NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1824. 



\V ENGLAND FARMER. . '' ^^ ^'""^ !?"^ '^ ^'^"""I' °' y°" "'''' '° '°"' 



-^ju^-iii ■.-!-' i j» winter gram after your Indjan corn, or secure 



j'our corn against the effects of early frosts, you 

 may cut up your corn-hills close to the ground, 

 in fair weather with a sharp knife or sickle, 

 and lay two rows into one, in small bundles, as 

 when you top and secure your stalks ; bind your 



FARMER'S CALENDAR. 

 Indian Corn. It may not be amiss to begin 

 !o take into consideration the manner of makin 



the most of your crop of Indian corn. There is ] ''undles above the ears, and stack the same day 

 a mode of harvesting Indian corn, probably new , '" small stacks, either upon the borders of your 



' held, or upon an adjoining field ; you may then 

 plough and sow as upon fallow grounds ; secure 

 your stacks by doubling down the tops, and 



lo some of our readers, and we do not know any 

 way by which we can render our husbandmen a 

 more acceptable service than by staling it, to- 

 gether with the reasons and authority on winch 

 it is founded. 



In a communication by Gen. Hull, published 

 in the Agricultural Repository for January last, 

 we have the following remarks : 



"The first week in September last, [1823] 

 before there was any frost, and while the corn 

 was in the milk, I cut up about twenty liills of 

 my corn, and the next day bound the stalks with 

 the ears on, in small bundles, and stacked them 

 in the lield, where the stack remained until the 

 last of October. It was then carried into the 

 barn, and the corn taken from the stalks. The 

 corn was perfectly ripe and sound, and the stalks 

 sufficiently cured to be packed in the mow. I 

 send a few ears, taken from the stalks, without 

 selection, for the inspection of your honourable 

 board. A belief, that a knowledge of this fact 

 may, under some circumstances, be useful to the 

 agricultural interest, has iniluced me to make 

 this communication. It is not uncommon to have 

 our corniields injured, and sometimes destroyed, 

 by early frosts in the autumn. To guard against 

 this calamity must be a desirable oliject " 



The same publication contains a letter from 

 .loHN Prince, Esq. of Roxbury, in which Ibal 

 gentleman states, that on the island in Winne- 

 piseogee lake, in New Hampshire, it was men- 

 tioned to him, by " several good farmers, as a 

 common method in that part of the country, lo 

 cut the corn near to the ground, and put it in 

 small stacks near the barn, and [)lace a tempo- 

 rary fence round them, by which means my 

 sheep would have the range of the whole isl- 

 and; I was pleased with the thing, and it was I 



done before the 12th of September, Ihe farmers Lyt ,^1^ auspicious occurrmce lias already elicited all 

 in the neighbourhood were generally loppiiig | that is vividLi description or eloquent in pane-yric- 



tlieir corn, therolore it was considerably dry. I , «• . r , n .u . r . i .• 



' , . , , . , . ,- , •' ,,1 Anyeflorts of outs lo swell the notes of "ratiilalion 



" i was at the island aG;ain about the 20th oil .,, ,. , , •, ■. Tt. v 



_. , ,,■11 -1 I . with which a GREAT nation hails its worthy favour 



November, and lounn the corn in crilis, and in 



very fair order, much superior to mine at Rox- 



binding the heads with a pliable stalk; this wi 

 exclude the rains, which otherwise would dam- 

 age your corn. This corn will be ripe at the 

 usual time, without the least diminution in its 

 colour, weight or value : but in the opinion of 

 some of the best farmers, (who are in the steady 

 practice of this mode from choice) with an in- 

 creased value to the grain. The increased 

 quantity and value of your stalks will richly pay 

 the expense; you may in this way, bring for- 

 ward the sowing of your winter grain, 2, 3, or 

 4 weeks, which will again at harvest repay the 

 expense of clearing your corn-fields. If you 

 house your corn-stacks before you husk your 

 corn, the pitching will be heavy, and your bun- 

 dles often break, and your places for housing be 

 diflicult and inconvenient, and often exposed to 

 your cattle ; therefore, husk your corn on the 

 field, and empty your baskets into your cart as 

 you husk, always remembering to leave the husk 

 upon the stallf, by breaking off the cob ; these 

 will aarain repay voiir expense in feeding. The 

 diderence in the mode of husking, will at lirsl 

 bo considerable; but a little practice will soon 

 remove thi*, and render them equal. It is of 

 liigh importance for every I'armertoknow every 

 mode of culture, that will aflord him successful 

 advantage in managing his farm, and in this 

 point of view, this does not rank as one of the 

 least." 



worth, and every tongue expressed the praise of the 

 Great and Good La Fayette, The Cdampiow of 

 Liberty, The Friend of Humanity. 



HIGHLY I.MPORTANT. 

 We understand that Gen. La Fayette has taken 

 captive the /tear/i of no less than ten millions of peo- 

 ple in the United States I This remarkable " surren- 

 der," (compared with which those of Burgoyne and 

 Corawallis were less than nothing) was made without 

 any flag of truce or terms of capitulation, or so much 

 as a summons from the Victor! Neither the annals of 

 warfare, nor the history of nations aft'ord a parallel to 

 this matchless but bloodless achievement. What adds 

 tenfold interest to the heart-rending intelligence is the 

 incredible and undeniable fact, that the captives, 

 though they pretend to be the genuine sons and daugh- 

 ters of Liberty, embrace their chains with rapture, and 

 there is not the shadow cf a prospect of their being 

 redeemed from their thraldom ! Tell it in Paris, pub- 

 lish it in the streets of London. 



GEN. LA FAYETTE. 



We should be happy to have it in our power to give 



in detail the many testimonies of affection, reverence 



and gratitude, which have been displayed to welcome 



the " N.^tion's Guest" in his late visit lo this city. 



LEGITIMATE MONARCHY. 

 Gen. La Fayette is style d the Champion of Liberty ; 

 but surely the man who has contrived to chain and rirel 

 the affections of a great nation, must be the most ab- 

 lute monarch that ever existed. 



HAIL STORM. 

 A letter from an esteemed correspondent, dated 

 Bucksport, (Me.) August 26, says, " .More than 1500 

 panes of glass were broken in this village alone, on the 

 19th inst. by a shower of hail. I'he crops were also 

 much injured, where the hail ftll in this lov.n, Frank- 

 fort, and Orland. In the houses glazed with the Boston 

 crown glass, there were less lights broken, by more 

 than one half. 



bury, which was not harvested till about the KJth 

 of November. .Ml the stocks, butts, and leaves 

 are pxcellenl fodder, when by our usual mode 

 the butts are of very little value. 



" I think considerable labour is saved by a- 

 dopting this method, although a little more 

 handling in the husking will be required, which 

 however, is much more than ropaicl by the 

 quality of the fodder; more particularly as it 

 will give twice the time to lay down the ground 

 with winter grain, or grass seed only. 



This method of securing Indian corn is, we 

 believe, well kimwa and has been practist-d by 

 many persons in this vicinity. But we believe 

 ha* not been generally adopted in Nrw England. 

 The same mode of harvesting Indian corn is 



itc, The Chaminou of Freedom, aud The Friend of 

 Humanity, would be like attempting to increase the 

 vehemence of a tempest by the waving of a feather. — 

 In endeavouring to pourtray the manner in which 

 Ge.v. La Fayette was welcomed, and entertained in 

 this Metropolis, our delineation must fall too far short 

 of reality to satisfy those who were actors or spectators 

 in the splendid scene ; or to give those, who were not 

 so fortunate, any adequate idea of the manifestations 

 of those feelings which glowed in every bosom, and 

 were displayed by every possible appropriate mode of 

 utterance— we might as well essay to illuminate sun- 

 beams, or to add splendour to the rainbow. 1 his was 

 a case, in which it was impossible to exceed the bounds 

 of propriety in any correct modes of making our ex- 

 pressions of love and veneration worthy of their ob- 

 ject, and in some degree commensurate to the services 



recommended in Mr Butler's Fa/';/ii'r''i .l/funio/, ' he has rendered to his adopted country, and to man- 

 and as it is soinelimes well to give " line upon [ kind. The aspirations of affectii n and the shouts of 

 line," in ileicribing agricultural p., .cesses, we j applause, could not be alloyed by the breath of • nvy, 

 will transcribe Mr Butler's directions ; I or the whimpers of calumny ; but every '.-"i'ri felt the 



Phi Bela Kappa — \\'e understand that the oration 

 and poem delivered before this society, will probably 

 be both published. It is proper !o remark, that Mr. 

 Percival, who had accepted the appointment of the 

 society, to deliver the anniversary poem, was absent, 

 and they were consequently disappointed of that part 

 of the entertainment which had been expected from 

 him. The Rev. Mr. Ware, alter it was rumoured that 

 .Mr. P. would probably not be here at the celebration, 

 prepared a poem, which he offered to deliver on the 

 occasion, and his offer was thankfully ret! Ived by the 

 society. 



At the dinner of the members of the society, the 

 following toasts among others, were given : 



By the president of the day, the hon. Judge Story. 

 Our distinguished friend and guest. Gen. Lafayette. 

 He " reads his history in a nation's eyes." 



By Gen. Lafayette. — The young generations of A- 

 merica,let them accept the love, admiration and grati- 

 tude of an old friend. 



By his excellency the Governor. — Literature, the 

 gem that bedecks our civil institutions. 



By Governor Brooks. — Letters, the Alpha and Omega 

 of human excellence — education makes the man. 



By the president. — The orator of the day ; a proud 

 example of all he teaches. " lusignis spoliis opimis 

 ingreditiir Marcellus." 



By Mr. Du Ponceau — The poet of the day ; who 

 has sung so well, what we feel so much. 



By Gen. Sullivan. — Minerva, Apollo and the Muses, 

 who have done themselves so much honor this day ia 

 their homage to Mars. 



By the Mayor of Boston. — Genius, whose dreams by 

 night, are real visions of glory by day. — [Alluding to 

 the poem by Mr. Ware.] 



By Mr. George Washington Lafayrlte. — The happi- 

 ness I feel in being in a free country where great re- 

 collections and great examples remind me of the duty 

 of a patriot sou. 



