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AINU 'iARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



187 



(From the Cultlvnliir.) " 



SKINI'ESS OATS. 



INCREASE TWEHTVEIGI1T FOLD. 



J. Rl'el, Esq. : — Sir, In comnninioiitiiifr the 

 odiior iiiid cultivation of skinless oats raised by 

 , lI^)ll(rool^, Es(|. I beg you will not think nio 

 TOfiant, or having any i)retension to great agri- 

 jltnral skill ; our motive simply is, that we hope 

 )nie experienced agricultiu-ist will (through that 

 uly valuable agricuhural publication, the Cultiva- 

 ir,) comniunicatc the result of their experience 

 1 the cultivation of the skinless oats, which I 

 >wed broad cast. The crop was gathered and 

 ikeu to the barn, threshed, cleaned and uiea- 

 ired ; the product is three bushels and a half;, 

 e bushel weighing fortyfour pounds. In con- 

 ■quence of a miscarriage when the oats were 

 rwardcd, they were not received until the 19th 

 r May, when they were immediately sowed. 

 'he laiui appointed and prepared to receive them 

 as joining a timothy field ; the consequence 

 as, when the timothy was mown down, an innu- 

 lerahle host of grasshoppers took possession of 

 le oats, and commenced their usual destructive 

 Bvoc, which prevented a much greater yield. 



Preparation of the Soil. — -V piece of land 

 om which a large crop of ruta baga was taken 

 ist November. As soon ns the turnips were ta- 

 en from the field, we run the plough up and 

 own the furrows, (the turnips being cuKivated 

 pon the four furrow system.) The land remain- 

 d in this state during winter, receiving all the 



nefits of the frost without exposing the soil to 

 lavy rains, &c. In March, the ridges with a 

 lough -were struck down and harrowed ; when 

 aady for sowing, they were formed into eight 

 (ep lands, ploughed deep and sowed. I must 

 emark, in consequence of the protracted sowing, 

 formed a composition of shec]) manure, ashes, 

 llaster, &c. &.c. with which he gave a top dress- 

 iig to expedite their growth, selecting a proper 

 leriod, according to our judgment, for the appli- 

 Btion ; although we received scarcely any rain 

 Pom the time of sowing to the time of harvesting, 

 ney continued to grow luxuriantly. It may be 

 cell to remark, this mode of cultivation is not 

 pplicable to all soils, particularly sandy land. 

 Yours, with great respect, 



Thomas Mitford. 



Hyde Park, Oct. 15, 1835. 



tors, 'ihe location of the farm is <iuite retired, 

 being about two and a half miles from Concord 

 village, hut beautifully situated on the easterly 

 side of Turkey Pond. A two story house and 

 barn in the ])urchase, have been re[)aircd, and a 

 buildiiig of 04 feet hy 34, for various piu'ioses, 

 has been added the present season. A building 

 particularly for a cocoonery lias not yet been 

 erected, as part of those now occupied will be 

 used for that purpose probably two or three 

 ycar.J. The land is good, and all the variety 

 such as wanted for, general farming is here 

 found. It is calculated by those competent 

 to judge, that more than one half of the farm, or 

 125 acres is well adapted either for the Chinese 

 or Italian mulberry. About 4000 trees have al- 

 ready been planted, and it is intended to add a 

 much greater number next spring. As the land 

 will be cultivated for other purposes, the trees 

 have been set out 15 feet by 6, which gives about 

 500 to the acre. At this distance they will be 

 permitted to grow about 10 feet high. The land 

 occupied by the trees this year has been planted 

 with potatoes which yielded about 150 bushels 

 to the acre, without any luamirp, except a small 

 quantity of plaster of Paris. No worms have 

 been kept the past year, as it is not advisable to 

 pick the leaves the first season after transplanting. 

 It is intended to commence next summer, by feed- 

 ing about 100,000. 



The Concord Silk Company have not been led 

 into this enterprise by any high colored statements 

 which may have been made by enthusiasts and 

 those little acquainted with the business ; but 

 they have taken for the basis of their calculations 

 the lowest estimates of experienced men ; men 

 who had no object to deceive, but rather would 

 be interested in giving correct information. They 

 feel perfectly satisfied that the profits of a mul- 

 berry plantation, judiciously managed, will be 

 such as to satisfy those who are at all reasonable 

 in their expectation.^, and who do not expect to 

 make a fortune by a single eflx)rt. 



Onf, of the Company. 



Concord, M H. Dec. 15, 1835 



(For the New England Parmer.) 

 CONCORD SILK COSIPANV. 



I believe there has been a piissing notice in 

 lOUr valu.tble paper of a company by the above 

 lame, but no particulars were given. At the 

 resent time, when there is such a general excite- 

 aent through the United States, and especially in 

 ffew England, on the suliject of silk growing, a 

 irief account ofthiscomp.my may not he uuinter- 

 isting to your readers, atlhough it is yet in its in- 

 iincy. The company was formed last June,'and in- 

 ■orporated with a capital of .$75,000. A farm was 

 lurchased of 250 acres, and cost $4,000. 'J he 

 )fiicers chosen for the present year, are Albe 

 IJady, President; Hamilton H utch ins, .5ecrc<an/ ; 

 tfoees G. Atwood, Corresponding Secretary ; Gar- 

 ten P. Lyon, Treasurer; Isaac Hiil, Ahner B. 

 fCelly, Stephen Brown, John Whipple, Samuel 

 3vans, and Charles Smart, Directors. An agent 

 i!is been appointed, who resides on the farm and 

 iliUiag«e it, being under the control of the direc- 



att(!nq>ts to address a young woman without con-' 

 sent of her parents, or in case of their absence, of 

 the County Court, he shall be fined 41. for the first 

 offence, 10/. for the second, aiul be imprisoned 

 for the third. 



1049. Matthew Stanley was tried for drawing 

 in the aflections of .lohn Tarbox's daughter with- 

 out the consent of her parentis, convicted, and 

 fined 151 ; fees 2.5. 6d. Three married woman 

 were fined 5.?. each for scolding. 



1053. Jonas Fairbanks was trii^d for wearing 

 great boots but was acquitted. — JVafionni JEgis. 



EcoNOMi IN Fuel. — There is a prodigious 

 waste of coal, occ.isioned hy the width of the 

 ojietdng in the grates, by which a large portion of 

 the heat escapes up the chimney. 'J he best rem- 

 edy is a register so contrived as to diminish the 

 draft after the fire is ignited. A sunple bar of 

 iron will. answer the purpose of diminishing the 

 aperture, and any one who will take the trouble 

 of trying the experiment, will be astonished at 

 the additional heat thrown into the room by one 

 of extraordinary thickness. A bar of iron that 

 will cost twentyfive cents, will produce tweuly 

 Iter cent more heat. — Boston Traveller. 



I would hope no cultivator will ever rest satis- 

 fied till his cattle, sheep and swine are composed 

 of the best breeds, which can be procured on 

 either side of the Atlantic. Good breeds of cattle 

 cost less for keeping and yield more for profit 

 than those which have been propagated from the 

 worst of th ir species. Give your cows kept for 

 milk the best of food and plenty of it. In addi- 

 tion to plenty of good hay, give them moderate 

 messes of carrots, ruta baga, or mangel wurtzel. 

 You may then make good butter in winter, and 

 churn it easily, if you heat the cream to 75"^ Fah. 

 It will be a saving if you cut the hay or straw 

 with which you feed your cattle and horses ; you 

 will soon save much more than the price of one 

 of Willis's Straw Cutters, to be had at the Agri- 

 cultural Warehouse, 52, North Market street, 

 Boston. — A". E. Farmer's Almanac. 



OLDEN TIME IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



In 1627, there were but thirty ploughs in all 

 Massachusetts, and the use of these agricultural 

 implements was not familiar to all the planters. 

 From the annals of Salem, it appears in that year, 

 it was agreed by the town to grant Richard 

 Hutchinson 20 axrres of land in addition to his 

 share, on condition " he set up ])loughing." 



1630. A sumptuary act of the General Court 

 prohibiteil short sleeves, and required the gar- 

 ments to be lengthened so as to cover the arms to 

 the wrists, and required reformation "in immod- 

 erate great breeches, knots of ribbon, broad shoul- 

 der bands and taylee : silk rases, double cuffs and 

 ruflis." 



1639. " For preventing miscarriage of letters, 

 it is ordered that notice be given that Richard 

 Fairbank, his house in Boston, is the place ap- 

 pointed for all letters, which are brought from 

 beyond the sea or are to he sent thither, are to be 

 brought imto him and le is allowed for every 

 such letter \d., and must answer all miscarriages 

 through his own neglect in his kind, provided that 

 no man shall be obliged to bring his letter thither, 

 unless he pleases." 



1647. The Court order, that if any young inan 



A Bkar Calf. — As Mr , of Jackson county, 



Indiana, was returning from a neighboring grog 

 shop, a few evenings since, he was most furiously 

 attacked by a bear of the largest size, which he 

 succeeded in "mauling" to death with his fists, 

 after a splendid contest .of five minutes. Next 

 morning, accompanied by two of his neighbors, 

 he repaired to the battle field, when lo, he had 

 killed a fine yearling calf. — Cincinnati Whig. 



To make Gold colored Varnibh. — Bruise sepa- 

 rately four uunces of lacca, as much gamboge, as much 

 dragon's blood, as much arnotto, and one ounce of saF-«- 

 fron. Put each of these in a spirit of wine. Dige jt 

 tlicm in the sun or in a inoderate heat for a fortnight. — 

 Mix them with clear varnish of sandarao according to 

 the tint required. Four ounces of aloes, dissolved in a 

 quart of spirits will also be a good addition to the above 

 inTedienls, and give moie command over tl'.e tint. — 

 Mechanic's Magazine. 



The Baptist meeting bouse at Soiit h Reading, 

 was entirely consumed by fire, on Sunt*, ay, between 

 9 and 10 o'clock. It caught from tl le stove fun- 

 nel. Loss estimated at from 3 to $ 40OO. No in- 

 surance. 



