, 1860-05-03
Agriculture.

certainly not to be contested by any other.
The three first men in the world were gar
dener, plowman, and grazier and If any
man object that the second Of these was q
murderer, Idesire he would consider, that
as soon as he was so, he quilted our profes-
sion, and turned builder. 1t is for this rea-
son, suppose, that Ecclesiasticus fbrbids
US to hate husbandry because (says hey
the Most High God has created it. We
were all born TO this art, and taught by ma
ture TO nourish our bodies by the same earth
out Of which they were made, and to which
they must return and pay at last for their
sustenance.
Behold the original and primitive nobility
Of all those great persons who are too proud
now, not only to till the ground, but almost
to tread upon it. We may say what We
please Of cities, and lions rampant, and
spread eagles in fields dor or dGrgent; but
If heraldry were guided by reason, plow
in field arabic would be the most noble
and ancient arms. ...,
All these considerations make me fall into
the wonder and complaint of ColumelIa, how
It should come to pass that all arts and
sciences, metaphysics, physic, morality,
mathematics, logic, rhetoric, &C., which are
all, grant, good and useful faculties, Tex.
eept only metaphysics, which do not know
whether it be anything or no,) but even
vaulting, fencing, dancing, attiring, cookery,
carving, and such like vanities, shall all
have public schools and masters; aud yet
that we should never see or hear Of any
man who took upon him the profession Of
teaching this so pleasant, so virtuous, 90 pro.
itable, so honorable, so necessary art.
FooD FOR Cows.-M. Chabert, the direc.
tor Of the Veterinarian School at Alfred,
England, had q number of cows which
yielded twelve gallons Of milk each day.
10 his able publication on this subject, he
observes that cows fed in Winter, on dry
substance alone, yield less milk than those
that are kept on a g-een diet, and also that
their milk loses much Of its good quality.
He Published the following receipt, by the
use Of which his COWS afforded him an equal
quantity and quality Of milk during the
Winter as during the Summer Take 0
b1shel Of potatoes, break them whilst raw,
place them in barrel standing up, putting
IN successfully layer of bran, and small
quantity Of yeast in the middle of the mass,
which is to DO left there to fsrnent during o
whole week, and when the vin0us taste has
pervaded the whole mixture, it is then
given tothe cows, who eat it grsedily.
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A Coon FARMER IN A NEIoHBoRHooD.-
IN looking over some recent remarks by
Hon. 2, Pratt, on taking che chair at the
tcrration Of the Prattsville Farmers Club,
We find the following suggestive paragraph I:
" A good farmer in anoiehboThood u
great blessing; and LEI him 20 to what Mil
or Meeting be likes, his siOde Of farming
and his improvements will be adppted.n
This Is very true, and il is encouraging to
every one who Is trying 70 bring about .
better husbandry on his own fam and among
those who are, and are to Be, bis neighboFs
and companions. Whatever may bea mans
political opinions or his personal preferences,
Il his example be good, If he show on his
own farm, better tilage, better crops, better
animals, and better profits, his methods viii
Be looked into by those who know him, and
he will be initiated and thus Improvement
will goon. adi ihgf ssse6ii aia5 sls.l
A AUsrEuI TAiniLIEE.-countine,l ri plants one
foot apart each way, we shall have forty
three thousand Eve hundred and sixty upon
an acre, because an acre contains that number
Of superficial feet. Take the figure in the
firstcoldmn Of The following table as the dis.
tance apart, and an acre will contain the mum.
Der Of plants in the second column:
In . fsskf N u 10 unn 10 g., lf 2 4 OnO