256 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



of raising and fattening droves of cattle and hogs 

 without profit on them, in consideration of the money 

 he makes by marketing his corn in that way, and 

 getting for it but twelve and a half cents a bushel." 



It would seem superfluous to add any thing more 

 on this subject. But in fact, all that has been thus 

 far stated, is but its threshold. I will just suggest 

 two views, which, if correct, — and I do not see how 

 they can be disputed, — will serve to show that the 

 great west must become the richest country on the 

 face of the earth. 



It is abundantly demonstrable that a raikoad to the 

 Pacific will forever put Indian corn at a minimum 

 of thirty cents per bushel in any part of Illinois. 

 Indeed, I am not sure that a railroad to the Atlantic 

 cities will not accomplish the same result. Another 

 fact : It will be seen in another article of this day's 

 Advertiser, that in the comparatively cold and sterile 

 region of Northern Pennsylvania, close farming has 

 produced a yield of one hundred and twenty bush.els 

 of corn to the acre, by an individual who believes 

 he will be eventually able to raise one hundred and 

 sixty bushels per acre. What has been done in Penn- 

 sylvania, can readilj- be done in Illinois, when high 

 prices shall stimulate the effort. — Cist's Cm. Adv. 



NOTICES OF PUBLICATIONS. 



Acts and Resolves, passed by the legislature of 

 Massachusetts, in 1849. — These occupy 266 large 

 octavo pages, showing that if our legislators did hold 

 a long session, of which many complained, they were 

 very industrious ; and many, who were the most 

 active on committees, must have had a very laborious 

 task. 



The American Takmer. — This able and instruc- 

 tive journal, by S. Sands, Baltimore, has just com- 

 menced a new volume. Monthly, 32 pages, at $1 a 

 year. This is a descendant of the old American 

 Farmer, by Skinner, the first agricultui-al paper ever 

 published in this country ; and the whole series, 

 from the beginning down to the present period, is 

 well filled with interesting and valuable matter. 



PROFESSIONAL WOMEN. 



An effort is now making to establish, in Boston, 

 an institution for the education of females as ob- 

 stetric practitioners — a most important object. This 

 department of practice ought never to have passed 

 out of the hands of women, and would not had they 

 been provided with instruction and opportunities 

 for acquiring practical knowledge, as iS the case in 

 European countries. This enterprise is conducted 

 by the " American Medical Education Society," under 

 the patronage of which a number of intelligent 

 females have already been educated. Persons wish- 

 ing further information, or to render the society 

 pecuniary aid, can call on, or correspond with, the 

 secretary, Samuel Gregory, 25 Cornhill. 



SALE OF CATTLE AND SHEEP. 



We would call particular attention to the sale of 

 fine Hereford cattle and Merino sheep, as advertised 

 on our cover, of Messrs. Bingham. 



A National Convention of the Friends of 



Education will be held at Philadelphia on the 22d 

 day of August. This call is made by a large num- 

 ber of gentlemen distinguished for their talents and 

 zeal in this cause, and we trust that there will be a 

 hearty response from every part of the Union. 



Present for the Fourth. — Mr. John Bridge, of 

 Chelsea, and Mr. Geo. Thayer, of Randolph, presented 

 us with boxes of fine strawberries for the fourth of 

 July, which wo neglected to acknowledge in our last 

 number. 



AGRICULTURAL HYMN. 



Great God of Eden ! 'twas thy hand 



First clad earth in bloom. 

 And shed upon the smiling land 



Nature's first rich perfume : 

 Fresh at thy glance the flowers sprang, 



Kissed by the sun's first rays — 

 While jilain, and hill, and valley rang 



With life, and joy, and praise, 



God of the Clouds ! thy hands can ope 



The fountains of the sky. 

 And on the expectant thirsty crop 



Pour down the rich supply : 

 The farmer, when the seed-time's o'er, 



Joys in the mercies given — 

 Thinks on thy promised harvest store, 



And, smiling, looks to Heaven. 



God of the Sheaf ! to thee alone 



Are due our thanks and praise. 

 When Harvest's grateful labor's done. 



On Plenty glad we gaze : 

 Then shall our thoughts on Heaven rest ; 



Thy grace we will adore. 

 And thank that God, whose mercies blest 



Our basket and our store. 



THE OLIO. 



A Hint to Bachelors. — A lady named Mary 

 Ann Aldridge, had occasion to send a note to a gen- 

 tleman, and put two r's into her first name in the 

 signature, thus: "Marry Ann Aldridge." Tlie 

 man was a bachelor, and consequently took the hint : 

 he married Ann Aldridge. 



Science must be combined with practice to make 

 a good farmer. 



If you would be happy when old, be temperate 

 while young. 



When Prosperity was well mounted, she let go 

 the bridle, and soon came tumbling out of the 

 saddle. 



TERMS. — The New England Farmer is published 

 every other Saturday, making a neat and handsome 

 volume, at the close of the year, of 416 pages, at ^I a 

 year, or five copies for Jjl4, payable in advance. It may 

 be neatly bound at 185 cents, or elegantly bound in 

 muslin, embossed and gilt, at 2.5 cents a volume. As it 

 is^ stereotyped, back numbers can be furnished to new 

 subscribets. 



Ig^ The Postage .^gi 



On this paper is only 1 cent, or 26 cents a year, within 

 the state, or within 100 miles out of the state ; and lA 

 cents, or 39 cents a year, beyond those distances. 



stereotyped at the 

 boston type and stereotype foundry. 



