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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Apeil 



of luxuriant trees. Flowers and trees are luxu- 

 ries that can be enjoyed by all classes of society 

 in the country. None are so poor but what they 

 can cultivate them. I love to see a disposition in 

 young persons to cultivate flowers. It shows a 

 refinement of feeling, which those do not possess, 

 who do not admire the lovely smiles of innocent 

 flowers. 



"If it were more generally the practice to erect 

 good country residences, and adorn the same with 

 ornamental trees and flowers, agricultural pursuits 

 would be far more attractive to young people. 

 With some men there is nothing beautiful but a 

 money gain. If their wives or daughters culti- 

 vate a flower bed, they think it is time foolishly 

 spent. The love of money shuts up every avenue 

 to happineiss, and not only makes the man miser- 

 able who worships it, but his family also. No 

 one can be happy in this world without they ad- 

 mu-e the beautiful works of God and worship the 

 only true Deity. 



"When I see a neat little cottage, beautifully 

 adorned with evergreens and flowers, and hear 

 kind voices within, the thought occurs to me, how 

 little it costs to make our homes attractive, and 

 those with whom we daily associate happy and 

 cheerful. 



"I would invite attention to the great importance 

 of out-door attractions. Every member of a fam- 

 ily should have out-door exercise and fresh air. 

 It would be far more beneficial to the health of 

 the ladies, if they would engage in the pleasant 

 and agreeable employment of cultivating a flower 

 garden, and spend less time in the drawing-room. 

 Pure, fresh air is life, and those who perpetually 

 confine themselves within the house do not reaUze 

 the great amount of injury they are receiving 

 from such confinement. 



"Kind readers, cultivate and admire the beauti- 

 ful in nature, and cherish those finer feeHngs 

 which were implanted within our souls by a hand 

 Divine. Live a pure life, unspotted from the 

 world, so that when our pilgrimage closes on 

 earth, we can pass away, calm and serene as the 

 summer's setting sun." 



For the New England Fanner. 

 THE FARMER'S PROFESSION". 



Messes. Editors : — During the past few weeks 

 I have been reading, with great pleasure and great 

 profit, the very interesting articles on "Agricul- 

 ture as a Science," published in your valuable pa- 

 per. I regard it as a happiness for our country 

 when so many gifted minds from the vast masses 

 of intelligent society in New England, as well as 

 in other sections of this great land, are concen- 

 trating their light upon a subject so fraught with 

 interest as that of agriculture, and the more I re- 

 flect upon the subject, the moi'e strange it seems 

 that, long ago, it had not found its appropriate 

 place with the other sciences in our institutions 

 of learning ; that deriving, as we do, our food, 



our clothing, our wealth, our very bodies, even, 

 from the soil we tread upon, we, as a thinking 

 people, have placed so light an estimate upon it 

 as the true science to be cultivated next to moral- 

 ity and religion. Indeed, the farmer's duties lie 

 altogether in the line of morality — to say nothing 

 of the religion of agriculture. 



It seems to me that the farmer may be said to 

 walk with God in nature. But there will be con- 

 flicting opinions, doubtless, entertained in regard 

 to this matter, even amongst the very best edu- 

 cators. Here and there a teacher may be found 

 who will regard the science of agriculture alto- 

 gether out of place in the schoolroom. But for 

 the most part, here in New England especially, 

 you have hosts of teachers qualified and favorably 

 disposed to introduce their pupils at once to this 

 important science. Amongst these I would men- 

 tion the scores that annually leave your Normal 

 schools. They, of course, have a thorough knowl- 

 edge of chemistry, mineralogy, geology, botany 

 and physiology — sciences that lie at the very foun- 

 dation of agricultural knowledge. With these 

 for a foundation, they are qualified to appreciate 

 a good text book on agriculture, and at once to 

 adapt their knowledge to large classes of those 

 who attend district schools. 



In my next I will endeavor to tell you of the 

 manner in which, for many years, I have labored 

 without books, to induce in my large classes of 

 pupils a taste for this pleasant, useful and vastly 

 important science. A Teacher Abroad. 



Northampton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1863. 



Remarks. — Thank you, sir. You encourage 

 and inspire us. Our columns are open to you. 



For the Neio England Farmer. 

 WOOL GROWERS' ORGAN. 



At a meeting of the Directors of the Vermont 

 State Agricultural Society, held at Bellows Falls, 

 on the 12th inst., the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Whereas, Daniel Needham, Secretary of this 

 Society, has received communications from Penn- 

 sylvania, Ohio, Michigan and other Western 

 States, as well as from parties in our own State, 

 encouraging the establishment of a Wool Grow- 

 ers' organ. And, 



Whei-eas, Propositions have been made to him 

 by publishers in other States, as well as our own, 

 for the establishment of such an organ. It is 



Resolved, That in consideration of the fact that 

 we find it difficult to decide, at the present time, 

 what course to pursue, the whole matter be post- 

 poned to our next meeting, and that, in the mean- 

 time, our Secretary be requested to continue his 

 correspondence on the subject, with the view of 

 enabling us to reach some definite conclusion 

 hereafter. * 



Health and Strength. — A man who takes 

 proper care of himself, and indulges in plenty of 

 air, exercise, and, above all, recreation, ought to 

 be in a high range of health and strength from 

 twenty-four years to sixty-five. 



New Cotton Fields. — Experiment has shown 

 that cotton can be cultivated in California, while 

 in Utah, cotton raising has become quite a busi- 

 ness, 70,000 pounds of very superior quaUty hav- 

 ing been grown last year. 



