No. 2. 



Peach Trees. 



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at repairing have only added to the unsightly 

 mass. 



1 have never erected walls less than 5^ 

 feet under the coping, (i feet in their whole 

 height, if they were lower, the cattle would 

 displace the top stones by rubbing, and many 

 sheep would leap them ; besides, in point of 

 Khelter, the f(x>t and half on the top is worth 

 more than three feet at bottom. Finishing 

 the coping with mortar, in the neighborluxid 

 of the homestalL, as well as at every gateway, 

 is an excellent practice; the expense is not 

 great, but the advantages are. 



When I look upon this •" Plan of a Farm," 

 and in imagination have covered the different 

 enclosures with heavy crops, and stocked 

 them with cattle and sheep, I am sometimes 

 led to believe that I am placed out of my ele- 

 ment; but resignation is the part of true wis- 

 dom. In the mean while, when I can steal 

 an hour from my avocations, I cross over to 

 Jersey by one of the steam boats, make for 

 the Jiiearest wood, and luxuriate in the shade. 

 But these are angels' visits, few and far be- 

 tween; few as they are, however, they are 

 sufficient to satisfy me that the general be- 

 lief, that New Jersey lies under the bann of 

 sterility, is unjust, and I appeal for the truth 

 of what I say, to many of the land-holders 

 themselves, who, not satisfied with crops in 

 succession, must have double crops — a crop 

 of graia, &c., and a crop of weeds at the 

 £amc time, the latter often predominating. 



Some time ago, £ saw a person earthing 

 his corn with the plough, at the expense of 

 his second crop^ which had attained the 

 height of his horse ! To be sure, there are 

 honorable exceptions to this too general prac- 

 tice, but itTOUst be admitted, they show the 

 impression of the angel's foot upon them. — 

 The prettiest spot, and perhaps the most fer- 

 tile, within the limited range of my peregri- 

 na.tions, is at Cooper's point, a triangular 

 field adjoining the house, at present under a 

 fine crop of squash or pumpkin ; some time 

 since, I saw a man with a large horse and a 

 very small plough, cultivating the intervals 

 between the rows, one furrow at a time, on a 

 soil where a sharp knife and a couple of rab- 

 bits would have been equal to the task. Many 

 of the iXfeeds escaped the operation of the 

 plough, which, I supposed would nave been 

 immediately eradicated by hand; but I found, 

 on ray last visit, that they had been preserv- 

 ed, and in consequence of the culture which 

 they had received, were most luxuriant, pro- 

 mising an enormous crop of seed and early 

 maturity. 



But I acknowledge that my present situa- 

 tion has advantages tl>r which T ought to be 

 grateful. I can, in the way above mention- 

 ed, visit invisibly mv farming friends. Plough 

 with one, sow with a second, reap with'^a 



third, pick fruit with a fourth, animadvert 

 upon llie labors of a titlh, enjoy w-ithout envy 

 the large possessions of a sixth, and hope that 

 a seventh will get his furm into better order, 

 and repair his premises before I visit him 

 again, and all this without either labor or cost 

 on my part, according to the sentiments of 

 that fine old song, which ought to be in the 

 mouth of every American farmer, and which 

 I entreat you to transplant into your pages 

 for the use of future generations, marking the 

 verse before the last, as expressive of the 

 feelings contained in the latter part of this 

 my long, and I fear, uninteresting communi- 

 cation. T. B. W. 



Kensington, SOth July, ia:;8 



Fanners' Song. 



No glory I covet, no riches I want, 



Ambition is nothing to me ; 

 The one thing I beg of kind Heaven to grant, 



Is a mind, independent and free — 



With passions unruffled, untainted with pride, 

 By reason, my life let me square ; 



The wants of my nature are cheaply supplied. 

 And the rest is but folly and care. 



The blessings which Providence freely has 

 lent, 



I'll justly and gratefully prize; 

 While sweet meditation and cheerful content. 



Shall make me both healthful and wise. 



In the pleasures the great man's possessions 

 display, 



Unenvied I'll challenge my part. 

 For ev'ry fair object my eyes can survey 



Contributes to gladden my heart. 



How vainly, through ignorant struggle and 

 strife. 



The many, their labors employ ! 

 Since all that is truly delightful in life, 



Is what all, if they will, may enjoy. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Peach Trees, 



A healthy offspring from a healthy parent grows. 



It appears to me, that our peach trees have 

 become vitiated, and that the taint has been 

 transmitted, as well by the seed to the young 

 stocks, as by the bud to the superstructure, 

 for very many years past: that when the 

 young trees are planted out into a suitable 

 soil (one from which a forest of trees has just 

 been removed, is always to be preferred) the 

 stimulating nature of the decomposing vege- 

 table fibre therein contained, prevents the 

 progress of the disease until they have attain- 

 ed sufficient age and size to bear you about 

 four crops, two of which may be good ones. 

 By this time the soil has become so much ex- 



