10' 



1 ft-* V 



lilt "ill |iO!iS<?Ks ilieiMsclvps 01' iIkmh. Ho ylvisl 

 s^evt'iill ri|;ili'cin.'iils (Ir.iwii lidiM PaiilaiMeiUiU y 

 iv|i(>i!s, i>r |)Ki>ciir.s wliii, iVoiij lliiei; <ir loiiV, <ir 

 fii'i; .•H-res ol' land, lor wliicli luo ihcy I'"}' " i>;ii' 

 cit^£4 or £5 |)cr iicn^, iiiaiia;;t! to siipporl thi'ii- 

 families o\' five or six persons^ coiiilbrlalily, and 

 lay liy a lillli! lor a rainy da\'. 



'I'lic example of J. Piper, of Sussex, " shows 

 the exiradidioary results of iiiimilu and exact 

 cidlivalion, ami the value of economy ill hiis- 

 liainliii^r wiili extreme rare, all ihe resources for 

 inaniire'." I''rcnij liiur acres in 18-!'2, he ohtainefl 

 produce valned at more Uian £GI, or say $'iOO. 

 To wit: 



j|2 husli. oC « heat, at 7s. 6tl. ppr bush. 

 250 till, potritfics. at \dd. per hush. 

 •Fii"(l li.r 2 cows, which gave each 4 lbs 



baiter per week, al In. per lb. 

 Fentl I'm- 3 pigs, at 20 stone each, ami 



at 3s. 6d. per stone, 



£fn 17;. Grf 

 One of the peciiliariiies in tliis man's manajie- 

 nienl i.s, that he wmlis one of his cows in his 

 cnrf, and estimates that lier lahor saves him an 

 expeiiM: of £5a year. "Slie is milked in the 

 inorninf; heline she is put to work, and althonjih 

 wtirhed, she makes 8 Ihs. of liinter :i week, be- 

 sides fnrni>hini.' some milk for the family." And 

 why, pray, shoiihl .<lie not he worked.' As our 

 author jnrily oliserves, "it would nol he easy to 

 find a reason why the fi'inale of one class of an- 

 iiiials should he e.xempted from lahor rather than 

 another." 



A second person, J. Unnihrell, from three 

 acres and ti quarter, in I84J, iialhered, 



farmer's iHantl)hj iVmlcA 



Wheat, 21.4 bi;shels. at Si. per bushel, 

 O.ils, 4-i bushels, ut 2s. 9d. per do. 

 P..t.iiiies, aO b!i.shels, at Is. per do. 

 Two caUes. sold I'nr 

 Butler, 423:} lbs. at Is.^jcr lb. 

 Alilk sold and given id- the pigs, 



£8 12s Od. 

 6 I 

 4. 

 5 10 

 21 ."5 3 

 10 



(iiiir {,'ulhiiis of good w heat from the land, exclu- 

 sive (if several of the finest plants, which lie .sa- 

 ved. 'I'he ii.siial mimiier of stems from each 

 seed was' 18 to HO; a coiisiderahle miiniier fjave 

 30 to 35, aird one was counted which had 40 full 

 sized sli-nis, and three of a smaller size. The 

 straw from Ihe 34 yards weiuhed 72 pounds, 

 whii'h would he S84 trusses of 3i) pounds to the 

 acre. The \vei;rht of ihe C82 corns planted was 

 .17 ilrachms. Thin heins; ninltiplled liy 14'2, the 

 kind lieini; the l-142d part of an acre, gave ahont 

 t).[ pounds as seed for the acre ; conseiiuently 

 one hnsliel of wheat, at fi3 pounds per luisliel, 

 would plant mine than si\ acres. The liroducc 

 of 4 j;allons, multiplied as ahove, hv ]4'2, gives 

 ihe irreat qnaiilily of 71 hnshels, or 17 sacks 3 

 InisUels to the acre. The grnnnd had home po- 

 tatoes the previous year, and had rin-eived no 

 top-dressing, nor heen in any way niaiuired for 

 the wheat." 



"These," it may well he said, "are reniarkahle 

 fact.s. What has lieeii done can he done again." 

 "Onward is die watchword of the present day, 

 in every department of science aiifl art ; why 

 should agriciiltnre furm an exi:ej<ti(ni ?" But J 

 must close my rumhling. I'he cases given, will, 

 I think, not only cntate a desire to read the ex- 

 cellent work which furnishes them, hut go a 

 great way toward siiowiiig the .superior excellen- 

 cy of the spade and drilt hushandry. 



' P. R. 



£.j5 Cn. 3d. 

 Or ahont S'JG.'j: on this he maintained his fim- 

 ily ol' five persons. His slock consisted of two 

 cows and a heit'er, and from two to three pigs. 

 " h'," .says he, '-yon are siiVprhied at my keeping 

 two cows on this'qnanlity of land, 1 must tell yon 

 that one cro|) a jear will not do it : hul my pl.iri 

 is lo take seconil crops; that is, rye is the first 

 thing I cut green ii^ the: spring; (In-n I dig Ihe 

 lanil .and iiKinnre it wiih the licpiid n aniue, as 

 lar a.-»it will go; llien tiiiish willi rolten dung, 

 and plant luangel-'.'. nVlzel and turnips ; .-.nil the 

 part that I mamire ui.ii il; • /". !;i'./ is always liie 

 best. The next t!;i n-r harley and 



tnriiip.s, and pl.-mt .- ■ . i . fur winler: hy 



this time I cut the gia.-s and clover, which grows 

 again in a short lime, ivitli a little of Ihe litpiid 

 manure as soon as it is cut. Last summer lent 

 the Italian r\e-grass and clover iliree times ; ami 

 lhi> y-'ar I have nearly cut it twice alre.-idy, and 

 there were really tij'o good crups of the Italian 

 rve-gras.s, and I think lliere will he two more 

 tills summer, with a little manniiiig. My early 

 cahliages 1 always let stand to grow again all ihe 

 sninnier, and they hriiig a gre.at deal of (uod. i 

 plant a;;ain in Nnvomher, ai;d put the liquid ma- 

 nure to tlunti as fir ys it will go: hut to the rest 

 i use dung or ashes, whii'h are not so good* as 

 the liquid, which any hoily may tell in the spring 

 h) loukiiig at the hcd of cahhages; so I hope it 

 mm appears how the cows are maintained in 

 winter as well as in sninnier. Dining last win- 

 ter, I had no h.ay. only turnips, mangel-wurzel 

 and straw, and Ihey did very well." 



Wi' may all do well to remember, that the iil- 

 mnst produciivene.ss "of an acre o!' hind in any 

 crop has net yet hei'ii fully deleriniued. The 

 amoniits attained freipiently siirpiise ns," hnl 

 where is the larmer who can say, "my land will 

 yield no more :" 



H. (;olman says, that his atleiition was strong- 

 ly attracted in Sussex, hy two small pieces of 

 wjieaf ill a gardch hy ihe road side, exhihiting an 

 exir.ioidinary luxuriance, and on inquiring mi- 

 nutely into tno mode of cnllnre, yield, &c., ha 

 foiiinl that "the seed was hronght from Austra- 

 lia, being the jnodnct of some w lieat which had 

 been sent there I wo or lliree years beliirc. The 

 qi;,iiirny of land sown, in one of the pit-ces, was 

 Ihiriy-liiur square yards. 'J'he wheal wa.s droji- 

 ped in rows nhie tinches apart, and fn holes six 

 inches apart, .and only one grain inn place. The 

 iiumbiM' of corns piaiited was 683, mit of which 

 83 failed to aerininate. The cultivator ohtoiiicd 



PilOSt'ECTL'.s OF THE 

 FAR.UEll'S .IIONTIILY VISITOR, 



TOLUME VII. 



COJlMfc:N<;iXG JA>:UAKY, 1845. Conducted liy ISA.-\C 

 HILL, oiui i.uhl:>h<-d by IriAAC lilLL 6i fcUM?, Ccii- 

 ci,rd, i\. H., ii» w liniji :t!l iimiiuy I.t sHbsi-.riptinns, and snli:?cri- 

 b^rs' ii:inies 'iu:iy b.; :id;lrii:s9i(l iVte of pustufie, lliroui;li-lht: 

 P.i^t .\iEi.--tcr of any tuv.-ii, by a rcgulauun of the Post .Ua^^ter 

 GiLR-:;il. 



'J EKiMS.— To single snbscrihcrs. Fifty .Cents. Ten per 

 cent, wil be alK)Wfd' to lh<r per:*on uho :ihail send more Iban 

 one siib?cribLT. Twelve cnpics will bii sent for the advance 

 payni!^iit ol" FtVt- didlar.^s ; luinty-five copies fur Tt- n Ihillars ; 

 si.viy topics fur 'I'vventy Dollars. The payment in every rase 

 til be iiiatle in atlvance. 



'1 lie cuniiinicd favor with wbicb the Visitor has been re- 

 ceivc;d, ns well wichiii :!s bcytiiui llu- limits lif tin* State, em- 

 boldens us til a^k i!ie aid ut' all I'ricnds of Agriculture In fur- 

 nish ihf means whicli shiilieiiable ustorutitinue it. 'J'Ue price 

 a\ which It is i.tlVred -leaves link- tv nuthing htycuid the aiHial 

 ,c.\piMi^o' uf piiaiKi!: as cunijensalii'ii tn the editor. \(t in ihe 

 fiivyritt" cnifiloymcut i;f a practical farmer which lie hupes t;» 

 be abk' in cunliinur wiili.mt p. r.^t-nal eacribce, it will give him 

 pleasure tu add liiat *if n).:ntliiy gatht-rer and caterer of siiph 

 new in^iirniaUdii ascunnut (ail to be advautageuus to thf; ju- 

 dicious and discriminaliu'; farmer. 



Evrry succi iJ.-ftil exampl,' of improved agriculture— every 

 case of accuni'ilatod c;rpilat in tlie sure way of inakin<i Great- 

 er crops iipini any yivcn qnatility of laud with let^s expense and 

 labor— has iw tliect in liiai neljilihorlnuHl where it comes with- 

 in (d).-iervalii:(i ; such' an c.\amide spreads so far as il attracts 

 notiiri- and au< ntion. one of the priricip:il advantages of an 

 aL'riiMiUural new-piiptr is llie bringing home to the bu.-Jiness 

 and bos<fni.s (tf evtrj r^-adt-r all such successful examples, anil 

 in thi-* way atilit- moinjiit arousing the man ambitiiuis to 

 make tile tuosi of his means to "go and do likewi.se." The 

 elfc!ct of exauiide idoUe in final Britain — of one such siircess- 

 fui faiini'V-opcratorns the late Mr. Cuke who mnltiplied the 

 price of tlMiisHnds of acres of laud aipparentiy without much 

 v.-ilue as il was witliout produflion, lo tn times its first esti- 

 mate — ha? li-.'tn the doubline the production of that kingdom 

 ill the la-t twenty year.*. 'J'heri' is creator roiun for improve- 

 UK-nt in the I'nil--d States than in the old conntties of Europe. 

 If m-'ti ar..- not in a sriuation t.) improve lanil Them.^ilves, they 

 cannot do b; It-.r than to encotirasL- the circulation of so cheap 

 an agri-jultural paper as our FARMER'S MONTHLY VISI- 

 TOK. 



ISAAC HILL «£ SONS. 



Conconi, N. II. Dee. 19, 1844. 46 



THE MARKETS. 



From tiie )5 -sImo Cultivator. 

 BOSTON MAUKET.— Dec. 2S, 1844. 



FLOIjII. — The s-nles comprise the following pnreels; 

 (Ii'iipsee {rood coiiimon brands — mnsliy al the raiJro:id. 

 .5-i.o7^ a -kUi bbl ; Ohio, mixed, brauds, 4,75} Howard 

 bvre:-:, 1.75; Fredciicksburi;, -i.G'Z.^. 



CiixAliN. — 'I'he corn market ai the close, nthcr duU. 

 thoush about all the recent arrivals hive been sold at 

 from 5i 1 5or. per bu. lor yellow flil. aud 52 a 53c |»er bu. 

 f •{• white. Oats are in less domaud ; sales Mnrytaiid and 

 Deiiiw^ire, 34 a o5c. :ind ISortherii prune 37c per bu. 



PROVlSlOlNy.— Tlie transactions have been for Mess 

 Pork at g^) a D^ jier bbL cash, aiiti 9.25 a 9.37 do. 4 nis.; 

 Prime do. 57. crisli. :ind 9,25 and 9.37 do. '1 ins.; PriiTje 

 do. ^7. cash, and a lot :it 7,37 per bbl, ti ms.; extra clear 

 at 5" per bbl.; ti.iuis, G;]'; per lb. In Lard there have 

 been' some speculative nioveineiits; sales consist of 1600 

 kegs. Co. cash, to (Uo per lb. 4 tns. 



Butler, lump, per lb .io a 20 



'• firkin U. a 17 



Cheese, new. j>er lb 7 a U 



" four meal 3 a 5 



Em^s, per do2 00 a 17 



Beci; fre;^h, per ib y^ 3 a 10 



do corned 3 a 7 



do. smoked...; 6 a T 



Pork, by the hog 4^ a 



Pi^s, roasting, per lb I (J a 



Pork, Iresli 7 a 



'* snited 6 a 



Hnnis, Boston, per lb S a 



" Wesvern do. do G a 



Lard, best per lb b^ a 



*' Western per keg 6 a 



('hickens, per jb 8 a 



Turkeys, per lb S a 



:1 



8 

 10 



7 



7 



7 

 12 

 12A 



BUJGHTUN MAllKET— MoNijAY, Dec. 23, IGM. 

 [Uep'trR^d Tor the Daily Atlvertiser and P.ilriot.] 



At MniUe't 800 Beef'.JaUle, 1000 Slieep, and 550Swine. 

 150 Beef C'atllB uiisojd. 



I'lUcKs — lifcf Caltls — The prices obtained last week 

 liir a like qur.lity were liaruly sustaincil. W^e quote a yoke 

 or two e.xtra ^-i.SS a ^o ; tirst quality ^1.50 a 4.7o j sec- 

 ond qualitv ,§1 a 4,12^; Ihird quality 3.5'J a §3,73. Six 

 beautiful Cattle, from Alhol, Mass., sold for o,50 — the 

 price was made several weeks since. 



Sfu'cp — (7<]iuinon Sheep from 1,50 to g2. A lot of fed 

 Wethers .J-t. 



Smiiie — Two lots old Hogs, 3c ; a lot of small selected 

 Shoat.s 3.1, a 4.'i;. At reliil, from -:- Ur5c. 



COXSJORU WHOLESALE 



CASH PRICES CURRENT, 



For West India Goods & Groceries, Flour, Grain, Pro- 

 duce, Ieon &, Steel, PL.^s^ER, Salt, Lime, ic. &c. 



. ^ 



Corrected weekly for Hill's -N'. II. Patriot by GIUIOKE & 

 PR.^TT, at the Depot Store, Concord, Iv. il. 



Dec. 31, Jai4. 



ASHES, Poti, 4 



Pilaris 41 



ALU.M, 4 



BItl.MSrOXE, Roll, 3 



Siilplr.ii 1 



CAMPHOR. Refined,.... 75 



CAXD LES, Jloidd 10 



Spi-rni, 33 



COt'l'/Jii, Sr. Domingo, ....<"> 



Porto Uico, 8 



Porlo Calitllo, Bl 



Old Government Java,... 11 



OOPPEItAS,.... i 



FlSH,liank,'l?'qiiinIal,..a,75 



Pollock, 9,50 



B.ay, 2,75 



Old Dun 4,.')0 



No. 1 .Salmon, 4^ bill, 14,00 

 No. 1 Shad, 1?- bbl, 13,00 



Ton's 0!t Sounds, |*-bbl, 6,00 

 U.H.fiMs,|/)-bbl, 9,00 



FLOUR, Gonesee, 5,37.1 



Fancy I) rami, 5,75 



Oliio, .Akron 0,25 



.Spaiitilim:, e.vtra, G,'.i5 



FRUfi'. FiL's 14 



Raisin.-i, l)l«.: mark, 10,00 



liluck mark, S,.iO 



Box, bunch, 3,75 



PL'STICK, Cuba,fe>t(m, 30,00 



■J'ampiro 92,00 



Ground, ^^ huiid 1,75 



GLUE, Russian bust 17 



.American, It 



GRAI.V. Oats, 37J cent ^ bu 



Corn, 6.;idodobu 



Rye, Saidodobu 



Oeans, S.lo'w 1,50 



Peas 50® 75 



GRINDSI'ONES, In qual- 

 ity, rinishcd,<f> hund. 3,35 

 D.I. do. 11 utiuislied, 1,50 



HEUU !.\'0, l^ bo.\-. No. 1 ,. .50 

 SLal.rd 75 



INDIGO, l!tni;al,.l,10® 1,75 

 Spanish float, ... 1 ,00 (ffi 1,50 

 Manilla, 75®I,25 



IRON, Old Sable, 1.', 



Enclish, 9j 



Banks, refined, 3J 



F.nslisii, sheet, U 



Russia, lie ; li®l3 



Old Sable nail rods, r>} 



iNmivi-nian do t-' 



Ciunmon do 4^ 



En^rlisli hoop, 5 



American do 4 



.^ijiit' ShapL's, .\in -!;, 



Swfdes, shoe shape*,... ..4,', 



t.E.VTHER. New York 

 Sole Le.alher, Light, 14 «! 17 

 Do. Heavy, 13irai0 



LI.ME, Th'omaston, tirst 



quaiilv, 1,95 



Camd',-u,do 1,19', 



LOaiVOOD, St. Doinin- 



Bo, ll>ton, 22,00 



Cainpeacliy, 27,00 



Ground, ]^ hund 1,75 



MACKEREL, No. 1, V* 



bbl - I3,.';0 



No. 2, 10,50 



No. 3, 8.60 



MOLASSES, Uayalia, ....23 



Surinam, 28 



'J'riiiidad, 30 



Porto Uir.i,..: 34 



Suirar House, 5J 



N.VILS. Boston Iron Co's 



bran it 4.^ 



Obi Colony do..., U 



\\'i \ looutb Iron Co 4'. 



.Mahbn, 4J 



PLASTER, IJJ- ton, 0,00 



Do. en.uud, 9,00 



PROVI.-;iO.\'S. Pork Ex- 

 tra clear ;,* bbl, 14,00 



Common do 12,00 



F.xtra MesE 11,00 



Coinnion do ."10,00 



Huller,)f>- ft, 8©14 



Cheese, new niilch,...4 ® 5 



Four niL'al, 3 ©4 



Dried apple, best Si's 3 



I^ard, northern .". . .7i 



Do. southern, 6| 



"luikeysSt Chickens, best.7 



Gostins, be.-!t, a 



Rouiitl Hogs 4^5" 



REDIVOOD, ground, ^ 



hund 9,75 



Nir.araifua, \^ ton,. . . .35,00 



RICE, {I* hund. host 3,75 



ROSIiN, I* bbl 2,.50 



SAL/EU.'\TUS,(irst(pialitv,4 



SALT, St, Lbes, V> llbd. 3,95 



Cadiz, j,95 



Boiiaires, 3,75 



Turks Island, 3,.50 



Liverpool, 3,95 



Do. tine, VVonhiuEjston 



brand, p ba;: — .2,00 



Do. other brands, 1,75 



SALTPETRE, crude, 8 



Do. refined 9 



SEED. Clover, northern, ..9 



Do. soutliein ..Il 



Herds crass, i^ bu.1,50, 2,00 



SHEETINGS, prime jf> yd ..7 

 ISlilNGI.ES, first quali'ly. • 



No. I, pine, ili-.M 9,75 



do. do. do. spruce, 1 ,75 



|SIIlllTIi\GS, I?- yard, 6 



SHOT', ii.ssorted, 5i 



SHOVELS, cast steel, \^ 



<lm 10,00 



Steel iKiinted do 9,00 



Iron do. best, 8,00 



Do. Common, 6,50 



SOAP, Caslile, 11 



White Soap. best,.. 8 



Brown, No. I, 4 



Family, 5 



Extra, G 



SPICES. C.assja,in mats, 23 



Do. £:ronnd, 90 



Cloves, 30 



Ginger, pure, 7i 



.Mace,<f>i!j, 1,00' 



Nntmc^gs, best, 1,25 



Pimento, whole, 12 



Do. ^o-imiul 14 



Pepper, wbole, 11 



Do. ground,. 19 



STEEL, Sweiles, best. ..,..7i 

 Sanderson, Brothels Sl' 



Co. cast steel, 18 



.lessop&Son, do IV 



G.rman, best, 19J 



Do, common, ... ^ ...10 



Coach spriui^, best,.,.....9.V 



SUGARS. Brown -Hava- 

 na, very best, 84 



Do. do. prin'je ,8 



Do. do. fair, 7 



Double refined East Bos- 

 ton loaf, lU 



Do. do. crushed, ] H 



Do. do. powdered, 19' 



Common loaf, 10^ 



Porto Rico, best S 



Purified Muscovado do . . .74 



TAR, l/> bbl 3,.50 



'l'E.\S. (;uiipowder, best 



quality, ',f»ib, 75 



Imperial, do 80 



Hyson, do t^O 



Hyson Skin, do 3i> 



Youni: Hvsmi, common, .35 



Do. do. fair 40 



Do. do. good, ■.....'...40 



Do. do. best, 55 



TOBACC'O, common keg... 6 



Good do ..10 



Commnn box, 8 



Good do 194 



Honey Dew, do. host, ...IH 

 Cave iidisll, -^S 



