^\)t Savimfs ill.inti|lij iHsitor. 



niiotlii'ir|iiaiii-r. It is i!<il flei.iifl ll)at inniiiiif, 

 ri.L'-litly cliof^cii .•111(1 !i|i|ilie(l, exerts iiii iiifliKiici- 

 ii|ioii tlie i!io\vlh <>i |p|iilil!'; hill it lieitlier Sfivt'S 

 i'w llie prmliictioii of tlie cmlioniiceoiis \v<mii1\ 

 filup, i.or li.is liny iiifliii'iice ii|ion it; In riiiisc svi- 

 find llnit llif fiMiiiiiitv o)' c;iiImiii |iimiIiici'iI liy 

 m.imiivil laiiils i-i mil irii'iiiHi- ilniii tliiit \i(l(li'<l 

 hy iaii(!s wliirli ai-f not niiiiuind. 'i'lie disc-iis- 

 sidii lis tn vvliMt iiiiiiiiii-e leiilly |ir(i(liii-i s. Iiiisi 

 iiolliiiif! til dd Willi ilin present qneslLni, wliieli 

 is, tliP iiri^iiii of llie rarlidli as llie |irii.ci|ial ele- 

 ment (if llie uundy fil.re. It iiiiist lie derived 

 fVoiii iitlier sdlili'i's ; and, as the siiil dues nut 

 virld it, we are (h-iveii In Indk liir it in the atiiuis- 

 ]}Ui'it!.—Pioduiiive Fai-nutig." 



Lime on Potatoes. 



The coMiiihiiiil is preiiy ;.eneral the |irrsriil 

 year— and tlir evil lias lieen iniTe.csili^' aiiiili.ill_\ 

 es|ieei dly (in the idlii>ial Sdils ol our rivers and 

 streams — lliat the ercips of |.diatoes have lieeii 

 injnreil liy lili;;lit iir rn.-t. On the liiiili ni'» 

 •.■idiinds hillieno llie e\ il lias not heen niiKdi (ell ; 

 hill even there ive are tiild tlie |iolato tops have 

 heen killed hy hliaf t liir «eeks lielore llie croii 

 liad ohiained inalmity. Our nei^iiihor William 

 Low, u ho is nil exeellent liiriner, lliinks he has 

 this year hiiiiid a remedy for the rust in his |iola- 

 to ero|i in the a|iiilicalicin of a small qiianiily of 

 lime lo eai-h liiil at the time of |■lalllillL^ He 

 tried this year ii s)ioonlnl to a hill in his potato 

 land on Concord iniervaie: h(^ finds his potatoes 

 hitter than tliej have heen liir many years. He 

 tliinUs he will next vcm' niiiUe iiise ol' a jiiU in a 

 hill. 



Is it not pns»ilili' that tlie lili;;)il in wheat, oats, 

 &e. as well as in polaloes, eomes (i-oiii the ali- 

 senee of that iieeessaiy ili^iedieiit in the soil ? 

 Lime is a most vahialile material to he diffused 

 in the eonipiist heap. It was too expensive when 

 the eost at the pliiee of iisiiiif was Ivvd and three 

 dollars the eask. Since the railroad has heen in 

 operation the price of Thdmaston lime at the 

 C'oneoiil depot has eoiiie down lo 1 Vii eeiiis; 

 and the price will not he dver due dollar when 

 the directors of the road shall lie conviiieed that 

 it will he their hest interest to reduce still fmllier 

 the expense of freight from one linntli to one 

 tliird. 



moss roveivd iiiisture jirowitijj; up inlti hiisin s , 

 and wood: lifter ii snceession of years, luiiifi | 

 linrned off, the ori^'inal lertiliiy returns at hast' 

 in pr. portion lo the size and !ij!e of the svood. j 

 It is said that upon eoininon pine plain laiid.s, ti j 

 siiiiile w'la's crop ol clover plon>;l.e(l in. aided' 

 In the "supply of a hhshel of firoimd plaster to 

 ihe acre, will he very neinly or (inite (quid to 

 the application ol an ordinaiy coaling ot ma- 1 

 nine. ^ | 



The inheieiil principle of resnseilatioii in siH ^ 

 laiuls is one of ur'at enconrai'emeni to the larm- | 

 el : il irill slwic In llie mil ^i:.ni:rul'.(in one of Ihe 

 most iinpoiiaiil t7ifj»ir(S I'li tlie prospeils of Ihe Ihir- 

 lien old .'U (nilk slides wimh theij h.ivf tjtl seen. 

 Finding ample markets in diirciiies, wlieie there 

 is iMiw a ^ill^le acre of improved cultivation, we 

 .-hall see himdreils and thousands of acres. 



The idea ol land lieiiif; worn-oiil and iisele.ss 

 should he lorhiilihii l\ the tact that there are 

 laud,- in Nrw l".iii:lanii whii-h have heen con- 

 stantly cnhivated lor one and two linndred years 

 where the la«it year's (^riip has heen exceeded hy 

 ihe crop of no lormer\ear. 'I'liis is nol done 

 williontlhe applieaiion of sliiniilaiits ; hiil it is 

 all a mistake if we suppose these slimnlalits 

 must eipial ill volume and cosi the qnaiility and 

 value dl ihe prodnclidn. Mncli the j;re;.ler par' 

 df the value of prddnciion is in the siiil itsell 

 imliihiiiir Ihidii^h the aid (if siiiiinlants those 

 (pialiiies in the aimospliere v\hicli assist onr 

 mother earth to \ ield iis increase. 



A ViRGi.MA CROP. — HiLl, Carter, who dales 

 liis leiiei ill riliirley, in Vir)iJiiia, Sepi. 9, sa_\s he 

 raised llie present year on ItiO acres of clover 

 fallow. . 5000 I iishels (if wheat, which is a liltle 

 overljl hiishels to the acre. On 110 acres df 

 Cdrn-lield w heat, he made 2:130 hiisliels. which 

 is ovei '21 liiishels to the acre. His whole crop 

 was 7o'-il) hnshels, alllioii;.di there was ;:reat lo^s 

 in the hane.-l and thrashing', owing to a long 

 and protracted wet season. 



'I'lie soil of Viiiijnia, if v\o may credit tradi- 

 tionary inforinatidli, was originally not less fer- 

 tile than the fine lands of the west. VViiliin llie 

 recolleclion of middle aged persons, the greater 

 porlion of the wheat flour used all along the sea- 

 iioard ill .\ew England came Iroiii the t/liesa- 

 peake and the Di lawaie hy water. Indian corn 

 in qiiantilies fifty \eals iigo was hroiight from 

 Virginia to s;iippl\ linsiness for ihe tide mills ol 

 Boslon, « liicli were kept going day and iiii;lit. 

 ■^I'liose l-.rge expoiis were made from Virginia, 

 Hs well as the mice profitalile piddiiets of lohae- 

 in. Pievioiis to the revolnlionary war il was 

 < oininon lor llie Viiijinia planter to he worili his 

 hlindred llioiisand dollars. But in later \ear> 

 llierc. has heen sad deterioraiion in the Viii;iuia 

 soil: laijie dislricli have hecmne worn oni, and 

 ['■ : reii w-asles. 



The fiel caiii'dl he too extensively circnlaled. 

 tiiiit what i.s considered worn out and exhaiisled 

 soil possesses wiiliin itself all the elemenls no 

 ccssarv 1(ir a compleli! and eflectiial resloralion. 

 The -''clover fidhiw" df Mr. Hill Carter's wheat 

 land inav he tikeii as demoiislrauoii of onr posi 

 tioii : this land, it will he perceived, vielded 

 wheat at the rale ol' 31 liil.-liels lo the aire, while 

 the "cornfield wlie.il" was 24 hiisla is lo the 

 acre. 



\Ve presiiniP the clover fiillow of IMr. ('arter 

 never had the advant.ige i)(" a coat either of sia- 

 hle or coinpust manure: its fiirliliiy originated 

 entirely in vegetahle aceiminlatiun from Ihe 

 groivili df the clover. W'e helieve il to hi' a widl 

 estalilished principle that worn out land «ill re- 

 suscitate itself This may he seen in Kuffering u 



The following eommendalion from onr old 

 persoial, hut not political Irii ml, IJudlf.y Lea- 

 viTT, who has calciiliiied and pnhlisheil an an- 

 nual AlmaiiacU in Niw llampsliire for forty- 

 eight snecessiip years — is Cdiiipensalion ill loll 

 tor ;m\ lahor of ihe Rdiior df the Visitor: 



"t£>r/ie Furnifr's Miwlhl;i ristor.—'lW\s is 

 the liile of a valnahle woik piihlishid at Ciiii- 

 ( (ird, N. H., edited hy ex-i:overnor Hill. This 

 useful and welcome ' Visiloi' is snrpas.-ed hy no 

 woik (it the kind now hefore llie An.erieuii piih- 

 lic. It is afliirdcd for ahoiit one half of what it 

 is really woiili, and should he in the hands of 

 every liiriner. — ^liilh." 



The printer ol Leavill'sslPreolypod Alnuinaek 

 for 1844 inliirms iis (Sept. 22, 1843) that lueniy- 

 eighl thousand of the stereotyped edition have 

 heen this year aheatly printed and disposed ofi 



From Dudley Leavitl's Ahmnadi for ISW. 

 The Faiiuer. 



or nil pursii'ts liv ni 111 invfiited, 



The dinner's iiiuki^ llie hot coiiteiitcd ; 



His calling's gn.id, liis poiliis liiyli, 



Anil ell Ills labers all lely. 



Meciic.iics all by liini arr leil, 



or luiii the ineichaiil se<^ks his bread. 



His hunt gives meat lo e.wry thing, 



Up IViMii the beggar to llic king. 



T lie inilk and honey, corn and wheat, 



Art^ b\ Ins fdn.rs made « iipiele. 



Our c"lntlH■^ Ir hnii mnsl lirsl arise, 



'I'n dl ck the top. and dre;s ihe wise : 

 We ll.en by vote may ju^ily stair. 

 Tlie Fanner's rank amon^ the yreal ; — • 

 More indeiicndent Ihan li.ey all. 

 'fliat dueii upon this eailldy ball. 

 All hall, ye I-'ai nipr>, young and old, 

 Irtish on V"nr [di'Ugli with ijoaraiio bold; 

 Your weaifli aiiM'S troni y:ur ciod, 

 Y«;ur indein^ndoiico Iroin \otir IJod. 

 Since liioii liic jdoii^li supports the nation, 

 And men ol rinU,ol every stalion, 

 Lit luiigii to J'armfii make a bow, 

 .•\nd every man procure a [dough. 



For Iho Firinor's Monthly Visitor. 

 The Storm at W.ishiiiitoii City. 



The slonii in the Disirici of Coliimhia, thai 

 oicinied on the 14lli and iiniil llie nidriiing o| 

 llie J.5lli of r?eplemher, was for the qn intily ol 

 rain that iidl, and the violence of ilie wind, un- 

 precedented (or hall a cenimy. The eopimis 

 rains ihal had fiilleii within the jireceding foil- 

 nighl had satiii'i^dl the groimd, and raised all 

 llie liihnlaries of the Pi.tianac from the Ingliefl 

 poinl lo iis monlh, so that when this new (Mpn- 

 iioeli.d came, fnhiess was made to merflow ; ihe 

 loss that has followed, like the sweeping eai..iii- 

 ilies of great fire.s, never can he known. How 

 many ill these events \^M\^• oeiMsinii lo neal iln: 

 II ile sajiiig in relaliim to these powerful ele- 

 ments, thill lhe,\ are good servants lini ImiI nias- 

 leisi' On the I4tlitlie wind was from the north- 

 east, a"i'oinpaiiied wiili lain, imlil KmmikIs (.'ve- 

 iling, v\lien it veered to the noutli west and coii- 



liiiiitii iliKiii^ilioill Ihe iiighi Inciettfii i; in violeM-u 

 Ulilil the fields of corn were laid proslrale helore 

 it, trees and lenees lilowii down, ard the ruin 

 had swollen the Mule streams to ihe magnitude 

 ol rivers. Dining the w hole of the dav of ihe 

 1.5lh the wind eoiiinned hlowini: I eavy, and the 

 rain had mostly ceased. The wind now soiitli- 

 soiilli-wesl, lili.w in;; up ihe river, pnslied in tlie 

 tide and hacked up ihe deseending waters. On 

 the night of llie Kiili and nidrning of ihe ]7ili, 

 the flood ii-aehed its highest point; llie wind 

 was laid, hnl Ihe di srelidniL' loinnls in iheir 

 gieaiest stn noil, ndw rei.elied their highest 

 piiini at the head iif lido w aier. 



In Ci (irgeidw n all ilie laliorers lliat could li(! 

 raised or pressed for money were einploved; 

 goods v\ere moved iwii or three times, each time 

 lo where they were llidiiohl sail', anil at last 

 reached, and daiiia;<ed hy llii^ amliilions flood. 

 Water street, or the street nearest llie^iver. Iie- 

 eaii.e as it were a part of it, and lioats and scows 

 were liiisv in crossiiijr and re-crossing with per- 

 sons and property. The wharves helow this 

 sireet iipdii which ihere were lariie qiiantilies of 

 fine Wddd and liimher, were covered, and all 

 these with other property wen? swe|it down the 

 stream. These wrecks were iiiinoled with the 

 ravages ihat came from higher up: slacks of 

 hav, liiiilier, tree.s, liiiit, and piim|ikiiis came 

 diiviii;; on. Great fpianlilies of il em were slo[)- 

 ped ii\ Ihe ean.-ewa\ of the Uniled Siif'S hiidge 

 that crosses llie Potomac leading to Alexandria, 

 which for two tir ihiee sik oessive days and 

 iii;jlils was lined willi hiisy w ri cki is, w ho oli- 

 laiiied a larye amoiml nf wood. Ininher. and oth- 

 er property made coinmon hy the tnerw helming 

 monarch. 



The cdrii ernp must suffer severely from this 

 storm, liir the ears are so llo.■l^■y that they \> ill 

 lav npoii, or some part of each toi eh the ground ; 

 and tlie fields are loo extensive to admit ofgalh- 

 eiing it, wiihont very Cdiisiderahle injury in 

 spdiling the ears that came in eonlact uiili the 

 wet earlli. The linil and frnil trees have also 

 their share of the damage; a large qiianlilv (d' 

 llic apples shaken ofl', the limhs hroUen, and 

 some hlowii down. On this occasion the ofleii 

 expressed phrase of the " severest sldiiii in the 

 memory ol onr oldest iiiha'.itaiits" will he hoine 

 ont hy the liu-r, fur vvithniit a figure of spi i cli it 

 li;:s heiMi f", iriily. 



In the fi'leiiioon of the 17lli the waters hegnn 

 tn fidl, and had drdp|.eil sever.d fit t hy tl e morii- 

 iiig of the 18 h. hilt how changed ihe cdndirion 

 and the prospects of nearly all v\ ho liordercd 

 upon Ihe river uiihin a flw days! 



Since the dry weather that w.-is so near short- 

 ening Ihe corn eicp, there has heen a snceession 

 of rains, so ihat the fields are almost fit lo mow, 

 and the early ppar trees wlili h shed their leaves 

 in the drj weaiher have got new leaves and 

 coining iiilo a secnnd Idnniii. The fill vefcta- 

 liles appear iincdminonly well ; the turnips very 

 promising, mid the enhhafes will head loo early, 

 so that n aii\ piohalily will split o|ieii and ^poil 

 hehire winter. The iiill pasiiiiage will he filie 

 for the callle. and ihe fine hnller of ihis season 

 he made ahiindant. T. 



F. r li.e Fannei's .M Idy \'i>iIor. 



Effects of ^hade upon Wood. 



IVln. KniTOR; — Fome lime since it writer in 

 _\ onr paper seemed to lake it lor piai.ti d that 

 wood deca_\s fiisler upon the shade or iiditli side 

 of a house; hilt lliis was afterwards noliced hy 

 anollier writer from the Stale of Maine, who 

 in.-.iiilained just the reverse, in d thai wond i X- 

 po.-ed to ihe weather cnd.ired longest in the 

 shade. Tlie other day the leaky conihlion"'of ii.y 

 roof II quired atlemioii ; ll,e house staids north 

 and sia.ili, ihe piich of llie mof equal on each 

 Aslope. Those on ihe north side wi re so roinii 

 ihal new shingles were sid siilnti (I, hut on exaji.- 

 ininn those on the sonili side they were liimd 

 siiffiiienily good lo reiiiain and cumIiicI off the 

 water fnr some lime longir.' I suppose that tin) 

 shingles had heen on ahonl liiilv Mars. 



P. X. 



To the Kditor of die Farmers Mmitlily Visitor. 



Dpar Sir: — 1 send \oii ii slateineiit nf the 

 tesnli of Ihe fiisl iq eralion in (iilteliing swine at 

 ihe N. 11. .Asvhiir. lor ihe Insane. 



.\ pig was slaiighiereil this day when it w.is 

 2J!) (la\s old, and it weighed, alier being diesstd, 



