1860. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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their animals. Its pages are illustrated by views 

 of stock, of methods of surgical operations in 

 diiRcult cases, &c., and pedigrees of animals are 

 inserted for subscribers free of charge. It is con- 

 ducted -svith ability, and we believe with impar- 

 tiality. Thirty-two double-column, large octavo 

 pages are given monthly, for one dollar a year. 

 We hardly needed the assurance of the publish- 

 ers that this work, "commenced as an experiment, 

 is now a success." 



THE SOUl^DS OF INDUSTRY. 



I love the banging hammer, 



The whirring of the plane, 

 The crashing of the busy saw. 



The creaking of the crane. 

 The ringing of the anvil, 



The gi-ating of the drill, 

 The clattering of tlie turniug-lathe, 



Tlie whirling of the mill, 

 The buzzing of the spindle, 



The rattling of the loom, 

 Tlie puffing of the engine. 



And the fan's continuous boom — 

 The clipping of the tailor's shears, 



The driving of the awl. 

 The sounds of busy labor — 



I love, I love them all. 



I love the plowman's whistle. 



The reaper's cheerful song. 

 The drover's oft repeated shout, 



As he spurs his stock along ; 

 The bustle of the market-man. 



As he hies him to the town, 

 The hallo from the tree-top. 



As the ripened fruit comes down ; 

 The busy sound of threshers. 



As they clean the ripened grain. 

 And buskers' joke and rairtli and glee, 



'Neath tlie moonlight ou the plain ; 

 The kind voices of dairymen, 



The shepherd's gentle call — 

 These sounds of active industry, 



I love, I love them all. 



For they tell my longing sijirit 



Of the earnestness of life ; 

 How much of all its happiness 



Comes out of toil and strife. 

 Not that toil and strife tiiat fainteth 



And murmurelh on the way — 

 Not the toil and strife that groaneth 



Beneath the tyrant's sway. 

 But the toil and strife that springeth 



From a free and willing heart, 

 A strife which ever bringeth 



To the striver all Ms part. 



0, there is good in labor, 



If we labor but aright. 

 That gives vigor to the day-time, 



And a sweeter sleep at night, 

 A good that bringeth pleasure, 



Even to the toiling hours — 

 For duty cheers the spirit 



As the dew revives the flowers. 



0, say not that Jehovah 



Bade us labor as a doom ; 

 No, it is his richest mercy, 



And will scatter half life's gloom ; 

 Then let us still be doing 



Whate'er we find to do — 

 With an earnest, willing spirit. 



With a strong hand free and true. 



CIci-eland Democrat. 



Pulverized Culinary Herbs. — The culinary 

 herbs raised and put up by Mr. Howes Nourse, of 

 Danvers, are sure to meet with favor, wherever 

 introduced, from the fact that they are fresh, in neat 

 packages, and, most important consideration of 

 all, unadulterated, being raised on his own farm 

 and put up under his own supervision. 



For the New Enslund Farmer. 

 PBUKTIWO- PINES. 



Mr. Editor : — In a late issue, I noticed an in- 

 quiry in regard to trimming young pines some 

 twelve to fifteen years old. I would say in reply, 

 that, in my opinion, it is best to let nature take 

 its course, as a general thing. I have trimmed 

 some not more than six or eight years old, to de- 

 cided disadvantage, for this reason, if no other, 

 When there comes rain, or ico on trees, the lower 

 limbs bend to the ground, and brace up the trees ; 

 but when trimmecl, the top bends over, perhaps 

 to the ground, if loaded enougli, and soon these 

 trees will die out. I think larger trees might be 

 trimmed to advantage, as fast as the limbs died, 

 but not much faster. One thing is certain; unless 

 you trim without cutting or bruising the bark 

 elsewhere, you had better let them alone. Pines 

 l)leed very much when cut or injured in any way. 

 If a person would be as careful in trimming pines 

 as in trimming fruit trees, then it might be of 

 some use, but generally they will use an axe, and 

 cut and peel more bark than limbs ; hence the in- 

 jury. But to trim off with a saw all dead, dry 

 limbs and the one year's growth of green ones at 

 a time, and cut out the dead or dying trees, and 

 be sure and not bruise those left to grow, I think 

 Vv-ould be an advantage to the owner, and, some 

 fifty years hence, those who use this lumber will 

 find that it will be free from dry, loose knots 

 which would prove to be a decided advantage to 

 the lumber. But do not trust those in your wood 

 lot to trim, that you would not trust in your fruit 

 orchard. Judgment and skill are as necessary in 

 one place as the other. Alvan Ward. 



Aslihurnliam, Mass., 1860. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Transactions of Essex Aqricdltural Society, for 1859. Pub- 

 lished by oi-der of the Society, December, lS5i). 



We have received from Hon. J. W. Proctor, 

 a copy of this annual, containing the Address, by 

 James H. Gregory ; Reports of committees for 

 the award of premiums ; Ptemarks on Market Days 

 — three of which were held during the year in dif- 

 ferent parts of the county ; Reports on the Tread- 

 well Farm ; Essays; Treasurer's Report; Names 

 of Officers and of Now Members ; List of Premi- 

 ums ; and Index. The 152 large pages which 

 make up this noble pamphlet, afford space for 

 something more than a mere skeleton of the So- 

 ciety's transactions ; and it is so well occupied by 

 details and particularities that we would recom- 

 mend it as a model to other county societies, vvith 

 the suggestion that more good might be efl'ected 

 by many were they to reduce the amount of pre- 

 miums, and increase the money and labor expend- 

 ed on their annual Reports. The reports of the 

 various committees for award of premiums occu- 

 py about two-thirds of the volume. Each com- 

 mittee presents a separate report, giving a brief 

 account of the articles examined, the reasons for 

 the awards made, and in many cases statements 

 from the several competitors of the means and 



