TOI,. TK. NO. 41. 



AND HORTICULTURAL R [•: Ci I S T K R 



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^ntlcnian ofsn oliler (^nrroti>>n, hid n l»l of near- ' jn the aliiipc of ■ niilk-paii. I liava aUo vn sliapi'il 

 y the gaiiio size aloni;sido of llioso oiglit acres : ihe irrouml iiiulcr my lio}j pens, tlinl iho li(|iii(l pari 

 condemned decidedly llio experiment of Ins of the innmiro will rutlior tend to llio cenlro of llie 

 'ounger neiglibor : the rock weed had corlainly ' yard. From a bank » hive I could not plow, I have 

 lestroyed the crop, ho said, for one year, and priiba- riirtod liiaiii and spread upon tho bottom of the 

 ily tho land would suffer for many years: this was | yard and under llio floor of tho pens, (which I never 

 aid at the time of the old election in Mastiachu- < siitfiT to be lasteiiod down with nails,) to the depth 

 etls, the last Wednesday in .May, when the whole , of about J \'i feet. One other little concern I 



iij;)iborhood had a holiday in huntinjj crows, I have attended to — a wheel barrow. This may be 



ackhirds and bobolinkhorns, and Then tho grass j thought a very insignificant aUiiir, but it is a mighty 

 n ni'ilher licld had started much ahead. In the | alfuir, notwithstanding — lor manure is the founda- 

 ourse of the no.xt month the ditfercnce was seen — lion of the wealth of nations. No farmer should 



dark, deep green covering of clover, herds grass I be without a wheel barrow ; it is a very convenient 

 nd red-top, springing up where the rock weed was i thing for many pvirposes, and a farmer who hiis one 

 pro.Til, lit to mow on the fourth of July; while on ! can constantly increase his manure. Swme that 

 le other side of tho fence the yellow dew grass i are shut up in pens or yards, should be daily fur- 



th scarce a head of the cultivated grasses, stood i nished with a quantity of some kind of matter to 



9 dilTorent in stature as if tiio one lot belonged to 

 ic kingdom of Brobdigiiag, and the other was in 

 le lorrilory of His Majesty of Liiliput. "Capt'n 

 teplien," as the man in a multitude of the same 

 amo was called by his christian name — Captain 



nianulactiire into manure. The hands of I'linncr 

 Thrifty, I can assure you, move the wheel barrow 

 more or less every day. It is oft(^n troublesome 

 to yoke the oxen every lime we wish to add a little 

 to the hog sly or to the compost heap under the 



tcplien, who gained reputation enough in the war ; sink spout, 

 f the Revolution, to become a 'train band Cap- | Evory farmer may find materials more or less 

 in' of a militia company dressed in uniform and , which may bo cither carted to the barn yard, the 

 illed the ' Menotomy Fusileers,' and who marched , hog sly or tho compost heap There is not a farm 

 : Uieir head to quell the Shays rebellion about the [ in the Stale of Maine which does not contain more 

 ear \~6C>, might be a good soldier, and was ac- | or less of rich black earth, muck, &c., and the far- 

 nowjcdged to be, but an indifferent officer — hut I mer who does not collect this precious treasure, 

 as probably a still more indifferent farmer. The j must be stupid enough. Even common dirt spread 

 nd described as with the poor crop of hay, re- I on the bottoms of barn and hng yards, under the 

 laint in the possession of the same family lino, as 1 floors of hog styes, hovels, stables, &c. will make 

 les nearly the whole neighborhood ; but such ' good manure. No good farmer will suffer maniire 

 ■8 been the, improvement on that ground since, during the summer to lie exposed to the weather 

 at it would be impossible a really poor and slo- and uncovered with loam. For a cold, stiff, clayey 

 5nly farmer should be permitted to remain in the ' soil, light upland loam, after lying in the barn-yard 

 r'lob' end village. The people at that place are , through llje winter, is an excellent manure, and 

 )t afraid of injuring their land by tlie application I for a light dry soil, a clayey loam is just the ma- 



mauurc, which if it is not produced at hand uii 

 leir own premises, or brought from the sea, is 

 jrchased in .the adjacent city of Boston and cart- 

 1 from seren to ten miles. One hundred dollars 

 oith of manure to an acre, repeated at intervals 



jevery two or three years, is not in that neighbor- 

 lod considered extravagant; and the money ex- 

 snded returns to them increased four fold, after 

 ifrayiDg the expense of labor from the city, where 

 le manure is derived.'' 



From the Maine Farmer. 

 MANURE. 



terial. Some materials, such as muck, leaves of 

 trees, door dung, nnd other substances of woody 

 origin, sliould be carted to a compost yard, (and a 

 compost yard every farmer certainly should have,) 

 and lime sliould be thoroughly mixed with the 

 same. Lime destroys the acidity (sourness) wliich 

 such materials contain, and rend'TS them healthy 

 food for plants. Some low lands are acid in their 

 nature, which renders ihem unproductive. Now I 

 suppose that lime is just the tiling we should use 

 to sweeten the soil ; or if you please, try the ex- 

 periment of carting upon such kinds of soil, light 

 upland from some bank where you do not wish to 

 plow. In order to manage manure in the most 

 skillful manner, much scientific knowledge is- re- 

 Ma HoL.MES — I will once more speak of the ex- ', quired, and this knowledge is open to all ; every 

 lUency of manure. If you will not think ine ] farmer that reads may understand. It is the duty 

 jilly of egotism, I will mention what I have done , of every agricultural writer to give his ideas in a 

 ysclf and what I am now doing. In a communi- ! style that may be easily understood by the weakest 

 ilion I wrote a year or two since, I promised that ] capacity. Every farmer should feel his own 

 my life and health were spared, I would give an strenglli, and endeavor to improve in scientific 

 :uinple of what ought to be done by farmers in knowledge, and also employ good common sense, 

 ference to the management of swine. I have and try experiments with a. view to correct theo- 

 )w begun to redeem that promise ; have con- 1 retical errors. 



ructed a concern, and shall soon procure all the | Once more. Air Editor, I will invoke aid from the 

 jcessary apparatus, and I intend that things shall [ strong arm of the government and sue for legisla- 

 ! so managed, that ten hogs may be fattened with j live encouragement for the noble science of airri- 

 less amount of labor and fuel than would be re- culture. Will our yeomanry jiroslratc themselves 

 lired to fatten two hogs by the usual method i before the Iloii. members of the legislature, brg- 

 •acticed. The hog is very celebrated for bis ging for a support to that great interest which is 

 laptation to the business of manure making, and the foundation of our national glory and happiness .' 

 think every farmer should endeavor to supply or will our farmers ere long speak in little elerner 

 ID with materials, and make him earn his living tones than those of supplication ? 

 id oi much more aa possible. I have by dig. J. E. ROLFE. 



ing, carting, &.C., shaped my hog yard somewhat i Rum/ord, Oct. 1841. 



feedi.m; li.w Tt) siii:i:i', 



I ani located in a vory hilly country, and of 

 course my syatiim of farming is varionii, but my 

 iiitontion ia ultimately to confine myaclf to railing 

 fine wool. I liavo tried many ways of fi'eding 

 slioep on hay. I have spread It on the ground, 

 which I consider the most slovenly and waslnly. I 

 have fed in board boxe» or racks, made about 'i 1-8 

 feet wide and from 12 to ](i feet long, with a roof 

 to keep the hay dry ; they are made of boards 

 about I foot or I,') inches wide, nailed on 4 inch 

 scantlings in each corner ; tho bottom board to 

 stand on the ground; the next course to be nailed 

 on 8 inches above, leaving that space all round the 

 box for the sheep to put their heads through to the 

 hay ; but they will waste considerable hay fed in 

 this way, if they are fed all they will eat. Forthe 

 last two winters I have let my sheep run to the 

 stacks, which may appear to be vory wasteful and 

 slovenly, in theory, but I do not find it so in its 

 practical effect, owing to the manner in which I 

 build my stacks. In the first place, I take a pole 

 about five inches in diameter at the butt and about 

 ihrce at the top ; blue ash is the best I set this 

 about ii 1-2 feet in the ground and stamp the dirt 

 firm around it ; let it be long enough to project 

 about three foot above the top of the stack, for con- 

 venience of the stacker in topping off; then take 4 

 blocks about 18 inches high, sawed off a log about 

 18 inches in diameter ; place them around the pole, 

 and on those blocks build a rail pen only three 

 rails high ; cover the ground with rails about f> or 

 S inches apart, to keep the hay off the ground, and 

 in this pen and around the pole, build the stack in 

 the usual way. I generally put *'rom. 3 1 -2 to 3 

 tons in a stack; the sheep will eat ofttthe hay un- 

 der the rails clear into the pole, and' the slack will 

 settle down the pole, the bol' im kresting on the 

 rail pen, until the sheep will eaL it ajl up, with but 

 little waste. Such has been my practice for two 

 years past, and I have this sumioer stacked all my 

 hay intended for sheep in this manner. My sheop 

 are Saxony and grade sheep, and I have about 250. 

 I have tried various lengths forthe blocks to build 

 the pens on, and find about 18 or 20 inches the 

 most suitable length ; larger sheep would need 

 higher blocks. — Albany Cult. 



GREAT YIELD OP CORN— CLQSE PLANT- 

 ING. 

 A Seotch farmer residing in the town of Sodos, 

 Wayne county, N. Y., informs us that he raised, 

 the past season, 400 bushels of Indian corn on four 

 acres of land, notwithstanding the dryness of the 

 season. He attributes his success mainly to his 

 manner of planting, and thinks farmers generally 

 plant too thinly. His mode is, to plant in rows 3 

 feet apart, and drop two grains in a place only 15 

 inches apart in the rows. The variety used is the 

 Red Blazed Flint The soil is sandy loam, and 

 100 loads of manure were put on the four acres. 

 The corn was ripened and cut sntficiently early to 

 sow the ground with wheat — Gentsee Far. 



For JVetc Boots. — A pint of linseed oil, two oun- 

 ces of beeswax, two ounces of spirits of turpentine, 

 and half an ounce of Burgundy pitch, slowly melt- 

 ed together, and then applied to new boots, will 

 render them water tight without becoming stiff. 

 One who has tried it several years, believes that 

 his shoemaker's bill has been reduced by it one 

 half.— /6. 



