1860. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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die on the premises, and taint the atmosphere, or 

 are dangerous to human life, it may be well to re- 

 member that if the centre of a cage is sprinkled 

 with a few drops of the oil of rhodium, (a species 

 of convolvulus from the Canary Isles, fifty pounds 

 of the root of -\\ hicli yield one pound of the essen- 

 tial oil, according to Lindley,) multitudes are ir- 

 resistibly attracted to the spot, to be disposed of 

 at will. — Hairs Jmtrnal of Health. 



JIMMY'S M^OOTNG. 



The wind came blowing out of the west, 



And Jimmy mowed the hay ; 

 The wind came blowing out of the west — 

 It stirred the green leaves out of their rest, 

 And rocked the blue-bird, up in his nest, 



And Jimmy mowed the hay. 



The swallows skimmed along the ground. 



And Jimmy mowed the hay ; 

 The swallows skimmed along the ground. 

 And rustling leaves made pleasant sound, 

 Like children baljbling all around — 



As Jimmy mowed the hay. 



Milly came with her bucket by. 



As Jimmy mowed the hay ; 

 Milly came with her bucket by. 

 With her light foot so trim and sly. 

 And sunburnt cheek, and laughing eye — 



And Jimmy mowed the hay. 



A rustic Ruth in linsey gown — 



And Jimmy mowed the hay ; 

 A rustic Ruth in linsey gown. 

 He watched her soft cheeks, changing brown 

 And the long, dark lash that trembled down. 



Whenever he looked that way. 



! Milly's heart was good as gold — 



And Jimmy mowed the hay ; 

 ! ililly's heart was good as gold — 

 But Jimmy thought her shy and cold. 

 And more he thought than ere he told — 



As Jimmy mowed the hay. 



The rain came pattering down amain. 



And Jimmy mowed the hay : 

 The rain came pattering down amain. 

 And under the thatch of the laden train, 

 Jimmy and Milly a cunning twain. 



Sat sheltered by the hay. 



The merry rain-drops hurried in. 



Under the thatch of hay ; 

 The merry rain-drops hurried in. 

 And laughed and pattered in a din, 

 Over that which they saw within. 



Under the thatch of hay. 



For Milly nestled to Jimmy's breast, 



Under the thatch of hay ; 

 For Milly nestled to Jimmy's breast 

 Like a wild bird fluttering to its nest — 

 And then I'll svrear she looked her best. 



Under the thatch of hay. 



And when the sun came laughing out. 



Over the ruined haj- ; 

 And when the sun came laughing out, 

 Milly had ceased to pet and pout. 

 And twittering birds began to shout, 



As if for a wedding daj'. 



crayon, has at last been accomplished. It has cost 

 nearly as much to get the animal or article drawn 

 upon'the block, as to engrave it afterward. This 

 is no longer the case. Any artist with a camera 

 can now transfer a likeness to the wood prepared 

 by a process recently invented and patented byR. 

 Price, of Nev,- York 'city. It will be of great ser- 

 vice to all classes having machinery, buildings or 

 animals, which they desire engraved. There can 

 no inaccuracy result. A prepared block of the size 

 desired can be forwarded to any daguerrean artist, 

 and he can take a photograph after the animal or 

 implement upon the block, which, returned to the 

 engraver, insures an accurate representation of 

 said article or animal. 



Photographing on Wood. — The power to se- 

 cure a likeness of a person, animal, landscape, 

 fruit or machine, upon an engraver's block, in an 

 instant, without the tedious process of pencil and 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Grasses and Koka<;e Plants. A Practical Treatise, 

 comprising- tlioir Natural History ; Comparative Nutri- 

 tive Value ; Methods of Cultivating, Cutting and Cur- 

 incr ; and the ^Manngeinent of Grass Lands iu the Unit- 

 ed'States and P>ritisli Provinces. By Charlks L. Flint, 

 Secretary of tlic ^Massachusetts State Board of Agricul- 

 ture. Fourth edition, with one hundred and seventy 

 Illustrations. Boston. 



We have spoken favorably of this wovk before ; 

 the copy before us is one of a new edition, revised 

 and enlarged, and beautifully printed. It is a val- 

 uable work, and ought to be owned by every far- 

 mer who means to make progress in his profession, 

 and get his crops at a profit. 



Smithsonian Report for 1858. — This volume 

 contains 438 pages, mostly made up of scientific 

 matter. The articles are : — Lectures on Astrono- 

 my ; Memoir of Priestley ; the Grasshoppers and 

 Locusts of America ; the Means of Destroying the 

 Grasshopper ; Vegetable Colonization of the Brit- 

 ish Isles of Shetland, Faroe and Iceland ; on the 

 Causes which limit Vegetable Species towards the 

 North, in Europe, and similar regions ; on the 

 Distribution of the Forest Trees of North Ameri- 

 ca ; List of Birds of Nova, Scotia ; List of Birds 

 of Bermuda ; Report on Atmospheric Electricity. 

 There are several minor articles of interest. The 

 work is printed in Government style, and is alto- 

 gether too mean a dress in which to clothe the 

 productions of some of our most learned and use- 

 ful men. If the power that controls this matter 

 wiirsend the manuscripts to Boston, they can be 

 printed in a style that certainly will not be a re- 

 proach to the nation, for about one-half what such 

 printing usually costs in Washington. 



Greene County, N. Y., Agricultural Soci- 

 ety. — Before us we have the Address of the Rev. 

 Henry J. Fox, before this Society, in September 

 last. His topic was, "Agriculture as a Necessity, as 

 an Amusement, and as an Art," and he handled it 

 well. Clergymen are our esteemed and valuable 

 co-laborers in the great Art, and we feel under 

 personal obligations to them for their timely and 

 sound teachings. This address is an especially 

 good one, and ought to be read everyAvhere. 



