NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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potatoes ; they are enough for me." Go and enjoy 

 them then, say we, but those wiser than you will 

 look well to the thrift of the garden, their currant 

 and gooseberry bushes will bo well pruned, the 

 ground well manured, well forked, and the conse- 

 quence will be, that instead of depending upon a few 

 dried apples, for pies, &c., to fill up the vacancy be- 

 tween old and new apples, they will have an abun- 

 dance of fresh fruits for culinary purposes through 

 that period, or a succession of fruits through the year. 

 Now, Avho will not willingly labor to produce such a 

 result, or, in other words, who would forego the com- 

 fort it brings after having enjoyed it for one season. 

 " But it takes so long for them to come into bearing ! " 

 Dear reader, did you ever know an individual that 

 complained of its taking so long for a tree or bush to 

 grow, that was proverbial for success in any thing ? 



We have known two individuals, educated at the 

 same school and settled in the same neighborhood. 

 One of them, Mr. A., in the days of his boyhood was 

 forcibly impressed with the beauty of a well con- 

 ducted garden ; but when he tasted of its delicious 

 fruits and vegetables, his admiration ran so high, that 

 he resolved on having a garden of his own. His 

 first labor Avas to eradicate the pigweed and beggar- 

 louse in the premises where his father had planted 

 " potatoes and a few cabbage," and then, by a 

 thorough manuring, ploughing, and laying out, to 

 prepare the ground for future operation. Asparagus, 

 currant, gooseberrj', and raspberry bushes were intro- 

 duced when convenience aided the operation ; that 

 noblest of all substitutes for a good apple pie, the 

 rhubarb, was planted in a rich niche ; the strawberry 

 bed, too, claimed a place both for variety and luxury ; 

 and, after being properly cared for only two short 

 years, — a period which to most men, especially the 

 can't do's and can't waits of the Avorld look in the 

 retrospect as a dream, a period of vs'hich they have 

 an indefinite recollection, — all these things were in 

 maturity, and amply, yea, in a thousand fold, repay- 

 ing all the cost and labor bestowed on them. 



So, too, with vegetables. Early potatoes were in- 

 troduced to take the place of the tardy " long Johns ; " 

 and though the cabbage plat received due consider- 

 ation, the broccolis and cauliflowers came in to claim 

 a share of merit by its side. Indeed, every comfort, 

 every luxury a garden can afford, in two years from 

 that annihilation of gross and unseemly weeds, found 

 a place there. In consequence, better health was the 

 result of this increase of comforts, and cheerfulness 

 and hilarity of spirits took the place of moroseness 

 and turbulence of feeling. And do you suppose that 

 a great demand on the young farmer's time was 

 created by this ncAV accession of the useful and beau- 

 tiful ? Time it certainly does require to nurture and 

 bring so fine an array of plants to maturity as young 

 farmer A. now possessed ; and so it requhcs time to 

 secure and attain any valuable object. But the time 

 necessary to cultivate a garden may with most farm- 

 ers be made up of the thrumbs and odd ends of other 

 employments ; and a man of persevering energy will 

 accomplish much, almost produce a new creation in 

 the odd spells which others will spend in folding 

 their- arms and whining because it takes so much 

 time to accomplish any thing. W. B. 



Aiml, 1849. 



For the Neio Enc/land Farmer. 



LIQUID MANURE FOR CELERY. 



I raised my celery last year in the following man- 

 ner, and with the best success that I ever had. I 

 made my onion beds six feet wide, with alleys between, 

 of about one and a half feet in width. The latter part 

 of June, I took strong liquid manure, wet those allej-s, 

 and then dug them up, two or three inches deep ; 

 and in the course of a week or two I went through 



the same operation again. I then set the plants the 

 first favorable opportunity, and as soon as they began 

 to grow, I put on more manure of the same kind. 

 As soon as the onions could be got off of the ground, 

 I commenced tilliug. The quantity raised was four 

 hundred roots, and the quantity of manure not more 

 than a boy twelve years old would wheel in a barrow 

 at three times. The manure was taken green from 

 the cow or horse stable, and prepared by mixing in a 

 half hogshead tub. I attribute mj success to hav- 

 ing all the manure in the immediate vicinity of the 

 roots, and the earth to bleach with free from manure 

 to cause rust. The celery was large enough, say 

 three feet long. A quantity of manure prepared 

 and used in the above manner will do more good 

 than in any other way that I have ever tried it. I 

 set my tub in the ground and choose to let the ma- 

 nure stand a few days after mixing. B. F. C. 



For the Neio England Farmer. 

 AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Mi{. Coi.F, : In glancing the eye hastily over the 

 pages lately published under the direction of the 

 secretary of the commonwealth, there appears much 

 reason to class this among the most useful of the 

 state publications. It comes nearer home to the 

 business and interests of the major part of the com- 

 munity, than any other. The inequalities in the 

 returns froar different counties are quite apparent. 

 Would those intrusted with the preparation of those 

 reports but reflect a little on the opportunity afforded 

 to disseminate useful information, they might make 

 them even much more valuable than they arc. 



It would seem from the communication under the 

 authority of the trustees of the Massachusetts So- 

 ciety, that their efforts at jyresciit are limited to the 

 improvement of our stock, by crossing them with the 

 best imported animals — those reputed to be "pure 

 blooded." That much benclit may come of this, if 

 properly directed, we cannot doubt ; but that this is 

 the only subject worthy the patronage and care of a 

 society so enlightened, the first organzied in our 

 country, we shall be slow to believe. 



While the Massachusetts Society are limiting their 

 attention to the introduction of the pure blood of 

 foreign animals, we find the New York State Society 

 extending their operations to everj' branch of culture. 

 Notwithstanding the dictum of Governor Wright, 

 quoted by Mr. Phinney, to the contrary, we cannot 

 doubt that the mode pursued by the latter is the 

 more truly philosophical. Some will be interested 

 in one form of improvement, others in another; — the 

 greater the variety of forms, therefore, the more en- 

 larged will be the interest. 



If we rightly understand the report of the trustees, 

 about half a dozen pure-blooded animals have been 

 quartered in different counties of the commonwealth, 

 in the hope of thereby changing the character of the 

 breed of animals in those sections. If the superiority 

 of these animals shall be so conspicuous as to satisfy 

 our farmers that none but their progeny are worth 

 raising, the result anticipated may be attained. But 

 until this conviction is brought upon their minds, I 

 should as soon think of freeing our country of the 

 blood of the Afi-ican race, by the operation of Jlr. 

 Clay's fanciful theory of emancipation. 



It may be true that " a little leaven leaven eth a 

 whole lump," — but the principle is not applicable in 

 the propagation of animals. On the contrary the 

 peculiarities of the few will be much more likely to 

 be absorbed and obliterated in the general mass. 

 What though a fraction of an eighth or a sixteenth 

 remain after as many crossings in this fraction to 

 control and give character to the remainder? We 

 would not discourage anv rational experiments to 



