No, 15. 



Projlt of Land — Blight, c\'*c. 



283 



Products and proiits of Laud iu Klent 

 County, Del. 



Having' often heard from others, of the 

 great profit made by our neighbor, Jonatlian 

 Jenkins of Camden, from the cultivation of a 

 few acres of land, which a sliort time sinee 

 was of inferior quality; I finally determined 

 to ascertain from himself, the truth of the 

 statements above alluded to. He informed 

 me that he began to improve the soil of this 

 small tract of land, containing- only thirty- 

 eight acres. It was very poor — more so than 

 most of the lands in the neighborhood ofj 

 Camden, and not better than much which is 

 now suffered to lie waste in our country. — 

 That from the very beginning- it paid hirri a 

 good profit, for the money expended in the 

 purchase, and all the manure and labor be- 

 stowed upon it, although some of it, in con- 

 sequence of its immediate vicinity to Cam- 

 den, cost him sixty-five dollars per acre. — 

 That his crops kept every year increasing in 

 quantity, quality, and value, until he was in- 

 duced to keep an account of them, and of the 

 sums realized from the sales of his various 

 crops, as well as the expense of culture. 

 The following is a statement made in his 

 own hand writing, and handed to me with 

 the liberty of making- it public, for the encou- 

 ragement of others, who own light worn-out 

 lands in our State. 



Products of JoxATHAjr Jf.xkins' model farm 

 mid divided into five 



of the remainder at the rates there setdown> 

 and at all events, making every allowance 

 for excess in the estimate of the value of this 

 little farm, these thirty-eight acres were 

 worth to him the last year, a sum equivohmt 

 to the interest on twenty thousand dollars. 

 — Delaware Register. 



contains lliit'ty-eis;lit acres^ 



fields, f(ir the year 1837. 



250 bushels nats, at 50 cents, 



150 bushels winter wheat red bearded 



46 bushels sprinq; wheat at g i, 

 325 bushels Pennsylvania yellow flint 

 corn, at ^l, 

 35 tons Clover Hay, at gl2, 

 15 tons wheal and oat straw, got ont 

 with \\ heat threshing machine, 

 worth l)er ton gS, 

 Corn stalks, top and blade fodder, all 

 cut rffby the ground and saved 

 in godd order, wc.rth say 

 140 bnshels Irish potatoes at 50 cts. 

 15 bnshels sweet potatoes at GO cts. 

 40 bushels turnips at 15 cts. 

 Pastiirape for 4 cows, 8 months at g2 



per innnlh, 

 Profit or advantage from Pasture in 

 fattening UiOO lbs of beef, over 

 and above the pasturage of cows 

 as stated, 



§125 00 



120 00 



75 00 

 70 00 



y 00 



6 00 

 64 00 



40 00 



Detluct for expenses of cultivation and 

 saving crops allowance, say 



S1C92 00 

 320 00 



Nett profit, S'^"'- 00 



He says that some persons may probably 



think his estimate of prices too high ; but that 



he has always sold most of the produce for 



the sums there given, and expects to dispose 



For the Farmers' Cabinet, 



Bliglit of Pear Trees, aud Decliue of Old 



Varieties, 



Various as are the opinions entertained 

 respecting the cause of *:he blight in pear 

 trees, it is well known that many old varie- 

 ties are particularly obnoxious to the disease 

 or injury. It is also generally known that 

 many old varieties of pears and other kinds 

 of fruit, have become greatly deteriorated — 

 some so much so as to be worthless. These 

 are facts, which, we presume, will not be 

 called in question, however, widely horti- 

 culturalists may differ in regard to the cause 

 and mode of the decay. 



It becomes, then, an important object to 

 obtain new varieties of the several kinds of 

 fruit, and especially of pears. In Europe, 

 several eminent amateurs in fruit have devoted 

 much time and labor to the propagation of pears 

 from seeds, and amongst the most successful 

 may be mentioned Dr. Van Mens, of Louvain 

 in Belgium. Many people are deterred from 

 attempting to raise new varieties from seed 

 by the long time that must elapse between 

 the planting of the seed and the bearing of 

 the trees, and the probability of having 

 nothing but worthless fruit in the end. This 

 difficulty is, in a great degree, obviated by 

 the mode Dr. Van Mons has adopted, whicfi 

 is this ; — selecting seedlings of a suitabte 

 size, — perhaps one or two years old — which 

 are furnished with many buds or eyes placed 

 near togethei", he grafts them, if apple, on 

 paradise stocks, and if pear, on large pear or 

 quince stocks, and thus in two or three years 

 after grafting, fruit is produced. If the fruit 

 is not good, he plants the seed of it and re- 

 peats the process until he obtains fruit of 

 excellent qualities; and by this means lie 

 has greatly enriched our stock of pears, hav- 

 ing propagated several hundred varities. 



To these the attention of all who are fond 

 of good pears, or who wish to raise tliem for 

 the market should be directed, not only on 

 account of the superiority of many of them 

 in point of quality, but because there is a great 

 probability that the trees will be less liable 

 to hligiit, and that the fruit will retain its 

 good qualities. 



[Many of these kinds have been imported 

 and proved in this country, and may be ob- 

 tained at the nursery of Samuel Rhoads, Jr, 

 in Haddington, 4 or 5 miles west of Pkilar- 



