No. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



77 



without elFort nnd culiivniion and social intercourse. 



I Even education, tUougli it naturally places persons in 



j| a siiuoiion for the improvement of the personal ap- 



i pearunce, will not of itself render one agreeable and 



interesting in society. Many a scholar is unpolished 



in his manners compared with many a farmer. We 



often indeed deride appearances as contrasted with in- 



Itrinsic worth; but, after all, the maxim of the Ger- 



,man ia true, ** T/utt ctcry pcrsoJi is to others ichat he 



tiPPKARS to he.** At the rtrst sight of a person this is 



land must be trtie; and on intimate acquaintance it is 



■iqually tiue. The son that diercgaids appearances, 



I )r cares little what his appearance may be to others, 



ioes himself a great injury; for he will lead others to 



;i lower ealimate of him. The parents that are not 



Itenlive to the manners and social appearance of 



heir sons and daughters, commit a high injury upon 



hemselvcB and children. Let there be an equal re- 



nove from coarseness and vulgarity on one side, and 



rom aficclation and dandyism oit the other. 



The remedy is obvious to every intelligent farmer. 

 jCt the sons feel the kind transforming influence of 

 ie mother, and the father lend hie efficient aid in 

 ringing that moulding influence to bear upop. the 

 lind. Let not the daughter alone share in this plas- 

 c power of maternal love. Let the benefits of soci- 

 y be enjoyed to all resonable extent. Let the good 

 fluences begin to be exerted early, and let them be 

 mtinued without intermission. In this particular, 

 Bt not icearij in Kcll doing." D. C 



Mr. Earl's Stock—Yates Co. 



Messrs. Eoitors — 1 wish to call your attention to 



"ull blood Durham calf, belonging to Mr. Jephthah 



irl of Cashong, in this county. 



Mr. Earl has long been celebrated for his excellent 



eds of hogs, both Berkshire and Leicester: and 



tre recently has turned his attention to the imported 



glish breeds of cattle. The Durhams are his favo- 



■9, and of them he possesses some fine specimens: 



I . the one to which \ now shall particularly advert, 



i 1 bull calf, which, in elegance of form, and sym- 



1 try of proportion, approaches, in my opinion, very 



1 irly to perfection. He is of a white color, with a few 



I spots; and has reached his present remarkable size, 



1 nothing more than what would be called ordinary 



1 ument, for such an animal. He was accurately 



^ ighed a few days ago, in the presence of several 



I sons, and bis weight was seven hundred and eight 



\ nds, being, at the time, oidy seven months and 



I days old. 



iefore sending this to the post, I called on Mr. Earl 

 t> et the pedigree of the calf, which I now add. 



\>met was bred by Jephthah Earl, sired by Fora- 

 g ; dam, Bcllflower. 



, 'oiager, dam, Victoria, by Rover. By Rocking- 

 J t>i dam. Cherry, by Wonderful, grand dam by Al- 

 , gr. gr. dam by Chilton's old red bull. 

 IrfUflower's pedigree extends to North Star, Comet, 

 iryandDanby. A FARMER. 



'imton, I'(//fs CO., 1841. 



Holkhaiu Hall, 



owned as the 

 fenown 



11 no part of Great Britain is to be found a finer 



T imen, either of the style of life of a country gen- 



:i, or of the management of a first-rate piactical 



1 iietor's estate. In the year 177(3, Mr. Coke 



.i |ed, in the English House of Commons, the dis- 



j« linuance o( the American war — which was carried 



majority of one — and headed a committee to make 



ri address to the King, in pursuance of the vote, 



8 white-top boots and frock — his customary dress 



d every American must respect him for the 



ivement: nor will they regard him the less, when 



are told, that every day at his table, during the 



le of that barbarous war, he was accustomed to 



t it the health of the greatest man in existence — 



< URAL Washikstok; and this liberal spirit has al- 



^ent of the Earl of Leicester, better 

 ,9 " ;\Ir. Cuke of Holkham." 



ways distinguished the man, who, were he now in the 

 House — which his nge, 8'^, prevents — would be, by 

 many years, " the Father of the House oi Com- 

 mons." 



The extent of Holkham is about S.'jOO acres, nearly 

 surrounded by a high brick wall, about ten miles in 

 circuit. This comprises plantations of wood, and a 

 beautiful lake of water, and nothing can appear more 

 rural than us borders, completely overtbadowed with 

 forest, and wild as in the depths of some solitude in 

 Michigan. All the woods have been planted — tl e 

 Work ol his own hand — the whole estate being plenti- 

 lully sprinkled with various species of trees, arranged 

 in coppices, in acres of forests, and long avenues ; so 

 that, instead of a vast jmrk in one body, it is every- 

 where an ornament and a shelter, over hill and dale, 

 nowhere in excess or in the way of the farmer. Im- 

 mediately around the mansion are gardens, delightful 

 walks, nnd a wide extent of velvet lawns on every 

 side; but these are marked by their own schemes of 

 practical utility, for here may be seen the stately 

 pheasant and the graceful deer, that feed nnd browse 

 and bound about on these soft lawns, and enjoy the 

 seclusion of the cool shades in perfect security. — 

 These are charms to the eye, and exhibit the tasteful 

 elegance of the noble pioprielor. Here are woods, 

 too, and while riding through their long winding 

 lanes, one is charmed with the perfume of the forest 

 flowers of most exquisite fragrance, and the cbirjiing 

 and fluttering of birds — the yellow-hammer, whirling 

 on his gay speckled vvings ; the shining blue jay, 

 glancing "like the javelin by," and the wood-pecker 

 " tapping at the hollow beech tree." 



The remoter lawns are sprinkled over wiih flocks of 

 sheep — ot which more than three thousand are kept — 

 of the famous Soutli-Down breed; and in the pastures 

 are to be seen the tine, sleek, bright-looking Devon 

 cattle, browsing in herds, more than three hundred in 

 number, besides an immense dairy of Scotch cows. — 

 Beyond these pastures, one comes at once into the 

 midst of cultivation, and a ring of this, skirted and 

 sheltered here and there with avenues and copses and 

 trees, encircles the whole estate. Here may be seen a 

 field of one hundred nnd thirty acres in barley, ano'her 

 of sixty acres in wheat, with fields of peas twenty-five 

 and twenty-seven acres each ; the arable lands being 

 divided about equally between these grains, and tur- 

 nips and grass, which crops, sometimes having grass 

 lor two years, constitute the routine of the succession 

 of tillage on the same ground. There are in cultiva 

 tion at this time, about four hundred and thirty acres 

 of wheat and barley, each in fine condition; in tke 

 steward's estimation, thirty bushels an acre are indif- 

 ferent crops — forty and fifty, more the " right thing." 

 It must never be forgotten, that Holkham has lite- 

 rally been made what it is by Mr. Coke. Wlien he 

 succeeded to the estate it was a mere waste ; not a 

 tree, nor was it believed that the land would grow 

 them — the only creatures that could exist upon it were 

 rabbits, and they were stnrvingi Now, what a tri- 

 umph is here! But go into the village of Holkham, 

 which belongs virtually to the estate, and tubsists by 

 it in one way or another. Heic are five bundled per- 

 sons probably, with cottages that are n cininsili/ of 

 rural neatness and coinfoi t ; delightful gardens sur- 

 rounding them, with flowers hanging around the win 

 dows and over the doorways ! About one hundred 

 and fifty persons are employed on the Farm alone ; 

 those in the gardens, which are surrounded by a wall 

 one thousand four hundred yards long and fourteen 

 feet high, are perhaps forty more; in the brick-yard 

 twenty; in the smith's shop ten; — with carpenters, 

 bricklayers, wheelwrights, game-keepers — a little ar- 

 my of servants without ; while in the mansion, besides 

 male servants of every grade, twenty females are em- 

 ployed when the family ore present. Women also 

 assist in the labour of the larm, in hay and grain har- 

 vest, na well as in weeding and hoeing the crops, 

 which are all drilled. 



Beyond, and outside the walls of the regular estate, 

 is another plantation of six hundred acres more : here 

 all were hard at work sowing turnips, all the parts of 

 the process going on at the same time — twenty men 

 and boys spreading manure from five or six carte 

 drawn by three horses each (one hundred being kept); 

 half a dozen ploughs with two, without a driver; cast- 

 iron rollers with two; three and four harrows with 

 two; drill machines with two, with harrows again, 

 brining up the rear. And to crown all, the noble 

 asylum for the old, and schools for the young ! Truly 

 this is one of Nature's Noblemen ! Here, the sons 

 of gentlemen come from all quarters to learn the 

 science of agriculture, under the care of the steward, 

 the whole establishment being a model both of the 

 science and practice of I'arming. — Boston Transcript. 



Spring. 



"This delightful season has. nftcr a long nnd teilioua 

 winter, made its nppearnnce. Bright beautiful Spring 1 

 we again greet thee with joy, and welcome thee with 

 a smile of delight. The heart of that man niuot be 

 callous nnd cold indeed, whose spirits do not eympa- 

 lliise with this delightful senson. Poets mny well 

 gather inspiraii. n from the clear unclouded late of na- 

 ure nt this senson of the year. The snug of birds — 

 the bounding of the playful laiiibe — the gicen pas- 

 tures — the budding trece, are objrcls which have in 

 every nge been the theme of the poet's song. 

 " S.ny ) e tjiat knij^-. ; e who have fell and seen, 

 t=priiig8 inorliing smiles, nnd soul ciiliv'niiig green, 

 Say, did you gi\c the thrilling transpor* way T 

 Did your eye hrighleii, when youiiglauilia at play, 

 Leap'd o'er your path witli animated pride. 

 Or gazed ill merry clusttrrs hy jour side ?" 



Spring ia endeared to us by a thousand recollections 

 of our boyhood days — when we wandered o'er hill 

 and dale, or followed the swollen brook to its source, 

 or chased the robin ftom bough to bough, free as the 

 very air WG breathed. Youth may well be styled ihe 

 spring time of life, the Elixir, the very cream of our 

 existence, but like the sensons it quickly passes away. 

 but not like them, to return." 



THE VOICE OF THE SPRING TIME. 



BY MARTIN IUaVER, JR. 



I come! I cornel from tlie flowery South, 

 "With tlie voice of song and tlie shout of inirtt ; 

 I have wandered ('ikv, I have wandered long. 

 The valleys and liills of the Sou:h among ; 

 On woodland and glen, on niountain and moor, 

 I have smiled as I smiled in d.iys of yore ; 

 In cnieraltl green I Iiave decked llicm forth, 

 Andl turned again to my lioine in the Xorth. 



I have roved afartlirough the storied East, 

 And held on iier hills my solenin feast ; 

 I'lirough her cypress gro\'es my voice was Ilcard, 

 In Ilic music sweet of my fa\'iite bird ; 

 Each plain I liave clothed in sunlight warm. 

 And slunihercil in peace 'iieath the desert palm; 

 A garment of light to Ihe sea I gave. 

 And melody sot^ to each rushing wave. 



I come ! I come I with the song of the thrueh. 



To wake with its sweetness the morning's Llueh; 



Tn hang on tlic hawthorn my Ijlossoms fair. 



And strew o'er each field my fiowrcls rare. 



Tlie lark, he is up, on his heavenward flight. 



And the leaves are all gemm'd with diamonds bright \ 



Tlieliills are all liat!;cd with purple gold. 



And llie Llealing of flocks is heard from the fold. 



Go forth 1 goforll* for the spring time ia come. 

 And makes in the North his bright sunny honie ) 

 The sky is his banner — tiie liills Iiis tiirone — 

 "\\"here in sunshine robed, he sits all alone; 

 In the depths of the woods his footsteps arc seen 

 By each nioss-covered rock and tcll-tule stream ; 

 And his voice is heard through each leaf-cIad tree, 

 In the plaint of the dove and ihe hum of ihe bee. 



Grafutm's Maffa2iii4, 



STANZAS. 



Why does the rose conceal the thorn. 

 And fairest flow'rets hasten from us — 



Delusive pleasure never yields 

 One half the joy she seems to promise. 



Say, why so much coiningled ia 

 Life's every scene with joy and sorrowj 



To-day onrcup o'erfluws with bliss, 

 'Tia filled with woe and tears to-morrow, 



'Tis better thus, or we should cling 

 With madness to time's fading pleasures. 



Our light aflficiions are to bring 

 Our liearts to seek enduring treasures. 



Ves.just enough of grief is given, 



To lead earth's w.mderlng sons to lieaven. 



From the Farmer's Cabitiet. 

 Hessian Fly and other Wheat InseciSt 



In the last two numbers, 6, and 7, of the current 

 volume, 5, of the Cabinet, and also in some former 

 volumes, several communications have nppenred, 

 treating of the Hessian fly (cecidomyia destructor of 

 Say,) but I shall pass them by, inasmuch ae Tlie natu- 

 ral iiiBiory of that iusect has, for a coiieid«[abIe tim* 



