VOL,. \vi. NO. ir. 



AND GARDENER'S J O U R N A f. . 



131 



Rev. He.\ry Colman, tlie ajrent rmploj'od 

 by tlie Governuieiit to make an .ijiii-nltiiial Siir- 

 vc.v of tire State, had an interview wilii a larse 

 liinijljer of our most active and intelligent l-'arjners 

 at tlie Mansion Ilonse last W'edne-sday and 

 Tlinrs<lay evenings. We were present some of 

 the lime, and can rc'miirii with tnilli, that it was 

 one of the most interesting scenes of the kind we 

 ever witnessed. Mr Colman, as the organ of 

 the state, is desirous of gathering ii|i facts and 

 materials concerning everything which relates to 

 the business of the Farmer. Hy a frank CApres- 

 sion of opinion on all sides, and comparing notes 

 of agricidture in Northampton, guided by tlie 

 comprehensive mind of the agent, it may well be 

 supposed a mass of valuable and instructive de- 

 tails would be elicited. Enough to occupy a 

 page of this paper could be given, lint as they 

 will be embodied in his official report, it might be 

 premature in us to |iuldisli them. 



The Indian corn crop was taken up for the 

 sake of being a little methodical, and its expense, 

 modes of culture, kind of seed, quantity [ler acre, 

 &c. &c., were elaborately talked about. Ques- 

 tions were propounded, opinions of individuals 

 Jravvn out, facts of importance disclosed, exper- 

 iments of difterent farmers narrated, and the ex- 

 perience had by various persons in all the impor- 

 tant ramifications of the business made the sub- 

 ject of free discussion. This analysis of the In 

 dial) Corn crop and its products, w.is carried 

 through with every other crop raised upon our 

 ineadovvs, as the soil there and in other parts of 

 [he town, belong under different heads, when 

 'earning the cost and value of their productions. 

 Connected with every kind of crop which was 

 wrought up for investigation, Mr. Colman bad 

 •onsiantly some apt illustration or jiertinent re- 

 nark or curious fact which had fallen under his 

 jwn observation. What was better, liis fertile 

 Tiind and personal experience led him to infuse 

 nenial instruction into the whole colloquial in- 

 erview. 



The investigation con(;erning'the Wheat crop 

 jxcited much interest and drew out a great many 

 •eniarks founded upon the observations and expe- 

 ■ience of different farmers. As a sjiecinjen of 

 he kind of illustration introduced by MrColman, 

 ■ve will mention one, merely to show that he is 

 iiidiiig at every successive step he treads in his 

 survey, new light disusing itself into the science 

 )f agriculture. An intelligent Farmer in this 

 : ate sowed two pieces of wheat contiguous to 

 lach other. The seed was the same and the pro- 

 cess of culture was alike with both of them. 

 jDne yielded a large crop and the other was al- 

 lUost worthless from the blight. Now what pro- 

 [liice<l this surprising difference in tho result? 

 j(Vhy, the farmer had simply swept one piece 

 Ivith a rope every morning there was a " honey 

 jlew " or fog, and the other, the unproductive- 

 liiece, had not been molested. Jt will thus be 

 leen, that Mr Colman, with his accurate observa- 

 (ien and quick discernment, is gathering u[) a 

 ast fund of immensely valuable materials, beth 

 o advance the science and make the labors of 

 be farmer more easy, as well as to render them 

 nore productive. 



This interview of the Farmers and the Agent 

 if the Commonwealth, as we before remarked, 

 vas full of instructron and pleasure, it was ex- 

 ended to a number of successive hours, each 

 nind contributing to swell the amount of knowl- 



edge, by relatinginilividnal experience in the prn- 

 L'ri'*s of the biisiiifss, and those facts of interest 

 which fill within overv oim's observations. It 

 was mini! coming in collision with mind, bring- 

 ing out new light, and with tho aid of the clear 

 ami comprehensive powers of Mr Colman, con- 

 densing its rays, so that hereafter the great science 

 of Agriculture, will receive a fresh impulse from 

 his investigations. We give the following simple 

 statement, as an evidence what an aninnnt of prac- 

 tical knowledge may be collated, by individuals 

 in any one branch of business, assembling, com- 

 paring notes and narrating the results of their 

 own experience. Mr Colman's design is to visit 

 nearly every town in the Commonwealth, and as 

 many farms as possible, and from the imperfect 

 sketch above given, we may expect a mass of in- 

 valuable facts and accurate observations in his re- 

 port to the legislature JVorthamp. C'uti. 



Durham Stook. — Fifty head of Durham cat- 

 tle, belonging to the Ohio Company, were sold at 

 Chilcothe, 01) the 20th ult.. for $36,443. The 

 prices ranged from forty-eight to seventeen Jiun- 

 dred dollars. The following are noted among the 

 prices : 



IMatchcm, bought by A, Renick, $1200 



Young Waterloo, " Gov. Trimble. 1700 



Duke of York, " R. R. Ley merer, 1100 



Experiment, " Gov. Trimble, 1400 



Comet Hullcy, " R. R. Leymerer, 1-500 



Nimrod, " E. Florence, 1040 



Duke of Norfolk, " Gov. Vance and 



J. H. James, 1400 



Goldfinder, " I. Cunningham, 1095 



Blossom, cow, " R. R. Leymerer, 1000 



Matilda, •' " A. Watts, 1000 



Moss rose, " " J. Renick, 1200 



Malina, " " I. Cunningham, 1005 



Flora and calf Pow- 



hattan, " G. Renick, 1&05 



Young Mary and calf 



Pocahontas, '• E. J. Harness, 1500 



Tees Water and 



calf Cometess, " J. J. Vamneter, 222-5 



use, I suffered my hogs to run in the orchard and 

 take the apple s r.s they fell from the trees. Be- 

 fore the a|iplrs were fully ripened, as lln:y began 

 to fall, contrary to my ex]iecl.iiion, my hogs be- 

 gan to gain flesh, and during the season, they be- 

 came da with no other feed except the wash of 

 the kitchen. Several that I had designed to keep 

 before i was aware of it, became too fat for the 

 object designed. This lot, i I -istake not, 

 weighed, as I butchered them from me orchard, 

 from 200 to 350 poumis each. The same season 

 r suffered some of my sheep to remain in the or- 

 chard, and with equal success. The next season, 

 our fruit was cut otf. But the last two seasons, 

 I liave made my pork from my orchard, and du- 

 ring these seasons I have confined my hogs ex- 

 clusively to sour apples ; and still I have never 

 killed lots of pork that were better fatted, more 

 solid, or of better flavor. To carry the experi- 

 ment farther, last year I took from my stock an 

 old cow that bad given milk through the sum- 

 mer, and fed her i-xclusively on sour apples. She 

 ate about hall a bushel, morning and evening. 

 She fattened well, and made a first rate beef It 

 is, therefore, no longer with me a tpiestion wheth- 

 er apples are profitable for fattening domestic an- 

 imals ; the fact is fully tested. 



Hauvey Baldwin. 

 Hudson, O., Aug. 1837. 



CoMMOMSENiE IS MUCH WANTED. — When I see 

 a man whipjiing a horse, it is a sign lie has not 

 common sense. 



When I see a man load up his team so heavily 

 that his axletree breaks down, it is a certain sign 

 he does not possess common sense. 



When 1 see a man driving a horse as poor as a 

 crow, it is a sign be does not feed him well. 



When 1 hear a man telling how fast his horse 

 will trot, it is a sign lie's more fit for a jockey 

 than a man of business. 



When a man puts poor window glass in his 

 house, it is a sign he is no judge of his own in- 

 terests. 



When you see a farmer's door-yard cluttered 

 up with rubbish, it is a sign of indolence. 



When you see a yard in the rear of a house fil- 

 thy, and old things rotting for the want of a little 

 attention, it is a sign of a sloven. 



Apples for fattening Animals. — In the au- 

 tumn of 1S33, if I do not misremember, 1 was 

 first induced to try the experiment — it was to me 

 then an experiment. Having more apples than 

 we needed for other uses, ami fully convinced of 

 the evil of making them into cider for common 



August Sweeting. — Mr Benjamin Clark of 

 Cornish has furnished ns with a handsome spec- 

 imen of this excellent fruit ; they are quite large, 

 and In fiavor they are superior to any apples 

 which we have tasted this year eiljier from this 

 section or from the south. They are a very ear- 

 ly apple — these have been gathered a month ; 

 we have noticed that, in a large orchard in which 

 there were several kinds of early fruit, the Au- 

 gust Sweeting was the earliest of all ; and from 

 the fine condition of these we now have, it ap- 

 pears that they are not of very transient duration. 

 Such sweet apples baked, with a bowl of good 

 milk, (tonstitute as good and wholesome a lux- 

 ury as can be furnished by the Indies, East and 

 West. — Yankee Farmer. 



Whig Apples. — Mr Merrill Knight of Otis- 

 field has left at this office a specimen of apples 

 which he calls by the above name ; they are of a 

 very large size and good flavor ; they usually 

 ripen about the middle of September and keep 

 till November. Mr Knight brought ten bushels 

 of these apples to this market which he sold at 

 one dollar a bushel ; be says he has sold them for 

 that price for several years. Let fanners who 

 sell apples at 30 or 40 cents a bushel think of 

 this, and judge whether they had better make im- 

 provements, or go on in the old way as jiractised 

 by their great great grandfathers. — Yankee Farm- 

 er. 



The Sea invading the Earte. — According 

 to the Railway Magazine, '-the sea on the side ef 

 Prussia has been making slow and steady en- 

 croachments on the land. There existed between 

 seven and eight centuries since, a province named 

 Witlandie, which lias been, by little and little, 

 yielding up its soil to the sea, and is now entirely 

 covered with the waters." 



If you want to get rich, work bard and spend little. 



