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any quantity of ptmtkists. saqsbsh. Ounuo



  hers, tomatoes, endive, peas, beasus.&c. Sa:
  Oify, carrots and onions did not do wel
  Gumbo did well, but was too late. Chufa bes
  anything I ever saw: but we cultivated wall

                                       N. M.
    tWD, Dec. 5, 1862.
    AmsqwR.-We know something of the dis
  ease referred to. It is due to a foul habit o
  the animal system, and can often be cured b:
  Iurges of sulphur and the nse of some alter.
  tive medicine, such as a compound of one par
  ,t Enhiops mineral, two of nitre, and four o
  sulphur. administered every night. in doses o
  one-half to fnc Dunce, according to age an(
  cia.. of the aniimtal. The warts may be remov.
  ed with ti ahnrp pair -it scissors, the raw sur.
  face of thi irot being afterwards touched with
  the nitrate of s'lver. Pustular eruptions on
  he edges , f the lilt characterized by great
  smreness. atr difficult to cure, bitt may some-
  :,tces be cured by the use of an ointment of
  'lie titr.lt -,f' nercury.  Any druggist can
  ,r-epa -e   i '
  I Vc Lievte lut littlo hope of present success in
  :u.- raising of .caclies in the open orchard in
  ,hi' State. Satndy land with proper manuring
  will grow good fruit-En.

           >eonomy of Sall 1erms.

   The MafaFi. Far-nur, in an article on Chinese
 husbandry, deduces some conclusions in regard
 to the economy of small farms.
   1 The terum srmall farms may need some
qualification. In France, the majority of farms
do not average more than five acres each; but
here, a farm of from fifty to seventy-five acres
would be called a small farm. And we believe
there is more profit in working a farm of this
size, considering the expense attendant upon
it, than in carrying on a farm of three hun-
dred acres. Eventually, all our farms will be
reduced in size, partly for the purpose of con-
ductingthent with more profit, and also because
agriculture will ultimately be the leading pro-
fession engaged in.
  2. We learn another lesson from their meth-
ods of saving fertilizing materials to apply to
the soil-a lesson of the greatest importance,
and one which we could use to geod advantage.
Were the same economy in saving manure
practiced here as is common in China, we could
support a population double our present num-
ber, send men enoagh to war to put. down every



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m- rebellion, whip England and FWrn.e, pay all
  our taxes, and leave everybody rich.
     3. In the application of manure and irriga-
. tion, another lesson is taught us. There is no
It doubt that manure in a liquid form is the bad
  food for plants that can be applied. It comes
  in direct contact with the rootlets, and in a
  form readily to be available for their growth.
  The more liquid manure we use, and the mare
- irrigation is practiced-where practicable-4he
  greater will be our crops, and the more sure
f our success.



V
                The Farmer's Life.

t   The farmers life, like the lives of those en-
f gaged in other occupations, has its sunny and
fshady side.   It is a mingling of care and

  comfort, of toil and recreation, of disappoint-
  ment and satimfaction, of fatigue and fresh-
  ness. It is not a life fraught with brilliant

  hopes, with fanciful anticipations, or magnifi-
  cent expectations. It is not a life whose rest-

  less days and sleepless nights are spent in
  contriving how to gratify a selfish ambition,
  by extending personal power and influence.
  Neither is it a life whose chief and mighty ob-
  ject is to acquire an immense fortune, to be-
  come the possessor of warehouses, ships,
  banks, railroads, and all the other costly ap-
  pendages of a princely fortune.
  It is a life that is unperplexed with such
  vast schemes and bold calculations. Yet it is
  a busy and honorable life-important to man-
  kind and the world, and it is necessary to build
  up national wealth, prosperity and happiness.
  It is a life whose qualifications for success are
  a vigorous body, a vigorous will, and vigorous
  common sense. Yet with these important re-
  quisites, the farmer's life is not usually favor-
ed with rich golden harvests, or sudden peou-
niary independence.  He does not gain hie
thousands by a single stroke of financial tact
and foresight: he does not look to the unoer-
tain chances of speculation, to place him be-
yond the reach of indigence and labor, but he
toils early and late, satisfied with small prodta
and managing generally to save a large pro-
portion of his gains.
  Thus his inecine usually exeseds his expend.



ituree, and he is therefore a rich iaan--i ord-
ing to the definition of riches given by the



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