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instance in the same manner as for grain. 

 The wild cranberry is then transplanted into 

 this, in rows twenty inches apart. At first 

 they require a slight hoeing ; afterwards they 

 spread and cover the field, producing crops 

 annually thereafter without fi.irther culture. 

 In this condition they produce much larger 

 and finer fruit than in their wild state — the 

 yield being from two to three hundred bushels 

 per acre, worth, on an average in the Boston 

 market, at least one dollar per bushel." Mr. 

 B. furthermore states, that "a damp or wet 

 soil has generally been considered necessary 

 to their successful cultivation," but thinks 

 this not essential, as any soil not inclined to 

 bake, will answer. He recommends the early 

 spring as the most proper time for transplant- 

 ing. In several experiments that have been 

 made, the cranberry has flourished and fruit- 

 ed well when planted on soils of a light cha- 

 racter, and we can see no good reason why 

 it should not succeed under such manage- 

 ment, as well as other low ground produc- 

 tions. The elm, so common in our orna- 

 mental enclosures, is never found growing 

 naturally on our hills or plains, yet it ap- 

 pears to be benefitted rather than injured by 

 removal to them, and the same is the case 

 with several other trees and shrubs. — Maine 

 Farmer. 



Cattle for Fattening^ and for the Dairy. 



The following table exhibits the distin- 

 guishing characters of animals possessing 

 the properties of fattening or grazing, as 

 compared with those which indicate the 

 faculty of yielding milk, viz: 



FOR GRAZING. 



Head — small ; muzzle fine ; ears large, a 

 little erect, and transparent. 



Neck — short, light, and nearly straight; 

 small from the back of the head to the mid- 

 dle; dewlap large and loose. 



Chesl — wide and round; ribs deep and 

 barrel-shaped; great depth behind the elbow. 



Back — straight from the shoulder to the 

 tail, and well filled up with muscle; hips 

 wide. 



Belly — nearly straight. 



Quarters — full, long, and large; the mus- 

 cles reaching close down to the joints ; legs 

 short ; bones small and flat. 



Tail — falls perpendicular from the line of 

 the back. 



Udder — firm and fleshy, and the milk vein 

 small. 



FOR THE DAIRY. 



Head — large; muzzle coarse; ears rather 

 pendent, and tinged yellow inside. 



JSeck — long, slender, and tapering towards 

 the head; with but little loose skin below. 



Chesl — deep, but narrow, and strikingly 

 deficient in the substance of girth; ribs flat 

 and wide apart. 



Back — narrow; johits wide and loose; 

 bones prominent ; hips narrow. 



Belly — large and drooping. 



Quarters — muscles thin, but very firm. 



Legs — long, coarse, and inclined to be 

 sickle-hammed. 



Tail — set on low; haunch drooping to the 

 rump. 



Udder — large, thin, and loose, and the 

 milk vein very prominent. — Farmer^s Mag- 

 azine. 



Interesting Agricultnral Experiment! 



On the 12th of September, we stated that 

 an experiment had been made upon a farm 

 in South Lancashire, in the growing of roots, 

 that might, if successful, serve to counteract 

 the injurious effects of the failure of the po- 

 tatoe crop, both as regards the farmers and 

 the public. We have now the pleasure to 

 state the result of this experiment, which 

 has answered, and even exceeded, the ex- 

 pectation we then formed of its success. 



The land occupied by this experiment, we 

 found, on correct measurement, to have been 

 three acres, one rood and eighty-three yards. 

 The land was sown in alternate drills at a 

 distance of thirty inches between each, first 

 a drill of potatoes (cups, as they are called,) 

 and then a drill of Swedish turnips: so that 

 the potatoe tops in one drill did not come in 

 contact with those of the next drill of the 

 same root. The potatoes and the turnips 

 thus grew together till about the middle of 

 last month (October,) when the potatoes, 

 which had been partially attacked by the pre- 

 vailing disease, were dug up and sent to the 

 Manchester market, where they were sold 

 at 12s. per load of three bushels; but the 

 turnips remain in the ground, and are grow- 

 ing vigorously, each drill having now twice 

 the accustomed room for nourishment and 

 growth. 



The quantity of potatoes produced proved 

 to be 68-^ loads of large, 10 loads of small, 

 and 5 loads of decayed potatoes, which sold 

 as follows : — 



68^ loads at 12s £41 2 



10 loads of small at 6s. .. . 3 2 



5 loads bad, unproductive. 



, £44 4 



The turnips, as we have stated, 

 are still in the ground, but 

 from their appearance the 

 crop may be safely estimated 

 at 20 tons — value, 27s. pr. ton 27 



£71 4 



