DEC.] FARM ACCOUNTS. 



To aid a young beginner, I shall venture to recom- 

 mend his reading the papers on this subject in the 

 6th, 7th, 8th, and 12th volumes of the 

 ^1^ri culture. 



Another method of examining soils ing at- 



tention is, by weighing them hydrostatically, as their 

 fertility will generally he in proportion to their spe- 

 cific levity, if the expression may he permitted. Fa- 

 broni was, I believe, the first who recommended this 

 test. He gives the following trials : 



Various soils, weighed hydrostatically, have given 

 the following result, the barometer being at 27-7, 

 and his thermometer at 13 : 



1. The fertile soil of a wood, - 1,530 



2. A kindly soil, - I,5r2 



3. Green marie, l,5yi 



4. Fertile earth of a friable staple, / 2,1OO 



5. Volcanic earth, which does well for vines, 2,111 

 d. Friable reddish earth, 2,131 

 /. Strong land for wheat, vetches, &c. - 2,l6o 

 S. Earth of a mountain, where they cultivate olives, barley, &c. 2/20O 

 Q, Sandy sterile land, 2, 1 2O 



The long evenings of December will give a fanner 

 time for acquiring these branches of chemical know- 

 ledge. 



FARM ACCOUNTS. 



In the month of October this subject was touched 

 upon, but in the greater leisure at present, our far- 

 mer may be more likely to be able to give the requi- 

 site attention to a point which demands much consi- 

 deration. 



There is not a single step in the life of a fanner 

 that does not prove the advantage of his keeping re- 



M in 4 gular 



