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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



jBomcstic ^Department. 



Fruits. — Many farmers do not consider the im- 

 portance of fruits, or, owing to their having much 

 other business on hand, they neglect them. Let the 

 neglect be from what cause it may, the good lady of 

 the house should take hold of the subject and en- 

 courage the business, and assist all in her power — and 



that is a great deal — in having a spot of land well 

 prepared and set with fruit trees.* In many cases, 

 ladies take the principal management of the fruit 

 garden, and we never knew a case of the kind that 

 was not successful. 



In attending to this subject, it is best to select a 

 few of each species that have, from thorough trial, 

 proved to be excellent. After this is accomiilished, 

 it is well to try some of the new kinds of high pre- 

 tensions; but avoid running into too many experi- 

 ments, as some of them may be unsuccessful, and 

 discourage beginners. 



We need not speak of the advantages of fruit, 

 as a delicious luxury, as a valuable ingredient 

 in food, and often constituting of itself a valu- 

 able dish. On health it has an important effect, 

 which alone is sufficient to recommend its general 

 use. With a plenty of good fruit, properly prepared, 

 children want but little meat, or butter, and their 

 food will be far more healthful. Its use may also be 

 recommended on the score of economy. 



Every family that has a spot of land sufficient for 

 fruit trees or grape vines, should give attention to 

 their culture, that they may have fruit fresh from 

 the trees, and the pleasure of eating the fruits of their 

 own industry. 



Female Culture. — The great entertainments of 

 all ages are reading, conversation, and thought. If 

 our existence after middle life is not enriched by 

 these, it becomes meagre and dull indeed. And 

 these will prove sources of pleasure just in propor- 

 tion to previous intellectual culture. How is that 

 mind to have subject matter of pleasurable thought 

 during its solitary hours, which has no knowledge of 

 the treasures of literature and science, which has 

 made no extensive acquaintance with the distant 

 and the past ? And what is conversation between 

 those who know nothing ? But, on the other hand, 

 what delight is that mind able to receive and impart, 

 which is able to discuss any topic that comes up, 

 with accuracy, copiousness, eloquence, and beauty ! 

 The woman who possesses this power can never fail 

 to render herself agreeable and useful in any circle 

 into which she may be thrown ; and when she is so, 

 she cannot fail to be happy. A full mind, a large 

 heart, and an eloquent tongue, are among the most 

 precious of human things. The young forsake their 

 sports and gather around, the old draw nigh to hear, 

 and all involuntarily bow down to the supremacy of 

 mind. These endowments add brilliancy to youth 

 and beauty, and when all other charms are departed, 

 they make old age sacred, venerable, and beloved. 



How TO MAKE Cream Cheese. — For two cream 

 cheeses, take six quarts of new millc and one of sweet 

 cream, to which add two or three spoonfuls of ren- 

 net, and let it stand until sufficiently firm ; spread a 



linen cloth in a large basin of cold water, lay the 

 curd gently on it, tie the cloth, and hang it up to 

 drain, for four or five hours, in a cool place ; then 

 change the cloth, and put the curd into a vessel the 

 circumference of a common plate, and press it mod- 

 erately six or eight hours, when it must be taken out, 

 turned, and split horizontally with a thread ; lay the 

 cloth between the two cakes, and again put them in 

 press for twelve or fourteen hours : if then pressed 

 enough, which can be ascertained by their firmness, 

 keep them in fresh grass a few days, turning them 

 morning and evening. The price of these, about the 

 fill of a common dining plate, is twenty-five cents. 

 It is wonderful what a variety of forms and dishes 

 a good housewife will learn to make in the country 

 out of a few simple materials, to tickle the palate of 

 the "lord and master," and leave him without any 

 honest excuse to be tired and out of humor with his 

 own home and fireside ! 



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For the Neio Englayid Farmer. 



Industry. — Boys should be industrious, busy, 

 and active, ever desiring and aiming at improve- 

 ment. Happiness and success in life depend upon 

 this ; usefulness in the world — an object worth liv- 

 ing for — is greatly promoted by an economical appro- 

 priation of our time. Spare moments — the golden 

 .sands of life — should all bo turned to good account. 

 Much is to be learned, and more, if possible, is to be 

 accomplished. Time, even if lengthened beyond our 

 reasonable expectation, is not too long to be appro- 

 priated to those virtuous uses which the Great Dis- 

 penser of all our blessings requires of our hands. 



When not actively engaged in bodily labor, let the 

 mind take its alternate turn at some laudable object 

 or useful purpose ; even then, when the muscles arc 

 in action, the higher organization of thought and 

 mental application may not remain idle ; mind may, 

 and should, predominate over matter ; therefore let 

 the faculties of the soul expand and mount upward 

 on the rapid ^^ ings of improvement and a legitimate 

 and rational system of enjoyment. J. 



PoLiTEXESS. — Be polite at all times, and to all 

 persons. Remember that you will lose nothing by 

 thus doing ; you will be more respected, and cer- 

 tainly more beloved, than you will be if you are in 

 the habit of answering in an abrupt or unkind 

 manner. It will also render you happier to do this ; 

 for if polite yourself, you will generally meet with 

 politeness in return ; and if you do not, you will 

 still have the inward consciousness of having your- 

 self acted correctlJ^ — Well- Spring. 



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Remedy for a Cougu. — Mr. Charles Pierce, of 

 Milton, a farmer, of about fifty-seven j'ears of age, 

 informs us that for several winters past he had 

 been afflicted with a severe cough, which continued 

 notwithstanding various medicines were used. As 

 w'arm weather came on, in spring, his cough abated. 



The past winter, he was troubled, as usual, with a 

 cough ; and he resolved to try a new remedy. Ac- 

 cordingly, he commenced clearing up a piece of land, 



