NEW ENGLAND FARiMER. 



rci. I then collected my potatoe tops, which 

 ere ffirown into heaps, when the potatoes 

 sre dug, and spread them over my cow-yard 

 prevent it trnm beinj muddy and to increase 

 e quantity ot" manure. During the winter 1 

 rdeil six cows, four young cattle, and four ox- 

 , when not employed in the team. In the bc- 

 nning ot" June, with a large hoe prei)ared lor 

 e purpose, 1 turned the croppings of the cat- 



and waste fodder under the mud, and fre- 

 ently during the summer, with a shovel. 1 

 rned the ilropping'S of the co.vs under. I of- 

 n ploughed and harrowed the yard during 



months of July and August. After piougli- 

 ^ and harrowing, to prevent what I consider 



best part of the manure from escaping into 



air, spread on a covering of rich soil, which 

 lad collected and piled up for that purpose 

 im under the old walls, that I have been 

 tiding anew, and from the places where 1 

 te since erected a barn. 1 yarded three 

 ine in my hog's-yard, frequently throwing in 

 •ke, coarse grass, weeds and shelled corn, 

 ich kept them rooting and mixing the differ- 

 ; sorts together. In the month of Seplem- 

 • 1 scraped the manure from the hog's-yard 



the cow-yard, and heaped it into ridges. — 

 er the weather turned cold, 1 loaded, carted 

 t and heaped up the manure from the cow 



1 hog yards, and as I loaded it 1 mixed in y 

 Us of lime, which was slacked on the manure 

 it was mixed. 1 have used manure prepar- 



in this way two years on a thin, gravelly 

 I , which had been considered as worn out, 

 1 have obtained good crops of corn, potatoes, 

 rots, turnips, ruta baga, and all other kind^ 

 vegetables in common use. 1 also got out 

 autumn a quantity of ■stuff that had been lor 

 eral years accumulating in a brook, that 

 s through my pasture. This I placed about 

 barn under the windows and throwed the 

 ppings of the cattle on it during the winter. 

 •|y in the spring 1 dug over the heaps and 

 :ed part of the stuff under with the drop- 

 gs, and with the remainder, I covered the 

 p. This was carted out in the month of 

 y, and part of it spread on my planting land, 

 part used in the hole for corn. I have a 

 which is so calculated as to receive the wash 

 he road, house and barn. Into this I carted, 

 fall, soil, old rotten chips, kc. and have 

 ;e been throwing in the scrapings of the 

 id, and every thing that was offensive about 

 house and yard, covering it up. This I 

 E carted out and spread about the trees in a 

 ling orchard, which 1 expect to lay down to 

 ver next spring. There were ninety one 

 ds in t!>e hog and cow yards ; and twenty- 

 ee loads in the pit. I being from home 

 en part of the other was carted out, there 

 i no account kept except of twenty one loads. 

 I it was the opinion of the man, who loaded 

 helped load the whole cf it, that there was 

 less than twenty live loads carted out, of 

 ich there was no account kept 

 Yours respectfully, 



ISAAC ALDEN, 3d. 

 Zast Bridgewaier, JVov. 16, 1823. 



The piece of ground on which 1 raised (he 

 wheat, contained one acre and eighty-nine rods, 

 as measured by Mr. Amos, the surveyor. This 

 lot 1 planted last year with corn, putting on tif- 

 lecn loads of good manure, and it prodiicocd a 

 very good crop. Last spring, I ploughed it 

 three times, and put upon it three loads of rich 

 manure. On the 2Uh of April, I sowed three 

 bushels of clean w heat, being vvell washed and 

 limed, and ploughed it in. The rea|)ing took 

 four days, and the binding and securing look 

 Itvo. T»vo hands threshed it in four days, and 

 it was winnowed in one. The exact amount of 

 wheat produceil as above, was forty bushels 

 and a half All the above facts are ccrtitied by 

 disinterested persons agreeably to the directions 

 of the society. 



Respectfully yours, &c. 



EBENEZER COPELAND. 



West Briclgewater, Oct. 1323. 



THE TROSXr.ES OF THE PI.TMOUTH CODNTT AG- 

 HICDLTURAL SOCIETY. 



TENTLF.MRN, — The following is my statement 

 alive to a crop of wheat, for which I have 

 ered my claim for a premiuia. 



TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY AG- 

 RICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Gentlemen, — The acre of English mowing, 

 which received the premium the present year, 

 is a warm, loamy and good soil. In 1821, it 

 was ploughed up, it being greensward and 

 planted with potatoes, and manured with green 

 manure, and a common quality — which produc- 

 ed a middling crop. In 1822, and in the spring 

 of that year, twenty loads ol good compost ma- 

 nure, was spread on the acre and ploughed in. 

 and then was sowed three bushels and a half of 

 oats, ten pounds of clover seed, and one peck 

 of herdsgrass seed and what is called blue top ; 

 and there were from forty to iifty bushels of 

 oats, that grew thereon, of a qualify very ex- 

 cellent. In 1823, this acre was mowed, and 

 produced five tons, five hundred and fifty-seven 

 pounds. 



The acre of oats, for which a premium was 

 given, was greensward two years last fall, and 

 planted in the spring following, when large 

 quantities of compost manure were spread, and 

 eight loads to the acre, put in the hill. The 

 hills were split in the fall, and a large quantity 

 of leached ashes carted on the acre, and left in 

 heaps until the spring, when they were spread. 

 The land was ploughed three times, the oats 

 were ploughed in with ten pounds of clover 

 seed, and one peck of herdsgrass, and blue top ; 

 and the oats were gathered in August, and pro- 

 duced as stated in the Report of the Committee. 



The manure which obtained the premium 

 was a composition of the liquor of lays, coming 

 from the Soap establishment, mixed with com- 

 mon barn manure, soil and lime — and is suppos- 

 ed to derive much of its escellence, from the 

 lays first mentioned. 



ALPHEUS FOBES. 



South Bridgewater, ■N'ov. 20, 1823. 



From the American Farmer. 



PEDIGREE OF MR. POWEL'S STOCK. 



Virginia, 



Was begotten in England, on Rosemary, by Mr. 



Curwen's General. 

 Rosemary, was by Flash, from Red Rose. 

 Red Rose, by Petrarch, d. by Elexander, g. d. 



by Traveller, gr. g. d. by son of Bolingbroke. 

 Petrarch, (bred by Charles Colling) by Comet, 



d. Venus by Ben — g. d. Phoenix by Folgambe 



— gr. g. d. Favorite, by Alcock's ball. 



293 



Alexander, (bred by Charles Colling) by the 

 hull Favorite. 



Traveller, by Roli„jjhroke, d. old Blossom. 



Comet, sold to V/clherill & Co. for 1000 guinea-: 



Ben, bred by R. Colling, by Punch, d. by Fol- 

 jambe, g. d. by Hubhack. 



Flash, (bred by Mr. Seymour) got by C. Col- 

 lings's Sir Dimple,.!. Carnation, ' (bred hv 

 Mr. Seymour) by Cripple, g. d. Moss Rose 

 by Henry- -gr. -. d. Rosebud, by Misfortune 

 — gr. gr. g. d. by Bolingbroke. , 



General, the sire of Virginia, got by Young 

 Star. 



Young Star, by C. Colling's North Star, d. Ma- 

 ry, (bred by C. C.) by "Favorite, g. d. Venus, 

 by Ben. 



Qvecn. the grandam of A'Srcrinia, by Bruce d. 

 Empress, oy Western Comet, g.' d. Bright 

 Eyes, by Marquis, gr. g. d. by Simon, gr. 

 gr. g. d. by Traveller, gr. gr. gr. g. d. by 

 Colling's Lamebull. 



Bruce, by Jupiter, d. Rola. 



fVeslerti Comet, by C. Colling's Major, d. Gen- 

 tle Kitty, by Charges' Grey, g. d. by Fa- 

 vorite. 



Marquis, d. by Daisy Bull, g. d. by Favorite, 

 gr. g. d. by Hubhack. 



Simon, got by Favorite, d. by Punch, g. d. by 

 Bolingbroke. 



Bolingbroke, bred by C. Colling, got by Fol- 

 jnmbe, d. Young Strawbury, by Dalton 

 Duke, g. d. Favorite, by Alcock's bull, gr. 

 g. d. by Smith's bull, gr. gr. g. d. by Jol- 

 ly's bull. 



Mr. Powel's Bishop 



Was bred by Mr. Curwen in England, got by 

 Wellington, d.. Arbutus, (bred by Mr. Gib- 

 son,) by Harlequin, g. d. by Yarborough, 

 gr. g. d. by Duke, gr. gr. g. d. by Job- 

 ling's Traveller, gr. gr. gr. g. d. by Boling^ 

 broke. 



Wellington, got by Comef, d. Peeress, by Fa- 

 vorite, g. d. Cherry, by Favorite, gr. g. d. 

 Old Cherry by C. Colling's Samebull, gr. gr. 

 g. d. by Hubback. 



Harlequin, bred by Mr. Gibson, got by Elexan- 

 der, d. Liberty, bred by C. Coiling, by 

 Washington, g. d. Young Houghton by 

 Punch, gr. g. d. Old Houghton, bred by Al- 

 exander Hall, by Hubback. 

 Washington, bred by Mr. C. Colling, got by Fa- 

 vorite, d. Lady by Grandson of Bolingbroke, 

 g. d. Phoenix, by Foljambe, gr. g. d. Fa- 

 vorite, by R. Alcock's bull. 



Punch, bred by R. Colling, d. by Broken Horn, 

 g. d. bred by Mr. Best. 



Hubback, calved in 1777, (bred by John Hunter, 

 by Snowdon's bull : (dam from Sir James 

 Pennyman's stock, which were from Sir 

 William, St. Quintin's stock,) Snowdon's bull 

 by Robson's bull, (bred by Mr. Wastell near 

 Darlington,) d. Wastell's Roan Cow, Rob- 

 son's bull by Masterman's bull, Masterman's 

 bull by the Studley bull. 

 Mr. Powel's Matchless, bred in England, by 

 Mr. Wetherhill, and of pedigree equal to 

 Virginias : also fourteen others. 

 Mr. Powel's Wyecomct, begotten in England, by 

 Blaize, d. White Rose, by Warrior, g. d. by 

 Charles, (which was let at 450 guineas to 

 Col. Mellish and Mr. Champion, for two years,) 

 gr. g. d. by Prince. 



