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tliere is no sdil or siluiition lietter lor cnclmixls, 

 |iro(liiriir;; (irirer or l>eltm" a^)|iles, lliiiii is (oiiiid 

 ill tlic liill towns iill uhm^' flu; l(,ii-U luiim of tli(,' 

 ■GnniiK' Stjiie. Evny man wlio liiis a liiiin 

 should liejiiii a jn'iitre<l orcli.-nil of !i|i|>le trees. 

 Tlie most tavoraliln ground is hdievcd to lie ii|iom 

 those sides of liills least exposed to the cold 

 winds. Of the kinds sent iis hy Mr. Phelps 

 were the Golden and Ponnd Sweeiin<r, the old 

 fjisliioiied Pearinane, the Ornton Greenii.ir, the 

 Biiel Greening' and iheNodhead. 



Our r.dlroiid* continued ihronjih the cnniitry 

 \\\i\ afl'urd the easy, sale and ehe:i|) means of 

 traiis|ioilin^ harrelled apples to the sealio.ird; 

 these may he nalculated on hereafter as one of 

 the best and surest articles (or profit of any 

 tliinf; raised hy farmers. 



Orchards well cultivated (or ordinary crops 

 under the plo<.ij;h will not (iiil to sustain tiniliy 

 aj)ple trees. 



From tiie Dover Gazette. 

 A Fair Crop. 



Capt. Francis Phniier of this town, raised the 

 present season (roin 157i rods of hind, 90 hiisli- 

 elsand 14 qls. of ;;oo(l, sound corn, inakin.;r Ul 

 bnshels and 27 qts. to the a<we. The land on 

 ■which this corn <f.-ew is slaiy or ffiaveliy. The 

 rocks in it are of a yellowish color on the ont- 

 siile, hnt when broken, bine. The orijiinal 

 growth was white oak and pilch pine. This 

 land w.Ts olmn'tas iin{3rodiiclive, up to the pres- 

 ent time, as any Capt. PImiiev h,id on his liirm. 

 It has not, probably, for thirty years past, borne 

 more thuii one ton td' hay any year, and many 

 years mn<-h less than that; and it is llioimhttliar 

 it never pKidnced over thirty bushels of corn in 

 n year betore. The ij)respnt ci-op was not owin<; 

 to the ^ondiie^^s of the laiul, but to the liberal 

 applicaiion of manure and proper anil curefnl 

 cidiine. 



This land was broken up in tlie sprinj; of '42 

 and plained to potatoes wrth a top dressing' ol 

 220 biisliete of bleached ashes to the acie. Last 

 spring it was dressed w itii 38 loads of 40 bush- 

 els each williout heinfr trod, of ihree-fofirih stii- 

 hle iiamrre mixed wiili oiie-t<>urlh of soil from 

 the hl^lnvav, plonyhed in. Tla; corn was plant- 

 ed on the ISlh of May, 2 fi. 9 in. between rows, 

 and 20 in, between hills willi .3 kermis in a hill. 

 It «as cidiivaled with the Cultivator and careful- 

 ly hoed twice, and no more. Ths corn was an 

 ■early ri;;lil rowed yellow. 



Capt. P's account with this acre of corn stands 

 thus:— 



One rtcre of old ground planied to corn, Dr. 



To interest oti it vahfd at $50, S^'i.OO 



" 38 loads of Rmnure at ,$1,50, 57,00 



" lianlini: and spreadiii!; do., 4,7.5 



" I'loniihinir aiwl harruwiiif;, 2,50 



" Planlin^r, 1,25 



" Hoeing 7 days, at 75 cts, per day, 5,95 



" Ilarveslitig 9 days, at ilo., <),75 



$80,50 

 One rrcr-e of old ground planled to corn, Cr. 

 Bv 90 bush, and 14 qisofcorn at7octs.,$67,39 

 '■' Corn hxlder, 14,00 



*' Half ilie worth of the niannre, in- 

 cbnliny haulinj; and spreadiuir, 

 reniaiiiing in the land, 31,00 



SI 12.39 



80.50 



(iy° Lenvins a Jirofit of 

 Somerswovih, Nov. 1, 18!3. 



«3].6D 

 R. 



MoDn, F.tRM. — The British Fanner's Mapii- 

 aine for January, 1613, contains the follouini; ac- 

 count ot' a model liirin, cultivated chiefly by boys, 

 V ho lue pnrsiiitig a coui>t; of edncatiun in scien- 

 litic agriculture: 



" Perhaps the most successful e.vainple of the 

 t-apabilities of land, under proper iiianav'einent in 

 Ireland, an<l of the iininense i:rops u liich c:mi be 

 raised, may l>e seen on the National Model Farm, 

 under the Board of Education, at Glasnevin, 

 near Dublin, 'j'liis (iirm, slriclly coiKhiewd mi 

 the improved syslein of yre«'ii-croppiiig and 

 lioiife I'eediiifr, contains 52 siainie acres, and 

 there weie kept S2 hei.d of cattle and 3 hr)rsc.s 

 It supplies, on an avera^'p, ninef\' pi ■ sons ih.i injr 

 llie year with liirm pioduco, such bb milk, butter, 



potatoes, and vegetables of v.iriotis kinds; and 

 liiriii-ihes the farming establishment with pork, 

 besides a number of private liiinilies with the 

 iiliove articles. A considerable qnanlily of veg- 

 eliihles aie carried to market, and all kinds of 

 grain, which is abimdant. 'J'liere is at present a 

 croji of oats upon the tiirm, the produce of 144 

 Biitifh acres. It is secured in eight stacks, and 

 is estimatefl by the best judges to be equal ot 

 the averiige proiluce of 50 acres. It stood per- 

 fectly close upon the ground, aver.-ige 9 to 74 leet 

 in height, the head and ear corresponding, the 

 other crops, potiitoes, turnips, Italian r^e-grass, 

 &c., of like qn;ility. 



■'The in.-inager conducts the (iirm on his own 

 account; pays £250 7s. 8d. per annum rent, be- 

 sides other expenses, amounting in all to up- 

 wards of £400 per year ; and we tire iidiirmed, 

 and believe, th:it lie realizes a very handsonie tin- 

 nual sum from i: besides. He labors and mana- 

 f;es it almost exclusively by a nmnlier of boys, 

 agricnhiiral pupils, tind teachers, who are there 

 in irainiiiL' in the science and practice of agri» 

 ciihure. Ak a test o( what land is i-apable of 

 piorhicing, when brought to its highest puint, 

 there :ire li'w exam|iles so appropriate as we 

 have in this particular instance: there are, per- 

 haps, more crops raised, n ore cattle kept ami 

 fed, more hiiinan beings supplied with the com- 

 mon necessaries of lih^, more manure accuimilu- 

 led, more employment given. and, in fiict, inoie 

 money made on this spot of land than on any 

 other (iirm of the same exient (conducted on a 

 proper scientific- rotiilion of grain and green 

 crops) in any part ot the empire or the world.— 

 Dill '.he average land of Ireland produce only 

 one-half of the value, accoriiiiij;- to quantity, that 

 is on this model farm, \v>; should hear no more 

 of corn laws, tarifi's or want of employment 

 among the people." 



CultiA'atiou ol' Cranberries. 



The common Cranberry of our .Middlesex and 

 Norfolk county meadows has become (iimons, 

 h;ilf the world over, without any aid ti-om closet 

 lariners or (iom chemists. This kind of fruit 

 seems to deliylit in wet gronud.s, (iiid we incline 

 to n-Kcss it will not flourish greatly in any other 

 soils. The vines can he easily irausplanled, and 

 the ttisk would not he Herc-iileau to (ill up an 

 acre of soft meadow with plants enough for the 

 whole. 



Were we to engage in this biisines.s, we would 

 use sharp spades and take up sods six or eight 

 inches square, (iom metidows v\here the \'iiies 

 are tilready too thick. About two thousand of 

 these would be enough for an acre; they would 

 then h^- half as thic-k as hills of corn, and would 

 soon s,iread so as lo cover the groniifl. It «ill 

 not hurt an old bed to thin them nut. We are 

 satisfied, oil the contrary, that diirgiiig among the 

 old vines will aid ilieni, as digging aiuoiig straw- 

 berry vines «ili improve the .-trawberiy h.irvesl. 



Rakes are now made on piirjiose to gaiher the 

 fruit, ai;d though ihc-se rakes tear the vines in 

 jiieces annually, yet the prodiii:t has been much 

 increased by raking. A near neigiihor of our 

 own began iiiit a (Inv years .-^go to rake a little 

 patch of one-ioitrth of an acre. He ohr.iined 12 

 Iinshels only, the first season ; the next year 18, 

 then 2.5, and so on till his last harvest on this 

 (cimtli of an acre vvas 65 bushels of liandstmie 

 ci-aiilieiries; we saw them on his barn floor. We 

 have yet li'-i;rd of no one who has injiii-ed his 

 (U'anheiry vinc?s by raking. 



Ill rcL'.nl to flowing we need more experi- 

 ments; the water may gciii^rally be kept over 

 the vines till the middle of May. It should be 

 kept on a,s long as po.ssiule to keep the blossoms 

 hack and out of the way of (icists ; but if the 

 water becomes warm it will kill the vines: j^'U 

 see no cranberries ill meadows that are kept flow- 

 ed till June. It is lietter, however, to draw the 

 water off as soon as the first of Ftlay, .-iiid a(i"r a 

 day or two flow again. In 1842 the cranberries 

 were very ^'enerally destroyed by tlie nnc-omiiioii 

 friisis of June, as late, we think, as the 10th. 

 Froils in Sepieiiilier sometimes liestroy the ber- 

 rii'S, titid it would be well to flow them, in cold 

 iii;;lits, where water is plenty. — Mussuchusells 

 Ploughman. 



V,\i,VE OF Time. — From the manner in which 

 lime is wa.-:ted, it is fair to infer that lew are 

 aware how much tnay bo accomplished when 



what may be called its shreds and parings ar;) 

 fully occnpietl. The celehratt-d Frenchman, 

 ('haiicellor D'Augessean, had a wile who habitu- 

 ally kept him wailing some ten or twelve miii- 

 nlc's, when called to dinner. These miiinte.-^, and 

 these alone, he devoted to the. couiposiiiou oT 

 one of his works; and in filieeti years, three 

 quarto volumes were produced, which are still 

 admired, and still remain a proof of what men 

 i-onid (Id, were all their time empkiyed in well 

 directed eflTort. How olien do we hear men 

 coinplainiiig they h.ive no time to do this, or that 

 to rea<l, to inliirm their mimis, when more than 

 the time used by the Chancellor tu pro,luc-e his 

 great work, is lost by ihcm, thrown away without 

 [iiofit to any -tine. 



Air^Tight Stoves. 



Dr. B.ites of Norridgewock, olTers, in the news 

 paper piihrished there, some seasonable siigacs- 

 tions on a particular use of tiiis kind of Stove- 



'■ These stoves are olten s|)okeu of as udiiiir a- 

 hly adapted to sick and nursing rooms. This I 

 doiihf not would he the case if nnrse.s «n<l othei 'd 

 wiviild pay attention to the proper degree of heaf 

 and ventilation. Kuch I .-iiii convinced is rarely 

 the case, and until this thing shall be better iin- 

 deistood and better inanaged 1 shall not be a 

 convert to their use in sick rooms. As hitherto 

 managed I am sure they have been anything hut 

 beneficial. I (eel it a duly to call the attention of 

 medical Iriends to a sulject becoming every day 

 more impoitant. 



With a thermometer, in li^ht rcxiins, it is not 

 common lo find a sick chamber in which is an 

 'Air Tight' at less than 70 dog. — frecpiently 10 

 deg. higher. 



Persons in health would be sensibly debilitated 

 to lie constantly in such temperature, and it is 

 next to impossible (err the sick lo regain their 

 lost strength in such an atinos.phere night and 

 day. 



Even to those in vigorous health, whose ditties 

 call them oiten into the open air of our severe, 

 hut changeable climate, the transiiioii (i-cnn sum- 

 mer lit-jit to keen blasts of winter, are Hnylhing 

 hnt safe. The bracing c:ii>'cts of cold air are not 

 realized when its conlrast vvilli the teniperaltii-e 

 of otir usual aboile is such iis lo benumb us, in- 

 stead of promoting; a %i;;orous reaction. 



If comUirlable wiirmth is not secured by a tem- 

 perature of about tJO to (i5. it would be better to 

 secure it l.y preventing its esca|ie (iiiin oiir per- 

 sons by clothing, than by raising the temperature 

 of the general atmosphere by stove heat. 



Evc^ry person who uses an Air Tight stove 

 should have a thermometer, and not trust the fid- 

 lacy of his own (eeling's for regnlaling his rooms. 

 Circmnstances may occasion one |!ersoii to snf- 

 (in- by he;it in I he same room in which another 

 is iini-oni(iirIable fiir want of it. 



W'iih (civv exi-eptions the best houses in our 

 Slate, public- and private-, are either badly venii- 

 laled or not at all. Where this is lo be done by 

 lowering the sash, I wish to tell your readers of 

 an unpatented window spring, cliea|iei- and better 

 than all which i have sc:en bearing Uncle Sam's 

 seal. It consists simply of a fiiiltoii in the shape 

 of a new moon, two inches long, made ot hard 

 wood one Ibiirlh of an inch thick, (iisleiied to 

 eac-li sash by a wood screw. By c-uttiiig a iiolch 

 ill the upper part of the li-ame to rei-eive the low- 

 er end of the button, ihe window is kept up; by 

 loosing it, it fiills to ,-iiiy other like noi<-h. So of 

 the lower sash, by culling grains or notches in 

 I he front sliding rod, the wiinhnv may be (iisteti- 

 ed down or elevated to any desired point." 



JnnipixG Low. In nine hundred and ninety- 

 nine casHS out of a thousand, the Imiihles of men 

 may be traced lo the desire to surpass ■-mil oiit-do 

 their (callows. We arc^ all crcatni-es of imitation, 

 and strive to excel all that has lieen clone belcire 

 IIS, An instance in line life of the: Diike cd'Giam- 

 inont embodies a lesson of jiraciical wisdom. — 

 Cardinal iMazariiie was amiisin:.' himself one day 

 by jiinipins; close! legyed a«:ainst the wall, when 

 suddenly the dnkce eiilen-d his closet. To sur- 

 prise a prime minister in so boyish an occnp.'i- 

 lioii was dangerous; .-i less skilful courtier might 

 have siamiiiered c\c-iises and retired. 'I'lic duke 

 entered biiskly, and cried. •- I'll het one Imndrecl 

 crowns that I |iimp liiL'her than your eminence," 

 and the duke and carirmal began lo jump for 

 their lives. Grainmotit took care to jiinii) u few 



