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lip ngnin. And os to dniries in old Virgin- 

 Iniibt whether one in a hundred of our ordi. 

 rarmers, owns such a thing ns a dairy, or 

 I knnw how to construct one pro|)erly. Among 

 ch r.irmtTS, biiltcriaan article quite as scarce 

 ■ sfiriti;;, as if it were proliibited by law." 

 hat a picture of osriciiliure in tlie land of he- 

 ind sAgrs — the mother of States ! And this 



year eighteen hundred and fortytwo! Thank 

 n, these phrases do require e.xplanaticn to a 

 crn fanner, where cattle are on Ike lift only 

 3 iinprnvrinent of iheir breed — and who do 

 etand, (and their wives, too,) the meaning and 

 se of a dnirif. 



t let u-i rejoice with the distinguished ngri- 

 •ist, that these disgraceful proofs of bad hus- 

 y in Kastern Virginia, are rapidly disappear- 

 nd that an impulse has been given by agri- 

 al j'liirn.ili and societies, which has effected 

 vements which will, without doubt, be per- 

 nt. 



6 great improvements already made in agri- 

 ■e, have increased the facilities and advanta- 

 f farming in the United States, and encour- 

 s to aim at still further improvements. We 

 now in this country implements of husbandry 

 I very best kind — said to be much better than 

 ir instruments in Europe — for the fiee Ameri- 

 lind takes the lead of all others in niechani- 

 ventinns. With respect to cattle, we have 



variety, and the best of all varieties. We 

 too, all the varieties of sheep and of swine 

 luced from abroad, or improved at home. And 

 horses, we are said to possess quite as good 

 9 for draft, and even for the turf, as there is 

 gland. 



e progress of agricultural improvement has 

 accelerated, as the importance of this branch 

 lustry has been more and more appreciated, 

 it is indeed an interest of the highest national 

 ■tance. It furnishes at least three-fourths of 

 e exports of the United States. * * The 

 ;ensus shows that the number of persons cm- 

 d in agriculture is more than one-third of the 

 3 population, and nearly three times as many 

 e employed in mauufactiires, trade, commerce 

 laviiration. Our country is essentially a na- 

 3f farmers — and when we consider the rapid 

 ase of population, the subject of agriculture 

 Is into one of immense magnitude. Applying 

 otio of increase of the last, to the next til'ty 

 !, (a period which some who hear nie will 

 ;i,)the population in 18'.)0 will be seventyfoiir 

 ons, and at the end of a century, (hree hundred 

 ons. What but agriculture can sustain and 

 sh employment to this mighty population? 



• W'e are indeed, " a world by ourselves," 

 would American farmers, the real strength of 

 ountry, feel and fulfil their responsibilities and 

 call, elevate their views above all low and 

 onal considerations, and go heart and hand lor 

 country — our whole country — wc should in 

 , be independent of all other nations. * * 

 'e of Ma3.sachusett3 should take an especial 

 est in the object of this Society. The foun- 

 of New Kngland were from necessity cultiva- 

 of the soil. " They left their pleasant and 

 liful homes in Kngland, to plant their poor cot- 

 3 in the wilderness." They drew their sup- 

 from the earth, the common mother of us all. 

 required toil, but gratefully yielded back with 

 est, all that was bestowed upon her. Slie has 

 ished and brought us up as children. The 



men who achieved our independence — who were 

 they .' Principally farmers. * * The men who 

 founded the institutions of Massachusetts, who 

 made her what .«he is — from whom, indeed, we in- 

 herit almost all that is worth preserving — were our 

 agricultural forefathers. 



There is not beneath the sun anotlier class of 

 men like American farmers. Where else is the 

 land cultivated by those who own it? Time was 

 when such a class existed in F.ngland, but it is 

 nearly extinct, and is known only in story or in 

 song. 'l"he asriciillural classes there, now, are 

 the few great landholders, and the laboring peas- 

 antry, who have no interest in the soil they ciijti. 

 vate. Here, lie who plows the land, turns out his 

 own furrow. Ho reaps in joy his own harvest, 

 i'he improvements he makes are his own. He 

 owns the land he cultivates. He knows that 

 another will not reap where he has sown. He is 

 ■\ freeholder, that good old English title. 



We, in this blessed land, are indeed " a peculiar 

 people." Who need suffer from want here ? Do 

 any find themselves " straightened for room," in 

 the quaint language of our forefithers ? Let them 

 go and take possession of their farms in some part 

 of our vast public domain. Let them go, and take 

 the great .N'ew England instruments of civilization 

 with them, the axe, the plow, and the Bible, and 

 their New England habits, and their love of New 

 Fingland institutions ; — let them go and make 

 homes for themselves in the wilderness, and future 

 generations will rise up and call them blessed, ns 

 we do our fathers. 



We think, however, that our good old county is 

 not yet full or worn out, but that it offers still, 

 scope to agricultural industry and enterprise. We 

 do not urge or encourage our young men to wander 

 abroad in pursuit of happiness — but if they go, our 

 loss will be the the gain of some other part of our 

 common country. 



[To be continued.] 



Purging Sick Horses. — C. W. Gooch, of Vir- 

 ginia, writing to the editor of the Southern Planter, 

 says : " The ordinary means of purging a ."^ick 

 horse, are so slow in operating, that, in many cases, 

 they do no good. I send you a very simple recipe 

 with which some of your readers may not be ac- 

 quainted, which r have never known to fail. I 

 saw it many years ago in the American Farmer, 

 and have tested it. 



Take a piece of chalk about the size of n wal- 

 nut, and reduce it to powder ; put this into a quart 

 bottle ; pour vinegar into this until the efferves- 

 cence prevents your pouring more, and, having the 

 horse ready, drench him with it. But little vine- 

 gar can be gotten into the bottle the first time, so 

 that you will have to pour more into it, and drench 

 a second time. Ordinarily a pint will do. In 

 cases where it does ni't operate in five or ten min- 

 utes, persevere in the dose, and in a very short 

 time the suffering animal will be well again." 



NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



"Daily M.\nna fob Christian Pilgrims" : liT 

 Rev. Baron Stow. Published by Gould, Keiidnll 

 & Lincoln, No. 39 Washington street. — This at- 

 tractive little gem of a work, contains o verse of 

 scripture for every day of the year, with a brief 

 analysis of each passage, and b verse of nn appro- 

 priate hymn. Every christian who jiossesses it, 

 will fiiiil it a profitable and interesting book. Its 

 mechanical execution is beautiful. It would make 

 an appropriate new year's present. 



The Boston Almanac. — Mr Dickinson has is- 

 suer! the Boston Almanac fur 1844. The mechan- 

 ical execution is in fine style. It contains 180 pa- 

 ges, embracing all the information about Boston 

 which.a business man could desire. The directory 

 fills upwards of 60 pages, being 20 more than it 

 contained last year — showing, most conclusively, a 

 great increase in the business population of the city. 

 The work must have been one of great labor and 

 care, and we hope the imblisher will find ample 

 remuneration. 



A DnN. — We cull upon those indebted to us for 

 the Farmer, to remit the amount of their dues an 

 soon as convenient, and thus not only show they 

 have a disposition to " deal justly," in obedience to 

 the scriptural injunction, but that the paper is of 

 some value to them. 



Mr Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents, at 

 Washington, slates that Mr Bommer's process of 

 converting any vegetable substance into manure, 

 is nn imposition. That is, the process is a mosl 

 valuable one, but Mr Bommer has no patent for it, 

 and has no right to any. The process is substan- 

 tially that of M. Geoffrey, a Frenchman, and has 

 been very slightly improved by Bommer, and even 

 that alleged improvement is said to be not original 

 with liim. Mr Ellsworth will explain the whole 

 matter in n letter in the next Albany Cultivator. — 

 Exch. pap. 



The following experiment proves the value of 

 corn-cobs : " A farmer in Virginia, a few years ago, 

 afraid that his corn crop would not be sufficient to 

 last through the winter, determined to try, and act- 

 ually succeeded in wintering his horses on corn- 

 cobs alone, pounded in a homminy mortar. They 

 received no other substance except hay fodder. 

 Upon this they did their winter's work, and were 

 in good condition." 



Queer Simile. — That eccentric mortal, " liord 

 Timothy Dexter," said many curious things, but 

 his idea of ingratitude is the richest thing of the 

 kind we ever met with. " Blast that fellow !" said 

 his lordship one day, while speaking of a neighbor, 

 whom he had befriended, without being thanked 

 for it—" be is like a hog under a tree, eating 

 acorns, but never thinks of looking up to see where 

 they come from." — Mail. 



The Exeter News Letter says, that wood sawed 

 and split and nicely piled up out door.*, will go fur- 

 ther lhi\n il'it he \eft unsawed and within doors: 

 and adds that some has been known to go half a 

 mile in one night, in that town recently. 



An Irishman who asked a teacher of music how 

 much he charged for instruction, was informed six 

 dollars for the first month and three for the second. 

 " Then sure, 1 '11 come the second month," said 

 Pat. 



Depend not on fortune, but on conduct. 



