NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the American Farmer. 



ON RECLAIMING MARSH-MF.ADOVVS. 

 Iiejolloii'ir.g are the atis's.-cis of lite Correspond- 

 ing Secretary of the .Igricutturat Society of Pcnti- 

 s>ihaiiia, to inquiries submitted to him by the 

 President of the Maryland Jlgricultiiral Society. 



With the miinagomont of nieadow, lam mnde 



gJB imiliar, bv having liail nearly a lhou«niid acres 



ifM r reclaimed m;irsh, under my control for some 



sars — To your inquiries I re[dy : 



1. "The height of tiie hank above the sur- 



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thistles, elders, and other weeds with which it 

 may be infested, lis fertility, appears to be al- 

 most inexhaustible. I have hnown repeated 

 crops of maize, taken in succession. One acre 

 of the bcH marsh, will make heavy with fat, six 

 himdred pounds of beef, which shall have been 

 put upon if, wrclc,ho<lly poor, early in May, 

 and be removed as early as November. 



7. " Herds grass, or red top," is nut allowed 

 to grow upon well drained marshes. It will 

 flourish where no other grass that I have seen. 



can live. It is much ii^ed upon the ill drained 

 ce of the marsh, its width at the base, and at | meadows of .lersey. I have heard it asserted, 

 le top," are accommodated, to the force of the and believe, that it may be sown with so much 

 irrent, the peculiarities of position, affected effect, upon very wet meadows, free (rom rush- 

 mctimes by an increase of alluvion on the op- 1 e«, that a waggon may at the end of four years, 

 jsite shore, the interposition of an island, the pass where an ox, with difficully at the com- 



posit of a wreck, and alwatjs by the materials mencement of the term, could have moved.- 



which the bank is composed. The tenacity i " Timothy" is valuable I conceive, only for the 



the mud, is an essential item for considcra- uses of turf, or road horses. Our graziers, or 



m. If tJie bank be faced with stone, at the farmers cultivate it but for sale, unless it be\ 



ints of most exposure, or be defended by ruixed with clover. They consider if, ill fitted | en alive in this vicinity, a day or two since, an 

 anks, or be protected by soch expedients, as for pasturage, as if shoots less vigorously, and] animal, which is probably of the class nivs nm- 

 lall wharves, or sunken hulks, less width at less frequently, after having been once cvt^ I phibiiis, but differing in many respects from 

 e base will be required. j than any arfilJcial grass we possess; and they any of the genus wehgve ever seen described by 



2. " The number and size of the sluices,"! condemn it as affording hay less nutritious, than 

 pend upon local circumstances — the compar- all, except herds grass. It is sown upon marsh 



season, which gives every one an opportimity 

 of procuring such as best suits his taste, I am 

 induced to believe that a small basket of my 

 " Fraser's Black Tartarian" cherries would be 

 acceptable to you. I ,|o not know that there 

 were any trees of Ibis kind in this placa when 

 I procured mine, but since the size and quality 

 of the fruit was known, a great number of per- 

 sons have taken cuttings from my trees for the 

 purpose of inoculating ; and others Iiave pro- 

 cured the trees from the nurseries in the neigh- 

 borhood of your city. It is a great, as well as « 

 sure hearer, and I can recommend it as worthy 

 of being generally cultivated. 

 Yours, S:c. 



LEONARD RICHARDS. 

 P. S. — The size of this fruit is about four to 

 the ounce, and measures about three inches in 

 circumference. 



./? Strange Animal. — There was found and fak- 



ive height of the circumjacent land — the in- 

 rvention of small streams, or natural water 

 urse, which carry in certain cases, large por- 

 ms of the water, to fev«' points. 

 3. The condition of the marsh, the time 

 lich must have elapsed before an esculent 

 II be grown upon a marsh, depends upon its 

 lative position, with low water mark — the 

 It ;tiiral q\iality of the mud— the diligence, ac- 

 iracy, and skill, of him by whom it has been 

 (tinged. I should say three years woold be' 

 quired, for the tolerable melioration of the 

 ,1, since the leakage of the banks, the defects 

 the position of the sluices — the mistakes in 

 ; direction of the lesser drains, which ex- 

 irience only can correct, generally defeat the 

 rly expectations of profit. 



4. I have never seen a " good crop of wheat 

 owing upon any reclaimed marsh." There 

 no question that bad crops of wheat, have 

 en taken from some of the highest marsh 

 >adow not far from Philadelphia. The hea- 



fogs p.fjoduced mildew, and the superabund- 

 t strength of soil caused the crops to run into 

 aw, and to fall. The surface I am told, was 

 ; feet, " above the level of low water mark." 

 im satisfied, that a good crop of wheat, cannot 



made upon any marsh, with which 1 am ac- 

 ainfed. 



5. I have seen luxuriant crops of rye, and 

 undant crops of Indian corn, upon marsh, of 

 lich, the surface is about four feet, and a half 

 ove low water mark. 



6. Such meadow, in the improved parts of 

 IS State, is applied almost exclusively, to the 

 oduc.tion of grass. For this purpose, it pro- 

 ces from eight to nine dollars per acre, u'"-'^ 

 lease of the strictest kind, prohibit" Jf ^'^ 

 • val of hay, and admlc.:-.- ,.' Dorses. .Some 

 rtiuus "T ii', w""^" are within three miles of 

 iladelphia, produce from ten, to twelve dol- 

 g no- ""um- All taxes, excepting the bank 

 , and all expenses, attending the repair of 

 ches, are paid by the tenants. No man cul- 

 ates a farinaceous crop, upon this land, but 

 th the view, of reducing the inequalities of 

 surface, or destroying noxious pests, ransted, 



illowed to go out, and to be succeeded, by 

 white clover, and green grass. 



8. " Oats" have never been tried I believe, 

 except as a protecting crop, for timothy ; when 

 they were depastured, or cut before the gr.iin 

 had been formed. 



9. '* Potatoes" have been successfully grown, 

 upon very old well reclaimed marsh. 

 1 am with great esteem. 



Most truly 3'our''s, 



JOHN HARE POVVEL. 



From the New York Statesman. 



SEASON OF FRUITS. 

 The Editors of the New York Gazette and of 

 other papers, who are in the habit of making 

 the mouth water by talking of mammoth 

 gooseberries, strawberries, cherries, plums and 

 peaches, received in the way of presents from 

 their friends, will certainly excuse us for pub- 

 lishing the following note from Mr. Richards, of 

 Newark, New Jersey, accompanying a basket 

 of the finest and most delicious cherries vte 

 have ever tasted. Abundantly as our markets 

 are supplied with this kind of fruit, we have 

 seen none which would bear a comparison, 

 either in size or tiavor, with those sent to us 

 by our obliging corresjiondent and friend • ""d 

 it affords us great pleasure to lear""' 'f''' ''''s 

 excellent variety is to be extep^-'^'y propagat- 

 ed. While the vicinity "'" •'"^s*" York already 

 excels an.y part of ti" country in the cultiva- 

 tion of goo<) '""'"i 'liere is yet much room for 

 improve"'^"'' "nJ "n attention to the subject 

 amo-o agriculturists and horticulturists is by no 

 ^dans so general as it ought to be. The New- 

 town pippin, for instance, is undoubtedly supe- 

 i;ior to any apple in the world ; and yet in how 

 few orchards is it found glowing? The labor 

 of a few hours, and a very trifling ex[iense, be- 

 stowed at the proper season, would in a short 

 time supply every farmer with an abundance 

 and variety of the most delicious fruits : 



JVewark, June 22nd, 1824. 

 Gentlemen,— Notwithstanding your markets 

 are supplied with all the choice fruits of the 



writers on natural history. He is eight inches 

 long from end of the nose to end of the tail, 

 which is about three inches in length — color, 

 deep green — fur, very fine, like velvet — head, 

 small, and joined to the body without any per- 

 ceptible neck — his nose about an inch in length, 

 and on the end of it a fleshy tube or probosci'^, 

 pointed with fleshy projections, eighteen in 

 number, two of which resemble horns — the 

 mouth, directly under the prolioscis, and scarce- 

 ly perceptible — the eyes, not larger than the 

 head-of asmall pin, and truly microscopic, as is 

 evident from his motions in the water, in catch- 

 ing aniifialculse, which he does with great dex- 

 terity — the tail, scaly like that of a water rat, 

 and covered with coarse thin hair — the two 

 fore feet resemble those of a heaver, havino- 

 five sharp claws — the hind feet resemble those 

 of a rat, and both fore and hind legs destitute of 

 fur — nostrils, at the end of the proboscis, re- 

 sembling those of a hog — ears, none. We 

 have thus described this animal in the best man- 

 ner we could, with our imperfect knowledge of 

 natural history. We leave it to the learned to 

 determine to what genus of snimals it belongs. 

 On this point we are ignorant. We have met 

 with two or three individuals, who j)refend 

 they have seen such an animal — one calls it a 

 Metidrw Digger — one a Beaver Rat — another a 

 .freadoro Mote. But it is agreed by all who 

 have seen it, that it is a very singular animal. — 

 It has excited much curiosity in this neighbor- 

 hood. The animal is now dead, and its skin 

 may be seen at this ofiice. — Eastern Star. 



A very light pleasant bread is made in France 

 by a mixture of apples and flour, in the propor- 

 tion of one of the former to two of the latter. 

 The usual quantify of yeast is employed as in 

 making common bread, and is beat with flour 

 and warm pulp of the apples after they have 

 boiled, and the dough is then considered as set; 

 it is then put up in a proper vessel, and is allow- 

 ed to rise for eight or twelve hours, and then 

 baked in long loaves. Very little water is requi- 

 site none generally, if the apples are very 

 fresh. ?r= 



It is said thai corns on the toes many be readi 

 ly cured by rubbing them with pummice stone. 



