Original Poetry. PARTING.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 607, 11 April 1876, Page 3

Original Poetry. PARTING.

Adiitj, my Iot« ; adieu for ersr ! Once how lo»«d let mamory t*ll j On* km hlodc and than vr* ae»er, iOn« bitter pang and then "FarewelL* Yet trc we part a»T with one thoughf, One kindly thought e'er turn on him, Who:?e "nrljr lore, unatainod, untaught, Made thee goddeas of his dream. Wilt thou with interest ?iew hi« p»th Of life along the • tor my ware? Or *hould be unit beneath its wreath One tear ahed o'er hit naoielesa grtve f Wilt thou, when other* fond, oondoma In accents sweat, deiead his name, Whoie heart to thee, if not to them, Once turned with friendship •pure»fcfi»me. And when another's voice it tweet Unto thy ear as once w«a mine, Whim other eyes re*ponsi»« uitet Witii auiwering thought each glanoe of thine, Ah ! think of me then ; I'd be No rude intruder on thy joy. But hourt like those too quickly fler. And lorrovra *nd oareit enjoy. Bufc should the hand of sorrow cloud In coming yean that brow ao fair j And priol tlty happineia tony shroud, That sorrow let my friendship share. But now we put, alaa ! for erer ; No tie but that which memory brings Remains lor worldly cares to *e?er ; And to that tie the heart «Lill cliugs. And 'inid«t this world's cares and ssdneia, I'll think of what thou wer't. My early love, when joy and gladness Pranced gladly through my youthful hoart, Again adieu ; apain «ndeaTOur To cruih the thoughts my bosom swell { And While this hemt forgets thee nerer, With hopeless sigh I say - ifaiewall." Alexandra. A.

Wwkat Growing.— In reference to the article on " Wheat Growing an Experiment," re pubhrhed iv this journal of Taesday last, a corruipoudent. write* as follows : — " To the Editor i Bir, — Tonr communicated experiment, in wheat growing u surely a great blunder If a man it wrong in hit figures ha i» probably wrong in every other calculation. How Im makts drilling 80 acres, at 6d per acre, come to £9 [this should bare been 6» per acre] I cannot understand ; neither can I perceive how 449} bushels, at 4s Bd, came to £105 Is. I should call it more like £95 8i 7d. Your correspondent must hare gone most expensively to work, and on very bad land, to require 11 men, at 7» per day, lor three days, to tbreth 443 bushels of wheat, besides a oott of £12 8s for threshing 124 bag*, at 2§ per bag, by a thieshing machine. His cost for threshing would amount to £29 bj mu chine, when by hand labour it would onlj co*t £22. Your correspondent Kerns bent on piling up expenses, in order to prove tbat it cannot pay to grow wheat. I ace no charge for manure, which is probably the secret of 10 •mall an average crop as 14 bushels per acre. An expenditure of £50 to £60, in bonedust or other manure would probably have doubled the crop, and the expenses only a little increased. A man cannot live without food, neither oan the land produce without feeding. 1 am no farmer, propfrlj so-called, and am porhaoi, therefore, rash hi thus writing; but my constant communication with some of oar brst and nsott practical agriculturists and growers of wheat crops for years tells me *uoh a different taU that I feel apt to doubt your correspondent. I do not doubt the result of hi* own experience, bat I do, »nd I hope without offence, doubt bis practical judgment. There are very many who, Wing i he practical knowledge, could set him is^ht, but they will not takt the trouble to do so. I h&ve grown 40 bushels upon one sunvs since I bare b*ra in tb« ooionj, but 1 twlirre 40 but^eii u a fiur sroj>,