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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



BSGOLLECTIONS OP TRAVEL. |way for a day or two at the White Mountains. 



By a large portion of the people of the New .The weather was clear, hot, and favorable for 

 England States, Canada is looked upon as an in- observation. A hundred horses had preceded 

 hospitable, out-of-the-way place, and as a cold, jus, the day we went upon the mountain, and not 

 rugged, unfertile region. But a journey from the^a hoof could be procured, so we commenced our 

 lakes to Quebec, by the St. Lawrence, with an og-; march at the Glen House, on the easterly side of 

 casional diversion from this noble thoroughfare the mountain, at 3, P. M., on foot, and stood up- 



into the country on each side of the river, would 

 at once dispel any such idea. We never saw a 

 more fertile-looking country, nor one upon which 

 the crops appeared better, than upon a large t-x- 

 tent of land northwest of Montreal, and for al- 

 most an equal extent on this side of the river. 



on the roof of the Tip Top House, on the sum- 

 mit of Mount Washington, in season to see the 

 sun sink into the Western horizon. A good 

 night's sleep prepared us to be up and witness 

 the sun's rising the next morning. After break- 

 fast, the entire company present listened to the 



The country is flat, without stones, and the soilj-eading of that most sublime of all language 

 is a stiff, clay loam, and when properly cultivated, the 104th Psalm, and then we took our way down 

 is exceedingly productive. Approaching the khg mountain, through Tuckerman's Ravine. 

 Gulf of the St. Lawrence, Lower Canada is in- Xhis is an amphitheatre whose walls are a thou- 

 tersected by ridges of mountains, which gener- Land feet high, and from whose sides issue hun- 

 ally extend from the coast into the interior, with Jreds of springs, forming cascades of singular 

 intervening valleys of a fertile and pleasant ap-Lpauty as they fall from point to point. In the 

 pearance. The productions are grass, wheat, bottom of this ravine we found snow fifteen feet 



peas, oats, rye, barley, Src. 



The soil of Upper Canada consists, generally, 

 of a fine, dark loam, mixed with a rich vegetable 

 mould, and its productions are much the same as 

 those of Lower Canada 

 million acres of land. 



deep, and the cascades and the melting snows 

 are the sources of the Peabody River. 



Great numbers of people have visited the 



mountains this season, and that number, we 



It contains nearly 't^jhave no doubt, will be much increased hereafter, 



Ihe inhabitants are lag they present one of the most sublime features 



mainly of English descent, and speak the Eng- ' f the works of an Almighty hand. There 

 lish language, while in Lower Canada, the French L^ould be a carriage-road constructed to the top 

 population prevails, that language is preferred,! of Mt. Washington, or, at least, a good bridle 

 and they are generally Catholics. | p^th, so that aged or feeble persons may go to 



The country on the banks of the St. Lawrence, I the summit. The cost would soon be repaid by 

 in Lower Canada, is flat, and extends far interior,; a toll. We saw and heard many things which 



almost at a dead level, and resembles in fertility 

 the rich banks of the Mohawk or Connecticut 

 rivers. These tracts are well timbered, and the 

 clearings are dotted with fine elms, oaks, and 

 other trees, giving them the appearance of beau- 

 tiful parks, or widely-extended pleasure-grounds. 

 Some of the farms contain several thousand 

 acres each. That of Mr. James Logan, upon 

 which we passed a portion of two days, was 



it would be pleasant for us to relate, and which 

 might be pleasat.t and profitable to read, but 

 want of space will exclude any further account 

 of them. 



MAKUBE. 



We know a farmer who has used several cart- 

 loads of horn-piths the ])ast two seasons for ma- 

 Inuring his potatoes in the hill — a piih to each hill 

 at the time of planting, more than doubles the 

 highly-cultivated and productive. He had a herdjcmp over rows having no manure. As the pota- 

 of very fine Ayrshire cows, and had just import- i toes are dug, the piths are throv/n into heaps, 

 ed three Clydesdale horses, two mares, weighing and afterwards carted off' and deposited in a safe 



1,500 pounds each, and a four-year-old stallion 

 •weighing about 1,700 lbs. These horses are 

 just v>'hat are wanted for draught in cities, for 

 railroad purposes, and all other places where 

 power is required rather than quick motion. 

 There can be no doubt but that a demand would 

 be found for every horse of this description at 

 very high prices. This matter is worthy the at- 

 tention of those engaged in rearing horses for 

 the market. 



After three or four days of hard labor in the 

 broiling sun in attending upon the trial of ma- 

 chines, in company with Mr. NouRSE, one of 

 the Proprietors of the Farmer, we halted on our 



place for next year's use. They will last for this 

 purpose many years. The farmer pays about 

 §1,50 a cartload. He also, occasionally, obtains 

 from the same yard the lime, after having been 

 used for starting the hair and skins, as well as 

 some of the fleshings and poor quality of hair. 

 These are made into compost by mixing with 

 loam or muck, and make a good and lasting ma- 

 nure, and at a cheaper rate than he could pro- 

 cure stable manure. 



The waste wool from woolen factories and 

 carding machines can sometimes be had at a 

 trifling expense. Wool and cotton rags contain 

 a large per cent, of nitrogen, and above five per 

 cent, of sulphur. One hundred pounds of wool 

 contains about seventeen pounds of nitrogen — 

 as much as there is in the very best guano, and 



