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THE FARMERS' CABINET. 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY. 



Vol. I. 



Pliiladclpliia, January 1, 1S37. 



No. 12. 



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THE FARMERS' CABINET. 

 liive Fences. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



In my former communications the process 

 of managing the seed and plant previous to 

 transplanting were given. This will treat of 

 the process afterwards, until the plant has 

 ^own sufficiently large to cut or lay, which 

 is as follows : The ground where the fence 

 s intended to be made, is to be well cultivated 

 vith the plough and harrow the summer be- 

 bre receiving the plants ; and if not already 

 ertile should be well manured with a sub- 



tance well adapted to the growth of plants 



compost of stable manure and lime, or a 

 oil composed of decayed leaves from the 

 iroods, seems to answer this purpose. 



A furrow is made in the ground where 



the fence is intended to be made, and the 

 largest plants of a year old are selected from 

 the Nursery (those of the same size to be 

 planted together as far as can be done con- 

 veniently) and planted in the furrow, si 

 inches asunder, in a single row, and cultiva- 

 ted during the summer similar to a row of 

 corn, and kept clear of weeds, grass, &c., 

 and the ground left for a foot on each side of 

 the row about one inch higher than the ad- 

 joining land ; the same process is pursued 

 each summer, both in cultivating the soil and 

 adding another inch of earth, and if the 

 plants do not grow so rapidily as desired, 

 more manure may be added. This course is 

 pursued until the plants are ready to cut or 

 lay, (about one inch diameter at the ground 

 is considered a good size;) the mode or 

 plan of cutting or laying the plants to form 

 the fence I will communicate hereafter. — 

 Those which are too small to plant, may 

 remain in the Nursery and be transplanted 

 the second season and afterwards be managed 

 as aforesaid. Cedar, Black Walnut, and 

 most other trees injure the tfiorn if permitted 

 to grow near it. 



Chester County, Pa., Dec. 19, 1836. 



Method of Converting Weeds and other 

 Vegetable Matter into McLuurc. 



Much has been said of late on the subject 

 of converting leaves, and other vegetables 

 into manure. That leaves and other vegeta- 

 ble substances can be rendered of immense 

 value to the farmer by their conversion into 

 manure, the experience of many has fully de 

 monstrated. The following plan was re- 

 commended some years since by H. Browne, 

 Esq., a celebrated Chemist, who stated in a 

 paper presented to the " Society for the en- 

 couragement of Arts," &c. that he found from 

 numerous trials, made for several years in 



