No. 7. 



IIi»'lic it J I II )•<! I Sch ools. 



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1 l)uilt my l)arn, tlioug^li the failures liavc been 

 j:^onf>r;il \\\ the noi^^fhborhoDil. [ cniiltl rmnure 

 twt'iity ficre.--, drawiniriiml -i)ro;Klinfr my (hinsi 

 just bnflire ttie ploii;jh, and sproadintj fifty 

 hiisliols of lime, and liarmwinnf it in witti 

 wheat, the best nietliod in sowinor wheat is 

 plini^rhinjr tlie ijrassswaril. Where I put the 

 liiiio the slieaf was heaviest. 



One of the advantages of this barn is, to 

 in ike hay in. If tlie weather bein"^ uncer- 

 tain, half dry and likely for rain, draw what 

 li 1 y yon have in tliat state and shorit loads 

 so as to leave a space between, and when it 

 he:its to move it to another, is n)aking hay in 

 the barn, where the sun don't shine — in the 

 1 morninjj before the dew is off. flay remain- 

 l injj f )r 12 or 18 hours in a bulk and heating. 

 ' not being quite dry — spread it in the mow — it 

 , never heats again, as it is completely cured — 

 I retains all its juices, so as to be kept in a per- 

 k feet state for food. 



I heg you excuse my manner, as I am 

 rusted and out of practice, being three score 

 and fifteen. Evans Jones. 



London Britain, Pa., Jan. 10th, 1839. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Ilorticultural Schools. 



'• The hope of reward sweetens labor." 



The following Interesting account of an 

 agricultural, or rather horticultural boys' 

 BChool, established by a worthy and benevolent 

 gentleman in England, was extracted from a 

 British publication of recent date, for the ben- 

 efit of the numerous readers of the Farmers' 

 Cabinet. If similar .schools were established 

 in, or near all our laro-e cities or towns, incal- 

 culable benefits would be derived from them ; 

 not only to the morals and habits of the boys, 

 but the community would derive a jreat ad- 

 vantage from the increased production of ve- 

 getables, and the owners of vacant and use- 

 less lots, would be in the receipt of large sums 

 which would accrue in rents from their nu- 

 merous tenantry. The knowledgs the boys 

 would acquire of horticulture, and the pow- 

 rful stimulus to industry which would be in- 

 fused, would be as enduring as life itself — 

 fi. most worthy, intelligent and successful hor- 

 .iculturist, in the neighborhood of Philadel- 

 jbia, who has been mentioned in some of the 

 brmer numbers of the Cabinet, and who has 

 ongbeen in the practice oftaking boys a ppren- 

 ices, pursues the plan of allotting to each a 

 small piece of ground to be cultivated in his 

 )\vn way, and for his own benefit, the produce 

 )f sales being his own propertj'. In this man- 

 ler considerable accumulations take placp, 

 ind the business of their master and friend so 

 ar from suffering neglect by the adoption of 

 his system, is esentially promoted by it, in 



[the increased energy and vigilance with 

 I which their respective duties arc performed. 

 I If those who cultivate the soil, would cul- 

 itivate their minds a litile more thnn many at 

 {present do, a better and mure enicient plan 

 ! would be discovered of extracting labor and 

 [service from boys tlian is gener.illy pursued. 

 IJoys are men in miniature, and should be 

 [treated rationally, and their enorifies drawn 

 forth by proper incentives to action as their 

 ; physical powers develope themselves; and 

 jespecial care should be taken to furnish tliera 

 with tfX)ls or implements duly graduated to 

 ] their age and strength, and never permit them 

 to labor with such as are only adapted to the 

 I use of full grown men, or they will soon be- 

 come discouraged and broken down in spirit, 

 and fall into habits of indolence and athorough 

 di.sgust of labor. 



AGRICULTURAL HOYS' SCHOOL. 



The following is Mr. Smith's account of 

 his plan for the education of boys in acrricul- 

 ture, at Southam, Warwickshire, Ens^land : — 

 " It is not a school ; it is simply three roods 

 and ten poles of land, dividiid into twelve gar- 

 den.s, occupied by boys, from twelve to eigh- 

 teen years of age, in the cultivation of gar- 

 den vegetables, peas, carrots, cabbages, kid- 

 ney bean.s, celery, parsnips, &c. I allow only 

 one fourth to be cultivated for potatoes, and 

 wheat not at all. They pay all prices, from 

 six pence to one shilling per month, accord- 

 ing to the size. The rent for the whole 

 amounts to £4 17s. per annum, (.»)f;21.56, or 

 JS^fJ.o^ per acre.) The I7s. I expend in 

 one rent dinner, and a cup of ale monthly, 

 when they bring their rent, which I am clad 

 to tell you my little tenants have hitherto done 

 to an hour. If I were rich enough, I should 

 be happier in having 500 such tenants, than 

 as many renting 200 acres each. It is 

 a glorious sight, (or rather was a glorious 

 sight,) in the summer, to see all the gardens 

 so clean and full of stuff. I could have chal- 

 lenged it, for produce and cleanliness, against 

 any acre of ground in the country. The 

 moral advantages, too, have been very great. 

 If it could be copied and extended, in a 

 small deirree, all tendencies to sedition and 

 nnarchy might be neutralized and suspended. 

 For instance, in this town we have 1200 in- 

 habitints, the greater part of whom beinijag- 

 ricultur:il laborers, have been fiilly and fiirly 

 employed the whole summer. There are 

 ibout forty boys or young men who have been 

 at tlie nitional school, but who are not 3'et 

 old enough to go out into .s<^rvii'e. In the 

 summer evenings, if unemployed, they are 

 very apt to be in mischief; but my boy.«, since 

 they hive had a garden to resort to, have for- 

 saken the streets, and are acquiring that sort 



