No. 10. 



Anthracite Coal. — Sheep Trade. — Nursenes, 



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abundant yield of large potatoes much affect- 

 ed by rot ; from that time I have selected a 

 dry, healthy soil, for planting my potatoes. 



My land having been laid down in grass 

 for three years, is ploughed for corn about 

 nine inches deep, and tor this crop I put on 

 from 50 to 70 bushels of stone lime per acre. 

 The season following, I plough the same 

 land full as deep as it had been ploughed 

 the preceding year; harrow it down fine, 

 and again cross-plough in the potatoe seed 

 with the manure, about half the depth of the 

 previous ploughing — say four to four and a 

 half inches: thus the land being loose under 

 the potatoes, when the sudden falls of rain 

 which we otlen have in August, occur, suc- 

 ceeded by a scorching sun, the water passes 

 down from the potatoe, and the vegetable re- 

 mains uninjured. 



Truly yours, 



Wm. CRisprN. 



Marlborough Farm, Great Timber 

 Creek, New Jersey. 



Anthracite Coal. 



day. Part of the beef will be shipped via 

 New Orleans. The Ohio cattle are repre- 

 sented as being remarkably fine this year. 



Men of middle age can well remember 

 when the anthracite coal lands of Pennsyl 

 vania could all have been purchased for a 

 trifle; and yet these same lands, so recently 

 deemed worthless, have sent two millions of 

 Ions of coal to market the present year, and 

 have yet in store vast deposits of the same 

 fuel, to give warmth, illumination, and mo- 

 tive power to generations to come. 



What is true of the coal, is also true re- 

 specting the iron banks of central and west- 

 ern Pennsylvania, which enable the city of 

 Pittsburg alone, to manufacture more iron 

 than all Great Britain at the close of the 

 American revolution. The same remark 

 will apply also to the great deposit of salt 

 and lead west of the Alleghanies. — Montreal 

 Herald. 



Sheep Trade. — The Pittsburg Gazette 

 says a large operation is going on in an ad- 

 joining county in Ohio, in slaughtering sheep, 

 feeding hogs with the offal, rendering the 

 carcase into tallow, curing the hams for 

 market, and preparing the pelts in a mer- 

 cantile manner. Last season about 20,000 

 eheep were thus '* manufactured." This 

 season 1000 hogs are fatting at one estab- 

 lishment. 



At Cleveland, beef packing has com- 

 menced in earnest. Mr. Leman is putting 

 up superior beef for the English market. 

 He has killed 3000 head, and 'shipped 1500 

 tierces. Thirty to forty head are killed per 



Nurseries. — We learn that nurseries are 

 increasing in every direction ; so much the 

 better. It is time to cut down many of our 

 old orchards and begin on better plans. We 

 need not fear being over slocked with winter 

 fruit, for our market is unlimited ; we send 

 apples to Europe, to the East Indies, to the 

 West Indies, and to South America. Our 

 northern apples are preferred to those of the 

 middle States, for they can be longer kept. 

 What can we do better than to supply the 

 world with the fruits that are adapted to our 

 climate'! If we cannot compete with the 

 West in the articles of corn and grain, we 

 can raise better apples than any of them and 

 make a more ready market. 



We are pleased that many farmers are 

 now aware that one apple tree in tilled land, 

 or in a hog-yard, is worth half a dozen 

 standing in unbroken sward land. — Massa- 

 chusetts Ploughman. 



A WRITER in the Boston Courier, over the 

 signature of " J. N. B.," estimates the rise 

 in value on the agricultural productions of 

 the United States, since September 1, 1846, 

 as follows : On the crop of Indian corn, — es- 

 timated at 480,000,000 bushels— the advance 

 — estimated at 25 cents per bushel — is $120, 

 000,000; on the crop of wheat the advance 

 is estimated at $56,000,000 ; on the crop of 

 oats $16,000,000; rye $36,000,000; on the 

 crop of hay the advance — in consequence of 

 the increased use of corn and other grains 

 for bread stuffs— is estimated at $45,000,000. 

 Showing a total rise in value of $273,000, 

 000. — Enquirer. 



Composition for Shoes. — Two parts of 

 tar, two of beef's tallow, and one of bees- 

 wa.K, make a good composition for boots and 

 shoes. Apply it quite warm, and warm the 

 leather that it may penetrate. As farmers 

 are frequently exposed to wet, they should 

 be careful to keep their feet dry and warm, 

 for on this their health and comfort in a great 

 measure depend. There are various compo- 

 sitions that are good to resist water and pre- 

 serve leather, and the proportion of the 

 above may be varied. Tar and tallow will 

 answer alone; so will tallow and beeswax. 

 Linseed oil is used as a good ingredient in 

 water proof composition. Neat's foot oil is 

 excellent and preserves the leather soft. — 

 Exchange paper. 



