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THE CULTIVATOR 
March, 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in Eng¬ 
land. —By the politeness of the author, Fred. Law 
Olmstead, we have received several proof sheets of a 
work, entitled as above, now in press by G. P. Putnam 
of New-York. Judging from the preface, and a hasty 
glance at a few pages, we are disposed to think well of it. 
It is written in a spirited style, with now and then a touch 
of humor to beguile the tedium of narration. The au¬ 
thor, being a practical farmer, and having visited England 
for the purpose of becoming better acquainted with the 
condition of the laboring classes,—the systems of Agri¬ 
culture peculiar to that country, and also of discovering 
what in their practice could be safely and usefully adopt¬ 
ed here, comes before the reading world in a guise some¬ 
what different from an ordinary tourist. A much truer 
exponent of the agricultural condition of a country can 
be obtained by direct association with the mass of farmers 
than by consulting the records of Agricultural sooieties 
and the laboratories of agricultural chemists. The au¬ 
thor seems to have made his tour with this fact in view, 
and to have wwitten faithfully and without prejudice, his 
observations. The book is neatly printed and illustrated 
by engravings of buildings, implements, &c.—250 pages, 
12 mo. ——— 
Horsemanship,including the Breaking and Train¬ 
ing of Horses, is the title of a work, translated from 
the French of F. Baucher, published by A. Hart, 
Philadelphia. It is devoted to directions for training 
horses to the saddle, and follows out the detail of every 
exercise with all the minuteness of the French mind. To 
equestrians, who wish to combine in an animal spirited 
action and perfect managibility, the rules laid down in 
this book, will be valuable. Horses need a competent 
tutor as much as a child, and were more careful and judi¬ 
cious training bestowed upon them in the outset, we 
should not see so many ill-bred vicious beasts, that de¬ 
fy every effort to make them serviceable. 
Lossjng’s Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, 
is now nearly complete. Embracing, as it does, a suc¬ 
cinct history of the American Revolution, with illustra¬ 
tions drawn from scenes of interest to every mind, it 
will be a valuable addition to every library. It is finely 
executed by Harper h Brothers. 
Harper’s Magazine for February is, as usual, bounti¬ 
fully supplied with instructive and entertaining matter, 
including the continuance of of the biographies of Bona¬ 
parte and Franklin. It enjoys a large circulation, which 
is prima facie evidence of its popularity. 
The International, for February, gives brief biogra¬ 
phies of Cowley and Fox, together with engravings of 
their residences and favorite retreats. Among other ex¬ 
cellent articles, we notice “ Reminiscent Reflections of 
Chief Justice Story,” and the address of Dr. Francis 
at the printer’s banquet in New-York. 
Littell’s Living Age holds a high rank among the 
literary periodicals of the day. Rejecting everything of 
a transient nature, it is a true representative of the litera- | 
ture and leading subjects of interest, both in Europe and 
our own country. Published weekly by E. Littell & 
Co., Boston, Mass., at $6 a year. 
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Agriculture the Mother of all Professions. 
As the earth is the mother of all mankind, so agricul¬ 
ture is the mother of all other professions, and this I 
suppose is the reason w'hy all other professions seek and 
find succor from their mother. It is natural for a child 
when it wants bread, to ask its mother for it—who else 
could it ask it of, with as much confidence? She is con- 
sidered by all her children, rich in this world’s goods. She 
has stores laid up for many years, and she has a good 
farm, and in their times of need it is natural for her 
children to expect assistance from her. On the other 
hand, the unnatural urchins never once spend a thought 
about her necessities, her hard labors, or of improving 
her condition. She is rich they say, she has stores of 
bread and meat, and she has a good farm,—she requires 
no aid from us. And thus it goes. Our good old mother 
has nothing to do but toil and sweat at her drudgery, 
provide" bread and meat for all her children, and pay the 
bills for all manner of expenditures. Now these child¬ 
ren do very wrong. They should assist the old lady in 
every possible way. They should encourage her work 
people and build good school-houses for them, and edu¬ 
cate them ■ and they should give them Christmas and 
New Year's presents and curious trinkets, in the form 
of premiums, medals, and all sorts of fine things. This 
would stimulate them to serve the old lady more faith¬ 
fully, energetically, and efficiently, and would render 
her days more cheerful and her nights more comfortable. 
Let all the world think of this. Only suppose the old 
lady should die. what would become of all of you pro¬ 
fessional men, merchants, mechanics, all? Where would 
you get bread and meat and clothing to your backs? 
Think of these things, and treat the dear old lady better 
I beg of you. S. 
Profit of raising Ducks. —A correspondent of the 
Rural New-Yorker, gives the following result of a small 
experiment with 14, four males and ten females:— 
30 dozen eggs sold at 12£ cts. per dozen,. $3.75 
15 “ “ 10 “ ...... 1.50 
5 “ “ 124 “ ...... 62 
5 “ used for setting “ . 63 
33 (c “ in the family “ “ . 47 
4 lbs. feathers at 50 cts. (picked 5 times) . 2 00 
14 sold when dressed at 62£ cts. per pair, .. 4.3S 
13,35 
Deduct 6 bushels corn at 50 cts.,...... 3.00 
Profit,....$10.36 
The cost of the required labor is not given. The eggs 
were placed under hens, and 51 hatched. 
Setting a Rogue to catch a Rogue. —A correspon¬ 
dent of the London Farmer’s Magazine says, that after 
resorting to all common expedients, to get rid of the 
fly that destroys turnips, without success, he succeeded 
by the following novel means. Taking the hint from 
tales of life in India, where certain species of ants infest 
every place, and reign supreme for the time, driving all 
before them, he went to the ant hills in the woods, and 
filled sacks of ants, and with gloves on his hands, turned 
them down in little heaps, at regular distances, over 
the field, where upon the enemy were exterminated. 
