AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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stop making up a whole oroad-side of editorial out of the 
Agriculturist, without even so much as mentioning its 
existence. No, No, Major, don’t he Irightei ed at your 
own shadow. We are in a very patronizing mood just 
now. and as your journal is usually so devoid of good ag¬ 
ricultural editorials, we by “special enactment” grant 
you a permit to copy from the Agriculturist into your pa¬ 
per one leading editorial every week, without giving a 
word of credit, since your ostensible cause of complaint 
is our “ copy-right.” 
Why feel so bad Major, because we put a small 
picket fence (copyright) around our flow er garden that costs 
so much care and anxiety, and money, just to keep ma¬ 
rauders out. Come rightround and we’ll open thegateour- 
selves, and set out a table under an arbor, and bring out 
••coffee for two”—if you’ll leave your “pistols” and 
sword at home. Come right round Major, we want to 
whisper in jour ear a little about bur private business 
matters which you don’t seem to understand. What did 
make you think we got all our advertising done for little or 
nothing! Why that was a great mistake. You see we 
don’t scarcely advertise at all, ourselves, Major. We 
sometimes for amusement draw up an odd sort of an ad¬ 
vertisement ju>t to see how it .will look in the Times or 
Tribune, and sometimes a clerk gets up one, and one of 
the funniest ones was sent in by a subscriber. Well, 
it gets in one paper, and then along comes a dozen agents 
of the “country papers,” (notouragents,) and they offer to 
insert that advertisement in ever so many papers at ever 
so low a price. There is one of these agents who 
is a real gentleman, and he has such a wuning way that he 
generally conquers, and when he presents Ins “ lowest 
terms” for 500 or 1,000 papers, we comedown at once, 
and hand him over a few thousand dollars and say go 
ahead. So, Major, instead of advertising free, we have 
paid over $16,000 to “country papers” for advertising 
alone in a year or tw o past, though we have not attended 
to the business persona'lv, and know not but all the pub¬ 
lishers in the country are abundantly satisfied with the 
doings of their own agent here. He always shows us 
their bill for all we agreed to pay him. Cut advertising in 
any way pays. Major. Just try it. Come round on next 
mailing day and see the tun after tun of Agriculturists 
that we send to the Post Office every month. And then 
there is such a pleasure in these things, Major. Every 
number contains so many good suggestions from our 
worthy associates and correspondents ; and there are so 
many engravings to both please and instruct the readers. 
Why, how could yon call them “ useless things,” as you 
did the other day 1 You were not thinking of your own 
monotonous pages were you ? There, there, now, put up 
that pistol—we meant monetary pages, or something of 
that kind. 
Welt, Major, can’t we make up now! You once 
thought much of us, and we never did you wrong but 
once, and that we are very sorry for on yur account, as 
it keeps you feeling so frailly, though it was a good thing 
for ms, that we went right into ynur domain and bought 
out the Penn. Farm Journal. We would be more sorry, 
but some how there are more than ten thousand Pennsyl¬ 
vania Farmers that seem to like the Agriculturist well 
enough to keep sending their money for it. But you see 
Major, they don’t know so well as you do what is best for 
themselves, or they would heed your advice and leave all 
foreign papers, no matter how good and cheap and come 
and pay you two dollars for your home sheet, which con¬ 
tains so many interesting advertisements, all set in ortho¬ 
dox style (not “outre"). Pray don’t feel bad again, 
Major, and write another such article as you did. Your 
dinner must have set very badly, ordid you sleep poorly? 
Never mind. Major, nevermind about those few thou¬ 
sand farmers I h it will persist in coming to New-York,for 
an l< Agricultural Monthly.” Let them go, and talk to 
the half a million who are not yet so unwise. 
Good morning, Major, call round again. 
To Farmers, Mechanics,and others, 
IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK. 
[We commend the following to the attention of our 
readers. It is truly a benevolent work to gather up and 
redeem, or save to society the hundreds of boys who 
would, unaided and uncared for, only grow up to be a 
pest.—E d.] 
It is well known to the public, that numbers of poor, 
homeless boys come to ouroffice, or are brought in by 'he 
visitors, who want work anil a home. Their ages range 
from 15 to 18. They are often strong, healthy lads, able 
to work well on (arms or at trades. 
Of their characters and past lives we generally know 
but little. We only know that they are unfortunate, and 
exposed in the city to all kinds of temptation. Here, they 
will soon be ruined. In honest work in the country they 
may become useful men. We desire to put it before the 
conscientious and religious consideration of our farmers 
and mechanics, especially in New England and New 
York, whether it is not their duty to aid us in the effort, 
to save, for time and eternity, these poor lads. These are 
the Heathen at their own doors. Our experience shows 
what vast improvement the efforts of a patient Christian 
family may produce on the boys and girls of this class. 
If the experiment fail in any particular case, the employer 
can only feel that he was trying to serve his Master, and 
that the loss is no loss to his own soul. 
We desire to send these lads to New England and 
New York, because the expense is so great in getting 
them to the West, though kind homes are always open 
there. We propose to pay the expenses of the journey, on 
condition that they be refunded if the boy remains. Each 
applicant must enclose recommendations from his Pastor, 
or the Magistrate of the tow n, and, if possible, references 
to responsible persons in New York. He should also 
give us his town, county and State and the nearest and 
cheapest route thither. 
Address “J. Macy, Assistant Secretary, II Clinton Hall, 
Astor Place, Children’s Aid Society, New York.” 
Who among our farmers and mechanics will lend a 
hand in this effort for the sinful and unfortunate ? 
C. L. Brace, Secretary. 
-- immen —»-•.- 
Boys’ and Girls’ Own Columns. 
Answers to Problems. 
These have come in like a torrent, and we must “ sus¬ 
pend ” New Problems for a month, to make room for 
some other matter w hich may interest our young friends 
as much as the problems. You may look for some new 
ones in the next number. Wegive below all the correct 
answers received up to April 18th. 
Prob 25, 26—Chas. Young, Henry Co, Iowa, and “ Ver¬ 
mont Boy, sent answers to these in March, but they did 
not get here until a long time after. 
Prob. 27—To arrange 10 pieces like the following (5 of 
each kind) in a square. 
There are seveial modes of doing this, of which the fol¬ 
lowing is the one adopted by most of those sending us 
drawings • 
Answered thus: by Wm Creighton, Westchester Co 
N Y ; Eliho Cox. Randolph Co. Ind ; George Ma^ton. 
Albany, NY; Jane Stehbins. Wilbraham Mass : Frank 
and Eugene. Huron Co. O ; Calvin II Brandon Carlis'e, 
Pa; Harrison Flora. Stark Co. 0 ; George W. Van Win¬ 
kle. Hudson. N Y ; J. M. Dayton. Hartford Co. Ct ; Sn- 
sanne. King's Co, N Y ; George H. Clark Orange Co. 
N Y; Joseph Mellon, Chester Co. Pa ; D Webster Spicer, 
Jefferson Co, NY; A. C. Whitmack, Somerset Co. N J ; 
George A. Young New Bedford. Mass ; George A. Kena- 
ding. Windham Co, ct; David B. Stewart Washington 
Co, Pa ; Newell H. Haynes. Stoneham. Mass ; Henry J. 
Bacon. Middlesex Co. Ct; C. C Ingleside, Westchester 
Co, N Y (with mathematical demonstration) ; Jas Huff¬ 
man, Hunterdon Co. N J ; M. E. Luce. Ashtabula Co. 0; 
F. W Lockwood, Fairfield Co. Ct : Chas. M. Kinne. On¬ 
ondaga Co, N Y: H. S Gold. Washington. Ct; Isaac 
Tucker, Queen’s Co, N Y ; W. W. D., Mass; Mary 
Campbell. Delaware City, Ind ; Fremont M. Hendrix, 
Howard Co. Mo ; John Oliver, Brooklyn LI ; J Conk¬ 
lin Brown. Dutchess Co, N Y ; W. M'Mnrtrv, Windham, 
N J ; David W. Sharp. Sevmour, Ct: J G. S. Gutphen, 
Somerset Co, N J ; H. F. Carter. Crawford Co, Pa ; F. 
C. Bissell, Tolland Co. Conn ; Jno. Souter, Richmond Co, 
O : Jacob Corlies, Monmouth Co, N J; Mary E. Lodge, 
Montgomery Co, Pit: Mary Y. Stout, Ringoes, N J ; H. 
I. Jones, Grant Co. Ind ; B. D. Sanders, Brook Co. Va 
R W. Anderson. York Co, Pa : Joseph W. Farquh ir, 
Carroll Co. Mil : G. II I,a Fetra. Clinton Co. (> ; J. S. 
Parent, Saratoga Co, N Y; J G. and P S. Guthrie. Decatur 
Go. Id (different from figure above) ; Emma Woomyand 
Louis Pennington, Ripley Co. Ind nlo.); Chas I) Morris, 
Bureau Co, III ; Lester Winfield, Ulster Co, N Y ; An¬ 
drew Beck, New Durham, N J : R.G. Adams, Worces¬ 
ter Co, Mass; Robert Winn, Hawesville, Ky; W. E. 
Guv, Oxford, III ; Martin D. Young, Clmton Co, Ind ; G 
P. Prmdle, Charlotte, Vt; J. F. Coffin. Hancock Co, 
Ind. The next thought they were correct; but their 
figures were parallelograms instead of squares: G W. 
T., Ct ; E. W., N Y ; A. VV„ N J ; W. E. J., Wis ; J. II. 
B..NJ; J. D.S, O. 
Prob. 28—Miscellaneous Enigma. (See page 90) Arts — 
The motto of the Agriculturist — “ Agricullure is the most 
healthful, the most useful, and the must noble employ¬ 
ment of man.” Words: Peoria, Fortune, And, Emily, 
Lilac, Elm, Albany, Table, Hudson. Oiter, Fig. Us, 
Meat, Fish, Temple, Iloe, Cottage, Arithmetic, Moses, 
Home. 
Answered correctly by : 
Wm, A. Rogers, New Haven Co. Ct,; Geo. W. Taylor, 
Fairfield Co Ct: Henry B Hinsdae, Kenosha City, 
Wis; Ezra S. Whitney Shelby Co, Mo; Emeiy Mills, 
Hamilton Co, Ind ; E B. Treat. Hartford Co, Ct.; Jasper 
N. Lantz (no address); Daniel E. Herrey, Essex Co, 
NJ; Robert S. Titus and J Corn w el i Mott, Qur en's Co 
N Y ; Jacob Flora, Stark Co, O : Jos. H. tiuiterfoss, 
Hunterdon Co, N J ; Jane E Dibble. New Haven Co, 
Ct ; Mrs E Pierson, M'Henry Co I I ; M. E. Luce.Ash¬ 
tabula Co, O; Robert Stobo, Weehawken, N J : W. W. 
D , Mass ; II S. Gold, Washington. Ct: T. B. Kelsey, 
Salem Co, N J , T L. B. (no address) ; Wilson Stewart, 
Washington Co. Pa; Emma Odver. Brooklyn L I ; Win. 
A Nelson, Adams Co. Wi> ; Ida G, Stothoff. Somerset Co, 
N J ; F. W. Lockwood, Faiifield Co. Ct ; Daniel Wing, 
S. Yarmouth. Mass; Chas M Kinne, Onondaga Co, 
N Y : G> o. Vandeslrand, Queen’s Co. N A’ ; Willard S. 
Young, Herkimer Co. N A' ; Wilson D West, Harford 
Co, Md ; Eugene Jolil, Brooklyn, L I ; Mary Campbell, 
Delaware City. Ind; F. C. Jean. Lyons, Clinton Co, 
Iowa ; Reed W. Anderson, A ork Co. Pa : J. Conklin 
Brown, Dutchess Co. N A r ; G. H White, Columbia Co, 
N V ; J M J.. E-s- x Co, N J ; Richard II Stevens, 
Morris Co, N J ; E. Cnbberiey. Hamilton Square, N J ; 
Samuel Ya-es. N A T City; A.C. Wbilenack. Somerset 
Co, N J ; Frank and Eugene, Huron o, O , John Lvles, 
N A' City ; Wealthy A. Hathaway. Worcester Co. Mass; 
G. K O, Rockingham Co. N II; M. B I . Dedham 
Mass ; F C. Bissell, Tolland Co, Conn ; J ,coh Corlies, 
Monmouth Co, N J ; Hannah F Hastmgs, Dutchess Co 
N A T ; Mary C. Lodge, Montgomery Co, Pa ; II . F. Car 
ter, Crawford Co, Pa ; Abr. Mvers, Ogle Co, III ; Mary 
A r . Stout. Hunterdon Co. N J ; Jno. T Dlick, Northamp¬ 
ton Co. Pa; J G and P. S Gulhtie, Decatur Co. Ind ; 
I has. D. Morris, Bureau Co, 111 ; G II. La Fetra Clinton 
Co, (>; Ellen C. Barker, Litchfield Co, Conn ; Edward 
Morehouse. Dutchess Co, N A’ (yes) ; Chas. Turrev. 
Henry Co, Iowa; S. Armstrong, Columbia Co. Wis ; E. 
P. Lowe, Jersey Co. Ill; W E Guy. Oxford, III; Martin 
V. Young, Clinton Co, Ind ; ‘ Veimont Buy ” (Trie Edi¬ 
tor admires your perseverenre in gelling subscription 
money. He has himself tried the same plan success¬ 
fully). 
Prob. 23—To arrange the following five pieces into a 
perfect cioss : 
Thisis done in the following figure, and drawings like 
this have been received from : John Souter, Richmond 
Co. O ; Selina and Thirza 
^earce. Marietta, O : Eugene 
Moore. Sehuvlkill Co. Pa; 
G. II La Fetra. Clinton Co, 
O ; D Etier, Da'''ori. O ; 
Jaeoh Corlies, Monmouth 
Co. N J ; Wm E. Jones, 
Kenosha Co, AA’is ; Joseph 
P. Hnmh'e, Martinvdle, 
N J; IT F. Mervin. New- 
Haven Co, Conn ; S. A. 
Dean. Bureau Co. I'l ; .1 D. 
Shank ClintonCo. 0: Mary 
A’. Stout. Hunterdon Co, 
N J : H. C. Jones. Grant 
Co. Ind : S D. M.. Smnner 
Co. Tenn : F. A. Sanders, 
Brook Co. Va ; B W r An¬ 
derson. Vork Co. Pa ; Geo. 
H. Clarke, Orange Co. N Y 
(heautifnllv drawn) ; Albert 
J Caldwell. Westmoreland 
Co. Pa ; Chas. D. Morris, 
Tiskilwn, Ill ; Lester Win 
field. Ulster Co. NY: O. 
K O., Auburn. N II , Thus 
B. Kelsav. Salem Co. N J , 
W. C Stephen. 9lh-st. N Y ; 
W. C. Ashkettle. Hudson 
City. N J: I E. AVa'I er 
Worcester Co, Mass; J. F. Coffin, Hancock Co, InJ ; 
Jno. R. Joralemon, Bergen Co, N J (nearly right). 
