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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



and capable of sustaining exhausting and different 

 crops of grain and grass, for a scries of many years, 

 without the assiritancc of any maniirc, or of any 

 ameliorating agent, except the plough or spade. If 

 farmers would only study their own interest in this 

 matter, we should see few bogs and more fields ; 

 there would be less complaints as to the scarcity and 

 high price of land, and the general appearance and 

 condition of many rural districts would be immensely 

 improved. Drainage, when systematically conduct- 

 ed, is by no means a costly undertaking ; and when 

 one has a family of boys, and can avail himself of 

 leisure seasons, it will be found to involve but small 

 expense, even under the most inauspicious circum- 

 stances. Lands thus reclaimed possess high value 

 for mowing and grazing purposes, and, when once 

 well stocked with grasses, require to bo ploughed 

 but seldom. An occasional top dressing of compost, 

 with a liberal annual application of gypsum, house 

 ashes or lime, is all that is requisite to sustain a high 

 vegetative activity, and maintain them in a condi- 

 tion of tlie most perfect health and heart. — Lancaster 

 Farmer. 



FACTS IN PRUNING. 



The action of roots and that of leaves are recipro- 

 cal. If you diminish the quantity of foliage, you 

 will proportionably lessen the increase of roots. If 

 100 represents the quantity of roots made by a tree 

 with all its foliage, then 50 will represent the quantity 

 of roots formed by a tree similar to the other in 

 every respect, except in having the production of 

 foliage repressed, by whatever means, to the extent 

 one half. You will, therefore, perceive that by 

 summer pruning, both roots and tops are equally 

 reduced, and that what may be termed the balance 

 of power between these is still maintained. On the 

 contrary, if you prune only in winter, the roots are, 

 in consequence, but little affected, their increase for 

 the season having been completed in the previous 

 summer; and in the following season, the whole 

 amount of force exerted by the full complement 

 of roots is brought to bear on a top limited by win- 

 ter pruning, and this force is evinced by over-luxuri- 

 ance, Avhich some remedy by root pruning. 



With regard to young spray springing from the 

 ends of previously shortened shoots, it may be cut 

 back to two eyes, in all cases. — Lindky. 



HOG MANURE. 



Well knowing the cxcellrnce of hog manure, I 

 tested it against guano and bone manure in the cul- 

 tivation of turnips ; the result was quite equal to 

 guano, and beat the bone dust hollow ; and I found 

 the same result on light as on heavy land. I pre- 

 pare my manure under cover, having a large dry 

 shed, in which I put a layer of dry coal ashes about 

 a foot thick, to which the deposits of the hogs are 

 taken, both liquid and solid ; and as soon as it begins 

 to ooze out, I put on more ashes ; and so on, until it 

 gets about four feet in thickness. I then commence 

 a fresh layer, and treat it in the same manner. Af- 

 ter lying some time, it is turned over two or three 

 times, when it is fit fordriUing. In this way, I have 

 put in forty- five acres of turnips the present year, 

 and no other manure ; the result being ojien for the 

 inspection of every one. 



I find the droppings of three hogs, carefully pre- 

 served, to be an ample dressing for two acres, and 

 quite equal to three sacks of bone dust per acre. 

 And I consider, if we can obtain such valuable ma- 

 nure for nothing but the labor, it is bettor than put- 

 ting our hands into our pockets, and paying six 

 or eight dollars an aero for artificial manures. — 

 Agric. Journal. 



BE KIND. 



Be kind to thy father — for when thou wert young, 



AVho loved thee so fondly as he ? 

 He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, 



And joined in thy innocent glee. 

 Be Icincl to thy father — for now he is old, 



His locks intermingled with gray : 

 His footsteps arc feeble, once fearless and bold : 



Thy father is passing away. 



Be kind to thy mother — for lo ! on her brow 



May traces of sorrow be seen ; 

 O, well mayst thou cherish and comfort her now, 



For loving and kind hath she been. 

 Remember thy mother — for thee will she pray, 



As long as God giveth her breath ; 

 With accents of kindness then cheer her lone way 



E'en to the dark valley of death. 



Be kind to thy brother — his heart will have dearth 



If the smile of thj' joy be withdrawn ; 

 The flowers of feeling will fade at the birth, 



If the dew of affection be gone. 

 Be kind to thy brother — wherever you are, 



The love of a brother shall be 

 An ornament purer and richer by far 



Than pearls from the depth of the sea. 



Be kind to thy sister — not many may know 



The depth of true sisterly love ; 

 The wealth of the ocean lies fathoms below 



The surface that sparkles above. 

 Thy kindness shall bring thee many sweet hours, 



And blessings thy pathway to crown ; 

 Affection shall weave thee a garland of flowers 



More precious than wealth or renown. 



THE OLIO. 



A Sad Condition. — Miravaux was accosted by a 

 sturdy beggar, asking alms. " How is this," in- 

 quired Miravaux, " that a lusty fellow lilco you, is 

 thus employed ? " " Ah, " replied the beggar, look- 

 ing very piteously, " if j'ou did but know how lazy I 

 am ! " Mii"avaux gave him a piece of silver. 



luiSH Wit and Gallaxtry. — One day, when our 

 streets were a perfect glare of ice, a lady pedestrian 

 lost her balance and fell. As we aimed to assist her, 

 we encountered a genuine son of the Green Isle, 

 who, on assisting the lady to rise, exclaimed, " Faith, 

 ye must be a lovely good lady ; for don't the blessed 

 Book tache us that it is the wicked that stand on slip- 

 pery places ? " — Ind. Siata Sentinel. 



Never go back. — Never go back — never. What 

 you attempt, do with all your strength. Determi- 

 nation is omnipotent. If the prospect is somewhat 

 darkened, put the fire of resolution to your soul, and 

 kindle a flame that nothing but the strong arm of 

 death can extinguish. 



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