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NEW ENGLAND I'A113IEK 



JILY IG. 1«3#. 



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JULY. 



Thk c'loMils poured out water ; the skies sent 

 soiiiiil ; tliilie arrows also went abroad. 

 " Tlie voice of tliy tiiuuilor was in the heaven ; 

 the liglitiiiiiirs lightened ilie world ; the earth 

 trenihled aiul shook." — Psalm Ixxvii. 17, IS. 



" Look upon the rainbow, and praise liini that 

 nude it ; very heautil'ul it is in the briglitness 

 thereof. 



'■ It conipassoth the heaven about with a jrloiions 

 circle, ami the hands of the Most High have bund- 

 ed it." — Ecrli-.iiitstir.iis xliii. 11, 12. 



Now let me ircud ilie meaflow i>aihs, 



While glllterin^ dew Uie fjrounil illumes, 

 As. sprinkleil o'er ihe wiilieiiuj; swaUi.s, 

 Their nioisuirc shrinks, in sweet perfumes. 



Sunniier! glowing summer! Tliis i.s the month 

 of heat and sunshine ; of clear, fervid skics^ dusty 

 roads, and sliriidiing streams ; wiien doors and 

 windows are thrown open ; — a cool gale is the 

 most welcome of all visiters, and every drop of 

 rain is worth its weight in gold ! Snch i.s July 

 commonly ; yet it is sometimes, on the contrary a 

 very showery month, putting the haymaker to the 

 extremity of his [latience, and the farmer upon 

 aii.\ious thoughts for Ins ri|)ening corn Generally 

 sfieaking, liowever, it is the heat of our summer. 

 The landscape i)resents an air of warmth, dryness, 

 and maturity ; the eye roves over brown pastures, 

 corn-fields already white to harvest, dark lines of 

 intersecting hedge-rows, and darker trees, lifting 

 their heavy heads above them. The foliage at 

 this period is rich, full and vigorous; there is a 

 fine haze cast over distant woods and bosky slopes, 

 and every lofty and majestic tree is filled with a 

 soft shadowy twilight, which adds infinitely to 

 their beauty, a circumstance that has never been 

 Kuffioieiitly noticed by either poet or iiainter. 

 Willows are now heautifid oi)jects in the landscape ; 

 tiiey are like rich masses of aborescent silver, es- 

 pecially if stirred by the breeze, their light and 

 fluent forms contrasting finely with the still and 

 sombre asjiect of the other trees. 



Xow is the general season of haymaking. Bands 

 of mowers in their light dresses and broad straw 

 liats, are astir long before the fiery eye of the sim 

 glances above the horizon, that they may toil in the 

 Trcshness of the morning, and stretch themselves 

 at noon in lu.xurious ease by trickling waters, ami 

 lieneatli the shade of trees. Till then, with regu- 

 lar strokes and a sweeping sound, the sweet anil 

 flowery grass falls before them, revealing at almost 

 every stop, nests of young birds, mice in their 

 cozy domes, and the mossy cidls of the Ijumble- 

 l)ee stieatuing with liquid hoiuy ; anon, troops of 

 liaymakers are abroad tossing the green swards to 

 The sun. It is one of Natuie's festivities, endear- 

 ed by a thousand pleasant memories and habits of 

 the olden days, and not a soul can resist it. 



There U i\ sound of tinkling teams and wagons, 

 rolling along lanes and fields the whole country 

 over, uyc, even at midnight, till at length the fra- 

 grant ricks ri.se in the farm-yard, and the pale 

 Bniooth-shaven fields are left in srdilary beauty. 



They who know little about the country, may 

 (luem the strong /)ciic/innt of our poets, and of my- 

 self for rural pleasures, mere roijuauce and poetic 

 illusion ; but if poetic beauty alone were concern- 

 eii, 1 inu.st still admire harvest-lime in the country. 

 Tiio whole laud is then an Arcadia, full of simidt', 

 licallhful and rejoicing spirits. Overgrown towns 

 .aiid uiaimfaeloriea may have changed for the 

 Worse, the sjiirit and feeling of their popidatioii ; 

 ill them "evil communications may have corrupt- 



ed good manners ;" hut in the country at large, 

 there never was a more sim|ile-minded, healthlid- 

 liearted and happy race of people than our British 

 peasantry. — Hamt's Book of the Seasons. 



should 



-WASTING TIME IS BED. 



In all comitries, and in all climates, we 

 try to sleep half our hours before midnight. The 

 person who, .instead of going to bed at nine, sits up 

 till eleven and then sleeps during two hours of 

 daylight the following morning, is guilty of neg- 

 lect of econoniy. For, suppose he makes this his 

 constant practice during liis whole business life, 

 say fifty years. The oil or tallow which he would 

 consume would not be estimated at less than one 

 cent an evening, which in fifty years would be 

 .*182 50 — not a very large suoj, to be sure ; but 

 to every young num worth saving. 



Again, il' an hour's sleep l>efi)re mididght is 

 worth more than an hour in the morning, then an 

 hour in the morning is of course worth less than 

 an hour before ujiilnight; and a person must slee|> 

 a greater nmuber of hours in the morning, to 

 obtain an equal amount of rest. A person re- 

 tiring at eleven and rising at eight, woidd proba- 

 bly get no more rest, possibly less, than a person 

 who should sleep from nine to five — a period one 

 luuir shorter. But if so, he act\ndly loses an hour 

 of time a day. And you well know, if Franklin 

 had not tolil ns so, that time is money. 



Now, if we estimate the value of this time at 

 ten cents an hour for one person in four of the 

 population of the United States — arid this is prob- 

 ably a fair estimate — the loss of an individual in a 

 year, or 313 working days, woidd be .fSl 30. 

 The loss to a popidation equal to that of the Unit- 

 ed Stales, would in fifty years, be no les.s than five 

 thousand and eighty-six millions of dollars. 



Fi-cni tile V'vVzr Yorf: Fanner. 

 PIE PIiANT, OU RIirBARB. 



Amf.rica is blest with a favcu-ahle climate, and 

 peopled by natives from all |)arls of the earth, who 

 variously cultivate our v:uious soils ; and yet om- 

 markets are not so well supplied with fruit and 

 vegetables as those of less favored lauds. This 

 arises in part from the very lindted demand for 

 any thing out of the comnjon way. Animal food 

 is of a more beating and irritable nature than vege- 

 table ; consc()uently less ddapted for our summer 

 season. Indeed at any time, the wholesoineness 

 as well as lu.xuriance of our table is greatly mag- 

 nified by tlies(! salutary additions. Amolig their 

 nund)ers, I wish to call the attention of your read- 

 ers to tlifi Turkish rhubarb, rheum rhaponticum. 

 This is a valuable plant, and only requires to be 

 known to receive general cidlivation ; it has the 

 important recouunendation of presenting itself for 

 the table, when few others for a siudlar purpo.se 

 are to he hail. The petioles or stems of its large 

 fun-like leaf are the part to bo prejiared. When 

 the leaf is fully expanded, cut it close to the main 

 stem, remove the green to]), then deprive the 

 stalk of its outer skin by stripping it down, ami 

 not by cutting with a knife ; then cut it in small 

 lumps, not too thin; and either boil it in dump- 

 lings made of short paste, or bake il in tarts, ut;ing 

 sugar, lemon, &C. to the taste. It is found great- 

 ly to improve the fiavor of cpi)Ie tiirts or pies, by 

 mixing in the proportion of one-third to two-third.s 

 of apples. Tho latter fruit liaving been kept 

 through tho winter, generally loses its flavor and 

 becou^es flat and insipid. But the good housewife 

 will Buoii find a variety of ways to cook this dc- 



liglitlul plant. 1 shall only add that it lias lb' 

 re|mlatiun of being very serviceable in aiding ihi 

 discharge of bile, and conclude with a few re 

 marks on its culture. The medical rhubarb ii 

 principally brought from the nKumlains of Tartary.' 

 and is the dried root of this plant. It grows iher 

 in great abuiulance upon the declivities of ili 

 nunmtains, preferring a light sandy soil, on ih 

 south side hut in the shade ; theriliire procure 

 place in a warm- shady boi'der of your ganic i 

 loosen the earth, far and deep, enrich the s|i<i 

 with some rich light soil, ami place the root upoi^ 

 a snudi quantity of old stable manure, .'■o that iiil 

 top before any leaves have started he si.x inch^J 

 below tlie surface ; over the crown of the ro(.: 

 strew a little ifcre manure and cover it with fin 

 mould. In the spring, when the leaves begin I 

 appear above the ground, draw llie earth rouii 

 I hem, ami when the stem of the leaf has attaine 

 the- length of six or eight inches they lyay' be ci 

 for use. The main stem will attain the''rieight <" 



six or eight feet. The root for planting iiuiy 

 obtained at the seed stores and luu-series. 



As early as February or March, some growe 

 of this plant put barrels or large boxes over t) 

 plants, and cover the whole with heating inanur 

 Tfius treated they will grow very rapidly. Oil 

 ers let them stand in open warm sitiuitions, takii' 

 no other pains than keeping the grouiul free tin 

 weeds, and cut the leaves as wanted. They a: 

 propagated by separating the suckers or roots fro 

 the main stem. In a few years one plant w 

 nuike a dozen or more. B. F. Ames. 



Ill 



From //ic Nt:ie i ork Farmer. 

 DE.STRUCTIOX OF TICKS. 



IIavi.m; noticed an article in your last numb' 

 recouunending tobacco for the destruction of licl 

 upon sheep, with wliich I agree in all exce|)t ll 

 mode of applying it — instead of wetting them vvi 

 a S|)onge before they are sheared, I think it won 

 be more advisable to liave a tub or some oih 

 large vessel, standing by the shearers, and to ha' 

 the sheep dipped into it after their fleeces ha 

 been taken off, in which case the ticks could in i 

 possibility escape destruction. 1 have seen tli 

 method practised upon a flock of about one hu 

 dred sheep, amongst which there could not be oi 

 found that hatl luit fifty ticks upon it, and some 

 them two or three huiulred ; but now there ca 

 not this nimdier be found uiion the whole flock. 

 The stalks of tobacco which are precisely as goi 

 as the leaves, can be bought at about one cent p 

 pound, of which fifteen pounds are sufiicient 

 serve one liundred sheep. B. K. \ . 



Frmu l.'ie N. Y. Farmer. 

 MICE INJURHVG KURSERY PI.ANTS. 



I >0TiCF.D in the Farnicr an extract from t 

 Northern Farmer, complaining of the depredalio 

 of mice in his nursery and among his fruit tn-i 

 I have seen many complaints of the same kin 

 and believe the following remedy will lie foui 

 elfectiud. 



Take one ounce of cicuta seed, or one pound 

 the herb ; pour on to it a gallon or tnore of w.itt 

 h't it stand ten or twelve hours. Then |uit in 

 ihe water as much wheat as it w-jll wet, let 

 stand twelve hours longer, till it has absorbed 

 tho water, then scatter the wheat in iilaces fi 

 quently by the mice, and 1 am persuaded there v 

 be little complaint after. The same may be do 

 with 2 ounces of nux vomica, treated in the sai 

 wnv. RiTlo. 



