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AND HORTICULTURAL R K G I S T E R , 



173 



rilh atrangcrM by (ivpi'tiirnin<; ihom into iho im 

 to M to engaj.'C cluster intinmcy. llia Ic^-s .1 

 vorld tuo \i>ng, were iinititeil from tlio rem deer — 

 liidark body, two worlds luo lank, xcemed to Imvo 

 tMO whetted oD the new invented rovoivinK pa- 

 *DtmrtalUc mzor grinddone. 'I'lic Ion);, crowbsr- 

 liwped Uote formed a convenient implement for 

 hrowin^ up slonesor throwing down walls. Look- 

 Dg lik« a ^eyhound on stilts, he was so fleet that 

 ho fever and ag^ue could not ovortako and shake 

 im in a fur chaso, and so thin tliat his shadow 

 :ould not keep up with him in a race. The lio<; 

 )f Ohio, more di^nilicd, reclined his culoxsal form 

 eneath tlie Uuckeye tree, and refreshed his appc- 

 ite Bith the frujts showered down I'rom the for- 

 ts. In Illinois, the beautiful prairies swarmcil 

 ritli legions of swine. There, whore earth, rolling 

 nlo waves of verdure, expands in seas of green, 

 he pigs cropped the fairest flowers for their feasts, 

 nd reposed, when weary, benealli bowers festoon- 

 d with the crimson drapery of the creeper, and 

 vthered for their couches blossoms as rich and 

 are as those which bent to the breezes which 

 wept over Eden. 



Tliero is ueither time nor space, now afforded 

 or describing that which is indescribable. The 

 omparison led to the conclusion — That a New 

 England pig, well provided with means of support, 

 id in good condition and comfortable circumstan- 

 ei, had better hold fast by the pens of the descen- 

 ants of the Puritans, than to devote life, fortune 

 nd honor to a pilgrimage towards the Paradise of 

 M West 



All which is respectfully submitted, 



WILLIAM LINCOLN. 



Nbtt. — The following table, compiled from the 

 ooks of the Society, will present a view of the in- 

 reasing prosperity of the Swine of Worcester 

 !oanty : 



1833 '34 '35 '3& '37 '38 '39 '40 '41 

 loaia, 2 4 3 1 4 5 18 14 16 



towB, 2 -^ 4 3 6 3 3 12 21 



igt, 13 22 30 87 41 C8 60 82140 



Total, 

 hroers, 

 ^mpe titers, 



17 28 37 41 51 78 81 108 177 

 2 1 J 1 3 4 10 e 33 

 (! 10 8 6 17 16 21 24 42 



LARGE YIELDS OP CORN— THE CORN 

 CULTURE. 



We observe in the New Genesee Farmer, the 

 'illowing notices of large yilds of corn : 



L In the proceedings of the Cayuga county, N. 



Agricultural Fair, we find that the committee on 

 rain awarded to Joseph F. Osborn, the first pre- 

 lium of $8 for the best crop of corn, presented by 

 Decimens, both in quality of seed and quantity 

 reduced, which yielded 144 bushels II pounds to 

 le acre. 



2. Tha secoi id premium of ,*5 for quantity (121 

 ishela 15 pound « to the acre.) was awarded to 

 imes Sherman, n. f Springport 



3. In the proce edings of the Genesee County 

 gricultura! Fair, we find iliat II. Brainard receiv- 

 l the premium for the best acre of corn, y7 bush- 



4, The editor of tli e Genesee Farmer says — 

 " A Scotch fanner r esiding in the town of Sodus, 

 'ayne county, N. Y., informs us that lie raised, 



Ee pasteeaaon, 400 bu? i^els of Indian corn on four 

 res of land, notwithsti ending the dryness of the 



llr atlribiiii'M hiH succecs iiininly In lim 

 ... ...:ii . of plantiiif;, iind tliinks fariiuTS gonoriilly 



plant 1(10 thinly. II19 mode is, to pliinl in rows [i 

 leet apart, and drop two grains 111 a pUco only 15 

 inches apart in the rows. The variety used is the 

 Red HIazed FlinL The soil is sandy loam, and 

 100 loadd of manure were put on the four acres. 

 The corn was ripened nnd cut sufliciently early to 

 sow the ground with wheal." 



j 5. Ill the proceedings of the Monroe county, N. 

 j V. Agricultural Society, wo find that Uobcrl I). 

 I Martin received the first premium of $7 for the 

 I best average acre of corn, the average being 1)4 

 I bushels to tho ocre; Ebenc/.or Gonding received 

 I the second premium, $■>. his average being 'JO 

 I bushels to the acre ; and Lyman H. Lnngworthy 

 j the third, $3, his acroable average being 80 l-.'ti. 

 j 0. Abram Ciisliman presented a memorandum 

 I showing a product of !I8 bushels, but as he oimlted 

 I to produce his vouchors, lie was not awarded a pre- 

 I miiim. 



{ 7. In the proceedings of the Oneida county Cat. 

 I tie Show and Fair, the first premium for the best 

 I ncre of corn was awarded to Julius Curtis, of Wesl- 

 ; moreland : it was 86 bushels 36 lbs. : the second 

 I premium was awarded to Elisha Shaw, pf Rome ; 

 I his crop was 83 bushels 1!) lbs. of very good corn. 

 I There was another acre presented for premium 

 j by Mr Stephen Scott, of Lee, <»7 bushels 40 lbs. ; 

 this crop, for some reason not assigned, the com- 

 j laittee regret that they were obliged to exclude. 

 We have recorded eleven instances of large 

 yields of corn, and the nature of the last season 

 I being considered, we may add, of very large ones ; 

 1 but we regret that wq are not able to lay before 

 our readers the character of the soils, the quantity 

 J and quality of the manures used, the kind of corn 

 I planted, and mode of planting and culture in each 

 instance, as such information would be much more 

 satisfactory than the plan adopted, with one exccp- 

 I tion, of merely giving the results, and ttiat one is by 

 no means as full as we could wish. It has always 

 been our opinion that the agricultural committees 

 should, in publishing their premiums, require the 

 information we name, and without a compliance 

 with such requisitions, that no premium should be 

 awarded, as besides the stimulating influence at- 

 tendant upon the award of premiums, it should be a 

 great object to increase the means of competition 

 by disseminating among the people the modes of 

 culture by which success may be attained. 



In the case of No. 4, in whicr. an aferage of 

 100 bushels was obtained oflf of 4 acres, close plant, 

 ing appears to us to have had a material agency in 

 producing the yield, us the quantity of manure used 

 is by no means large, being but twentyfive per 

 cent, more than the quantity usually applied to an 

 acre of corn land by provident farmers. In the II 

 instances named, they are all above 80 bushels 

 to the acie, 4 largely above 90, one 100, one above 

 121, and one over 144 bushels to the acre. These 

 large yields, as the reader will have perceived, are 

 all in the State of New York, where we are cer- 

 tain the climate is not so congenial to the growth 

 of corn, as is Maryland and some of our neighbor- 

 ing States. Why then this dispority in produc- 

 tion ? We shall not answer this question ; but 

 we may bo .indulged with a few suggestions with 

 respect to some few of the operating causes. With 

 us it is uiifortiHiute that the desire of many of us 

 is to get a gnat number of acres of corn in, with- 

 out being over particular in the accumulation if 

 manure, so as to provide pasture for it when plant- 



ed ; many uf u» ngoiii plant more than we can tend, 

 wlier«aH to the insl, lie who plontx corn, i» careful 

 to provide manure for whatever ho may put in, and 

 to plant no more thnn ho can properly cultiratc. 

 Earl Slimson, of Sarotoga county, N. Y., from 60 

 acres in corn, linrveHtB annually about .MiOO bush- 

 els of grain ; his land it land, with very little ad- 

 mixture of other kinds of soil in it ; just such land 

 aa in this Stale we have seen corn growing, over 

 which we could ride without injuring it. He farms 

 upon tlu; right principle — ho believes that if land 

 IS worth farming, tliol it is worth being farmed 

 well ; that the hoiI like the animal stomach requires 

 feuding, and llmi he who expccla to extract a re- 

 munerating yield from the earth, must keep it in 

 good tilth. In a word, he repudiates the plan of 

 taking all out and putting nothing in. Ho loo, 

 like the Scotch fanner in No, 4, plants close — 27 

 inches each way. We are aware, however, that 

 with our larger varieties of corn we cannot plant 

 so close as do the folks to the cast, but still we 

 think that by diminishing our distances we might 

 increase our products. And while wo have pen in 

 hand, we wilt use it to nrge upon each of our rea- 

 ders to begin at onoo to make provision to secure 

 the requisite manure to experiment next spring up- 

 on a few acres. Go to the woods for mould and 

 leaves ; cover your cow-yards wiih it, and in the 

 spring mix its contents together, adding in the pro- 

 portion of about ten bushels of lime to the acre 

 with the compost. If you do this, prepare your 

 ground well, put in your corn at a proper lime and 

 distance for yielding, and cultivate it as it ought 

 to be, we think we can promise you such a crop as 

 yon may justly be proud of. — American Farmtr. 



FLOUR AND WHEAT. 

 The quantity of flour and wheat delivered from 

 the Erie canal during the last week in October, at 

 the places named below, is as follows, via : 



Bblg. Flour. Bu. Khtal. 

 Schenectady, 532 2,8'JO 



West Troy. 25,561 63,775 



Albany, 52,376 13,632 



Total, 78,469 80,497 



The following ia the aggregate of flour and 

 wheat delivered from the Erie canal during the 

 month of October, at the same places : 



Dhh. Flour. Bu. ffheat. 



Schenectady, 2,796 2,969 



West Troy, 88,060 201,654 



Albany, 180,848 47,515 



Total, 



271,704 25>,138 



Jllbany Daily Adv. 



BLOSSOM'S residen(;e. 



.\ friend in Cambridge inquired of us a while 

 since where " Woodside" was, the residence of the 

 cow Blossom. We find the following in the last 

 No. of the Farmers' Cabinet, published at Phila- 

 delphia : 



"We v.ould inform our inquiring friends that 

 H'oodsidr, the residence of Sam'l Canby, Esq., the 

 owner of the remarkable cow Blossom, is situated 

 .1 12 niilfs from Wilmington, Del. The manage- 

 ment of this fine farm is in Ihe English style, and 

 furms an attractive object with those who have a 

 proper taste for rural improvement." 



