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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Agricultural Societ)' at the Capitol, in the city of 

 Albany. January 18, 1849, by Lewis F. Allen. We 

 are indebted to B. P. Johnson, Esq., for a copy of 

 this valuable production. An extract from it may be 

 found on another page. 



BURNING CLAY FOR MANURE. 



A writer in one of the English Journals has given 

 some account of burning and applying the burnt clay 

 as a dressing for wheat and clover. lie used about 

 one thousand bushels to the acre, and his wheat and 

 clover were greatly benefited by it. His mode of 

 burning was to plough up the clay in a dry time, and 

 after piling up a sufficient quantity of fuel, some- 

 what in the manner of our making a coal-pit, though 

 not so compact, — for he used stumps and such like 

 fuel, — he piles en the clods or lumps of clay, lay- 

 ing it pretty high, inasmuch as the heat rises. Care 

 should be taken to prevent the tire from bursting 

 out. This burnt clay is then spread, a roller passed 

 over to crush the lumps, and a bush-harrow passed 

 after in order to spread it more equally. 



ANIMAL MATTER AND PEAT. 



There are other sources of alkali, for converting 

 peat into soluble matter. Of these the chief is ani- 

 mal matter. Here we have ammonia produced. It 

 has been actually proved by experiment, that a dead 

 horse can convert twenty tons (or cubic yards) of 

 peat into a valuable manure, richer and more lasting 

 than stable dung ; " a barrel of alewives is equal to a 

 wagon load of peat." The next great and proliiic 

 source of ammonia is the urine. The urine of one 

 cow for a winter, mixed up, as it is daily collected, 

 with peat, is svifficient to manure one half an acre of 

 land with twenty loads of manure of the best quality, 

 while her solid evacuations and litter, for the same 

 period, afforded only seventeen loads, whose value 

 was only about one haK that of the former, — Dana's 

 Muck Manual. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



All of the settlements on the coast of Texas, from 

 Galveston down, seem to have a sleepy appearance, 

 and the people a gentlemanly contempt for manual 

 labor ; there is a great want of cncryy ; the soil is 

 good, excellent, generally speaking, and produces 

 finely, when cultivated ; but there's the rub. The 

 only crop that at present exceeds their expectations, 

 and argues favorably for the speedy settlement of 

 the country, is that of " tow-headed children ; " 

 their attention to that branch is praiseworthy, and 

 the "returns" thereof are really astonishing. They 

 raise fine pears, (pairs.) The style of dress adopted 

 for this vegetable race, partakes of that of the Sand- 

 wich Islanders in former times, when their costumes 

 were limited to a feather in the hair and a ring in 

 the nose. — N. O. Delta. 



TO CLEAN WHEAT. 



I suppose every farmer has a good fanning mill. 

 Then let him make iv large box with three apart- 

 ments, about sixteen inches high, and about two feet 

 wider than his mill — the length at his pleasure. 

 Fit these partitions so as to set his mill on the two 

 partitions ; having the legs just go down in the two 

 outside apartments ; this you can move to any part 

 of your farm with your mill ; one part will catch the 

 wheat and the screenings, and the other the headings. 

 — Prairie Farmer. 



THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. 



BY S. WOODWOUTH. 



How dear to tliis heart arc the scenes of my childhood, 



When fond recollection recalls them to view ! 

 The orchard, the meadow, the dcep-tanglcd wildwood. 



And ever)' loved spot which my infancy knew ; — 

 The wide-spreading pond, and tlie mill which stood by it ; 



The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell; 

 The cot of my father ; the dairy house nigh it ; 



And e'en the rude bucket which hung in tlie well ! 

 The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, 



The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well ! 



That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; 



For often, at noon, when returned from the field, 

 I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure. 



The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. 

 How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing ! 



And quick to the wliite-pcbblcd bottom it fell ; 

 Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing. 



And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well ; 

 The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, 



The moss-covered bucket, arose from the well. 



How sweet from the green, mossy brim to receive it, 



As, poised to the curb, it inclined to my lips ! 

 Not a full-blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, 



Tliough filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips. 

 And now, far removed from the loved situation, 



The tear of regret will intrusively swell, 

 As fancy reverts to my father's plantation, 



And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well ; 

 The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, 



The moss-covered bucket, which hangs in the well. 



THE OLIO. 



The Lord's Prayer. — IIow many millions and 

 millions of times has that prayer been offered by 

 Christians of all denominations ! So wide, indeed, 

 is the sound thereof gone forth, that daily, and 

 almost without intermission, from the ends of the 

 earth, and afar off upon the sea, it is ascending to 

 Heaven like incense, and a pure offering. Nor needs 

 it the gift of prophecy to foretell, that, though 

 "heaven and earth shall pass away," these words of 

 our blessed Ijord " shall not pass away," till every 

 petition has been answered ; till the'kingdoin of God 

 shall come, and his will be done on earth as it is in 

 heaven. — Montgomery. 



Speaking of the ancient Romans, Johnson said, 

 " They were a people, who, while they were poor, 

 robbed their neighbors ; and when they became rich, 

 robbed one another. 



An Irishman, speaking of the rapacity of the clergy 

 in exacting their tithes, said "By St. Patrick, let a 

 farmer be ever so poor, they won't fail to make him 

 pay his full tenths, whether he can or not ; nay, they 

 would, instead of a tenth, take a twentieth, if the 

 law permitted them." 



A wise girl will win a lover by practising those 

 virtues which secure admiration when personal 

 charms have faded. 



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