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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



IllARC?^ 18, IS40 



MISCELLANEOUS 



THE MONKEY 



flKAR Brother of the womls I we linii 



Our likeness ! (p!I except tlie tail '.) 



When swinging I'mrtl Ihy cocha Iree, 



The nimhlesi nf " Jack tars " we see ! 



And when curled up upon a rock, 



liike pursnii preaching to liis flock. 



An thou flesccntlanl of poor Cain, 



Who toiiU " the curse "—I'm- hrniher slain ? 



And had impressed upon his brow, 



" A mark '^— that all the world slionid know. 



Heyond a douht thou art the same ! — 



Memorial of the murderer's shame ! 



And yet, in thee, much wisdom is ! 

 Altho' the world salute with hiss. 

 I saw thee once when sailor dared, 

 To pinch thv tail unseemly hard, 

 Catch up a hall of •' spunyarn," and 

 Upon the yardarm— lake thv ^ta^.d, 

 Till " Jack," lorgclling thy 'afTroni. 

 Stood just helow ; (as was his wont.l 

 When down upon his head there came 

 The ball .'—as comes the lightning's flame. 

 While oil top gallant mast secure. 

 Thou chattered at his lace demure ] 



'Thou art the prototype of man! 



When Heaven first pronounced his han.; 



And vow, thy race is often seen. 



Tripping with damsels on the green ; 



iV little stick m hand, and hair, 



Curling ahout his visage fair! 



The tail — luckeil in his overhauls; 



The ears,, his capahove them falls; 



The heard shaved oIT his dimpled chin; 



But all the Tiion^ci/— strong — wit'iin ! 



Tohacco swells his lilly gills,— 



The same as thine., when encoa fills ; 



And all the difference in the " dan.dj ,'* 



That thou drink 7;ii//r, and /te drinks brandij 1 



common to manure the ground by ploughing in ! 

 green vegetables, such tis buck-wheat, cluver, &c., 

 which often succeed well withoiii any oilier help 

 whatever. This objection falls short of its o'ujcct; 

 it only proves th:it profitable crops may be obtained 

 without the cultivator's uiiing animal substancms un- 

 der that form ; but the theory supposes that every 

 vegetable is replete with principles derived from 

 animal siib.stances, and only differs from them in 

 being more subtilized and refined. 



It is equally certain that vegetation may'bepow. 

 erfully promoted, without laying on or providing 

 any inanure at all. 'i ho horse-hoeing system of 

 husbandry depends entirely upon reducing and pul- 

 verizing the soil. It C'lnnot be reasonably suppos- 

 ed, however, that the ispade and hoe, or plough and 

 harrow, or cultivator or scarifier, convey any fertili- 

 zing principles. These operations which are found 

 to render our lands so surprisingly fertile when ju- 

 diciously performed, only prepare the soil for_tlie 

 easy ontrance of those fertilizing principles with 

 wliich the atmosphere is abundantly replete. The 

 atmosphere is the grand magazine, the great recep- 

 tacle of putrid exhalations, which incessantly fly 

 off from all animal substances, the living as well as 

 dead ; and by their specific levity inount tip into 

 the air, from whence, being condensed, they loturn 

 in dews, rain, snow, &c., and iinpregnate the soil as 

 deep as it hath been duly pulverized. 



From the Farmer's Csbinel. 



NUTRITIVE iMANURES. 



It is in the observation of every man, from the 

 most illiterate to the most enlightened, that all kinds 

 of animal substances, when thoroughly digested 

 and corrupted, are the stronoest and most powerful 

 promoters of vegetation. 'J'he hair, the skin, the 

 horns and hoofs, the urine and excrements, the 

 flesh, blood, sinews, and even the. bones, are all 

 richly replete with matter which sUj:ports and in- 

 vigorates vegetation universally. It Is therefore 

 undeniably certain that animal substances contain 

 those principles which are the real and genuine 

 food of plants. It is absurd, therefore, to suppose 

 their food is earth, or water, or air, fire or heat, or 

 any one or single simple element or thing whatev- 

 er. It seems clearly evident, that it is a combina- 

 tion of principles derived from animil substancas 

 by the chemistry of nature. Wh-ii animal sub- 

 stance has been thoroughly purified, almost the 

 whole becomes volatile, and is so far attenuated, 

 subtilized and refined, as to be rendered capable of 

 euteringtlie roots and fibres of the minutest plants. 

 [t seems then, that as the animal kingdoin is en- 

 tirely supported by the vegetable, so is the vege- 

 table by the animal, and each is reciprocally the 

 support of and is supported b ,■ the other. The 

 matter of each is essentially the same ; each is en- 

 dued with the principles of life and augmentation, 

 though appearing under very different forms ; each 

 mutually transmutable into the other by the mere 

 unassisted operations of nature. 



To this theory it may be (jbjected, tlmt vegeta- 

 tion may bo successfully promoted by vegetable 

 manures, without the least assistance from animal 

 substance of any kind. Every one knows that it is 



" MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING." 



" Nothing extenuate.'' — Shahs. 



Gentle reader, did you ever think of nolliing? 

 Your reflective faculty is not questioned ; a iiiiiul 

 will often thir>k of nothing. Nothing pie-cxi-.ted 

 matter ; yet nothing is new. N'othing, therefore, 

 liaih itntiiortul youth. We can entertain the anni- 

 hilation of nothing ; ami yet, it is said, we have 

 the fullest assurance «f the existence of nothing. 

 Much has been written, saiil, and sung about 

 nothing ; and yet the world is ever slow to admit 

 it knows nothing; truly, it fully coin|ireheiideth 

 nothing. I have pondered nothing, nothing more 

 deeply tlian truth and duty. I have not thoujjht 1 

 thought, (as is the case with most who ponder 

 nothing,) but known 1 thought till I thought 1 knew 

 nothing. The fool kiiuweth nothing ; the wise 

 man knoweth that he knoweth nothing. I once 

 heard it sagaciously remarked, that an eloquent 

 preacher had "proved nothing," \i ho proved that 

 nothing u as more evident than the indispeiisable- 

 iiess of religion. Skeptics believe in nothing ; and 

 believers hold nothing more essential to human 

 happiness than Christian truth. The labors of 

 many philoso|)hers have established nothing ; and 

 science has sought nothing more than truth, 'llie 

 geologist gravely tells us that nothing which his re- 

 searches have discovered is at variance with reveal- 

 ed truth, and the Mosaic account of the creation. 

 Nothing causeih much mirth ; and nothing often 

 draws tears. Nothing is more coveted than wealth ; 

 yet nothing is more uncertain. Nothing is more 

 urged in the pulpit than piety and devotion ; yel 

 nothing more needs to be urged. Nothing is more 

 evident than the distinction between legality and 

 equity ; yet nothing is less insisted on. Nothing is 

 more certain than the relation between itause and 

 effect ; yet nothing is often accomjilished. Some 

 love nothing, and are loved by nothing in return. 

 (This is reciprocal attaiditnent !) Nothing is dei- 

 fied ; some worship nothing. Notwithstanding the 

 crying sin of selfishness, (think, 1 pray you, of a 

 sin crying! favorable omen, surely!) nothing' '\s 

 more common ; yet, nothing is more rare than true 

 Christian philanthropy. Nothing embitters life 

 more tbtm envy, jealousy, and strife ; yet nothing 

 promotes self-sacrifice, confidence and peace, more 



than inward purity and rectitude. Nothing is the 

 Ciiuse of more miseiy in social life than unrestrain- 

 ed passion, ill-considered attachment, and -impru- 

 dent marriage ; yet nothing aesures of more bdiss 

 than the purest, iiio.'5t virtuous, self-forgetting love,- 

 and sympathy. If we ask any of the ftiany re- 

 (lining anil discontented, the Caiise of their misery^ 

 the answer will be, " nothing ;'' and, truly, nothing 

 which dwells in the world around them is the 

 cause. 'I'he man of learning prefers nothing to his 

 books ; the lawyer nothing to his fee ; the mer- 

 chant, nothing to his gains ; the votary to sense, 

 nothing lo his pleasures ; and the Chnslian, nothing 

 to.his faith. Some spare nothing to compass their 

 ends ; though the guilty stop at nothing. He who 

 is content, iiesi"cs nothing ; yet he who hath no- 

 thing, is not content. In the competition for the 

 prizes of life, nothing is often obtained, yet nothing 

 satisfies ; still, he who loses nothing is fortune's fa- 

 vorite. Many have nothing to stimulate them to 

 action, and nothing as the object of their being. 

 Nothing may be found by those who seek ; though 

 nothing will be the reward of the indolent and 

 negligent. Nothing, in fine, will be lost, if we 

 hold fast to our integrity ; and nothing is more en- 

 during than power of mind and uprightness of piir- 

 |)ose. Reader, what is nothing 7 lago saith it is 

 money — " Who steals my purse," etc. Yet, I de- 

 j sire to be persuaded of nothing more than this, 

 Where is nothing 7 



" Where begin 

 T!ie suburbs of creation ? Where the wall 

 Whose halllenicnts look o'er into the vale 

 Of non e.'cistence 7 Nothing's strange abode !" 



In thy mind iiJ, most patient reader, and in mine 

 hath been Notuino. 



Pkach Trees. — One of our best fruits is the 

 peach, yet it is very little cultivated in Massachu- 

 setts, except in the immediate vicinity of Boston. 

 The tree requires different treatment from any other. 

 It is subject to injury from the borer. This may 

 bo prevented by a free use of ashes, especially that 

 of anthracite coal round the trunk. Its tendency is 

 to run up like a maple in a swamp, and if left to it- 

 .self it becomes in a few years something like a 

 scraggy hop pole with a cabbage head on the top 

 of it. This may be pi-evented by heading it down 

 when first transplanted from the nursery. _ The 

 second year it will be a spreading tree. To keep 

 it so, cut off all the weak shoots and continue to 

 head down the 'strong ones, modtratelij, -.'.s long as 

 it makes new wood vigoi'ously. I have trees treat- 

 ed in this manner, which have been in full bearing 

 ten years past, without falling one season during 

 the whole time. The peach is trimmed, I think, to 

 the best advantage in February or March. — Ex- 

 change pnpir. 



Book Fakming. — A correspondent of the Far- 

 mer's Cabinet says — "Many farmers set their faces 

 against agricultural nowspapc-s, and utterly discard 

 all iinproved implements of culture. This is not 

 right. Those who oppose these means of iinprove- 

 ment, fight strongly against their own interest. I 

 am free to confess that I was once set against the- 

 ory and hook farming, but since 1 became a sub- 

 scriber to your publication, my views have not only 

 changed, but the aspect of my land has changed, 

 and that much for the better." 



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