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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR 



Aucrust, 1842. 



iiiieiTerence, resume and finish it as soon as the 

 ol striiction is lenioved. 



Beware of self-indulgence : no business can 

 I ossibly thrive under tlie eh;ide of its iniiucnre. 



Do not assume to yourself more credit for what 

 you do, than you are entitled to : rather he content 

 with a little "less; the public mind will always 

 discover where merit is due. 



Familiarize yoursi'lf with your books, keep 

 them accurately, and frequently iavestigate and 

 adjust their contents. This is an important item. 



Cultivate domestic habits ; for this, your family, 

 if you have one, lias a strong and undeniable 

 claim; besides, your customers will always be 

 best pleased when they find you at home, or at 

 the place of your business. 



Never let hurry or confusion distract your 

 mind. 



Under the influence of such habits as these, 

 with a suitable de|iendence on Providence for a 

 blessing on the labor of your hands, you will 

 have a good foimdation to rest your hope upon, 

 for success in whatever business you may be em- 

 ployed in. 



Napolkon and Mubat.— The external ap- 

 pearance of Napoleon formed a striking contrast 

 to that of I is royal brother-in-law. When they 

 rode together along the front of the troops, Mn- 

 rat attracted universal attention by his command- 

 ing figure, his superb theatrical costume, the 

 splendid trappings and beauiifid figure of his 

 liorse, and the im|)Osing military dignity of his 

 air. This dazzling display contrasted strangely 

 but characteristically, with the three-cornered 

 hat, dark smtout, leather breeches, huge boots, 

 corpulent figure, and careless seat on horseback, 

 which have become immortal in the representa- 

 tions of Napoleon. The imposing aspect of Mu- 

 rat, was, howsoever, weakened, rather than 

 heightened, by the rich and f intastic dress which 

 he wore. Dark whiskers on his face contrasted 

 with piercing blue eyes; his abundant black 

 locks spread over the neck of a splendid Polish^ 

 dress, open above the shoulders, the collar of 

 which was richly adorned with gold brocade, 

 and from a splendid girdle of the same material 

 hung a light sabre, straiijht in the blade after the 

 manner of the ancient Romans, with the hilt set 

 in diamonds. Wide pantaloons, of a purple or 

 scarlet color, riclily emliroiderrd wit'li gold, and 

 boots of yellow lealher, com|ik'ted this singular 

 costume, wliich resembled rather the gorgeous 

 trappings of the melodrama, than the compara- 

 tively siju|)le uniform of modern times. But his 

 greatest distiiiclion was a large three cornered 

 bat, suruiouiited hy a profusion of magnificent 

 wliite ostrich feathers, rising from a broail gold 

 band, wliioh enclosed besides a superb heron 

 plume. His noble charger was set off with gor- 

 geous bridle and stirrups, richly gilt after the 

 Turkish fashion, aiul enveloped in trappings of 

 azure blue, the tint of the Italian sky, which was 

 also the prevailing color of his liveries. Above 

 the fantastic but dazzling attire, he wore in cold 

 weather a magnificent pellisse of dark green vel- 

 vet, lined and fringed with the richest sables. 

 Blackwood. 



Crops and Markets. 



TIn'oughout the whole country the crops of 

 wheat and grass are represented as most abund- 

 a t md fine. There arc some .^m;dl complaints of 

 rust in some (daces, as iiido'd llicre :dways will 

 be, but they are of little moment ; and a finer 

 season for harvesting never was known. It has 

 been almost imexiimpleil. 



Indian corn, likewise, which at first seemed 

 likely to fail, is making rapid advances, and 

 promises a good crop. The same with potatoes, 

 barley, and all oilier products. 



The crops of wheat in Ohio and Michigan are 

 likewise as good as was ever known. Th'e price 

 of wheat in Rochester can hardly be considered 

 as settled or even fi.xed, as no new wheat has as 

 yet come into the market. Some millers have 

 expressed the opinion tliat it will begin at a dol- 

 lar but soon CO down to 75 cents. 



The lifefMiid Pork markets titNew York and 

 Boston remain without material change. Prob- 

 ably a nnieli sin;iller r|uanlity of pork will be 

 made this so.-ison tlwn usual, and the prices for 

 pork or for live lioirs are not likely to recede from 

 their present position. 



Wools of a fine grade c^tnmand only 25 cents ; 



and in many cases only half of this is paid 

 cash, and the rest in cloths. The free impor 

 tioii of South American wool costing less than 8 

 ci'iits, and the raising of wool on tlie Western 

 Prairies, tin- wliich there are large preparations-, 

 must keep prices duu ii, tarift or no tariff. 



In the midst of the greatest plenty tluit ever 

 fell to the lot of any country, we are crying our 

 eyes out for distress; and the National cow, with 

 a swimming pail of milk under her, seems de- 

 teriifmed to kick it all over. — Genesee .\'ew 

 Farmer. 



At a meeting of the officers of the Cheshire 

 Count}/ Association for the promotion} of Agricul- 

 ture and the Meclianic Arts, held at Keene, July 

 l()th, it was determined to oflTer the following 



Best field of Wheat, 



not less than half an 



For the best miscellaneous articles not in- 

 cluded above, gratuities, if the funds will war- 

 rant. 



Statements of the mode of culture must ac- 

 company the evidence of the amount of grain 

 for which the above Premiums are offered. 



No animal or article wilt be considered en- 

 titled to a prejiiium vierelij for want of compe- 

 tition. 



The Awarding (^mmittees will be apppointed 

 at an adjourned meeting to be holden at the 

 Cheshire Hou.se in Keene, on the first Saturday 

 of SejJtember next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. 



SA.MUKL WOODWARD, Sec'y. 



GiJswn, July 20, 18-12. 



Horses, Fruit trees, Budding, .fee. 



Horses often suffer from slobbering during the 

 latter part of summer, especially when they feed 

 in succulent pastures. The best remedy isdryer 

 lijod. 



Fruit trees are frequently injured in collecting 

 the fruit, by resting ladders against the branches, 

 and thus bruising theliark. Apricots, pimnsand 

 peaches, often suffer much in this way. The 

 remedy is to have self supporting ladders, con- 

 structed like a coimnon ladder, with either one 

 or two exptinding legs of equal length, which 

 serve to sitpjiort it without any other prop. 



Budiling or inoculation should be performed 

 while file stocks are growing most rapidly, or 

 while the cambiumnr the mucilaginous substance 

 niider the bark is in the greatest abundance. 

 This cements the inserted hnds and makes tiiem 

 adhere the better lo the wood. Cherries and 

 plums shouhl he budded immediately, but peach- 

 es may be deferred three or four weeks later, if 

 necessary. The general rule is, budding may be 

 performed successfully at any time when "the 

 biuk peels freely. 



If the stocks are thrifty; if the bark is careful- 



ly cut and raised so as not to injure the cambi- 

 um; if the buds are cut smoothly off the shoot 

 so that they may be applied closely to the wood 

 of the stock; if the band.igesare bound so even- 

 ly that they may just nwiintaiti this dose contact 

 between the bud and stock ; and if they are 

 carefully removed as soon as they begin to indent 

 the growing stock, there can be little doubt of 

 success in budding. — Cultivator. 



Modes of preparing food for Cattle. 



1. Mix coarse straw ami similar coarse mate- 

 rials with about one third the quantity of hay, 

 sprinkle over it a small quantity of brine, pa.ss 

 the whole through a ciuiing machine, and feed it 

 out in deep troughs, and none of it will be wast- 

 ed by being trodden uiuler foot. A very large 

 quantity may he prepared at a time if found con- 

 venient to do so. 



2. Fill a large tight bo.x with any desired quan- 

 tity of chopped cornstalks, and with about one 

 twenty-fifth part their bulk of coarsely ground 

 meal mixed equally through them. Let' steam 

 pass into them from a boiler for an hour, and 

 they will then form a most nutritious and palata- 

 ble food lor cattle, especially for milch cows. Or 

 the meal may be boiled with a large quantity of 

 water, and then poured while boiling hot upon 

 the chopped food without steaming. In both 

 cases a small quantity of stilt should besi>riukled 

 over them. 



Every means of saving hay is of vital imftort- 

 ancc to the firmer fjr it is fiu- more pleasant to 

 be able to sell hay at ten or fifteen dollars n ton, 

 than to pmchase it tit that ))rice to keep alive a 

 herd of starving cattle. — CtUlivator. 



Espy's Ventilator.— Whether Mr. Espy has 

 found' out the laws whieh regulate storms on a 

 great scale or not, he has hit upon ;i little matter 

 by which we think he will make the laws of the 

 wiiul on a small sc.ile serve the public, luid fill 

 his pockets. It is that thing so long sought in 

 vain, a remedy for smoky chiumeys, and a gen- 

 eral ventilator. It consists of nothing but a me- 

 tallic cone placed on the top of ;; flue horizontal- 

 ly with a vane to keep the point of the cone to 

 the breeze. The direction which the wind gets 

 by passing over the cone, produces a vaeiimn at 

 the large end which is the outlet, and so creates 

 a draft. The effect is altogether surprising. Some 

 pi. ices which were odious with foul air have been 

 rendered perfectly sweet by this single apparatus, 

 and chimneys which were given over by all the 

 doctors as incurable have been brought to regular 

 action.— A^. Y. Jour, of Com. 



Cattle Show a.nd fair at Albanv. — The 

 next cattle show and liiir of the New York State 

 Agricultural Society is to be held in Albany, on 

 the last week in September. The premiums that 

 are offered amount to about two thousand dol- 

 lar.s, and embrace a great variety of articles. 

 The place where the fair is to he held is on the 

 grounils adjoining the new Bull's Head Tavern, 

 Troy road. Sufficient indications are afforded 

 to justify the opinion that it will exceed any thing 

 of the kind ever got up in this country. — Evening; 

 Post. 



To Choose a Stock of Bees. — Place your 

 ear close to the hive and give it a tap; if the in- 

 mates give a short and sudden buzz, all is right ; 

 but if it be a languid hum, or rather a pmriug 

 sound, the hive must he rejected, for the bees are 

 weak. — Wrighlon on the management of Bees. 



To protect Grai.n froji Rats. — One of our 

 subscribers wishes us to state, for the benefit of 

 his brother farmers, that green Elder boughs, 

 scattered in and about a mow of Rye or other 

 grain, will effectually protect it agaiiist the dep- 

 redations of rats. These vermin are often very 

 troublesome and destructive in their ravages in 

 tho fBrmer's barn ; and if so simple a remedy 

 will prevent their inischief, it should be known 

 and remembered by all. — Farmer's Gazette. 



Interesting Experi.me.nt. — Place severtil small 

 pieces of cam|)hor gently in a basin of pure 

 water, and with a red hot wire ignite them as 

 they float; the lumps will shoot about the sur- 

 face in various directions, performing many com- 

 ical antics, exhibiting ci lively daucu of fire balls 

 — Anu Mechanic. 



