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nts "I" M I'ovcn ami others, iti rpfcrcncc to llic 

 le matter. The »eril wa« kept damp until »own, 

 he dry powder uoiilj be apt to injure the vitnl- 



Bml seed;! do nut suit well lo have their dor- 

 il powers brought into action without beinjius- 

 led, for if for «dvance<l and severely checked, 



a course mijht dostroy lifo alloijother. 



ly altontiou wan tir>t drawn to this fiibjoct in 



7, hv one of my nei(;libor«, who tried the expe- 



nt on his corn and potatoes with sinfrular suc- 



Ilia field of corn was noticed by every one 



passed it, as heinj of a much darker color, and 

 ntaininj; a much more healthy nppcarnnco than 

 other crop in the neijjhborhood : and hia crop 



better, and the grain superior to that of his 

 rhbors. It will be recollected Ihnt the year of 



was a very unpropitious season for corn. He 

 ied it in the hill, where the seed was planted. 



to seeds containing albumen, principally in 

 form of starch, that it will be of most benefit, 

 ice the propriety of rolling wheat in lime be- 

 sowincr it. 



or the last two years 1 have been in the prac- 

 of u.'>ing a composition for my corn, which I 



found very beneficial. 1 applied it as soon as 

 plants appeared above ground, and ai^fain after 

 first hoeing. It consisf'd of one part slacked 

 , one port of ashes, and one part of plaster, 



mixed together, and applied the same as plas- 

 >a the hill. Since using this composition I 



never been troubled with the grub or cut 

 n ; and even the crows have not thought proper 

 ouble me. 

 lba»ii, Jan., 184"2. 



For the N. E. Farmer. 



lEST TREES—EFFEC rS OP CROPPING. 

 R Editor — In a communication on the subject 

 anting forest seeds, (N. R. Farmer, vol. xviii. 



Ill,) it was remarked that my success with 

 evcral kinds of acorns had been far from sal- 

 tory and gave little promise of much benefit 

 ly generation. The growth from the acorn 



four or five years was a mere shrub, which 

 d more like an incumbrance on the land than 

 oundatioiv of the stately oak tree. This ill 

 ess, it was supposed, might be ascribed chiefly, 

 I altogether, lo the character of the tdil in 

 h the acorns were planted : it was, in the lan- 

 c of farmers, icorn out land. But we did not 

 ely despair of some success even in so ua- 

 ising a situation, it was determined to try the 

 rinicnt of cropping about the first of M.iy. 



was done last spring, not so early in Alay as 

 thavc been desirable, but about the middle of 

 lonlli. We cut do»n a part of the shrubs 

 with the ground, and left a part in the natural 

 , that the ctfect of cropping might clearly ap- 

 On the 21st of June the field was visited, 

 t was found that sonic of the sprouts from the 

 ps hid grown to the length of sixteen inches 

 tie more than one month. Several sprouts 

 ig from every stump: some care and labor 



necessary during the summer, in clearing 

 ■ redundant sprouts and preserving only one 

 e mo=t vigorous and shapely to each stump. 

 iC close of vegetation last fall, the sprouts 



taller than the natural growth from the acorn 

 c years. Thus far, the experiment has been 

 ded with all desired success. Whether there 

 lie sufficient energy in the soil to produce tim- 

 rces, time will show. The writer cannot ex- 



pert to see any near approach of the lre<"s lo ma- 

 turity ; but it is cnoU|;h tu stimulate him to perse- 

 vering labor, to know that every root introduci-d 

 into the soil, and every leaf that falls on if, are do- 

 ing something in its reitori>tion lo the primitive 

 slate. The renovation of exhausted land* is of 

 high importance to the community. It is painful 

 luid dishi'arloning to surveyor travel over fields 

 that answer no other visible purpose than post ways 

 to more iisuful spots. The recovery of all our 

 worn fields cannot bo effected in processes of cul- 

 tivation, probably for centuries, unless the tide of 

 emigration, which is now swelling the population 

 of the West, should at some time turn and (low 

 with as great forco eastward. It is very little la- 

 bor for us to sow forest seods in those fields w!iich 

 we cannot renew in n course of cultivation. In 

 doing this, we are preparing a most valuable inhe- 

 ritance for future generations. We cannot sup- 

 press an emotion of wonder that so liltlc has been 

 ilone lo replenish barren wastes with such trees an 

 would enrich the soil, beautify the face of the coun- 

 try, and ullimalely supply some of the most press- 

 ing wants of society in a rigorous climatu, by fur- 

 nishing both shelter and fuel. Are we slow to 

 engage in this easy work because there is nothing 

 in it of Yankee zest, immediate profit? Let us 

 not, in worship of the fr.scinating idol, sordid gain, 

 forfeit our charact<^rs as philanthropists or grow 

 unmindful that other human beings are to succeed 

 us, to whom accommodations and productive soils 

 wjJI be equally important as to us. 



MORRILL ALLEN. 

 Ptmbroke, Jan. W, 1842. 



TIGHT LACING. 



The following is extracted from a work recently 

 published in New York, enlilled " Personal Rccol- 

 Uclions, by Char'.otlc ElizubetU" : — 



• * " My dear fallier was right; and it would 

 be a happy thing for girl)" in general, if somewhat 

 of appearance, and of acquirement too, was sacri- 

 ficed to what God has so liberally provided, and to 

 the enjoyment of which a blessing is undoubtedly 

 annexed. Where, among females, do we find- the 

 stamina of coiislitiilion, and the elasticity of spirit 

 which exist in those of our rural population who 

 follow out-door eniploym'.'nt ? It positively pains 

 me to see a party of t'irls, a bonncled and tippetcd 

 double-file of humanity, 



" That like a wounded snake, drags ils slow Icnjth along," 

 under the keen surveillance of a governe.'is, whose 

 nerves would never be able lo endure the shock of 

 seeing them bound over a stream or scramble 

 through a fence, or oven toss their heads and throw 

 their limbs as oil young animals, except that op- 

 pressed class called young ladies, are privileged to. 

 Having ventured, in a fit of my country d iriiig, to 

 break the ice of this very rigid and frigid subject, 

 I will recount another instance of the paternal good 

 sense to which I owe, under God, the physical 

 ■powers without which my liltle talent might have 

 laid by in a napkin all my days. 



One morning, when his daughter was about eight 

 years old, my father cuin>? in, and found sundry 

 preparations going on, the chiet materials for 

 which were buckram, whalebom*, and other stiffar- 

 ticlos ; while the young lady was under measure- 

 ment by ilii; hand.-i of a female friend. 



" Pray what are you !>oing to do to the child ?" 



"Going to fit her with a pair of stays." 



" For what purpose ?" 



" To impinve her figure: no young lady can 

 grow up properly wiihout them." 



"I beg your pardon: J^oiiiig' Kfiitlnuen grow up 

 very well witho'it them, and so may yuuuK liidiet." 



"Oh, you are mMiakcii. See what a sloop aha 

 has already : depend un it, this girl will be both a 

 dwarf and a cripple, if we do n't put her into stays." 



"My child may bo a cripple ma'am, if such is 

 (iod's will ; but »\\e shall be one uf //i> making, not 

 our»." 



All remonstrance was vain ; stays and every »pe- 

 cies of light dress were strictly prohibited by the 

 authority of one whoso will was, as every man'i 

 ought to be, absolute in his own household. He 

 also carefully watched again.st any evasion '>f the 

 rule: a riband draw ii tightly n und my wuist would 

 have been cut without hesitation, by his deter- 

 mined hand; while the liltle girl of Ihe anxious 

 friend whose operations he had inlerriipled, enjoyed 

 all the advantages of that system from which I was 

 preserved. She grow up a wand-like figure, grace- 

 ful and interesting, and died of decline at nineteen ; 

 while I, thnugli not able lo compare shapes with a 

 wasp or an hour-glass, yet passed musler very fairly 

 omong human forms of God's moulding; and I 

 have enjoyed to lhi.9 hour a rare exemption from 

 headaches, and otiior lady-like maladies, that ap- 

 pear the almost exclusive privilege of women in the 

 higher classes." 



SHEEP. 



Choice of Parents. — It is in general supposed, 

 that if the female be by descent small, that the 

 longth of the legs of the issue will not be influenc- 

 ed by the male. The weight of the carcass is ■ 

 good deal aflected by the male, but not so much 

 as by the female. The impressions of one or the 

 other, especially of the male, do not cea.>'j on the 

 birth of the fruits of a connc.lion, for though he 

 may have no further meeting with thai female, yet 

 are the succeeding offspring tinged with his pecu- 

 liar color, or modelled after his form. This is well 

 illustrated by a fact which came tindir the notice 

 of the Earl of Morion. His lord^llip bred from a 

 male quagga and a mare of seven eighths Arabian 

 blood, a female hybrid, displaying in form and col- 

 or her mixed origin. The marc was then given to 

 Sir Gore Oiiseley, who bred from her first a filly 

 and afterwards a colt, by a fine black Arabian 

 horse; but both of these, in their color and in llie 

 hair of tlieir manes, strongly resembl .'d the quagga. 

 This isolated fact vould be, however, but of > small 

 v.'ihie if uns-jpporled by others, which arc luckily 

 now of common occurrence, among which the fol- 

 lowing tends strongly to its corroboration: — In the 

 Philosophical Transactions for 1821, Dr. Wollaa- 

 ton relates that D: Giles, Esq. had a sow of the 

 black and while kind, wjiicli, after littering by a 

 chislnul boar, of the wild breed, was put, some 

 time after the death of this, to boars of quite a 

 different variety, yet the oflspring were covered 

 with chest:iut marks, so as closely to resemble 

 llie long-departed parent. — Blacklock's Trtalist. 



Men ought to he esteeniod for their moral worth 

 and intelligence, not for their comeliness, p.irent- 

 ttgo and wealth, whii;h so generally receive the 

 homage of society. j'orlune often bestows the 

 latter on the most worlhles.s and despiculile char- 

 acters, while she withholds ihein from the moat 

 viriiious and deserving. — iitlectrd. 



