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thing like 'em before! Where did you ret 'em p
Their flesh is as tender and Juicy as can he. and
they are as fat as butterw
Fanny now told her little story, and as she had
noticed an exact proportion between the size and
richness of the seed and the quality of the soil in
which the plants happened TO stand, her father was
induced the next year to manure patch purposely
for sunhowers, and 10 cultivate them with express
reference TO the improvement of his fowls
Since that time this provision has not been neg
lected; and although some of the neighbors refuse
to believe that sunAower seeds can make any diff
ference in the juciness Of "chicken meat" yet
they cannot deny that Mr. LIS fowls are the best
far The best in the neghborhood and Fanny's OBJ
servation Of an apparently rining fact has brought
many dollar to her fathers pocket, to say nothing
OF providing home bred delicacy for the table,
Now, Mr.. Editor, / have recountcd Fanny's ex.
pertinent in all simplicity; wishing to know from
some OF your numerous and practical correspond.
onts, whether they have ever made similar one
with like results-since we must not think that one
fact makes theory, any more than one swallow q
summer.--.4mericdn Agrlcuit,uist
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sUNFLOWER SEED FOR POULTRY.
BY MRS. KIRKLAND.

In a certain garden not very well kept it so hap
pened that great number of sunfowers sprang
up; and weeds were not lacking in the rich soil
the intruders escaped notice, until they grew SO
stout that it seemed pity to pull them up, espe-
cialy as there were few pretty thinps 10 supnlv
their places. Tall hoyhocks there were, and four
o'clocks, and here and there yellow lilly; while
rhubarb run 10 seed, and stray heads of asparagus.
spoke Of neglect and Indifference in the owner
Melon vines were allowed TO struggle across the
paths, and nota few great, starting, yellow pump
kin blossoms mingled with the signs of choice
fruits, threatening utter destruction TO melons of
all kinds, by the intermingling of improper tarina
But nobody thought of these things. "The gar
DEM is too often despised part of the thriving
arm; and both beauty and comfort are unnecessa-
rily sacrificed, from the mistaken idea that the
time spent in gardening is wasted, or has at best
only the reward of "pleasing the women folks"
Harvest time came, and now all idea of intro
ducing any reform in the garden was out of the
question. The melons as they rpaned, proved ve-
ry much like squashes. The weeds all went com.
fortaby to seed, and lived to see an infant crop be
gin to sprout up, green and tender, about their
tough old STEMS before the frost had had time
to despoil the parent heads of their branches
Some borders OF stone crop with which certain
BEDS the objects of female care, had been orna-
mented, had expanded into wide banks of shaded
green velvet-the only beautiful result of neglect
in garden. The girls had become quite discour-
aged, seeing the work get so far ahead of them for
want of some aid from strong arms.
Fanny l. sat in the window which over
looked this Wilderness of weeds, gazing musingly,
and with no slight touch of sadness, a, the ruin
which had enyoloped the scene of her pleasant
spring dreams. She saw whole broods of fowls
scratching and half burying themselves in the
midst of her pretty jonquis and other early bulbs
and she had not the heart to go and drive them
away for girls in the country often say, where
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From the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette.
SKETCH OF GENERA AL,
JACKSON

Andrew Jackson was born on the 10th of March,
l7G9, in the "Waxham" settlement S. C.. His
parents were emigrans from Ireland, who had
settled in the place two years before, where thew
followed the industrial occupation of farming.-
They belonged to that class of Irish people called
the yeomanry, distinguished for the quiet virtues of
honesty, sobriety and hospitality. Shortly after
the birth of Andrew Jackson, his father died, leay-
ing him along with two other brothers to be provid-
ed for by their mother woman who seems to have
possessed many OF the most excellent virtues of her
sex. The patrimony left by Jackson's father was
smoll-not enough to educate literally the three
sons it was therefore, determined that the Young
est should be brought up for the ministry, while
the brothers, Hugh and Robert should follow the
calling of their father. Andrew, accordingly, was
sent to tlourshing school in the settlement where
he remained occupied with the dead languages un-
til the revolutionary war brought an enemy into
the neighborhood. 1t now became necessary for
even boys TO shoulder the musket or rifle, and at
the tender age of fourteen encouraged by his pat
riotic mother, the young Jackson, accompanied by
his brothers, sought the ranks of the American ar
N.Y. and ranged himself under its banners.
The Waxhaw settlers, among whom were the
Jacksons obliged to retire before the British
into North Carolina. They however. soon return.
ed to the Waxhaws. Shortly after their return. a
band of forty patriots, with whom were Andrew
Jackson and one of his brothers 1.-THE other having
already persisted in the battle of Stono were sur
pIseu anu Iouteu ny superior brltlsn force, many
of their number beng taken prisoners Jackson
and his brother escaped, but on the following day,
having entered the house of friend TO procure
food, they were captured by maraudng party Of
the enemy An anecdote is told of Jackson's con-
duct on this occasion. Being ordered by British
officer 10 wipe the mud off his boots, Jackson per-
emptorily refused demanding the treatment due to
prisoner Of war. On his continuing to refuse
obedience TO the commands of the officer, the lat
ter became enraged, and drawing his sabre, struck
at the head of young Jackson, which blow Jackson
caught with his left hand, receiving wound, the
mark of which he carried with him to his grave.
His brother, for similar offence, had his head laid
open by sword wound, which afterwards caused
his death.
The two brothers were carried to Camden, where
they were imprisoned until after the battle of Cam
den, when they were released by the exertions of
an aiectlonate mother. The heroic woman short
y after expired near the city Of Charleston, to which
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A PARENTAL ODE TO MY SON,


AGED THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS.
Thou happy, happy elf!
(But stop-hrst let me kiss away that tear
Thou tiny image of myself!
(My love- he's pokng peas into his earl
Thou merry, laughing spritc
. With spirits feather lilht,
untouchcdby sorrow, and uhsoed by sin,
GOOD heavens the child is swallowing pin y
Thou little tricksy Puck!
With untc TOYS so funnily besuck.
Light as the singing bird that wings the air,
(Tho door the door he'll tumble down the stair y
Thou darling Of thy sire
(Why, Jane, he'll set his pinaforc afro y
Thou imp of mirth and Joy
In loves dear chain SO strong AMI bright link,
Thou idol of thy parents (Drat the boy!
There goes my inkD
Thou cherub-but of enrth
Fit ployiellow for Fdys by moonlight pale,
In harmless sport and mrth,
lIhat dog will bite him if he pulls its tally
Ihou human hummlns-bee, extracting honey
From every blossom in the world that blows,
Singing in youths hlysium ever sunny,
(Another tumble-that's his precious nose y
Thy fathers pridl and hope
lHe'll break the mirror with that skipping rope y
With pure heart newly stamped from nnture's mint,
(Where DID he learn that squirt p
Thou young domestic dove!
(He'll have that jug off with another shove y
Dear nursing of the hymenial nest
(Are those torn clothes his best?)
Little epitome of man
(He'll climb upon the table, that's his plan y
Touched with the heautious tints of dawning life,
(He's got knife y
Thou enviabe being
No storms, no clouds in thy blue sky foreseeing,
Play on, play on,
My cfn John
Toss the light ball-bestrde the stick,
Il knew SO many cakes would make him sick y
With flnoies huOyant as the thistlc-down,
Prompting the face grotesque. and antic brisk
With many ldmb-ke frisk,
(He's got The scissors shipping at your gown)
Thou pretty opening rose
go TO your mother child, and wipe your nose y
Bdlmy and breathing music. like the south
SHe really brings my heart into mouth y
Fresh as the morn, end brilliant as its star,
Il wish that window had an iron bar y
Bold as the hawk, yet gentle as the dove,
(I'll tell you what, my love,
l cannot write unless he's sent above y
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From the New York Farmer and Mechanic.
GCIENrE nm MOxxrrNn

GENTLEMEN:-Havinglo long since promised you
an article on the science of moving, now sit down
to redeem my pledge.
1t was my good iortune-for so | regard ito
have had few years experience, in my early life,
as practical farmer and as advanced from boy
mood, remember among other things my first eff
tort and ultimate success in the science of moving.
For time had much difficulty in keeping nv
scythe sharp This, however, / found ndspensa.
BE; no man can approach anything like an easy
or good mower, without it.
had become good mower, when fell in com.
pany with not only good mower but a scientific
one; and after the second or third day, finding
could not keep up with him without doing myself
an injury, and painful as it was for me TO acknow-
edge 1t, flor was ambtious,) yet was compelled
TO call my friend TO stand, in the midst of my
swath. said, Mr.. Picket, (for that was his name)
II you know anything which you can communicate
to me of the skill of moving, beg of you to do
SO, for am exhausted, and may as we'll confess
that cannot keep up with YOU"
He stopped, came back, took my scythe, and ex-
planned to me the main governing principles, | a.
doped them, and in less than one hour, could
keep up with perfect ease. Indeed had at least
70 per cent more physical strength than he had
1t was science alone which enabled him to lead
me to this extreme.
During the following SUMMER came in contact
with about dozen good mowers, and | may say
some tnrce or TOUR oil them protested fnSt mowers.
adhered strictly to the science had learned the
preceding summer (my Professor not being pres
ent) could lead the field with great ease, but
kept the secret to myself
And now for the art; will try to describe it -
lst The scythe should hang natural and easy,
and as have said before, must be kept in first
rate order.
I'd. As you approach the standing grass, let the
heel OF the scythe move to the very point of COM
mencement, and let it stop the instant it has done
its work. Thus there is nothing lost by back
ward or forward swing If the grass stands up so
as to admit of moving on, measure with the eye
the utmost capacity forward of your scythe, take
quick, easy gait, moving your right foot well up
towards the standing grass, and your body with it,
though leaning back, by bending the knees little
forward, so as to bring your whole weight to bear
upon the scythe without twisting the body from
right to left, as many do-thus giving ease to each
clip, and ability to repeat in advanced position,
without fatigue
Morrill, you swing inches too far back, and
inches too far in pointing out, it makes "a inches
loss! This applied to scientific forward motion,
will give you great gain OH ordinary mowers.
JOHN r. PITKIN
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SCIENCE OF VEGETABLE NUTRITION.

IN,
How is it that doctors do so disagree? Profess
sor Emmons says, that plants derive their susie
nance almost entirely through their roots" Per
contra, DR.. Lee is of opinion that at least so per
cent of all vegetable structure is derived from the
atmosphere. Lebig's theory corroborates Dr..
Lees opinion: he says" When plant has ma
tnred the organs by which obtains food from the
atmosphere, the carbonic acid from the soil is no
longer required" / have tried the experiment of
clipping the leaves of Indian corn, after the pollen
was developed: the result was, that 10 perfect
ears were formed
Professor Hall remarks, that different plants pos-
sess different powers-some absorbing more from
the atmosphere than others; that vine running
over dung hill, or in the vicinity of animal and
vegetable decomposition, will flourish better than
IN an inoJorous atmosphere. This strikes at the
doctrine of DIR. Emmons, and corroborates Liebiq
Lee and others.
Mr. True Remic of Maine, fats hogs on Pota-
toes-prima tacia evidence that vegetable physiol-
ogists are mistaken in supposing that potatoes do
not possess the fat.forming elements of Indian
corn. Query How many boiled potatoes did
those hogs eat? how hard their fat: did it not
evaporate when exposed to the hot frying PAM
Did it never occur to farmer that the leaf-lard of
a potatoe fed hog would evaporate full Is per cent.
in the frying p Gen. Far.
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supcrIntend and pay attention 10 the feelings and
one OF me first and most important parts of his
duty IS TO ascertain the appetite of every beast.
COWS, IKE other animals will eat less or more
ana they ought to be supplied accordingly as they
require it, being kept rather with an appetite than
otherwise AS soon as the animal has eaten its
1000 All refuse should be Immediately taken away,
and nothlng suffered to remain in the stall before
H. Should II seem delicate or careless in eating,
let me 1ood be at once removed. The times of
feeding are also of great Importance, and ought to
be strictly observed and regulated The cattle
VIII know the hour of feeding as correctly the
CLOCK, can tell it, and will be disappointed and
heued II neglected. This neglect is preudicial
bo,h TO milking and fattenng | give six feeds in
ihe day, summer and winter beginning at o'clock
IN the morning, and ending at nine in the evening"
VIZ: at o. at 8, at II, at g. at and at o. They get
water IN their stalls at 10 in the morning, and at
in the afternoon. They are likewise turned ont
one hour from 10 to ii, where thew exercise and
drink if they choose
Inc Kinds OF food use are chiefly the follow
ing IN summer, at 6, feed with perennial or Ial-
ian Rye grass and clover; at eight with cabbapes
or leaves; at II, with cut hay and straw. mixed
Tins iced is to prevent the action of too much
green 1000 on them)-at 3, upon vetches; at 6,
upon mangold wortzel leaves or refuse of the
farm or gardens at 9, clover or grass or this NAV
De dry feed 1t the state Of the bowels require it.
In winter, at 9, with steamed food; at 8. with
turnips, raw at H. cut hay and straw at 8, with
mangold worzel, raw; at 6, with steamed food
at ., with hay and straw. Water must be given or
offered, and plenty of salt used in the steamed
food"
With respect to ventilation of cattle houses. Mr..
MCulloch stated that he considered that too little
attention had been paid to this important matter,
as nothing tended more to promote the health of
animals than well ventilated houses. There should
De a small aperture below and above in the wall,
behind each animal, so that by the admission of
fresh air beneath, the respred vtated air carbon
&c ACID gas) which is very injurious to animal life
together with the pernlcious efiuyia from the
skin, urine, and dung, may be forced out by the
upper aperture, and in this way have constant
renewal of air. Mr.. NC. was astonished to OBJ
serve that even in the establishments of many of
our most eminent agriculturists, this important
subject was SO much overlooked. You will often
in the roof for the escape of the contaminoted air
but 1t seems to be forgotten that there must be an
admission of fresh air below, to cause the effective
expulsion OF the contaminated atmosphere.-Lon-
don .4g Gdzeite
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CHANGE OF WORLDS.
81 REV. j. N. MAFFIT.
Though ] walk through the gloomy vale,
Where death and all its terrors are,
My heat and hope shall never fail,
For God my sheDhe rd,a with mo ,haro >,


The shafts of death fall thick around us, and
This charming world, like the field of strife, is
strewn with the dead and dying. The mourners
go about the streets they follow the young, the
lovely the beautiful, the good, to their long home
the silent grave. The mournful knell chimes TO
their measured pace, and mingles its sepulchral
tone with the burst of sorrow.
But in all the circumstances of woe attendant on
the departure Of those we love from the busy
scenes of life there is to the Christian much conso
aton, when he feels assured that they have wit
messed a good confession. Seeing they have es-
capped these storms and pillows of lfe's tempestu-
Gus sea- and conscious that they are safe in the port
OF endless bliss, where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are forever at rest we feel
resigned, knowing that our loss is their infinite
gam Indeed, we rejoice rather than MOURN for
truly our separation will be short one and our
meeting with happy connexions. o how joyful
Then shall we breathe our native air, and taste the
fruit of that delightful cline where all is fertile.
rich and fragrant.
Among the many evidences of the power of
Christianity, nothing can be more convincing than
the last hours of dying saint, who bears bright
testimony to the truth of its doctrines. What a
sublime scene Behold him on the margin of a
river, wrapped about with garments of salvation
and preparing to step into its cold waters. He
enters, singing as he goes. The minstering an
gels pilot him over. He gains the opposite shore
Sister spirits welcome him home. He Joins the
celestial company. He mounts, he flies, he scars
He reaches his eternal home. He is forever at
rest.
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POETRY.
From the Broadway Journal.
THE WHIPPOORWILT..

III W. biLhohA slDm7s
Sleep, sleep be thine the sleep that throws
Elysium DER the souls reposc,
Without dream, save such as winl
Like midnight angels, through the mind
While am watching on the hill
!, md the waing whipporwil,
Oh whippoorwll, oh whippoorwll
Sleep, sleep and once ngnin I'll tell
The oft pronounced yet vain farewell:
Such should his word, oh maiden, be,
Who lifts the fitted eye to thee
Such should II be, before the chain
That wraps his spirit, binds his brain.
Oh whippoowill, oh whippoorwll!
Sleep, slcepl the ship hath leO the shore,
The steod awaits HE lord no more
His lord still madiy fingers by
The ftal maid he cannot fly
And threads the woods and climbs the hill
He and the waiting whppoorwill
Oh whippoorwll, oh whippoorwin!
floep, sleep the morrow hastcns on;
Then shall the wdiling 1--we be gone,
Fitting the hilltop FIR for fear
The sounds of JOY muy reach his car;
The sounds Of JOY tho hollow knoll
PeGlcd from the hooking chapel b.ll.
oh whippoofwill, oh whippoorwlll
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THOMAS HOOD,

The death Of this brilliant writer and literary contrbu-
gives perncncy 10 the republication OF the following Ode,
with the appropriate Introductory Of the Batavia Spirit of tho
Times:
Hood like other poets has experienced many of the
vcsudes of life. Although chiefly known the world by his
comic ehnsons his Whms and Oddities, Comic Annual,
etc. he has, nevertheless, produced those of
character, such The Dream of Eugene Aram and The
Song of the Shirt which remarkable beauty and pathos
But nothing which have read of Hoods gives good an idea
Of his amiabe Character and fine following
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soILING, OR HOUSE FEEDING CATTLE

SOlLlNG, OR HOUSE FEEDING CATTLE.
AT late meeting of the farmers Clubs in Scot
land, Mr. Hardness read a communication from
Mr.. SHILLING of Glasneyin, from which we make
the following extracts:
"How does it happen that the Belgians have
kept up in the highest condition an indifferent soil,
without any such extraneous manures as bones or
guano, or any other importation of the kind? This
they have done for hundreds years. and yet their
land is never poor or exhausted but in the highest
state OF production. The reason is obvious
Ihere is no wltchery in their management; and if
the farmers Of Scotland would only follow their
example, they would find themselves fully recon-
pensed for their pains. If they would deepen their
lands, keep more Stock and chiefly house-feed
them, saving the manure liquid and solid-raise
an abundance of crop for soiling summer and win
ter food, they would make more from their cattle
and their land.
When first adopted the house-fcedng system.
my neighbors laughed at me, and predicted that
my cattle would die; others said the COWS would
give no milk; but their predictions were not veri-
fed, My cows had good appearance, and when
driven TO water twice day not enough cows
drink four times a day at least they were wild
and full of spirit; and when others were dry, mine
were giving milk.
have estimated correctly, that COW fed in the
house, will make twenty five tons of liquid ma
nure which will be sufficient for an acre of ground
| cam on an average keep COW on every two
British acres. The COWS will also give much more
milk.
When my present farm was in PASTURE only Is
COWS could be kept in summer. Now, by the soil
ing system, it feeds from 20 to % cows, horses,
and from 30 to 40 pigs all the year round; and /
have as large proportion of grain crops as most
other people have farms of equal extent-t52
acres)
No doubt the soiling system, if ill-wrought, will
fail Some who try It, will bring their cows into
the house; they are tied up, and perhaps injudi-
clousy confined kept flthy-not regularly cur
rled--a large quantity of some particular kind Of
food Is put before them, and this repeated clogs
me appetite and the animals refuse their food.
they are perhaps neglected in water-by and by
they fan IN milk-get out of condition-and the
whole experiment is failure from being wrongly
conducted The house itself must be airy, well
ventilated and kept perfectly clean. The animals
must be well currled and brushed at least twice a
day There ought to be one particular person to
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NUTRTTIvE QUALITIES OF PEAS

1t is thought BY many that peas contain larger
quantity of nutritive substance than almost any
other vegetable. Liebig says that peas abound il,
substance which he calls vegetable easene, which
we suppose, being interpreted, meaneth vegetable
cheese. His language in regard to II is as follows:
"Ihe third constituent of the vegetable food of
animals, is vegetable caseine. 1t is chiefly found
in the seeds of peas, beans- ents. and similar le-
guminous seeds. Like vegetable albumen, il is
soluble in water, but differs from it in this that its
solution is not coagulatefb by heat. When the SO.
luton is heated or evaporated, skin forms on its
surface and the addition of an acid causes coap-
uum, just as in animal milk"
This, then, is what he means by vegetable cas-
cine; in fact, it may be called pea cheese or bean
cheese if it should be coagulated by acid or rennet
perhaps. Query-will it keep well when thus CO.
agulated and dried? If it will, it would afford
portable substance for making pea SOUP Why
wont some Yankee set up pea and bean cheese.
factory?
We collect the following comparison of the in.
gradients of vegetable and animal (milk) cheese
from his tables:
lVo parts vegetable cheese 100 parts animal cheese.
Carbon, 54l38 Carbon, 54,S25
Hydrogen, 7.l56 Hydrogen, 7.I53
Nitrogen, 1862 Nitrogen, I5.62s
Oxygen, sc. 23034 Oxygen& sulphur %, 394
Maine Farmer.