pUmims com .•uid potatoes in .•illerniile rovvs, or 

 in alienmtiniisor two rows each, would frive n 

 j,'remer ns^nejiMle prodiiiu for a f;ivei) t-xtnit o( 

 liind tliMi. i( (Mclicrop were planted Fniirciv hy 

 Itself. iLxprnn.onts relative to this point liave 

 been made in Massacl.nsetts for a lew years past, 

 under tlio dir.'ction of the I'lvinontl, Conntv A" 

 t^oeiety,ai.d the revolts so fliV, indicate con^ider- 

 a ,le a,lvnntaj:e n, liivor of the alternate plantinj;. 

 Mr. Nathan Whitman, who reeeived, for an ex- 

 peniiient ot this l<ii„l, made last season, a „re- 

 niinm of $1.5, ,,|a„t,d half an acre with eorn 

 alone ; from this was harvested -12 J3-/5 hnshels : 

 halt iin aen> will, potatoes; from this was har- 

 vested I.J(, /.5(i l.iishels; and half air acre in nl- 

 leniate rows of corn and potatoes; from this 

 was harvesie.la'i 50-75 iMishels of corn, and 71) 

 40-.% hnshels of potatoes. In this experiment 

 there appears to he n frain in mixed plantiii"- of 

 tenhnshelsof corn to the acre, and lwel,t^^six 

 l)iishelsol potatoes. Some experiments report- 

 ed to this society in former years, we helieve 

 showed ahoiit the same results. 



^hLj^^^^^^^^^^lJ^ont\)\v: SimtorT 



41 



those vyho are fimcli better authority than I can 

 pretend to he. The following, ren.arks are from 

 Clater eV \ ouatt's "Cattle Doctor," (ftlr. Skin- 

 iiers American edition,) and perhaps they may 

 fnni.sb a Innl to sotne, hy which they may 

 pront : — "^ •' 



Statistics of Crops. 



We extract from Mr. Ellsworth's Report, the 



tollownvu; esinnate of crops grown in the New 

 J^ngland States ami New York, in J814:— 

 Hay. 



jJ?"'"*;V ,. 1,251,000 tons 



New Hampshire, 657,000 



^^'""OM, 1,266,000 



Massuchuselts, 706,000 



Connectient, 57-3,000 



Kho<le Island, 44 000 



New York-, 4,938,000 



Polatoes. 



J""''";', , . 12,304,000 bush. 



New llampslme, 4,64;5,000 



^,'='"'"V'' 6,158,000 



Massach.isctis, 4,050,000 



Connecttcnt, 2,117,000 



Kliode IslaiKl, 81-^000 



'^'^^^ '^■"'■1^. ]7,703;000 

 JVheal. 



i^'""'tl , . 628,000 hush. 



New Hampshire, 588.000 



YJ"'"'"'!'' 776,000 



Massachusetts, 210,000 



Connecticut, 104.000 



Khodelsland, j^OOO 



'^''" ^ '"''^ 14,975,000 

 Oats. 



Z'""''C> , . ],49-?,000 bush. 



New Hampshire, 1,765.000 



y,*^''"'"'". 3,26(i,000 



Massachusett.s, 1,687,000 



^""'I'^'V';',"'', J,4D6,000 



Khode Island, Ig^ooo 



'^'="' ^ "'■''. 31,135,000 



Indian Corn. 



!:)''''":', ,. 1,738,000 bu,.b. 



New Ilampshne, 1,662,000 



*,'"'•'""•,"' 1,440,000 



Massachusetts, 2,816,000 



^""'!'^'',"y'"', 2,408,000 



Khodelsl.-md, 636,000 



^•"'^^■^'1^' iy,468,000 



Treatment of Cows before and after Calvin-. 



It IS a point upon which, 1 believe, the most 

 o serving and reflechig fhrmers agree tha, cows 

 oi a short tune previous to calvhig, ..liould he 

 .ed moderately rather than slufcd, accordin.^ to 

 • the old riotion, uhich is now lli,- fl'on, bein.^l" 

 J^ole e. The sl^Jfins; (.ractice is, I presume, hase.l 

 on the supposition lli.at it is necessary ,o incre-ise 

 !l>e flow of milk alier the birth of ,h;\..al T , ' 



h^clhe n ''°" "' " "'^"^'■'■"'-""^ '^ «'•'■'> 1"-- 

 ~ •'"-''""" ""'■^' l""->i<---'^-fl-ly milk fever or 



To enable her the helter to sustain the trials 

 .itlendan on partuniion, the cow at the time o' 



ion Dn/ com meal shonhl constitute no p.-,ri of 

 ber food just previous to calvin.s »s it is idlam 

 ■ngtothe blood, aiul among tb, sunc^XZ- 

 causes of swollen ud.ler. G„o.l_(J i']"_ ,,': 



1- l'.-;.V, with a meal a d.y of some sort of rooi"^ 

 ■s .be best ood for cows near calvin.s and theV 

 lecfuire ..othmg richer, and should no,' he ./„ii 



iJut it is not my intention to write a homilv of 

 "0 ""■" on tins subject, but to give the view's of 



BEFORE CALVING. 



"During the early period of gestation, theani- 

 uinl may, ami should be, well li.,!, fbr she has to 

 provide milk (oi the dairy and nourishment for 

 lie iQUns; but when she is dried, h,.r food >liould 

 be considerably diminishe.l. ^he should not he 

 very (at nor full of hloo.l at the time of calvinc' 

 for that IS the frequent cause of diflicult labor.' 

 garget, and milk fever. There may he an erior 

 in starving her before she calves, but it is a much 

 more dangerous one to brina- her into too liinh 

 condition. ° 



"Some cows are apt to sHnl.- ibeir calves or to 

 produce ihem dead before their time. This .^eii 

 erally happens about the middle of their lae- 

 nancy. If about that time a cow is uneasy ij:. 

 verisb, oft her food, or wandering almut in sea'rch 

 of something lor which she seems to have a lon<r. 

 mg, or most greciily and ravenously .levoiirinn- 

 n particular kind of food, she should be bled and 

 pbysicke.l. It she is not quieted, she should be 

 bled and physicked again, in the course of three 

 or loiir days. She should be immediately re- 

 moved Irom the other cows; for should she .-link 

 her call among them, it is not imiirobable that 

 some, or even all, of the others will do the same 

 Ibis IS not easily accounted fbr, hut it is perfectly 

 true. ' •' 



•'When the ninth month of gestation is nearly 

 expired, the cow should be dilisently looked af- 

 ter. She should lose three or four quarts of 

 blood, unless she is very poor, an.l she sliouhl 

 most certainly be physicked. It will be better if 

 she can be sejiarated from the other cows" 

 * * * * * ■ s 



[Here follow some most important directions 

 as to the course to adopt in various cases of diffi- 

 culty in the delivery of the calf-wbich, from 

 their len.i.'tli, I omit, hut would commend them to 

 the attention of the farmer, as being alone worth 

 ten times the price of the book.] 



AFTER CALVIKG. 



" "".'''^..fo^v 'las calved unseen and unattended, 

 she will, like every other quadnqied, set dili.'ent- 

 ly to work to devour the cleansing, and lick the 

 new-horn animal clean. This, however, is often 

 carefully prevented when there is theopnortuuity 

 of so domg. The calf is taken immediately 

 away, and the cleansing thrown on the diiU"-- 

 heap. We act contrary to nature in this. Site 

 would not have given to herhiverous animals this 

 i'lopensily to eat the placenta, had not some use- 

 ful purpose been efTected by it. Cleanliness was 

 one ol.ject-another was either to supfiort the 

 strength ot the animal, or to have an aperient or 

 ''alutary influence on her. The mother and the 

 .vouiig will he happier if they are left to pursue 

 llie dictates of nature. 



"A great deal has been said of the necessity 

 ol cleansing ibe cow after calving, or ibe exiiul- 

 s.on of the placenta, 'fhere is much error in 

 tins, ihe placenta comes away with the calf- 

 and It IS that natural discharge from the womb.' 

 contimnd , luring sev,.ral days, that gives the no- 

 tion o something retained that needs to be re- 

 moved. Me.licine, nevertheless, is necessary, in 

 order to |irevent fever, to which the cow in iii-h 

 condition is liable; but that medicine simnid m.t 

 lie a shmulani, in the fklse supposition thai the 

 animal wants su|)port after the lliligiie it has iiii- 

 dergone,_but a purgaHve, \n order to prevent an 

 allack of (ever, to which the animal is so natur- 

 ally exposed alter |iariurition, and which is often 

 > biis<tened and aggra.valed by.absurd managemem. 

 1 he mother requires lilile care a(ii-r calviii" 

 '•xcept that of , rotectinn from too j;real severii'y' 

 of weather, and this more especially if .-be had 

 lieeu much nursed before parturition. A warm 

 mash may be given <laily for a little while; but 

 otheruise .^he may return to her previous and not 

 too luxuriant feed. 'I he state of her udder, how- 

 ever shouhl be examined ; if the bag is very 

 hard, kernelly anil sore, it must be fomented with 

 warm water, or, if ne«;ssary, the follouiosr "-ar- 

 Setoiuluient maybe rubbed into the part prin- 

 cipally affected :-Take elder ointment, .-ix oun- 

 ces ; beeswa.x, two ounces; mix them to-ether, 

 iind add an ounce each of sugar of leiel and 



alum, powdered: stir them well together until 



There is one measure recommended in tbo 



"-■ceding extratcts, viz: blood-telling, wl ic e i - 



licr uitb mankiiul or brute-kind, Itl i d s.'nd 



^0 re^rted to only in cases of extrene,,:" 



ty. Blood IS too important a thing in the aidm d 



■ody to he ost, without this lo^ss i.s ,,.;. ii ' 



• 1 le, for. " The life of the (lesli is in the , h o I '" 



f^vrri:; '■•^^"•.^'O. Though in .liminishi g 



ttve, oi in preventing ,t, the letting of blood acts 



niore powerfully and quickly, perhap.s, tha y 



other treatment, yet I would inniostcases, refer 



s itu e (or blee. bug. IJut in ,,ases of covv.s, fuU 

 Woorfcrfaud m lugh condition, having swolle'i/ or 

 ■uflamed udders, ,|„n, hieediug isim advisable 



ut'ottf'''"'^'"'^'''"^'^^''"'""''T7;'T'''' 



J » I J . u, 

 Ups and Downs. 



Cist, an old gentleman of Cincinnati, pub- 



It is useful as well as interesting to notice the 

 changes (or the better or worse? which ten or 

 hfteen years serve to operate in a community 



ore lit"hri83o"i'"''' '"•''" °" '^^""'-«"'^e, refbsed 



e.iit III 1830, lor a stove worth twelve .lollars 

 '? ".T„" 'brector in one of the banks and' 



worth $150,000 at least. Every cent of is .s 

 been made in Cincinnati during that period 



1 know another business man also on Main- 

 street, who was refused credit in 1825, by a firm 

 in llje drug line, for the amount of fi'ved.diai" 

 In 1830 that v.n-y hrm lent that very man $5000 

 upon his unendorsed note. 



1 know an extensive dealer in the city now 

 worth ^100,000, and commands more molfjy on 



a shortnotice,(ors,xty,ninety,orone hundred mid 

 twenty days, than almost any man in Cinciuna 

 to whom 1, as clerk for a grocery house in 83o' 

 sold a hogshead of sugar, with great misgiving 



l^et' ilo 'I'l e '"'"' ""''";■ """■"' ''I'l'iehensionl.f not 

 ge t iig the money when it became d<ie 



1 know a man whose credit was such in 1830 



tliat when I trusted him for a keg of salt petie 



I't'inm",! •o,'''°'''«-"^ '"'^''" "^^^«" ''"^'^ 'oll-J 



ti.n the Ohio Since that period he was worth 



fifty thousand dollars, then a haukru|,f, worth in 



83 one thou.sand dollars, again a bankrupt in 



J841 and now worth twenly thoiisami dollars 



i know a man good for thirty thousand dollars 

 who ten years a.go exhibited a monkey through' 

 the streets ol Cincinnati, (or a livin.' 



I know a heavy business man-a'bank direc- 

 llreeTs ' "'''"' '^'"'" " ^'"^'' ""■""gl' 'I'e 



1 knew one of the first merchants in our city, 

 in 18-^0, who eoud at that f.eriod have hough 

 entire hlocksol the city on credit, a direclorii, 

 oneol the bank,., who wiihiu ten years of that 

 period died insolvent and intemperate 



Another mflueutial man of that day, whose 

 credit was unlimited, being a president of one of 

 our lu.Mirance comi.anies, and also a bank direc- 

 tor, died within five years insolvent and intem- 

 perate. 



,q;^J'"''"-''', iii'lividnal, who was considered, in 

 Jbd/, worth half a million of dollars, has died 

 since, leaving the estate insoh-ent. 



Another individual of credit equal to alibis 

 wants, and uortli at one time twelve thou.sand 

 <follars,an,l a.ludge of the Court, die.l in our 

 city hospital mid was liuried at the pnhlic ex- 

 pense. 1 have seen him often presiding at public 

 nieeting.s. ^ i '- 



The founder of the Penitentiary system in 

 le.in.x^jlvauia, an.l well known in tliat State !md 

 elsewhere as r, public man, died a pauper in the 

 commercial Hosfiital in this city. ] have seen 

 imi ad.lres.sing the Legislature of thai State, at 

 Harris l.urg, and listened to with the attention 

 ami delcrence that would liave been paid to John 

 Umncy Adam.s, or any other (.ublic man of this 



i know a lady, the descendant of a distiiumished 

 governor of Ma,«s;.rl,usetis, who siipporl.s"l„.rself 

 by her needle, and the niece of a irovernor of 

 New Jersey still living who washes for siihvist- 

 ence. 



1 l<iif'W a lady, who thirty years a-o i,, ,|,e ,.iiv 

 in which I then lived, was the cynosiir*; of all 

 eyes, one of the most graceful and l.eaulifiil of 



