VOl,. XVI. IVO. 39. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



307 



itone, J 



mips. 



I liave at last, succeeded in perfecting a vege- 

 tablo cutter, wliicli is nuicli approved of. One 

 man can cut up a bushel of the largest size, in one 

 minute. It i^j very simple. So, you see, I have 

 not been irile this winter. 



The follovviiig is the amount of produce takin 

 from my farm the past season — 1837. 

 510 bushels Oats, 

 138 " Corn, 

 1450 « Swedes, 

 230 " Yellow St 

 223 " Buckwheat, 

 1023 " Potatoes, 

 237 " Carrots, 

 23 " Beans, 

 20 " Beets, 

 10 " Parsnips, 

 74 " Apples, (winter,) 

 64 tons of hay, 

 2457 lbs. of Pork, 



6 loads of PumpkiBS. 

 There were many articles, and some of the above 

 ^ere fed out before harvesting, of which no ac- 

 ount WHS kept. 



The following is the amount of sales, 

 battle, consisting of bulls, cows, &c. $1377,25 

 heep, princijially for breeditjg, 420.00 



igs, for breeding and imjiroving slock, 969,92 

 egetables, principally i)otatoes, 517,50 



oi'l'ry, 22,28 



'alves to butchers, 22 50 



^""l. 21,62 



uck wheat flour, 154,61 



'^«"-'', 8,'oO 



a bounty of one dollar to the man who shall raise 

 len bushels of wheat, and six cents a bushel for all 

 above until it amounts to two hundred bushels, 

 ami three cents for all above. 



For thirty bushels of good sound ears of corn 

 two dollars — for every three bushels above thirty 

 and up to sixty, ten cents, and two cents for every 

 three bushels above. There were a few opposed 

 to this measure, but the decided opinion of a large 

 majority was, that as Maine coui.o raise her own 

 bread, she must raise it — anri that it was belter, 

 far better, lo spemi a million among her own peo. 

 pie to bring this al)out, than to send Five out of 

 her territory as she has done every year for many 

 years past for that which she could produce her- 

 self. 



This we believe is the true policy. Build up 

 ourselves. Encourage our own people. If we 

 do not do it, <lepend upon it, no other State will 

 ilo it for us ; and when we have done it, then 

 shall we take the rank in the scale of influence 

 and respect among the States and the nations of 

 the earth which we deserve. 



$3513,68 

 My farm consists of 184 acres — 64 of which are 

 wood- -44 in pasture — 40 in meadow, and 36 



ider the plough. 

 My expenses were necessarily heavy as 1 had 



any improvements to make — the season short 



id the weather catching. 



There were other receipts than what are enu- 



erated above, such as the use of my hulls, bucks 



d boars which would swell the amount to 



i723,95. 



Notwithstanding we have had very unfavorable 



asons since I have been on my fanri, I am just 

 ardent, just as ambitious, and just as contented 

 when 1 first took possession. I am not disap. 



inted in the profits— for I did not expect to 



>ke money as fast as in my former business-" 



From the subjoined statement of the Maine Far- 

 :r, it is certain that our grown-up daughter 

 iaine) is determined to test the capacities of her 

 1 and the spirit, industry and enterprise of her 

 mers. The proposed bounty on Indian Corn 

 i wise measure. There are early and produc- 

 3 varieties of Corn, which will certainly ripen 

 ler good cultivation in all but the northerly 

 •ts of the State. Indian bread has in some 

 asure gone out of fashion ; but not to thebene- 

 of any body. In countries where Indian Corn 

 1 grow well, it is decidedly a more important 

 p, all its uses and its return to the soil bein" 

 isideied.than any grain crop,which we cultivate. 

 JoDNTT ON Wheat and CoRpj.—The Legisl.a- 

 3 of Maine have not only renewed the bounty 

 wheat for the coming year, but also added a 

 inty on corn. The jprovisions of the Act give 



We have continued in this day's Farmer the 

 Reports presented to the Agricultural Convention 

 of New York, and know that Mr Walsh's Report 

 on Horticulture will be read with pleasure and 

 instruction. Mr Walsh practises as well as 

 preaches ; and leads ofl;" nobly in the cultivation of 

 a fine garden and in adorning his residence with 

 beautiful rural embellishments. He will allow us 

 to demur the severity of his remarks respecting 

 the female part of the community. So far as our 

 acquaintance extends, and it 4s not small, we are 

 satisfied that there is no more indolence, nor friv- 

 olity, nor extravagance among them than with the 

 other sex. Take them together we believe that 

 they devote more hours to industry than the men ; 

 and we have found among them so many beautiful 

 examples of ready and cheerful accommodation to 

 circumstances and perhaps unfortunate changes in 

 their external eondition that we would not pluck 

 even the smallest feather from their crown. We 

 protest against this wholesale denunciation as not 

 only ungallant but unjust; and know that our 

 highly respected friend Walsh would be among 

 the last to offend deliberately against either cour- 

 tesy or right. 



ture of any species of fruits or vegetables ; be- 

 cause we are inclineil to look upon the produc- 

 tions of the earili as the common pioperty of man- 

 kind, at least, that every one who has the means 

 of piodufing, is entitled to do so. For our own 

 part, we wish to see the c\dture of all new fruits 

 and vegelables «^'ncouraged among us ; and we 

 look upon the introductiwi of new varieties as a 

 positive national gain. We would therefore be 

 pleasefl if our lawgivers would examine carefully 

 into this subject, arul if they. find it worthy of en- 

 couragement, that they wouhl pass an act to that 

 effect. Premiums and bounties, for a limited time 

 to all the individualii oT the State who may raise 

 these new articles, vv III probably be more eliicient 

 than acts of incorpo rat ion ; and by these means, 

 we think, the personal \vho have introduced this 

 plant, will be rewarded. — Ohio Farmer. 



Proddcts of tht. OcE/i.-*. — ^The ocean, as 



THE COFFEE CULTURE. 



AVe have ha.l exhibited to i,s a specimen of 

 coflTee raised in this county, of the variety known 

 as the French annual. It was produced in Por 

 tage county in this Slate. The berries are fair and 

 round, and if a fair specimen of i.].e growth of this 

 article in that county, they show conclusively tha't 

 this valuable vegetable may be raised in Obio as i 

 well as in any other country, h is said to he a, 

 palatable when cooked as any of the foreign vari- 

 eties, being smoother and softer to the palate and 

 of a less acrid taste. ' ' 



An application has been made to our Legisla- 

 ture now in session, for an act of incorporation 

 for a company, who propose to go extensively into 

 this culture, establishing plantations of it in every 

 county in the State. This application has been 

 unsuccessful at this session ; but we suppose it to 

 be the intention of the petitioners t.) renew it next 

 winter. We are unprepared at this time to state 

 wlielher it would be politic for our Legislature to 

 grant, to any set of men, a monopoly in the cul- 



^^^,,.., , well 



is the earth, has the past year yielded her increase 

 In rich abundance. We have not sufficient data 

 to estimate the anif uint of wcaUti which has been 

 drawn from this great resource of a'.l nations, or 

 ao ascertain the distributive share which the in- 

 dustry and enter' jirise of individuals and compa- 

 nies have allotte d to this country ; but, judging 

 from the item be fore us, should think the harvest 

 unusually plente ous. We allude to the sperm 

 whale fishery, ai i ac fount of which may be found, 

 in a late numb' jr of the Nantucket Inqiiireir. — . 

 From that accoi .nit ., it^jjpears that during tbe Vast 

 year the qunnti- ,y „f,.r_,erm oil, ims.orted )" ^^^ ,^g 

 United States, an iottv,.« to 176,311 liafv'.-ls—pqual 

 $5 MOW? ^ .f^ ""'-'-^'^ amoun.Vng i" v,;„, ^,. 

 «.D,000,000. rh ,s with the except,.'"' "/" 30,GOfii 

 barre s. has bee, a drawn from the Pacii/c Ocean 

 and though I m, iv sp^n, i„ • . ''"' ,, " 



of its product . To'! 7, rf ' " '"^ '"'"■' '""•' 



to it the produc.sofT. .T*""''"^^"'" """'"l 



1 . '"^"^ oceans are connected wu. 



are lost ,n wonder and astonishment at the grer 

 r,ess, and should be in adoration of the goodness' 

 of that Almighty Beiiig-, by whose power they are' 

 and were created.— Silk ChiHurist. 



.1 J',1~}^ '^ «Joi>"noli at this seilsoli to haul to 

 the fields the dung destined for the spring crops. 

 Fermentation and waste often ensue before it is 

 l'iir.e<l ,n the soil. To avoid this lo.ss_we allude 

 to the unfermented manure— the dung should le 

 laid in compact piles, of not exceeding eight loads, 

 where most convenient to be distributed, and as 

 soon as the ground becomes thawed, covered with 

 SIX oi- eight inches of earth, and the surface 

 smoothed with the spade. The manure will sel- 

 dom ferment before the ground thaws. The 

 earthy covering imbibes the gaseous matters and 

 protects the dung from the wasting influence of 

 the weather. When crops are dunged in the bill 

 or furrow, uitl, long manure, the dung sometimes 

 fails to rot, for want of moisture to bring on fer- 

 mentation, and is consequently of no benefit to 

 the crop. When the dung is spread broadcast, 

 a..d ploughed under, this difliculty never occurs 

 and the dung becomes better incorporated v» ■' 

 the soil Cultivator. 



