Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-03-14

pants IN general; they arrive 10 the high
est state ofimprovement and will then de-
generate in spite Of all efforts TO keep up
their superiority. And when no care IL
taken to prevent depreciation in plants,
they may soon become poor and compare
lively worthless. The best seed and the
best plants should always be selected with
a view Of making Improvement, If posi-
BILE, If mt, for the purpose Of preventing
or retarding degeneraey.
When new articles are introduced to the
notice Of farmers and gardeners, they are
usually dependent on those who have them
for sale, for information as TO their value,
and the love Of gain sometimes leads men
to exaggerale, and in some cases men who
and confided in, will, from their enthusi-
asm, when highly pleased with something
new, extol it beyond due bounds, and thus
become the innocent cause Of deception.
But all the discouragements that offer
themselves to the farmer in trying new
things in his line, are very light, compared
with the great advantage he obtains in case
Of a successful experiment. A man may
obtain ten or twelve new varieties of seed,
and pay IS cents for each kind, and should
all but one prove improbable, that may be-
Of sufficient value to pay far moro than tho
cost of the seeds and expense Of exper-
iments. Besides the advantage of expert
ments in testing the nature Of new articles,
the farmer becomes more obseFgant from
every experiment he makes, wbich leads
him on to further inquiries aud improves
ments, and prepares his mind for the re-
ception of knowledge from every availa-
BILE source. %
AS to the method of improving seeds or
producing new variety Of fruits and plants,
we may say something in the proper sea-
son to attend to these things. Now is the
time for the cultivator TO look around and
see if he cannot obtain some other kinds
Of grain, grass, fruit, and other vegetable
productions superior to those he now culti-
Yates. This subject is Of the highest inn
| portance, and should receive more atten-
ton, and it should be attended to early, that
every thing may be ready for seed time
Many farmers think that they will make
improvement in this way, but they neglect
it ill the time of sowing and planting, and
then they have not an opportunity to at
| tend to it, SO they 60 on in what they do
not consider the good old way Yankee
Farmer.
An E1tract.-When ] pass by the grog
shop and hear the idle dispute, and the
obscene song-when see the cart rolled
along, filed with intoxicated youth, sing
ing and shouting as they go--when dis
cover the boat sailing down the river, and
when you can discover the influence Of
rum by the noise which it makes,-l can
not help but ask, were these people taught
to read9 Was there no social library to
which they could have access? Did they
ever know the satisfaction of taking an
improving volume by peaceful fireside
Or did they ever taste the luxury of i'm
proving the mind +? You hardly ever knew
young man that loved his home and his
book, that was vicious. knowledge is Oft
en- the poor mans wealth. 1t is a treas
ure thai no man can steal. no moth or rust
can corrupt. By this you turn his cottage
to q palace. and give treasure which 70
always improving and never can DC lost
Can't Stop" willie passing through
one of our streets in this city, few days
since. nv attention was directed to very
pre,tily painted sled, which a boy was
drawing quite rapidly. What particularly
attracted my notice, was the name painted
on the side of the sled" Can't Stop. y
thought it quite curious name. and it oc-
Cured to me, what fine thing it would be
il all little boys would take this for their
motto.
Sometimes I have observed young lads
as they were going on errands fer their pa
rents or employers. stop on their way. ana
talk and play, and look at the many pretty
things to he seen in the streets. and ct the
show windows, instead of making haste
back as they ought to have done. Now
this lettering on the way is very wreng,
and, perhaps ofteniimes may DO very inju-
rious to those who sent them.
have known other boys, when on their
way TO Sabbath school, or TO church, and
il was time they were there, TO stop and
talk with those who would desire to have
them stay and indulge in amusement. thus
breaking that commandment, which says
Remember the Sabbath day 10 keep it
holy .-..,.
Now, for such boys, what good and
useful maxim this would be. Can't Stop"
And good and easy way would it be for
boys to resist the entreaties Of those who
would thus wish to keep them from pursue
ing their duty, to repeat this maxim to thems
and verify the truth Of il particularly by
hurrying on and lending deaf ear 70 their
entreaties. And how much more would
boys, by SO doing, please their parents and
employers and themselves hope all
the little boys who may read this piece,
when others endeavor to tempt and per-
suade Them from pursuing the path Of datys
| will recoIlecs and repeat TO them this nax-