1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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applied to the hill mixed with the soil with the 

 hoe, not the foot. 



Mexican guano and superphosphate of lime 

 may be spread broadcast, or placed in the hill, 

 and the quantity used may be from two to four 

 hundred pounds per acre, according to the condi- 

 tion of the land and the objects desired to be 

 gained. 



On all crops of the turnip or cabbage kind, 

 the superphosphate is particularly useful. 



It is an excellent plan to add a table-spoonful 

 of guano, or super-phosphate, to the hill, for 

 corn, as it gives it a vigorous start, bringing out 

 the broad leaves early to supply food from the 

 atmosphere. At 3 feet 6 inches one way and 3 

 feet the other, there would be 4148 hills per 

 acre; allowing 4 spoonsful to the gill,/oMr bush- 

 els would give 4096 spoonsful, which, at 60 

 pounds to the bushel, would be 240 pounds per 

 acre ; and this is good a way of helping out where 

 the manure heap is limited. 



Bone dust may be used in the same manner 

 and in about the same quantities. 



Perhaps as good a retui-n might be realized 

 from any of these fertilizers by scattering them 

 in very small quantities upon the suaface imme- 

 diately after hoeing, and covering them care- 

 fully,, at each hoeing. But the process would be 

 a tedious one. 



Lime and ashes should not be mixed with 

 guano. Use them separately. 



Guano spread upon grass ground should be 

 applied while rain is falling ; for uplands, it 

 would pay well to mix it thoroughly with muck. 



A solution of two or three pounds of guano to 

 a barrel of water is an excellent fertilizer for val- 

 uable plants, and garden vegetables, applied 

 about sunset, once or twice a week. 



Corn Fodder. — A piece of sward land was 

 broken up in the month of June, (10th day) 

 planted with corn, in drills, four feet apart, hoed 

 twice, and the produce cut and tied in bundles 

 on the third day of September. The yield was 

 found, by weighing, to be equal to thirteen 

 thousand, seven hundred and sixty-nine pounds 

 to the acre ! 



COST OF CROP. 



Plowing $3,75 



Harrowing 75 



Seed 30 



Planting 1,75 



Hoeing 4,00 



Harvesting 2,00 



Total $12,55 



This fodder was fed as dry food to cattle during 

 the winter, and was highly relished. By chaffing, 

 corn fodder produced in this way will, we think, 

 be found very economical, especially in seasons 

 when hay is cut short. 



For the New England Farmer. 



PROFITS OF FARMING. 



Mr. Editor: — "While on a visit to a friend, I 

 chanced to come across your valuable agricultural 

 paper. I saw some of your correspondents gave 

 their experience in managing their farms, and, 

 thinking it might be acceptable to some of your 

 readers to know how we of the flmpire State get 

 along in farming, I give you a short sketch, as 

 follows. 



I purchased a farm of forty acres in the spring 

 of 1852, not forty miles north of Troy, and paid 

 $20 per acre, or §800 ; $500 was paid down, 

 and the remainder left on mortgage. One-third 

 of the soil is alluvial, one-third gravelly, and the 

 remainder decomposed slate, mixed with reddish 

 loam ; thirty acres of improved land, and the re- 

 mainder timber. The farm had been rented for 

 the past ten years,, consequently it was very un- 

 promising. House old, boards loose and swinging 

 in the wind, the windows almost without glass, 

 &c. ; the out-houses were miserable, and worse 

 still Wire the fences ; rails were scattered hither 

 and thither, and hedges, stone heaps, and old logs 

 were thrown promiscuously over the premises. 

 Being determined to go ahead \r\, the world, I 

 commenced fencing and repairing, and ha\e, in 

 the course of three years, built a new dwelling 

 house, and repaired the out-buildings and fences. 

 INIy little place has now the appearance, and is a 

 neat and comfortable farm. Beside paying the 

 mortgage, I am now out of debt, with one span 

 of horses and fixtures, five calves, twenty sheep, 

 four hogs, poultry, &c. I give below the amount 

 of farm produce which I raised the past year, 

 though it was one of drought, and generally 

 short crops in this section of Washington county. 



20 tons of hay, worth $10 per ton $200,00 



200 bushels corn, SO cents per bushel 160,00 



300 " potatoes, 50 cents " 150,00 



150 " oats, 50 cents " 75,00 



20 " wheat, worth $2 " 40,00 



100 " apples, 20 cents " (common) 20,00 



Seeds, clover and herds grass 10,00 



500 lbs. butter, worth 20 cents per lb 100,00 



Corn-stalks, straw, &c 50,00 



$805,00 



EXPENSES. 



One hand 5 months, $12 per month $G0,00 



5 tons manure and plaster, $8 per ton i0,00 



Kepairs, &c., for farming tools 10,00 



Farming tools purchased 30,00 



Groceries, &c., wearing apparel 50,00 



Interest, &c., on $800, value of repairs, stock, &c. .150,00 

 Produce consumed, deducting the growth of 



stock 100,00 



$440,00 

 Which leaves a nett profit of 365,00 



My own labor has been amply paid by the in- 

 creased value of the farm. I liave been offered 

 $3,000 for the farm and stock. Do our mer- 

 chants or mechanics often do as well on the s;imo 

 amount of capital employed? J. Hades. 



Washington County, N. Y., 1855. 



Connecticut State Agrr-ultural Society. — 

 At a late meeting of this Society, at Hartford, 

 that city was was fixed on for holding the next 

 exhibition, and the following officers were elected : 

 President — Samuel H. Huntington, of Hartford. 

 Vice Presidents — Charles H. Pond, N. B. Smith. 

 Corresponding Secretary — Henry A. Dyer, of 

 Brooklyn. Recordinff Secretary and Treasurer- 

 John A. Porter, of New Haven. 



