V X. \ll. .10. 



AND H () K T I a U L T V. it A I. R K (] I S T K K 



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li.' laii sii|ip»HL' tlial iwino will Jo well, wlion 

 uic ' :>rort.iblu and rrstle»«, and lutiirc forci-s 

 ijp \o uliiMc (Mil 8U0I1 heart rendin$r i-onipbint!) ? 

 |> 111 iiiK'nl's rolloelion iiiii^t ronviiico every one 



tsviiiio oiiglit to hnvo a dry, conilorlnblo nest. 

 Iionnoro, it IS lii);lily necessary that it alioiiid 

 f, Mat they can ba«k in tlio !iiin in cold woiitli- 

 id liiuo tlie benelit of tliu air and shade in 

 L There is no dmibt but a third may bo »aveii 

 lod aeconiinodnlions. 

 the second place, Ihtrt must he suilnkle food 

 rooJ atttnclance. — Sows that have pi<;!>, on^ht 

 ve Jillerenl keeping from whnt hogs generally 

 In order to have their otTspriii^j do well. 

 not only innst have meal, but a |;ood supply 

 Ik, or »hey. This is soon imparted to their 

 'ny, and, penerally, (»viih good uttcndance,) 

 :es what the owiH'r so much desires. I'arlu- 

 liavin;; taken place, care should bo taken lor 

 days, not to over feed. After whieli, the 

 ni<.'ht to bo fed 6ve times a day, and have 

 what the appetite craves. Id other cases, 

 especially llio potato, can ho used to great 

 itnrje. This, I iJiink, is the most natural for 

 , and can be raised (all things considered.) 

 the least expense. Not only roots, but men], 

 eve, ought to be cooked. I very well know 

 here is some expense about it — but wliore 

 cominodations are good, there will be tin- 

 edly a great gain. VVeaiied pigs and swine 1 

 re are fatting, ought to be fed thr''e times a I 

 .nd about such a lime. Punctuality in this 

 ;t, is highly important Some contend to I 

 wice per day is as well, or better, than oflen- 

 But against this practice, reason and cxpcri- 

 raise a powerful voic;e. Nature teaches that 

 cquire not only a breakfast and supper, but 

 icr. The food must be of good quality and 

 out liberally, but not to cloy. Meal sliould 

 ide of B niLvlure of grain ; it is more palata- 

 nd has a better oflect upon iho recipients. 

 eding swine three times a day, in a jiroper 

 ?r, the stomach may be duly distendeil, but 

 ■ as to produce disease. Whereas, if tlie 

 hat they havf: at three times, be given at l«o, 

 I so diitend the stomach as to have this effect. 



SEN EX. 

 ittboro\ Jan. 17, 1842. 



jEN. b.arnum's potato crop. 



the ajjncultiiral meeting nt the State House 

 iday evening last, Mr Stone, of Beverly, in 

 ing that Mr Barninn, of Vermont, b.id raised 

 bu.sliels of potatoes per acre, was ijiouglit 

 iny present lo stale what was incredible, 

 uw that he might have doubled the amounl 

 , we copy the following from the N. K. Kar- 

 vol. xiii. page 204, which appeared originally 

 V'crgcnnes (Vt.) Gazelle: 



POTATOES. 



2 following is the result of some experiments 

 e during the present season in growing pota- 

 Presuming ;he produce would be such as to 

 .0 too much of the ntarrellous for general be- 

 nd some s-nall risks having been taken on 

 suit; to place it beyond the reach of doubt 

 ilradiction, it was agreed lo appoln', Samuel 

 n, Esq., one of the Common Council of the 

 md .Mr R. Stowell, measurer, to superintend 

 lally the measuring of the ground, the digging 

 potatoes .ind the measuring of ihnni in the 

 iberal manner, giving 38 quarts to the bush- 



el. Tlio folliMving wm the roKiilt <>f tli" dilU>ront 

 pieres : 



No. 1, at the rate of l.Ttil bush. 6 quarts. 



No. 'J, do. do. :i4IO do. 



No. ;), do. d.i. VU41 do. !28 do. 



No. 4, do. do. IlkVI do Hi do. 



No. 5, do. du. 22511 do. :» do. ;itr arre. 



Average of the whole number of pieces, lt<4.1 

 bushel..) and ri ilt-i-Kil (|uarls to the acre. The 

 onsting was performed by Ucnj. It. Alloii, \. M. 

 and Mr Sidney Diinlon, ninthemntician^. 



This may certify thai the above is a correct es- 

 timate of the rate per acre of which the several 

 lots of A. W. Barnum, (above described by their 

 respective numbers,) produced. 



Bkmj. n. .\i.i.r.y. 



/ Vrg-fniKs, .Vol). 23, 18;J4. 



Owing to the eaily drought, my first planiing 

 (late in April.) proved a failure, prodiicinc; In.'stlinn 

 lialfacrop. In digging some early in June, for 

 family use, I found they had not only ripened 

 prematurely, hut had put forth shoots, a second 

 growth. In August, I discovered upon these 

 sprouts, (which had then risen to the height of from 

 (I lo 8 inches above the surface, assuming the top 

 and appearance of a regular planted potato,) small 

 potatoes from the size of a pea 10 that of an ounce 

 ball. I regret exceedingly I had not permitted a 

 drill to have remained until the usual time of gath- 

 ering in the fall ; the experinionl might hnvo af- 

 forded 6(mie valuable informatinn on the .<iubject of 

 growing this most useful of vegetables. 



From the frequent experiments I have made, I 

 fully believe that 1000 bushels of potatoes may be 

 raised upon one square acre of land, with less than 

 half the expense it usually costs on four acres, in 

 the common manner of cultivating them. I would 

 most cheerfully communicate the manner I have 

 adopted, in planting, hoeing, &c-, the result of 25 

 years' experience, aided by the valuable informa- 

 tion received from others, but presume, like many 

 useful hints daily published in our public journals, 

 it would be reluctantly read, and rt-adily disregard- 

 ed and forgotten. A. W. BARNUM. 



Vtr^inncs, Dec. 24/A, 1834. 



[O^Eor an extended account of Mr Barnuni's 

 process in the production of the above crop of po- 

 tatoes, see N. E. Farmer, vol. xiii. page 399.] 



"MISS JANE"— THE OURANG OUTANG. 

 To the Erlilor of the New England Farmer : 



An editor is supposed to know every thing, and 

 therefore you need not be informed that this Oiirang 

 Outang is the " greatest /ion" now in this city ; 

 but the same omniscience is not accorded to your 

 readers who live in the country, and it may not be 

 aini«s to say fomething concerning her for their 

 benefit. Meeting the owner of her in Ihc street, 

 he invited me to call and see bt-r. We apccplcd 

 his invitation, and were iiot disappointed in our an- 

 ticipations that she would exhibit herself interest- 

 ingly. Slie did, remarkably so, though it was in 

 the evcnirg, and she had entertained a hundred or 

 more visitors during tlie day — a circumstance not 

 likely lo excite her physical or intellectual powers. 

 She walked erect, ascended a rope to the ceiling, 

 amused herself with a needle and thread, and a 

 picture book, and drank a gla.-^s of water with as 

 much apparent g-ui/o as an honest "teetotaller." 

 But it woe her voice and manners — her exprcs- 



j linn* of pleasiirn and pain, and hrr neatncii and 

 civility, in which we took mum interest. If dis- 

 I pleaveii, she woiilil (frieve and cry like a child, and 

 ion the contrary,' Inngh when plra>innt. She wag 

 I neatly attired in a mlk dren, and would not siitfer 

 it tn hn soiled. She nttached herself lu a littlo 

 boy, ei|;ht or nine years old, who was prc-icnt, and 

 could not be separated from him by any p<ri<(in but 

 h'r keeper: u gentleman attempted to lake her 

 iiiviy, and sh" hit him. .Mnny OuraiiK Outang* 

 have been brought to this country ; but it Is be- 

 lieved, on the authority of diHtingiiishcd scientific 

 and medical men, that u more ppifect specimen has 

 never been exhibited. Il.imin beings have been 

 divided into races — the white, tlic block, and tho 

 yellow races ; hut another rnce might be added to 

 those, ond it ought to bo called the " wild race." 

 Jane is evidently a little " wild woman." She 

 does not d'lfcr much from any other little woman, 

 except in ihc developcment of what are perenologi- 

 enlly called the " refleelive faculties," and in tho 

 mechanism of her vocal organs. Dr. J. V. C. Smith 

 has said, "that ten minutes devoted to the exami- 

 nation of her h>'ad, faciei expression, niescular dc- 

 velopements, and general external characteristics 

 would prove more satisfactory to a man of scientific 

 pursuits, than whole tomes of dcscriptivo writing, 

 even from the highest authority."* 



"Miss Jane's" ajiartments arc at Young's SalooD, 

 2'J5 Washington street. B. 



'Boston Medical and Hurgical Juiirnal, nf Jan. 19- 



,1 Discovery for Housekeepers. — A correspondent 

 of the Boston Transcript says that a small quanti- 

 ty of green snse placed in Iho closet, will cause 

 red ants to disappear. The Worcester /Egis adds, 

 " If this be true, how much ill temper will be spar- 

 ed to careful housekeepers and nice young maid- 

 ens, whose sugar-boxes, bread-boxes and cake- 

 boxes, made to shut never so tightly, have been 

 found infested with this vermin at the critical mo- 

 ment when their contents were wanted at the la- 

 ble.-" 



The K'ni.'worlh Hog.—A.B. Allen, of Buffalo, 

 who has returned from Europe, has brought home 

 with hirn a new breed of hogs, which are denomi- 

 nated Kenilworth. Some of this kind have weigh- 

 ed, when full fatted, 17(0 pounds! They stand 

 four feet high, hive no bristles, but their hair and 

 color white. — ftestern Far. 



EXPERIMENT WITH CORN. 

 A correspondent of the Naslu'ille Agriculturist 

 says — '• The farmers in this erction, w ijioiit a sin- 

 irlo exception, so far as 1 know, nub their seed 

 corn, <ir shell off the grains for about an inch and 

 a half at the small i;nd of the ear, as refuse corn, 

 and ''"'"6 shell off a little at both ends. Last 

 spring -vhen I was planting corn, I nubbed off the 

 small ends of the cars in a half bushel, and had 

 (helled the gnod corn in another. When I had 

 planted about one third of the patch, 1 discovered 

 that I iiad been planting the iiubbcd corn by mis- 

 take. I then sent for the good corn, and planted 

 the balance with it. When the crop was harvest- 

 ed, I found the part phuited with the refuse or nub- 

 bed corn, lo be eq'ially as large, as sound and heavy 

 as that planted with the good corn; therefore it 

 must be all a notion about taking off the nub ends 

 of seed corn, if it is sound."' 



