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nually exported. St Domingo furnishes from six- 

 ty to seventy millions of pounds yearly. Ail the 

 varieties of the apple are derived from the crab 

 apple which is found native in most parts of the 

 world. 



The peach is derived from Persia, where it still 

 grows in a native state, small, hitter and with i)oi- 

 sonoiis qualities. Tobacco is a native of ftlexico 

 and South America, and lately one species has 

 been found in New Holland. Tobacco was fir.st 

 introduced into England fro'n North Carolina in 

 1585, by Waiter Raleigh. Asparagus was brought 

 from Asia ; cabljage and Icituce from Holland ; 

 horse-radish from China ; rice from Ethio|)ia ; 

 beans from the East Indies ; onions and garlic are 

 natives of various places both Asia and Africa. — 

 The sugar cane is a native of China, and the art 

 of making sugar from it has been j)ractise(l from 

 the remotest antiquity. 



borhood, Mr Asaiiel Garnsey raised a field of oat 

 which yielded more than 80 i)ushels to the acre, 

 or 76 bushels on an average of five acres together 

 without having been manured for the last seven 

 years. — Haverhill (JV. H.) Rtpuh. 



Warming Housks by means of Heated Wa- 

 ter. — If fire be applied for a sufficient length 

 of time to the lowest part of a vessel contaiiisig 

 liquid, the whole of the liquid, however remote 

 it may be from the fire, will, as it is well known, 

 ultimately beconie healed ; for the water occupy- 

 ing the lowest strata, will continually ascend by 

 ils increased levity, till the entire mass receives 

 the higliest temperature of which it is capable. — 

 An a))paratus lor the warming of houses, is coii- 

 stru(!teil upon this principle. A small metal boil- 

 er, made water tight, is placed upon a fire in the 

 lowest part of the building. A tube proceeds from 

 this vessel, and is carried through all the aj)art- 

 ments required to be heated, jjassing along the 

 walls in any convenient direction. T^he tubes and 

 boiler are completely filled with water. A fire 

 is ke()t lighted under the boiler so as to heat the 

 water it contains. As this becomes lighter by in- 

 creased temperature, it ascends through the tubes 

 and is replaced by the colder water descending ; 

 and this continues until the water in all tiie tubes 

 is raised to the boiling point ; the metal of tlie 

 tubes becomes ultimately heated to the tempera- 

 ture of boiling water, and imparts an increased 

 temperature to the air which surrounds them. — 

 The same tubes, being furnished in proper places 

 with cocks, will supjjly hot water for baths and 

 other domestic ])urposes in evei'y part of the build- 

 ing. 



Large Crops. — The Skowhegan [Me.] Senti- 

 nel boasts of a farmer in Penobscot County hav- 

 ing raised 88 bushels and 3 pecks of wheat on 2 

 acres and 142 rods of ground ; which has been 

 beaten "all hollow" by Capt. A. Bowles of Lis- 

 bon, in this county, who raised the last season 

 110 bushels on three acres of stony upland, being 

 almost 37 bushels per acre. In the same neigh- 



The Morus Multicaums. — Friend Tucker. — 

 I noticed in one of thy Farmers, not long since, 

 an article on the Morus multicaulis, recommend- 

 ing the cutting off" the tops of the young trees in 

 the fall, and covering up the stumps, to prevent 

 the winter from killing the roots. I wish to in- 

 quire through the medium of thy useful Journal, 

 whether the tops or branches so cut off" may not 

 be j)reserved until spring, and planted as cuttings; 

 and if so, what would be the best mode of pre- 

 serving them ? If tiiis can be done, 1 see no dif- 

 ficulty in i)ropagatii)g the Morus multicaulis by 

 cuttings, in the hedge form, in our northern cli- 

 mate to any extent, in a very few years, and with 

 a trifling expense. W. S. 



Randolph, 3d of 3d month, 1S37. [lb. 



THE FARMER'S SONG. 

 Away vviUi grandeur, pomp, and gold, 



Away with childish ease , 

 Give me but strengili my plough to hold, 



And I'll find means to please. 



'Tis sweet to toil for those wo love — 



My wife and darling boys, 

 Both tend to make my labor prove 



The sweetness of my joys. 



The sweetest morsel I procure, 



When labor makes it sweet. 

 Is eaten with a taste more pure. 



Than meats that monarchs eat. 



'Tis mine — yes, 'tis my happy lot, 



From cares and av'rice free, 

 To own but this secluded cot, 



Sweet friends and liJierty. 



Thus I no monarch on his throne 



Can grudge hisdesliny ; 

 Let hmi i:is weigln of cares bemoan, 



Whilst I am truly free. 



Whe-n labor wearies and grows dull, 



I take my books or gun. 

 Thus I the sweetest j'leasure cull, 



And thus all sorrow shun. 



Now tell me all ye gouty train. 



Who have what fortune gives, 

 Is not the cheerful country swain, 



The happiest man that lives .' 



