NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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enough to give him pleasure and satisfaction in pur- 

 suing his humhle and praiseworthy occupation. 



How natural it is for boys, and young men even, 

 as soon as they think they are old enough to take 

 care of themselves, to hie to the city, to obtain sit- 

 uations in stores or counting rooms, thinking by 

 so doing they are raising themselves to distinction, 

 in the minds of society. They think it is more 

 honorable to be in situations where they can wear a 

 little finer cloth, and show a softer and more deli- 

 cate looking hand. One great cause of the sons of 

 farmers leaving them may be attributed to farmers 

 themselves. If they would give their sons privi- 

 leges — give them a piece of land to cultivate for 

 their own special benefit, — and furnish them with 

 tools suited to their age and strength, they would 

 then have some interest at stake. 



Boys ought not to be turned off with old rusty 

 tools — those that have been laid aside as unfit for 

 service. You let every boy have his bright shovel 

 and hoe — liis light scythe — his handy fork and rake 

 — his painted wheelbarrow and other necessary im- 

 plements, and my word for it the little fellows will 

 manifest as much pleasure in wending their way 

 to the fields, as ever Benjamin Franklin did in go- 

 ing round the house with his wliistle. They will 

 take pride in working on the farm; and if encour 

 aged in this way — if each can have his little patch 

 of ground and necessary tools, how anxious they 

 ■will be for the appearance of spring. They will 

 long to be putting their seed into the ground. As 

 soon as the lark peeps forth from her hiding place 

 at early dawn, the little fellows will be out to 

 watch the appearance of their corn, potatoes, &c. 

 By giving boys such privileges, they will be likely 

 to become interested in farming, and will be pretty 

 sure to grow up farmers. It is highly essential 

 that there should be those growing up who will be 

 prepared to fill the places of those who must ere 

 long resign the places thei/ now occupy in the agri- 

 cultural community. A. Todd. 



Sjjiithfield, R. I. 



drawer of the employer. Perhaps from the very 

 same money that they have aided in taking unjust- 

 ly from the customer. Those persons who are well 

 acquainted with trade know full well the propriety 

 of these remarks; and it is a subject that receives 

 too little consideration, both from the parents and em- 

 ployers of clerks. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 ON GROWING FOREST TREES. 



Mr. Cole: — I noticed in the New England Far- 

 mer of Jan. 4th an article in relation to woodland, 

 which I was much interested in; and I would, with 

 your permission, make a few inquiries. I wish to 

 know what method you would take to rnake old 

 land produce a crop of wood, — by .ploughing and 

 sowing seed, or by transplanting. I have an old 

 ledgy pasture on which 1 should be glad to grow a 

 crop of wood, but do not know how to start it. I 

 think it is well adapted to oak, ask, chesnut or ma- 

 ple. 



If you will have the goodness to give the desired 

 information through the medium of your valuable 

 publication, you will confer a great favor on one at 

 least of your interested readers. 

 Very respectfully yours, 



Claremont, 1851. Charles N. Goss. 



Remarks. — It is a great mistake that men gen- 

 erally grow rich in other than farming business. 

 Almost every farmer who is industrious and eco- 

 nomical, acquires a competency, which is all he 

 can enjoy, but in other professions property is very 

 unequally divided. Frequently where one is rich, 

 one hundred are poor. There is an ardent pursuit 

 for gain, but there are more than two blanks to a 

 prize. 



There is one great evil attending boys and young 

 men who go into large mercantile places for em- 

 ployment, that is generally overlooked by parents. 

 It is an evil that is constantly besetting them, and 

 more than any other tends to their ruin. There is 

 a great deal of deception in trade, and in cities a 

 great many young men are trained to deceive. And 

 if their employers teach them to deceive and cheat 

 the customer, and they are pliant enough to bend 

 to so base a purpose, is it strange that they should 

 say in their hearts to their employers, "With what- 

 soever measure ye mete, it shall be measured to 

 you again 1" Here, in a great measure, arises the 

 extravagance of clerks, who spend far more than 

 their wages, and make up the deficiency from the 



Remarks. — In starting to raise forest trees in 

 the spring, it is better to transplant trees, unless 

 seed is already prepared for sowing. As to the 

 better mode, when one is prepared to attend to 

 either, no conclusion that is reliable can be made, 

 excepting by one at the place of operations, where 

 he can judge of the expense of procuring seed and 

 preparing the land for its reception; also of the ad- 

 vantage of obtaining good forest trees to set out, 

 and the expense of setting. Either mode, with 

 good management, will be attended with success. 



For the New Ens:lanil Farmer, 

 WINTER WHEAT IN MAINE. 

 Mr. Cole : — A large quantity of winter wheat 

 was sown in Maine last fall, and as the snow has 

 left, it presents quite a favorable appearance, oi at 

 least what was sown on suitable ground and in pro- 

 per season. The winter has been quite favorable; 

 the snow coming on early and continuing late, has 

 protected it finely from the thawings and freezings 

 which not unfrequently occur. Should the season 

 prove favorable on account of the wevil and rust, 

 Maine will raise a much larger amount of wheat 

 than has been, of latter years. 



Yet that some may find themselves under a mis- 

 take in regard to the large crop they anticipate, is 

 to me quite probable. Some individuals have ta- 

 ken hold of it rather strong, putting in from ten to 

 fifteen acres, with the ground but poorly prepared, 

 and some of it sow-n quite late in the fall, which 

 now presents rather a meagre appearance. 



I think we shall find, (in Maine, at least,) that 

 it will be best to sow no more than we are able to 

 prepare the land suitably for, giving it as much 

 dressing as needlul, and sowing it early in the sea- 

 son, ploughing in or putting in pretty deep with 

 the cultivator, that the roots may not be easily 

 thrown o>it by the late frosts of spring. 



Vassalboro\ ilJiMo., 1851. D. Tabor. 



