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Treatment of Horses. — Plants. 



Vol. XII. 



He pastures from 2.5 to 30 head of cattle, 

 50 sheep and three horses. The hay which 

 he cuts is consumed on the farm, and he de- 

 pends mainly on sea weed for manuring his 

 lands. 



Mr. Beriah Doane's farm contains about 

 230 acres of arable land. Tlie soil is mostly 

 clay and gravelly, and is naturally rich and 

 productive. He pastures about 30 head of 

 cattle, 50 sheep and four liorses, and raises 

 annually an average crop of 750 bushels of 

 grain. 



Mr. Charles Sears, of Yarmouth, paid 

 $350 for his farm adjoining his homestead 

 in 1832, and it was then thought that he 

 paid its full value. It contains about thirty 

 acres, and its annual productions at that 

 time were, pasturage for two cows and 25 

 bushels of grain. Now' the same land pro 

 duces annually, pasturage for three cows, 

 ten tons of English hay, 200 bushels of 

 grain, 100 bushels of potatoes and other ve 

 getables. Most of the land is sandy — a 

 small portion sandy loam and peat. On a 

 part of the peat land which he has reclaimed, 

 he cut, this year, at the first mowing, hay at 

 the rate of four tons per acre. He has a 

 field of four acres planted with corn, which 

 will yield at least 40 bushels to the acre. 



Mr. Sears, besides the manure from his 

 stables, composts two or three hundred loads 

 of manure annually from sea weed, marsh 

 and fresh pond mud and other substances. 



Only two farms were entered for premi- 

 ums, and they were visited in July and Oc- 

 tober by the committee. 



Mr. James H. Knowles' farm, in Eastham, 

 contains nineteen acres of arable land, of 

 easy cultivation. The soil is mostly a sandy 

 loam, rich and deep and abounding in shells. 

 Mr. Knowles is an intelligent and skilful 

 farmer, and turns everything on his premi- 

 ses to .some good account. His buildings 

 and fences are substantial and neat. He 

 has what no good farmer should be without, 

 a cellar under his barn, open on the side 

 ne.xt to his large barn-yard. He has made 

 about 400 loads — of 25 bushels each — of ma- 

 nure the present year. He carts peat, sea 

 weed, loam, muscles, and salt mud into his 

 'barn-yard. His cattle are yarded every 

 night, and their droppinj^s and the manure 

 from his stable are intimately mixed with 

 .the materials carted in. 



Mr. Knowles has pastured on his farm the 

 •present year, fourteen head of cattle, two 

 horses and one colt, and cut ten tons of Eng- 

 lish hay. He planted two and a half acres 

 to corn, the estimated product of which is 

 40 bushels an acre; three and a half acres 

 of rye, which produced 60 bushels; three- 

 fourths of an acre of oats, 35 bushels; ore 



acre of barley, 37 bushels; and one-half an 

 acre of potatoes, 70 bushels. Beside the 

 above he has raised beets, carrots, and other 

 vegetables. A particular statement of the 

 products of his farm, the mode of cultiva- 

 tion, &c., will be furnished by him within 

 the time prescribed by the Society. The , 

 gross income of his farm last year was 8547, I 

 and his e.xpenses for hired labour were $90. 

 His income and expenses will not be mate- 

 rially different this year. 



The farm of Braley Jenkins, Jr., of West 

 Barnstable, was also entered for a premium. 

 Mr. Jenkins has not furnished the committee 

 with a particular statement of the products 

 of his farm, mode of cultivation, &c., and 

 was absent at the last examination. The 

 farm is not one of the largest or most pro- 

 ductive in the country. The soil is mostly 

 sandy. A portion is loam, and naturally 

 good. During the past year much attention 

 has been paid to the composting of manures 

 and the appearance of the grounds and crops 

 indicated careful and skilful management. 



The committee have awarded the follow- 

 ing premiums, to be paid by the treasurer, if 

 the statements required by the rules of the 

 Society are filed with the Secretary by the 

 15th of November next: 



To Mr. James H. Knowles, of Eastham, 

 the first premium — one copy of Farmer's 

 Dictionary and eight dollars and fifty cents. 



To Mr. Braley Jenkins, Jr., of Barnstable, 

 the second premium, $6. — Yarmouth Re- 

 gister. 

 Barnstable, October 21st, 1847. 



Treatment oe Horses, brought in hot 

 from a journey or from any other labour. — 

 On taking ofT their saddles, bridles, or other 

 harness, turn them into afield, and let them, 

 for 15 or 20 minutes, roll and amuse them- 

 selves at pleasure. After this take them to 

 the stable, and rub, curry, and groom them in 

 the usual manner. By observing this me- 

 thod you will find your horses much sooner 

 dried, and much less liable to break out into 

 fresh sweats or to catch colds, than if at 

 once taken into the stable. I tried it with 

 my own horses, — saddle, coach, and farm, — 

 for more than twenty years, and therefore 

 speak from my own knowledge on the sub- 

 ject. An Englishman. 



"Plants intended to be acclimatized, 

 should never be subjected to artificial heat 

 during the winter that precedes their being 

 planted out; if obtained from seeds, as little^ 

 heat as possible should be employed in raising 

 them." 



