NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jak. 



"wherever it could be done without impairing the 

 sense. The article was also divided into proper 

 paragraphs, and each subject placed under its ap- 

 propriate head, so that any definite part of it 

 might be turned to and perused without going 

 through the whole. These headings were as fol- 

 lows: 



1. Where muck is mostly found. 



2. Of what muck is composed, and how depos- 

 ited. 



3. Of the different qualities of muck. 



4. How muck may be best obtained. 



6. Some of the modes by which muck may be 

 prepared for use. 



6. Muck composted with barn manures. 



7. Of muck composted with prepared bones. 



8. Of muck composted with ashes. 



9. Of muck composted with lime. 



10. A compost of salt, lime and muck. 



11. On what land muck is beneficial. 



12. Quantity of muck per acre. 



13. How and where muck should be applied. 



14. Effects of muck on the soil. 



15. Muck as an absorbent and deodorizer. 

 These, together with some collateral points, 



were discussed in the briefest and clearest man- 

 ner consistent with the short time in which we 

 were to present it. As it is presented now, how- 

 ever, it is a very different thing. Remarks which 

 we thought due to the subject, if it were treated 

 at all, have been omitted ; all the headings, which 

 were as so many marginal notes, have been sup- 

 pressed, and with them two or three tables, show- 

 ing the comparative value of the substance usual- 

 ly composted with muck. The whole article, al- 

 so, has been crowded into a dense, uninviting 

 mass, while others in the volume are unnecessa- 

 rily expanded. We make no profession in writing 

 to anything more than a plain, simple expression 

 of our thoughts ; but in the arrangement of 

 matter when written, and in an appreciation of 

 the popular wants, we will yield to few only, be 

 cause a thorough training in a printing house, 

 followed by a life of editorial duties and a watch- 

 fulness that has never tired, has given us means 

 of judging which comparatively few possess. 



_ "Benefit to you ?" replied the Colonel. "Why, 

 sir, it will benefit you more than anybody else. 

 This statue can be seen from every window of 

 your house ; it will be an ornament, and add dig- 

 nity to the whole neighborhood, and it will per- 

 petually remind you of the Father of his country 

 — the immortal Washington !" 



"Ah, Colonel," answered old Lucre, "I do not 

 require a statue to remind me of him, for I al- 

 ways carry Washington here ;" and he placed his 

 hand on his heart. 



"Then let me tell you," replied Col. Lee, "if 

 that is so, all I have to say is, that you have got 

 Washington in a very tight place !" 



A TIGHT PLACE. 



When Col. Lee, of New York, was collecting 

 subscriptions for the equestrian bronze statue of 

 Washington, now standing a monument of patri- 

 otism and art at the corner of Union Park, he 

 had occasion to visit an old curmudgeon in the 

 neighborhood, and pulling out his subscription 

 paper, requested him to add his name to the list. 

 But old Lucre declined respectfully. 



"I do not see," he said, "what benefit this stat- 

 ue will be to me ; and five hundred dollars is a 

 great deal of money to pay for the gratification of 

 )ther people." 



For the New England Farmer. 

 HAKVESTING POP CORN. 



Mr. Editor : — Some months ago I penned a 

 few remarks for the Farmer, in regard to the cul- 

 tivation and uses of the common "pop-corn." I 

 stated that it might be harvested as soon as it 

 was out of the milk, and before the husks and 

 leaves became dry, thereby adding much to the 

 value of the stover, as food for cattle. A gentle- 

 man of Lexington, I think it was, wrote a reply, 

 taking the ground th„t this, as well as all other 

 kinds of corn, could not be perfect as cereal 

 grain, unless it be allowed to ripen thoroughly 

 on the stalk. My experience had been different ; 

 but I determined to try an experiment the pres- 

 ent season that would leave no possible doubt in 

 my own mind, on the subject. Accordingly, I 

 harvested a portion of my crop the present sea- 

 son, (and, by the way, I only cultivate a small 

 garden,) while the stalks and leaves were yet 

 green, and the kernels only in the sere. Another 

 portion I harvested when the ears had become 

 thoroughly ripe, and the husks dry. Both kinds 

 are now in fine popping order, and I must say 

 that I find no perceptible difference in them. Tt^ 

 early harvested portion is certainly not inferior 

 to the other; while the value of its stover is at 

 least double that ef the later harvested portion. 

 I apprehend that our New England farmers do 

 not, as a general thing, appreciate the value of 

 the corn crop as a cattle feeder, nor take proper 

 pains to harvest it so as to obtain the highest 

 value from the stover. A fair crop of corn,, if 

 harvested while the stalks are yet green, is fully 

 equal to a ton of hay per acre, besides the value 

 of the grain itself. 



The pop-corn, besides its value as food ft)r 

 children, and its peculiar adaptation to the fat- 

 tening of fowls, (on account of its larger propor- 

 tion of oleaginous matter,) is an excellent cattle- 

 feeder. The stalks have as large a portion, ap- 

 parently, of saccharine matter as any other varie- 

 ety ; and being small, cattle will eat them up near- 

 ly clean. What they lack in size may be compen- 

 sated by the number of stalks in the hill, or by 

 the nearness of the hill. 



It may be worth a few moments' time to calcu- 

 late the value of an acre of pop-corn, at the 

 prices which our city residents pay for the article 

 when fitted for their palates — that is, when 

 parched and on sale by the grocers and candy 

 men. Call it four cents a quart, and call a quart 

 the product of a middle-sized ear. The cora 

 may be planted, say three feet apart one way, by 



