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NEW i::NGLAND FARMER, 



A.\n HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



BosTOK, Wkdmkidat, April C, 1842. 



value:— •' II has been aclimlly proved liy experiment, 

 i ihal a dend liorae can cnnveri twenty ton« ol peat into 



APRIL 0, 1848. |joi„s 



BOYS, SPAKE THE BIRDS ON FAST UAY^ftASS; 



Tom irrow is designated by the Governor as a day 



FRKSII DUG MUCR. 

 To the Editor of the New EiiRland Fanner : 



I have seen in a laic number of your instructive pa- 

 per, some remarks on making conipost of peat muck, 

 &.C in wliicli you say— (I quote from memory— not 

 your words- but llio idea coi.vejed to my mind by 

 ihem)- that such muck taken fioin llie swainp tins spring 

 would he unfit for use the present season. This I con- 

 sider an error, and ona calculated to prevent your rt nd- 

 ers from availing themselves of this great resource for 

 fertilizing llu'ir lands, so soon by one year as they other- 

 wise might do. 



From three years' experience on iny farm, Mr il. L. 

 Gould is decidedly of (be opinion tirat the compost 

 made with muck tiken directly from the iWamp, well 

 mixed with ashes, barn manure, &c , and used Ibrih- 

 witli, labe'ler ihan ihal composed of the same muck dug 



a valuable manure, richer and more lasting than stable L^.^^ ._^ ^^^^ Commonwcaldi. We have grieved L 

 dung •• How much, then, is a dead horso worth ? | ^^^^^ ^.^.^ ^^ j,^^ destruction of buds by hoys— some o 

 More, certainly, than half a dozen live ones are o""'*" [ u.en, of large growth— on this day which should b. ds 



voted to religious purpolics. These birds are among lb 



farmtr'.- friends, feeding upon ibe worms and inseel .^ 



Yours, Ac 



ANDREW NICHOLS. 1^^ 



Danvers, MarcMl, IS4\. that would dcslnpy his crops and fruits. Let them livi 



We did iidvise farmers not lo use the muck fresh from \ to cheer the country by their plumage and songs— wA ^ 

 ,3 wet bed; and we still think ii a course that general- to bless by their destruction of grubs and flies. »W4C, 



andhar^ 



ly would result in disappoiniment, unless the quantity of right have you to take the life of the innocent 



alk:iline mailer miiced with it fIiouIJ bo so great as to ;«».' What may be sport to you, is death In the bil^l 



il)>iill 



M\y 



But we have no doubt that Where is your heart— or what is your heart when it 



nmlici. - - J I . - , 



Dr Nichols is entirely correct in his facts and in his derive pleasure from such murder ? When the gun^ 

 practice. The muck he used, if taken where he usually ^ Uid out in deadly aim, iliiiik whelher you would like L-^^ 

 procures it, is very light and loose; is i>ot more than a | have the trigger pulled if you rcere at lite oilier end— ai"^ 

 foot or foot and a half in depth, lies upon a fine white then do as you would be done by. ■ 



sand, will fiei-ze nearly to the sanil in most winters pro- 

 bably, or if not, is kepi from freezing by movinj> spring 

 waters, which will prevent the accumulation of acids in 

 ihe muck ; this is very different from the muck whicli is 

 mop; compact, which lies in dieper beds, and in slng- 

 nant wuler. The object of our correspondent Is very 



the preceding auiumn ;— thai by laying in heaps during laudable and his advice is good, excepting that he b 



drawn an inference from muck, which is not aciil when 

 Ur Nichols' science 



hi: 



uch weight. Ours is less valuable, but though it dif- | ^^^i, ,^ j|,g hini worth regarding .' If you sow gi 



seed with the grain, sow thick. Wo doubt wheth 



ihe winter, exposed lo the leaching of rains, evapora- 

 tion, &c., it loses something of its fertilizing qualities, — 1 j^g^ jn favor of muck genetally. 

 that as an offset for this, ihe only ailvantages of digging I „„j practical knowledge, both entitle 

 the muck ill the fall, is the loosening of its texturo by 

 frost so lliat it more readily crumbles and mixes wiih 

 the other urlides, and the usually drier condition of the 

 swamps, and the greater hiisure of the farmer in autumn 

 than in the spring. 



In the prcsenl depressed stale of manufactures, thou- 

 sands ofartisiina might, and ought, to cultivate an acre 

 or more of land, which ihey might easiljr procure, and I p^'^.i^^^jj ^p g„yl„g ,l,g, a t^ of muck, as the term is 



SOWING SPRING GRAIW 



■ "We have been obliged to defer our thoughts upoi 

 this subject, to make room for oihor mailers this week 

 But let the land be as well pulverized as po.ssible — wor] 

 the seed well in, whether by plow, harrow cr cnllivilor 

 and if the soil be not too rocky nor too moisi, roll dom 

 ibo land. Some one has recommended sowing a i ' 

 lure of oats, barley, rye and wheat, saying that such 

 pinion to j (jjp^ iijg practice, and Ihal usually one of them will 



fers widely from his wo do not like lo withhold it 

 from Dr Dana's book relating lo I 

 horse upon muck, was taken i 

 lance from "Young's Letters of Agricola ;" we cop 



The exiracl from Dr Dana's book relating lo the ac- j^gtoin of laying down to grass with the grain crop 

 lion of Ihe dead horse upon muck, was taken in sub- „ii| b^ )(,ng continued, if a few future seasons shall | 



i bad for it as the two last have been. Your land 



icd il into our pdgea last summer, from Dr Jackson s ^^^ (,g p|„^ygj gf,^.r (|,g grain crop is off, and si cdeii 

 Agricultunil Survey of R. I. We allude lo it for llie j ^q„„ ^„ August. 



doubtless would do so, did they know how or where to L^^^ j„ g^glj^l, books upon husbandry, is about one 



cubic yard. The 20 tons will be a lillle less then five 

 I abundance ^^j^ j,f jga cubic feet each. Five cords of fresh dug 



obtain manure 



There are thousands of farmers who ha' 



WINTER BUTTER. 

 We had the pleasure of seeing and lasting, on Sitttp 



I Here fire iiniuauinio VI la. tiitta ¥. it« .."■ .. «..«.. W....X-.. COrus OX izo cuuu leei eucM. i- ivc uwiuo wt »icB.. UU6 J I. J c ti c rft4.r<.,i\....» 



,. , , 1 I ■ "-"■"=■"' '*"' ^ . , day, some new iu«er, from the farm of Mr Uco. Uenav 



of unimproved lanil, who might this year, while labor 13 ,, „in goon shrink to three cords, thus explained , ,.,, , ,, .„ u 



' , . . . 1 ' -..;.! of Wrslbnro . wliinli wns of (riinil cfiliir nnd flavor, shoir. 



cheap, double the produce of their farms, and perina- .,„j r^.duccdy«he elaiemcnt becomes credible and valua- 

 n»ntly improve ihein besides, cculd they be induced to 

 believe thai Iheir swamp muck mixed with llieir barn 

 manure woulil treble its quantity without lessening iis 

 value per cord — that Ihe same muck iniicil wilh ashes 

 or a solution of potash— soda, (20 lbs. to the cord,)— 

 common sail and lime, in the proportion of one bushel 

 of salt to a cask of lime, or other alkalies in like proper 

 lion, Ihey can make a compound al the cost of nol more 

 than $2 r<U per cord, which shall equal in value the 

 same quanlily of horse or cow dung, when used.alonc. 

 In agriculluic, as in religious culture, nuio is .Iha ac- 

 cepted lime. Let farmers be urged not to lose a year, — 

 but noic — this spring — go lo ihe swamps for, manure ; — 

 buy the ranner's Muck Manual, and put in pracliee 

 forthwith so much of tho doctrines therein taught, as 

 they can iindersland — and my word for it, ihey will nev- 

 er repent so doing. 



One word nioie on Dr. Dana's book. There are in it, 

 il is true, many things which farmers geiirrully will not 

 readily understand ; but there is nulhing which by 

 dtudy they may not understand, and which when under- 

 stood, will not well ri'p,-iy them fur the Hiudy necessary 

 lo the understanding of it I hesitate not lo say that 

 Dr. D. has done much more lhan any ollur individual, 

 living or dead, towards elevating ngrinulture to a sci- 

 ence ; and thai no farmer who prizes as he ought, his 

 own interests and happiness, should rest mitisficd till ho 

 he has undvisl:indiiigly read and digested the contents 

 of this book. Take the following extract as a sample of 

 the many — very many facts new to most farmers, who 

 throw awny as worthless many thinfia which for the pur- 

 pose of making arlilicial manures possess a high inlrinaio 



PREMIUM ON CORN CROP— BARRE GA- 

 ZETTE. 



Last week en article from the Barre Gazette in rela- 

 tion lo the premium on corn by the .Massachusetls So- 

 ciciy, for the promotion of Agricullure, (bund its way 

 into our columns, without being accompanied by an ex- 

 planation whicli should have been given. The premium 

 was awarded to Francis Dodge, of Danvers, wliose crop 

 by weight, near the end of Nov , was 98 bushels — and 

 by measiiramciit three weeks before was 10? bushel 

 per ac 



thai town raised 115 bushels per acre, and sent his slate 

 ment to the Society in season to come in as a coinpeli 

 tor. At whit time the statement came to the Secie 



of Wcstboro*, whicli was of good color and flavor, sho' 

 ing that good butler can be made without grass. W« 

 had no opporninily lo inquire how the cows are fed. 



^[yWe are indubled lo friends for a copy of Mr Noll's 

 Address before the N. Y. Agricultural Society ; for a 

 copy of Mr Chowlef' Address before the American in- 

 Btitule; for one of the Premium Lists of Ihe Rhnilc I» 

 land Agricultural Society; and for Mr Wm. Knintk's 

 Abiidged Catalogue of Trees. 



ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF BONES. 

 " Can such things be," Si-c. — Al one of our wharva 

 last week, there was a vessel belonging lo Hull, (Eog.J 

 The Bario Gazette says that a Air Ayers, of i.ping loaded wilh bones lo fertilize the fields of tha 



English farmers. What an opinion Ihe British .igr -iil. 

 turists must hold of" Yankee shrewdness" and 3ii(..uilj 

 Our informant was told by one of the oflicers ol llie 

 tary's otlice, we do not know — bul having been permit- ship, that many persons in the large towns of En^ioii 

 ted lo Sue llio Btatemenl, we observe that it makes no ■ obtained a living solely by gntiiorin;; bones daily at pri- 

 mention of the way in which the corn was measured, vale and public hoii.ses, and selling them lo the firiners. 

 neither does tho certificate show nny thing as to the Com- ^ He said il was n general practico with the •leu.,rd<ar 

 nelency of llie persons measuring the land, lo take ox- vessels belonging to Ihe district he came from, to sarr 



t measuremcnl. fjhould Mr Avers prove saliafactori 

 ly to the committoo that he raised 115 bushels of corn 



all tho bones tluil accrue on liuaid, fur a like ]>urpof 

 We trust the lime is nut far distant when our fHriner> 



on an acre, we have no doubt thai a premium will yet perceiving aright their true jnlen^si in respect lo ilia 

 bo given to him. The editor of ihe Bane Gazette, has, mailer of bone as manuro, will bid as high fur the ailicle, 

 we understand, been informed by Mr Guild, the Secie- ^ and b« as desirous lo get ii, us iheir brolher cullivalon 



y valued al liouia. 



lary, how il happened that tho statement of Mr .\yers 

 failed lo meet the eyes of the Commilloe, and we hope 

 ho will publish ihe letler. If we undirsland ihe mailer, 

 that paper was accidentally folded in another and escap- 

 ed notice. 



iiciuss the water, and when il is 

 il wilt cease lo be shipped abroad. 



[U*Inquiries relative to sowing corn for fodder, 

 will be aiiawered in our next. 



