which slumber in him. The harvest has 

 not been easy even to the heroes of our 

 race. So much the more necessary is it, 

 for our small minds to be watchftil and in- 

 dustrious, that we may rise to more shining 

 heights which dawn upon us over the broad 

 wastes on which the greater part of our 

 race wanders. No smooth plains, upon 

 which we may dream, speculate, and poet- 

 ize, lead to them, but they must be climbed 

 gradually, and with much toil. — Common 

 School Journal. 



The Farmer's Creed. 



Let this be the Farmer's creed — 



Of stock, seek out the choicest breed ; 



In peace and plenty let them feed ; 

 Your land sow with the best of seed ; 



Let it not dung nor dressing need — 

 Inclose and dress it with all speed, 



And you will soon be rich indeed. 



John Sinclair. 



THE FARMERS' CARIIVET, 



AND 



Philadelphia, Eighth Month, 1843. 



The opening of a new volume would seem to invite 

 a more direct interchange than ordinary, of friendly 

 greetings between the editor and his readers. We 

 have now travelled together for a year; and this, in 

 the good natured language of one of our old English 

 essayists, makes us acquaintances of some considerable 

 standing-. We have, however, little to say in the cha- 

 racter of an Address: the past is beyond recall; and 

 the future must rely upon exertion, not promises. It 

 has been our aim steadily to keep in view, the ad- 

 vancement of the agricultural interests of the country. 

 We have endeavoured too, always to bear in mind, 

 and consequently to impress upon our readers the im- 

 portant truth, that if we would better the condition of 

 our vast farming population, we must have reference 

 to the mind, as well as the soil; and while we give the 

 strength of the body to the improvement of the one, 

 we should by no means overlook that culture of the 

 other, which most directly concerns ourselves and our 

 children. This will continue to be our aim; and while 

 we tender our thanks, sincerely and respectfully, to the 

 numerous correspondents, who have for the past year, 

 so liberally supplied our columns with valuable mat- 

 ter, we solicit a continuance of their communications. 

 We are well aware, that however assiduously we may 

 give our labours to the Farmer's Cabinet— and with 

 whatever judgment and skill we may make our selec- 

 tions, much of the variety, and the pith, and the ani- 

 mation of our paper, must depend upon the active 

 good will of its correspondents, and the frequency 

 with which they may favour us with original articles 

 containing their views and experience. 



We mean to hold on the even tenor of our way, and 

 hope to make the coming volume, as we believe the 

 one just closed, to be, many times more valuable to 

 the farmer who peruses it, than the trifling amount of 

 his subscription. 



The senior editor having withdrawn from the Cabi- 

 net, it is hardly necessary for us to suggest, that al- 

 though we hope not to be entirely deprived of the aid 

 of his able pen, yet we shall still more than ever, need 

 the assistance of our friends. 



A friend at Easton, Md. asks for some "hints on 

 the best method of preparing the ground for timothy 

 and lucerne ; and the latest time at which they can 

 be sown, to produce hay and soiling grass the next 

 spring." Lucerne had better not be sown with timo- 

 thy or any other grass; but alone, as early in the 

 spring as the ground can be prepared, either broadcast 

 or in drills. It is, however, sometimes sown in the 

 fall. It will hardly be fit to cut the first season, but 

 will afterwards yield several crops, if it does well. 

 We cannot do better, at present, than direct our friend 

 to two good articles on the subject, in former volumes 

 of the Cabinet; the one on page 293, vol. 3; the other, 

 page 334, vol. 4. 



Sweet potatoes from New Jersey, were in our mar- 

 ket on the 2nd instant. 



