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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept, 



•we may look upon with admiration in all its mag- 

 nitude, importance and usefulness, sprang from 

 that little germ of Adam and Eve's labor in the 

 Garden, and is the result of the slow growth of 

 ages, each step as humble as its commencement, 

 with the help of other arts which, in the process 

 of their growth, have helped it in rising to its 

 present position. 



It must ever be remembered that all the arts, 

 sciences and literature, are really but different 

 parts of one great institution, which is civilization 

 It is the development of the earth in its progress 

 toward heavenly perfection, in the image of which 

 — however faint the likeness may be — every ma- 

 terial thing bearing the approval of God may be 

 supposed to be ; it is the development of the spir- 

 itual powers of man, the intellectual, moral and 

 religious, which are the parts created in the image 

 of God, in their advancement in the finite sphere 

 toward infinite perfection ; it is that which is yet 

 to make the "desert bloom and blossom as the 

 rose," both in the material and the mental world. 



As was said, "the arts, sciences and literature 

 are all but parts of one institution," and whatever 

 results beneficially to one, is a benefit to all, just 

 as a fortunate occurrence to one member of a fam- 

 ily is beneficial to the rest. If a new power, like 

 that of steam, is brought into requisition in such 

 a manner that the implements of the farmer can 

 be manufactured at less cost to the manufacturer, 

 than they can be supplied to the farmer at a re- 

 duced pi'ice, while the manufacturer still reserves 

 a part of the saving to himself, both being the 

 gainers. The farmer is also enabled to renew his 

 tools more frequently, and thus produces his crops 

 at less cost, and supplies all classes with food at a 

 reduced price, and the improvement in the manu- 

 facture of agricultural implements is therefore ad- 

 vantageous to all. It is an advantage too in the 

 mental world, for an abundance of material re- 

 sources gives its possessor a better opportunity 

 than he otherwise could have, to acquire knowl- 

 edge. Besides, the greater the extent to which 

 the material resources of a region are developed, 

 the better the opportunity of the scholar to learn, 

 for in the development of those resources he finds 

 both a field in which to labor, and tools to labor 

 with. The astronomer who is observing the 

 heavens in the acquisition of scientific knowledge, 

 uses the telescope, which is the production of some 

 of the mechanical arts, and on which has been lav- 

 ished wealth, to bring it to the degree of perfec- 

 tion, which it now occupies. 



The nations which occupy the highest position 

 in wealth, are those which are most intelligent ; 

 and not only does the possession of wealth con- 

 duce to the acquisition of knowledge, but the pos- 

 session of knowledge conduces to the acquisition 

 of wealth. The knowledge of mathematics is in- 

 dispensable to every man of business. The 

 knowledge of the principles of mechanics to the 

 mechanic, and of chemistry to the farmer, are of 

 great importance, for they point out the way by 

 which they can save a vast amount of labor in the 

 accomplishment of certain objects, connected with 

 their business. Thus it is through all the vast 

 area of civilization. The arts, sciences, knowl- 

 edge, wealth, power, intellect, all move hand in 

 hand. Whatever may be of advantage to one, is 

 of advantage to all. Together, they lift races 

 from the obscurity of ignorance, imbecility and 



degradation, to all the advantages of an enlight- 

 ened state of society, while the loss of any one of 

 these is in a measure the loss of all, and the de- 

 generacy of the race. Whoever develops mental 

 or material resources, is a public benefactor. The 

 inhabitants of Brobdignag considered the man 

 who made two spires of grass grow where but one 

 grew before, to be of greater value to mankind, 

 than the whole race of politicians. Such a man, 

 and also the man who can make two ideas grow 

 where but one grew before, or discover some truth 

 which may be of value to humanity, is certainly 

 doing something in the great cause of human civ- 

 ilization. Monthly Reader. 



PAKMINQ IN FLORIDA. 



From "Notes on Florida," by H. T. Williams, in 

 the Country Oentleman, we copy the following 

 statement of what a farmer may do in Florida : 



After the settler has chosen ground for a resi- 

 dence, in January he can plant his early vegeta- 

 bles, and by March and April gather them and 

 send them to market. After this has been done, 

 he can plant his sugar cane, corn and sweet pota- 

 toes, or any other crop. In the fall he can plant 

 his root crop and gather his corn and sugar cane, 

 and at the end of the year gather his root crops. 

 The profits from the sale of his early vegetablea 

 will be several hundred dollars, from his corn and 

 sugar cane $600 to $1000 more, and from his 

 root crops several hundred more. During all this 

 time his family need not be idle, but if they live 

 where the gherkin grows wild, they can gather 

 and make pickles, which sell for cash in Northern 

 markets, or they can attend to silk, and |his, to- 

 gether with the gherkin, will make several hun- 

 dred more. He can also during this time plant 

 his fruit trees, such as the orange, &c., and also a 

 piece of ground for arrowroot, and within five 

 years he will be receiving a yearly income of sev- 

 eral thousand dollars. Any order may be used, 

 but if a person employs his time both summer and 

 winter judiciously, I can guarantee to him a year- 

 ly income of over one thousand dollars, and in 

 very many instances several thousand. But suf- 

 fice it to say that there is no lack of articles to 

 cultivate, in the culture of which much money 

 can be made, and there is plenty of soil suitable 

 for them. The whole year can be employed in 

 the cultivation of profitable crops. 



Killing Weeds by Law. — Alexander 11, of 

 Scotland, denounced that man to be a traitor "who 

 poisons the king's lands with weeds, and introdu- 

 ces thereby a host of enemies." And it was said 

 that whoever was found to have three heads of 

 the common starwort among his corn, was fined a 

 sheep for each stalk. In Denmark, the farmers 

 are bound by law to destroy the corn-marigold ; 

 in France a farmer may sue his neighbor who neg- 

 lects to eradicate the thistles upon his land at the 

 proper season. In Australia a similar regulation 

 has been imposed by legislative authority, with, 

 it is said, the most beneficial results. In Canada, 

 we believe, enactments have been issued against 

 allowing thistles to ripen on the roadsides and ex- 

 posed public situations, both from the Legislature 

 and township corporations. In Wisconsin a law 

 of the State requires overseers of highways to de- 

 stroy horse sorrel, burdock and Canada thistles, 

 in the highway. 



