1854. 



NEW ENGLAND F.VRMER. 



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er has nothing to buy. The small quantity of 

 lumber required is probal)ly rotting on his prem- 

 ises. It -would onljr be a source of amusement 

 during winter, for him to construct the frame of 

 a hot bed and prepare the manure and bed for 

 use. Having done this, and got his plants in a 

 thrifty state, he can in a sliort time, -when the 

 season arrives, get his garden ground in order and 

 make his plantations. And then he -will have all 

 these vegetable luxuries as early as any of his 

 to-wn friends can purchase them. It only requires 

 a little industry and attention to accomplish this, 

 and tissiiid before, his cnjoymeut, his health, and 

 even his interest, as -well as the comforts of his 

 family, will be benefited by it. — Country Gcntlc- 

 mmi. 



FARMING. 



Among the most vigorous class of people the 

 farmer may be found. There are many ways by 

 which men of this present age procure the neces- 

 saries of life: but no occupation is more conducive 

 to health and liappiuess than farming. There are 

 several ways by which this may be exemplified. 



First. — In order to make the muscles of the hu- 

 man body rigid and strong, they should all receive 

 their due propo»tion of exercise. Those trades 

 and kinds of exercise that tend to give every mus- 

 cle its proper share of action, both of the upper 

 and lower extremities, are most salutary, as it 

 tends to develope and strengthen them equally. 



Second — The purer the air we breathe, the 

 longer can tlie muscles be employed in labor. 

 "What department can l>e more thoroughly venti- 

 lated than the open fields? 



Third — Light has as great an influence upon 

 man as it has upon the plant, particularly that of 

 the sun. You have doubtless noticed a plant that 

 grows in the shade is Aveak and pale. The same 

 is true of man; both, in order to make them 

 strong, require the stimulus of this great agent. 



There might be numerous other reasons brought 

 forward to show that farming is most conducive 

 to health ; but it is useless to multiply them. In 

 regard to happiness, I would ask but one ques- 

 tion to bo i-esolved in your minds. What is health 

 but happiness? Knowing that farming promotes 

 the greatest blessing, let each and every one of us 

 be engaged in this business, for shop work, (par- 

 ticularly shoe making) does not bring the lower 

 limbs into any action while the upper limbs are 

 constantly employed. The air in-doors, where la 

 borers are employed, is not so healthy as it is in 

 the great dejiartment or shop, owned by "Uncle 

 Sam, which was not planned by man, and needs 

 no ventilation. In-door work is not exposed to so 

 lar light; hence let us devote ourselves to that 

 ■which affords us the purest air, and which exer- 

 cises the muscles in the right mode ; and that, as 

 ■wc have already proved, is Farming. — Fanner 

 and Mechanic. 



An Excellent P^an for Growing Cucumhers 

 — We clip the following from an exchange. AV( 

 liavc tried the same plan and proved its excellence 

 — Amcr Agr. 



Take a large barrel, or hogshead ; saw it in two 

 in the niiddle, and bury each half in the groun ' 

 even with the top. Then take a small keg an„ 

 boro a small hole in the bottom ; place the keg in 

 the centre of the barrel, the top even with the 



ground, and fill in the barrel around the keg with 

 rich earth, suitable for the growth of cucumbers. 

 Plant your seed midway between tlie edges and 

 the keg, and make a kind of arbor a foot or two 

 high for the vines to run on. When the ground 

 becomes dry, pour water in the keg in the evening 

 — it will pass out at the bottom of tlie keg into 

 the barrel and rise up to tlie roots of th5 vines, 

 and keej) them moist and green. Cucumbers cul- 

 tivated this -way will grow to a great size, as they 

 are made independent both of drought and wet 

 weather. In wet weather the barrel can be covered 

 and in dry the ground can be kept moist pouring 

 water in the keg. 



THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 



This is a new work, containing practical obser- 

 vations on the causes, nature, and treatment of 

 disease and lameness in horses, embracing the 

 most recent and approved methods for the preser- 

 vation and restoration of health. With illustra- 

 tions. By George II. Dadd, M. D. Boston: 

 John P. Jewett & Co. Cleveland, Ohio : Jewett, 

 Proctor & Worthington. 



Wc know Dr. Dadd well, and arc satisfied that 

 he possesses most important qualifications for 

 preparing such a work as he has placed before us, 

 viz : — the habits of a student, and the most untir- 

 ing application of all his energies to tlie cause in 

 which he is engaged. In many respects this is the 

 best work we have seen on the subject of the die- 

 eases of the Horse. It treats of some diseases 

 which have come before us, but which we have 

 not before seen described and prcscriljcd for, and 

 what is a thousand times better, it denounces with 

 a humanity creditable to the author, the barbar- 

 ous pi'actices which have prevailed through many 

 years. This book advocates no burning of the 

 mouths of colts with red hot irons, or drenches of 

 oil of turpentine or nitrous and sulphuric acids. 

 It is well printed, and illustrated with twelve 

 very appropriate and interesting engravings. 

 We shall have occasion to refer to it again. 



For the New England Farmer. 



THE MULBERRY AND SILK WORM. 



Mr. Editor: — Will you allow me to make some 

 inquiries through the columns of your valuable 

 paper ! There are near my resilience some thirty 

 or forty mulberry trees, and I wish to inquire £f ' 

 the silk worm could not be reared and the cocoons 

 sold to some advantage ; and if so, where they 

 could be sold ? 



What is the expense of the machinery required 

 to manufacture sewing silk, and where it can be 

 procured ? Also, wlicre the eggs can be procured T 

 If you, Mr. Fiditor,or any of your corrospondcnte, 

 will answer these inquiries, or give any informa- 

 tion on the subject, it would very much gratify 

 A New Uaupshire Girl. 



Remarks. — We hope some of our young corree- 

 pondents will be able to answer the aliovo inqui- 

 lies — wc possess very little knowledge of the sub- 

 ject. 



