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t^ Recipe — Sugar Beet for Milch Cows. 



Vol. lit 



24/A August. — The fourth crop mown this 

 day, equal to any of the preceding. 



bth September. — It was on this day last 

 year that this crop was sown, with seed of 

 that summer's production, the fifth crop from 

 which measures a foot in height. 



Major T. sowed a field with lucernp in 

 May of last year, unaccompanied with any 

 crop. Three heavy cuttings were taken for 

 soiling during the summer, and on the 4th of 

 May, of the present year, it was mown for 

 hay, a very heavy crop — thus giving 4 crops 

 in the space of one year from the sowing of 

 the seed, which was broadcast, and not hoed. 



Colonel T. has a field of lucerne of 4 acres 

 in full vigor; the crop, after cutting, mea- 

 sured 3 feet 7 inches in length. He mowed 

 a third full crop from this field on the 21st 

 of July. The seed was broadcast, and the 

 crop is kept clean by harrowing after every 

 mowing, as is that also belonging to Major T. 



A., Esq., in breaking i^p an old unpro- 

 ductive meadow, for the purpose of seeding 

 it with lucerne, adopted the following mode. 

 In September, the land was ploughed to the 

 full depth of the staple, and sown with win- 

 ter tares, or vetches. These were cut for 

 hay in May, and yielded three tons per acre. 

 The land was immediately ploughed, and re- 

 peatedly harrowed, and the weeds were col- 

 lected and burnt. A plentiful crop of weeds 

 soon made their appearance, which were 

 ploughed down ; the land was again harrowed 

 and the weeds were again collected and 

 burnt: this was repeated until the soil was 

 as clean as a garden, when it was covered to 

 the depth of two or three inches with well 

 rotted stable manure, and the whole was then 

 carefully turned down ; the seed was sown 

 broadcast in September without any other 

 crop, and during the next summer it was cut^ 

 five times for soiling and for hay ; the land 

 being harrowed after every cutting; the fifth 

 crop was commenced cutting for soiling on 

 the 2.5tli of September. 



Now, these crops were sown broadcast; I 

 know of more in that Island (so famed for the 

 growth of this invaluable crop) that are drilled 

 and hoed ; the time and expense of the labor 

 could not be afforded by their small proprie- 

 tors generally ; and their object is, to plant 

 the crop so thick that the grass and weeds 

 might have no chance for growth. The early 

 and repeated mowings of the crops do much 

 to retard and weaken them, while the harrow 

 does the rest, loosening the soil at the same 

 time, by which it is rendered more fit for the 

 reception of the dressings of compost, of which 

 they are most liberal. 



I have learned that the field of an acre and 

 a quarter, of which I have spoken above, has 

 been let to a tenant for £30 sterling pr. ann. 



4th April, 1839. J.\MES PeDOER. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



A Recipe. 



Amidst the numerous recipes for curing- 

 meat, I send for your approval, one which I 

 have just copied from an English work, under 

 the following portentous title, — 



" THE EMPRESS OF KBSSIa's BRINE." 



" Boil together, over a gentle fire, six pounds 

 of common salt, two pounds of powdered loaf 

 sugar, three ounces of saltpetre, and three 

 gallons of spring water. Skim it while boil- 

 ing, and when quite cold, pour it over the 

 meat, every part of which must be covered 

 with the brine. 



Small pork will be sufSciently cured in 4 

 or 5 days ; hams intended for drying, in two 

 weeks, unless they are very large. The 

 pickle may be used again and again, if it be 

 fresh boiled up with a small addition of the 

 ingredients. Before putting the meat into 

 the brine soak it in water, press out the blood 

 and wipe it clean." Anti-sceptic. 



Sugar Beet for Milcli Coirs. 



An intelligent gentleman from the east- 

 ward, assured us a few days ago, that by giv- 

 ing his cows a peck of sugar beet twice a day, 

 cut up with their hay, he was enabled to get 

 just as rich milk and butter during the win- 

 ter, as in summer, when the pasture was at 

 its best. Now as an acre of ground well 

 manured, planted in this root, and well at- 

 tended, would yield beets enough to keep ten 

 cows from the 1st of November till the 1st of 

 May. Should not every farmer make his ar- 

 rangements for planting beets this spring 1 

 From our own experience, we have no doubt, 

 that this addition of beets to the ordinary feed 

 of the cows, would make a weekly difference 

 of 2 lbs. each in their product of butter. — 

 From the 1st qf November to the 1st of May 

 there are 26 weeks. This number of weeks 

 at 2 lbs. additional butter, would give us 52 

 lbs. for each cow during the period named, or 

 520 lbs. for the ten cows, and if we set down 

 the butter as being worth 25 cents per lb., it 

 will give us $130 as the value of additional 

 yield brought about by the feeding with the 

 product of an acre in beets. But this is not 

 all, — the proprietor of the cows, in the spring, 

 would have the gratification to know that he 

 had treated his animals well, aud the satisfac- 

 tion of seeing them in good condition. — Far. 

 and Gardener. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



The best thing for stopping a leak in a cask 

 is whiting, beaten up with common yellow 

 soap; if this mixture be well rubbed into 

 the leak, it will be found to stop it after every 

 thing else has failed. 



