250 



NEW ENGLAND FAIIAIER, 



Feb. 26, 1830. 



800 hill-s of Hummer squashes, wliicli yiel.leJ uiiil Im.s n handsome stock kft. lit has hired but 



three iiioiilh3' lubor duriri'' the season.* 



hirgely. 

 656 bushels niaiij^el nurlzel, 

 400 ' carrot.-), 



537 ' rutu baga, 



745 ' potatoes, besides early ones used 

 during' the season, 

 15 bushels sweet potatoes, 

 37 ' Russian radish, 



400 ' Turnips, 

 Cabbages, a considerable nuantity. 

 Messrs Tristram an<l IIknrv Little, of Xcw- 

 l>ury, reported the following amount of crops in 

 1824, to the Massachusetts Agricultural Society, 

 and were honored with thoir i)reniiiiin. 



The produce from 10 acres of tillage laud is as 

 follows, viz. — 



230 bushels of Indian Corn, 

 40 ' barley, 



12 tuns English hay, 

 25 ' millet, 

 400 bushels potatoes, 

 1500 ' beets and mangel wurtzel, 



920 ' turnips, 



150 ' onions, 



About 2 tons of cabbages and squashes, togeth- 

 er with a variety of esculents common to 

 farms in general. 

 In 1825 tlie Massachusetts Agricultural Socie- 

 ty's premium was conferred on E. IIkrsev Der- 

 BV, Esq. of Salem for the greatest quantity of 

 vegetables raised for consumption on liis farm on 

 about 14 acres of land. The following is his 

 fitatement : — 



Cabbages at 56 lbs. per bushel 



Pumpkins, 7 ox-cart loads, 



Potatoes, 



Mangel wurtzel. 



Sugar beets, 



Russian ra<lish, 



English turnips. 



1503 

 294 

 415 



20363 



274 



90 



1026 



The produce sold from the farm of Kiciiaru 

 lIii.DRKTM, in Sterling, Worcester County, in 1826 

 is as follows : — 



ISiittcr $300 



llav 100 



I'ork, about 150 



C'alvu.s, about 70 



$620 



His farm consists of sixtyfivc acres, and the 

 amount paid for labor out of his family was $30 

 in hay time. He keeps no horse, but sells his 

 produce at the farm.f 



The subjoined Reports are from the Reports of 

 the Essex .Vsricultural Society for the year 1822. 

 The, farm of William Bartlet, Esq. of New- 

 buryport, situated in Methuen, consists of two 

 hundred acres, a considerable part of which is in 

 woodland and pasturing. Hosv much under til- 

 lage is not said — but the following is the amount 

 of crops for 1821 — 



Cider 35 barrels, 



Indian corn 600 bushels, 



Potatoes 700 ' 



Eng. turnips 40 



White beans 4J 



Rye 



Oats 



Butter 



Cheese 



I'ork 



Pinnpkins 



75 

 320 



350 lbs. 

 2000 ' 

 4000 ' 



40 cart loads, 



Bushels •5638,^ 



The foregoing are all higljiy creditable exam- 

 ples of extensive and successful cultivation. 



We come now to some other reports, somewhat 

 more in detail, and equally creditable to our cidti- 

 vation. 



John Warren, of Westborough, Worcester 

 County, on a farm of fortysix acres produces an- 

 )mally, — 



50 tons English hay, 

 6000 lbs. pork and beef, 

 1100 « butter, 

 2500 ' cheese, 

 300 bushels corn and wlicat.f 



Comfort V.iaot of Croyden, N. 11. on a farm 

 of eighty acri;s, has this year (1827) raised — 



175 bushels grain, 

 1930 ' potatoes, 



and turned off in stock, grain, butter, slioats, &c, 

 enough to amount to over five hundred dollars, 



" We aviiil our»elvc« of this opporliuilty to correct an 

 nninloiitii)!):il error in a former coiiiiuiiniojtion on the sub- 

 iccl of Mr !)'» raising several crops of potatoes the uniiio 

 season, from thi; same seed. We remarkcil lliat he planted 

 the sprouti. lie considers them as •' hIiooI.s," or perfectly 

 formed plan's, having the roots and leaves entire and »o 

 easily dclarhiMl from the parent potato. See his commu- 

 nicaiion on this subject ni M.«s. AHricullural Repository, 

 vol. vi. p. 391, or Now York Menioii-s of Agriculture, 

 vol.ii. p. 318. 



tNeW Kngland Farmer, vol. iv. p. 179. Reports of 

 Worcester Agr. Soc. 



English hay 75 tons. 



Coarse fodder 10 cart loads, equal to second 

 crop hay, being mowed from an oat stubble 

 laiil down to grass. 



For 1822 ns follows:— 



English hay 70 tons. 



Meadow hay 10 ' 



Oats 306 bushels, 



Potatoes 1200 bushels, 



Indian corn 300 ' 



Flax (by estimation) 500 lbs. 



English turni|)S 1100 bushels, 



Rnta Imga 300 ' 



Cider 100 barrels, 



Winter apples, 40 bushels, 

 ' pears 20 ' 



Cheese, 24 00 lbs. 



Butter 400 ' 



White beans, bushels. 



Calves 12, at $7 each $84, 



4 fat oxen, sold for 294. 



The labor and superintendance employ ordina- 

 rily three men and one boy, anil three women or 

 girls. In haying time, and seasons of extraordi- 

 nary hurry, as much labor is had as can be used 

 to advantage. No spirituous liquor is ever used 

 on this firm. 



The farm of Col. Jesse I'itsam in North Pa- 

 rish of Danvers, consists of forty four acres of til- 

 lage, forty of pasture, and eighteen of wet or low 

 ground meadow. 



The prodiieo of his farm in 1821 and '22, as 

 near as he could estimate the same, is as follows : 

 —ill 1«21 — 



English hay 24 tons, 



Oats for fodder 3 ' 



Wet meailow hay S • 



*N. K. Farmer, vol. vl. p. 171. 

 ) Ibid ' V. p.l94. 



Iniiiaii corn 70 bushels, 



Poiatoes 800 ' 



Barley 70 ' 



Carrots 40 • 



Turnips, 20 ' 



Cabbages 10 dozen. 



White bean.s, 2 bushels. 



Green peas for Market 4 bushels, 



Summer apples, 130 bushels, 



Winter apples, 600 ' 



I'ork 2000 lbs. 



Pum|>kins 2 tons. 

 In 1822 as follows : — 



English hay 30 tons, 



Oats fur fodder 4 ' 



Wet meadow hay 7 ' 



Barley for fodder 3 ' 



Indian corn 150 bushels, 



Potatoes 300 ' 



Onions 150 ' 



Carrots 90 ' 



Turnips 150 ' 



Cabbages 30 dozen. 



While beans 7 bushels, 



Green peas for Market 50 bushels. 



Summer a|>|)!es 150 bushels. 



Winter apples 600 ' 



Pork 2000 lbs. 



Pumpkins 4 tons. 

 He kejit at this time no particular account of 

 dairy, but in the year 1825, the whole amount 

 butter obtained by him in six months, from I 

 cows, carefully and highly fed, wa,j 1U3SA poui 

 or nearly 208 pounds to a cow. 



The next statement to which we shall refer, 

 that of William Tuirlow, in West Newbu 

 He has 150 acres — 31 of which are mowing 1 



tijjnn-e 26 acres of meadow, 8 of which is . 



marsh. The produce of the mowing and tilli 

 in 1828 is as follows: — 



262i bushels Indian corn, 

 106 ' wheat, 



340 ' potatoes, 



73 ' onions, 



35 tons English hoy, 

 39 ' Meadow buy, including salt marsh. 



The produce of his orchard on an average 

 the last eight or ten years (1828) has been fr 

 5 to 600 barrels of Winter apples, and 50 ban 

 of Cider. 



The produce of bis dairy the present seas 

 (1828) from 12 cows has been — 

 Butter, upwards of 400 pounds, 

 Cheese ' '3000 



Cash paid for labor from Nov. 1st 1827 to .N 

 1st 1828, is $127. 



We add to these the statement of Rev. Mr A 

 LE.v of Peiiibroke, I'lymonih County, rcspecti 

 the iiroduee of his farm of about forty acre 

 the year 1827, a small farm, which "a few >ei 

 Ogo, it is sluteil, yielded little else than brier: 

 thorns." His English hay is estimiited at $12 | 

 ion, — potatoes at 25 els per bushel, — corn at J 

 We give the result, allowing $50 fur his o\\ 

 peiiutendance. 



Farm Cr. $878,14, amount of produce. 

 Hr. 441,12, expenses, &:e, &c. 



h-'.- 



Itor 



Balance $437,02* 



I am fully aware, Mr Editor, that in the \ic\ 

 of gcnllenien, who are accustomed to deal in thi 



' Soo N. E. Farmer, vol. vi. p. 161. 



