VOL.. MX NO. 47. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



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annually increases your profits, instead of diminJ XXVIII. Enconraje, bolli by precept and ex- | vious crop, wheat on summer faIlo«- Ilet ncigh- 

 ishing or keeping them stationary. ample, the true spirit of husbandry ; for it promotes ; bor P. have three acres, (not the choice of the field 



XIII. Avoid debt as you would a pestilence, for harmony, good will, a„d social intercourse amonj: ' but a jrrado the poorest.) that he fitted for himself 



it humbles, debases and degrades a man in his own all with whom you deal ; it tends to elevate your 

 eyes ; subjects him to insults and persecutions own class to its proper ranlt ; and above all, it ad- 

 from others ; but still worse, it is a perpetual temp- vances the welfare of your country, by promoting 

 tation, however anxiously resisted, to fraud, false- the most imporliint of all her "real interests. 



hood and theft — nay, not unfreqiiently, to despair 

 and self-murder. 



XIV. To take advantage in a bargain, is virtu- 

 ally to take money out of another's pocket, who is 

 not aware of it. Worldlings call it " fair play," 

 but all honest men call it cheating and swindling. 



XV. The only just means of increasing wealth, 

 are constant industry, true economy of lime as well 

 as money, well directed labor, and the regular ap- 

 plication of a portion of our fair profits to increase 

 our capital. 



XVI. Never expect your lands to give you much, 

 if you give them liltle, nor to make you rich, if you 

 make them poor. Therefore, always manure them 

 to the full evtent of your means, and they will ever 

 make you ample returns in rapidly increasing pro- 

 ductions. 



XVII. Economy, not less than humanity, re- 

 quires you to keep all your farming stock in thriv- 

 ing condition ; for a working animal in good order, 

 will do much more work and eat less than a poor 

 one ; while the rest of your stock, well kept, will 

 yield more of every thing, than double their num- 

 ber, if half starved, as such animals often are. 



XVin. To "save at the spigot, and let out at 

 the bung," will soon empty the biggest hogshead ; 

 so will economy in small matters and waste in 

 large ones, speedily squander the largest estate. 



XIX. In all your farming operations, never for- 

 get that ti'ne, like money, if once lost or mis spent, 

 is forever past recovery. 



XX. ("onstantly arrange beforehand, the daily 

 work of your farms. Then none of your laborers 

 need ever be idle in waiting to be told what he 

 has to do. 



XXI. Provide a place for every thing, and mis- 

 place nothing. No time will ever then be lost in 

 searching for what you want. 



XXII. Keep double sets of such plantation im- 

 plements as are most used, and most exposed to 

 wear and tear. The whole cost of extra sets will 

 be amply repaid by saving the whole time lost in 

 waiting for repairs, where only single sets are kept. 



XXIII. Never resort to what are called " make 

 ehifts," when it is possible to avoid it; for they en- 

 courage carelessness and sluth, of which they are 

 almost always sure signs. 



XXIV. The very reverse of the lawyer's maxim, 

 " de minimis non curat Lex" — the law regards not 

 the smallest matters — must be the farmer's guide 



XXIX. Never flatter yourselves, as some silly 

 people do, that you know all which can be known, 



even of the most simple branch of your profession, ! the result, about forty bushels per acre. The 



or you will soon know much less than thousands of mainder of the field ploughed once; dragged fine. 



by twice plonghing; planted about four feet apart, 

 ploughed very deep between the corn, and hoed 

 twice. The result wa.s about thirty bushels per 

 acre. Neighbor W. had five acres — ploughed 

 once and ridged ; planted four feet apart ; hoed 

 three times ; a heavy hill made round the corn ; — 



re- 



your modest, less assuming brethren But always 

 act under the firm belief that there is no ascertaina- 

 ble limit to our acquisitions in any art or science 

 whatever; nor any difficulties which constant, dili- 

 gent study cannot overcome. Your progress, then, 

 towards the highest attainable point in whichever 

 you prefer, wili be as sure as fate itself. The ac- 

 cidents and vicissitudes of life may possibly inter, 

 nipt your course'; but only persevere, and you will 

 fioally conquer, with absolute certainty, all obsta- 

 cles that are not insuperable. 



And now, Messrs Editors, suflTer me in conclu- 

 sion, to address a few deprecatory remarks to the 

 older class of your readers, lest they should possi- 

 bly suppose I was vain enough to believe, that 

 there was something new to them in what I have 

 just written. My only purpose was to endeavor 

 to render some service to my youthful brethren, 

 upon whose characters and conduct so much of 

 their country's good depends ; by imparting for 

 their special use, the results of many years experi- 

 ence and observation. In executing this purpose, 

 it occurred to me that to give these results the 

 form of detached maxims and precepts, would prob- 

 ably be more apt to engage their attention, than if 

 I presented thern in the more difl'use, connected 

 style of an essay or lecture. With this explana- 

 tion T leave them to their fate ; but with the confi- 

 dent hope that all will approve the motive which 

 prompted them, whatever some may think of the 

 matter and manner of the author. 

 Yours, with regard, 



JAMES M. GARNETT. 



and planted on the surface. Six acres being plant- 

 ed from three and a half to four feet apart, yielded 

 fifty bushels per acre. Nine acres, planted three 

 feet apart ; hoed twice and weeds cut down the 

 third time ; not much hill. The result, from sixty - 

 five to seventy bushels per acre. The remainder 

 of the field yielded from fifty to sixtyfive bushels 

 per acre. A SUBSCRIBER. 



Camillus, Onondaga Co., .V. Y. 



From the -same. 



EXPERIMENTS IN CULTURE OF CORN. 

 Messrs Editors— In the spring of 1839, I turn- 

 ed over a clover sod of two years standing, as ear- 

 ly as it would admit of ploughing. The first week 

 in May I planted one half the field to potatoes, and 

 alter planting my corn, I ploughed the odier part 

 of my potato patch three times more, dragging be- 

 tween each successive ploughing, and planted the 



potatoes the last week in May, the ground being in 

 or his largest concerns can never prosper as they '^■"^t ■"•'''s order for any crop, as judged by the work 

 might. 



XXV. To keep good gates and fences, s:ives 

 much time and labor in preventing trespasses; 

 much loss of crops from depredations; and best of 

 all, it saves much wrangling and ill will anions 

 aeighbors, about mischievous stock. 



XXVI. If you would excel in your profession, 



men. After this, each piece received like treat- 

 ment. I would here observe, that I phmt my po- 

 tatoes a little below th.e level of the surface, and 

 cover some deeper than is required for corn ; while 

 the potatoes show like rabbit's ears, I hoe for the 

 first time, and second and last, before the vines 

 fall. The result of the operation was decidedly in 



the diligent culture of your mind is as indispensa- i fi^'"'' °f '''s °nce ploughing. I would here ren.ark 

 ble as that of your fields. j that my corn was planted on once ploughing, rolled 



XXVII. Never commit the self hurtful folly of ''"'''"' dragged fine, planted on a level surface, 

 looking upon any of the honest trades, professions plaster and ashes, (two parts ashes and one plaster) 

 'ind callings, as inimical to your own ; for there is ' P"' on before hoeing, hoed three times — not much 

 'i natural bond of interest and amity between the hill made. The result was an extraordinary crop, 

 whole, which cannot possibly be preserved without 'o 'he astonishment of most who saw it. 

 *e cordial co-operation of all. i In 1840, I had about thirty acres for corn— pre- 



From the same. 



TO PRESERVE HAMS FROM FLIES, &c. 



For a score of hams, take about 3 quarts of salt, 

 J pint of molasses, ]-4th of a pound of black pep- 

 per, and 2 ounces of salt petre pulverized ; mix 

 well together ; lay the hams on a table with the 

 rind downwards ; rub the mixture over them with 

 the hand, taking care to apply it to every part 

 where there is no rind ; let them lay a week, and 

 rub them over withclear salt, which continue once 

 a week for four -if six weeks, according to the size 

 of the hams, an(\ they are ready to smoke ; or if 

 you choose after.rthe mixture is sufliciently struck 

 in, put them into brine for two or three weeks and 

 smoke; when smoked, hang them in a dry place. 

 We hang ours in the garret, where they will keep 

 all summer, secure from flies, When a ham is 

 cut for use, hang it or lay it where you please, the 

 flies will not touch it. We have practiced this 

 method for several years, and have no reason to 

 abandon it. 



We have fed our milch cows about a peck of 

 carrots per day each, through the winter; and the 

 butter is as yellow as that made in summer, and 

 equally as good. 



Great improvements have been made in swine 

 in this section by the introduction of the Berk- 

 shirrs. We fatted 12 pigs last fall, (about nine 

 months old when killed ;) average weight 200 lbs. 

 Their food was one bushel of beets to two bushels 

 of potatoes, cooked in a cauldron kettle and meal 

 mixed in — the right kind of food for hogs, now-a- 

 days. D. G. MOSHER. 



Remedy for Kicking Cows. A bed-cord drawn 

 tightly over the loins of cows, in front of the udder, 

 it is said, will cause them to give down their milk, 

 and also prevent their kicking. 



The desire to live without labor and in luxury, 

 is one of our greatest sins : it fills our courts, the 

 jails, and poor-houses ; it demoralizes our youth, 

 and brings the aged with sorrow to the grave. 



You may talk about plaster of Paris, lime, marl, 

 and stable manure, for an exhausted soil, but all in 

 vain, if there is not energy and industry to appljr 

 them. 



Half an ounce of alum in powder, will complete- 

 ly purify ^twelve gallons of corrupted water. 



