If 



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(SvitoliuiU pratrUSC. Naturai, Okder: Leguminoscv — Pulse Fatnily. 



-, I \ OWN more commonly, from one variety, as the Red Clover, 



Ins three-leaved product of the meadow (whence its scientific 



I line) is, next to common grass, the most useful plant to the 



lusbandman for the feeding of his catde; and of it they are 



\ceedingly fond. It is usually grown as a mixture in with 



ther grasses, but sometimes whole fields are devoted to it. 



H.I1 crops should really be grown and stored separately, so as 



to be used at discretion, for cattle, as well as people, have a discern- 



j^ JJ'ing taste, and know as well as we that "variety is the spice of life." 



^\&^ 1 lie blossoms are fragrant, and are very enticing to bees and butter- 



iliLb as well as other honey-loving insects. 



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'nbuslr^. 



[KE clocks, one wheel another on must drive — 

 ' Affairs bv diligent labor onlj thrive. —c/wfrn 



AXD cheerfully she plodded through 

 ■^ ^ Her many household cares; 

 And led the flock her father left, 



To feed upon the hill; 

 And guided them at sunset 



To the bubbling silver rill; 

 And put them safe in fold at night, 



And left the watch-dog nigh, 

 That at his honest, angry bark 



The cow.ird wolf might fly; 

 And train'd the woodbines higher yet 



Upon the cottage wall. 

 And pruned the roses, where they grew, 



So sweet and fresh and tall ; 

 And planted flowers and strawberries. 



In her small plot of gi-ound^ 

 And painted all the railing green, 



That fenced her garden 'round. 



OHORTLY his 

 ^ True industry 



r\YT did the harvest to the sickle yield, 



^ Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe iRifh broke; 



How jocund did they drive their teams afield. 



How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke. 



ne shall be lifted higher; A BSENCE of occupation is 



kindle honor's fire. -'*■ A mind quite vacant is a 



—S/iates/<enre. 



90 



-Mrs. Nc 



not rest, 



mind distressed. 



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