THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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fine one. Your commiilee ihereCore, with plea- ] added beeie and nirnips 

 sure award lo Anthony Robinson, esq., pieniiuiii ' tivated land (say 80 acres) is in j^rass o 

 No.'l, andlo Rev. Jedse II. Turner, premium kind, mostly clover, linioihy and herds gi 

 No! 2.' RoBEUT Cautku Page, Chairman. which the usual product is somewhere 



Jikhmund, Oct. 20 //t, 1841 



The premiums were awarded and paid accord- 

 ingly, viz: lor turnips, !^S to JNIr. Staples, $G lo 

 Mr. Richardson, $4 to Mr. Dickin ; lor beets, 

 ^8 to Mr. Turner; lor potatoes, ><6 to Mr. Carter, 

 and !*5 to Mr. Richardson; and lor pumpkins, 

 $6 to Mr. Robinson, and ^4 to Mr. 'I'urner. 



The 2J premium lor beets, equal to ^6, was 

 awarded to Mr. Ed. Hill, on the Ibllowing certi- 

 ficate. 



At the request of Mr. Edward Hill of King 

 William, I have this day laid oti hall an acre ol 

 his lot, (of 3 to 4 acres,) now in beets, a part of 

 which 1 saw pulled up; and having taken the 

 lops off, weighed them, and find the product to 

 be on the half acre, 16,044 pounds, or 32,088 

 pounds to the acre, equal to 534^ bushels (of 60 

 pounds to the bushel) to the acre. Given under ujy 

 baud this 18th day of October, 1841. 



John Lujipkin. 



Gen. Wm. H. Richardson, from the select 

 comaiiltee, presented the lollovving interesting 

 report, on the best cultivated tarms: 



Report of the committee on farms. 



Wm. H. Richardson, Warner W. Gay, and 

 Francis Staples, Committee. 



This committee having discharged the duties 



About half of I he cul- 

 f some 

 rass, of 

 about 

 3,000 pounds to the acre. The balance is one- 

 half in corn ; the other in oats. The usual pro- 

 duct of corn is about 8 barrels to the acre, and of 

 oats about 3,000 pounds. 'J'his year the product 

 ol the latter has been much Icbs. 



" My preparations lor taking care of my crops 

 are ample, so much so, that no part of them, not 

 even the corn tops, or shucks, are exposed to the 

 weather; but all are put under shelter. In this 

 I find great convenience, both in putting away, 

 and in taking out lor use. 



"The (brce employed on my farm consists of 

 five regular hands. Besides these I have a sixth, 

 but he is employed almost exclusively wiih the 

 wagon, or in the garden. I also hire labor to the 

 amount of about four addiiional hand-, during 

 harvest. 



'• My stock consists of three horses, six mulea, 

 four work steers, three milch cows, a bull, and 

 lour other young cattle. Of hog^i, 1 have a con- 

 siderable number ; but not having taken a census 

 of them lately, I cannot, at present, state how- 

 many. Of the condition of my etock, and of the 

 provisions made for their comfortable accommoda- 

 tion, the committee will judge for themselves. I 

 will just add, that 1 am still manuring with all 

 my might. For this purpose, I resort lo my 

 farm pen, my stables, my hog pens and cattle 

 shelters. All these I endeavor to keep well liiter- 



assigned them, respectlully ofler the following ed. How much manure 1 get from these sources, 



report : 



The first farm visited by them was that of the 

 Rev. Jesse H. Turner, president of the society, 

 who handed us a written statement, which we 

 here insert : 



" Te the committee appointed to inspect farms, 

 and to award premiums on the same. 

 " Gentlemen : I oti'er my farm for the premium. 

 You will of course inspect the premises, and 

 judge lor yourselves. But it has occurred to me, 

 that it will aid you in your arduous duty, if I, as 

 the proprietor, state some of the leading lacts 

 pertaining to the same. 



" My operations as a farmer began in the year 

 1827. In that year I bought 30 acres of very 

 poor and even exhausted land, intending at that 

 time never to own another loot of land. But, 

 after improving the above piece, I became interest- 

 ed in larming ; and by additions time after time, 

 generally of other small pieces of similar poor 

 land; my larm now consists of 192 acres. Of this 

 about 180 acres are cleared. My object and elJbrt 

 has been to improve my land, and get it in cultiva- 

 tion as last as I cleared it ; but in this I have lail- 

 ed by about 20 acres of low and very wet land. 

 I now have about 160 acres in actual cultivation, 

 all of which has been iiuproved, and most ol' ii 

 highly. 



•'In improving my lands, I have used lime to 

 a small extent ; but my main de[)endence has 

 been putrescent manures. At first 1 applied 

 about 50 cart-loada to the acre ; I now put on 

 about half that quantity. I always apply it broad- 

 cast, and I greatly prefer that this should be as 

 a top-dressing to the grass lands. 



" My crops from the beginning have been 

 grass, corn and oats, to which I have recently 



I cannot state precisely, but it is very conside- 

 rable. Last year I tasked myself with the ma- 

 nuring of 10 acres from my home resources. I 

 more than did it. This year I have given my- 

 self a task of twenty acres, and I think I shall do 

 it. Besides this, I haul a large quantity of ma- 

 nure or coal ashes li-om town, so that, with the 

 whole, I usually manure from Ibrty to fifty acres 

 during the year. Under this syslem, my lands 

 so far from deteriorating, are perceptibly improv- 

 ing. I greatly need an additional force to culti- 

 vate them. The inclosures, and indeed the gene- 

 ral condition of the farm, and all its appurte- 

 nances, are submitted to the inspection of the 

 committee. J. H. Turner." 



To this we add, that Mr. Turner's farm, as 

 might be expected, is in a very high state of pro- 

 ductiveness ; it lies in the immediate neighbor- 

 hood of the city of Richmond, the nearest point 

 being little more than one mile, and the most dis- 

 tant, scarcely more than two from the town. 

 Th:s has afforded the proprietor great advan- 

 tages in obtaining manure, to which object, liora 

 the first, he seems to have devoted his ample pe- 

 cuniary resources, with jireat sagacity and energy 

 — insomuch that according to his estimate, not 

 less than 150 two horse cart-loads of manure, 

 has been applied to every acre in cultivation. 



Buildings. — A very handsome and well ar- 

 ranged family mansion with all the requisite 

 offices for convenience and comfort, all in the best 

 order. Comfortable houses for domestic servants 

 and farm laborers. Stable pretty good. Hog 

 sties — two ranges containing 22 pens partly 

 roofed, erected during the last winter and spring. 

 Caitle sheds are now building, and will be com- 

 pleted in a short time. Three large houses con- 



