EDITOR'S TABLE. 



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BD Times. — Uard times h the key-note of many an 

 e in OUT exchanges. That facilities for the borrowing 

 y at legal rates are now withheld is very true. That 

 lence among business men of each other's soundness 

 .bility to meet obligations falling due, is also true, 

 extravagance and recklessness among those who 

 to be the leaders in society, have lowered the stan- 

 of conventional morality among our citizens, is also 

 Meantime, while thousands of operatives are thrown 

 f employment in all oar large cities, while many of 

 ttensive manufactories and machine-shops are dis- 

 their laborers, or reducing the time of working, 

 ^icuiturists, as a class, were never in a more stable 

 in than at present. Everything that a farmer raises 

 ry section of the country will command money, and 

 hly remunerative prices. Mother earth is kind, and 

 1 she may not at all times honor drafts upon her 

 ith profuse liberality, yet carefully cultivate her 

 give OS well as take from her broad surface, and 

 me and harvest will never fail. The reverses now 

 experienced by many, will have a salutary effect, if 

 md to induce more economy in the details of busi- 

 id l^ousehold expenditure, in shutting down the gates 

 reckless speculation, whether it be in land, stocks, 

 cultural staples. It is a characteristic of our peo- 

 go ahead. It is a good trait of national character, 

 e condition is requisite to safe progress — "Be sure 

 right, then go ahead." 



mes like these, when labor in some sections seems 

 . drug upon the market, let those who have improve- 

 to make, avail themselves of the supply, and cause 

 wamps and marshes to be thoroughly drained and 

 or cultivation. Many a family will be grateful for 

 ince of employment given to the father, and many a 

 • bread in the homes of the poor can be hushed, if 

 lilanthropy will give employment to those willing 

 T. We do not favor the idea of giving food with- 

 rk. We see daily in onr streets those who are too 

 I work at fair prices, but not too proud to ac- 

 lief at the hands of our public officers. For such 

 'e no sympathy ; and we question whether the liberal 

 on now made in nearly all our large cities for the re- 

 destitute poor, does not in a measure increase the 

 aims to avoid. Let not the word hard times induce 

 who can give employment to laborers, to withhold 

 portunity. 



a well-conducted agricultural journal ? Will each one 

 show this number to a friend or neighbor, and solicit his 

 subscription, and forward? "We shall try to give our read- 

 ers some information on nearly every topic connected with 

 agriculture, in the course of the year. Meanwliile we so- 

 licit contributions and communications for our pages from 

 all interested in practical agriculture. Facts, experiments 

 with manures, depredations of insects, diseases of stock — 

 whatever will increase the sum total of one's knowledge, 

 will find a prominent place in our pages. 



We notice in an exchange the failure of two heavy 

 Eastern houses, engaged in buying and sellirrg wool, for 

 heavy amounts. Both are reported to have failed in con- 

 sequence of outside operations, or those not connected 

 with their regular business. We are disposed to think 

 very ftivorably of wool-depots for the sorting, grading and 

 sale of the different qualities of wool, provided the mana- 

 gers keep clear of being involred by the risks of other 

 business. 



Wool now bears a low price, and we see no prospect of 

 any material advance while the present stringency in the 

 money market continues ; but do not, on that account, con- 

 clude that sheep-raising and wool-growing is not a certain 

 and safe business. If proof were wanted, we would refer 

 to an article in our last number, on the comparative profit 

 of wheat-growing and sheep -raising. ■ 



Select the best in your flock from which to breed ; take 

 first your own pick from the lambs, instead of letting the 

 butcher do it for you ; bestow your care as it is needed 

 daily; if tame wolves annoy you, feed them liberally with 

 spare meat seasoned with strychnine, remembering that 

 care and forethought in stock-raising avails much more 

 than severe toil not properly directed. 



We see it stated by a correspondent of the Register ^ 

 Examiner, writing from Iowa, that hedges of the Osage 

 Orange, and also nearly all lands of shrubbery are much 

 injured by the depredations of the Gopher — a species of 

 ground mole, very numerous in some sections of the West. 

 We would be much obliged if correspondents familiar 

 with the habits of the animal would favor ns with a know- 

 ledge of the best means of preventing their ravages, or of 

 ridding one's grounds of them. 



We have a few Japan Peas from J. Read, Esq., Hun- 

 tington, Pa., and I. W. Briggs, West Macedon, N. Y- 

 Also of the Ground Cherry, from P. S. Beers, Southwell, 

 Conn. They shall have a trial the ensuing season. Also 

 from Mr. Bhiggs, seeds of the Citron Nutmeg Melon, and 

 the Ice Cream Watermelon. 



In another part of our paper will be found a brief arti- 

 cle on the Japan Pea, which will answer many enquiries 

 respecting its habits of growth, yield of seed, &c. 



The Oregon Pea in the Northern States will not ripen. 



We would call the attention of stock-breeders to Mr 

 L, F. Allen's circular, to be found in this number. 



