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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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AGEICULTTJEE AND WOMEN. 



An American gentleman who lately visited Eng- 

 land was struck with the interest manifested by 

 ladies, including those of the highest rank, in agri- 

 culture. One of these, the Duchess of Portkud, 

 exiiibited perfect familiarity with the minutest de- 

 tails of farm management and work, showing her 

 American guest over the whole of the Duke's 

 large estate, and explaining to him the various pro- 

 cesses and methods of cultivation. We could wish 

 that our American ladies would adopt one of the 

 few aristocratic tastes and habits which sit grace- 

 fully upon republican women, and which would be 

 of equal advantage to the interests of agriculture 

 and to their own delicate physical organizations. 

 A great deal of cant is uttered in these days about 

 the mission of woman, but whenever we hear an 

 attenuated, dyspeptic female talking in this wise, 

 we feel sure that the daily handling of a broom- 

 stick, in a peaceable manner, or the charge of a 

 kitchen garden, would soon put her upon the track 

 most useful for herself and for society. "When 

 Rome was young and virtuous, the kitchen gar- 

 den was always placed under the care of the 

 mother of the family. In Sparta, the women, 

 fit to be the mothers of heroes, cultivated the 

 soil, whilst the men were fighting tlie battles of 

 their country. Indeed, from the earliest period 

 in tlie annals of our race, woman lias aided by 

 her counsels, and sometimes by her labors, in 

 bringing agriculture to a state of perfection. The 

 laws wliich Osiris gave to Egypt were not as 

 valuable to that country as those precepts in 

 agriculture, those instructions in embankments, 

 irrigations and drainings, which Isis, his Queen, 

 gave to the Egyptians, and which enabled them 

 to derive so much benefit from the deposite of 

 the Nile. Ceres, deified by the Greeks, made 

 her people acquainted with the use of wheat, and 

 the mode of cultivating it. To the Empress of 

 China we are indebted for the mulberry tree and 

 the rearing of silk worms. Woman of late years 

 has demonstrated her capacity of shining in many 

 spheres once considered the peculiar province of 

 man. Miss Heesciiel has discovered comets; Mrs. 

 SoMEKviLLE laid Open the mathematical structure 

 of the universe; some liave analyzed tlie chemical 

 relations of nature in the laboratory, and others 

 investigated the laws of social relations. With such a 

 great amount and variety of power, may we not 

 augur tlie most beneficial results to agriculture, if 

 the women of our country, by their sympathy, en- 

 couragement and co-operation, by tlieir studies 

 and counsels, would prove tliemselves, as did the 

 women of old, helpmeets to him whom God lias 

 ordained to cultivate the earth ? — Baltimore Amer- 

 ican, 



Plain Corn Staech Pudding. — Set upon the 

 fire one quart of milk ; take three table spoonsful 

 of corn starcli, and mix with a very little cold milk, 

 witli some sugar, and a little lemon juice. Pour it 

 to tlie boiling nnlk, stirring briskly for two or 

 three minutes. Pour it into a mould, and set to 

 cool. Eat with milk or cream, and sugar. 



To WARM Potatoes. — Potatoes are nicely done in 

 the following way : Par-boil as many potatoes as 

 are needed ; let them lie till the next morning, 

 then cut them in small squares ; add to them 

 cream or milk, enough to make tliem more than 

 moist, with a little butter, and pepper and salt. 

 Place on the fire, cover them, and stir gently at 

 times. 



Sausages. — Sausages can be made by using mut- 

 ton instead of pork. Chop lean and fat mutton 

 together very fine, and season with sage, salt and 

 pepper. Eat with mustard, and they can not be 

 distinguished from the genuine pork sausages. 



Onion Pickle. — In November, take well dried 

 onions, of a good shape, small and round, peel them 

 and throw into salt and water. Let them remain 

 there a few days ; drain them, put them in a jar 

 and pour over them spiced vinegar. 



OENAMENT EOS DRIED FLOWERS. 



The above drawings, made by an accomplished 

 lady, represent a pasteboard hanging vase, covered 

 with moss, and attached to an oak branch, for a 

 parlor ornament. From the materials employed, 

 it is better suited for dried flowers than those 

 which require water. 



The smaller basket represents the mode in which 

 the pasteboard is united after being shaped, and 

 the latter exhibits the same covered with moss. 

 Every lady of the least taste can make these bask- 

 ets, and ornament her boudoii-, parlor, or sitting- 

 room, with her own handiwork, which she will en- 

 joy more tlian expensive purchased objects. 



The oak-leaves may be represented in winter in 

 leather. 



