Show aid AND GARDENERS eaks MAKS FIRST FIEST employment br MRS airs L H y nand wand and the lord god took the man and put him hin into the garden of ejen elen to dress it and to keep it GEN 11 15 when man was la in his pristine strength on un fallens fallen mald ilia maker gave the genial tasks task t to dress and keep the garden glade ihen then angels deigna his guests to be by sinless edens crystal springs springe and of ot t at hush of day he beard the hovering of ce lettal celestial lettai wings V even en now tho thus thorns and thistles whistles es claim i dominion 4 oer the uncultured soils soil ilioiu nature and from rom rum god be he finds nods A L W A blessing on ilis 1113 rural toll yearth rl arih arik arth Is his friend and freely gives A the treasures of her fruitful breast while industry of health tho friends friend sheds sweetness sweet new oer oser bis his nightly rest ko no swords sword no guarded gate rith rapel el him from hia hla home 0 lover love iove but pace peace pede and lipe ll lipe pe like anges angels wall watt and add nd point to paradise above rl artford hartford conot all AU about weeds weeda for the gratification of the cur curious igus idus and to explain the cause of a phenomenon that was wag apparently a considerable stumbling block to mr air horace greeley when here namely that there were more ye deeds e ds in the gardens than he expected to find we e print the result of some careful investigations I 1 made by professor saor baor buckman of en england 9 landato to ascertain the amount of 0 weed seeds contained in seeds seen sold as clean cleank in a pint of clover seed weed seeds ina in a pint of cow grag grai in broad clover eloa and two pints of dutch clover several severally lyp and seeds supposing thosa those samples to be sown here were weeda weeds enough to stock the land with seeds for many 3 ears the armer farmer f often otten goes edes to the cheapest market and gets weeds for corn and so pt pays ars ays exceedingly dear for what ha he considers a cheap bargain I 1 in connection with the above our exchange justly adds it it this be true in relation to english farmin ghow much more ro eta must it be to america where it Is 13 well known much less pains Is taken in preparing crain rain for markets market as well as in the selection of seed and the general of the soll in seid gerd grain a ed gr grasses grasa assess ec etc ft tarm farm farmer era ers otten often display a want wani ot of judg lant and ordinary pruden ceby articles ai as ra re cheap or rather low priced for that thai Is not really cheap heap which Is not genuine add aad we can cam con elve relve no greater pest in an agricultural thad this ica a cheap seed store in the but too common acceptation of the term ay weeds VV eeds propagate propagated their species with astonishing toni shing prolificacy Iro professor fessor buck BucL buckman nan seeds in a single plant of black mustard and seeds in a specimen of chari charl charlock dh arlock ock in the common stinking camm I 1 in the burdock the seeds of a single plant of common dock produced 1700 attle ledock docks fht that the present season has been mon conly i successful 11 in producing weed swe le e lieve has been beer gener generally ally alJy acknowledged 0 ed but for this there is good cause to be found in the great I 1 exodus of last year Tear during which period moal moat if not all of thee thai gar gardens delic deric in this region were necessarily neglected and left to bring forth if nothing else the indigenous products of the soil weeds many of which had al ready matured their seed ere the people ra returned to td their homes bomes it was wp at the season beason when this thim innumerable host bost of wild and noxious terminators germina tors had appeared in full uniform wherever they had not flot been b 9 gil destroyed in the early spring 02 that mr greeley made his advent thour to our mountain valleys t and under these thebe circumstances his first and ana 7 about his onty only reply to the solicitous inquiry of odthe the friendly citizen how do you hk I 1 home was y 11 1 I did not expect tobee tasee to see bee so many maily a mot most 11 gen gente genteel gea I 1 teel ely and appropriate rejoinder in truth so far as we have been bean informed this was i the universal answer given by the teunes Tn unes ye representative to every evary person who during his sojourn here had even the impe dence to ask him how do you do while the facts ja jil the case gase are that daring doring the ab ah berese spruce of the people from their homas homes the wild sunflowers sun flowers whichard which chare are natives of the soil ota ata obtaining in ling king a 1 new n ew foothold aling the roadsides of thea the most unfrequented streets so utterly obscured 04 the luxuriant and highly cultivated cultivate gardens beyond them that could see nothing in the world or this thas part of it rather but sunflowers sun flowers from which ho he caina camp to the conclusion that ohp th people ot of utah cultivated nothing nothing but weeds if not so badly bally told sold as he was wab at eilsea Pil tea sea peak he was most egregiously mistaken travelers who have visited this thib region the ris pis beason season adwell as well weil as heretofore have gener aljy N c ba notwithstanding the dinst amount of hard and ince incessant a nt labor required to bling bring forth vegetation from these parched benches and bottoms the fields and gardens in point of thorough 0 and systematic culture would bear a favorable comparison with those of the older and more fertile districts of our country while at the same time there is so little that is inviting to the here that like mr greeleys greelegs Gree leys pertinent answer to the ithe etonian Uto nian it has hag become a stereotyped expression that none but cormons mormons Mor mons would inhabit such a godforsaken god forsaken countr country y the truth of which would be attested to the especial satisfaction of the unbelieving portion of the world should the mormons cormons Mor mons at any time conclude to evacuate their present localities and migrate to some region more inviting 11 in such an event though now the merchant and the speculator are numbered with the farmers and mechanics who constitute the bone and sinew of population populations those gentlemen would find it to their interest to seek quarters elsewhere as soon as practicable nor would the few feve thousands of sundry professions and who haye haie no visible means of support who would starve to death within a month if obliged to work for a living or if induced or compel compelled led ltd by any necessity to go to farming long suri vi permanent removal of the old inhabitants from utah I 1 I 1 but they are not gone yet and so far from froia it the farmer is preparing his ground for his fall 1 wheat which he confidently expects with the blessin blessing of a kind providence to reap in the harvest of 1860 he has stacked his hay and brovender provender to sustain his animals during another winter and is making every necessary I 1 preparation f for or a vigorous prosecution of the next springs labors cheered and encouraged with the reward for his toil which he has just reaped despite the roadside road side thistles whistles es not the canada species though and flowers so offensive to the refined and cultivated taste of mr greeley but in our opinion decidedly state ly and picturesque relieving the dull monotony I 1 of the dusty road bear bearing ing lug convincing evi evl evi evl dence that even from desert and parch ing soil uncultivated the weeds are tible and also aiso bidding the way worn traveler look beyond to behold in contrast contrasts the well tilled field and ani the cultivated garden profusely be decked with the choicest plants and fruits and flowers 11 weeds they serve many good purposes of the creator like many men they are not the most useful things in creation or it might indeed be a puzzle to determine why they exist exists but without them how should we estimate the divine edict cursed is the ground for thy sake saks in sorrow shall bhail thou eat of it all the days of thy illy life thorn thorns also and thistles whistles es shall it bring t forth to thee and thou eat the herb of the field without them either the authenticity of the bible bile must 1 be imperilled imperil led or we should be forced the conclusion that we have taken ug ul our abode upon the wrong I 1 sphere how desolate the highways the landscape and the plains would seem there no wild flowers in bloo mno thistles whistles es nor thorns no weeda to impart some signs ot 0 vee vegetable table tabie eifel weeds we would not in our present con coa without them springing forth early in the season when their juices are most grateful and nutritious to man the greens I 1 afforded by the epst most moat common weeds are ansur i 1 passed by any other specie vegetable the i famed spinach of england not excepted what is hf it is not a cultivated weed but who ever thought 0 of cultivating 0 weeds for tor greens nobody because nature in her wise provision for our wants furnishes us greens without our special care if cultivate cultivated dj they might be had earlier in the season as is the case with spinach weeds why without them the soil un less mellowed by great quantities of becom posing matter which is not as yet so largely applied would become hard and impenetrable to the suns buns heat beat and the refreshing waters of irrigation what a spongy receptacle for moisture is the ground from which the weeds are pulled after having havin 0 furnished you with many a delicious dish of greens and all this without plowing a furrow or sowing a seed in thein their who will henceforth say aught against the weeds only only odly to keep their gardens as clean of them as possible this is our plea lon lot the weeds FARMERS boysak BOY SAt a recent term of the circuit court in chautauqua county N Ys Y several young men sons 0 respectable farmers in that thai district were ivere sen ben sentenced aced to state tate p prison rison I 1 for crimes committed by them the ile judge judges ilond iio Ilo nR P marvin on the occasion havethe gave ga the following counsel to the farmers who were present dl before sentencing these boys I 1 have a few words to say to the men of Chau lauque lanque county the agriculturists in particular particulars some of whom are aree here today to day looking on at t the saddest scene scena it has been my lot to see in this county so many boys boysy f tan fan tanners aers ners sons tong toos taus too all of them to be sent to the penitentiary for stealing and burglary farmers of chautauqua county when your boys get birge enough to works work nad nod work for them then at home on oil no account let them go into the village tillage to work nor let them go to teaming I 1 care not it if they can get 50 per month it will be a dead loss they will just as sure burely surely ly follow the example of these boys boyr now before you as they leave leare the tha sacred and restraining influences of home GIVE THEM PLENTY OF GOOD BOOKS AND PAPERS MAKE HOME PLEASANT PLEASANTS AND KEEP THEM THERE UNTIL THEY ARE ARM OF AGE AND HAVE tum THE WISDOM TO RESIST THE temptation OF HIGH WAGES ON 01 A ROAD OR IN A TAVERN camern BUT OBTAIN EDAT ebat THE EX PENSE OF GOOD GD CHARACTER the above advice cannot be too well applet elated nor too practically carried out IT if farmers have sons the most profitable place for them is their fathers barmat far farm mat at least till i they have arrived at sufficient maturity to enter as apprentices apprent icee 1 to some useful trade or art when if they have been wisely schooled at home they will not be very likely to go far tar I 1 astray while treading the slippery paths of youth and in riper years will be prepared to honor the names and memories of their fathers carrots for pigs we had become well satisfied that for feed to milk mUk cows there is j no better but till informed by mr L S hemenway we were not aware that thab carrots could be profitably fed to hogs mr 11 has some ane fine looking 0 hogs which he says have been fed almost exclusively on carrots no cooking is required and though 0 al at first they may not be very greedily devoured in a few days such a relish will be acquire acquired cl for the carrots that the swine will eat them in pre ference to any other food and become very fat it will not be amiss to wash the carrots clean before feeding them if carrots prove to be as good for bork pork feed ing as here represented they will unquestionably be largely cultivated for this purpose purro seas seab as it will at once be boen seen that they provide a cheaper article of feed than grain whether the pork would be as solid and marketable as if it grain fed we are not advised if it should not be corn fed during the last two or three weeks will probably impart all tho firmness de desired sized A sheep to be in the hest heat condition for the plate palate says a late eilus writer should not rot be killed till five years yeara oj at age he says the mutton will be succulent of a daric dath color and anda full of the richest gravy whereas if odly only two years yeara old it is flabby pale paie and flavorless oid oil beans that have become moldy or rancid it is stated may be made sweet by pouring boiling wate rover them I 1 to make a cow glye give down put a bag of meal or any other weight on her back this i is almost infallible |