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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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many times the cost of our volume, while 
those not specially engaged in this branch of 
culture can gather much to interest them. 
Preserving Grapes in Cotton. —We have 
just received, from a considerate friend in 
western New-York, a fine specimen of Isa¬ 
bella grapes, admirably preserved by simply 
enveloping them in cotton. Though thus 
late in the season, they are really delicious, 
nsarly as fresh as if new, and almost beguiled 
us into the belief that we had come to the sea- 
eon of the purple fruit. We sincerely thank 
the fair giver for this token of her regard. 
May all sweet blessings cluster about her 
life, and may she never cease to be preserved 
in the remembrance of her friends. * 
Our readers are referred to a variety of 
new advertisements which will be found in 
their appropriate place. The one headed 
“ Situation on a Farm wanted,’'' is worthy of 
attention, or so we should judge from read¬ 
ing it- __ 
Stock raisers and those desiring improved 
animals, will find several advertisements of 
especial interest to them. Agricultural and 
other societies will of course note Mr. Wil¬ 
liams’ proposal to furnish Tents, &c. 
TURNING OUT STOCK EARLY. 
Most farmers greatly injure their pastures by 
turning their stock out upon them too early. 
They ought to wait till the ground has be¬ 
come so firm and compact that the cattle will 
not poach it; and the grass should be suffi¬ 
ciently high to give them a good bite, with¬ 
out being obliged to gnaw down to the roots. 
Woodland pastures are the only exception 
to this rule. On these it is no matter how 
early stock is turned. The grass here is 
not so valuable as on open lands, and the 
leaves still upon the ground of the previous 
year’s forest growth, are generally sufficient 
to prevent its being poached ; besides it is 
necessary to turn out early on such pas¬ 
tures, in order to give the stock the benefit 
of the browse. 
When the early grass is eaten off too soon, 
it leaves the roots exposed to spring frosts ; 
and if dry weather follows, the pasture will 
scarcely recover all summer. But let the 
grass get a good thick start, and then if not 
overstocked, it will keep growing till late in 
autumn unless it happens to be particularly 
dry. 
Sufficient attention is not paid to our pas¬ 
tures. They ought to be harrowed every 
spring with a fine sharp-tooth harrow, all 
the manure droppings beat fine, and grass 
seed sown over all bare or thin spots. After 
this a heavy roller may advantageously fol¬ 
low. 
Spread salt over weedy or bushy places, 
after cutting them off, and the stock after this 
will gnaw the herbage so close as to prevent 
the future growth of the weeds, &c. The fol¬ 
lowing year such spots should be well har¬ 
rowed and grass seed sown thickly over 
them. It would be well to keep the stock 
off of them until the grass has well set, they 
may then be turned on again. 
Good pastures pay as large an interest as 
meadow or mowing lands, and equally good 
care should be taken of them. 
Mowing lands should never be pastured in 
the spring ; the hay crop suffers sadly if 
they are. 
IMPROVEMENT IN POULTRY. 
As one incident illustrating the great pro¬ 
gress of late years in this important branch 
of farming and stock-raising, a friend from 
Connecticut informs us, that in his imme¬ 
diate neighborhood, fifteen tuns of choice, 
dressed poultry is annually sent to market, 
when a few years since, scarcely one tun 
was sold. He says, in the article of geese 
an immeasurable improvement has been 
made. A choice African gander, (known by 
his dew-lap reaching from his jaw the entire 
length of his neck and belly), is used with 
from five to seven Bremen geese ; and this 
cross produces great fertility, vigor of con¬ 
stitution, and rapid growth, as any one may 
see who has watched these stately bipeds 
leading a brood of a dozen or fifteen gos¬ 
lings, larger than themselves, to their wat¬ 
ering places. He says one man hatched, 
last season, about 80 goslings, from seven 
Bremen geese and one gander, and raised 70, 
the others having been lost by maiming. 
For such goslings, well fattened, he often 
receives five dollars per pair. This certain¬ 
ly cannot be a losing business. 
Another correspondent writes us, that he 
sold poultry last year to the amount of 
$2,900, mostly live and fancy stock. An¬ 
other friend assures us, his sales have been 
about $2,000 per annum, for the last two or 
three years. 
Such large receipts can not be often real¬ 
ized, and we should be sorry to encourage 
their expectations ; but they are a pretty 
sure guarantee, that the breeders of any choice 
birds will have no difficulty hereafter in al¬ 
ways realizing a handsome remuneration for 
the trouble and expense in raising them. 
Curious Facts Concerning Dyspepsia.— 
The effect of mental disquietude in produc¬ 
ing this prevalent complaint, is far greater 
than is supposed. It is well known that per¬ 
sons in good health, of sound digestive or¬ 
gans, who take plenty of exercise, and are 
free from anxiety, may eat almost anything, 
and in quantities which would kill those in 
different circumstances. In reference to 
this point, Dr. Brigham, an English medical 
writer, observes : “We do not find dyspep¬ 
sia prevalent in countries where the people 
do eat most enormously. Travelers in Sibe¬ 
ria say that the people there often eat forty 
pounds of food in one day. Admiral Se- 
ripchoff saw a Siberian eat, directly after 
breakfast, twenty-five pounds of boiled rice, 
with three pounds of butter. But dyspepsia 
is not a common disease in Siberia. We do 
not learn from Captain Parry, or Captain 
Lyon, the Arctic travelers, that their friends 
the Esquimaux are very nervous and dyspep¬ 
tic, though they individually eat ten or 
twelve pounds of solid food per day, washing 
it down with a gallon or so of train oil. Cap¬ 
tain Lyon was, to be sure, a little concerned 
for a delicate young lady Esquimaux, who 
ate his candles, wicks and all, yet he does 
not allude to her inability to digest them.” 
Patience is the key of content. 
“A little humor now and then, 
Is relished by the best of men.” 
BABY POETRY. 
A young mother, says the Home Journal, 
insists upon our publishing the following af¬ 
fecting and beautiful baby poetry, under the 
head of “ Interesting to Ladies.” So here 
it is: 
Where is the baby 1 Bess its heart— 
Where is muzzer’s darling boy 1 
Does it hold its ittle hands apart, 
The dearest, bessed toy 1 
And so it does ; and will its ittle chin 
Grow just as fat as butter! 
And will it poke its ittle fingers in 
Its tunnin ittle mouth, and mutter 
Nicey wicey words, 
Just like ittle yellow birds 1 
And so it will; and so it may, 
No matter what its pappy say, 
And does it wink its ittle eyeses, 
When its mad, and ups andcrieses? 
And does it squall like chick-a-dees 
At everything it sees 1 
Well it does ! Why not, I pray 1 
Aint it muzzer’s darlin evey day 1 
Oh ! what’s the matter 1 oh my ! oh my 1 
What makes my swetest chickey ky 1 
Oh nasty, uggy pin, to prick it; 
Its darlin muzzer’s darlin cricket! 
There ! there ! she throw it in 
The fire ! the kuel, wicked pin ! 
There ! hush, my honey ; go to seep, 
Rocked in e kadle of a deep ! 
WAITING FOR THE CARS. 
About 12 o’clock we reached Rome. All the 
trains on the Central Road were behind 
time; but they were just about to arrive, 
and they were just a-going to arrive, for five 
hours. The room in the station-house was 
soon filled. Ladies there were, but in no 
proportion to the gentlemen. They were 
more patient—at least, outwardly; staying 
in the house was more natural to them. 
But the men were full of calculations—how 
long before the train must arrive now ; when 
it would probably be at Syracuse and Buffa¬ 
lo, or Utica, and Albany ; what the chances 
were for getting to New-York. There were 
seats in the gentlemen’s room for eight, and 
there were from thirty to fifty persons pres¬ 
ent. Some heaped up the indolent mail- 
bags, and sat on them. A roll of buffalo 
robes behind the door was a special luxury. 
Some mounted on trunks that had accumu¬ 
lated in one corner. Apparently they were 
not soft, as they seemed willing to exchange 
for the buffalo robe whenever it was vacated. 
Others stood about the outrageously hot 
stove. 
Everybody seemed to be seized with a de¬ 
sire to put in a stick, and when it could hold 
no more they would occasionally open the 
door, look in, poke and kick with their feet 
to crowd them closer, and so it roared red- 
hot and terrible as a red-dragon. But stout, 
full-blooded men sat about it with great 
coats and mufflers on, drinking in heat as if 
they had a salamander enjoyment of it. The 
only relief was in the frequent opening of 
the door to let in new-comers. They came 
pushing in, with red faces and white coats, 
powdered with snow like a confectioner’s 
cake. The first business of every one, on 
entering, was to ask after the train, to which 
some quizzical answers, some peevish and 
querulous answers, some downright truth ; 
a few were always hopeful, and not a few sat 
silent and even sullen. 
The next resource of every one seemed to 
be in an attack upon the pop-corn and apple- 
baskets. It was a great day for the apple- 
