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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



VERMONT FARMING. 



Wc copy from the National Eagle the following 

 account of successful farming : — 



At the annual meeting of the Windsor County 

 Vermont Agricultural Society, held at Woodstock on 

 the 10th January last, premiums were awarded for 

 the follo\\'iiig crops of corn, raised the past season, 

 viz. : one acre in Pomfrct, one hundred and twelve 

 bushels ; one in Springfield, one hundi-cd and ten and 

 a half bushels ; one in Ilartland, one hundred and 

 eleven and three fourths bushels ; one in Woodstock, 

 ninety-nine and seven eighths bushels ; and three 

 fields of corn, of four acres each, in Springfield, first 

 one hundred and four bushels to the acre, the two 

 others ninety bushels each to the acre. 



The society's premiums were also awarded for the 

 three best managed and most productive farms of 

 the county : First, to J. W. Colburn, of Springfield ; 

 second, to James Weston, of Wcathorsfield ; third, to 

 Jonathan Chase, of Springfield. The farm of Mr. 

 Colburn consists of thu'ty-five acres, only, of mowing 

 and plough land, the remainder being pasture and 

 wood land. The production of these thirty-five acres, 

 the past season, was fifty tons of hay, ten hundred 

 and forty bushels of grain, and twenty-four bushels 

 of potatoes. The yield of hay was all at one cut- 

 ting ; none of the second crop was mowed. 



A manifest iniprovement in all the industrial pur- 

 suits never fails to be the result of a well-regulated 

 and well-managed Agricultural Society. 



BERKSHIRE HOGS. 



I have occasionally seen articles in your paper de- 

 crying the Berkshire hogs, princij)ally on account of 

 their want of size. To such people you may say, 

 that I have a barrow three years old, a full-blood 

 Berkshire, which will now weigh nearly one thou- 

 sand pounds, live weight. He was weighed on the 

 3d of October, and then brought down eight hundred 

 and eighty ; since which he has improved rapidly, 

 and will doubtless reach the above weight. I have 

 had this breed for seven years pio-e, — descended 

 from hogs brought from Albany and JSuffalo, and a 

 boar imported by Mr. Fahnestock, of Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania, from England, (the latter a very 

 large animal.) The stock have all been large and 

 very profitable, weighing, at seven to ten months 

 old, from two hundred and fifty to three hundied 

 pounds. Several individuals have weighed over foiu- 

 hundred, and the sire of this present one reached 

 seven hundred and fifty. This is, however, much 

 the largest I have yet raised. 



I regret, exceedingly, that the breed is so unfash- 

 ionable here, that I shall be obliged to look for a cross 

 from other stock. — Ohio Cultivator. 



SUBSOIL PLOUGHING. 



M. B. Bateuam : We have tried several of the 

 experiments recommended in the columns of the Ohio 

 Cultivator, and they have all proved real plans of 

 improvement. We tried s^ibsoiling last spring, on 

 part of an old field, for corn. The part that was 

 Bubsoiled gave a fine growth and kejit the stalk and 

 blade of corn green and healthy during the dry 

 •weather, while the ear and husk ripened perfectly. 

 The corn was cut off about the middle of Septem- 

 ber, and put in shock, where it stood till the first of 

 November, when it was husked ; the fodder, at the 

 time of husking, being perfectly cured, and still of a 

 green color and sweet smell. The kind of corn was 

 not a late variety. That on the part not subsoiled 

 became dry before cutting tune, and the corn was not 

 60 heavy. 



We intend planting fruit trees in the field, and so 

 thought we would try it on a crop or two of grain 

 before setting out the trees. 



Our plough is designed to be worked by one yoke 

 of oxen, or two horses. It consists of two strong iron 

 colters fastened to a beam of wood, one on each 

 side, so as to run true. It worked tolerably well, 

 and cost five dollars. — Ohio Cultivator. 



GENTLE WORDS. 



BY C. D. STEWART. 



A young rose in the summer time 



Is beautiful to me. 

 And glorious the many stars 



That glimmer on the sea ; 

 But gentle words, and loving hearts, 



And hands to clasp my own. 

 Are better than the brightest flowers, 



Or stars that ever shone ! 



The sun may warm the grass to life. 



The dew the drooping flower. 

 And eyes grow bright, and Avatch the light 



Of autumn's opening hour ; 

 But words that breathe of tenderness, 



And smiles Ave know are true. 

 Are warmer than the summer time, 



And brighter than the dew. 



It is not much the AA-orld can give, 



With all its subtle art, 

 And gold or gems are not the things 



To satisfy the heart ; 

 But, O, if those Avho cluster round 



The altar and the hearth 

 Have gentle Avords and loving smiles. 



How beautiful is earth ! 



THE OLIO. 



HoAv beautiful are the smiles of innocence ! how 

 endearing the sympathies of loA'c ! hoAv SAveet the 

 solace of friendship ! hoAv lovely tlie tears of affec- 

 tion ! These, combined, are all characteristic of 

 Woman. They are the true poetry of humanity — 

 rich pearls clustering around the altar of domestic 

 felicity. 



Dr. Franklin, in speaking of education, says, " If 

 a man empties his purse into his head, no one can 

 take it from him." 



Truth is a hardy plant, and A\'hen once firmly 

 rooted, it covers the ground so that error can scarce 

 find root. 



The more business a man has to do, the more he 

 can accomplish. 



NoxE OF ouK Relations. — " Mother, Avho is this 

 Aunt Arctic, that they haA'e found doAA'n south?" 

 " I don't knoAV — some old maid — none of our re- 

 lations, that's certain." 



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