1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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and among the associations, ivhcre his future indus-VBwi one claim has been presented, a brief siixia- 

 try is to be applied. He 18 already at home when ment of -which, Avill be found in the last volume 

 " " ■ ■ ■ " ■" • ^ •■• ■■ 1.1 of Massadnisctts Agriculture, ^a.g(!s\\^ ioW).\n 



relation to ■which, the committee who watched its 

 progress, (consisting of gentlemen of as much ex- 

 perience and observation as any in the country,) 

 say, "if the land is of any value for any other pur- 

 pose, it will not p ly for continuing a fence about 

 it for this purpose," — that is, in the manner in 

 which this plantation was conducted. There 

 was no want of zeal or knowledge in the gentle- 

 man who made this plantation — the land was in 

 a tim])er growing region, where oaks have flour- 

 ished for centuries — but still, the committee say, 

 the culture will not pay. 



Allow me to suggest, whether a few of the acres 

 on the State farm at Westboro' cannot with pro- 

 priety be appropriated to an experiment of this 

 character. What more delightful appendage to 

 such an Institution, than a flourishing grove of 

 oaks? Let different modes of rearing be tried, and 

 their various progresses be noted and reported. — 

 Sixty years hence, when the boys who may assist 

 in depositing the acorns, shall themselves be 

 among those entrusted with the care of the Insti- 

 tution — they Avill bless the memory of those who 

 suggested the experiment. F^ssex. 



May 15, 1854^ 



EFFECTS OF CLOTHING ON THE HU- 

 MAN SKIN. 



The London Lancet presents some excellent 

 ideas on the subject of clothing. Let a person iu 

 bed be covered with sufficient blankets to pro- 

 mote perspiration, and let these blankets be cov- 

 ered with an oil or India-rubber cloth, or other 

 impervious fabric ; in the morning the blankets 

 will be dry, but the under surface of the India- 

 cloth will be quite wet. The blankets, by their 

 dryness, show that the exhalations of the body 

 pass through them , and would pass through them 

 to the surrounding air had they not been inter- 

 cepted by the impervious outer covering. Thus 

 it is inevitable that the habitual use of an imper- 

 vious covering is injurious. Its eflect must be to 

 place the body in a constant vapor bath, in which 

 the insensilile or healthy perspiration is constant- 

 ly becoming condensed into the form of humidity, 

 and being prevented from passing off in its clastic 

 and invisible form, the perspiration is thus con- 

 stantly checked, and skin eruptions must be the 

 I'csult. Nevertheless, it must be less injurious to 

 check perspinition, in some degree, by a water- 

 proof overcoat, than to get soaked witli rain. 

 There can be no doubt but water-proof fabric* 

 may be made very light, and so formed as to be 

 worn in wet weather, and yet allow some room 

 for perspiration. But still they arc not healthy, 

 and should never be put on but in cases of ex- 

 treme necessity. 



Any person who has worn a water-proof outer 

 garment for some time, knows by experience that 

 it causes weakness and cliills. No person should 

 wear a garment but such as allows tlie vapor or 

 persj)iration which is continually exuding from 

 the skin to pass off freely. For tiiis reason a 

 frequent change of entire clothing conduces to 

 health. Clothing should be light and warm, and 

 not too tight. A happy change in the fashions 

 has taken place within a few years; it is the eub- 

 stitution of loose outer garments for the old-fash- 



he begins — already familiarized with the obstacles 

 and resources which so vary with different locality. 

 — Home Journal. 



CHIMES FOR THE TIMES. 



Be ye not jealous over-much. 



But hope, ami time will make you better; 

 There is a faitli care cannot touch, 



Which leaves the soul without a fetter. 

 0, it is but a sorry creed 



To look for nothing but deceiving — 

 Te meet a kindness, in your need, 



With a smile of misbelieving I 

 The tide of ill is not so strong; 

 Man loves not always wrath and wrong. 



It cannot be that every heart 



Is steeled so much against its neighbor ; 

 Let each with reason play his part. 



And fruit will spring from out the labor ; 

 Progressing still life's journey through, 



Be just and kind towards your fellow, 

 Remembering whatc'er you do. 



That duty spreads the smoothest pillow; 

 And ne'er the hand of friendship spurn, 

 But trust, and man will trust in turn. 



Some men there be who deem it good 



In trade to overrtach a brother ; 

 And some who would not, though they could 



Upraise a hand to help another ; 

 Th;y detm not, though convulsions wide 



May show the earth by danger shaken, 

 That still of hearts unjust through pride 



A dark and true account is taken ; 

 Kingdoms may quake and thrones may fall. 

 But Ood is looking over all. 



O, join not then the strifes of men, 



But hourly show, by waxing kinder, 

 That ye have reached the moment when 



Reason no more is growing blinder I 

 And though ye hope that time should yield 



A change for each benighted nation. 

 Seek not at first so wide a field 



To fling the seeds of reformation; 

 But sow them first in hearts at home, 

 Then trust in God, and fruit will come. 

 Annjield Pottery, Glasgow. Wm. Lylk. 



For the New England Farmer. 



FOREST TREES FOR TIMBER. 



How can these be successfully cultivated 1 

 A primary purpose of the Legislature, in giv- 

 ing money to Agricultural Societies, was, to en- 

 courage the growth of such trees. Accordingly, 

 for thirty-five years premiums were offered by each 

 of the yocietics favored by the l)ounty of the 

 State ; — but where are the trees? If you, Mr. Ed- 

 itor, can point to any plantation that has sprung 

 up by reason of tliese otters, and grown to be wor- 

 thy of notice, I should like to know it. That such 

 trees will grow on our soil, there can be no doubt. 

 The time is coming when an imperative necessity 

 . will exist, for their being made to grow. 



When the generous ofter of 07ie thousand dollars 

 cash, was made by R. S. Fay, Esq., of Lynn, for 

 the ten b^st acres of oak, grown from acorns, on 

 common pasture land, I had hoped that some of 

 the owners of many acres of such land, from 

 ■which little or no income is realized, would have 

 been induced to make the experiment. This offer 

 ■was made eight years since, payable in five years. 



