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AND GARDENFJrS JOURNAL. 



i)3 



icw inventions whitb mxcontinuiillv being iiinde 



est 113. We can by nieina nf our Fnira «ce«ch 



' iineeU", ami Bccaig, be cnubjcd lo iiulge of ihe ef- 



' of whnt niny be ofierod. 



al!.<tics of Vnifiige Ooinitij. — .\nd if tbe freemen 



aynsa do not ninrcU in tbe van of tbe <igricidtu- 



oBi.'the fault muBt be iheira. Nature Uaa been no 



moiUer to tiioin ; wilb a soil of great fertility, 



well nduptoil lo the production of all the piincipal 



'"' 'ultiiral products of this IntiiiitJe, we bave 'u\ addi- 



' 'inexhauslibielicdsof yvpsum. -quariies ol lime 



■' 3, and swampsof mull, wilb also a lair promise o( 



* bun. lance of enlt— ull tbcii tUat is required, is tbe 

 to do, ilie energy to perform. 

 9 appears from tbe eensus taken in 3810, there 

 : then about eleven thousand n^en in this county 

 jed in agriculture, while the whole number cn- 



jd in nil other business was only about four thoii- 

 The greater portion of this eleven thonsand 



men Who^ov.i the land they occupy, the bone and 

 " w of the Country, the men who pay our taxes; 

 'Sort our schools, who if need be, will fight our 

 ' ies— who h.ivc a borne and a hcnnh stone to pro- 



■ and defend, as a class the most honest, the most 



ral, the most industrious, the most independent on'l 

 '"'mo-t virtuous, Jind ccrtainlv such men need only 



* le convinced that their best interests may and wil. 

 '' "romoted by this Society, to render them at once 

 " iinf and anxious to join our ranks. Look for a 

 ■ met-.t upon the products of this County tor the 

 '' J ISIO. As appears from the census ol that year, 

 ■' ro were raised in ih'e county that year more than six 

 1' adred thousand bushels of wheat, moretlinn eighty 



.usaiid bushels of barJey, more than four hundred 

 msand bushels of oats, raoie than f«^^ty thousand 

 ahels of buckwheat, near six hundred thousand 

 slu'ls of corn, near seven hundred thousand bushels 

 potatoes, more than three hundred thousand pounds 

 wool, more than seventy thousand t ms ot hay. 

 u-e than two hundred thousand pounds of maple 

 yar were made the same year, and the products ol 

 > dairy amriint3d to near one hundred nnd ninety 

 •nisand dodura, The aggresiate value of all the 

 ove. the produce of a single year, at present pr:ces, 

 uuld exceed two millions of dollars, the agricultu- 

 \ products of about eleven thousand men, many ol 

 hnm doubtless were mere idlers upon the soil. 

 A^ain, as appears from the same Census, there were 

 v'ncd by cititeiw of tbe County, on the first day ol 

 muary of that year, more than thirteen thousand 

 irsea near huy thousand neat cattle, near two bun 

 ■ed thousand sheep, anii more than eii-ty ihousan- 

 f/ine. 



This is not mere rhetoric, but eobcr truth ; nnd no 

 one can possibly suppose after thio thai tl.o Colonel 

 can be a bachelor. 



iddress dclicercd before Ike Maima County (Ohio) 

 JgnciiHural Socktij, Oclober7lh, 1841. By Col. 

 Abraham Morton. 



This is a glowing and impassioned address in favor 

 f ngriculturc ; inctdcating the value and dignity of 

 ibor, and urging with great earnestness the cause of 

 gricuUural improvement. We give the tittle as it 

 ppears, and though it is not exactly turning a spenr 

 atoapruninghook, it exhibits a transformation not 

 ;ery unlilie, in changing a military onicer into a good 

 "armer. 



With all the gallantry of a military man, he speaks 

 thus of the influence of woman in every good cause. 



"While the unlettered nations of the earth have 

 oither deii\ed woman as a goddess or debased her ns 

 ,. slave, we are delighted to accept her as the equal 

 and honored companion of our homes, and the pride 

 and ornament of our assemblies. At her feet do we 

 learn lessons of mental rehneraent and moral sensi- 

 „,„ty. This is no ideal compliment of mine, or vain 

 picture drawn to foster her pride and feed her vanity, 

 but the sincere cnnviciion of every mind susceptible 

 of truth. When the tide of woman's influence is 

 turned to upbuilding of our societies, of whatever 

 nime, we ask no surer token of enccess. With it 

 our highest anticipation3 are realized ; without it our 

 sturdiest efforts are paralyzed. Whatever be her en- 

 terprise, if succesbful she is not so elated as to miss 

 her object ; it disappointed, f he does not give up the 

 pursuit ; and if the lost prospect of success vanish 

 away, she will not despair, but sits "smiling at grief." 

 I care ivt how great, how difficult and discourngmg 

 the enterprise, she has courage and perseverance ade- 

 quate to its accomplishment." _ 



Address delivered brforc the AgricuUurid Socictij of 

 Onmgc County, A'uccmbcr Vth, 1641. By John 

 CaldKcU, Ksij., rrcsident. 



This is a sensible addrcFS ; and we are glad that the 

 fanners of Orange county have among them so en 

 lightened and zealous a friend of the good cause of 

 Agricultural Improvement. We shall give two ex- 

 tracts from the address. 



The caiiic of an iudiislrious profession. — Agricul- 

 turnl pursuits are peculiarly congenial to the people of 

 this country, and to our republican institutions, they 

 are tbe liiuudation of our prosperity and the main link 

 in thai ihain of connection which binds ns together as 

 a nation,' and contributes lo our wenltb, our strength, 

 and our independence. It is, therefore, gratifying to 

 observe the lively interest every where taking in the 

 cultivation of the ennh. It was grossly neglected a 

 lew years ago, when speculation in building lots on 

 the mountain tops, or cities in the moon, seemed to 

 overrun the world with madness; the dire resultBofsucb 

 infatuation has cured the evils, and rationality is again 

 restored, though at heavy enerifices to the bewildered 

 victim of cupidity. Manufactures, Commerce, nnd 

 the mechanic arts, owe, ae to an indulgent, fosuring 

 mother, their protection in infancy, and their success 

 in the after days of their progress, to the never failing ] 

 aid of successful agricid'.ufe. Is it not, therefore 

 lamentable to see so many of our vigorous youth, 

 withdraw themselves Irom its ennobling pursuits, to 

 waste their sweetness, not as the Poet says — "on the 

 desert air," but behind the counters ol petty and ef- 

 feminate irnilic 1 Thus, loo, by filling Biations pecu- 

 liarly suited to the softer sex, depriving thousands of 

 unprotected females of approprinie employment, and 

 compelling them to earn a scanty subsistence in such 

 other ways as remain open to them, by incessant, but 

 ill-requited labor ; often at the expense of health and 

 constitution, worn down spirits and broken hearts. 

 This is no esnggerated representation ; let any of you 

 visit tlie abodes of honest poverty in our cities, and 

 you will rtnd it more than realized. One of the ablest 

 periodical wrileis of Great Urimin, speaking of the 

 ambition in that country for profi.ssionnl life, and the 

 rush into what are called the learned professione of 

 law, physic, and divinity, points to some of the conse- 

 quences in language which is no leas applicable here. 

 "Bat thousands," says be, "have died of broken 

 hearts in these oursuits, — thousands who would have 

 been happy behind the plough, or prosperous in man- 

 ufacturing or mechanical pursuits ; — thousands in the 

 deepernls struggle of the thankless professions, look . 

 upon the simplieily of a life of manual labor with per- 

 petual envy, and ihoueanrle, by a worse fate still, are 

 driven to necessities which degrade tbe principles ol 

 honor within them, accustom them to humiliating 

 modes of obtaining subsistence, and make out by ad- 

 ministering to the vices of others, tbe livelihood which 

 IS refused to their legitimate exertions." There is, 

 however, in this our beloved country, a general feel 

 n" which pervades the entire raass. An idle man, 

 however wealthy, is looked on with contempt, andean 

 ne^er enjoy the conSdence or respect of his fellow- 

 citizens 



practice of some intelligent farmers, to keep a farm 

 book, in which every lot is designated by number, of 

 otherwise, and ihe ircatment to which each is tubject- 

 cil in eaeii year regulaily recorded, thereby laying 

 the basis for just cunclusioiiB, from well established 

 preniisep. . 'C 



1 



Habits of exact observation eneovraged. — While I 

 conoratulnte you on the vast amount ol useful matter 

 scattered over the land in these periodicals, I object to 

 the unnecessary parade of scicntilic terms, frequently 

 unintelligible to plain men like my.-ell, which there is 

 reason to fear deters n.any from looking at them at nil. 

 A woman may bake a good batch of bread in total ig- 

 norance of the theory of fermcntatinn, and a farmer 

 may raise a good crop, and know little of the nmiii 

 lies of soil nnd manures. It is well— it ia praisewor- 

 thy for those who have leisure, talent, nnd inclination 

 to pursue such investigations, whilst tbe practical man 

 applies them lo his every day pursuits. Indeed, the 

 whole process of cultivation may be considered as a 

 well arranged series of experiments, and every Intel 

 ligent farmer an experimental philosopher, the soil his 

 subject matter, the elements his agent, and his labo- 

 ratory bounded only by the wide cano|iy of heaven — 

 there he follows up causes to their etfects ; there 

 be trncesbnck eflecis to their causes, nnd there too, in 

 the midst of his labors ; he looks from nature up to 

 nature's God. But allow me, gentlemen to suggest 

 thnt, as in all other arts and sciences, so also in agri- 

 culture, the various operations as ihey occur in thi. 

 8ucce.-:>ive stages of tbe process, ought to be carefully 

 and minutely noted, nnd for thl.i purpose ; it is the 



lifnVns for Mniiiiic. '^ 



An enquiry comes up in the second number of the 

 cnrient volume of thc{''ariner concerning ihc leaveB 

 in "Aani wood land" beinjj used ee a manure, nnd 

 the success ntiending. In arawer lo which we fay, 

 thnt if the land produces only hardwood, they furnish 

 the principal manure for the limber when growing, 

 nnd for other purposes wlien the wood is taken off. 

 The growth of such timber is neually of a profitable 

 and somelimcsof a rapid character. The land where 

 such timber ia found, is of various but gcnnially pro* 

 ductive character, nnd retains its ferlility well. 



Taken from iho forest and placed in the sly or born>- 

 yard, where they can be subject to the operniionB of 

 swine and other stock, and it forms one of ihe most 

 vnluable manures, boih for present use and future du- 

 rability, that can be employed. Il answers well for all 

 kinds of crops. In the crude or unmanufnclured 

 state, in which it is taken from the woods, tbe manure 

 is perhaps as good as any for potatoes in the hill, for 

 fruit and forest trees, currant bushes, &«. 



W. B. 



For the Ne7c Guicgee Farmer. 

 Harrowing Potatoe*. 



Friend Colman— li is not my object to argue the 

 profitableness of a crop of potatoes, or how the great- 

 est quantity can be raised from an acre, but lo suggest 

 nn improvement in the cultivation of them. My prac- 

 tice has been, for two or three years, with q light drag 

 10 drag them over thoroughly, just before they come 

 up. My objects in this are lo pulverise ihe ground 

 well, which it wUl do without injuring the polatoeo, 

 if they are planted at a proper depth, nnd destroy the 

 weeds itfat get up generally very much before hoeing 

 lime. By these means the crop is kept much cleaner 

 with less work than any other way that I am aware of 

 ESEK WILBUR. 

 Macedon, ith mo. 23rf, 1842. 

 We have seen this method practised with much od- 

 vantage, and know that it greatly facilitates the cul- 

 tivation of tb e crop. — Ed. 



To THE PiiiNT. — When the Mayor and Common 

 Council of Albany, at the oiiening of the "Western 

 Rail Koad. visited Boston and were received by the 

 municipal autl;orilicG in due form, the Mayor said for 

 1 himself and associates that they would be glad to see 

 the city ; he was a business man , and not used to 

 I making speeches. 



A captain of a merchantman whose cargo was con- 

 signed to Sam'l WiUiams, the eminent American mer- 

 chant in London, not finding such a market as he de- 

 sired wrote a letter of three quarto pages for advice aa 

 to what he should do, proposing this and proposing 

 that course. Mr. WUliams' reply, very much to the 

 chagrin of this long winded gentleman, was, "Sir, 

 fake salt and go home." 



Farmers! No long talks in the morning. "Take 

 tune by the forelock." 



Cure lor WoUntJs? Galls, asiil Urtiises. 



Take one quarter pound of Saiipare, htilf a pint 

 ofVinerrar, half a pint of Spirits Turpentine ; put 

 them to°gether into a bottle, nnd shake up be.ore 

 using. Apply it to the wound with a leather, three 

 limes a day. , . , , • . „• * 



The above was handed ns by a highly intelligent 

 friend, who assures us that it will be found a moet 



efficient c ure for sores on horses. 



The Season now, 30ih May, hne sehlom promised 

 better The wheat looks finely, nnd grass abundant. 

 The prices of produce are such ns to satisly leDsoriable 

 men ; wheat in Rochester, $1,S5 per bushel, and bay 

 10 to 12 dollars per ton. 



