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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



DEC. C. I 



MISCELLANEOUS 



SONG 



Written for the occasion nj the Agricultural .Address at 

 the 16(/i .Anniversary of the American Institute. 



BT ROFCS DAWES. 



Air — Auld Litng Syne, 

 VVIien o'er the briny oceun-wave, 

 From dark oppression's slrnnd, 

 Our pilgrim fathers found a home 

 Upon ihis western land — 



'* God speed the plow !" the heroes CTied, 



" God speed the noble plow !" 

 And echo, througli two hundred yeari, 

 Cries, "Speed the noble plow !" 



The gloomy forest heard the voice, 



And bowed before the blade; 

 While Plenly shouted after Toil, 

 Who labored with the spade — 



" God speed the primal gift to man, 



" God spned the noble plow !" 

 And echo, through two hundred yea-d, 

 Cries, " Speed the noble plow !" 



Now, midst impenetrable wildi, 



Like magic, sprang today 

 Wide fields of yellow-waving corn, 

 That, smiling, seemed to say — 



" God speed the primal gift to man, 



" God speed tlie noble plow !" 

 And echo, through two hundred years, 

 Cries, " Speed the noble plow !" 



Then Commerce, with her million wings, 



Exulting owned her birtli. 

 And cried, while pfowing through the seas. 

 She turned to mother earth — 



" God speed the primal gift to man, 



" God speed the noble plow !" 

 And echo, through all time proclaims, 

 " God speed the noble plow !" 



All wealth, all glory worth the name, 



All happiness and peace. 

 Springs from the furrowed land that yields 

 To Labor rich increase : 



Then speed the primal gi(t to man, 



God speed the noble plow — 

 And may God's blessing rest upon 

 The venerable plow ! 



Use of the Beard — A writer in the Boston Med- 

 ical and Surgical Journal, says : 



" By recurring to the customs of the ancients 

 both previous and for a long period subsequent to 

 the time of our Saviour, it will be seen that it was 

 customary to wear the hair and beard long. We 

 also learn from the best authorities, that diseases 

 of the the throat and chest, as well as scrofula and 

 analogous complaints, were of very rare occurrence 

 among them. Indeed, we believe it to be a fact 

 ivhich cannot be controverted, that, with those na- 

 tions where the hair and beard are worn long, the 

 people are more hardy and robust, and much less 

 suhject to diseases, particularly of a pulmonary 

 character, tlian those who shave. The Turk, the 

 Russ, the Grecnlandcr, the Persian, &.c., have 

 been nearly exempt from broncliial and lunir com- 

 plaints, in comparison with the European and 

 American. 



The fashion of shaving the beard, like many 

 other foolish and injurious custom* of civilized 



life, has often originated from absurd and ridicu- 

 lous causes. Among the first who practiced it 

 were the soldiers of Alexander the Great, who 

 were comniandcd to remove their beards, in order 

 that they might not serve as handles to their ene- 

 mies in battle. When Louis XIH. ascended the 

 throne of France, in KiSfi, it was the custom of 

 the inhabitant to alio'v their faces to remain as 

 their Creator made them. This monarch, howev- 

 er, was a beardless youth, and thus in order to ape 

 royalty, shaving was introduced and beards pro- 

 scribed. In Spain, also, was tlie fashion introduc- 

 ed in a similar manner. Philip V. was a beardless 

 boy, and therefore for fashion's sake, did his sub- 

 jpcts, hitherto noble and manly in appearance, re- 

 duce themselves to this unnatural and childish 

 state. 



The hair being a bad conductor of caloric, is ad- 

 mirably calculated to retain the heat of those parts 

 which it covers, and to protect the important or- 

 gans within from the effects of cold and the con- 

 stant atmospheric vicissitudes to which man must 

 be exposed. With a long and heavy beard, a man 

 can brave with impunity the ' peltings of the piti- 

 less storm,' and bid defiance to the cold winds of 

 winter, while a shaven and unguarded throat must 

 succumb to the piercing blast." 



[To "the ridiculous and absurd causes" above 

 specified, in which customs have originated, it 

 might have been added, that the fashion of wearing 

 the hair long about the ears, was originated (or re- 

 vived) within a few years, it is stated, by a fellow 

 in Paris, who had the misfortune to have his ears 

 cropped for some criminal act— and, to " triumph 

 over his accident," he permitted his hair to grow 

 sufficiently long to conceal his shame. Perhaps 

 the moustache was the ingenious device of some 

 person who had a deformed or ungainly lip. 

 However this may be, this latter fasTiion is not 

 without its use— for, according to Blackwood (and 

 sensible people generally,) "it afl^ords a ready 

 means of distinguishing between a 7?inn and an ape." 



HOWARD'S IMPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOU 



Great improvemenls have heen made the past vc 

 form and workmanship of these Ploughs; the mm 

 has been so formed as to lay the Jurrmc compld 



" ?A '" ,"f ''"'^ possnbie manner. The leiictl 

 mould hoard hash. „ very much increased so 



If P^n ,Jh^ ^iv""" ""'"• '^^^ Committee at the 

 ol Ploughs at Woreester, say, 



we'.^h'inM'' ""["P}"'"" ^« !>ske<l as to which of the 

 we should prefer for use on a farm, we mis-ht perhe- 

 he inquirer, if your land is mostly light and easy 

 try Prouty & Mears but if your land is heavy, hard 



BEGIN WITH Mb. HowaBD's " 



At the above mer,t:oned trial the Howard PI" 

 Z,U /.vf /'''k^'""'^.'"'""^'- o.neam,than a 



Howard Plough turned t,cenl,,nine and onc^alf^ 

 Pll,fT* ^°"" "'C '"=?"' •' A" acknowledge thai I 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most suhs 



^rl^^r^J"^ I'^f? ■'^i'* "" improvement made on I 

 orland side of this Plough, which can be renewed 



,h» ™" M^"""j^ *iT '^"'l^iJe- this shoe likewis. 

 the mould board and landside together, and strengl 

 1 lough very much. 



The price of the Ploughs is from S6 to 8|5. A 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will co 

 sio 50, and with cutter «1, with wheel and cutt 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and See 

 Nos. 51 & 62 North Market Street by 



JOSKPH BRECK & 



PATENT COKIV SHELLER. 



A Corn shellcr is one of the most convenient and labor 

 saving implements that the practical farmer has m use 

 \ arious machines for this purpose have been invented It 

 can be used lu all cases for large or small sized ears. It is 

 very simple in its construction, and durable in its operation 

 and no way liable to gel out of order; one man can work it 

 to good advantage, though a man to turn, and a boy to feed it, 

 works It much belter thau one alone. They are so light and 

 portable as lo be easily removed from place to place, and 

 or/e machine will serve for several families or even the m- 

 habilants of a small town. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store 

 Nos. 51 aud 52 North Market Street. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 

 Nov. 1. 



'WIL.L.IS'S L.ATEST I.1IPROVED VEGETABLE 

 CUTTEK. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 Wo. 51 and 62 North Market Street, Boston, Willis's La- 

 test Improved Vegetable Cutter. This machine surpasses 

 all others for the purpose of Cutting Rula Baga, Maneel 

 Wurlzel, and oilier roots. The great objection to other 

 machines, is their cutting the roots into slices, which makes 

 It almost impossible for the cattle to get hold of them • this 

 machine with a lillle alteration, cuts them into large or small 

 pieces of such shape as is most convenient for ihe cattle to 

 eat. It will cut with ease from one lo two bushels of roots 

 per minute. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1. 



GREEN'S PATENT STRAW CUTTEI 



JOSEPH feRECK & CO. at the New England 

 tural Warehouse aud Seed Store Nos. 61 and62Noi 

 ket Street, have for sale, Green's Patent Straw 1^ 

 Stalk Cutter, operating on a mechanical principle'nc 

 applied to any implement fortius purpose. The mo: 

 inentctfecls of Ihis application, and some of the con 

 peculiarities of the machine are : 



1 . So great a reduction of the quantum of power r 

 to use it, that the strength of a half grown boy is s. 

 to work it efficiently. 



2. With even this moderate power, it easilycut^tT 

 els a minute, which is full twice as fast as has been 

 by any other machine even when worked by borse oJ 

 power. 



3. The knives, owing to the peculiar manner in whi 

 cut, require sharpening less often than those of an 

 straw cutter. 



4. The machine is simple in its construction, made 

 together very slrongly. It is therefore not so liable | 

 complicated machines m general use to get out of( 



LACTOMETERS— a simple instrument for 

 the quality of milk. For sale by J, BRECK & 



DRAFT AND TRACE CHAINS. 



400 pair Trace Chains, suitohle for Ploughing. 

 200 " Truck and leading Chains. 

 200 " Draft Chains. For sale by J. BRECK & CO 

 No. 52 North Market st. ' 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



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