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ointed. The rye, in some quarters of the 



d, has been estimated at 60 bushels to the 



e, and at not less on an average, than 50 

 bels; but from the best calculations I can 

 ke, there being but a small part of it yet 

 eshcd, I put it down at 45 bushels to the 

 e. The grass and clover are uncommonly 

 11 set, and will yield, no doubt, a splendid 

 p next season — while the straw I have on 

 id from the rye, is the cleanest and most 

 •y of any I have ever had in my barn, 

 e soil is light and loose, inclining to sand, 

 sed with mica. 



[ can hardly describe to you the pleasur- 

 e sensations I felt, when, last fall, I be- 

 ll a portion of my beautiful young cattle, 

 ulging in the luxuries this now splendid 

 Id afforded them; some were feeding, and 

 oe ruminating, laying on their soft grassy 

 icb, from which, when they got up, you 

 ild distinctly see their mould in the grass 

 1 clover, that had cradled them. The 

 iqucst and possession of kingdoms, could 

 I have afforded such pure delight as filled 

 ! at that moment, when congratulating 

 'self on the conquest of the thicket in the 

 lods. 



Potatoes. — Four acres of mercers, in drill ; 

 o acres of which were planted on the side 

 a hill, on the 16th of April — the other two 

 res on the table land, on the 30th of April, 

 both manured alike, with the exception, 

 it on the long litter, raked in on the seed, 

 fore the plough, of the second planting, 

 ere was scattered a small portion of gyp- 

 m. In gathering on the 29th of Septem- 

 r, the product of two rows, thrown out by 

 e plough on opposite sides of a land, was 

 '\ bushels, — at the rate of 8J bushels to 

 e row. There were 102 rows in the two 

 res, including two wing rows, equal to 

 le row. Then 101 rows at 8|, give 883 

 ishels, or 441^ to the acre. This, tor Penn- 

 lvania, may seem incredible, — and had 

 >u not seen them, and had they not been 

 irly measured, I should be unwilling to re- 

 >rt it; — "But seeing is believing." The 

 •oduce of the first two acres, was 515 

 ishels. The whole patch was but once 

 ghtly dressed with the plough, and once 

 loroughly with the hoe-harrow. This was 

 !1 the working they had — it was strictly 

 eld culture, but then it was done in earn- 

 st, to suit the soil and the season. 

 I have often thought it a reproach to us, 

 lat the New England farmers should so far 

 seel us in raising crops of this root; and 

 lis was the more moving to me, — a native 



convinced them I was no indifferent compe- 

 titor. 



Carrots. — One acre and five perches — 

 yield of the whole patch, 772 bushels. Thir- 

 ty-six rows sowed on the 7th of April, at 18 

 inches distance; — these, of course, had to be 

 worked by hand ; — length of rows, 240 feet, 

 making one rood and eight perches; — the 

 yield, 270 bushels — equal to about 900 bush- 

 els to the acre. 



Sixty-seven rows, two feet apart, sowed 

 on the 29th of April; — two roods and thirty- 

 seven perches, field culture ; — product, 502 

 bushels — equal to 686 bushels to the acre. 



Sugar Parsnip. — Sowed latter part of 

 April — 1 rood 22 perches. Product, 309 

 bushels — equal to 749 bushels to the acre. 

 It is not necessary here to state the mode 

 and expense of culture, as these were given 

 in detail in former communications, pub- 

 lish ed. 



Of Turnips. — Though you saw a fine 

 crop for the season, I decline presenting it 

 for premium, believing James Robinson, on 

 the Clapier farm, raised a heavier crop of 

 ruta-baga; — of this, I had occular demon- 

 stration, and shall here take leave to make 

 a statement for him, which, perhaps, he 

 might neglect to do, and thereby lose his 

 chance of premium, by not complying with 

 the rule. Having been called upon by Mr. 

 Chorley, in the absence of two of his col- 

 leagues, who could not attend, we fixed 

 upon the 17th of November to view this 

 crop. The day proved the wettest of the 

 season ; but as farmers, like sailors, are 

 born for all weathers, it did not discourage 

 us. The committee, Mr. Chorley, Mr. Scott, 

 and myself, viewed the patch of about four 

 acres — measured the length and distance of 

 the rows, which showed 712 feet, by two 

 feet six inches; — requiring 24| rows to 

 make an acre. We directed that a bushel 

 of the roots should be gathered from a row, 

 designated, as a fair sample of the whole; — 

 the space taken out, was 36 feet — equal to 

 490 bushels to the acre. The soil was light, 

 such as is called isinglass, in our neighbour- 

 hood. The manuring, consisting of stable 

 and butcher's manure, was rather heavy. 

 Had less been used, and a portion of its value 

 put on in lime, it would have made a better 

 and a more profitable crop, and left the land 

 in better condition for spring seeding. He 

 deserves, however, great credit for the man- 

 ner in which he did the work — they were 

 both clean and regular throughout. It was 

 a beautiful patch of turnips, and should be re- 



the land of potatoes — and I determined] I garded as a great crop, considering the ex- 

 take the field, and not quit it till I had jcessive drought of last fall. 



