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NEW ENGLAKD FARMER. 



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ity of the Unked States, and the other under that 

 of the State, for different j'ears, is such as to con- 

 firm the accuracy of both. The difference in the 

 average product of corn in the two returns is but 

 3-13 of a bushel, in the product of rye 8-14 of a 

 bushel, in that of barley but one bushel. The dis- 

 ease of the potato accounts for the discrepancy in 

 the returns of that crop. 



We give, also, the average product per acre of 

 the same crops in Scotland, for the yeai* 1856, 

 from returns deemed perfectly reliable, and the 

 average product of three years, at the Albert Mod- 

 el Farm, in Ireland. 



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We have here the astonishing facts, that the 

 average product of all the land in Scotland, for the 

 years given, is in wheat, more than three times the 

 average of the United States ; nearly double that 

 of Massachusetts ; and more than double that of 

 some of the great wheat-growing States, — the av- 

 erages in New York, Ohio, and Indiana, being 12 

 bushels; in Illinois and Missouri, 11 ; in Iowa, 

 14 ; in Pennsylvania and Texas, 15 ; in Virginia 

 but 5 bushels." 



***** 



"It is felt and acknowledged, everywhere in this 

 country, that the College fits no one for the actu- 

 al duties of any profession, art, or business of life. 

 It does not profess to do so, but merely to give a 

 training preparatory to the special education for 

 some peculiar business. 



For those who have wealth and leisure for the 

 fullest education in literature, in art, and in sci- 

 ence, whether they design to devote their lives to 

 some regular profession or business, or to lead 

 lives of elegant leisure, or to take theii- chances in 

 the mazes of political life, a college course at 

 Cambridge, doubtless offers unsurpassed advan- 

 tages. But at the best, the number who can avail 

 themselves of the benefits of college life, is but a 

 very small fraction of the young men of the State. 

 The vast majority are compelled to be content with 



a course of study less expensive of time and of 

 money. This must, from the nature of our repub- 

 lican institutions, continue always to be the case. 

 The three or four collegiate institutions of the 

 State are all that are demanded for the training 

 of such as are in a position to ask for this pecu- 

 liar course of instruction. Indeed, the number 

 included in our college classes more than repre- 

 sents the fraction of our OAvn youth who avail 

 themselves of a collegiate course, for other States 

 contribute largely to swell this number. How 

 idle is it, then, to point to our Colleges as the 

 means of the general education of our youth. 

 They do not profess to train their pupils for the 

 actual business of life ; and their classes do not, 

 in fact, and as at present arranged, never can, in- 

 clude more than a small fraction of our young 

 men. 



If, again, we look at our Academies, we shall 

 find in their classes, it is true, a greater number 

 of our youth ; for many are able to devote a year 

 or two to an academical course, who have not the 

 moans, if they have the inclination, to enter upon 

 a college life. But here, again, we meet the same 

 objection, that the academical course of study is 

 not in the line of training for the actual business 

 of life, but rather a system of preparatory training 

 for the colleges. It is understood that the course 

 of studies at our best academies is especially 

 adapted to prepare young men to enter college, 

 and is not designed as a course complete in itself. 

 The three or four years at the academy are there- 

 fore devoted almost exclusively to the study of 

 the dead languages and mathematics." 



SMOKING IN JAPAN. 



There is probably no people who indulge so 

 unremittingly in the practice of smoking as the 

 Japanese, not even the people of Holland and 

 Germany. The Japanese indulge the habit even 

 in their sleeping hours. The fibre of the Japan- 

 ese tobacco is extremely fine, somewhat resem- 

 bling hemp, and its aroma is mild. It is smoked 

 altogether in metallic pipes, clay never entering 

 into the composition of a Japanese "dudeen." The 

 wealthy use pipes of gold and silver, elaborately 

 engraved, while the poorer classes content them- 

 selves with brass and iron pipes. The bowl of a 

 Japanese pipe is smaller than a lady's thimble, 

 and the quantity of the Aveed consumed diminu- 

 tive in comparison with the contents of the huge 

 meerchaums, chibouks and narghilehs of the Ori- 

 entals. The tobacco is rolled into pellets, about 

 the size of peas, and one of these gratifies, for the 

 time being, the desire of the smoker, who inhales 

 the smoke into his lungs, then puffs it off through 

 his nose, literally converting the nasal appendage 

 into a funneL Attached to the pipe is a pouch 

 made of paper, in which the Japanese carries his 

 tobacco. His jnpe is his constant companion, as- 

 suaging his pains, dispelling his gloom, soothing 

 him in his irritability, and lulling him to repose 

 when weary. He smokes day and night, l)efore 

 and after meals, always within doors, awaking at 

 intervals during the night, lighting his pipe with 

 coals from a brazier kept always full and burning, 

 puffing a few whiffs, then dozing again. He nev- 

 er lights the .same tobacco twice, but empties his 

 pipe and fills it at every indulgence. 



