VOL. XVII. BIO. 5 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



35 



ntry and came to this ? I am sure I do not, for 

 as well to do at home, and had plenty of work 

 all that I wanted ; to be sure, at first sight tlie 

 res that are given here appear higher than they 

 'e with us, but if you put this and that together, 

 3 not tliink tliere is much in favor of this coun- 



xeors;e W. " I am sure you do not wish me to 

 you why you emigrated; but if you had gone 

 he English island of Jersey, perhaps you would 

 e had tlie question put to you, as they sometimes 

 uire of emigrants, ' do you fly from justice or 

 ir creditors)' I think it extremely unwise in 

 sons coming to this country to pretend that they 



I all tliey could wish for at home ; and have 

 1, sometimes, to remind such of the Quack Doc- 

 's address, 'Gentlemen, you must not suppose 



I I came here for want—* * * I had enough 

 that at home ?' But to be serious, you and I 

 ne from the same parish in England where we 

 re farming servants, and I wonder you should 

 soon forget the hardships which we were driven 

 every winter, when our masters used to turn 

 their out-door servants, who were tlien com- 

 led to labor upon the roods as paupers, dragging 

 ivel carts like horses, and at wages which were 

 t sufficient to keep body and soul together. I 

 open to have in my possession one of the printed 

 pers issued by the Guardians of the Poor to the 

 rveyor of the roads, which I will read to you ; 

 states the rates of wages which he was to pay, 

 d which yon will have too much reason to know 

 correct. The original paper is in the hands of 

 3 editor. 



RATE OF WAGES TO BE PAID PER WEEK. 



ngle Man, not exceeding 

 married Man, with a wife, but no child liv- 

 ing widi him, 



married Man, with a wife and one child, 

 married Man, with a wife and two children, 

 married Man, with a wife and three chil- 

 dren. 



Widower, with one child, 

 Widower with two children, 

 Widower, with three children, 

 married Man or Widower, with more than 

 three children, 



s.d 

 50 



cc 



73 



80 



8G 

 6 

 80 

 86 



90 



it is to expend a man's wages for one week, and 

 see what can be obtained for the same. I get a dol- 

 lar and a quarter a day, and you do the same ; to 

 be sure we work hard for it, but that is no hardship 

 as we are able — 'tis a great mistake to suppose it 

 is wrong to obtain one's bread by the sweat of one's 

 brow, and so the magistrates think, for when they 

 determine to punish a rnan most severely they send 

 him to the Penitentiary and keep him williout per- 

 mitting him to work — well then, for i;7,50, a (week's 

 watfes,) may be bought 



A new liat, $'' '■' 



New pair of shoes, 1 00 



New pair of trowsers, 1 00 



New umbrella, /5 



2.5 lbs. of meat, 1 25 



1 lb. of tobacco, 10 



lib. of tea, 25 



1 lb. of coffee, 13 



3 lbs. of sugar, 21 



New gown for wife, 5(i 



An acre of free land, 1 50 



$7 50 



Now tell me, is there any other country in the 

 world where this can be done ? Why don't you 

 speak ? 



I will leave you to lay out the wages for a week, 

 such as we used to receive in the old country, for 

 they are so small that I fear if I were to attempt to 

 handle them, they would slip throrigh my fingers" 



John D. was struck speechless, but when he re- 

 covers his senses he will be the better for the con- 

 versation so long as he lives. 

 I am, sir, 



An Emigrant, and 



Your Subscriber. 



ACCOUNT CURRENT WITH A PIG. 

 Mr Holmes : — I write that farmers and pork 

 raisers may learn whether it is profitable to go 

 larirely into the business in this State or not. I 

 have to this end opened an account current with a 

 pig, for which I gave on the first of October, at a 



But if potatoes cost only ten cents per 

 bushel, (whicli, in fact, is all they cost in 

 raising,) then deduct from my charges 

 against it 10,.50 



Making the profit .$14,70. 



Twelve sucli would give a profit of S17(),40 — a 

 pretty item and plenty of manure. 



Some may suppose the pig was not so expensive 

 as I have made it — that it would not cat a peck of 

 potatoes a day, &c. &c. If potatoes are worth 

 more than I liave put them at, pork should be too. 

 I write, hoping to hear from others. No doubt Sep- 

 tember pigs are most profitable — they eat much less 

 than earlier ones in winter,' whereas early pigs 

 eat, the first summer, what the later ones should 

 have, — and on New Year's day, when the Septem- 

 ber pigs are 16 months old, there will be very little 

 difference- in their size, if the late ones are kept 

 warm the first winter. Some have supposed an 

 early spring pig on the whole most profitable to kill 

 on the first of January following ; respecting which, 

 I hope some farmer will communicate his views 

 through the Maine Farmer. Pen and Ink. 



Maine Farmer.l 



Influence of the Moon on Timber. — A very 

 intelligent gentleman, named Edmonstone, who was 

 nearly 30 years engaged in cutting timber in Dem- 

 arara and who made a number of observations on 

 trees during tliat period, says that the moon's in- 

 fluence on trees is very great. So observable is 

 this, tliat if a tree be cut down at full moon it will 

 immediately split as if torn asunder by the influ- 

 ence of great external force. They are likewise 

 attacked much earlier by the rot than if allowed 

 to remain to another period of the moon's age. 

 Trees, therefore, which are intended to be applied 

 I to durable purposes, are cut only during the first 

 and last quarters of the moon, for the sap rises to 

 the top of tlie tree at full moon, and falls in propor- 

 tion to the moon's decrease. 



The number of children, in all cases, to be un- 

 erstood as of children who can earn nothing thera- 

 jlves, but are supported solely by their parents. 



No hoy to be employed on the Roads where the 

 umber of children does not exceed three. 



No boy living with his parents to be employed 

 n the Roads, who is under seventeen years of 

 ge. 



Only one boy of a family to be employed, and 

 ds wages in no case to exceed the above men- 

 ioned. 



The wages of the boy in all cases to be paid to 

 he parents. 



AVhere there are more tlian three children in the 

 'amily, all beyond three will be taken in the House 

 )f Industry if the parenU wish it. 



Single men out of service to have 5 shillings 

 per week only in those cases where they are not 

 maintained by the parent. 



And now let us put this and that together, as you 

 proposed, and see if tliere is not some difference 

 in favor of the wages in this country. I have hit 

 upon a very simple plan of deciding this question ; 



month old, 



Kept it until it was 16 months old, and 

 then slaughtered it. 14 months of which 

 time I kept it on raw and boiled potatoes — 

 allowing it a peck a day ; soon after wean- 

 ing it did not need that amount, but it had 

 milk or something as expensive ; which re- 

 sults in his consuming, in the 14 months, 



105 bushels, at 20 cents the bushel, 



amounts to 



The month on its dam, and 14 months 

 on potatoes, as above, brags it to 15 months 

 old ; the other month (for it was not slaught- 

 ered until 16 months old,J I kept him on 

 Barley meal, at 67 cents the bushel, and it 

 eat a half peck per day, — ^^which amounts, 

 for the last month, to 



Tax, 



I charge nothing for attendance, risk, 

 &c., being more than paid in offal and ma- 

 nure. 



$1,50 



When slaughtered, it weighed three hun- 

 dred jiounds, which, at 8 cents the pound, 

 brought mc " $24,00 



Loss, 



Strong facts in regard to Horce Racing. — A wri- 

 ter in the Louisville city Gazette, thus tersely pre- 

 sents this matter: 



" Races, it is said, improve the breed of horses. 

 And what if they did, if they degrade the breed 

 of men. But I doubt the truth of the position. 

 Some few startling or stubborn facts are on the 

 other side. I never heard of races in Arabia, yet 

 the best horses and the best blood in the world are 

 tliere. The great racing stock of England and 

 America came from the blood of the Godolphin 

 Arabian. There are no races in New England, 

 yet the New England horses in this country are 

 worth from fifty to a hundred per cent, more than 

 southern horses. The horses for the plough, dray, 

 saddle, stage, coach, or gig, in New England, 

 would bring under tlie hammer far higher prices in 

 racing sections of the country, than their own hor- 

 ses. Racing only improves the breed of race hor- 

 ses. I was told in Virginia, by the stage drivers, 

 that their best horses were brought from Vermont 

 and New Hampshire, the Green Mountain horses are 

 the best in the country for symmetry, strength, 

 fleetness and endurance. Yet there is no racing 

 in New England. Racing, then, is surely not es- 

 sential to make good horses." 



The operation of the new Banking la\v in New 



York, seems to be preparing the way for another 



blow-up, on a more; extensive scale than has been 



known before. Fifty-Million Banks are talked of 



1 20 at every corner. — Salem Gaz. 



21,00 



2,40 

 30 



25,20 



