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iiiaiiiirc nppliod in a cuinpost, or ^rcc-ii 



ii 8(iror>il ftiid |ilow in your ma nil re ? 

 swiToii as before. 

 What li your inelliod will) green sward r 

 iwori'J as before. 

 Hon' many acres of upland do you moiv, ond 

 is tiio nveroRO quantity upon llic acre? 

 irty acres, yieliliii^ 4'i Ions of liny — n very 

 crop, owing to the dry season — much smaller 

 ast year. 

 How many acres of grass land do you irri- 



ne, excepting what is done temporarily by 

 x on llie t'ariii. 



Do you nnnure the land irrigated, or any 

 lanil you mow; how much to nn acre, and 

 kiiiil of ninniirc do you put on ? 



Iho cold and moist part of my mowing land, 

 out of my barn ynrds and lay in small heaps 

 reading, about eight loads of compost manure 



acre, whic'i was made in the summer pre- 

 y by carting street dirt into the yard. These 

 are spread in tlio spring following for a top 



How many acres of land not suitable for tiie 



Jo you mow ? 



ne. 

 What is your method of reclaiming low, bog 



it lands .^ Have no such lands. 

 How many acres of corn have you planted 



eaent season ? &c. 



e acres ; three of which were planted upon 



soil anJ upon a rye stubble plowed in. Green 



e was spread before plowing and compost : 

 used in the hill. The stubble land almost ) 

 tire fiiilure, and the other almost failed, ow- 

 the dry and parcning weather. I had but { 



ve bu.^hels in tlio whole crop. I 



How many .ncrcs of potatoes did you plant 



escnt year r &,c. 



ree acres, — raised 320 bushels — averaging 



ishels per acre of early whites, rohan, che- 

 and io.ng rjds. Put green and compost mn- 

 lixcd into the hills. The dry weather pre- 

 H many of the potatoes from sprouting in the 

 I. 



What number of acres of other vegetables 

 II plant? 



ised 70 bushels of carrots on not more than 

 ih or one sixth of an acre ; crop very stouL 

 ider carrots the most nutritious for cattle or 

 of any root that can be raised, having niscd 

 led all of the various and popular kimls. My 

 res eat them most readily and thrive best 

 hem. 



How many acres of grain did you sow, when, 

 lat kind:) ? &c. 



en acres, to wit — three bushels of wheat, 

 in lime, sowed .May 17, on 1 1-4 acres ; sev- 

 hcls of barley, sowed on 2 1-2 acres, and Ifi 

 s of oats, sowed on -i 1-4 acre.'. I rniscd 14 

 of wheat, 41 of barley, and 100 of oats; 

 ) bushels of v. mtet rye — nil injured by the 

 It. I sow winter rye on grass land plowcil 

 vious spring. Never raise any spring rye ; 

 >p fails. 



How many acres did you lay down to grass ? 

 method is this: — I plow tlio land in the 

 and make it fine and mellow; then cart otf 

 stones on the top of the ground, sow the 

 and iuimediatcly after sow 1 1-2 peck herds 



grass and Id to 12 lbs. clover seed ii.ixed to the 

 acre ; harrow in the same, thru sow U prckn of 

 rod top seed to the aero and roll it in Willi n heavy 

 roller. On very wet land, the gniss seed in au- 

 luiiin. 



IS. What are your means and manner nf mnkvng 

 nnnure ? 



My means are very good, and I never fail to im- 

 prove them. I cart loam, weeds, green brakes and 

 wash from the road-side into my barn yiiril atid 

 barn cellar, os plentifully as would be useful, stirr- 

 ing It as often in the summer as would be bcncfi- 

 ciiil. Cart 50 loads of meadow mud intermixed 

 with vegetable matier, into my hog sty, annually. 

 Purchase the mud at 10 cents n load. The wash 

 of my well and sink drain into Iho h.ig sly. I al- 

 ways purchase as much stable manure for my farm 

 a,-! the hay would make which I sell yearly. I in- 

 tend'to increase the i)uantily of manure from year 

 to year. 



li). How many oxen, young cattle, cows, horses, 

 &c. do you keep? 



Four oxen, two cows, two horses and fifteen 

 head of young cattle. My horses are kept to hay 

 the year round ; take in cows to pasture in the 

 summer at ;{/ 1-2 cents each per week: this is 

 very convenient to the neighborhood, a manufac- 

 turing village, and profitable to myself. I am 

 troubled to procure good lielp to manage a dairy. 



20. What is the size of your barn or barns ?&.c. 

 One M by 'SO, the other 40 by ;i(! feet ; cellars 



under a part of both. My stable m.intire is always 

 kept under cover. I cart ;jO or 40 leads of loam or 

 mud into my barn yard every autiimn after the 

 summer manure is carted therefrom. 



21. Are your cows of native or mixed breed? 

 Native. 



22. What is your management for raising calves ? 

 1 raise none; they are more profitable for veal, 



having a market very near home. 



SJ. How much butter and cheese made this year? 



No cheese and only enough butler to supply my 

 own family. 



24. How many sheep ? None. 



2.1. How many swine ? 10 — .'Sold and 5 young. 



26. What quantity of pork made? 



The five old ones were Hjutchered and weighed 

 1850 lbs. Breed is native, crossed with Mackay 

 and Berkshire: they fatten easily. 



27. What do you feed them on through the sum- 

 mer months ? 



Refuse old potatoes, squashes, pumpkins, apples 

 and cob meal scalded in a large kettle or boiler^ 

 and mixed as occasion may require. My swine 

 which I fatten, will soon be cloyed with clear Indi- 

 an meal, but cob meal never produces such a result, 



28. How many cart loads of manure do you 

 make in a year ? 



Sixty loads of first rale manure, includHig the 

 droppings of two cows and two oxen in the winter 

 season. 



29. What number of hands employed on your 

 farm ? &c. 



Two men seventh months, at $15 each per month. 

 One man four months in the winter at $10 per 

 month, exclusive of my own labor. 



30. What number of apple trees ; arc they natu- 

 rol or grafted fruit? 



About 75 full grown trees and 90 young ones; 

 one half grafted. Grafted fruit sold ; native given 

 to the swine, and worth more than if made into cider. 



31. What number of fruit trees have you exclu- 

 sive of apple trees ? 



About 40 ; cniisialiiig of peach, plum, pear, 

 cherry and quince. 



32. Have ymir trees been nttnckcd by canker 

 worms or borers ? They have not. 



3.3, In the cultivation of your farm do you al- 

 low ordont spirits? Never, »n any account. 



litforming Itiflnena. — Tho world with its tur- 

 bulent and vindictivf! passions, is alow to believe 

 that llioro is more power in kindm-ss, than in ao- 

 veiity. It is o niolancholy truth, but too easily 

 proved, that society, in many cases, first inanulac- 

 tures and then wuh a hypocritical afTectation of 

 righteous indignation puniRlies crime. It is also a 

 melancholy truth that llie' egregious folly of at- 

 tompting to promote permanent poaco and order, 

 through the instrumentality of phyaiciil force, and 

 the agency of the wor.nt passions, is still practised, 

 altlinugh the history of tli.- world shows that no 

 good has over come, and obvious considerations, in- 

 dependent of experience, make it clear that no 

 good ever can come from such proceedings. — Wars 

 only perpetuate wars. The dungeon and the gib- 

 bet never had any reformi;ig power. Persecution 

 never made converts to any cause, however good. 

 — For the protection of the community, it may be 

 necessary to visit offences against social order with 

 quick and severe retribution. It is not of this wc 

 are speaking: liut rather what will be most effica- 

 cious as a reforming infliieiieo — as a priivcntive of 

 crime — as a promoter of peace on earth, and good 

 will among men. This benign power wo say is 

 not force and laws with bloody penalties. There 

 i^ an omnipotence in genuine kindness — a real, 

 sincere- spirit of huminity — a failli in man that 

 works by affV-ction — of which, as yet, notwitstand- 

 ing some, nay many glorious manifestations which 

 shine as stars in the darkliess of midnight, the 

 world at large hardly druains. But until that om- 

 nipotence is believed ir. and acted upon, to an ex-- 

 tent far greater than at present, we shall continue 

 to gather into oucpri^oivs annual crops of crime ;, 

 even as wc gather into our grmaries amiual, har- 

 vests of wheat — we shall co:itimio to educnl« out 

 of each gcneraiion enough to till tho places of ^hs' 

 hardened villians whom the law may cut off in the 

 midst of their wickedncris. We shall continue to 

 sell our fellow-creaturcs into tond.ige to vice for 

 money ; and to wet the bosom of tho earth, which 

 was intended to teed the race with blessings, witlx, 

 the blood of man, shed in strife wiih his brother. 



Some may think thi^ rather ton si-rioits a traii^ 

 of remark for the columns of a d;iily newspaper — 

 but we have no apology to make for it. It isquit» 

 time for the press to touch upon such themes. It, 

 is quito time that those practical principles, in re-. 

 gard to tho true methods of preventing social evilar 

 and rescuing the disturbers of tlie uomiuunity froir*' 

 degradation — which the nature of man and past 

 experience teaches, as well as a higher authority 

 it is quite time these principles should be UTf V 

 through every organ that reaches tho public r f 

 there is not a man who has not occaaioii to nrac 

 tise them every hour. — .Vcwburi/por( HeraU 



For Ftver ami Ague. — The fullowinjj prescrip- 

 tion ia said to be an effectual renifdy fr,r ihjg jjg. 

 ease: — Take 1,5 grains poiiiid'Hl snik.o root 20 J 

 salts of wormwood, 1-2 an ounce of hest red bark 

 1 gill of molasses: mix tho wimie togeiher, and 

 take one third every six hours, beginning aflt-r the 

 fever turns, about half way between thai and the 

 ngue fit. — Communicated. 



