1860. 



NEW ENGLAND FAnMER. 



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THE OX-EYE DAISY — Leucanthemom. 



This plant is well known all over New England 

 by the name of WTiite-Weed. It has become com- 

 mon on many farms, so that the fields present a 

 surface of white as though covered with snow. It 

 is not considered valuable for fodder, either in a 

 green or dry state, for even when feed is short in 

 the pastures, the daisy stands untouched by the 

 cattle, giving evidence that it is not palatable to 

 them. It is a strong grower, and unless checked, 

 will drive out most of the gi'asses we cultivate. It 

 propagates itself rapidly, so that when it once has 

 possession of a field, nothing short of plowing 

 and cultivating a succession of crops will eradi- 

 cate it. 



"\^nienever it first appears in the fields, the far- 

 mer Avill do well to pull out every plant. In this 

 M'ay a few moments' labor each year will keep 

 his premises free from the invasions of this showy, 

 but as at present understood, worthless plant. 



Indications of the Approach of the Mil- 

 lennium !— It would be strange, indeed, if there 

 were not one sensible man in the world who is 

 rich. That there has been one, is certain from 

 the account of a remarkable wiU appended below. 

 How strange it is that, in all the millions that 

 have been bequeathed, scarcely a dollar, with very 

 rare exceptions, has been appropriated to the en- 

 couragement of agricultural pursuits, or to teach 



the young the urinciples and practices of this im- 

 portant art ! 



It is quite certain, that the "good time" we 

 have read and heard of so long, is at hand, it 

 must be the foreshadowing of the millennium it- 

 self, an "era of good feeling," when three hun- 

 dred ihousa?id dollars are bequeathed by a single 

 individual, "for the education in agriculture of 

 indigent white children," in the city of New York. 

 That man shall have an enduring monument in 

 the hearts of our people, whether he has one of 

 brass or not. But we must not keep the reader 

 too long from the account of this 



Remarkable Will. — The will of Mr. John 

 Rose, a retired merchant of New York, whose de- 

 cease was announced some weeks ago, made a 

 conditional bequest of $1500,000 to the city of New 

 York, for the education in agriculture of indigent 

 white children. The condition is that a corres- 

 ponding sum should bo appropriated by the city, 

 or raised by charitable contributions, for the pur- 

 chase and support of a farm in the neighliorhood 

 of New York, to be devoted to the education and 

 training to agricultural pursuits of ])auper chil- 

 dren. If this purpose be not carried out, the 

 $300,000 goes to the American Colonization So- 

 ciety, for the deportation and support of free 

 blacks in Liberia. The decedent was a bachelor, 

 and a bachelor brother of large wealth is consti- 

 tuted his sole executor, with the remainder of his 

 estate, about $550,000, placed in his charge for 

 benevolent and charitable institutions. The only 

 personal bequests are a gift of $20,000 to his ex- 

 ecutor, and $12,000 to another brother, now ad- 

 vanced in years. The whole value of the estate, 

 principally in productive stocks, is reckoned at 

 $880,000. The foundation of this large wealth 

 was laid in one of the Southern cities. 



For the Neio England Farmer. 



THE COUNTRY FOR THE CHILDREN". 



Messrs. Editors : — I have been often tempted 

 to write a few words for your highly prized pa- 

 per, but have never found time, from the same 

 cause that a farmer's wife complains of in the 

 number of June 30, whicli I have just read. There 

 is more truth in her remarks than every man is 

 aware of, whether he is a farmer or not. Hard 

 work, and a plenty of it, is the order of the day 

 with a stirring fanner, but not the order of the 

 night, as is often the case with the wife, who has 

 but one pair of hands to do with, and one head to 

 think what is to be done in the daily round oi 

 every day business. Still, I would not have my 

 boys or girls brought up anywhere else fbr all the 

 ease and luxury that any Boston lady enjoys; and 

 why ? you may ask. I will tell you. In the first 

 place, it is much better for their health on a farm, 

 and less trouble in finding something to keep 

 them out of idleness, which is the parent of mis- 

 chief. What if they don't get so much book learn- 

 ing or so ipuch genteel education as their city 

 cousins ; their minds are kept more pure, whilst 

 they arc forming acquaintance with the cattle, 

 pigij, poultry, birds and flowers, helping father 

 take care of the farm, and mother cook, wash, iron, 



