FARMERS' REGISTER 



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hogs, is commonly, wholly lost. The hog-feeder 

 genemlly seieL-ts a clean snioolh path to Jeed his 

 iioivs wiihoiu liie inclosiire — wliere the first rain 

 will probably carry the oHli!, d'jpnsifs and all, into 

 the next stream — and thus the whole is lost. 



It is true, that as nnvA\ manure may be raised 

 from a common stock ot hogs, as there commonly 

 is ii-om a like stock of catile. I have, for several 

 years, ted my hogs on the field intended for corn, 

 in summer — and in winter, confined them every 

 night in well littered pens — feeding princii)ally at 

 night, in order 'o induce them 'to come up regidar- 

 ly. The corn is thrown among the filter in the 

 pen. by which the cobs are saved, and as an in- 

 ducement to keep the hogs as long as possible on 

 the litter. There are many other sources for rais- 

 ing manure, neglected by iiuuners in this region. 

 This is selected, because it can be seen at a glance. 

 Raising manure is ot" primary importance, and 

 should be paramount to every other consideration. 

 Collecting litter for the fiirm yard should not be 

 considered a slight ofiiiir, and made a matter of 

 convenience — it should be viewed as a uiatter of 

 great importance, and all other work should be 

 made to yield and give place, until the pens are 

 well supplied. Unless this rule is established and 

 pursued, we must ircquf ntly fail in raising a good 

 supply of manure, and tail prop^ortionably short in 

 improvement. 



One thing is evident, our richest lands are bene- 

 fitted by the aijplication of manure, and may be 

 improved to almost any extent. There is scarce- 

 ly a limit to the increase of crop and improvement 

 of soil, not atladnabls by a proper app.lication of pu- 

 trescent masiures. Here is a wide field, and one 

 in which we shall not be apt to err, by spending 

 too much time or labor. Eoth lime and gypsum 

 fail on some [leculiar soils; but putrescent manure, 

 the plaster of the iarni yard, is a never-failing pa- 

 nacea — it always increases the crop and improves 

 the soil, when properly applied. One of your late 

 correspondents speaks of covering the soil to pro-»j 

 tcct it from the cold, cic. &c. I think it a good 

 idea — an excellent one indeed, if he had only 

 added, that the covering nutst be of good stable 

 manure. This is what the land cS your corres- 

 j)ondent, and all others in this region, especially 

 needs. Whether they are light or stiff, sandy or 

 loamy — whether the anbstritum be red, white or 

 any other color, they are all benefited by a good 

 covering of sta'de manure. 



Hogs hair is the best m.annre I ever tried Ibr 

 tobacco plants. I have never seen it applied wiih- 

 out considerable ciiect. It should be beaten with 

 small s'icks until the masses are separated, and then 

 sprinkled regularly over the patch after it is sown. 

 I have not usf>d it long enough to decide what 

 quantity is best to be app'lied. It should be scat- 

 tered regularly, and so that none of the patch is 

 without, 'i'here is no danger of having it too 

 thick, provided it be beaten fine. 



I have experienced considerable benefit from the 

 use of the coulter, in preparation ibr corn, on the 

 bedding plan. The rows are laid od", two furrows 

 to the row, with a coulter as large as .a common 

 trowel hoe — and thr-n the bed is raised, the coul- 

 ter furrow being in the centre. The advantage of 

 the use of the CDulter, will be very apparent in 

 the droughts ol" summer, when the bliules of the 

 corn would ollK':ivi;;e hi- linble to burn. 



IMPROVKMEATS OF MONMOUTH, K. J. 

 To tlie Edilor of tlic Farracis' Register. 



I take this opportunity of sending j'ou an extract 

 taken fi'oni the 1st No. (5th inst.) of the 50th vo- 

 lume of Niles' (Baltimore) W^eekly Register. — 

 Should you think it worthy of a place in your Far- 

 mers' Register, you are at liberty to insert it. As 

 a work of general reference, Niles' Register is su- 

 perior to any I have ever read. The editor has 

 ever been the zealous and devoted fi'iend to do- 

 mestic industry and internal improvements. He 

 has lived to see them both prosper and flourish in 

 his own country. 



p. VV. HARPER. 



Greenfield, Xuiloway County. 



" For fifty years after the revolution, This county 

 existed in a state of supine torpor. Not five lots 

 were sold, in all this time, in the principal town of 

 Freehold. A few years since, was made the great 

 discovery of marl, which has been a mine of 

 wealth to the farmers, [>roducing the richest pas- 

 tures and grazing for cattle and sheep, and for 

 making butter and cheese. The consequence has 

 been, that firms which have wi'hin 10 years sold 

 at .^10 the acre, now bring, readily, ii-om A'oO to 

 SilOO. So nnich for the virtue of marl. Such is 

 the wealth and enterprise thus brought into the 

 country, that it is now proposed to nmke a rail 

 road from the principal town, to join the Camden 

 and Amhoyrail road at Highfslown, distant 10 or 

 12 miles, with a spur or branch to the marl 

 pits." 



Fioni Niles' Weeltly Register. 

 IMPORTATIOIV OF GRAIN. 



It is a singular fact, that two or three cargoes of 

 wheat, rye and oats, have recently been imported 

 from Europe into New York, and have paid a 

 handsome profit to those concerned in the transac- 

 tions. 



From tlie Washington Mirror. 

 TRAVELI.TXG STOVE.S. 



Dr. AicWilliams of this city (Washington) has 

 taken out a patent for a stove for heating carriages 

 of all kinds,, which is one of the most valuable in- 

 ventions which has ever been made. It. is re- 

 markably simple in hs structure, and maj" be sold 

 ibr six or eight dollars, and it consumes the most 

 inconsiderable quantity of coal. The advantages of 

 such a stove are almost too obvious to be men- 

 tioned. Taking up very httle roon), they may be 

 fitted to the botfom of gigs, chaises, and of every 

 variety of carriage, and are particularly well 

 adapteil to rail road cars. The expense of fuel is not 

 a!)Ove three cents for a hundred nules, travelling 

 at an ordinary rate. It is only necessary to make 

 this invention known to secure its introduction 

 very generally. For a trifling expense, a stage 

 driver may now be as comfortably situated on his 

 box, as by the warm fire; ;md the pleasure of 

 sleigh-riding may be enhanced a hundred i()ld. 

 This stove is now used in the cars of Caltimore 

 and Washington rail roads, and gives entire satis- 

 fiiction. The passengers are kept vvarm during 

 the whole journey, and are never annoyed by the 

 smoke, the stove being air-tighl. 



