The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-04-07
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orr NORTHERN FARMERS

81 As g cut #7faHs. w m HnJHAi
sod oaiFageoas waf, and TIE broken
hearts that bleed ii fie dresi5s f1r
many of our noble SOFA. slain 10 battle
nei galy iell lale q uoe. bai los.
u lasv. that wiil itli ia almost every
farm home r. New England.
The CREST corn and wheat States
are decimned 10 Ike raiio, Their
bone anu muscle, theit vigorous yoaag
men. too. are % hospitals, in camp, o.
slain, or 10 ile battle Geld manfally
striving AID lighting for itc salvation
II cor common country Here, too.
Il aa immense loss 81 labor, and shs
grand question arises, how IRE We 70
make up these deficiencies Z The
grain growing slave States of Texas
Arkansas Kentucky, Missouri, Nouh
Carolina. Tennessee aad Virginia,
must BE- reduced to straits which they
80 justly deserve Tier able bodied
white men are IN tie war. Their
slaves will be laggsrd sullcn and lazy
in the Geld. Their crops must come
short.
The foregoing hints would seem TO
form a ground work, and teach a les
con TO al who til The soil in the New
England State, that products Of prime
aeeess'ty must be lessened to an alarm.
ing extent by this immense loss Of Ia.
Dor, not forgetting that millions are
consumers, bat no, producers This
terrible lesson Of war that We are
learning, viii not be confined to the
high prices Of sugar, wool, cotton and
woolea cloth, tea and coftee-but beet,
pork, flour, corn and labor are sure to
take the upward march ID the scale of
prices. We shall hear no more Of
burning ears Of corn for fuel. or wheat
rotting in The stack in consequence Of
low prices in the West.
Wherever your paper circulates,
let II PROFOUND questions 10 il, readers
ASK the father how many boys aro
left to till the farm Laborers will
be scarce, the old men aud boys must
do the work, and Il need be, the gen
erous hand Of female labor would be
volunteered ia some instances, with
honor TO the sex. III Scotland last
April, ] saw some Is 10 20 frollicking
Young girls spreading manure aud
planting seed. a queer sight for
New England eye) ! thought It
pralscworihy occupation IN that coun.
try, one which is universal IN the old
world. SO in our own great West.
females perform a large amount Of
farm labor. Dire necessity would
only lead me 10 advocate the doctrine
Of female labor ia tic Geld,
The next question is, the breadth
Ct land. the manure. the crops--how
much can be worked comfortably -
His manure heap Is large as usual, he
must plough less number Of acres,
perhaps two in place Of four; time Is
gained 10 blowing and must BE- applied
ia hauling out the manure, and the
happy result viii be, larger crops will
be gathered from half the number Of
acres, which applies 10 every crop
i'is land Is put in =" good heart and.
to his surprise, he has been compelled
to learn the first best lesson Of his life.
Instead Of ploughing, hocing, digging
and spreading manure over foul or
Eve acres, be has realized the same
product from two acres. Mr.. Editor.
Fan you endorse this statements
The coming season beekons TO the
ioihful farmer with more than usual
meaning. His gates may be off the
hinges, bars down, the old hat without
head supply the place Of broken
'ane -four and corn were cheap last
Iear-pork and beef cheap too his
manure heap al The end Of the barn
les in the road through the year ID,
be day Of reckoning may come TO this
lo'hial man sooner than may meet
lis convenience.
These are war limes--a southern.
ifil war, that has taken tie Govern.
lent by the throat, and threatens the +
orthern people with The virus fanes
the copperhead. Oar farms and
orkshops must be worked. Let
sed-time find no layoa4fIs i, tba Gnl1