New-York daily tribune., 1857-08-24
-oDIcy, TURAL INTELLI0ENCE.
su.ILIBECOHE A FARMER

eu,I1,I BECOME 4 FARMER
.I,asdy srsssred this question, as IL has
m, IN multifarious forms, to the same pufPntC
go. l." Shall become g farmer" How can
20 TO The country ," etc Bot our answers are
.,ber insufficient or unsatisfactory. Let US try once
more. -
A resident of London, Canada West, wants light
upop this question. lie says:
:" have wife and one chld-have been in busi-
pess wi,hou, getting ahead pecuniary could ra.'e
50 OOO and should ike TO nyest 1t IN little farm,
can make a living off OF it. / am healthy, but my
physique is unequal 10 constant hard aoor iet an
fond Of agricultural pursuits, and am weaned WIN
busiress: and am tired Of this cold c innate think
should lii Southern Ohio batter Now The question
is can locate near of the large towns where
could buy a little place TO work upon part oi the 'ine
to advantage that IL, supposlng cou'1 gel Dusi-
pess situation that would employ me during bueness
hours, and employ myself upon my farm the remain
dcrl'
After ALL the main question ia, can l so situate
myseH upon my capital Of a., 600
I.y ri ,ituatcd, % T perhsps you w in the kindness Of
heart frequently evinced, give my questions puoAc
answer"
Yes, Sir In the first place, the text is applicable TO
you, that You cannot serve God and nammon.'
Your adherence to " business would prevent your
devotion to far robler service upon the aod that you
FAY YOU delight TO cultivate. No matter that your
" physique is insufficient for toll. Ii you were
merchant, would you require the physique Of your
porter? II you were builder, do you think it would
sdd to your capacity to be able to carry your Own
brick ard mortar up fve-stOry building
Ard why should it require any more physique TO be
farmer The great mistake about farming s thai il
requires al! physique and Do intelecti whereas 4
every owner Cf a farm was ike the merchant, exer.
eisrg his intellect while bis bfawny porter did the
heavy work, or like the builder who plans while a
oumon hod-carrier totes up the building material ne
would be much more successful.
Now Sir if you, or any one Ike you, WITH s!,ooo'
will 90 10 Southern Ohio IpdaLa, Illinois, Missouri or
Kansas all in milder climates than yours, and al
bound to be as free of Slavery as Ohio is Low, and
buy small farm and hire men to do the hard labor,
while you do the necessary thinking aud light work
that is Just as necessary the hsrcet farm, and
devote your attention to that business and other,
and adopt frugal healthy mode of life you will sue
ceedwill live comfortably and stand fair chance 20
Gle happy and be regretted.
Yes, Sir, you can find plenty Of places f5r sale with
in your meaIs in any one of those States.
PorATo RoT-Lae accounts are uufavorable for
tho potato crop Of Ireland, and other accounts cay
that the crop in the south of England is also already
badly affected In New. Brunswick, where the potato
crop 20 much depended upon, the dseases reported
as showing iteelf in various places. On the contrary
letter dated Middebury Elkhart County, Indiana,
Aug. r. says: Potatoes are first rate with no ap-
"pearapce of rot disease of any kind and we have
" more than double the growing usually planted
TO this crop. Corn also looks well and unless cut
of by very early frost, will givca great crop. At
Z" any rate potatoes surc as we have no fear of
i the ROT Oats are also unusually good
The Monmouth Inquirer of Aug H. speaking of
tie potato rot and its prevalence generally in New
Jersey, says:
1.-The season has been very favorable for the
growth Of large crop, but the superabundance OF
wet weather has also tended to deveOpe the malady.
Near Blue Ball, gentleman tells whole fields are
going by the board; not only early varieties but those
of the late planting little halfgrown tubers being as
much affected as the more mature. We observe
character the plants turning brown or ofa sicky hue
incompatible with sound root. In the upper part OF
the State. around Newark, and in Burhngton Mercer
&c. we hear complaints, but let US hope, that the
progress of the rot will be arrested and that there w
set be an abundant yield. The crop of Monmouth, If
bot diminished by this cause would in all probability
have reached the present season the enormous hgure
Of ! 1000 bushels"
Hay IN MAIYE.-A good deal of hay has been
spoiled or badly injured this year in Maine by the
raus that have fallen almost necessarily in some part
Of the State during the hayDg season. correspon
dent writing from West Pownal thinks the crop thi
wear will be ten or fifteen ger cent better than !ayear
when it was that much below an average one.
OF OTHER CRoPs the same correspondent says:
Goats about mddlipg crop. Beans and pump
kins never looked better.
"Com although 80 uppromsing in the early part OF
the season. has come forward and looks as though
there might be an average crop; nothing but an eay
frost can prevent it. Wheat injured in the Spring
By the maggot and the weevit has attacked H. and
will destroy perhaps one hali o. II. but as YET Tue
little sown. OF Apples there will be very small
CROP especially low or fiat LANDS; the iruif ou1s
seem TO have come out i'll the Spnn5 with sckly
appearance and grest many trees are entirely Killed
and many appear TO be dying The damage in tn"
State Of Maine must be very great think there viii
be but few pums.
ERGor oS GEAss-A farmer wants to know it
there is any remedy for the poison OF egot that un
usually abup6apt upon grass this season. One man III
Ashtabula County, Ohio, is reported to have ie''
seven he ad Of cattle believed TO be poisoned by eTgo
which is found attached TO grass in the same mianer
il is upon heads of rye which is the plant usually pro-
ducipg this poisonous excrescence ID greatest aound
ance We cannot give tried remedy, bat we recon-
mend one very simple, that We know will cure the
poson Of wilted wild cherry leaves and that is pint
each of melted lard ard molasses, poured down the
animals throat from bottle, like any other drink.
The Nrw GRASS IN IowA.-Thomss A. Maskell of
NewJersey, gives it as his opinion that the new Hun
caisn or humbug) grass Of Iowa is nothing else aan
the ordinary mlle 10 prove which be sends us head'
which we pronounce miet of the poorest kind grown
in this country. Mr.. w. thinks the offer to distribute
the seed of this new humb1g has about the same
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