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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



themselves in the advancement of the science of 

 agriculture ; here they find true happiness. 



Curious as it may seem, nevertheless it is a 

 fact, such men are doing more at the present day 

 for the improvement of our mode of farming than 

 the old farmers have been doing for many years. 



But why cannot our young farmers follow, as 

 nearly as possible for them to do with their means, 

 the examples set them by these merchants ? They 

 cannot deny that there is a wide field for improve- 

 ment in every department of agriculture. 



Much could be said of the moral influence of 

 agricultural life. With all nature constantly be- 

 fore us, we are taught the immutability of the 

 Creator, as exhibited in the natural laws ; we de- 

 rive much pleasure in the contemplation of his 

 works, while we learn the great lesson of life, 

 the true way of preparing for the final harvest. 



Of the lucrativeness of agriculture, no proof 

 is needed. The experience of our best farmers 

 is being widely disseminated through journals and 

 pamphlets accessible to all, so that all may profit 

 by it. The science of agriculture, or book farm- 

 ing, is now becoming the guide, and the true one, 

 to all desirous of improving ; in short, every in- 

 ducement is being off'ered by States, societies and 

 individuals for the energetic prosecution of farm- 

 ing. I sincerely liope that our young farmers 

 will become reconciled to this most beautiful oc- 

 cupation, and reject the deceptive impression that 

 they can succeed better in the mercantile profes- 

 sion. F. E. F. 



West Boxhury, March 28, 1861. 



THE EXHIBITION PALACE OF 1862. 



This structure is to exceed its illustrious pre- 

 decessor in grandeur, in beauty of design, and el- 

 egance of finish. The main hall is to be 550 feet 

 long, 250 feet wide, and 220 feet high ! The pic- 

 ture galleries, built of brick, will be 2300 feet in 

 length, 60 to 70 feet high, and from 35 to 55 feet 

 wide. The nave and transepts are to be 2300 

 feet long, 80 feet wide, and 100 feet high. The 

 sheds and other necessary buildings are planned 

 on a corresponduig scale. The whole work must 

 be finished in less than one year from the present 

 time, or by the 12th of February next. The 

 Guaranty Fund, which amounts in all to £350,- 

 000, is headed by that truly royal patron of the 

 Arts and Sciences, the Prince Consort, for 

 £10,000. It is stated by competent authorities, 

 that the entire structure will cost £250,000. It 

 is to be located at South Kensington. The build- 

 ing will be made suitable for permanently re- 

 maining on the site, and will in every way out- 

 shine the Crystal Palace of 1851, or any other 

 structure of modern times. A writer states that 

 the great hall will contain a cubical area more 

 than ten times as large as that of the great tran- 

 sept of the Hyde Park building, and that it would 

 contain five of the centre transepts of the pres- 

 ent Crystal Palace ; its height will be unparalleled. 

 There is a vast space to be occupied by the 

 world's products, its inventions, manufactures, 

 and works of art. 



America will be allotted all the room she can 

 creditably fill, and it is to be hoped that no time 

 will be lost in making preparations for having 

 the country well represented in all the depart- 

 ments. Many manufacturers may profitably ex- 



hibit their goods to the millions that will be gath- 

 ered here from all parts of the world. It is, how- 

 ever, the American inventors who will reap the 

 richest harvest of profit and honor. There are a 

 thousand inventions in use in America which are 

 practically unknown in Europe, that could form 

 one of the most attractive collections of the exhi- 

 bition, and the publicity thus given them will am- 

 ply reward the exhibitors. Aside from those di- 

 rectly interested in the exhibition, we shall ex- 

 pect tens of thousands of American visitors in 

 1862. It will be a good time for London and the 

 Atlantic steamers. Even the Great Eastern will 

 be able to find profitable employment during the 

 exhibition year. — London American. 



SOILIMQ STOCK. 



On pages 302-8-4 of the monthly Neio Eng- 

 land Farmer for 1859, we noticed, and gave a 

 pretty long extract from, a small work on the 

 subject of the Soiling of Cattle, by Hon. JosiAH 

 QuiNCY. This publication, containing, as it does, 

 the result of the experience of Mr. Quincy, com- 

 menced in 1814, in keeping and feeding cattle 

 through the entire year in the barn, seems to be 

 directing a good share of public attention to this 

 practice. 



A Philadelphia paper gives an account of what 

 one and a quarter acres, seeded to clover, have 

 produced in the way of green crops this year. 

 From the first of May to the twelfth of June, eight 

 cows and one horse were fed at the barn with clo- 

 ver cut upon it ; when two of the cows were sold, 

 and the land continued to yield an ample suffi- 

 ciency for the remaining six cows and one horse 

 until August Ist, at which time there was still a 

 large amount of growing clover. The cows aver- 

 aged ten quarts of milk per day, although pur- 

 chased without a knowledge of their milking 

 qualities. The land was most thoroughly pre- 

 pared, subsoiled, trenched and manured, and was 

 valued at some two hundred and fifty dollars per 

 acre. The writer says it will be seen that over 

 two years of food for one cow was produced on 

 the one and one-fourth acres ; and that the plan 

 of the owner is to keep as many head of cattle 

 per year as he has acres of ground, by keeping a 

 proper portion in clover, grass, corn, oats and 

 roots. 



Similar experiments have been made in Mas- 

 sachusetts and in some others of the older States, 

 where pastures are poor, land dear, and milk sells 

 high, with this plan of keeping animals all sum- 

 mer in stables and yards, and feeding them on 

 green food, raised, cut and carried to the barn 

 for that purpose. But farmers, generally, after 

 one of our long winters, feel so greatly relieved 

 when their cattle go forth from their barns to 

 feed on the comparatively spontaneous produc- 

 tions of their pasture lands, that we have sup- 



