NiW ENGLAND FARMER, 



^ niy return safe and well if ,(,ng Iheuu Uh [ : has been obviously very great How much longer 

 who would not travel in iail'.neas across the Ijitd.j it will continue its action, time alone can tell." 



to meet siicli a ''«'=''jption. \ 1 would say to tlie writer of tljat article, that he 



And now methinVs '. l,ear yon e-;^c'\a»m, Jttfler lia«- j speaks like a phjlosoplier ; for not only are his Bur- 



tt Bropcd your W'"y lints lur I. ,tuugli my " uark- niises perfectly true as to tlie worth of the bones, 



mes made visibl'e," -what has ^\\ ihig to do in the but his opinion as to the use t)f them also. 



■vjlumns of 0.T1 agricultural r,iper ? | I gues8, Mr KJitor, without further commerrt or 



True there is not much of the practice or theory 'bones of contention in the matter, you will take it 



From the Maine Cultitator. 



Bgric , u 



returned safely to my own home, well pleased with 

 oil I have seen, and well satisfied to live upon our 

 fertile soil, and suffer many inconveniences that 

 the emigrant to the West must necessarily do ; 

 •till hoping with a fond hope that the time is not 

 far distant when such a fertile soil as now lies 

 waste before me, will be so improved, and thereby 

 be the means of improving many of my fellow crea- 

 tures, that if you should ever visit me, as I hopo 

 you may, you would find such a road as would not 

 ■endanger you to the liability of losing yourself up- 

 on a Western prairie. 



And now, to you, Mr Editor, and my excellent- 

 friend, the proprietor of your journal, and to my 

 numerous agricultural acquaintance wlw read your 

 pages, accept a most hearty " God speed the plow," 

 from your western friend, 



SOLON. ROBINSON. 



Luke C. H., Indiana. 



of farming here, hut t>,erc is amid the bushel of | for granted that no nation upon earth knows the 

 chaff perchance a groin of wheat, that some of i uses, qualities, virtues, and efficacy of bones better 

 yourreaders may fep.l some delight in sifting out, ! than the peoplu of Great Britain. Vou will allow, 

 as they sit of a Ion g winter evening, around some j also, that, althougli wo cannot give them credit as 

 cheerful hearth of my own iiotivo and still loved } being a lootli puking, we may without fear of con- 

 New Kugland, Tliey wiH learn something of j tradiclion, pronounce them a ione ;)ic/cing- . nation. 

 " life in the West ;" and from the hearty reception | Yes, and from all we read and hear, bones, and no 

 that I met with from a gnodly number of them, | bread, is the order of the day with them, (that is, 

 they wilt, I am sure, Irani with pleasure, that after for the poor.) You have not forgotten the four last 

 a iournev of some' five thousand miles, which I lines of .1 song the writer published some few years 

 made on purpose to witnes.9 the improving slate of back, touching tlie lilg Hugs and Hum B./g-a which 

 ulture in the United States, I have at length I so long governed that nation. The lines run thus : 



"I 'm a Bull <.rili« Old British breed- 

 Like many, hud grown spnre and lankey, 

 As tlie Dig Bulls took all the best feed, 

 I chnngi'd from a Bull to a Yankee.'' 

 "Them was my sentiments," and doubtless those 

 are liie senlimciits of a thousand others. But 

 enough of this ; let us leave these legions of bone 

 epicureans to pick their bones in sympathy and 

 quietness, while we look into the grand secret we 

 arc in quest of. 



The secret, .Mr Editor, is, that there nre raor« 

 ways of using bones to profit and advantage, tnan 

 that of making sou;?, or even manuring the land 

 with them. Yes, I have known numbers who, at 

 one lime in their lives, lived upon picking of bones, 

 and afterwards got a fat living by bone picking (or 

 otherwise, bone fcoiiing-.) The fact is, merchants 

 of this description manage to erect a machine term- 

 ed a Jl^W, or Bone Smasher, wherein all bones, af- 

 ter going through the ceremony of soup making, 

 and being well picked by man and dog, arc gath- 

 ered up and sold by the bushel to those bone 



CULTIVATION OF ROOTS. 



.Vorridgetcock, Dec. G, 1& 

 MtssKS. Editors — Believing that the c> 

 lion of roots is the roof of all good farming, I 

 devote this communication to tliat subject. E 

 Marshal's return in this State, the produce of 

 was as follcJws : 



JIai* 



»i»li 

 I am 



Wheat, 



Rye, 



Corn, 



Oats, 



Buckwheat, 



Barley, 



848,166 busheliii 

 137,941 " 

 9.')0,529 

 1,076,409 « 

 51, 54a 

 355,161 



■Hie 



smashers and boilers, who then pound and puKc- I i^re of turnips and top roots. If those who 



BONEOLOGY ! 



The grand secret, Air the cat let out of the bag '. 

 To the Editor of the Karmers' Gazelle : 



Sir The above caption will no doubt strike 



you as singular, and at the sninc time cause you to 

 ■wonder, in the name of type, pens, ink and paper, 

 to what purport could such a text be converted, to 

 make it worthy of a space in your paper. I would 

 only say, Mr Editor, by the way of prelude, that as 

 it is nothing new for banks to make large capitals 



from nothing make nutmegs from wood — cheese I mors for manure, at an enormous profit ! 



from clay— honey from treacle — bear's grease I There's the secret, Mr Editor, and 1 

 from hog's flesh— and a thousand other f/ce/eras ] Wliat think you ? Have 1 not convinced yourself 

 moulded from the same lilllc word, [will try my | and readers, ihat I have /)on*(/ and rnanufacturrd 

 hand for once, to sec whether I cannot produce 1 something out of wliat they supposed to be nothing.^ 

 something out of that which many persons in this ' I guess I h:ive. Have 1 not also shown them that 



3,419,748 



Potatoes, 10^02,380 — more than three 

 for every bushel of grain grown in the State. 

 valuing wheat at Ss., rye, corn and barley 

 oats and buckwheat at 2s., the grain crop ami 

 to $2,469,29-2. The potatoes at 1». Q>d. amoti J' 

 $2,.'>75,59.5. I am for the present willing toi 

 the value of the potato crop, (what I candidi 

 lieveittobe) worth, for sustaining animal 

 equally as much as every bushel of grain rais 

 tlie Slate. I have no doubt this view of the 

 ject will appear startling to some of your rei | 

 The truth is, what comes to us with great ce l| 

 ty and from very ordinary means, attracts . 

 less attention, than that which is uncertain an , 

 quires our utmost skill Jind. perseverance, and 

 not always to be had. 



We talk and write, and labor and empla; 

 best skill and means to grow corn and whea(l 

 \ our siircess or want of it, are fruitful subje^ 

 contemplation for the year; whilst by stlckij 

 our potatoes any where and almost any how, 

 England is, as it were, annually saved from sta 

 lion. I am aware that agricultural papers 

 been much occupied for several years on the 



rize them into small powder ; after which they are 

 transplanted into an enormous lur;re kettle and 

 boiled until every partii-le of fat and marrow is 

 extracted. It is then carefully skimmed into bar- 

 rels or hogsheads, placed there for that purposo, 

 until full ; then headed up and exported to some 

 foreign market, as genuine first rate Russian tallow ! 

 The drogs arc with avidity bought up by the far- 



no tnistake. 



country suppose to be nothing 



You of course are aware, sir, that yoiif useful 



they may make better use of their hones at home 

 tlian they can by sending them abroad ? And have 



little paper of Nov. 26, contains an article quoted I "ol given them the ide,., (that is, 1 they did not 

 ^om the AV« England Fanner, headed ■■ Bone Ma know it before,; that they can as well erect bone 

 nure-Some Mistake." The art.cio in qoeslion P'X-d"". '""l^" f'l"-. ""''«»''« l''", "f^es for their 



acquaints its readers, thot wilhiii the last twelve 

 months, 500 Ions of bones were purchased by [of] 

 a Mr Ward, ujid sent to Eng4.ind, and that the same 

 ship came b.i«k for another cargo! Then the wri- 

 ter makes the following comment: "These facts 

 show that there is more worth in the bones than we 

 in this vicinity attach to them. Our own observa- 

 tions as to the action of bones iipoii dry soils, give 

 us a highly favorable opinion of ils permanent effi- 

 cacy. In the third and fourth ycur after its appli- 

 colion, its effect in promoting the growth of grass 



own land, ns well as for llieir neighbors acr 

 the wotcr ? It I have convinced them on that 

 head, and that they arc satisfied, and will keep 

 their hones at home, why, so is 



Your bone, sinew, and miiscU friend, 



WM. GOODWIN. 



The Ornpe Fine. — Five millions of acres are de- 

 voted to the cultivation of the vino in France. The 

 value of the annual crop is oslimated at 500,000,000 

 francs, or about a million dollars. 



running mad on this subject will hold still a ml 

 I will tell Ihein what I know about it. Pro! 

 no man in this section has grown as many ruti 

 tigs within eight years as I have, and I tli 

 shall substitute the potato for it, alniosl whol 

 a field crop. .My reasons are as follows : Oui 

 mate is not so well adapted to its culture as . 

 more humid one of England. The plant.-; nre 

 liable to be injured by flies and grasshopprrs. 

 weeding, transplanting to fill vacant places^ 

 the thinning out the plants, require more care 

 one man in ten will devote to the subject. 



Not being as valuable us potatoes, more ci 

 room is required for the requisite quantity. 1 

 are loo offensive to the olfactories to occupy a 

 lar over which human beings dwell. 



True, they are a fine article for all kind 

 stock, and store hogs will do tolerably well on li 

 either raw or boiled. If cooked, it must be d 

 away from the dwelling, for the effluvia is \ 

 offensive. They keep badly the second sea* 

 and are not worth half as much as potatoes, if k' 



I have tried the winter radish, mangel wurt 

 sugar beet, blood beet and common carrot 

 small scale. Those who choose can try them 

 a large one, and i( they gel rich by it, we Yank 

 will always stand ready to follow. 



I have nol tried the while carrot, although Ih 

 seen some very large ones. They appear coa 

 and will require cutting for cattle or sheep. T^ 



