Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-10-26
Vol. NO. 25.I

SELECTING SEED CORN.-NoW that
the season is approaching for making
a selection and reserving seed corn Tor
planting next spring, we wish to direct
again the farmers attention to the inn
portance of hepractice. Perhaps there
Is nothing in the whole business of
farming, where a little care is product
i've of so much benefit. Where the
practice Of careful selection has been
regularly pursued for few years, it
has both improved the quality, and in
creased the Quantity of the crop be-
yond the expectations Of any who
have not before witnessed the expert
ment.
It is common way to select the
seed corn after it is husked, from the
crib; but this is very imperfect meth
cd, for as the ears have ripened at diff
ferent times. the succeeding crop will
also do the same. 1t is also essential
that those ears be selected which have
grown in the greatest number on a
single stalk, but they cannot be dis
tinguished in the crib. In fact, the
largest ears, which are commonly cho-
sen, are not the best, as they have gen
orally grown alone upon a stalk, con-
sequently the best are not to be dis
tinguished from those which are third
rate, if they arc selected after husk-
ing.-Genesee Farmer.
A curious and sensible friend of ours
has made a calculation of the differ
ence to the farmer between having a
gate to his enclosure, instead Of bars;
and has found that, on the supposition
that the bars are to be taken down but
once each day, the difference in time
for one year, would pay for the erec-
ton ST three gates! In addition to
this, good gate is pretty ornament
to a farm.-Bangor Farmer.
AN AGED PR1NrER.-In Hartford,
Conn.,, there is printer named George
Goodwing, who is the oldest printer
in America. He is in his soth year;
hearty, hale and sprightly. He was
setting types for the Connecticut Cur
rent more than seventy years, and is
doing the same now. He loves his
profession, and calculates to be prac-
teal printer for many years to come.
The BALTIC TnADE.-The Russi-
an government has published ukasc,
by which foreign ships proceeding from
one part of the Russian province on
the Baltic to another part of the same
province, to complete or take in their
cargocs shall be free from the double
navigation duty imposed for the bene-
fit of the Treasury and the Custom
house officers, and shall pay duty only
in the first port in which they enter,
like ships with a cargo
A new remedy has been discovered
for tooth-ache. Fill the tooth with
cream and bump your head against the
wall till the cream turns to buticr.-
Providence Journal.
More than one half of The whole
cutlery and hardware exports Of Great
Britain are to the United States. The
amount exported last year, was valued
at 997s,49l.
Are you a mechanic? Then adhere
strictly to your calling as you advance
in life-still bearth name. Let it be
an ensign to draw the respect Of all
classes upon you-if you cannot be an
operative mechanic, be passive one.
If you cannot form part Of the "hull"
or "rigging' of the ship, be an orna-
ment about her; though the whirwind
and tornado sets upon her, and dash
across her path, she cannot sink-her
pendant must proudly wave on every
sea. Who would not be passenger
on board, and borne safe to the quiet
haven of peace and plenty.
The BIDLE.-As far as our species
is concerned, we may say, one sun! one
Bible!! Shut that glorious book
blot from the human memory what
we have learned from its pages, and
you destroy every ray of hope. The
world lieth in darkness! 70 guilty,
miserable man, there remains no Sa-
vior!--no heaven-no guide in life!
no support in affliction!- mo victory O.
yer death! The grave becomes faith
omless abyss, and eternity spreads a
round him like the ocean-dark--illi-
mitable-fearful! But open now a
B gain that book, and 10, the sun of right
eousness arises with healing on ita
wings; and all around us and above us,
Is love and joy and hope.
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