No. 4. 



Poultry. — The Harvest and the Corn Market, 



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has long- been known and acknowledged, as 

 the possessors of a county typical of them- 

 selves — a rich and healthy surface, resting 

 on a happy subsoil. 



There were few implements on the 

 ground, and the committee awarded their 

 diploma to a plough invented by Mr. Wig 

 gins, before trial! which error they will 

 have reason to correct, before their next 

 meeting. As the time for the ploughing 

 match approached, it was astonishing to 

 witness the streams of persons wending 

 their way to the field of trial; showing 

 most conclusively, that this part of our ex- 

 hibitions is still the most attractive. And 

 although but five ploughs started, it was 

 60on perceived that the spirit of excitement 

 and emulation could not have been aug- 

 mented by treble that number. The men 

 drew lots for precedence, as customary; but 

 why the committee on ploughing have, in 

 their report, reversed the order, placing the 

 Wiggins plough first on the list, although 

 the last on the field, and the Prouty and 

 M'Cars last, although No. 2 on the list, we 

 are only left to conjecture. Suffice it to 

 say, however, the committee on ploughing 

 report, "for pulverizing the ground and 

 turning under the stubble, the Prouty and 

 Mears plough was better than any other, 

 going seven inches deep;" thus neutralizing 

 the award of the committee on implements 

 to the Wiggins plough before trial. And 

 they might have added, the Prouty plough, 

 after carrying a furrow two and a half inches 

 deeper and two inches wider, finished her 

 task, leaving the W^iggins plough five fur- 

 rows to turn. 



In conclusion, it is but justice to observe, 

 the ploughman of the Prouty and Mears 

 plough, a coloured man by the name of 

 Samuel Congo, although thrust to the bot- 

 tom of the list, performed the best work 

 that the writer has witnessed the present 

 season, with every furrow lying "like the 

 plaits of a shirt," thoroughly pulverized 

 from bottom to top, and straight as a bee- 

 line, with a regular depth of seven inches, 

 without the variation of a tenth ; it called 

 forth the admiration of the congregated mass 

 of spectators, without a dissenting voice. 



J. P. 



Philadelphia, October 28th, 1846. 



Management of Poultry. 



BY Sarah Dakin. 



Hens. — 1st. Provide a warm dry shelter 

 for winter. 



2nd. Feed with oats, soaked for 12 hours 

 in warm water before feeding. 



3rd. Burn clam shells and pound them 



fine, let them have as many as they can eat, 

 and you may have eggs from January to 

 December. 



From 30 hens I have gathered this year 

 3,.522 eggs by the lOlh of September, and 

 raised 200 chickens. 



I manage my chickens by feeding oats 

 and rye ground, two bushels of oats to one 

 of rye. Keep them in a warm shelter at 

 night. 



N. B. To prevent the pip or gaps change 

 the male every year, and your chickens will 

 be healthy. 



Management of Turkeys. — 1st. Feed the 

 same as hens, and let them hatch their young 

 ones any time after the 20th of May. 



2nd. Feed the young ones oats and rye 

 ground, wet with milk curd, and occasionally 

 sprinkle a little powdered clam shell lime 

 with the feed ; if cold and wet weather, sprin- 

 kle a little black pepper with their food. 



3rd. Make warm and dry shelters for them 

 to brood in nights, and keep them from the 

 wet and dew until the sun shines warm. 



4th. Feed but little the first twenty-four 

 hours after they are hatched ; by this man- 

 agement I can raise nine out of ten. 



Be sure and change the torn turkey every 

 year. 



Raising Goslins. — 1st. Have them hatch 

 as early as the first of May if possible. 

 Make dry, warm places for their nests. 



2nd. Feed the young goslins with corn 

 meal, put one tea spoonfull of salt in a pint 

 of meal, wet the feed with milk. 



3rd. Let them have access to water in 

 pleasant weather. 



4th. Keep them at night in a warm, dry 

 shelter. 



By this management I can raise 49 out of 

 50. 



Ducks. — Feed ducks the same as goslins. 

 In this way I have raised fifty-tv»'o young 

 ones from two old ducks in one year. — 

 Povghkeepsie Telegraph. 



The Harvest and the Corn Market. 



We take the follow ing extract from the Kelso Chro- 

 nicle of the 18th of Ninth month last. It vviU be read 

 with interest by grain raisers in this country. — Ed. 



We think it a most conclusive fact, that 

 neither in dealers hands, nor in those of the 

 growers, have the stocks of old wheat for 

 many years been so small as on the 1st of 

 September, 1846. And this we think con- 

 stitutes one of the great differences between 

 our prospects at this moment, compared with 

 those at the same period in 184.5. On the 

 1st of September, 1845, the stocks of old 

 wheat were larger than they probably had 

 been in any former year ; and on the same 



