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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JBomestic jB^partmcnt. 



For the good housewife who would manage her 

 household ttjfairs in the most prudent and judicious 

 manner, and train up for useful action the tender 

 minds committed to lier care, this department is 

 designed. These subjects ai'e of a wide range, and of 

 many forms or phases, and they are all suscej^tible of 

 improvement. The good woman of the house has 

 her field of action, as well as the farmer ; and in her 

 sphere, skill, science, intelligence, and good taste, not 

 only contribute, as much to the happiness of the fam- 

 ily, a.s does the good management of the cultivator 

 in his hcid, but they contribute equally as much to 

 prosperity, and the acquisition of a competency. 



Having thus presented the importance of the 

 subjects, in which wc hope that all our fair readers 

 will talic a deep interest, we would invite them to 

 communicate for this department. We are among 

 those who believe that females are not inferior in 

 mental powers to those who would be the "lords 

 of creation," and there is no reason why they should 

 not furnish communications for this department, as 

 ■Koll as men, on subjects in their appropriate sphere. 



HOME EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS. 



Messrs. Editors: There is a subject which might 

 perhaps, with propriety, find a place in your journal, 

 if some able pen could take it wp, and treat it ac- 

 cording to its importance. The subject to which I 

 allude is the Home Education of Daughters. 



Where, but at home, are nurtured and expanded 

 all the iiuer feelings of our nature, all the sympathies 

 of the heart ? The daughter, in relieving the mother 

 of pressing and indispensable cares, of administering 

 to the wants of father, brother, or sister, enjoys 

 infinitely more heartfelt satisfaction, than she could 

 in displaying her attainments (be they ever so 

 numerous) in what are styled the more polite 

 accomplishments. 



The aim of education seems to be, to fit each of us 

 to fill with ability and propriety our individual 

 station in life. A correct home education must, 

 therefore, be regarded as the corner-stone of all that 

 is truly desirable, excellent, or beautiful, in female 

 accomplishments. What though the superstructure 

 be ever so beautiful and elegant, ever so symmetrical 

 and tasty ; yet if the foundation be deficient, where 

 is the worth of the edifice ? "Who would choose it 

 for a resting-place ? Who would repose in it with 

 trust and security ? 



The American mother should, above all others, 

 feel the importance of training her daughters to hab- 

 its of domestic industry, to the cares and duties of 

 real life, which tend to call forth the enterprise and 

 energies of their natures, which qualify for useful- 

 ness, rather than to shine and dazzle. Let the 

 useful, the agreeable, and ornamental, be made to 

 harmonize. Our daughters should be taught to feel 

 that a practical acquaintance with domestic labor is 

 OS indispensable to their thorough education, as the 

 knowledge of music, drawing, or the languages, and 

 that to understand plain needlework is much more 

 requisite than skill in embroidery. There is time 

 enough, if introduced advantageously, from infancy 

 to maturitj', to learn all these things. While a prac- 

 tical knowledge of every branch of household econo- 

 my detracts nothing from her accomplishments, it 

 adds a pleasing lustre to her character. 



If, now, T have said enough to provoke some com- 

 petent person to take up this subject, you will not 

 again be troubled with communications from 



Ida. 

 — Central New York Farmer. 



Boiling Water. — We wish to correct a mistake 

 that prevails among many of our housekeepers, 

 which is, that the hotter the fire, the hotter the 

 water that is boiling over it. Now, the boiling point 

 of water is two hunckcd and twelve degrees, and 

 hotter than that it cannot be made, in an open vessel, 

 or in one covered with a loose lid, hov.'cver great the 

 fire under it may be. As soon as water reaches the 

 temperature of two hundred and twelve in the ordi- 

 nary state of the atmosiohcre, it commences boiling, 

 and any increase of heat under it only increases the 

 evaporation, without in any manner changing the 

 temperature of the water. After reaching the boiling 

 point, water is changed into vapor, or steam, which 

 absorbs the heat as fast as it comes in contact with 

 the water, and immediately carries it off into the 

 atmosphere, combined with water, in the form of 

 vapor. — Selected. 



Flour, Bolted and Unbolted. — An article which 

 we first noticed in the Albany Journal of Agriculture 

 and Science, and the object of which is to show that 

 bolted is much less nutritive than luiboltcd Hour, is 

 now going the rounds of the public newspapers. 

 However great the difference in this respect, it will 

 be a difhcult matter to induce our housekeeijers to 

 adopt the use of unbolted flour, until they can be 

 fully persuaded that brown bread looks better than 

 white. There is no doubt, however, but that, weight 

 for weight, unbolted flour is more rich in all the 

 essential elements of nutritive food than the ordinary 

 fine flour of commerce. "But then it makes brown 

 bread." — Iowa Farmer. 



Bojjs' ^Department. 



Boys, please to consider why you are sent to 

 school, or directed to study at home, day after day, 

 and fi-om year to year. The great object is, to acquire 

 an education that will enable you to act with intelli- 

 gence, when you are old enough to attend to busi- 

 ness. We will give you one hint which may be fol- 

 lowed with ease and pleasure ; and if attended to, it 

 will be worth to you more than a gi'atuitous passage 

 to the gold regions of California, for intelligence is 

 conducive to happiness, and it is a treasure of whioh 

 none can rob or defraud you. 



Here is that useful hint. In all cases, learn the 

 meaning of every important word you meet with in 

 'conversation or reading, that is not already familiar 

 to yoir. This you may do by inquiring of your 

 friends around you, at the proper time, or by con- 

 sulting a dictionary, or encyclopedia, or a gazetteer 

 or geography, for names of places. This course may 

 be rather difficult at first, but as you progress, your 

 minds will expand, and it will be a pleasure, and 

 after a while you will acquire a fund of knowledge 

 on every subject, and you will learn definitely the 

 nature and power of language, and not only learn 

 the true meaning of expressions and sentences 

 which you hear or read, but it will enable you to use 



