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«%i> liiirn cellars und suitable tillngc nnd 



to Willi own tlieir hands only, may frcncrally 

 II in raitiiii<; tnrnipa for stock, but I ttiink I 

 low tlioin a better way. 

 all aoiU except those which aro so roti^h and 



to require fall plowing and the niellowin<; 

 ICO of peas, peas and uats, or buckwheat, po- 

 or corn should in general be the first crop 

 itation, irhcro the uso of manures makes a 



the process. Of nil tiiu modes I have tried, 

 :r on a fresh sod or stubble, that of spreadinj,'' 

 ig manure in May, and turning uiidor, has 



best, both on account of labor and cnip. 



produces more advantage on some lands 

 some seasons than others. This season, on i 

 d, two bushels of plaster increased llx! crop ' 



ro bushels per acre, or about seventeen per 



thin^ which most astonishes me in relation 

 mojt important of all crops, is, tlint our far- 

 ko so little pains ns to the variety they plant, 

 ffcrciicc on the same ti_eld, of equally fine 

 otatocs, is more than four to one. Tho blue 

 "Christie," from Aroostook; the " Round 

 from New Brunswick, " the flesh colored," 

 orcester, are three to two compared with 

 ;nani;o€s or common yellow — more prolific 

 far-famed Rohan, and equally so with the 

 Reds, nnd far superior to any of the 

 the Chenangoes excepted. 

 Dry prolific potato usually has a strong; 

 ot attaching it to the top — pulls up by it, 

 rfty per cent, cheaper dug, than shy bea- 

 'onr stalks in a hill arc enough for me ; 

 ho plant whole, large potatoes, mar/ get a 

 rop, but I doubt it. 



e lately seen some very fine calculations 

 irofils of the potato crop — and among other 

 six hundred bushels stated as the quantity 

 ught to be grown to the acre. All this 

 ell on paper, and for ought I know may be 

 d on some other soils than we possess in 

 et 



ijr farm, I would not grow 600 bushels to 

 if I could — I am sure the policy would be 

 le. Notwithstanding I am as sensible as 

 can be, that we spread our means usually 

 much surface ; still I believe the opposite 

 is only applicable to cultivation in the vi- 

 fcities where hoed crops form-the principal 



:oiintry and market such as is most of our 

 one crop in a rotation should be forced to 

 ry or neglect of others. In preparing for 

 and corn crop, I have my calculations on 

 >n of four or six years — one hoed crop — 

 eat or barley — then two or four years to 



d has not been sapped, ten or twelve cords 

 manure from the barn-yard, spread on the 



ward in May ; say from the tenth day, for- 



■ the acre, is the proper quantity for the 

 farmer, because it will give him, on an ave- 

 properly planted and tille>l, between two 



'6 hundred bushels. The next year he will 



tier wheat than if he used 3o or 30 cords ; 

 uccceding years as much grass as will be 



jfilable, as regards firmness and sweetness. 



r next I will speak of the method of plant- 

 cultivating which has proved most success- 

 Your ob't serv't, 



JAMES BATES. 



t AltKOT r\iov. 

 'I'hu Ijt'.nesi'o Knriuor contiiins llio following n£. 

 couut of a crop of carrots raised by a Mr 8h.i(ror, 

 I which reached t>.'>:l I -'J bushels por aero : 



j Tho soil on which I ralsfd my carrots, is a blaclk 

 heavy loam ; ((ient-sco Klnts,) not liable to suffer 

 J much from drought or pxcnssivo moisture. Tho 

 , provioim crop was potatoes. Twentyfive loads of 

 ' well rotted mnnuro were applied per ncro, and 

 I plowed under in th« fall. It was then loft till 

 ihe time of planting — 20lh of .May ; I then com- 

 mence nnd plough a narrow land on one side of 

 tho field — this I harrow nnd roll immedintcly, be- 

 fore it becomes ilry, which leaves tho surface fine 

 and smooth for planting. I then mark out the 

 rows, two feet apart, with nn implement made fiir 

 the purpose, resembling a hcnvy rnfcc with two pegs 

 or teeth two feet apart, which is drawn across tha 

 field by a man, first putting up three or four stakes 

 to measure with and go by, so as to make the rowa 

 straight. 



1 soak the seed 48 hours, then roll it in white 

 plaster before sowing. Two pounds of clean 

 seed arc requisite for lyi acre. I measure ofi" the 

 ground and ascertain how many rows there will be, 

 before I commence sowing ; then I mensurc the 

 seed nnd calculate the quantity per row ; then a 

 boy drops the seed by hand along the drills, calcu- 

 lating the requisite quantity for each row. .Anoth- 

 er person immediately passes along with a hoe and 

 covers the seed one half to three fourths of an inch 

 deep, with fine earth, smoothing it down firmly 

 with the back of the hoe, which leaves the rows 

 distinctly visible and greatly facilitates the first 

 weeding. 



As soon as the plants show the third leaf, I hoe 

 and thin them, leaving them from 3 to inches 

 apart. I keep them clean of Avecds during the 

 summer, and -about the 1st of November T harvest 

 the crop ; dig them with a spade and put them in 

 a cellar. 



TJie following is, ns nearly as I can estimate, 

 the expense of raising and value of my crop, of 

 one acre of carrots : 



Preparing the land and planting, 5 days work. 

 Hoeing and thinning, 1st time, !) do. 



2d 



3(1 



4lh, 

 Digging and securing crop. 



Say 48 days labor, at 75 cts. per day, .S30 00 

 Two pounds clean carrot seed, 3 00 



Expense of crop, $33 00 



I feed my carrots to horses, and consider them 



worth at least half as much as ont-s. 



Say 653 1-2 bushels at 1*. 3d. $102 10 



Value of the tops for fall feeding, at least 10 00 



SIIEKK 

 Jnflutncc ^"H'l'iHon on form i 



Total value of crop, 

 Deduct expense, as above. 



S1I2 10 

 3.-i 00 



Nett profit of the crop, $09 10 



GEO. SHAFFER. 



fPheailaiul, Monroe Co., A". Y. 



Remarkt. — Our readers will perceive that Mr 

 Shafl^er has omitted to reckon the rent of the land 

 and the value of the manure used for the above 

 crop. These items we should judge, would reduce 

 the nett profit to about sixtyfive dollars — a liberal 

 sum for one acre Eds. Gen. Far. 



1 • ., - ■ 'I iltt/innUioa 



VoMcV'""" "1". '^•'^P''. to a great exlonl, tho form 

 and dispo. ■'"<"' "•" ""« ""'mil. .Such chnngm may 

 be brought ».'''p"l "''''""■ '•y "'« P'oiily, or scnrce- 

 nvtm, of fhd i/ •'fbagn ; or by the nature of the 

 I country on which I'ml hcr/'ngo i» produced. Ar>i. 

 ninlH found on hilly couiilrK*». are always widely 

 I dilTerent from tlmsc oi'" thepluWin. Their bodies 

 are light, their loj;s long, """I lliei.' habits of that 

 unquiet kind which rundoi " Uiom .'lostile to any 

 thing like restraint. It is fo.' these rea«ons, that 

 when once; a flock nttnchcs iticlf to n range of 

 hills, and becomes suited to the /ncans of subais- 

 tonce, It mny preserve itself for ages apart (rem 

 neighboring varieties, and present, after a long ae. 

 rics of years, those qualities in their native purity 

 for whirh it was noted by the earliest observers, 

 The sheep of a level country are distinguished, on 

 the contrary, by heavy bodies, shoU legs, nnd easf 

 tempers. -They are, in fact, constructed on Dutch 

 proportions, and are imbued, as a natural conse- 

 quence, with those imperturbable and steady going 

 habits so characteristic of the ' bulbous bottomed 

 Hollander. Subdued as they are by the nature of 

 their locality, they readily snbinit to man, who tu- 

 tors them at will, and works on them those profita- 

 ble changes from which have originated our im- 

 proved varieties. — Btacklock'i Treatise. 



Familiar Acquaintances. — Of all vistors in the 

 editorial room, we should think that our contempo- 

 rary of the Concordia Intelligencer eiiji yed some 

 of the HROSt insinuating in manners. Ho says : — 

 " Louisiana is a delightful country, but very snaky. 

 Our office and sleeping room are so near to, that 

 they may be said to be inside of a cotton field. 

 Every night on going to rest we have to shake the 

 snakes out of bed ; we consider it amusement to 

 kill three or four before getting to sleep. What 

 makes us write about snakes is, that we have just 

 been disturbed by a long garter crawling over the 

 table, making rather free with our newspapers I" 



Croup.-^^.\n old subscriber callctl Upon us yeS'- 

 terdny, and informed us that, by the publication in 

 our columns a few daye since, of a very simple 

 and easily attainable remedy for tho croup, we had 

 heen instrunicntnl in saving Ihe life of an infant of 

 his, on Sunday night. The ingrudients are sliced 

 onions, nnd sugar layed on the slices in layers — 

 the syrup being administered. He wishes us to 

 " keep it before the people," as a sovereign nnd aU 

 most instantaneous remedy. — AC Y. Sun. 



A party of Etiglish [Jeoplc were visiting an ele- 

 gant private garden at Palermo, in Sicily, and. 

 among the little orftamental buildings, they cam* 

 to one upon which was written, " JVon aprite" 

 — that is, " Dont open." This prohibition only 

 served to excite their curiosity, nnd they very un- 

 civilly proceeded to disobey the; hospitable owner"* 

 injunction. On opening the door a forcible jet of 

 water was squirted full in their faces — a very just, 

 though not severe retribution. — Selected. 



There is nothing formidable about deatf. but the 

 consequences of it, and these we (jurselves can 

 regulate and control. The shortest life is long 

 enough if it lead to a better, and the longest life, 

 too short if it do not. — Lacon. 



