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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FOR THE VF.H- ENCLAKD FAR.MER. 



We hopu the following sketch from an F.riglisli poem 

 of the miseries endured by the noble animal whnsc 

 sufferings arc so well described, may a tendency to di- 

 rect the attention of thoi^e wlio avail tin msclves of his 

 services to his wants, and induce them to remember 

 that " the merciful man is merciful to his bca?t." 



Short-sighted Dobbin I — ^Ihou canst only sec 

 The trivial hardelilps tliat encompass thee: 

 Thy chains were freedom, and thy toils repose, 

 C'ouhl the poor post-horae tell thee all hi; woes; 

 Shew thee his bleeding sliouldi rs, and unfold 

 The dreadful anj;uish he endures for gold; 

 llir'd at each call of business, lust, or rage, 

 That prompt the traveller on from stage to sta^e. 

 Still on his strength depends their boasted speed ; 

 For them his limbs grow weak, his bare ribs bleed ; 

 And though he groaning quickens at command, 

 Their extra shilling in the rider's hand 

 Uccomes his bitter scourge ; — 'tis he must feci 

 The double efforts of the lash and steel ; 

 Till wlvn, up hill, the dcstin'd inn be gains, 

 And trembling under complicated pains, 

 I'rone from bis nostrils, darting on the ground. 

 His breatli emitted floats in clouds around; 

 Drops chase each other down his chest and sides. 

 And spatter'd mud his native colour hides; 

 Through his swoln veins the boiling torrent flows. 

 And every nerve a separate torture knows. 

 flis harness loos'd, he welcomes eaget*-eyed 

 The pail's full draught that quivers by his side ; 

 And joys to see the well-knon-n stable door. 

 As the starv'd mariner the friendly shore. 



Ah, well for him if here his suff'rings ceas'd. 

 And ample hours of rest his pains appeas'd ! 

 But rous'd again, and sternly bade to rise, 

 And shake refreshing slumber from his eyes. 

 Ere his exhausted spirits can return. 

 Or through his frame reviving ardour burn, 

 Come forth he must, though limping, niaini'd and sore ; 

 He bears the whip ; the chaise is at the door. — 

 The collar tightens, and again he feels 

 His half-heard wounds inflam'd ; again the wheels 

 With tiresome sameness in his ears resound, 

 O'er blinding dust, or miles of flinty ground. 

 Thus nightly robb'd, and injur'd day by day, 

 His piece-meal raurd'rers wear his lite away. 



FOR THE NEW ENGI.A-VD r.\RMEn. 



The person who tells a falsehood, in order to 

 conceal a weak or wicked action, leans upon a 

 broken reed which not only does not sustain 

 him, but threatens every moment to break and 

 pierce his hand. ^ 



Innocence and mystery never inh.ibit long 

 too;cthrr ; and the brst step towards vice is to 

 make a secret of actions which are neither 

 vicious nor unbecoming. 



A man docs well to take advice, but if he is 

 always governed by his advisers ho looses his 

 own free agency. Advice is useful to enlight- 

 en the understanding, but ought not to direct the 

 will against the dictates of the judgment. 



We can forgive those who hate us, and even 

 those who treat us with contempt may be for- 

 given, but can scarcely be loved. Altection can 

 never blossom, it' its bud has been blighted by 

 scorn ; or in other words we cannot love these, 

 who make it evident that tiiey despise, or think 

 meanly of us. 



Attention to the wants and wishes of those 

 around us, even in matters of small importance, 

 but frequent occurrence, gives the greatest 

 charm to social intercourse. 



From the Essex Register. 

 Mr. Pal fray — As it may be interesting to some 

 of your readers, to learn the results of the ex- 

 periments of some of the ir.ost enterp,nsing Ag- 

 riculturists in the County, 1 have made an ab- 

 stract of the Report of the Committee to exam- 

 ine the claims for premiums '• on Indian Corn 

 and other crops,'' and if agreeable to you, should 

 be pleased to have it published. Such evidence 

 ivas required by the Committee, as leaves no 

 doubt of the iiccuracy of the statements. 

 Respectfully, vours, 



JOHN" \\. PROCTOR. 

 Daiivcrs, Xov. 21, 1C22. 



Mr. Daniel Biirnham, of Newburyport, raised 

 on one acre 117 1-4 bushels of Indian corn, 

 weighing 5(J lbs. to the bushel. The seed came' 

 from the upper part of the Missouri Territory. 

 At present it is uncertain whether this kind of 

 corn can be cultivated to advantage in common 

 seasons. 



Mr. John Lccs^ of Newbury, raised on one 

 acre 103 bushels and 20 quarts of Indian Corn, 

 weighing 5 Hbs. to the bushel, 18 bushels of 

 turnips, 1750 lbs. of pumpkins, 150 lbs. squash- 

 es — estimated equal to 118 bushels of corn to 

 the acr^. 



Mr. Ilcnry Little, of Newbury, raised on one 

 acre 1 16 bushels and 9 quarts of Indian Corn, 

 weighing 58 lbs. to the bushel. 



Mr. Krastus Jinn?, of Salem, raised on one 

 acre 93 3-4 bushels of Indian Corn. 



Mr. Richard Cro~jciii>ishiehl, of Danvers, raised 

 on one acre 90 1-2 bushels of Indian Corn. 



Mr. Daniel Mears, on the farm of the Hon. 

 William Reed, of Marblehead, raised on one 

 acre 87 1-2 bushels of Indian Corn. 



Mr. Jacob Gould, of Boxford, raised on one 

 acre 72 bushels of Indian Corn. 



Mr. Isaac Dodge, of Hamilton, raised on one 

 acre 70 3-4 bushels and 5 quarts of Indian Corn. 



Mr. Jacob Wilkins, on the farm of Benj. T. 

 Reed, Esq. of Marblehead, raised 50 bushels of 

 Barley to the acre. 



Mr. Henry Little, of Newbury, raised 687 1-2 

 bushels of English Turnips on one acre. 



Messrs. Silas and Joseph Little, of Newbury, 

 raised 615 bushels of English Turnips on one 

 acre. 



Mr. John Dwinel, of Salem, raised on 101 1-3 

 rods of land, 29 tons, one quarter, and 25 lbs. of 

 Beets. 



Mr. Dzi'incl also raised 8 tons and 3 cwt. of 

 C;irrots, on 111 1-2 rods of land. 



Mr. David Little, of Newbury raised on one 

 acre 970 1-2 bushels of Mangel \Vurtzel, 2 bush- 

 els of Carrots, and 107 Cabbages. 



The crops of Potatoes and Ruta Baga were 

 not large. 



From the New-York American. 



The Battle of the Beets. — By this morning's 

 mail, we find the papers fiom all quarters chal- 

 lenging the world to vie with the mammoth 

 vegelahles they respectively describe. These 

 challenges, to say the lca.»t of them, arc very 

 harmless ; and, as there is no probability tlnit 

 the contest will be settled by powder and ball, 

 we feel little anxiety about being involved in 

 the contest, as pai-ticipcs criminis, by republish- 

 ing their notes of defiance. 



And tirst from Ohio — the land of milk and 

 honey. The v^andusky Clarion states that Ma- 



jor Frederick Falley has this season raised 

 Beet, from the seed of the Bonaparte Sugar Be 

 which, after trimming off _the lea\;es . weigh 

 thirty pounds. It mea.sured in length three fe 

 and (bur inches, in circumference two feet ai 

 .seven inches. 



Next comes our own state, through the me 

 ium of the Saratoga Sentinel, the editor of whi 

 has possession of a large red Beet, raised in tl 

 garden of the Hon. Samuel Young, the prese 

 season, which measures two feet four and a hi 

 inches in circumference, and weighed, wh' 

 taken from the ground, eighteen pounds. 



And now, " Pennsylvania against the world 

 The Westmoreland Republican announces tl 

 satisfaction of having seen one which measur 

 twenty-two inches and an half, and another twe 

 ty-thrce inches and three-fourths in circunjfi 

 ence. 



The Philadelphia Union also publishes an a 

 count of a •' gigantic vegetable'" — a beet, whii 

 grew in the garden of Mr. D. Kramer, whii 

 weighs fifteen pounds and a half, and measur 

 at the thickest part thirty-four inches, and som 

 what lower down twenty-seven inches. Tl 

 Editor triumphantly asks, " Who can beat this 

 We refer him to the foregoing statements, ai 

 especially to the account in the Sandusky Cla 

 ion, which it must be admitted has sounded prt 

 tv loud on this occasion. 



IMPORTANT IN'VE.VTION. 

 A gentleman of this State, to whom this cou 

 try is much indebted for his former inventioi 

 has lately completed a Machine for Cutting F 

 from Skins, without injury to the Pelt, which b 

 heretofore been rendered useless for leather. 

 is also ascertained, that this machine will she 

 Cloth much better than any machine now in us 

 One man can cut, with this Machine, the f 

 from 1000 skins ])er day, or shear 2500 yards 

 cloth — whereas the cutting of the fur from ; 

 skins or shearing 120 yards of cloth is consider' 

 a day's work, by the present mode ofcuttingai 

 shearing. Thus there is a saving of I9-20lhs 

 the labour — the fur cut by this machine is pr 

 nounced, by good judges, to be better than th 

 cut in the usual way. — Considering the great sa 

 ing of skins, (particulary the seal,) and labor, w 

 must pronounce it one of the most imports) 

 inventions which has honored our country. 



Palladium. 



Hogs. — .\n Ohio farmer recommends coals, ; 

 useful in fattening hogs. After giving his hogs 

 small quantity daily, say two pieces to eac 

 about the size of a hen's egg, they discontinuf 

 rooting, were more quiet, and appeared to faltc 

 faster. He omitted the coal a few days an 

 they commenced rooting; he gave it again ao 

 they ceased to root. He supposes that the co: 

 corrects that morbid fluid in the stomach whic 

 incites them to root deep in search of ires 

 earth. 



L.iRCF. Tf RNIPS. 



To the many extraordinary instances of th 

 strength and fertility of our soil, we take plea' v 

 ure to add, that Wiili;mi Ladd, Esq. of Minot, ) | 

 this county, has raised on his farm, this ychj i 

 turnips of unusual size. He stated to us la^ 

 week, that he weighed three of them, and thei I 

 joint weight was .'!ixty pounds ! Beat this wh 

 can. — Pn.-'lcind Ga:cttc. ■ ' 



