<J{)c jTarmcr's illcritljlij lUeitor, 



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rcrtdy rmiiiiicuccr). Tlit! v>|>f-ii>"i? -of t1* new 

 trecti'Mi is to cohih tilliiii.rtHly liotn the Julnmiiei 

 fiiinl, a iiifi to iIk' iiisliuaioii Uy a Uuly of iJiut 

 ■:uuiic, ol' S.-il-ein. 



Tlic jn'o^'ress of Hiis iKisi'itiil -lias been jiioce- 

 siickI, At tii-st otily sOHie two or tNree m'ics 

 wen: iiji|i;o|ii ialt'd as llie Imililiiijr s|Kit. (The 

 Concord ijit-litiitiiin cotninences with a lieaiitilul 

 ■tract near llu; villafje of I'-^O aort's.) Fimliiii; Ifw 

 •i-nllivalioii of fscnk'Ji-t rmitt: rciy jwofilalilc, a jilal 

 <']'' /ive acrt's was liirecl liy tlic |iayim'Mt at fn.-t-oi' 

 !i trifling aiunial rent ; lint llris laOd iici'oininjt 

 every yoiir more valnuMc as w<:il i'rotn tin; ex- 

 |j!insii;n of tlie t-ir.o aiKl Imtiin-ess of Wocccster 

 from a villaijf to a city as fioni llie c<iininnal in- 

 crease <if fertility ol' tlie In! il.seii; iIk! trnstees at 

 ieiifiili loniid it i'X|ie<li('ni lor riie liest interest of 

 llie liospilal to |inriliase oniiigiil tliis live acre lot 

 at the price of $500 an acre. It tiiay hanUy he 

 •crodite<l, lint it !)a<l heroine an ascertaiti«l C:h-i 

 lliat !is n rnatcerof pecnrriary profit the aiinnaJ 

 rent of S30 per an I! conhi he afToi^led hy the 

 liospitaJ tor this I iid, hetter to own it ut that 

 ^)rice than lon;;er to hire it. 



Distant friMii tlie iii-stilntion froin lialf h intle 

 to a mile on llie east in an extensive sv\el-l or hill 

 of land, nincli of which was oiij^jnally exceed- 

 ii);;ly rooi;li and rocky. Out of its soiidierly 

 iiioie abrupt .si/les in -several IkiUohs or vatleys 

 oozed spiin;;s of cold water from tiro rocks: tlit' 

 hif;lier ami less ■idiiiipt pa4ts of the hill when 

 •cleared of the nniiierotis i-ock.s li«-aine yeod land 

 for irrain or j^-iass. Several lots n|ioii an(' at tlie 

 foot of tJiis hill, atiionnting in all to sonie twenty 

 ■or lliirly acres, have hecn successively pnrchased : 

 the Koii^'hest part of thit; croniul is pas?ur<% a 

 ;porti«iii 1 .1' the lowest <lead wet soil hrrS heoii 

 convened hy dilchini; and nnderdraiinng, dis- 

 posing td' thousands of loads of stone, i.'ito the 

 liest and most prodnctive niowinj; ijroiind. 



The aiiKinnt of fjronnd tiiown over in theye.TT 

 3843 (lid not exceed firtec-'ii iK'ies: ihefpiaiitityo!' 

 ^ood linglish hay ohtained was fnll filly tons: of 

 this fifteen tons was .second croji. The aUnndant 

 manure made «iid saved upon iiie premises is 

 stifllciinit for the highest enltivtrtion. ■Fivnr 

 horses, one yofjeof iweii doing -t'le iniiin part of 

 itiie w<irk npoH the land, at^! (ilTeen cows are 

 kept on hay, corn slincks and other materials 

 prodiice<l on the sumII .fpninlity of almnt thirty 

 «(;res of <mltivat6fl land. 'J'lic filieen cows tii'e 

 made to 'pro.4t>ce «l>niH!ance<!f jnilk at all sen- 

 foiis for the free use of some yOOlo -100 inmates 

 as well as the tnperinJeiidaiit, kee^iers, attend- 

 ants iinrf families. 'I'o m::ke the coivs ahiiiKl.i-nt 

 in iiiitk, tliey ;ire fwl with meal liaily^grcen 

 feed is tnoued (irir them as soon as the jKi^-tniXis 

 run short in sinniner,^ii)d i'.i winter alKint lliOO 

 bushels of icarrols raiseil on ilic premises are led 

 out to tlieni. Every <j«art-of meal ■tvortli tw-o to 

 three ceiit.f proihices at feast one quart of tnitU 

 •worth five and six cent.s. The feed npon the side 

 'Jiill simhnier p;isture'is annnally mnch increased 

 l>y sowing in ihe spriifg cenwnon vvoo<l ashes 

 and plaster, 'llie <'0'ws ihiis we'd and jndi- 

 ctrpiisly fed, give donliii; ihi! qjiaiitity <isnally 

 ■ol>taine.d by Jiiost dairy (ar-mers Ironi an equal 

 iinniher. One of the <-ows in te-n month-;, whose 

 ■milk v.;is ini'asnred by one of the l(ee|iers, g^iw; 

 JlOl^i gallmis : another milke<! f<>r many d.-i}s u\ 

 .•-ncces>ion lilqiiarts |ier day. 



The l«rn erected a* the Worcester hospiiai in 

 1841 — the iiKxIel for tlia'l ei-eeled at l.he Oincoid 

 iiospitiil ill 3642 — is woithy the a^friition of those 

 fariiiei'S who w-onhl Iniikl liir profit, for conveni- 

 ence and i<ir the roiiiliirt ami MM'iniiy of imimjils. 

 It is 60 fci-t by 40, with IS li-et beams. TIik 

 stalls are calenhiied lor 18 head of cattle on one 

 side, ajid fi\e sejwrate iipariments for as maiiy 

 iior^-es oil I'Im; other side, with the eiilrano^ 

 flooring tlirongh the middle and ;i hay in the: 

 larger part of the westerly side. The stand loe 

 the tattle osi the easterly side is two feet beiow 

 «he middle floor : tlie niaiuire aiid nrinc when 

 cleared falls into a basement below; and these, 

 mixed with such material.* as are throwii in, are 

 tlie basis for ihe working of haif a dozen t<r 

 more hogs, 'l"he draining from the house -of ad 

 kinds passes through this basement and _\aid at- 

 tucheil on its way to several successive p.nis be- 

 low, where mannre is inannli;<-lnred by ihe sim- 

 |de (irocess of satnrating soil and loam llip-o«n 

 Into iheni, ;ind <'hange<l as soon as the material 

 is sidfirieiitly dial ;;eii w iili ammonia. The over- 

 flow of those pans is carried oft' by draining and 



rlividing it in small quantities on the mowing 

 gruniKls, \\ liich by iis aid are made to piodnce 

 hay, two a<i<l lhre« crops of a )ear, hi greatjilmn- 

 danit\ Water lin- ihe li;n'ti ytirds an<l fortlie sup- 

 ply of 4lio gre<U buildings in every apartjnenl, 

 lining cisterns in the roof, is brought from sjiiingH 

 iqioii the hill above allnded to. 



When the cows fiom higHi ft'eding become fit 

 and gtve less milk, lht!y are sohl i'nr beef, and 

 others are bought from the siirroimdiiig firms lo 

 supply their pla<-es, ihe best iumI liif;hest priced 

 cows being consideied clieapest and iii'ist profil- 

 ahle. The einnmonot cows, under this good 

 feed and maiiag-iiment, will rarely lijil lo become 

 as good as Cimld he desired. The hospital l;irm 

 can hardly afiiird to rear even the best calves. — 

 Among ihe cows in the stall wjis abeaiitilid llol- 

 deniess heiler, three years ohi, most extraordina- 

 ry tor her elegant jin-fptn'iions, her size and her 

 doc-iliiy. T-he-catrle in the staH M slaiiil with 

 chains liiL-teiied to the horns near the rools, giv- 

 ing the creature fidi op-portiniity for [day of the 

 liea<l, (in- lying ilown and rising v;p, and standing 

 at ease, l)r. \Voodward considers cows partly 

 ini-tive and partly of Ihe [lolderness breeds whicii 

 have some yeai-s been inliodnceil into the coun- 

 ty of Worcesier, to be iho best milkers. 



The swine annnally raised at the Worcester 

 hospiiai are a must 4ir<ditable and pleasing part 

 of -tlie eslablisliii'.ent : sows are here kept for 

 breeders until they are several years old. The 

 hogs are SI inixfnre «f the Berkshire, with the 

 bhiocj of the Ohiliese, the Bedtind and the Lei- 

 cester intermixed. These are made to weirh 

 when s!anghlej-ed at twelve months old, from 1575 

 to 450 lbs: if kept ^tS monllis, they wei^b from 

 500 lo GOO. The Hosjiitai mixed breed have fre- 

 quently beeti i-<_)\d when si.-^ weeks old at six to 

 eight dollars jier pair, 



!n ihe cnllivation of the fruitful gronnds near 

 llio Hospital, ihe great plenty ofcompost niaiime 

 so easily -made is spread over the gnannl in suf- 

 li<-ieiit <pianiilies. Tiiis land is tiieii ploni;lTed 

 dee.j), uith the confter covered nearly to the 

 lieam^ Llie gurd-eri working inmates in numbers 

 fbllovv 'O'itI". ia4<e.<, and pulverize and clear the 

 tiirned-np fnri<-)vvs. The carrot and sugar beet 

 are found to lie the surest crop; lint par.-liips, 

 cabbages, sijnashes, melons, and almost every 

 kind ot' gard^in vegetable are raiseil to meet the 

 wants of the t?stahiishinenl. 



A small pla-t (sf the garden ground is annnaliy 

 appro^irialed tijr |noilncing aljoiit 100 bushels of 

 onions Wanted fin- the Hospital. Dr. Woodward, 

 burn in Weiliersfield in Coimecticni. fimons for 

 its onions, thus described to ns the mode of rais- 

 ing iheni there pnrsned on the same groniid for 

 fiiore Iha-li a hmidred _\c;irs: 



First, t^^enty-lom- heajied on loads of pnlver- 

 it;ed mannrc fire sj'read lo the acre, and ploughed 

 under early in ihejnonih of iViarch. Tliegroimd 

 is raked and made into beds about fonrleet wide, 

 will; a space left beiween Ihe beds of one foot. 

 Wemen pass over the cenliH of these beds on 

 -'.iK^ir kiie^s and .sow each way. Carrot seed is 

 sumetimes inlenningled with the onions, ami 

 beers are sowed on ihe oniside rows. The on- 

 ions are gathered in August or September, and 

 tlie c.-irrots coi tinne to grow idiin-vvards. The 

 -gi->(iiiiu) is of cmiise kept clear of weeds through 

 -the si';;son. 



Willi f-irining and gardening so syslenialie and 

 so prodnciive as at the Worcester Hospital, no 

 wtnuier llic inmates who are liirmers liy trade 

 should be willing lo volunteer in ihe labor. Four 

 fifths <d' all the finning ami garden w-ork. the 

 milking and care of cows and swine, l!ie lending 

 of horses, the pieparalion ol fuel, and inecban- 

 ieiil trades fur iiinkrng and pieparing firm uten- 

 sils, is doni' by the inmates, whose minds are di- 

 verted and whose bodily heallh is improved by 

 the salul.ny exerci.se altendant on labor. 'i"he 

 wiirk' is all vohmlary; or if constrained, ii is dime 

 so gently that the patient at least believes he is 

 not foici d at all. I'lie gar<leiiers have their plals 

 vvhii-h they call their own: some well versed in 

 hnsiiiess insiriiet others who know not so well. 

 The nuniomaniac, insane only on one subject, 

 restrains and prevents thi; ininries which oiheis 

 more deranged might do to iheniselves and oth- 

 ers; so that there is aciinilly nioie, safety in :iii 

 association of deranged persons than when i-jich 

 is isolated aiul aioue. In the arand improve- 

 ments made at the Won-esicr t lospiial — the 

 bean'ifying of Its gronnds and their iiiirivulled 



prodncliou— the hands of the insane man— often 

 the hands o( the homicide stained with the blood 

 of his lelhuv man — have been made to pcrliirm 

 the prlnci|ial lalim-. How much more gratifying 



to tlie humane is siirl se and direction ol'lhe 



physical powers than that they should be wasted 

 and perish in the lillh of dungeons ami cages eii- 

 i-haiiied beyond the reach of SMiipathy w'iib no 

 hope of earthly coin(i)rt or the pleasures of hu- 

 man assoeiaiion ! 



]iNocDLATi.\G Cheesf.. — What will the ingeniii' 

 ty of man not eoiiliivi>.' A inelhod has been 

 discovered iit' ivoculatmg cheese ; ov in other words, 

 of translerring the chanieter of an. old cheese 

 into a new one. This rather cnrions idea is 

 brought forward in a coininnnir.ilion to the .'\gri- 



cnltmal Jonnial, by John Robins l-sip, Secre- 



lary of ihe lloy:il Society of l-^dinhnrgh. •' If it 

 he required," says he, "to comnnmicate to a 

 cheese the flavor ami apiiearalice of an old one, 

 it may be done by the insertion in the new cheese 

 of portions of the old one containing the bine 

 mould. The little scoop which is used in sam- 

 ples of clice.se, is a ready me.-ms of performing 

 the operation, by changing ten or a dozen rolls 

 which it extracts, and placing tlieiii to dis.~eini- 

 nate the germ of ihe blue mould all over the 

 cheese. 



"A new Stilton cheese treated in this way, and 

 well covered up from lh(! air a few week.s, be- 

 comes thoroughly impregnated willi the mould, 

 and generally with u fl:ivor not to be dislingnished 

 from the old one. 1 have sometimes treated 

 half a I/cineaster cheese in this way, have left tin; 

 oilier half in its natural stall-, and have been 

 much amused with the remarks of onr friends 

 on the siiiking supiiriority of the L'jiiglish cheese 

 over the Scotch one." 



If this ingenious plan bo found really snccess- 

 liil, on repeated trials by others, Mr. Kohinson 

 will deserve our thanks for bringini; it foruard. 

 The ne.xt invention we shall hear ot' «ill proba- 

 bly be that of iiiocnlatiiig legs of mutton, and 

 turning them into beef — Maine Fanner. 



Crj" Mr. Daniel S. Foliett of Centre Harbor 

 lias left at onr oftice several s|iecimens of a new 

 kind of polniues which he has raiserl the past 

 season froiu Ihe "|iotaioe ball" of Kidney pota- 

 toes. We iiavc been told that almost any variety 

 can be raised from the planting of the lops sev- 

 eral successive seasons. Mr. F.'s potatoes are 

 large sized, of a bine color, shaped like ihe kid- 

 neys, and as he infm-incd ns, yields ahundaiilly ; 

 they are coverd uilli ''eyes"' nearly as iMuh as 

 the Rohan. We have tried some of them and 

 they prove to be mealy mid good. 



Prospects of the Visitor fer 1S44. 

 We have already received sonic large, lists of 

 snbscribeis to onr next volume. One genlleman, 

 at Tliell'ofd, Vt., has forwarded fiftij-one new 

 names; oiliers have done nearly .-is well, and oth- 

 ers yjroniise to drt even better. We luive nimier- 

 ons relnrns from each of Ihe New England 

 States; Vermont and Connecticut, thus far, take 

 the lead. Onr present list, for 1843, numbers 

 nearly 4CC0;hII of whom vie hope to retain, 

 inisling ihat they will observe our lenns and 

 prompily ((irward the cash, in advance, for the 

 next volume. With onr very Ion price of siih- 

 sciipiion, we confidi-ntly look for at least 10,000 

 siibscriliers to the coining volume. Let onr 

 (iiends see that ivc .'ire not disappointed, and we 

 uill endeavor lo see that tltey are not disappoint- 

 ed, so far as onr hiimbi 

 reimn for their kiiidiies.=. 



Great Yiei,d. — Andiew Johnson, Esq. of this 

 ton n, has ju>l harvested his carrot crop, which 

 has yielded the enormous weight of 0790 lbs., 

 which grew on 3(> rods of land. They are of the 

 orange kind, and many of them measm-e four 

 ami five inches in diameter, and liom 1 to 3 feet 

 long. Ot three monsters which staml at the side 

 of onr desk, one is2C) iiiches long. 'I'hose who 

 love good pies, and liave no sipiashes, should gel 

 a snppiv ol ibis carrot, as they make excellent 

 pies ! 



We alsii learn iliai Mr. Geo. W. Lee has raised 

 lids sea-on. 21 bushels of canoison a piece of 

 groinnl 8 liei by 20, uhich is a gi eat yield. — Ha- 

 verhill Gazelle. 



