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NEW EN(1LAND FARMER, 



OCT. 19, 184*1 



From the American Fanner. 



BADEN CORN. 

 Last spring oarly, we pave lo our friend, 



Mr. J. 



B. Egerton, a handful of Baden corn, lie promisin]]; 

 at the time to plant it and report his success this 

 fall. The other day he reminded us of his promise, 

 and invited us to examine a hill of the stalks which 

 he had cut up with the ears on for our inspection. 

 Th''se w« presume were amonj; the tallest of 

 those which grew on his patch, for they ranged 

 from 14 feet to ](> feet 10 inches in height, and 

 the thickest at the lower end measured 5 inches in 

 circumference. This liill hore eleven ears on the 

 three stalks. We were informed by Mr E. that 

 the whole patch {8 by 20 feet) would average 9 

 ears to the hill, the majority of which were of me- 

 dium size. It is his opinion that there would have 

 been more ears on the stalks, but that the corn 

 lacked a free circulation of air, being located in a 

 confined yard in the first place, and had the mis- 

 fortune, in addition to tliat, of having tomatoes 

 growing among it. But our friend Egerton we 

 think has no right to complain of the yield of his 

 tiny field; for though only one hundred and sixty 

 square feet, it has yielded him more good corn 

 than we have seen in our day grow on the fourth 

 of an acre; for, strange as it may sound in the 

 ears of those who are in the habit of garnering ten 

 bushels to the acre, it is no less a fact, that Mr Eg- 

 erton's patch has exceeded 300 bushels to the acre. 

 This fact sho«ld go far to show how much labor is 

 thrown away, in attempts to cultivate corn upon 

 poor lands, and how practicable it is, with good { 

 land, plenty of nian^ire, and good culture, to raise 

 an average crop of a hundred bushels to the acre. 

 Had this little crop of Mr Egerton had the advan- 

 tage of sun and air, we hav,e no hesitancy in saying 

 that he would have made fully ojie-fourth more. 

 His ground was as good as.manure and ashes could 

 make it, and only required a more congenial posi- 

 tion to have done for Its owner all that he could 

 have asked of itj but eveq under the inauspicious 

 circumstances of which we have spoken, aided by 

 his skill, Farmer Egerton roust from this day, hence- 

 forth, stand at the head of all amateur corn-grow- 

 ers. 



A word more about the Baden corn. From our 

 own experience this season, we are convinced that 

 by an early planting, and with a rich soil, there is 

 no other variety more productive ; but it does not 

 come to maturity as early as other varieties. 



Commissioner of Patents. — We have observed a 

 paragraph going the rounds stating that this excel- 

 lent officer is to be removed. As no cause appears 

 to be assigned, we hope that the report is without 

 foundation. So far as agriculturists are concerned, 

 we feel certain that such a procedure would be re- 

 ceived with feelings of profound regret, as the 

 disinterested and enlightened course pursued by 

 bim in behalf of their interests, has endeared him 

 to them by the mingled feelings of gratitude and 

 respect. — Ibid. 



At a recent trial of Fanny Elssler, the French 

 dancer, befiue the Court in Paris, for a breach of 

 her contract with one of the theatres, it was stated 

 by the counsel that she received ,'6148,000 in the 

 United States for 178 performances, and the ro 



VALUE OF APPLES FOR STOCK. 

 The following facts, communicating to a late 

 meeting of the Hartford County Temperance Soci- 

 ety, arc as interesting and important to the friends 

 of agriculture as they are to the friends of tempe- 

 rance. We have long believed that cider, at the 

 price it ordinarily is sold for in the market, does 

 not warrant the labor i.nd expense attending it, 

 and have doubted wjiether any but the choicest 

 varieties of the apple, could be cultivated and dis- 

 posed of in such a manner as to yield a profit. 

 Previous experiments have satisfied us that apples 

 are worth more for food than for cider ; but we 

 were not aware that the balance was so great in 

 favor of the former. The facts, however, commu- 

 nicated by Mr Clark, show it to be so, and his well 

 known character for integrity and intelligence, is 

 a sufficient guaranty for their correctness. 



"Joel Clark, Esq., of East Granby, Ct., in 18.3.5, 

 for the first time instituted an experiment for test- 

 ing the value of apples for food for horses, and for 

 fattening swine and beeves. At this time he was 

 incredulous upon the subject. The result was con- 

 clusive proof to his own mind of their being deci- 

 dedly beneficial. The present year he has pursued 

 the same experiment with precisely the same re- 

 sults. Last year he slaughtered two hogs, which 

 weighed a little over 400 lbs. This year he has 

 slaughtered the same number, a smaller sized ani- 

 mal, one weighing 348 lbs., t:ie other 328. They 

 were fed, in both cases, exclusively on raw apples, 

 sour and sweet promiscuously, until a short period 

 before being butchered, and the pork is of the first 

 quality. 



In August last, he discontinued the milking of 

 a cow, which he had designated for fattening, and 

 turned her into the summer pasture with his young 

 stock. On the first of October he removed her to 

 rowen feed, and commenced feeding witli apples. 

 The most she would have commanded in market at 

 this time was 13 to 14 dollars. He kept her seven 

 weeks, giving her nigbt and morning as raaiiy ap- 

 ples as she would eat, which was just about a bush- 

 el a day. The thrift was such as to excite the 

 particular notice of himself and hired man, and 

 equal that of any animal on any kind of feed. At 

 the expiration of the seven weeks he sold her ; and 

 to be Btill better able to know the result of his ex- 

 periment, he rode four miles to see her slaughtered. 

 A better beef is seldom found than this proved to 

 be. He received $28 30 for her, that is, $14 30 

 gain for seven weeks. 



He fed at the same time, and in the same man- 

 ner, a two-year-old heifer, and with results more 

 favorable, rather than less. Though not the lar- 

 gest of his herd, she weighed, on being slaughter- 

 ed, ,573 pounds. 



What farmer who understands at all the article 

 of profit and loss in the use of the products of his 

 farm, and consults his pecuniary interests simply, 

 will not be surprised to hear that this gentleman 

 has commenced operations for constructing a cellar 

 under his barn, for the purpose of preserving his 

 apples for feeding his stock during winter. 



Mr Clark's orchards have producoil 150 barrels 

 of cidt'r, and even more, in a year, which he has 



ence of $235, no trifle, surely, in the profits of one> 

 man's orchard ; or, if you value the cider at $1 per 

 barrel, the difference is $1.50.— SiV^ Culturist. 



THE BEE MOTH. 

 Mr T. Hudson, of Hudson, Ohio, stales in tlift 

 Ravenna Cabinet, that; in his opinion, the favages J 

 of the great enemy of bees, the bee moth, may ba 

 prevented by the simple process ff thoroughly satil 

 rating the hives with salt, as the niilJer will not de^ 

 posite its eggs in the hive thu.s prepared. His plan 

 is to plane and prepare the boards far the hive and 

 then let thein remain for » fen- days immersed in 

 strong brine. His own personal, observation and 

 experience as an apiarian, has led him to the abovft 

 conclusions and practice. — Cleveland Herald. 



OJ^In the spring, about the time the bees com- • 

 inence working, we whitewash our hives for the 

 purpose of promoting the ho;ilth of the bees and 

 preventing depredations from the bee moth. We 

 put a good portion of fine salt in the white-wash,' 

 and pMt it on the hives, outside and inside up to 

 the comb, and apply it very liberally on the lower 

 edge of the hive and on the board at the bottom. 



We learned the value of this by experiments on, 

 sHck bees. A number of patients were put in a[ 

 glass and various remedies tried. When this was 

 offered they commenced eating it and recovered in 

 a few hours. We then ap|ilied the white-wash to 

 six or eight hives in which the bees weie dying 

 fast, and had ceased to labor, and the next day they 

 were all in good health, and able to do a good day's 

 work. 



We are never troubled with the bee moth ot 

 sick bees. We apply the whitewash to the lower 

 edges of the hive, and on the board a few times 

 during summer. The boes sremed pleased with 

 it, and many of them take a good dose, though they 

 look w«li. They doubtless c/iisider prevenlion 

 better than cure. — Ed. Far. Jottr. 



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To Protect Grain from Rats. — One of our sub- 

 scribers wishes us to state for the benefit of his 

 brother farmers, that green Elder boughs scaltciec 

 in and about a mow of rye or other grain, will ef- 

 fectually protect it against the depredations of rats 

 These vermin are often very troublesome and de- 

 structive in their ravages in the farmer's barn ; and 

 if so simple a remedy will prevent their mischief, 

 it should be known and remembered by all — Far, 

 Gaz. \ 



A farmer informs us that he drove the rats from n 

 his premises by laying stalks of green mullein, with I 

 the leaves and all as they grew, in the places fre- 

 quented by them. — Et. Far. Jour. 



Deterioration of Broom Corn. — It has been l 

 found in diflTerent sections of the country, that broom l| 

 corn is deteriorating, in consequence, as it is snp-li 

 posed, of mixture with Indian corn, as it is inclined'] 

 to run up at the top in a manner similar to the i 

 spindle of common corn. Where a mixture has 

 taken place, kernels of Indian corn have been found 

 on broom corn. Broom corn i.'i carelessly cultiva-l 

 ted near or by the side of Indian corn, even when ' 



sold to the distiller for .50 cents a barrel, because the seed is sowed for planting. To prevent dete 



he knew no more profitable manner of disposing of 

 It. Now, the quantity of apples necessary to make 

 1,50 barrels of cider, upon the above estimate, 



mark was made " that the Americins might have re- would yield, according to the results of his experi- 

 served some part of it for their European creditors." ] ment in feeding this year, .$300 — making a differ- 



rinralion, seed should be selected from liandsome ' 

 plants, with well formed brush, and cultivated at a ' 

 distance from the other corn. — Far. Jour. ' 



Cheap. — Potatoes sell for 25 cts. in Boston. 



