NO. 9. 



THE FARMERS CABINET. 



131 



389 77 



268 80 



391 20 



the difference in expense in feeding 

 with cut fodder and that which is 

 uncut, 



Whole amount of hay used for the 

 horses of the Salem Stage, 25 in 

 number, from April 1st, to Octo- 

 ber 1st, 1816, viz : 22 tons at $30 

 per ton, (lowest price in Salem,) 660 00 

 Whole amount consumed by the 

 same number of horses from Octo- 

 ber 1st 1816, to April 1st, 1817 : 

 tons. cwt. qrs. lbs. 

 Straw 15 13 187,80 7 

 Hay 2 15 81,00 3 

 Saving in using chopped fodder five 



months. 

 Total saving in using the straw cut- 

 ter nine months, viz. 

 At Newburyport, 4 months 389,77 ") 

 At Salem, 5 months 391,20 3 



Total, 780 97 



R. Peters, Esq. of this city, informs us 



that he has purchased one of Green's Hay 



and Straw Cutters, and he proposes to feed 



his stock on cut food during the winter; and 



he feels assured that he will save at least one 



half of the expense usually attending their 



support. His stock consists of six horses and 



two high bred colts, and two cows. He 



also proposes to use this machine at a milk 



dairy, consisting of fifteen cows. He has 



promised to communicate the results of these 



experiments, after the winter season is over. 



liive Fences. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet: — 



Sir. — Having heard much complaint dur- 

 ing several years past respecting the scarcity 

 of suitable materials for making fences, I 

 have concluded to inform those who read 

 your valuable paper, and who are not already 

 informed on the subject, that the Firglnia or 

 Washington Thorn, (Crataegus Populifolio) 

 is much used in this county, in the construc- 

 tion of live fences, and when properly man- 

 aged seems to answer remarkably well. I 

 will merely say, at this time, that the berry or 

 seeds may be gathered from this time until 

 they drop from the tree, several weeks hence, 

 and that there is a considerable quantity of 

 them growing in the vicinity of Westches- 

 ter, and other parts of this county, and that 

 the seeds can be separated from the other 

 parts of the berry, by mashing and throwing 

 the whole into water ; the whole sound seed 

 settle to the bottom of the water, while the 

 other parts swim, and can thus be separated. 

 The manner of treating the seed when thus 



separated from the other part, 1 will reserve 

 for another communication probably in time 

 for your next number. P. 



Chester Co. Fa. Oct. I8th, 1836, 



manures — Application of Liime. 



The following remarks are from a letter 

 from Daniel BucKLEV,Esq. of Salisbury, Pa. 

 published in the Memoirs of the New York 

 Board of Agriculture, vol. HI. page, 124. 



The land which I cultivate, according to 

 M'Clure's treatise, is transition, composed of 

 white and yellow clay and limestone, much 

 of the latter appearing on the surface, inter- 

 mixed with flint. Upon this soil I have 

 made a liberal use of lime, ever since the 

 year 1790, and think I have been well re- 

 warded for the expense and labor, by the 

 increased value of my crops. 



The method of applying the lime which 

 I have adopted in common with my neigh- 

 bors is, in the first place, to plough up a sod 

 field with a strong team, in the spring or fall; 

 harrow it the way it is ploughed, and mark 

 the field into as many squares as you intend 

 to put on half-bushels, say one hundred on 

 the acre, which will bring the furrows about 

 twenty feet apart each way, and require fifty 

 bushels to the acre. This quantity I have 

 found to be most profitable. When the lime 

 is burnt, and as soon as it is cool erough to 

 handle, it ought to be be hauled on the land 

 already marked, and a half-bushel deposited 

 in the centre of each square, in as compact a 

 heap as possible. If water is convenient, I 

 prefer to slack the lime immediately, rather 

 than to wait for rain, as it becomes finer and 

 can be more evenly spread. As soon as it 

 has slacked, it is immediately spread and 

 well harrowed. This method I prefer for 

 Indian corn, barley, oats, rye, and potatoes. 

 On all the above crops I have experienced a 

 great benefit from lime the first year after its 

 application. With potatoes 1 add about fif- 

 teen two-horse loads of barn-yard manure to 

 the acre, before planting. A second liming 

 is often given, and much approved of, after 

 an interval of three or more years. This 

 amalgamates better, and can be more inti- 

 mately mixed with the soil. 



There are good farmers who differ as to 

 the quantity of lime that is most profitably 

 applii d; some say sixty bushels on the acre, 

 some seventy, and some more. I have ap- 

 plied one hundred on an acre of limestone 

 land, at a dressing; but have not been able to 

 discover any benefit from using it thus freely, 

 nor any injury except in the loss of lime. 



Wheat seldom receives any benefit from 

 lime until the second or third year after it 

 has been applied, except it has been mixed 

 in a ecmpoflt of yard manure and earth. This 



