Year: 1859

weigh o. much at six months old as our
common breeds do at one yesr old. 1t has
been estimated that two bushels Of corn
fed to hogs in the summer, will make a.
much pork as three fed in the winter, and
for the same reason as that give above that
in cold weather the fat of the body is con.
sumed to keep up the animal heat. Now
if such is the case would it not be better
economy to save one store of corn until the
spring, have our pigs come in March ant
then feed them corn regularly until killing
time! By so doing we would make more
pork in less time, and with less feed. max
ing it more remunerative. With this al
with every thing else, we ought to examine
into it, and if it don't pay let US try some
other plan.


To be prosperous, We must be contentet
and happy, and to be contented and happy
we must have home, and that home shoult
be 10 us, the dearest spot on earth. II
make it such (aside from family ties) il mus
be beautifed, II must be made entertaining
and attractive. In passing through oul
county how many homes do we see, thai
hardly deserve the name. They have net:s
tree nor q shrub about them, they have
never had touch of paint or whitewast
throughout all time. And when we entel
the house, books are as scarce within, as
trees and paint are without. But when we
happen to pass home that is decorated BY
art and nature, how we feast our eyes upor
it, and as we contemplate its beauties ~e
will exclaim, "whst happy home."


We live in a country beautiful by nature
let US assist nature and make it more beau
tiful. If we would only ali do our duty ia
this matter, lsbor to adurn and beautify oul
homes, plant trees, vines, flowers ant
shrubbery, both useful and ornamental, ex'
tend the trees along the roadsides near oul
dwellings, adorn our homes with the use.
fu; and beautiful, let each oe VS. be supplied
with an abundance of useful books, and
then we would soon begin to realize that
we had home indeed. It does not require
large and commodious house tc co al.sis'
If it is small all the better, itis-th easier
to furnish and decorste, and if old no mat.
ter, acorn and beautify it as it is with paint
and " whitewash, with roses and hOney-suck.
els, with fruit and ornamental trees, and
soon your friends will say in passing, what
sweet place, what a lovely home! And
the inside of our houses should be hung
with paintings, and supplied with plenty oi
newspapers and magazines, and good sup
ply of them Agricultural. With these
home attractions, the youth of our land
wsuld not be half so apt to wander off from
home and get into bad company, but on the
other hand they would be more refined, they
W ould be wiser and better. Then there
would not be SO many of the flower Of our
flock desert US, and go to adorn other pro.
fessions just when they were budding into
manhood. But on the other haLd if any
were compelled by the force of circum.
stances to leave homes. in after years with
what pleasure will they look back, as the
old homestead comes up In panoramic view
before them, with what delight would they
view the Old familiar scenes, that old home
embowere1 in veidure and beduty, the clust
ering vines and blooming roses, sthe goot
old books they used to read, the maps and
paintings that hung on the wall. Then
the farmer would DO, pick out his bri ghtes'
boy, and say of him, ] am going tomake q
lawyer, or doctor, of him. But it will al
be the other way, you would see the mer
chant, the doctor, or the lawyer, pick out
his brightest boy, and say of him, ! wan: tt
send him to school aid give him an extr'
chance so that ne may adorn his profession
for an going to make Farmer Of him.