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On the Cultivation of Lvcerne. 



Vol. III. 



No evil is insupportable, but that which is 

 accompanied with consciousness of wrong. 



CLEANLINESS. 



There is a kind of anxious cleanliness 

 which is always the characteristic of a slat- 

 tern ; it is the superfluous scrupulosity of 

 guilt, dreading discovery, and shunning sus- 

 picion. It is the violence of an effort against 

 habit, which being impelled by external mo- 

 tives, cannot stop at the middle point, 



DILIGENCE. 



Diligence in employments of less conse- 

 quence is the most successful introduction to 

 greater enterprises. 



Nature makes us poor only when we want 

 necessaries ; but custom gives the name of 

 poverty to the want of superfluities. 



POVERTY AND IDLENESS. 



To be idle and to be poor have always been 

 reproaches, and therefore every man endea- 

 vors, with his utmost care, to hide his poverty 

 from others, and his idleness from himself. 



PRUDENCE. 



Prudence is of more frequent use than any 

 other intellectual quality; it is exerted on 

 slight occasions, ar^d called into act by the 

 cursory business of common life. 



RELIGION. 



Philosophy may infuse stubbornness, but 

 religion only can give patience. 



SUPERIORITY. 



The superiority of some men is merely lo- 

 cal. They are great, because their associates 

 are little. 



UNDERSTANDING. 



As the mind must govern the hands, so in 

 every society, the man of intelligence must 

 direct the man of labor. 



NEGLIGENCE, 



And its companion, disorder, are the two 

 demons of housekeeping. Once admit thorn, 

 and, like the moth, they gradually but com- 

 pletely destroy. 



The dearest articles are not always the best ; 

 but it is very certain that the best are the 

 cheapest 



The saving of time that is occasioned by 

 observing order, and the waste of time that 

 is occasioned by want of order, is incalcula- 

 ble. 



Beware of self indulgence ; no business can 

 possibly thrive under the shade of its influ- 

 ence. 



Superintend in person as much of your bu- 

 siness as practicable, and observe with a 

 watchful eye the management of what is ne- 

 cessarily committed to the agency of others. 



Never lose sight of the powerful influence 

 of example; and be careful in the manage- 

 ment of your concerns, to recommend by your 

 own personal practice, uniform habits of ac- 

 tive, interested, and persevering diligence to 

 those in your employ. 



Despatch at once, if possible, whatever you 

 may take in hand ; if interrupted by some 

 unavoidable interference, resume anil finish 

 it as soon as the obstruction is removed. 



Do not assume to yourself more credit for 

 what you do, than you are entitled to; rather 

 be content with a little less, the public will 

 always discover where merit is due. 



Avoid display. Wear your learning, like 

 your watch, in a private pocket, and don't 

 pull it out to show that you have one ; but if 

 you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it. 



Nothing worth knowing, is to be learned 

 without some trouble. 



On the Cultivation of r.ucerne. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet : 



Sir, — The article on lucerne, (p. 258 of 

 the Cabinet,) induces me to send for inser- 

 tion, an account of the cultivation of that most 

 productive crop in the Island of Jersey, (Eng- 

 land,) assuring you that its correctness might 

 be relied upon, as every transaction was in- 

 serted daily into a Journal, set apart for that 

 purpose.* 



The Rev. Mr. P., having a field of an acre 

 and a quarter, which had been sufiered to 

 grow over with weeds and bushes, determined 

 to clear and sow it with lucerne ; he there- 

 fore trenched it with the spade to the full sta- 

 ple of the soil, which was in many places 

 shallow, the sub-stratum being a hard gravel ; 

 by this operation the richest part, or surface, 

 was turned down on the gravel, and ihe sub- 

 soil brought to the top, to be enriched by fu- 

 ture dressings. The work was done for 50 

 cents per perch of 22 feet square, and the 

 seed was sown broadcast, at the rate of 20 

 cents per acre. On the appearance of the 

 plants, they were not supposed thick enough 

 to form a crop, but by careful management, 

 the field has produced immense crops both of 



* This is a pood practice. Every fanner ought to 

 follow the example, and keep a memorandum book, in 

 which he should note every thinjj of importance con- 

 nected with his callinc;. He should do it at once, make 

 his entries while they are fresh in his mind, and 

 with the utmost care and exactness. Mr. Pedper 

 very kindly left with us, for a few days, his original 

 memorandum, from which the facts in the above arti- 

 cle are taken— without it he could not possibly have 

 detailed the facts so minutely. 



