NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dv r. G. n;ssi:xDE5. 



RURAL PEACr; A.\D INDEPF.NDEN'CE. 

 That man ii fortunate, who fimc-ly wise, 

 Lifes peaceful blessings ran discern anil [irize, 

 Who neVr hi3 talent?, wealth nor time euiploys, 

 In quest of cnstly anil tumultuoiu joys ; 

 Nor chiirliihiy refuses to partake 

 Of God's good thing?, created for his sake, — 

 Spurning the gifts of Deity desiguM 

 To clicor and bless the lot of huinan-kind — 

 AVith some good bo iks, some good companions blest, 

 " Health in his re in?, and quiet in his breast," 

 Aloof from scenes of riot, noise and strife, 

 Enjoys the comforts of a rural life, 

 lliin no anxiety, no fi ars appal ; 

 lie ne'er submits to " low ambition's" thrall, 

 Ne'er condescends a falsehood to impart, 

 But makes his tongue the herald of his heart — 

 Ne'er stoops to high, nor spurns at low dcgroej 

 His manners still from affectation free, 

 He never masks grim malice with a smilo. 

 Nor makes hypocrisy the guise of guile. 

 Though sometimes blunt, he always is sincere, 

 And what he is, is willing to appear. 

 Though no rich labors of a foreign loom, 

 ■pr costly paintings decorate his room, 

 T.ight, but sound slumber, softly seals bis eyc^j 

 That boon of innocence and exercise, 

 Which monarchs coTct, but cannot enjoy, 

 Pweetly rewards his every day's employ. 

 Health tempers all his cups, and at his board 

 lU'iga the cheap luxuries bis iields afford. 

 Pecu from the eyict-holts of his retreat, 

 i//gA life appears a bubble and a cheat •, 

 He marks the many Who to ruin run, 

 Knaves who undo, and fools who are undone, 

 Some by a sordid thirst of gain control'd, 

 Starve in full stores, and cheat themselves for gold. 

 Others devour ambition's glittering bait. 

 Striving to gain the dignities of state. 

 Much harder, and more dirty work go tlirotigh 

 Than farmers can be call'd upon to do ; — 

 Beholding these, is thankful that his lot 

 Gives peace and freedom in a country cot. 



than Ihrec hundred Ihousand per annum. Suppos- 

 ing that ten packs were the produce of an acre 

 of land, and the market price were only twenty- 

 five cents per hundred, the cultivator would re- 

 alize from the acre four hundred and seventy- 

 two dollars and fifty cents; deduct from thia for 

 rent, labor, &c. and' it will be seen that no oth- 

 er crop can prove so profitable to the farmer. 



" The soils mo?t adapted to the growth of this 

 plant, are those of the more strong and deep 

 kinds ; but which are not too rich, as loamy 

 clays, and such as have strong marly bottoms, 

 and are fit for the growth of wheat cmps." 



" The most favorable situations are those 

 that are rather ele?ated, open, and inclined a 

 little to the south, and the higher grounds, par- 

 ticularly where the country is inclosed, are the 

 most advantageous."' 



" For the preparation of the ground, where 

 it is a lea, it should be ploughed up deeply in 

 tlic early part of the year ; and where it is in- 

 clined to moisture, it should be executed in 

 narrow ridges of not more than three bouts 

 each."' 



" In providing the seed, it should be con- 

 stantly taken from such plants as are the most 

 perfect of their kind, and the most productive 

 in heads. It should be suffered to remain till it 

 becomes perfectly ripened, and be used while 



From the New York Statesman. 



CULTIVATION OF TEASELS. 

 As the season is approaching when the spring 

 planting will commence, I have presumed 

 through the medium of your excellent paper, 



Iresh. 



" From one to two pecks are suflicicnt for an 

 acre, some use three." 



" The crop should be put in as early as the 

 spring will permit. The common method is to 

 broadcast, it being sown after the manner that 

 is practised for turnips. Before sowing, the land 

 should be well harrowed down, in order to af- 

 ford a fine slate of mould as a bed for the seed."' 



" The land should be kept clean from weeds, 

 the plants should be hoed out so as to leave 

 them twelve inches apart, and have them well 

 earthed up. When the blossoms fall the plants 

 are ripe, and in a state to be cut and secured. 

 They should be cut with about nine inches ol 

 stem, and tied up in handfuls with some of the 

 stems. On the evening of the day on which 

 j they are cut, they should be put in a dry shed, 

 and should be exposed to the sun daily in clear 

 I weather, till they become perfectly dry ; they 

 should then be sorted and kept in a dry loft."' 



Having given an account of the manner of 

 raising this plant in England, 1 shall ofi'cr some 



roots will not descend to the same depth in 

 soil, and the winter comes on before they h; 

 recovered their pristine vigour j hence 

 cause of the plants being destroyed either p 

 tially, or altogether during the winter season 



Last year our crop was generally destroy 

 and had not a supply been obtained from E 

 land, the woollen manufacturers would h; 

 been much injured. In that country the c 

 is usually more or less productive, but owins 

 the moisture of the climate, is often of little ■< 

 ue. This was peculiarly the case with tha 

 the year 1822. When the crop failed h 

 last summer, manufacturers and merchants 

 ported to supply the demand, but most t 

 were brought in, having been brought there 

 persons totally unacquainted with the artic 

 the damaged teasels of the crop of 1822 w 

 sent out, which have proved a dead loss to 

 manufacturers who purchased them. I h 

 seen only one lot that can be considered a prj 

 article, and those were bought of Messrs. Di 

 IJethune and Co. 



As this country appears to be destined to 

 come the seat of manufactures, it would 

 well for our agriculturists to turn their ati 

 tion to the raising of such crops as will sup 

 the new denwnds thereby created. It would 

 quire more than sixteen thousand acres to r 

 all that is wanting for the present woollen 

 tablishments, and the demand will be annu 

 increasing. Should you consider this art 

 worthy an insertion, it may encourage m 

 send you other essays relative to the raisin 

 articles now imported. 



A MANUFACTURE 

 of Coluinhia Coi 



which I observe is devoted to every suDjoc 



that can subserve the interest of the agricultur- ; couiit''y 



ist, merchant, and manut'acturer, to Call the at- 



Thc Unnatural Sou. — A certain farmei 

 Connecticut, possessing a small estate, was 

 suaded by his only son, (who was married, 

 lived with his father,) to give him a deed ot 

 property. It was accordingly executed. S 

 the father began to find himself neglected — i 

 removed from the common table, to a bloc 

 the chimney comer, to take the morsel of 

 reluctantly given him — at last, one day the 

 natural son resolved to try once more to bi 

 the heart of his sire. He procured a block 

 began to hollow it. While at work he 

 questioned by one of his children what he 

 doing. " I am making a trough for your gr 

 father to eat out of,"' was the reply. 



J remarks on the mode of cultivating it in this 



says the child, " and when you are as ol 



Those who cultivate them here, arc not suffi-i grandfather, shall I have to make a trough 



ciently attentive to the quality of the seed. In-) you to eat out of?" The instrument he 



een permitted to ripen, they collect it promi3-| the hre— the old man s forgueness asked, 



dicia fullonium, or fullers teasels. 



They are employed for raising the nap on i 

 ■VToolleii cloth, and no other material can bo 

 used as a substitute. It is a biennial plant, and 

 there is some uncertainty in obtaining a crop ; 

 but when planted in a suitable soil and proper- 

 ly cultivated, the chance is three to one in fa- 

 vor of a successful result. The crop, in Eng- 

 land, is sometimes fourteen or more packs to 

 tlio acre, and at other times scarcely any. 

 When cut they are sorted into three different 

 ]{i,„|s — into kinofs, middlings, and scrubs — they 

 are then made into jiatk-, the kings containing 

 nine ihousand, the middlings twenty, the third 

 or scrubs, are not considered as of any value. 



The demand for teas(>is in this country is 

 already considerable, and is daily increasing. 

 Some iiiauufactuicrs art; now consuming more 



cuousiy from those that have been collected for 

 sale. As the teasel is cut for use when the 

 blossom falls before the seed is ripe, the plants 

 cannot be so vigorous as when taken I'rom those 

 heads which have been permitted toripcn. 



The choosing of a genial soil, and situation, 

 together with keeping the crop clean from 

 weeds by good hoeing, is generally neglected 

 by our farmers; all of which nppoar to be es- 

 sentially necessary to insure a productive crop. 



Those who cultivate them in this cquntry, 

 sow the seed in beds and transplant them in 

 the fall. This system is highly objectionable, 

 and is no doubt the principal cause of the fre- 

 quent failure of the crop. The growth of the 

 plants is checked by being transplauted, the 



he was restored to 

 worth entitled him. 



the situation his age 



Sailing Carriages. — A machine, invcntet 

 a gentleman of Christ-College, Cambridge, 

 lately tried at New Market. In shape i 

 nearly that of an isosceles triangle, and it mt 

 with the broad end forward, on four wh<^ 

 It has a boom thirty-two feet long, and an M 

 ceeding high mast. It will carry 12 person ill 

 the rate of thirty miles an hour. To the ; 

 of the hinder wheels is fixed a rudder. It 

 p-o on a wind, and tack as a vessel at sea, ao 

 capable of being so correctly guided, that 

 pilot at pleasure can run the wheels 0T€' 

 ston?. — London Moq. 



