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soil, if no crop or ground be read* to , ec ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^.^ of finj 



Thus the manufacture .s constantly S°'«» ;|; ^ peace and quietne3Bj i WM fortunate enough to 



find a place, although in the course of six weeks 



last spring, five hundred unsuccessful applica- 



nts nits id»"»"" „. i <v,,.r,il7 



and guano, the most costly of .mported fertil.z 

 ers, is made to multiply its own peculiar proper- 

 ties to an incalculable amount-Buff- Farmer s 



Herald. 



tions were made at the depot here for houses. 

 Yours, S. FLETCHER. 



From the Vermont State Agriculturist 

 Cattle in Highways. 



Malden, Mass., Sept. 10, 1848. 

 Editor Hopkins —One thing here in Massa- 

 chusetts looks strange to a Vermonter. Front 

 yards, gardens, and fields separated from the 

 streets and highways by very slight fences, or 

 none at all ! When 1 engaged my present tene- 

 ment, in this village, I noticed that the gate ot 

 the front yard fence was down ; exposing apple, 

 cherry and peach trees, currant bushes, flowers, 

 &c and was so fearful that they might be de- 

 stroyed before 1 got possession, that I could not 

 refrain from speaking of the danger to the own- 

 er Who smiled and said, "No cattle were allow- 

 ed in the streets, and the yard is about as safe 

 without as with the gate "-which, however, to 

 gratify me, he put up. But 1 now perceive it is 

 no use ; for a man's cattle, here, are not allowed 

 to do, with impunity that, which if done by their 

 owner, would subject him to " fine and impris- 

 onment " No half-starved cattle, horses or bogs 

 are prowling about the highway, to be watched 

 in the day time and dreamed of at night. What 

 is this but an agricultural millenium-perm.ssion 

 to enjoy one's vine and fruit tree-peace and 

 good will among neighbors ? 



Only think of the privilege it would have been 

 to me, when a boy, to leave down, for a few 

 hours in hay-time, those two sets of heavy bars, 

 that had to be taken down and put up tw.ee for 

 every load of hay that was drawn from the 

 « north mowing " to the barn, just to keep the 

 road cattle from our lots! And then in the 

 spring bow we were bothered. Lying on one of 

 those warm eastern slopes of the Green Moun- 

 tains, whose sweet herbage is enough to try the 

 morals of any cattle, my father's farm was at this 

 season, particularly exposed to the depredations 

 of these legal swindlers, who crowded up the 

 road to sun themselves and to enjoy the largest 

 liberty which the winter-killed condition of the , 

 fences generally allowed. The trouble of watch- 

 ing and driving badly these droves, the bicker- 

 ings among neighbors which grew out of ques- 

 tions as to the rights of cattle running at large, 

 are among the unpleasant recollections of boy- 

 hood. . . 



What the law is that thus restrains cattle in 

 Massachusetts, 1 do not know precisely. But 

 ' were the people of Vermont once to try the very 

 reasonable plan of requiring every person to 

 take care of his own property, I am sure they 

 never would again allow the highway to become 

 a public pasture, or the streets of their villages 

 public cow yards, even if they did not take into 

 consideration the immense expenditure of labor 

 and material for fencing which would be saved 



by this plan. 



Perhaps some of your readers will ask, Where 

 is Maiden ? It is on the Boston and Maine rail- 

 road, five miles from Boston, (straight across the 

 "Neck," where the British did'nt stop the Bun- 

 kerhillites.) It is rapidly filling up with people 

 who do business in the city and prefer to live in 

 the country. A village with four large, Well 

 filledchurcl.es; where a school house, to cost 

 ten thousand dollars, is nearly finished, but 



to 3,140 tons of guano— in value £30,000— and 

 sufficient to keep one hundred thousand acres of 

 land in a constant state of fertility on the four- 

 course system of farming. On the ratio of this 

 calculation, the refuse of London, with its two 

 millions of inhabitants, would be equal to 50,520 

 tons of guano, its value £540,000, and its fertil- 

 izing power would suffice for one million, eight 

 hundred thousand acres of land. The Rev. Mr. 

 Huxtable presented some most extraordinary 

 facts upon this sulyect, at a recent meeting of 

 scientific agriculturists, held at Sir Robert Peel's, 

 The reverend gentleman stated that, by the ap- 

 plication of liquid manure, a farm of ninety-five 

 acres of land, ten of which only were under the 

 plough when he entered upon it, and which then 

 supported fourteen dairy cows and grew forty- 



James Pattee, of Canaan, N. H., has sent us 

 a lot of Jackson blue potatoes, weighing one 

 pound each. They cooked well, and proved to 

 be mealy and rich. They were raised on the 

 farm of Col. Daniel Pattee, by his son. The 

 Colonel was a son of the Revolution, and is still 

 living, healthy and vigorous. 



Eight of these potatoes, weighing in the ag- 

 eresrate over eight pounds, were taken from one - 



hll Well done, old Granite State-who beats eight bushels of wheat and forty bushels of 

 inn. vvcm uuiil, un. „„,,„„.! ,„ „ m ,i,po annua v one 



it?— Boston Olive Branch. 



The Rights of Woman. 



" The rights of woman " — what are they ? 

 The right to labor and to pray, 

 The right to watch while others sleep, 

 The right o'er others' woes to weep, 

 The right to succor in distress, 

 The right while others curse to bless, 

 The right to love while others scorn, 

 The right to comfort all who mourn, 

 The right to shed new joy on earth, 

 The right to feel the soul's high worth, 

 The right to lead the soul to God, 

 Along the path the Saviour trod — 

 The path of meekness and of love, 

 The path of faith that leads above, 

 The path of patience under wrong, 

 The path in which the weak grow strong, 

 Such woman's rights, and God will bless 

 And crown their champions with success. 



frj^lt is estimated that the harvest of the United 

 States this season is sufficient to feed half the 

 people on the globe, abundantly. With scarcely 

 an exception, every species of grain, fruit and 

 vegetables is yielding through the country an ex- 

 traordinary crop. Of beef, pork, butter, cheese. 

 &c. the same plenty abounds, ami while our 

 population are secure of every comfort and lux- 

 ury in the way of food, we shall have surplus 

 sufficient to meet all the famine that may occur 

 in the old world.— Ex. paper. 



beans, was caused to produce annually one 

 thousand and six hundred bushels of wheat, 

 support forty head of cattle, cows and calves, 

 and fatten one hundred sheep and eighty pigs. 

 Of course the whole of the ninety-five acres 

 were now broken up. This farm, too, which 

 under its former management only partially sup- 

 ported four laborers, now employs twelve all the 

 year round. When two such important ends as 

 the getting rid of a most dangerous and deadly 

 nuisance, and the conversion of it into a source 

 of profit and plenty, can thus be answered by 

 one simple and ready application, is there not 

 every reason to hope that at least some portion 

 of this application will be adopted. Am I right 

 in supposing that these facts will interest your 

 readers? They are of the highest importance 

 to the English community, for what can be more 

 so than the increase of their country's salubrity 

 and fertility ?— National Intelligencer. 



Sewage Manure. 

 The attention which has been lately paid to 

 sanitary statistics, has thrown much light upon 

 many subjects of importance Which were not, at 

 first "sight, very evidently connected with them. 

 It appears, from some of the striking facts which 

 have been evolved during these inquiries, that 

 the land in the neighborhood of populous cities 

 may be so fertilized for agricultural purposes, by 

 the judicious application of that which is now 

 one of the principal causes of impure atmos- 

 phere, disease, and death— the seivage manure— 

 that the country may be enabled to support its 

 present population, nay, even a much increased 

 one, in years of average produce, in ease and 

 plenty. Dr. Liebig said, some years ago, that, by 

 the application of chemical principles to agri- 

 culture, England might be made to produce half 

 as much more breadstuffs than she hail ever yet 

 done ; but these sanitary reports very much ex- 

 ceed the calculations of the learned Doctor. For 

 instance, the report on the sanitary condition of 

 the borough of Sheffield shows, as clearly as 

 figures and the application of scientific princi- 

 ples can show, that the sewage manure of thai 



age 

 . town> with its one hundred and ten thousand m 

 Iheie not a single tavern can be found! Among] habitants, is equal annually in fertilizing powe 



Curious Adventure.— Truth, they say, is 

 stronger than fiction. The Glasgow (Mo.) News 

 states that a French settler, many years ago, left 

 his wife and children to struggle with the world 

 while he sought bis fortune in foreign parts. 

 For several years the wife and daughter awaited 

 his return, till even affection compelled them to 

 think him dead. They struggled along in pov- 

 erty until the daughter grew to womanhood and 

 married, as did also the mother— both of them 

 remaining in straitened circumstances. Last 

 week, however, an old grey headed man went to 

 the humble dwelling of the daughter, and, after 

 surveying her with deep caution for a few min- 

 ites, said, " Do you know the name of your fa- 

 ther?" to which she replied by giving it— 

 "Then," said he, "I am your father!" After 

 their mutual greetings, he brought in two bags 

 of gold, containing $40,000 and gave them to 

 his daughter, and offered her husband the best 

 farm he could find in the neighborhood. He 

 knew his daughter by a scar on her forehead, 

 from a wound received when a child. It is not 

 stated what arrangements were made with his 



wife. 



Oregon Crops— We learn from our ex- 

 change papers that the grain crop in Oregon is 

 very promising this year, it is thought that they 

 will double if not treble those of any previous 

 year. An abundant crop is anticipated, enough 

 to supply an emigration of at least 50,000 persons. 



Souse.— Cleanse pigs' ears and feet and soak 

 them a week in salt and water, changing the 

 water every other day. Boil eight or ten hours 

 till tender. When cold, put on salt, and pour 

 on hot spiced vinegar. 



