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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 15, 1830. 



MISCELLANIES^; 



VOB TUE !>t\y EKOLiKD FXIIMER. 



Mr Fes»e»»e^— 1 enclose a few lines on «l.e 

 opening of the new year ; they are the pro.luct.on 

 of an uneducated farn.er's boy, winch file he 

 hope!., will excuse their imiierfuction. II vci tlnnk 

 the.n worthy of a pUcc in yoifr excellent paper, 

 will thank you to revise and insert ilicni. 

 Yours, very respectfully, 



J. T. 



NEW YEAR, 1S30. 



Tiaie hastens on,-Elfrniiy dra«s near. 



And death rides dreadful on each circlml >ear. 



A (ew days since we heard die last year'* chime, ^ 



And uo« another, irembling on the verge of ume, 



Drops into chaos ; wavirg in ils fa 1 



lis sinful records, like a funeral pall, 



Closed o'er ihe dear remains of blighleil love, 



Whoso soul illumines brighter scenes aUnc. 



And while the irlooniy scene is noaliug by 



The New Year s dawn soft trembles o'er ilic ^ky i 



A cheerful ray, bright as the rainbow's hue 



In early radiance, but as transient loo. 



Time pauses not, but turns and shakes Ins gloss 



That the swift yearly sands may swifter pass. 



Ye sluggish souls, why will ye «top to ihmk 



What ye shall do— what yc shall eat or drink 7 



When summer smiles, prepare the loamy soil, 



And sow a recompense for all your toil ; 



The generous carili ne'er yet refused to pour 



ller precious prodiirls into labor's store 



The chilling tempest howls abroad, thick clad .iisnowand sleet, 



And nature lies enshrouded in a snowy wind ingshect ; 



Dread winter rides upon the storm, with dark and threatening 

 mien, . . . , , i 



O wh-re shall we for comfort look, 'mid sucli a cheerless scene ? 



.Shall we find her in the city, where each luxury abounds ? 



Does she meet us in the drawing room,where revelry resounds ? 



Docs she warm the sluggard's heart, the while he clamors 

 lou.l for bread ; , . , , , j , ■ 



While buffeting the tempest rude, which howls around Ins 



head ? , . ^ , ,. 



Ah, i;o! wc know a happier, a fairer scene of bhss, 

 A comfort more heart cheering, and mote permanent than this. 

 Tij found Iwnealh the Farmer's snug, and storm-rcsisling 



'Gain^ 'which cold winter Iwals in vain, and tempests stand 



There "round a crackling fire, beliold a smiling circle form'd. 

 Their licaru by social intercourse, and pure afleetion warm d, 

 Kach "rave historian takes his turn, and hastens to relate 

 (Hut pliuscs oft to mark the storm.) the hapless sailor s falo. 

 Here foams the 6gured Cider Mug, and there the Apple I ray. 

 Piled with I'omona's precious gihs, a delicate display. 

 The do"' lavs bv his dignity, extends his yawning jaws. 

 And pilTowi now his sleepy head upon his outstretch d paws. 

 I'oor l-usi, by nature's bounty clad in robes of spotless white. 

 Now purrs her sweetest tones, to fill the chorus of delight. 

 Andour, Jjn. I, 1830. ^- ^ '^• 



U.AIRYING. 



At the late Cattle Show and Fair in Worcester 

 County, the Committee on Dairies, reported in 

 part as follows : — 



i\ot e.vpecling to instruct the skilful and expen- 

 rnceil, the Committee on this occasion, for the sake 

 of the inconaiJerate and deficient, will indulge iu a , 

 few general remarks on the very im[iortunt sithject 

 of Dairying. 



Though variotis ttiateriuU have been used lor 

 cftioring Hultcr and Cheese in order to moke them 

 more siileable, yet it is believed, that the quality is 

 gchlom if ever improveil by the infusion of any 

 artificial lincturo ; and, though the coloring may 

 sometimes bo inno.xions, yet it i.-' ollen doletgrious 

 ill its etVeets. 



The disuse of all coloriiit;, therefore unless 

 tisud very sparingly and with good juilgment, is 

 irarnestly recommeiiilea to those who manutacture 

 these nrticlcs.HO iHLftil,so iiutiitiou.s, and so liealth- 

 I'til when riahlly '"ade, and so deadly when 

 niibued with poisonous ingredients We arc, how- 

 over, happy to say that little of this olijeetionahleund 

 deceptive appeoraiice was inunifesl to our view in 



VII 



the articles exhibited at this niiniver.sary. It is to j The Hon. Edward Everett delivered the Aun 

 be .leeply regretted that IJulier and Cheese, two versary discourse before the ColuinbiaJi limtitu 

 articles so proniiiiont in Rural Economy— so long in the Hall of the House of Representatives, , 

 and so e.\tensively manufactured over the whole i Washingto n on the 3il instant. 



civilized world— contributing so largely to thesup-! , a i n j Tl „ K..u, V„rk Journal 



,.,.,. , v.-.i-,..,, il... lu'iilih nfi Grtal Rail Road. — Ihc I\bw York Jouriiul 



port ol life, and so greatly atlecliiig tiie ncaitn oi i . , , c t\ w 



', lit;.. ,..,„i;iv .1.11 to this Commerce contains a long letter from Dc W 



the consumers, should in quality even to iiiis . , , /. , -i ■ <• , i 



.•1 1 I I .„ .!.„ a.,.>„l..r.l.,f.xcelleiicc < "I"". SO" o' '''e l"'e ^"»- ^-'""»". '" '"'""^ "' 



lime tall so much below the stondanloi txteiieiicc . . ,.;,„ ,.i- \,.w Vnrlc i.. i 



I ' > II 1 . . . I ;„ .1,.. >,r.»liipr>nn<.r rail road from near the city ol I>ew lorK to i 



ttj which all who are entiaged in the prouuctionvi • , . . i 



lo ttiii.iiaii «i.u ui fe„ ..Mississippi, 1000 miles. Expense calculated 



them, might very easily attain. > ' ' ' ,, , ,, 



A few days since it vvas announced, that in the 15,000,000 ol dollars. 



city of Boston, four millions of pouii.ls of Rutter The Geneva, N. Y. Gazette, stales 'ihiit l- 

 were used in a year, yet that but a small part ol ^^^^^^^ Ames and Pennock, of that village, criiiqi 

 it was goo.l— and that one half of it was ii alow .^^^j ,„„jg forty five pairs of stoga boots in a nui 

 //owoii— the poorest selling for 13 cents, and the ,„3„|jijg nianner, in six days. 



best for 25 cents. No doubt this statement is' _ 



very near the truth ; and what a pity it is, that it Qrtal Crop of H'lieat—Mr David Smith 

 shouM not all he (aultless, and coniniand the high- Xorthamplon, Mass. raised, the last season, nine 

 est price in the market. " Butter, as a wholesome ^„g bushels of winter wheat on three acres am 

 aliment, should he fresh and free from rancidity : jp^y ^ojs of ground, situated near tlie ConiiC' 

 and not fried, or burnt, otherwise it will disorder , ^^ fhe soil is alluvial. 



digestion, and he injurious." i — ; — ' ,. 



There is certainly no inherent ditlicnUy in the I The Miner's Journal proposes a public meet 

 process of making goo.l Butter and Cheese ; nor ' of the citizens of Galena, for the ptiropse ol ad. 

 can the failure he attributed to other causes than , iug measures for the destruction ol the rats w 



the ignorance, inattention and mismanagement of ^ which they arc infcstc.l. 



those who are the agents and superintendents of! \ViIi„i.,"'' 



the Dairy. In the Lnufacture of these articles ^ J^fsTldy^buria to d. . b': s. t^e 

 great cleanliness nicety, and unremittnig care are f^„<^^^ ^.^J^'^'g^^^^'j '"J ,,,„• i,„L„,„„' 

 requisite to produce superlative kinds. All the comDUstion. ^nc imu „ 



vessels used about the Dairy, and the cellar in addicted to ardent spirits. ^ 



which the milk is kept must be preserved clean y^„ „._a State Temperate Society 



and sweet, an.l the whole process, from the begin- ^^^^^^^^ ._^ j^^,.__^^^_ ^^ ^^ ,^,.^^^ ,„^^,i„^, „f 



ing to the end, mu..t be carefully attended to, o. ,. , l isia.ure and others heU 



results will follow dishonorable to the Dairy-vvoman -'J^-« R,,,resen.a.ives. 



and disadvantageous to the in-oprietor ol the Dairv. | L. 



Only let there be neatness and assiduity through 7500 tons of coal from the Lackawana in , 

 the whole course, and ranci.l, fetid, white, greasy ^^^^ ^^^^^ delivered in Philadelphia by the Hu. ^ 

 Butter, will seldom be fount' „ . „ : .1 „ 



itter, will seldom be fouml. jnd Delaware Canal Company, .since they c 



In order that cheese may have a rich and agee- ^^^^^^,^ ^^^ iransportation. late in the Fall. 



able flavor, mellowness and tenderness, and not i , 



he rank, unsound, or in any respect faulty, a vari 



ety of things, in the preparation and making, are 

 necessary to be eon.sidered. As leading char- 



.Vcw Ensland Farmer's .Vmanack for 1830 

 Jj8t published by C.^rifr & Hesohi: 



self As the breaking and gathering the curd ; 



sen. /lo iin; un.un.i,H un. 5,.i..^....n ', revised with great care by a gcntleir.a 



the management of the clieese in the (iress ; the tides. ■ • • . > - i-.-. 



the management ol tliu cliecse in tnc press; tne tides, particularly notcil— a complete Calendar id 

 process of salting, and the treatment afterward re- Coiiru^^^^^^^ 

 piisite in the cheese room : and limny other things i_^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^j dialaiices from I 



ipiisite in the cheese room : and limny other things i_^ ^^^^^ ^^. ^^^^^^ a„d' dialaiices from Bo.toii, A., 

 simple and easy of execution, must he regarded and I g^^.pjjjj,^^ pages of niisccllaiicous orticloa, princ 

 followed with discretion and fidelity. " In short, [ upon .Agriculture and Gardening. 



... . . , ,-. i-.! . 1..:.... rt-:^l\,.,„lri. Irndnra and otlicm «UDDllCd upon tliC 



upon .•\.'ricullurc and liardcning. 



U'Counlrv traders and others supphcd upon the 

 liberiU terms,' by tlie thousand, gtoce, or dono. 



Sept. Id. , 



7'oinalo .Mustard and Kdchup. 

 For sale at llio Agri-viltural Warehouse, No. .V-' 



the credit, the goodness, and the profit of tiie dairy 

 must, under all circtimstnnces, iirincipally dci>end 

 on the neatness of the nianagincnt which is pur- 

 sueil, every iiart being kept perfectly clean, sweot, 

 and in order ; the floors being regularly rendered por sale at llio .\gri-vmurai viarci.......-, .-"■ — 



cool by frequent washing with cold water and the Market street. Toinat.. ^'".»'"''j" "X"-'';,*^"',','; 

 ., ,. . I ■ III n„.. heef alcalis. roast meats, ivc. inado in liie oesi in 



v.tii.ms utensils well cleaned and scalded ''"erl be«' »';;^^;^';^,^,^^,_^^,^. ^,,,,^^j^j ^^ ,,,„ ,,u^^^^ 

 every lime of being used." j_|,rice .'>0 ceuU per bottle— also, Tomalu Ketclm 



It is hoped, that all those who are devoted 10 par„j i,y the same person, iu .liflrerciil sized bolt 

 the inantifacture of butler and cheese, will con- 1 prices M, ..r :« cents per bottle. 

 sider lliat"lliev are engaged in a very us'/ii/ and , ct .«.r nnnim navnil.' 



AoaoraWe employment, and that a high and -''^><^-\^^;^^,:;::Z};£^-:L.^ul....\y>U,,.. 

 hie leiiutatioii licloi:gs to those who excel in this | ,,„,„., f^„b„.ribiug. are entitled to a <li«diiciiouol hii> . ■ 

 most beneficial art; and we sincerely wish their; o-Nor»P<;r«;ll ''«»«"'<<' "d'"""" »"''""' '^^^^^ 

 labors may ever bo followed with a liberal remu- '"?,[^'_',yj'"j"j y 'uussr.i.i.. by 1. «• Butts— [■> 



11 I. -.-r...iw.,i« of l*riiitinc can be execut.'dto meet tl 1 



tieration. nUdescripiionsoi 1 riimni, yiij i.*. , 1 „ i 11 i,-. 



nLriuio.i. . , ,, lorcuston.crs. Onlers lor pnulioj receive, by J. H- Ki 



Bv oi-.K-r..( the Conmiittee, ,1 ih« Agricultural W»Iihou•«^o. M North Work.i 



NAllUM HARRINGTON, CAuiVmnn. i"'""^" 



