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NEW ENGLAND FARM Ell, 



September 12, 1832. 



Boston, Wednesday Evening, September 13, 1833. 



FARMERS' WORK FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Hamesting Indian Corn.— it is not l^nown to 

 all who derive an honest and honorable livelihood 

 from tilling the earth, that the leaves of vegetables 

 are, in many respects, analogous to tiie lungs of etl to '''e field, increasing its fertility. How much 



animals. If you cut off the top of a plant, or strip | ''et'er this than topping the corn and lea '- 



it of its leives, its seeds roots, or whatever is val 



one end the farmer takes off from top to bottom 

 enough for his cattle. All the rest remains undis- 

 turbed, and secure from rain as when first put up. 

 In this way the whole is fed out, from one end of 

 the rick to the other. What the cattle do not cat 

 is trodden into tlie manure heap, absorbs juices 

 that would otherwise evaporate or run off, and 

 then the corn stalks, when well rotted are return 



uable belonging to it come to a ne plus iiUra, (stop 

 where they are) without arriving at so perfect a 

 state as they would if the plant had not been mu- 

 tilated. This truth, in various communications 

 for our paper, as well as in remarks of the Editor 

 has been often inculcated. But a correspondent 

 from tho country assures us that most cultivators, 

 in bis vicinity persevere in guillotining their half 

 ripe corn, without being aware of the necessity of 

 letting the tops remain to give nutriment and ma- 

 turity to the grain. 



Among other papers, which we have from time 

 to time published on this subject, we would ad- 

 vert to those in the N. E. Farmer, vol. viij. pages 

 73, 74, with the signature " S. X." A'olume x. p. 

 297, by Wm. Clark, jun. of Northampton, both ex- 

 cellent papers, and an able view of the subject by 

 "J. B." vol. X. p. 313. Indeed we had supposed, 

 (it seems erroneously) that most cidli valors were 

 aware that it was bad husbandry to make two cut- 

 tings of an Indian corn harvest. In a trip which 

 we made to Vermont last September, we found 

 that the best farmers in that state, in general, had 

 adopted the new moile of harvesting rorii, and we 

 had supposed that most of our agricnhnrists knew 

 that there was no more necessity for making two 

 cuttings for harvesting Indian corn than there is 

 of making two bites of a cherry. 



In the present volume of the N. E. Farmer, p. 

 25, we have republished some remarks originally 

 from the Genesee Farmer and Village Record, 

 (published in Westchester, Penn.) which it may be 

 well to repeat, as the time has now arrived in 

 which the modes prescribed may be adopted in 

 practice. 



The practice of Judge Buel to cut his corn up 

 by the roots and set in little stacks to ripen, thus 

 saving the leaves from the frost for fodder, and 

 letting the ear continue for awhile to draw nutri- 

 ment from the stalk, is universally practised in 

 Chester County. The Editor says " late in Sep- 

 tember, or early in October corn is cut near the 

 earth, set up in shocks round a hill that is left un 



vmg the 

 stalks [butts or bottoms] to stand all winter, dry- 

 ing and withering in the field, affording neither 

 food for animals nor manure for land." 



We learn from a friend that Mrs Parme:stier 

 of New York has reared two successive broods of 

 Silk worms this past season without the aid of ar- 

 tificial heat. The worms of the first cro]) were 

 fed promiscuously on the Morns multicaulis, the 

 Morns alba, and on the Morns macrophilla, and 

 produced white and yellow cocoons. The latter 

 crop, on the contrary, were fed exclusively on the 

 Morus multicaulis and produced invariably co- 

 coons of a beautiful soft texture and of a siiowy 

 whiteness. If these statements be correct, that 

 invahuible tree possesses additional advantages to 

 the other kinds and should be universally used. 

 Will this estimable lady have the kindness to fa- 

 vor us with a detailed account of the process of 

 rearing her silk worms? 



From the Massachusetts Spy. 



CATTLE SHOW. 



The Committee of Arrangements for tltr ap- 

 proaching Cattle Show and Exhibition of .Muiui- 

 factures, by the Worcester County Agricultural 

 Society, on Wed.nf.sdav, Me iOth day of October 

 next, would give information to their fellow citi- 

 zens, that a public Address Will be delivered on 

 that occasion by Waldo Flikt, Esq., of Leices- 

 ter. They solict the attention of their agricultural 

 brethren to the list of premiums offered by the 

 Trustees of the Society ; they are unusually lib- 

 eral and are believed to he sufficiently numerous 

 10 induce to a strong competition for them : .3 

 premiiuns are offered for Bulls — 3 for Bull Calves 

 —4 for Milch Cows— S» for Heifers— 3 for Heifer 

 Calves — 4 for Working Oxen — 8 for Steers — 3 for 

 Fat Cattle — 1 for Merino Rams — 2 for Merino 

 Ewes — 1 for Mixed Merino Sheep — 1 for Native 

 Rams — 1 for Native Ewes — 1 for Native Wethers 

 —2 for Boars— 2 for Sows— 2 for Pigs— 3 for 

 Carpetins — 2 for Flannel — 2 for Coverlets — 2 for 



Re[)nhli(ans will convene in this town on the suc- 

 ceeding day, it is expected that an unusual number 

 of strangers will attend our Show, the Committee 

 being desirous that the character of the County as 

 to its Agricultiu-e and Manufactures should be 

 fnlly sustained, solicit the cooperation of the Far- 

 mer and Manufacturer, by sending to the Exhibi- 

 tion such specimens from their herds and their 

 woikshops as they consider worthy of notice. 



The Committee are particularly desirous that a 

 Team of H'orking Cattle should be exhibited on 

 the occasion. They hope that the patriotic farm- 

 ers ol'some of the neighboring towns may he in- 

 duced to add greatly to the interest of the Show 

 by an exhibition of such a team. The Committee 

 are authorized by the Trustees to offer a gratuity 

 of §25 for a team to consist of not less than 50 

 yokes of oxen, all belonging to the same tow-n, 

 I)rovidcd the cattle shall receive the approbation 

 of the Committee on Working oxen. They re- 

 quest that information of an intention to obtain 

 this gratuity, may he given to them or to the Re- 

 coi-ding Secretary, William D. Wheeler, Esq. 

 before the first day of October next, that they 

 may make their arrangements accordingly. • 



Linen or Tow Diaper — 2 for Woollen Half Stock- 

 cut, to help suppirt the rest — the tops tied with lings — 1 for Grass Bonnets — 1 for Straw Bonnets — 1 



rye straw. In this situation it remains until seed- 

 ing is over. It is then busked ; the husker hav- 

 ing a pin of hard wood, two and a half inches 

 long, about the size of a goose quill, sharp at one 

 end, which is fastened under the two middle fin- 

 gers of the right hand with a string. This aids 

 him to tear open the husk and considerably facili- 

 tates the work. Not remembering to have seen 

 such an implement in use elsewhere, I suppose it 

 not common ; but though very simple, it is useful. 

 After the corn is taken in, the stalks are tied in 

 bundles with straw ; drawn near the barn yard 

 and put in ricks, thus: The rick is made long, the 

 butts pointing out each way, the tops over-lapping 

 more than a third, and raised so that wet will full 

 off each side from the centre. It should be of 

 moderate height, from 7 to 10 feet. Beginning at 



fur Palm Leaf Hats — 4 for Butter — 4 for Cheese — 

 ] for Sole Leather — 1 for Calf Skins — 1 for Mo- 

 rocco Leather — and in the Ploughing Match 3 

 |)remiums are offered for teams with 2 yokes of 

 oxen, and 5 for teams of 1 yoke of oxen, the en- 

 tries for which must be made before the first day 

 of October, In aildition to these premiums, the 

 Conunittee on Manufactures are authorized to 

 recommend gratuities for articles for which no 

 piemimn is offered, wb'ch in their opinion, cither 

 for their utility or the excellence of their manufac- 

 ture, are entitled to the favorable notice of the So- 

 ciety. They would remind those who are disposed 

 to compote for the honors of the Society, that a 

 strict compliance with the conditions which have 

 been published will be required. From the cir- 

 cumstance that a State Convention of the National 



.loil.N W. LiSCOLIT, 



Thomas Chamberlain, 

 Isaac Southgate, 

 Nathan Heard, 

 Frederick W. Paine, 

 Jonathan Harrinoto.n, 

 Ephraim Mower, 

 John F. Clark. 



^ Committee of 

 .Irrangements. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



SiTtlRDAr, Sept. 8, 1832. 



Wm. E. Payne, Esq. of Waltham, exhibited a 

 winter Musk Melon ; raised fiom the seed of a 

 fine high flavored melon, brought from fllalta and 

 eaten in Boston in perfection, in February, 1832. 



Seedling Apples were exhibited by Mr Daven- 

 port of .Milton, of good size and delicious flavor. 

 Perry from Henry Sheafe, Esq. See his note and 

 description of refining. 



S. A. SHURTLEFF. 



JOBITH.N WlNSHir, ESH. 



Dear Sir — I send to the Hall half a dozen of 

 my Perry for the gentlemen of the Horticultural 

 Society to taste this morning. 



The manner of treatment is this : 



Rack off once — twice is always better, but it 

 takes too much of the liquor; I usually horse a 

 forty gallon c;isk, to got a barrel for bottling ; add 

 two quarts of white brandy to give it a body, and 

 refine it w ith 1 oz. of isinglass. 



H. SHEaFE. 



Boston, Sept. 8. 



Among the flowers exhibited by Mr Winship 

 were the following: JVcw Dahlias, Excellent, 

 Beauty of Hereford, Vulcan, &c. 



Herbaceous plants — Phlox tardiflora, do. shep- 

 herdii, Coreopsis lennifolia, do. oriculata, do. lan- 

 ceolata, Ephilobium dodoneca, Melissa melissofo- 

 lium, Aconitum album, Lobelia siphilitica. Reseda 

 lutea, Euphorbia cypressus, Lychnis floscuculi. 

 Campanula .ilba pleno. 



Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, President of the Soci- 

 ety, read the interesting papers published on the 

 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th pages of the present No. of 

 the N. E. Farmer. 



