The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-05
AGRICULTURAL.

l IEFROvEFrST.-'Thisls a wOrd OF very COM
prehensive Specification, and when used in re-
ference 10 agricultural matters, ought alwavs
TO be understood in its brOadeSt sense. some
farmers exhibil avery oOmmendalle s,pifit, en-
deaVOr TO excel in their calling, AMI faisEs Is
| anxious TO acquire instruction and knowledge;
while others manifest the most illiberal spirit,
openly decry every movement which does not
| quadrate precisely with their own views, or
which is not strictly eonsentane0us with the
theories and traditionary usages Of their pre-
decessors of darker age."-lhaiRe CUlfipafsT.
Whenever we hear a stupid, ambitionless,
self-eOneeited drudge, railing out against Inn
proyements in agriculture, ealing al processes
requiring the slightest cultivation Of the mind
to understand them, "BOok farming" and this
too in derisiOn, We are reminded Of an anecdOte
Of our childhood.
A cOnesited, selfsufhcIent and very ignorant
mother, who, by the industry of q more intslli-
gent husband had become wealthy, called az
our school and thus addressed The tsacher:--
"Mr. s., thought as how I'd Iist drop IN
TO see you bout my Jeha- You GIN kim,si
nonseusieal lessons that il tires him clean cut,
and don't do him good nutheF. Now, Mr.
s., | say this here grammar IS all stuf,
never laTnt any on IL, and guess can speak
as good Inglish as you can; iWafnt you 20 larn
John reaIiin, wriin, and ziferiR, and loetls
logruffy, but yen mustn't waste his time on
grammar" Every boy in that school could
well afford both topity and 10 Thank the unfor
tunats mother, for by her erroTs they were con
WINGED Of the necessity Of learning ths'r Ian
guage grammatically. aa.-.- a. "A, I.
The practical farmer, Of all others, can bs
most benefited by reading the results obtained
by other practical farmers, becalss- from his
own experience he can understand and profit
by their improvements; or IL he should read
the ralionales OF scientific men, who are not
practical as agTcnlturlsls, he readily detect
their errors, while the self-evidont truths Whish
may not before have occurred 10 him, viii bs
readily applied as useful improvements Why
do not these selfsufhcients refuse TO avail hem
selves Of the speed Of locomotives wheh desir-
ing u travel rapidly and eheaply2 For without
the use of books 10 register the gradual i'm
Provements in mechanical philosophy, they
would still have been compelled TO travel in
wagons. Success, usefulness, happiness, all
depend upon eslucation, nor is education at all
incompatible with Industry. WIN do not these
wiseacres select diYines who are uneducatedf
or doctors who have learned their profession
vithout readingi or lawyers who practise with
out consulting bOoksY Chemistry, Naiaral
Philosophy, and Natural HistOry constitute tho
grammar Of Agricultare. An artist might as
well attempt to paint a picture without first
learning to draw, or scholar to write a Ian
guage without FIRST learning Its slfhahet, an for
a farmer to hope for success in his business, at
this day, without reading agricultural books
and papers.
ROOM OR PARLOR PLAxTs.-Easisrn WINDOWS
should be now preferred to southern ones. the
sun is now too powerful, and the morning sun
being more esngenial than that Of the afterpaTt
Of the day; even west or north windows arr
now preferable 10 these opening toward the
south. Such plants as become dusty should
occasionally be put out 10 advantages By light
showers, beng careful net to permit thsm 10 be
drenched. r
Give air by opening windowsas oftenasprac-
ticable. and at all times during tho day raise
the sashesa little. ROsesand geraliiums should
be kept very near the light, or they will lose
color and become pale. Plaats that have been
in the cellar during the winter, should Be ex-
posed by the middle Of the month. MAY Ist,)
unless the season should Be unusually iate.--
Re-pot or plant out such az require root room.
Keep hydrangeas in shady situations Cleanse
wood and foliage as early a. practicable A III
tie pulvsrized wood charcoal on the surface Of
the earth in the pots containing parior plants
is always advisable, and By chang ng 1t two or
three times during the season II yin be found
to prevent bad Odors, and TO increase the thrift
ness Of the plants " r--s EGGS rl'. -il
When ported plants are placed IN the ground
some earth should b drawn up abont the stens.
so as to form a cone 10 lead OF de excess Of
moisture; and very few plants ttsst hzvs been
housed during the winter VIII sssz.A the fall
sun in early spripg aDi sunmer, faerefqfe the
warmsst sxPosqzp should 1ot be sslseIsd TOT
them.