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raise grass. But I did. One of my neighbors fully satisfied himself why 

 I got such a wheat crop — "it was because I sowed it exactly in the right 

 time of the moon." The small portion of the plains that have been sold 

 at auction were from S3 an acre to $40. It is not over twenty miles from 

 the center of this city to the center of this tract of common land. Every 

 effort has been made by a few of the citizens to have the town dispose of 

 this Common, but hitherto without effect. Some of it has been squatted 

 upon and held by possession for a long time, and the cultivation of such 

 fields shows what might be made of the whole tract. It is to be hoped 

 that a plan is now maturing that may meet the views of the landless 

 voters of the town, so as to get authority to sell this tract, and get it 

 under cultivation. The railroad fare is only fifty-five cents, or commuta- 

 tion $63 a year, from the city to what should be its great vegetable gar- 

 den, instead of a barren waste and eye-sore to every stranger, who thinks, 

 because he sees such a great tract uncultivated, that it is barren ; but that 

 is not the truth. It is because the majority of the people of the town 

 prefer to keep it for a very poor cow pasture, rather than sell it, and have 

 it made into a rich garden spot. 



WINTER FEEDING OP CATTLE, AND THE BEST MANNER OP PREPARING 



FOOD FOR MAN AND BEAST- 



This question was called up, and discussed to a small extent and con- 

 tinued. One gentleman said : The great argument against using concen- 

 trated animal food is that it is so much adulterated — we never know what 

 we are buying. 



R. Gr. Pardee. — Some experiments made in France have proved that a 

 man can be sustained at hard labor, without waste, upon twelve mouthfuls 

 of solid food a day. No man should eat heartily when in a state of ex- 

 citement, or very much fatigued. I have proved that a very light meal 

 under such circumstances is of much more advantage to me than a hearty 

 meal. 



HOW TO EAT WISELY. 



Mr. Pardee read the following valuable extract from Hall's Journal of 

 Health, upon the subject of taking our meals: 



1. Never sit down to a table with an anxious or disturbed mind ; better 

 a hundredfold intermit that meal, for there will then be that much more 

 food in the world for hungrier stomachs than yours ; and, beside, eating 

 wuder such circumstances can only, and will always prolong and aggravate 

 the condition of things. 



2. Never sit down to a meal after any intense mental effort, for physical 

 and mental injury are inevitable, and no man has a right to deliberately 

 injure body, mind, or estate. 



3. Never go to a full table during bodily exhaustion — designated by 

 some as being worn out, tired to death, used up, done over, and the like. 

 The wisest thing you can do under such circumstances is to take a cracker 

 and a cup of warm tea, either black or green, and no more. In ten min- 

 utes you will feel a degree of refreshment and liveliness which will be 



