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AND HOW T I C LI I. T V H A I, R K G 1 S T il R 



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or early in Sopleinhor, iiiJ lion ono year on ' 

 rfnce, bIIit it is thrown outof tlio pit It is ! 

 iirtcJ to a convenient place to make tl:e I 

 heap.-), wtiicli are forined by spreadinj; a 

 of muck tiMi f«el wide, eight inches thick, 1 

 • ny lonjjih desired ; on the muck four inch- 

 ilios are aprond, then another layer of muck, ' 

 on for five layers of each, which makes a i 

 »e feet high, in the form of a ridge. Thia is I 

 through the following winter. As soon as | 

 o.^t IS gono in the spring, the pile is turned 

 well broken, and mixed together. It then I 

 II the Ocliiber or November following, when I 

 pread on the land at the rate of (iftcon cart- 

 to the acre. I 

 ■"wo accur.ito trials of the above compost, in j 

 irison with decomposed stable manure, re- I 

 •B follows ; 4 si]uarc9 of eqiisl size, which j 

 pi as lawns and mown seven or eight times 

 !sson, were manured, two with the leached j 

 and mnck compost, and two with a compost 1 

 ■ rotted stable manure. It was spread at the | 

 f twenty cart-loads to the acre. The grass | 

 diliVrent squares was much the same in | 

 ty, hut on the squares manured with the muck j 

 ■SI, it was decidedly of a darker and richer I 

 and the manure introduced a greater quan- 

 ■ white Dutch clover or honeysuckle. 'I^ie 

 1 trial was in a field mown for hay, 2 1-4 

 The field was divided into two equal parts, 

 T alike as possible, one half manured with 

 compost, the other half with rotted manure, 

 rate of fif>eon carl-loads to the acre. Eight 

 nd eighty lbs. of hay were cut from the field. 

 (Terence could ho discovered in the parts ma- 

 by the ditTerent composts. This proved that, 

 top-dressin?, the compost of leached barilla 

 uck is equal to stable manure. After using 

 large extent for several years, 1 am still in 

 of it as a t9p-drc.=sing. The compost mn- 

 «rhich wc used for ploughed land, is made 

 two thirds muck, and one third manure, 

 nock in all cases is mixed with the manure 

 it ferments, and care is taken not to put in 

 ch muck as to prevent the compost's heating. 

 irmentation of the manure decomposes the 

 rapidly, and I am convinced the greatest art 

 use of muck, as a manure, is to have it in a 

 • state b<-fore it is put upon the land. To dig 

 n the swamp and apply it before it undergoes 

 ical change is undoubtedly injurious. This 

 is brought on rapidly by hot horse manure 

 ■lacked lime, but with colder substances it 

 1 longer. For mixing with cow manure, or 

 in hog styes, it ought to he dug Iroin the 

 at least six months, and it is belter that it 

 be exposed to a winter's frost before it is 

 The air then, in some measure, effects the 

 e. The action of the manure soon decom- 

 the fibre in l!ie muck. It falls to pieces like 

 and then iias an earthy appearance. In this 

 a mixture ofone third manure and two thirds 

 has never failed with me to produce better 

 of all kinds of vegetables than clear manure, 

 le last five years we have thought it WRSteful 

 manure without being mixed. Before com- 

 1 this strong conclusion of the benellt of muck, 

 u.'fed as a manure, ,nany experiments were 

 and universally resulted in favor of muck." 

 Iman^s Fourth Rfporl. 



ubt is the vestibule which all must pass, be- 

 hey can enter into tlie temple of truth. 



.M.\SS. II()UTICi:i/rUIlAI. SOCir.TV. [ 



lltporl of Iht CominitUt on Flotctrs. i 



.At an adjournod meeting of the Society htid | 

 Jan. '.Ji)||i, the Kxcciitive Conuuitteo laid upon the I 

 tabic llio following report of the Flower Committee, ' 

 oflering premiums for J84'3: — i 



'ridipa For the beat display of fine blooms, a i 



preiiiiuin of $.% 



For the second best display of fine blooms, a 

 premium of 3 



Gtiuniunu. — For the best twelve plants in 

 bloom — variety of the kinds and shape 

 and vigor of the plants to be considered, 

 a premium of 5 



For the second best twelve plants in bloom, 

 with the same considerations, a premium of 3 

 I'<ronics — For the best display of flowers, a pre- 

 mium of .5 

 For the second best display of flowers a pre- 

 mium of 3 

 Pansies. — For the best display of fine varieties, 



a premium of 3 



For the best six varieties, a premium of 2 



For the best seedling flower, a premium of 2 



Roses — In classes: — 



Class I. Hardy kinds. 

 For the best 50 dissimilar blooms, n premium 



of $10 



For the second best 50 do. do. " 8 



For the third best 50 do. do. " 5 



Class 11. Boiirion, China, Tea and -VoiseHe Roses. 



For the best display of flowers, a premium of $5 

 For the second display of flowers, a premium 

 of 3 



Pinks. — For the best display of flowers, a pre- 

 mium of 5 

 For the best six varieties, a premium of 3 

 For the best seedling, a premium of 2 

 Carnalions. — For the beat display of flowers, a 



premium of 5 

 For the second best do. do. 3 

 For the best seedling, a premium of 2 

 Balsams. — For the best display of flowers, a pre- 

 mium of 3 

 For the second best display, a premium of 2 

 German Asltrs. — For the best display of flow- 

 erg, a premium of 3 

 For the second best display of flowers, a pre- 

 mium of 2 

 Dablias — In the following divisions and classes: 



DiVISIO.N A. 



Open to nit cutlivators. 

 Premier Prize. — For the best twelve dissimilar 



blooms, a premium of $18 



Specimen Bloom. — For the best bloom, a pre- 

 mium of 7 

 For the second best bloom, a premium of 4 



Division B. 

 Open to all cultivators of more than two hundred 



plants. 

 Class 1. — For the best twentyfour dissimilar 



blooms, a premium of 12 



For the second best twentyfour dissimilar 

 blooms, a premium of 7 



Class II For the best twelve dissimilar blooms, 



a premium of 10 



For the second best do. do. do. a 



premium of 5 



iilar blomii', a 



do. 



do. 



Class III.— For th. I i ; 

 premium of 

 For thu second beat six 



prcniiuiii of 4 



Division C. 

 Open to nil culliviturs of less than tivo hundred 



plants. 

 Class I. — For the best twentyfour dissimilar 



blooms, a premium of $1.^ 



For the second lii:st twentyfour dissimilar 

 blooms, a premium of T 



Class II. — For the best twelve dissimilar 



blooms, a premium of 10 



Fur the second best twelve dissimilar blooms, 

 a premium of 5 



Class III. — For the best six dissimilar blooms, 



a premium of 8 



For the second best six dissimilar blooms, a 

 premium of 4 



The amount voted by the Society, for the pre- 

 sent year, ivas one hundred and fifty dollars i 

 to this has been added sixtyfour dollars, being the 

 amount set aside for the award of Dahlias for 1841, 

 as stated in the report of the coniiiiittee awardinff 

 premiums for that year. The sum of sixtyfour 

 dollars has been wholly added to tlic premiums 

 ofl'ercd for Dahlias, in accordance with the wishes 

 of the cultivators of that flower, who were the com- 

 petitors for the premiums for 184J, and who relin- 

 quished their claims to the prizes awarded, on this 

 condition. 



The Committee believe that the arrangement 

 which has been made in regard to the Dahlias, will 

 meet the views of every cultivator of flowers. It 

 is well known that the Society's autumnal shows 

 would bo meagre, and quite unattractive to what 

 they are at present, were it not for the exhibition of 

 the Dahlia: there is no individual flower which 

 contributes so much to the beauty and splendor of 

 the room : appreciated alike by all, its brilliant 

 colors and perfect form command the admiration of 

 those who would scarce bestow a glance upou 

 some more humble, but equally as deserving a 

 flower. 



With these remarks, the Committee submit their 

 report to the Exectitive Committee. 



C. M. IIOVEY, Chairvian. 



January, 1842. 



[The rules and regulations adopted by the com- 

 mittee to he observed in regard to the Dahlia show, 

 we are obliged, for want of room, to defer till next 

 week.l 



Bloody Business. — The Cincinnati Gazette gives 

 the following account of a dreadful slaughter of 

 — hogs : 



"We learn from J. W. Colcnmti, Esq., who car- 

 ries on the principal slaughtering house, that at his 

 establishment there have been killed tbis year, 

 88,531 hogs against about 102,000 last/, ear. At 

 the other principal iiouses near this, lliqre have 

 been killed about 12,000. At Covi;igton, we learn^ 

 that about 8000 have been killed. Last year, Mr. 

 Coleman killed about 22,000 from Kentucky, and 

 this year about 1200. The greater number of hogs 

 have come this year from Indiana. The number, 

 of hogs packed this year, will fall short of that last.^ 

 year about 35 or 40,000." 



Those that arc tho loudest in their threats, are 

 the weakest in the execution of them. 



