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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Dec. 



fire, water, saltpeter and charcoal. And such is 

 man, the lord of the earth — a spark of fire— a drop 

 of water — a grain of gunpowder — an atom of char- 

 coal ! 



But, looking at him in another direction, these 

 elements shadow forth the higher qualities of a 

 diviner nature, of an immortal existence. In that 

 spark is the caloric which speaks of irrepressible 

 activity ; in that drop is the water which speaks 

 of purity ; in that grain is the force by Avhich he 

 subdues all things to himself — makes the wide 

 creation the supplier of his wants, and the servitor 

 of his pleasures ; while in that atom of charcoal 

 there is a diamond, which speaks at once of light 

 and purity ; of indestructible and resistless prog- 

 ress. There is nothing which outshines it ; it is 

 purer than the dew drops. "Moth and rust" cor- 

 rupt it not ; nor can ordinary fires destroy it ; 

 while it cuts its way alike through brass, and ada- 

 mant, and hardest steel. In that light we see an 

 eternal progression towards omniscience ; in that 

 purity, the good of divine nature; in that indes- 

 tructibility an immortal existence ; in that pro- 

 gress, a steady ascension towards the home and 

 bosom of God. 



Cashmere Goats and Wool.— The editor of 

 the Ohio Farmer acknowledges a call at his office 

 by the "King of the Ohio Cashmeres," Mr. S. S. 

 Williams, of Grantville, Licking Co., and fui'nish- 

 es the following facts and figures in respect to this 

 new breed and its valuable fleece : 



"Mr. Williams was just returning from West- 

 ern New York, where he has been delivering to 

 W. H. Spencer, of Livingston County, a half-doz- 

 en of his beautiful Cashmere Goats. This sale in- 

 cluded the buck Duke of Wellington, at $350, and 

 the following ewes— Adda $;J00, Cora $oOO, Eu- 

 genie $275, Louise $100,*and Gipsy $100. Mr. 

 Williams informs us that he has still other orders 

 from New York, and that the demand for Cash- 

 mere is constantly absorbing all his extra stock. 

 Through a house in Cleveland he has just made a 

 shipment of his Cashmere wool to England — the 

 first shipment of Ohio Cashmere to Europe. From 

 him we get the following as the last quotations of 

 Cashmere wool: — half pure $4 per pound, three- 

 fourths $6, seven-eighths $8, fifteen-sixteenth and 

 pui-e $8,50, extra, pure $10. 



Drought and Frost in Illinois. — The IIU- 

 nois Farmer, published in Springfit^ld, says that 

 the section thereabouts has been a severe sufferer 

 by drought and frost, and we doubt if the corn 

 crop will average ten bushels to the acre of a me- 

 dium quality ; a first rate article is out of the 

 question. 



We have nine acres of potatoes, thoroughly 

 cultivated on new land, and the crop will be less 

 than two hundred bushels, not fifty of which will 

 be marketable. But why complain ? the farmer 

 meets no more accidents in his business than oth- 

 er classes of business men. Last year we had an 

 average crop of sixty bushels of corn to the acre, 

 this year ten, this gives us thirty-five for the two 

 years, with which we should be content. 



We regret most the loss of sorghum, cotton 

 and tobacco, as they are comparatively new sta- 

 ples for our State, and we fear the disaster will 

 discourage their cultuie. 



THE HTJSBAinDMAN. 



BY MRS. L. H. 6I00URNET, 



"Hate not husbandry, which God hath ordained." 



—The Sok or Sibaob. 

 When the Creator's hand had placed 



In this terrestrial scene, 

 Man, in His own high image formed. 



Majestic and serene, 

 Bade He this ruler of the globe 



To mountain summits soar? 

 Or for the wealth of gold and gema 



Its secret mines explore ? 



Or blow the rocks to atoms ? 



Or boil the floods to steam ; 

 Or with harpoon and hook transfix 



The people of the stream ? 

 Or bring with forge and hammer 



Enormous shai^es to light ? 

 Or study till the midnight toil 



Enwrapped the brain m night ? 



No, 'twas the Arbiter's command 



'Mid that delightful glade 

 To ^'■dress ana keep ilie garden,'''' where 



His Eden home was made ; 

 And when no more his alien head 



In Paradise might rest, 

 To till the earth from whence he came 



Was still his Sire's behest. 



So, look not with an eye of scom 



ITpon the farmer's state. 

 Ye young and thoughtless sons of ease. 



With luxury elate. 

 For beings of a purer sphere 



A different balance hold, 

 And Cincinnatus' plow prefer 



To Nero's House of Gold. 



Earth, whom he clothes with com and frnitt, 



Accounteth him her friend. 

 And yields him fragrance when he makes 



Her clover harvests bend ; 

 And healthful vigor as he roams 



Among his thriving herds, 

 Touching that key-tone in his heart 



Which wakes the song of birds. 



She folds him in her arms at last, 



Like mother sad and kind, 

 And bids the daisy not forget 



The curtaining turf to bind 

 That wnxps his bed in cool embrace. 



Who, peaceful and unstained. 

 Filled with fidelity the lot 



That Nature's God ordained. 

 Hartford, Conn., Sept. 5, 1S63. N. T. Ledger. 



THE EIiM- 



"If we ascribe to the character of the oak emi- 

 nent dignity," says a writer, "let us now claim for 

 the elm the epithets of graceful and elegant. This 

 tree is one of the noblest in the size of its trunk, 

 while the branches are comparatively tapering 

 and slender, forming themselves, in most of the 

 species, into long and graceful curves. The leaves- 

 are light and airy, of a pleasing light green in the 

 spring, growing darker, however, as the season 

 advances." 



The elm is one of the mo»t common trees in this 

 country, well known since a remote period for its 

 graceful beauty and usefulness, and is entitled to 

 high regard. Though it is found in almost all 

 parts of the country, in no other is it so conspic- 

 uous as in the valleys of the Connecticut, Upper 

 Hudson, Mohawk, Genesee, and the Northeastern 

 States, where, from the earliest settlement of the 

 country, it has always been highly prized, and 

 planted as a shade tree, as an ornan^ent above the 

 proudest importations from a foreign clime. Stand- 

 ing alone as a single tree, or in groups of at most 

 four or five in number, it develops itself in all its 

 perfections. 



It often rises upward, with an undivided shaft, 

 to the height of fifty feet or more without a limb, 

 and bending over with a gradual curve from about 



