MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
FUTURE PROSPECTS OF WOOL AND HOW TO moderate allowance of tbese grains, with some least one-half of all who engage ni that _ _ 
GRO V/ IT. potatoes or carrots as green food, for the attain- pu^^• ^statefvWaco arebevond We have been favored with a perusal, in To improve agriculture is wise; for, as is 
, , , f , ment of his object, viz., tfw greatest amount of good ot t e o , , L b „ manuscript, of an Address delivered by our the culture of tho fields and flocks in any 
It is a fact, worthy of the most profound con- ^ and in ^ veiy be6t condition ._& B. o^Valf street Associate Editor, Mr. French, before the community, so is always the culture of the 
sideration, by every grower of wool, that his RoCKWELL in Wool Grower and Stock Register td \ § tbat SO me men dron tho mer- York County Agricultural Society, at Saco, men and women by whom it is bestowed.— 
occupation for tiro next ten yean, pronn.es r.ch lam ° ami fail Mo., in October last. _ Under his description He considered it essential that tho business 
returns for invested capital and labor. During__—.-f • rant of practical knowledge in the art: of “the peculiar position which Woman oc- of the farmer should bo made more lucra- 
the last decade, there has been, in many of the old KE viEW OF THE WOOL MARKET FOR NOV. ?V dg an exception and goes no farther to cupies in New England Society,” we make five. It was equally necessary in farming 
wool growing States, a large falling off in the - condemn the occupation, than would bo that the extract bolow : as in other pursuits to substitute mechanical 
number of sheep raised, and pounds of wool There is no change to note, other than an in- f thG cobbler a „. ai ‘ nst s hi p building, because “ Look, for a monent, at tho condition of power for human labor. A constant and 
grown. In 1840, New York had upwards of creasing firmness. Trices cannot well advance, be did not succeed in making a seventy-four a majority ot the wives of respectable far- umfoim 1 elation must always bo maintained 
5 000 000 sheep being some over a quarter of all for there is no large amount of stock to operate f r j () . a ^ e mors, aye, and of men ot all other classes between the state of agucultuie, and indeed 
in the’ United State. Vermont then had over upon. ' ft is true, the farmer has not much ohanco in your own county. What arc tho duties, of soctety and the ootempotnneous state of 
1 000 000 how Kew York lias only 3,500,000, The nows from Australia leaves no doubt as to f or making a fortune in a day, nor of losing nhich, by general consent, devolve upon mientio l t lo aits. lie al uded to t 10 
i,ouu,uuu. r<ov,xhew luiit. ims uuij- a . *? . po hooinos. oofo ocwraii them? comparative condition of American industry 
and Vermont only a fraction over 900,000, and by the disastrous effect of the gold fever there upon business M^safo^ as what do y(W> sir> and you> expcct 0 f the as exhibited at the World’s Fair, and urged 
January, 1853, her flocks will doubtless not ex- the wool growing interest. 1 hey can got no u] ‘If Mltno-mhVr m’nfi table in lady who presides over your household?— the necessity of increased attention to man- 
ceed 600,000! The causes which have led to this to shear the sheep. And the high prices of pro- do j Pl | md ccn t s but^ profitable for his Did you ever consider for a moment, how ufacturing interests. If farmers wish to 
result are various, but it is foreign to our purpose visions is tempting to the flock-masters to drive which probably no other occu- many and various and constant are her cares distinguish the generation to which they be- 
to speak of them. In many other States, there fheir sheep to the mines, and thousands are dady pation’is so goodit may teach him econo- and trials ? A , \? u & they fc ha I e a . wis , e 4 r and ™°. re en ' 
has been a similar decrease, or falling off. slaughtered, and the unshorn pelts thrown away or J 11V where others mfolit lead to extra valance You aro ’ P erha P s > an amatour farmor 5 lightened system of agriculture. This pre- 
For ten years, the increase of sheep throughout burned up. There can be no doubt as to the _■[ bo pro f lta ble for his children, in- you bay e, like a true and thriving Yankee, vailing indifference to agricultural science 
the Union, has been only one and a half millions, scarcity of wool, and the only possible drawback cu l c ating habits of industry to the youth— built a large and elegant house —not so cannot bo suffered to continue. Other na- 
while the population has increased from eighteen upon veiT high prices here will be the condition while others would predispose them to idlo- much because you need it, as because your tions are busy m improving t icir systems 
w ue i T f . ° , upiM ui 8 ii pi * . ^ neighbors live m fine houses. And, besides, of agriculture, and will continue to improve, 
to twenty-four millions. The American popula- of the grain harvest m Europe. It will be some ness ^ d^solution andenme business you aro a growing man in the world, and and we must not neglect to follow, or still 
tion doubles m about twenty-five years, without months before that roll be accurately known.- and “ette-he hTraW ba ™ been Representative to tho Legis- better, take the lead. But the greatest 
the aid of foreign emigration; and it is moreover The readers of The Wool Grower will he prop- « eaSao lature, and are liable to go to Congress, or want is that of pupils. No one wishes to 
true, that the annual increase of our population e ,.]y posted when the time comes to sell. Prices , , /• g t() w hero one grew be President of tho United States. There study agriculture—the farmer’s sons are ad- 
requires the fleeces of 1,000,000 of sheep. Six of fabric must gradually appreciate, until a per- can 7e:ir c i 10 ico breeds of stock is 110 knowing what may not befal you, and verse to it generally. They do not intend 
pounds of'wool to every man, woman and child in mane nt and paying advance is obtained. Prime and f eod them well_this will augment the it is well to keep up appearances in the to pursue the calling—the prejudice against 
the United States is the estimated average amount pc lt s will rule high during the coming month— produc t s of his dairy_his dairy will increase world, and bo ready for any honors that may farming is hereditary. The farmer himself 
vnnrlv for their comfort and use. Con- e. .. o--, m <sn _5fi u. _j.v,„ imw.nnn . lm n o.. bo thrust upon you. is not content with his occupation, nor his 
MR. FRENCH’S ADDRESS. 
We have been favored with a perusal, in 
SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 
ment oi ms o nicer, viz., me greatest, umuuia vj 
It is a fact, worthy of the most profound con- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ yeiy begt CO ndition.-S. B. 
sideration, by every grower of wool, that his RocKWELL) in Wooi Grower and Stock Register 
occupation for the next ten years promises rich Dcccmhcr _ 
returns for invested capital and labor. During J _____ 
the last decade, there has been, in many of the old EE yiEW OF THE WOOL MARKET FOR NOV. 
wool growing States, a large falling off in the 
number of sheep raised, and pounds of wool There is no change to note, other than an in- 
grown. In 1840, New York had upwards of creasing firmness. Prices cannot well advance,, 
To improve agriculture is wise; for, as is 
the culture of tho fields and flocks in any 
community, so is always tho culture of the 
rare that some men drop tho mer- York County Agricultural Society, at Saco, men and women by whom it is bestowed.— 
1in form in cr and fail Me., in October last. Under his description IIo considered it essential that tho business 
'f 'Afonl Vnmvtedo-n in tho nvt • of “the peculiar position which Woman oc- of the farmer should bo made more lucra- 
pation is so good; it may teach him econo¬ 
my, where others might lead to extravagance 
—it may bo profitable for his children, in- 
dollars and cents, but° profitable for his Did you ever consider for a moment, how ufacturing interests. If farmers wish to 
health for which probably, no other occu- many and vanous aild constant are her cares distinguish tho generation to which they be- 
pation’is so good it may teach him econo- andI trials ? ong, they must have a wiser and more en- 
my, where others might lead to extravagance You are perhaps, an amatour farmer; lightened system of agriculture. This pre- 
_it may bo profitable for his children, in- you have, like a true and thriving Yankee, vailing indifference to agricultural science 
culcating habits of industry to the youth- built a large and elegant house-not so cannot be suffered to continue Other na- 
whilo others would predispose them to idlo- much because you need it, as because your tions are busy m improving their systems 
ness, dissolution and crime. neighbors live in fine houses. And, besides of agriculture, and will continue to improve 
But the farmer can make his business you a ™ a gL 0W1D g man . in tho world, and and we must not neglect to follow, or still 
profitable in dollars and cents-he has only have been Representative to the Legis- better, take the lead. But the greatest 
to increase the fertility of his soil to “cause lature, and are haWe to go to Congress, or want is that of pupils. No one wishes to 
two blades of grass to grow whero one grew be President of the United States. There study agriculturo-the farmer s sons are ad- 
_ o S 3 . , ° 1 -rv ir inf \r n rtf lyn+ol onrl voren fn it O'AnDl’fl V I hfiV C fl Tinr. nitfinr 
required yearly for their comfort and use. Con¬ 
sequently, they would consume 150,000,000 lbs. 
Of this amount, we grow 52,500,000, or a trifle 
over two pounds for each individual. Now, we 
from $1,25 to $1,50. 
HINTS FOR DECEMBER. 
“Old Mr. December” has arrived. 
choquer his farm with select fruit trees, 
which in duo time, will repay all capitol in- 
hiiTapitol* stock *m the liog-pen"; ho cau bo thrust upon you. is not content with his occupation, nor his 
chequer his farm with select fruit trees, You haro a largo family of children, and wife any more so. They regarded it as an 
they are all to be educated, and of course humble, laborious, toilsome one; they fret 
we grow, and this compels us to buy of foreign , M • todie nhriits nrobablv uctns ot most ol tfie_ iailioa,cl companies. 
,. mnnnnonn Hresi Of this 25 000 000 is f ta ck the pieces on to the m tits, pi old } While doing this, he is increasing his capital 
nations, 100,000,000 lbs.! Ot this, 25 ,ouu,uuu is ])y of rove nge on lovely June, for hav- , • ki his farm more 
bought in the raw material, and the remainder in ing done the very reverse. We are inclined ^hmble mid lie is worth the more dollars, 
manufactured goods. • to think it is a good move with both, the -it i i u * 
If it ho a correct estimate, that the inhabitants days arc so cheerful and pleasant in bloom. iqucsl, 0,1 ras nun mk d vh 
• c’ l , t ' hio her nercentaffo have no time to work. Your boys must be about its privations and hardships and thus 
over two pounds xor - <£ Q M Dccembcr ” has arrived. He 15^“ dwldonds ve?declaredly theT fitted for college, and your girls must be unconsciously create a disgust for it in their 
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sides the common branches of learning.— Tho prejudice, however, must bo expelled 
Your wifo is expected to see that your ole- from tho farmer’s fireside: and the farmer 
gant house and furniture aro kept in order and the wife must do this themselves. It is 
— that tho children are kept noat and or- as true in this caso as in the more practical 
JJlctLL U IclVA UUIOU gwuo. LU til ill tv It iO Cm gUUU "IbU UUtii. , , .] 1 i( V , • tlia-l tuu to l VI- U uv m i-wvzxvz 
If it be a correct estimate, that the inhabitants days are so cheerful and pleasant in bloom- ■ 1 /wnnld isk what are dorl y- at al1 timos - You hav0 a fanc Y for onc whieh tho rustic P oet had in yievv : 
then it’ follows°that in many of the wool growing them made longer by robbing the nights; Fair, and your wife must take interest enough Lot thorn remember that in a well cons 
then it follows that iu many o the wool growing , — “ { ™ ^ ^ g() cbi ,f and c | ecr I 
countries of Europe, we shall look m yam for ex- ]ess ^ ])ecei ; ibel . wifch tho fl owors all 
farmer: who, more than he, can gratify him¬ 
self with all the beauties which nature has 
in your affairs to look well to the dairy. 
Lot them remember that in a well consti¬ 
tuted and highly advanced society like ours, 
with a population of 36,000,000, has only 33,000,- the 
000 sheep. Great Britain and Ireland, with a Ind 
population of 29,000,000, keep only 32,000,000 of i 
sheep. The sheep of Russia number 39,000,000, con 
less in December, with the flowers all seit witn an rue uuauwes o You have a great propensity to clear up intellectual cultivation relieves men from la- 
killed, the leaves all fallen, and birds all lied. spiux! aroum . . 1 ) swamps, and build stono walls, and improve bor, but it does not at all exempt them from 
that it is no matter how short they be— P oots - SU ?“ y x Sl c 0 Pf’ Y 0111 ' fal ' n b and Y our kitchon is dlled with the practice of industry.; and that notvvith- 
They will bo short enough by Christmas, tiewi o^-maiginec iu , , , hired men, and nobody but your wife knows standing the current use of tho figures of 
and so vou must be “ up and doing, while —the carol ottiie blue-Diiu, tLioitu a what to got for breakfast, dinner or supper speech, “wearied limbs, sweating brows, 
tho day lasts,” Ami what shall wo do ?- rob... salutes lus wa kn g moments and tho ftr thom fa or the family . hardonod sinews, and rough and blackened 
Indeed there is enough to be done. Most ovc - ’P P 00 | ' ' . ,. s . Then you are a generous, hospitable sort hands,” there is no avocation in our country 
of us seldom get ready for winter before he la bY- Yes, tn ore !S poetry n ia i g of fellow, and often invito your friends from that rewards so liberally with health, wealth 
while the popuiation is 60,000 000 
better; a population of 13,000.000 keep 18,000 ; - 
000 sheep. Russia has 15,000,000 inhabitants and 
16,000,000 sheep. Turkey, with a population of 
11,000,000, keeps 14,300,000,-while Sweden and am f the bushes, being frozen, will snap A farmer in rmgianu, namea ^awara n. hali 
Denmark keep loss than 3,000,000, with a popula- REe pipe-stems at a cut from the axe or bush Liddington, has produced a pi ize cssa\ on a b] ( 
tion of over 5,000,000. In short, in seventeen of the scythe. When they arc cut off, trim up the the comparative merits ot wagons and carts, drc , 
largest nations of Europe, the sheep number only larger ones for wood, and pile tho smaller which deserves attention; tor, it he is light b lai 
2ofl71 351 while the sum total of the population ones, and the branches which you prune our farmers arc generally wrong. Alter abl( 
of these countries is over 225,000,000. from the larger ones in a heap and apply five years experience with wagons, and 
oi tnese counuics is uvci , the torch nearly tho same with one-horse carts, on a j no . 
It appears clear that these nations cannot export They w \n not burn very freely at first, farm of one build red and seventy acres of y 
wool, for in many of them wool growing lias but if J build a g 0od fi ro under them arable land, and bighty acres of pasture, he tab , 
reached its utmost limits, and yet do not raise wRb dr y stuff, and press them down into it, came to the conclusion that tho carts wcio d) . 0 
enough for their own consumption! The Astra- they will begin to sizzlo and snap and. finally greater adMikitago. As oui farmers pj a( 
lian colonies, since 1843, bavo novor exported less b urn up. There are a great many useless mostly use y.agoiis. let them pay sorao at- { ab ] 
than 16 000,000 lbs. annually, and often as high alder and hard-hack swamps all over the tention to his statement. lie says “I have coo 
as 40 000 000. Since the discovery of the gold State, which ought to be cleared up and got uo light plowing-land nor have 1 more than „ QQ 
mines however which has caused great neglect of into grass. Of what use to a farmer is onc 20 or 30 acres of very heavy land. I will, tira 
inuiea, uuwuvci, » o o o , .n. j i rn_ ttou'ntoi'A rnlntn mv «.etnnl flTnflriP.ncn. In . 
deed there is enough to be done. Most .°' L - v 1 ]. . ' r ■ r • d_,. Then you are a generous, hospitable sort hands,” there is no avocation in our country 
us seldom get ready for winter before he y 1 ] 1 /- i , es ’ p t C !'? ls .,P 0 ^ rj J of fellow, and often invito your friends from that rewards so liberally with health, wealth 
come growling over the hills, and curdling " 1 easants mi a will aou uicss agi oe i other towns> whom you happen to meet, and honor, a given application of well-di- 
3 streams and hardening the earth as solid n ). e > that 1 ■ 1S tavoiab j.® t0 J! ° , ? ft _ 0 j homo to dine, and your wife is relied on, to rcc ted industry, as dobs that of the farmer, 
as marble. If the swamps are frozen, with- ot poetical genius. >\ew Rag taut at met. do tbo t hi n g U p handsomely, for tho credit If ho is surpassed by persons in other pur- 
out much snow, it will afford you an excel- ' of the establishment; and, although tho suits, It is not because their avocations aro 
lent opportunity to clear them up. The WAGONS AND CARxS FOR FARMS. three youngest children have just had tho preferable to his own, but because, while ho 
wot, boggy and spongy places will bear you . ~, T , „ , , n whooping cough, and have kept her awake has neglected education and training, they 
,, ami the bushes, being frozen, will snap .A I armer in England, named Edward B. b;d f t he nights for the last month, the ami- took care to secure both, 
o pipe-stems at a cut from the axe or bush Liddington, has produced a prize essay on ab i e i ad y ; s expected to appear at tho table, When these convictions shall liavo entor- 
ythe. When they are cut off, trim up the the comparative ntents ot wagons and carts, dressed like tho wife of a gentleman, as 0 d the farm house, its respectability will be 
•ger ones for wood, and pile tho smaller which deserves attention ; lor, it lie is right b land as a moon-beam, and play tho agree- confessed. Its occupants will regard their 
es, and the branches which you prune our farmers arc generally wrong. Alter ab l 0 to-your guests, with the same matronly dwellings and grounds not as scenes of irk- 
jm tho larger ones in a heap and apply years experience with wagons, and gracBj as if she had passed the whole morn- somo a hd humiliating labor, but as their 
e torch. nearly tho same iwith one-horse carts, on a j n g OVO r her book and music. own permanent home, and the homestead 
They will not burn very freely at first, farm of one hundred and seventy acres ot You expect to see your breakfast upon tho of their children and their posterity. Affec- 
it if you build a good fire under them arablo land, and eighty acres ol pasture, lie table punctually at tho hour, and tho chi 1- tions unknown before, and now-born emu- 
WAGGNS AND CARTS FOR FARMS. 
A Farmer in England, named Edward B. 
Fno-knd lias suffered materially in her of these swamps, as they are called ? Ihey tnoieioie, 1 eiato my^aocuai experience, n 0 f friendship or ceremony, and especially tastes, and satisfactory to their ambition.— 
Urrt reoton ^It appears afford neither food for himself or his beast, the employment ot wagons and The old those of y0U r own friends. Then the farmer’s soils will desire and de- 
p ° [ 1 . , , . f ,been nnd wool thro’ We know that many farmers among us have broad-wheeled diing-caits I lequired one You expect to find your wardroho always mand education as liberal as that now chiefly 
that-there is a deficiency of sheep and wool thro ^ ^ m0ans tQ do with them, as they wagon, one cart and three horses, to every in perfect order, with no button or loop, or conferred on candidates for professional life, 
out nearly all of the gieat wool graving set ions w0ldd _ and so they have to bear with these acres of arable land. 1 iilso kept alight s t r i n g missing. If a child is ill, there is no- and w ill subject themselves to discipline in 
of the globe; and hence we infer that, wool, uns jg] 1 tly and useless appendages to their cart for general purposes. Now that 1 am b ody but the mother to watch over it by acquiring the art of agriculture, as rigorous 
especially good wool, will command a high price f arms> 'Rat somo can attend to it as well employing carts, 1 find that 1 get through n jg b t or by day, and tho depressing, never- as that endured by those who apprentice 
for a series of years to come. and better now than any other time, and we m Y work much more easily with two horses ceas ; n g solicitude, and exhausting offices duo themselves to other avocations.— IVm. H. 
Heavy drafts are being made upon the old stocks hope they will begin to attack them with and two carts to 50 acres, 
of cloths in market, and when these are exhausted firo and—axe. dn the calculation ot items, his so 
we may expect a permanent rise in the manufac- It is a very good time now to cut cord nearly $4 in the cultivation ot^ on 
nearly $4 in tho cultivation of one acre, a 
from a mother to her infant, can ho dele¬ 
aving was g a t ed t 0 I10 other. 
io acre, a j n short, sir, you expect your wifo to bo 
Seward. 
w,l fabric Manv of the countries that once wood. It can be done better now than when Y ear - Again ho says—" It is admitted that a t the same time cook and chambermaid, 
\ ~ : \ ft + The South the snows are deeper. The “ down wood,” one horse attached to a heavy weight will ] a dy and serving girl, nurse and sempstress 
expoito. ne woo s i - ] • • ‘ some call the decayed and fallen trees in move it more easily than two horses attach- and governess, laundress and dairymaid. 
American States still export large amounts of ^ , , . •; , , -j n.i mu: .— *■ ° J 
ixnmncan ouu,es r>ui '--m & their wood-lots, can also now be better seen 
WINTERING HONEY BEES. 
expo.ie . ■ ‘ r ’ as some call the decayed and fallen trees in move it more easily than two Morses attaeft- a nd governess, laundress and dairymaid. 
American States stJl ettport their wood-lots, can also now bo better seen ed to double that weight. This arises not , , with a sad heart, that 
wo ,1, but it is ot the contact grades and cannot . md coIIocted . and icked up and cut> than only from tho advantage gained by having , g )os f its lustre—that her form is 
AAv-ivtofifinri with wnn orfiwn in 1 hu » i s t , 1 . i. • r •i... vi _ ull tnn nnwnv nt r rnimht p.msA r.o t.hA wor: . J . . .. ° 
enter into competition with wool grown in the and [ )y< wben tbat w hi c h is actually down a11 tho power of draught close to tho work, 
United States. Prom whatever point we view the will be hidden under deep snows. but also, all applied at the same moment, 
subject, we must utter it, as the strong conviction Your beef cattle and fattening hogs are which is almost impossible whero two or 
of our best judgment, that the inducements to probably about ready for slaughter, and as more horses, having diflerent wills and stops, 
rrrow more wool present stronger claims upon the soon as you are convinced that tho weather arG attached to the weight; and for the 
attention and enterprise of the American farmer, will hold cold enough to enable you to pro- same reason, one horse will travel more 
“ TriS*" 0 ' U ‘ C -’butcherin^sboui^be'donb. ’whS a cart is Ailed, there is no delay in 
varied pursuits of agncultuial wealth. it Dl-os a lif.tto mr.ro fond to attaching tho trace-horses, during which 
wmal b “butchering” should be done. You should When a cart is filled, there is no delay in Btaknosfc health; in 
n i Si Mol^Duetoirrow remember that it takes a little more food to attaching the trace-horses during which prosperity-she, the mother of 
BuV says the reader, to enable me to grow the circu i ation and make fat in operation the one horse would be two bun- our chM ren. ilm has so long boon about 
more wool, must I not purchase moie sheep ? coM weather than it does in mild ; so that, dred yards on the road I know this might > nd ploasant househo ld, like a good 
I reply,-not necessarily. Ion can grow much if your an i ma l has been brought up to the be done more quickly by having men ready d J oi A all kind otlices for you fe and 
more upon the same number than you ever have, requisite point of fatness, it will be economy to change the horses, as is the practice ol y 0ar l 0VG d ones—she who is more to you 
doubtless. Every one knows that the same acre to slaughter him, and stop his eating. oppos t:on coaches; but I am speaking ot tb an all the world beside —may die! 
of tillage land maybe made to produce from 30 A thousand, that is to say, a good many ^ . in ;! tte : r ; ^ : And now, perhaps, an effort is made to 
to 50 per cent, more than its usual yield, by the little jobs, of repairing and tinkering around 
aid of fertilizers. So may a flock of sheep be the form buildings, aro often necessary to be 
, , , - on * cn a , ‘ , e done now, in order to keop out tho snows 
made to shear from 30 to o0 pa cent more ol &nd the cold and make all comfortable.— 
wool, by the aid of fertilizers, or m other words j^ aine p ar ft er _ 
hy adapting tbeir feed to the make and growth of * _~---- 
wool. One of the constituent parts of wool is is FARMING AS PROFITABLE AS OTHER 
albumen; hence those grains which contain the OCCUPATIONS? 
largest per cent, of albumen, make the most wool - 
when fed to sheep. Wheat and rye contain largely Almost any person at first thought is 
of it—peas and beans have 29 per cent, of it,— ready to answer this inquiry in the negative, 
\ni/ nPr ccn t only and such would secm to bo the i ust conclu - 
It KlLi by actual experiment* “on of an individual, witnessing the tontine 
that the following ate the results of feeding dif- 
Then, again, when the load is deposited, tho 
one horse turns in much less time than tho relieve her, and changes aie effected in the 
two or three. Those facts are too self-evi- household arrangements—and housekeep¬ 
string missing. If a child is ill, there is no- and -will subject themselves to discipline, in 
j body but the mother to watch over it by acquiring the art of agriculture, as rigorous 
j night or by day, and tho depressing, never- as that endured hy those who apprentice 
one horse attached to a heavy weight will j ady and serv ing girl, nurse and sempstress Last spring, we heard much complaint 
move it more easily than two horses attach- an d governess, laundress and dairymaid. throughout this section of country, about 
ed to double that weight. This arises not A t length, you see, with a sad heart, that the loss of bees durb, S tb « last winter : and 
only from tho advantage gained by having her j| Iog f ng its l ustr e—that her form is as thcre was no lack of honey in the hives, 
all the power ot draught close to the work bec0I ^ daily moro frail—that tho olas- in man Y instances, the probability is, that 
but also, all applied at the same moment, ticity of her spirits is gone, and at last the cold weather was tho cause. Wo would 
who alone has remained to you truo and tost a \ery large swarm last winter, anu tno 
constant, through sickness- and health, in only cause we could assign for their death—- 
trials and prosperity—she, the mother of wa s exposure to‘the extreme cold weather 
vour children, who has so loni? been about February. On examining the hive in 
your pleasant household, like a good March, we lound a great mass of dead bees 
loing all kind offices for you and oa the lloor board, and upon removing tho 
two or three. These focts are too self-evi- mmsenoia arrangements—ana u w vt . uo „ M1U 
dent to admit contradiction; indeed I be - ers and servants are procured; the daugh- beog j n w j nter) w hen they have plenty of 
lievc tho economy of carting manure in one tei ’s are calletl on to aid in domestic affairs, bonc in tbo ; r hives, says: “ I would like to 
horse carts is generally allowed; but this and the grand schemes of improvement are ask / our subscriber, if in those hives which 
employment of them in harvesting is much suspended and no company is invited. But be bas gcc tbe bees were not clustered 
objected to. In this respect, however, I it is all in vain. The hectic flush is on her wher0 there wus no honey in the comb ? I 
find them equally expeditious and econom- cb ®<? k > and sonow and leaiful loiebodings bay0 nQ doub t thoro were ; then tho reason 
ieal. My actual experience is, that three sadden every Heart, . is plain. Thev died from the long spell of 
carts, with the harvest frames attached, will F or a time, almost like a pure spirit from cont ; nued c0 ] d weather, for had they 
» ■. • .1 fhn rnci me nt n icq cha omiiIoc nhmir trnm . ... . . . 7 . 
hive into a warm room, and removing tho 
comb, we found several pounds of honey, 
but very few living bees. 
A correspondent (S. II. Stockwcll) of tho 
New England Farmor, in answer to an in¬ 
quiry as to the causo of the destruction of 
bees in winter, when they have plenty of 
honey in their hives, says: “ I would like to 
Almost any person at first thought is ieal. My actual experience is, that throe _ . J , 1 ' ... . .... , is plain. They died from the long spell of 
ready to answer this inquiry in the negative, carts, with the harvest frames attached, will 01 a ,mo L‘\ I ?? os j'o a pmo spin i om c011 f; nued cold weather, for had they 
and such would seem to be the just conclu- convey as much hay or corn in the straw as tno rGalm s 01 D1 . 18S > slie &‘ liaes auouc T1 „ ( changed their position in the extremo cold 
sion of an individual, witnessing the routine two wagons, and tlmt they aro bound with r '»™J to.room st, 1 ■watchful tor tho comfort weat g er> it w * nld hay0 boon doath . s0 
sion of an individual, witnessing the routine two wagons, and that they are bound with 
operations of the farmer, toiling day after ropes in tho same time; therefore, no time '‘ . & . . -• 
day, and year after year, without making is lost in binding. They are easier to pitch But, I will not attempt to h 
Do. 
do. Mangel Wurtzel, raw, 
“ 
.. 5% 
do. 
Do. 
do. Wheat, 
. .u 
do. 
Do. 
do. Oats, 
. .10 
do. 
Do. 
do. Rye, with salt, "... “ 
. .14 
do. 
Do. 
do. Rye, without salt, 
. .1214 
do. 
Do. 
do. Barley, 
- .1D4 
do. 
Do. 
do. Peas, 
U 
• .14)4 
do. 
Do. 
do. Buckwheat, 
. .10 
do. 
These results (and they are 
the same by different 
day, and year after year, without making is lost in binding. 1 hey are easier to pitcti 
ferent kinds of roots and grains for the production any percep tible headway, and frequently into than wagons, and not more difficult to 
of wool: finding it difficult to determine which ex- unload ; and all tho advantages are gained 
1,000 itisof potatoes, raw, with salt, make,.. 6% lbs. wool, ceeded, whether it bo his imports or his ot speed in traveling. 
exports. My attention,” says he, “ was first drawn 
But, I will not attempt to fill up tho pic¬ 
ture, and trace tho sure decay of strength 
and beauty, and life by slow consumption. 
At length “ there is rest in heaven.” 
rather than to break their cluster and lot in 
a chill that would bo death to them, they 
remain and die when honey is almost with¬ 
in their reach. I have noticed many so, and 
have do doubt that this is tho causo of their 
Have ! exaggerated the trials of a New destruction _ it is tho i ong continued cold 
Again lot him turn to the mercantile com- well in all other operations, I employed in ^ “S 
produce the greatest increase of wool, and givo munity—there ho beholds gorgoous palaces, the harvest field ; and being fully satisfied ft armer 
about twice the number of pounds of wool that decorated with all tho beauties which archi- with them m this capacity, I soon discarded b __ 
roots do when in equal weight Corn meal, oil tpeture can bestow; the floors covered with every wagon from my farm. -Dr. Blake. 
to try two light carts, which after succeeding unreasonable exactions, by which an undue tbig bas boen , (iy a i _2 ) ami if you find a 
well in all other operations, I employed in portion of life s burdens have been cast up- 8warm that does not answer to the call, car- 
rich webs of Brussels carpets, and trod by 
, j rt —.'tw them in t0 a warm f lr0 and warm them 
iglun ± armer. U p, and lot thorn change their position, and 
then return them to their place. To have 
As much manure proportionately, can bees winter well, put your swarms into hives 
made on a largo farm as a small ono; of medium sizo, and a good swarm in that 
d ho who depends on buying much ma- shape is moro likely to winter than other- 
ro, unless in tho immediate vicinity of wise.— fVis. Fanner. 
*De Raumer. 
in the enterprise under auspices so fovora- there are two species ot the 
ble, but shrinks back when he learns that at ponica, ono of which is a tree. 
crop, will be sadly off. 
Learn something new every day. 
