1859. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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mense quantities of superphosphates for their 

 root crops in particular, and many of our farmers 

 use it upon their potatoes and corn. Prof. Mapes 

 has no secret as to his mode of manufacture, but 

 publishes it as follows : 



"The Improved Superphosphate of Lime was 

 first invented, and was composed of 100 pounds 

 of bone-dust dissolved in 56 pounds of sulphu- 

 ric acid, to which was added 36 pounds of Peru- 

 vian guano and 20 pounds of sulphate of ammo- 

 nia ; 100 pounds of this mixture were found to 

 be equal in application, both in power and last- 

 ing quality, to 185 pounds of the best Peruvian 

 guano. 



The Nitrogenized Superphosphate, which is 

 found to be practically superior to the Improved 

 Superphosphate, is composed of equal weights 

 of improved superphosphate and dried blood 

 ground." 



Probably any chemist in the country will pro- 

 nounce a fertilizer consisting of the above ele- 

 ments, valuable for almost all cultivated crops, 

 and we trust our farmers, in their progress in ag- 

 riculture, will not forget that there are manures 

 besides what are found in their barn cellars — 

 manures which contain no seeds of weeds, which 

 are light of freight and cheap of application. In 

 a garden of vegetables, we should hardly know 

 how to raise our crops, without a bag of super- 

 phosphate at hand. A cabbage will fatten on it, 

 like a pig on corn meal, and a cauliflower will head 

 two weeks sooner, by the application of an ounce 

 of it, at the time of transplanting. We have tried 

 every variety of fertilizer, and have more faith in 

 Mapes's Superphosphate than in any other man- 

 ufactured article of the kind. 



We give the statement from the Tribune, as to 

 Prof. Mapes's farm. Can any man show a bet- 

 ter one ? Does farming pay, or does it not ? 



"The following excerpt from the farm book of 

 Mr. Patrick T. Quinn, the manager of the farm, 

 which has been duly certified to by him as cor- 

 rect, will show the actual sales and expenses of 

 the last year : 



Sales from April 1, 1858, to April 1, 1859, Inclusive 



Timothy Hay, 50 tons $750 00 



Salt Hay, SeJge and Black Grass, 91 tons 5G4 20 



Asparagus 40 00 



Beete, 500 bushels (some sold by the bunch). 250 00 



Greens (Spinach, Sprouts, &c.) 108 00 



Cabbage, early and late cauliflower 675 00 



Kohl Rabi 19 50 



Carrots, 900 bushels at 43c 391 30 



Celery 195 20 



Corn, shelled, 650 bushels at 85c 467 50 



Corn, sweet 60 00 



Egg Plants 51 00 



Lettuce 120 00 



Melons 43 50 



Onions 149 20 



Parsnips, 250 bushels at 37|c 93 75 



Pepiiers 6 00 



Squashes 55 00 



Rhubarb 310 00 



Radishes 65 00 



Salsify, (Oyster plant) 25 00 



Tomatoes 45 00 



Turnips, 1.200 bushels, at 35c 420 00 



Potatoes, (mostly sold for seed.) 700 bushels, 



at f 1 700 00 



Seeds, (all kinds) 2,520 18 



Hot-bed and cold frames 315 17 



Rhubarb Plants, Grape Vines, Raspberry, 

 Blackberry, Currants and Strawberry 

 Plants 1,017 00 



Grap-S, Strawberries, Raspberries and 



Blackberries 375 00 



Pears, sales— 1S57—S805 ( , <,i„ -,, 



1808—496 ( *^*'"*8^ sales.... 610 40 



Fruit Wines on hand 470 00 



Corn Fodder— soyho stalks and ereen rye 240 00 



Hogs, milk and butter ^. 386 00 



Two choice calves 50 00 



Total gn ,627 83 



Expenses. 

 Eight workmen, eight months, at $20.... $1,280 00 



Five workmen, four months, at $20 400 00 



19,825 lbs. Superpliofphate of Lime,at 2C....396 50 



Rent for 53,1 acre?, at $8 426 00 



Rent for 52 acres, salt grass, at $1,25 65 00 



Taxes 31 50 



Wear and tear of Tools loo 00 



Use of team, at $3 per day 453 60 



Total $3,152 60 



Total receipts $ii ,627 83 



Deduct expenses 3,152 60 



Net profits $8,475 28 



For the New England Farmer. 

 MASSACHUSETTS APPLES. 



The apple is more emphatically the farmer's 

 fruit than the pear. They can be raised Avith 

 more certainty of a crop, particularly if here in 

 Massachusetts we pay more attention to the cul- 

 tivation of those sorts which are indigenous, or 

 have been raised on our soils ; for however 

 strange it may appear, I have, for many years, 

 observed, that the best apples in our markets 

 have been those sorts which were first produced 

 in our region. In a report to the Essex Agri- 

 cultural Society some years since, I made the 

 above statement, which was afterwards corrobo- 

 rated by Henry Ward Beecher, who, in an article 

 on the culture of the apple, remarked, th«t the 

 best apples in the West wei'e those varieties 

 which originated in the "Great Valley of the 

 West." With us the Hubbardston Nonsuch, 

 Baldwin, Roxbury Ilussett, Mother, Porter, Wil- 

 liams' Favorite and Danvers Winter Sweet are 

 among our best fruits ; all these are of Massachu- 

 setts origin. From farther observation on this 

 subject we would repeat the assertion, that a 

 fruit, (particularly the apple,) originating on a 

 given soil, will generally be superior in that lo- 

 cality or section, than in any other. We have 

 in our mind the Newton Pippin, Esopus Spitz- 

 enberg, Red Doctor, Pennocks, Red Winter and 

 Red Gilly Flower, fruits which are considered 

 first-rate in their native habitats, as the^- un- 

 doubtedly are, but when grown upon our sou, 

 are inferior to those sorts named above. We 

 say the same of the imported varieties generally, 

 with the exception of the Gravenstein of Ger- 

 many, and the Rihston Pippen of England ; the 

 former does equally well with many of our vari- 

 eties, and the latter occasionally on rich soil. 



Salem, Mass. J. M. I. 



Windham County, Vt., Agricultural Soci- 

 ety. — The annual Fair of this society will be 

 held at Ncwfane, Oct. 5 and 6, 1859. Officers, 

 O. S. Howard, President; Alonzo Dutton, Ira 

 A. Pulsifer, Vice Presidents ; W. A. Stedman, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. 



