1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



535 



The quantity of guano which will be brought' 

 to the United States this year will be about 2U0,-1 

 000 tons. 



Two hundred thousand tons of guano, pur- 

 chased at iifty-fivc dollars a ton (the present price 

 in New York.) will take out of the country eleven 

 million dollars for imported manure. For a com- 

 paratively new country, this is a startling fact. 

 All the corn and corn meal exported in the last 

 fiscal year amounted to less than two and a half- 

 million dollars. 



When will our people see the folly of wasting 

 so much of the elements of crops in almost every 

 rural district, and then sending to the west coast 

 of South America for ten million dollars' worth 

 of Manure. 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



OFFICERS OF THE X. H. STATE SOCIETY. 

 Nath'l B. Baker, ConcorJ, President. 

 James 0. Adams, Manchester, Secretary. 

 Fredesice Smyth, " Treasurer. 



CHESHIRE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 David Bcffum, of Walpolc, President. 

 JosA. K. Smith, of Dublin, j 

 AzEL Wilder, of Keene, >Vice Presidents. 



Paul F. Aldrich, of Swanzey, ) 

 Harvet a. Bill, of Keene, Secretary and Treasurer. 



ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. 



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THE BOSTON AND WORCESTER 



EAGLE DOUBLE PLOWS. 



The OoRx Crop of the United States. — The 

 corn crop is one of the most important crops of 

 the country ; hence the anxiety produced by the 

 long drought. 



According to the census of 1850, the total 

 amount of corn produced in the United States 

 was 592,071,104 bushels. The principal corn- 

 growing States produced as follows : — 



Ohio, 59,073,605 



Indiana, 52,964,363 



Illinois, 57,6-t6,9S-t 



Missouri, 36,2U,53T 



Kentucky, 58,672,591 



Tennessee, 52,276,223 



Mississippi 22,446,552 



Alabama, 28,753,045 



Georgia, 30,080,090 



North Carolina 27,941,051 



Virginia, 35,254,349 



Pennsylvania, 19,835,214 



New York, 17,858,400 



South CaroUna, 16,271,454 



A full crop for 1854 is estimated at 700,000,000 

 bushels. 



THE superior merits of these Plows consist in 

 1. The mode of attaching the forward mould-board to the 

 beam, by which great strength and durability are secured, as also 

 the various desirable changes in debt of work and relative depth 

 of each plow, the same being regulated to any shade of nicety, 

 with perfect facility: 



2. The entire and handsome overturning of the sod furrow, by 

 the forward mould-board, to the extent of the whole width of fur- 

 row taken by the plow, placing it beneath, out of the way of the 

 teeth of the harrow, cultivator, or other implement, so that it is 

 in no case dragged to the surface in the after cultivation of the 

 crop : 



3. The thorough and finished work done by the rear mould- 

 board, in taking up its furrow of under soil and sifting or scat- 

 tering it over the inverted sod, so a» to entirely fill to the surface, 

 and at the same time break open any undue cohesion of the soil, 

 leaving the plowed land in a perfectly pulverized condition, re- 

 quiring little labor with the harrow or other surface-working in- 

 strument, — and indeed, in aU tolerably free loams, rendering the 

 use of these instruments, as pulverizers, quite unnecessary : 



4. The remarkably light draught of the plow, in proportion to 

 the amount of work and the thoroughness of pulverization ac- 

 complished. 



Several sizes of the BOSTON AND WORCESTER EAGLE 

 DOUBLE PLOW, are made by the subscribers, from patterns of 

 their own original invention. They incite their friemis and cus- 

 tomers to examine these Plows, as to quality and durability of 

 material, thoroughness and finish of construction, and to test 

 their working properties. 



Manufactory at Worcester, and Warehouse, Quincy Hall, over 

 the Market, Boston. 



RUOGLES, NOURSE, MASON & CO. 



April 30, 1853. 



Fine Catawba Grapes. — Eben Jackson, Esq., 

 of South Boston, brought us the other day a 

 piece of a grape vine about eight inches long, 

 upon which were hanging three bunches of the 

 finest Catawba grapes we have ever seen that 

 were ripenud in the open air. They were per- 

 fectly ripe, the skins tender and thin, and the 

 pulp melting and doliciously flavored. 



Suffolk Pigs. 



The subscriber has the pure Suffolk Pig! 

 for sale from 3 to 4 months old, also a lot 

 vr i* 'Si* of half blood. 



i^ii^ ABNERH.A.TEN, 



<CXc^^^l.£s'^ S. Framingham 



'^''*'-^^=^^— ^ Jan. 14, 1854. tf. 



Super-Phosphate of Lime. 



This ce!cl)rated Fertilizer, where it has been fairly tested the 

 last year, has been found equal, and in many cases superior 

 to the l)est Peruvian Guano in its immediate elTect, and much 

 more permanently beneficial to the land. It is adapted to any 

 Soil in which there is a deficiency of fAos/)/jn^c, which is often 

 the case. All crops are benefited by its application. It iscom- 

 posed of ground bone, decomposed by sulphuric acid, to which is 

 added a due proportion of Peruvian Guano, Sulphate of Am 

 monia, &8. « 



For sale, with full directions for use, in ba?3 of 150 pounds 

 ucli. No charge for package. All bags will be branded "C. B. 

 DeBurg, No. 1 Super-Phosphate of Lime." 



GEO. DAVENPORT, 

 Agent for the manufacturer, 5 Commereial, corner of Chatham 

 Street, Boston. 



Feb. 18, 1854. tf* 



Automatic Apple Parers. 



THIS little Machine is the very best article that has ever been 

 presented to the public for culinary purposes, far surpass- 

 ing all others for paring apples, potatoes, turnips, &c. &c., just 

 received at NOL'KSE & GO'S Agricultural Warehouse, No. 9 A: 

 13 Commercial Street, Boston. 

 , Sept. 23, 1854. 8w 



J. IL HAMMOXD, 



ARCHITECT. 



rpIIE subscriber offers his services to those about erecting new, 

 X or altering old, buildings. He will furnish drawings and 

 working plans, si)eciflcations, and every thing in relation to a 

 clear undcrsUinding of what is wanted. He thinks he is able to 

 liresent some new views in the construction of Barns, or in alter- 

 ing old ones, whereby more couveniencies may be obtained and 

 at less expense. His charges will be so moderate as to enable 

 uvery farmer to avail himself of his services. 



.VldressJ. H. H.\MMOND, Grafton, Mass. 



May 27, 1854. 



