No. 4. 



Productive Little Farm. — To prevent the Fly. 



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there is a vast quantity of white oak of very 

 large growth, and of excellent quality for 

 ship tin)ber and plank — and an equal or 

 greater portion of an immense growth of 

 yellow heart pine of the very best quality: 

 many of the trees are from 50 to 75 feet to 

 the first limb, and from two to three feet in 

 diameter; with tliese are intermixed much 

 hickory, black and red oak, black walnut, 

 «&c., &c. 



Cord wood is constantly in great demand 

 on the banks of the river, for the steam boats, 

 and for the eastern cities; — large vessels 

 come and take it to Baltimore, Philadelphia, 

 New York, Boston, &c., &c. On the river 

 bank oak wood sells for $2 50 to $2 75 and 

 pine for $2 25 to $2 50 per cord — it is cut 

 and corded in the woods for 25 to 37^ cts. 

 per cord, and it can be put on the landing for 

 50 to 75 cts. more — making it worth at least 

 $1 25 to ^1 50 standing in the woods. The 

 best heart pine lumber is worth from $20 to 

 $30 per M., and the white oak not less in the 

 northern cities, and it can be taken there for 

 $3 to $5 per M. The vessels from the North 

 River coming after wood, bring back lime, 

 which they sell for six and a quarter cents 

 per bushel ; the proprietor of this estate has 

 purchased several hundred thousand bushels 

 at this price. 



The noble minded and public spirited pro- 

 prietor, anxious for the regeneration of his 

 native state, and determined to offer the 

 strongest inducements to northern men of 

 enterprising, industrious, and virtuous habits, 

 to come and establish a prosperous and beau- 

 tiful colony, offers to sell a large portion of 

 the timber land upon this estate to a com- 

 pany who will be actual settlers after it is 

 cleared, upon terms which must be satisfac- 

 tory to all, who will give the matter a care 

 ful examination. He has fully authorised the 

 subscriber, to form such a company — a plan 

 with full details is now in readiness, which 

 will be shown to any one disposed to enter 

 into it, and any other information will be 

 cheerfully given to all who wish to know 

 more of this or any other neighbourhood 

 visited. ■ 



Samuel S. Griscom. 



Moorestnwn, Bnrliniton Co., N. J., 

 Tenth mo., 20th, 1847. 



Productive Little Farm. — At a late 

 meeting of the New York Farmers' Club, 

 the committee on farms reported that that 

 of Messrs. Cooper, near Bushwic, Long Is 

 land, containing thirty acres, was a model 

 for thorough culture and extensive products 

 They have four men to work it, and occa- 

 sionally men, women and children to pick 



and weed. The products the present sea- 

 son are— -342 bushels of peas in pod, sold at 

 75 cents ; 1000 bushels of potatoes, sold at 

 69 cents per bushel; and 500 bushels to dig; 

 1200 bushels of tomatoes, sold at 50 cents 

 per bushel ; 1200 do. of bush beans, sold at 

 44 cents a bushel; 75 bushels of wheat: and 

 they have growing 4000 poles of lima beans, 

 three acres of corn, one and a half of turnips, 

 one and a half of cabbages, one-twentieth of 

 an acre in cayenne peppers; besides rai.'^ing 

 hay enough tor their stock. That sold has 

 yielded them $2508 75 — that on hand is val- 

 ued at $993 50— making a total of $3498 25 

 off of thirty acres. 



Rye among Wheat to prevent the Fly. 



We are quite inclined to the opinion, that our cor- 

 respondent below from Ohio, may much more attribute 

 his escape from the fly, while his neighbour was in- 

 jured by it, to the superior condition of his land, llian 

 to the rye among his wheat. Good land, and seed 

 well and timely put in the ground, are among the ex- 

 cellent means of overcoming, if not of preventing the 

 fly.— Ed. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet : 



I noticed in youV September No. of the 

 Cabinet, an articlje supposing the "weevil in 

 wheat" had been prevented by sowing a 

 small quantity of rye among the wheat. 



I seeded ten acres last fall with Mediter- 

 ranean, about the 20th of September. There 

 was a small quantity of rye which got into 

 the seed accidentally; about two acres of it 

 were seeded with old wheat, and had con- 

 siderable more rye in it. This kind falls 

 down before harvest, which is all the fault 

 it has; it is in good repute here. 



The soil is a sandy loam, rather inclined 

 to stiffness, with a brittle clay sub-soil ; it is 

 in good condition, having been cleared twelve 

 years. I have had it in possession nearly ten, 

 and cultivated it with a four course: wheat, 

 corn, barley, and clover; it was clover pas- 

 ure, broken in middle of August; I then 

 harrowed twice at an interval of nine days. 

 The seed was shovel-ploughed in. I dunged 

 it for corn, and the last two courses for 

 wheat. I havethr&shed enough to ascertain 

 the yield will be a little over twenty bushels 

 per acre. The fly or weevil was on it, but 

 not to hurt it much. y 



My neighbour, on the farm adjoining, 

 broke a clover pasture the latter end of 

 June, ploughed second time just before he 

 seeded it, and harrowed it in. The land is 

 very similar to mine, only not quite so stiff; 

 both fields slope to the north, on the same 

 side of Mill Creek. The kind of wheat was 

 the red chaff bearded. I did not see a single 



