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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



MARCH g. 184 



MISCELLANEOUS 



From the Mainu Faraier. 



BOSTON NOTIONS. 

 Mb Hoi.Mfc's— Having had an opportunity to he- 

 come acquainted with some of the peculiar " no- 

 tions" of tho Boston people, I lake the liherty to 

 transmit to you an account of sorne of tliem. 



Much to my mortification, I found tlie Bosloni- 

 ans jrenerally disposed to turn up tlieir noses at 

 Maine butter and cheese. Whether this is really 

 a peculiarity of theirs or not, I will not pretend to 

 sav. They say that we salt our butler too much, 

 and do not work out the buttermilk. I must con- 

 fess that some of the butter I have occasionally 

 eaten there, would not add to the credit of this or 

 any other Slate. -Vs an instance of its estimation, 

 a large lot of eastern butler was sold at auction 

 for 5 and (! cents per pound. . What was done 

 with it, I will not say. Now I was much morti- 

 fied at ' these things. We send to MaRsaclmsetts 

 thousands of cuttle for beef, of the best quality, 

 and why cannot the same be said of our butter and 

 cheese .' I hope to see this notion rectified. 



Another notion the Bostonians have, and thai is, 

 the snpplyinrj of the whole country with agricultu- 

 ral tools and seeds. Among the several ware- 

 houses of this description, may be mentioned that 

 of J. Breck & Co. This, I believe, is the oldest 

 and most extensive of tlie kind in the United Stales. 

 It was oslablished IS years ago. It is here that 

 the old New ICngland Farmer iaprintec;, which has 

 done so much towards raising the standard of Ag- 

 riculture in Massachusetts. Every kind and form 

 ot agricultural implements may be found here. It 

 was here I first saw the subsoil plow which promi- 

 ses so much to many farmers in that vicinity, and 

 which I doubt not will be found highly useful in 

 some soils in Maine. You have heard of Willis's 

 Straw Cutter, Cornsheller, &.:. Well, there stands 

 the man at one end of the loft at his work bench, 

 portly and insrenious in his very look, and what is 

 not peculiar to all geniuses, he is clever enough to 

 ahow you every thing worth seeing. Then there 

 ia Breck himself, not a whit behind the other in the 

 advancement of the good cause. They import 

 from Kuropo all of the most improved instrnments, 

 aeeds, fruit trees and plants. They have also a 

 farm connected with their establishment, on which 

 tliey raise many seeds and trees. I would cheer- 

 fully recommend to every farmer who may visit 

 Boston, to call at Breck & Co.'s, (No. 52 North 

 Market street,) where they will be treated with all 

 due respect, and where the very sight of many of 

 their agricultural tools will inspire them with a 

 desire to have better ones on their own farms. 



Another Boston notion : they are determined to 

 ■upply us wall every thing in the mechanical arts. 

 They send to Maine for materials, by Maine ves- 

 sels till), thus making us virtually liewors of wood 

 and drawois of water, and then send back the 

 same inalerinls wrought into every kind of shape 

 for lis to purchase. Now we cannot blame llicin 

 for this, but must certainly look to ourselves for a 

 remedy. What a pity that our young men would 

 not become thorough mechanics, if they will not be 

 farmers, instead of seeking the west, poverty anil 

 death. After visiting almost every kind of manu- 

 factory, I formed a less exalted opinion of what me 

 chanics, as a general thing, have done in Maine, 

 but a much more e.\alted opinion of what they can 

 do. 



Another notion. They think that young men I " What do you ask for this article?" inq^ 

 from the country are fools lor leaving their farms 1 Obadiah of a modest Miss in one of our 

 and rushing into the large towns and cities with [" Fifteen shillings, sir — it is a superb arti 

 the hope of improving their condition. 1 have/'Aint you a iilttt dear ?" said Obadiah. 

 heard the same notion advanced elsewhere, but j all the young men tell me so," she replied, drod 

 considered it ell talk, wnlil I was satisfied from I her eyes and blushing. Obadiah cainu sljf 

 actual observation that the remark was true. I j an ay. 

 met with several men who anticipated the time , 



when they could move on to a farm, where in their Hard Times. — "The hardest fare I ever 

 estimation the sum of human happiness was to be i rienced," said an old codger, " was the time I 

 found. 1 1 got lost in the woods ; when for four days II 



There arc some other notions that I should be | on a rock, and cracked butternuts with my ( 



glad to communicate if I had time. 



for a living. Them was hard times, I tell yo 



ACRICOLA. 



AaRICULTlIRAL IMPLISMKKTB, Ao.| 



The Proprietors of the New E^n?tanrl A^ricultur 



house and Seed Store No. 51 anri'oa North Markfj 



would inl'nrm ilieir cusloniers and the pulilic i;encra 



they have on hnnd Itie most exteiij.ivc as^ortnieot a 



, c 1- .1 „ „„. „r ciiltuial and Hortiiulturnl Tools In he found in the 1 



to an account, ami of iiiaKingtlie most ot , g^^^^^ Part ol which arc the following -. 



ECONOMY. 

 The great art of economy in domestic life, is 

 comprised in the two very homely phrases, "to 

 turn every thing to account," and "to make the 

 most of what you have." But their meaning is 

 often perverted, and the habit of turning every 

 thin 



every thing, is a.=;cribed to those who are actuated, 

 not by a laudable desire to produce iis much com- 

 fort as tlieir circumstances will admit, but by an 

 inclinatien to indulge in a strong propensity to 

 stinginess. Between extravagance and parsimony, 

 the widest possible interval exists ; and that econ- 

 omy, that management and application of means, 

 which is deemed perfectly consistent with the most 

 rigid virtue, and the most generous impulse, is of 

 too admirable a character to partake either of the 

 spendthrift's criminality, or of the miser's meanness. 

 In the voting and thoughtless, a spirit of emula- 

 tion often shows itself, and sometimes leads to the 

 destruction of their domestic happiness. This un- 

 becoming spirit is the source of discomfort, extrava- 

 gance and ruin, by urging on the weak minded to 

 vie with their superiors in fortune, and to sacrifice 

 so much to appearance, as to render themselves 

 destitute of the means of enjoying the substantial 

 comforts of life. 



Young house-keepers should consider the seri- 

 ous consequences that arc likely to result from set- 

 ting out in a style of lavish expenditure; and they 

 should remember that, while it is easy to extend, 

 it is extremely difficult to reduce, an establish- 

 ment. One expensive article requires another to 

 correspond with it, and one expensive entertain- 

 ment imposes the necessity of other equally expen- 

 sive entertainments; for it requires no small share 

 of moral couroge to risk the loss of consequence 

 which may result from allowing the world, as it is 

 called, to surmise that we arc not so rich as may 

 have been imagined. And when the time comes, 

 as sooner or later it assuredly must, when the 

 means are not adequate to the demands, what sac 

 rii'iccs arc ii.ade, and what unseemly conlrunnces 

 are resorted to, in order to keep up, at least, a poor 

 remnant of " appearance" — and when this can no 

 longer be effected, then comes the humiliation, 

 with all the bitter feelings attendant upon relrench- 

 merit; of all which feelings, the bitterest is, the 

 dreod of being degraded in the world's estimation. 

 — Selected. 



The world makes a vast difference betwa 

 rogue in ruffles and a rogue in rags. 



G R KEN'S PATKNT STRAW CUTTI 



77ie tvay it is. — .\ dog is accounted iiind when 

 he wont take "something to drink," and a man in- 

 sane when he takes too much. A financier re- 

 mains "respectable" with a fortune that do n't be- 

 long to him, while a beggar becomes a criminal 

 for purloining a piece of meat 



JOSF.PH BRECK & CO. at the New Enifhiii.l Act 

 tural Warclioiisc and Seed St.ire Nos. 61 and 52 .N.nb* 

 kel Stri'cl, have lor sale, Green's Patent Strj 

 Stalk Cutter, operating on a nieclianiccl principle ni 

 applied to any implement lor this jpurpose. The mi 

 inenl elfecis of this applicatiim, and some of the col 

 peculiarities of the machine are: 



1. -So great a reiluclioii of the quantum of power 

 to use it, that the strength of a half grown iioy is 

 to work it elficienily. 



2. With even this nimlcrate power, it easily culoi 

 els a ininuie, which is full twice as fast as has beeal 

 hy any other machine even when worked t)y borae 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in i 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of 

 straw cutter. 



4. The machine is simple in its conslruclinn, ma( 

 logsthcr very strongly. It is therefore not so lial 

 complicated machines in general use to gel out 



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