roI.V.— No. 3'.'. 



i\l<:W ENGLAND PAIIMEU. 



307 



iirrlhel.is< nuintli, they then had com allo- 



cr, to har()on the r"-^^^- T!"^ «''" bo found 



I" tlic chcupfist modes of bringiiifr forward 



hoijs If the expense nf f;iel in boiling is ;in 



tion, U-t it be romcmbiTcd, that one or two 



of vviitor aie siitlicient io steam a hogshead 



itatocs, if they can be placed over the stenm, 



1 covered with bran, or Indian-meal, whirh is 



I [-ctly dry. f f l or 5 inches thick, so as to pre- 



I the escHpo of the ;-tpam : before one gallon 



I ater is exhntistrd, l!ie •.vhois hogsliead will he 



< !d fit for the table; let these be nii.\e<l in your 



-\ [barrel, or tub, with tlio bran, or Indian meal, 



I placed near your hog pen for ready use: a 



•I I pen full of fat hogs in tlie fall, makes the 



■ I e and l!ie faniily rich throuijh the ysar ; and 



1 rich mannre thoy will alTord you, wilh a little 



ition in carting in earth and litter, will in- 



se your next crops more than the hogs ex- 



ed in their fattening ; thus you have your 



clear, besides the incieascd value of your 



;. Try it and sec. 



:A\TAGES of fallow crops OVERi 



SUMMER FALLOWS. 

 EssK BuEL, Esq — In answer to your circular, 

 uld observe, that I should not have presumed 

 rnish matter for a volume of the Memoirs of 

 Board, had it not been asserted, that " any 

 . hov.ever simple, would bo considered valua- 



have Carefully watched the progress of im- 

 ement in agriculture, in order to derive bcne- 

 om any system of cultivation, new and use- 

 which mi^it be proposed. Although many 

 ovements in the business of husbandry have 

 1 suggested, which would nu doubt be of ad- 

 age to the farming interest, were they' te- 

 ?d to practice, yet I sliall speak of but one, 

 .;h I consider tlie most prominent, and that 

 irvisg the greatest attention ; and whicli, if 

 erally introduced, would save to tlie farmers 

 lis state, annually, many millions. I mean 

 introduction of fallow crops and the abandon- 

 t of summer-fallows altogether, on green 

 Td. The experience I have had in the system, 

 irms my belief, that all spring crops, such as 

 , peas, barley and potatoes, may be raised on 

 ;n sward, well ploughed, either in the fall or 

 ng. and rolled with a heavy roller, with less 

 ense in labour, and double tlie nett profits, 

 1 on stubble land, that the expense of tending 

 rn crop, on ground of that description, and 

 s managed, would be less than the expense of 

 imcr-fallov.ing ; and that good or poor land 

 lid not be exhausted as much in growing most 

 he above crops, with the sod under, unmolested 

 unexposed, while rottinff, as it would be in 

 eiving two or three ploughings, while in a 

 tial state of decomposition, in the heat of sum- 

 exposed to the influence of the sun, rains and 

 ds. The first experiment I made of this kind, 

 5 a crop of corn, on a stiff sward of spear 

 ss, ploughed in the fall, and well harrowed in 

 spring, without rolling. My crop 72 bushels 

 the acre, worth .50 cts. per bushel — Nett profits, 

 i,30 per acre. The srronnd was well ploughed 

 ■e next spring, and sowed to peas: crop, 39 

 ?hels. per acre, worth .^l.OO per bushel — Nett 

 ifits, •*2.'), 10. The peas were harvested early 

 September, and the ground well ploughed once, 

 d sowed to nheat : crop. .31 bushels to the acre 

 Nett profits, $2-2,90 to the acre. Nett profits in 



three 



iiiiiuc years, S/l,'!". 1 have this year raised 

 ; corn on land adjoining, and of a similar soil and 

 sod, (the soil is what farmers call a sandy loam,) 

 I managed in the same way, save only the crop 

 ! was but once hoed: {wet weather prevented:) 

 j cro|), 100 bushels to the acre. No ninnurc u as 

 { used ; and not so much labour in tending, as stub- 

 ble land would have required. In tlic same field, 

 I sowed 00 roods of ground to flax, and liarrowed 

 it in well on the sod. The crop grew well and 

 I was the best I have ever raised on any ground. — 

 It fell down, and I pulled it while in blossom; 

 after whieh I ploughed the ground once, and 

 sowed to turnips. The turnips arc very fine, and 

 promise a good crop. [N. Y. Memoirs.] 



RELIEF OF CATTLE WHICH ARE HOV- 

 RN OR CHOKED. 

 The flexible tube for the relief of cattle that are 

 hoven or choked consists of a strong leathern 

 tube about four feet long and half an inch diame- 

 ter, with a leaden nozzle, pierced with holes at 

 the insertion end. It should be kept in every 

 farmery. There is a similar one, on a smaller 

 scale, for sheep, which should be kept by all shep- 

 herds. — Loudon. 



A gentleman in Fredericksburg, Va. writes 

 under date of April 10, aw follows : " The season 

 here is pleasant, the air is perfumed with fra- 

 grance from the blowing vegetation, and the eye 

 is delighted » itii the sight of verdant fields. Li 

 lacs are in full bloom. Asparagus is in perfection. 

 Lettuce and Radishes abundant, and peas almost 

 ready to blossom. 



POTATO ONION. 



'J'his rare vegetable is of late introduction iuto 

 our country. It possesses the singular property 

 of producing from one onion, si.x or seven in e 

 clump, under ground, similar to potatoes. It par- 

 takes of the mildness of the onion of Portugal, 

 grows very large, and is easily cultivated. Pre 

 pare your land in the best manner, and plant one 

 onion in a hill, the hills to be one and a half fee? 

 apart. It dues not produce seed as other onions, 

 but is increased by tiie root. 



THE POTATO CLEANER 

 Is a hollow cylinder, or perforated cylinder, or 

 barrel, with a wooden a.xle through its long di- 

 ameter, and a handle at one end, by which it is 

 turned like a barrel churn. A hinged board forms 

 an opening for putting in and taking out the pota- 

 toes, which fastens with an iron hasp and staple. 

 It is filled with potatoes or other roots, and then 

 placed in a cistern of water, by means of a crane 

 or otiiervvisB. In this stale being two-thirds im- 

 mersed in llie water, and one-third full of pota- 

 toes, it is turned round a few times, when the lat- 

 ter are found cleaned, and the barrel is lifted out 

 by the crane, emptied, filled and replaced. — IliJ. 



NEW BRUNSWICK. 



The Legislature of the British province of New 

 Brunswick has granted a bounty of $600 to John 

 Wilson and Benjamin Church, for establishing a 

 paper mill ; and .$c00 to John and Oliver Barbaric 

 for establishing salt works. These must lessen 

 the importations of paper and salt from Britain. 



The legislature of New Brunswick has granted 

 Alexander Wederburn S400 to assist Emigrants — 

 S2600 to the Agricultural Society— $12,000 to 

 encourage the raising of Wheat on now land — 

 §10,000 to encourage the Fisheries— and $7000 

 for the revenue cutter. 



The legislature of Nova Scotia has renewed the 

 bounties on the Cod and Whale Fisheries of that 

 province. 



THE SEASON. 



An attentive observer has favoured us with the 



following data of the return of the bara swallows 



and martins to our Island, for five years past. 



which he has noticed at his farm in Portsmouth . 



CAUTION. 



A correspondent of a Vermont pannr ssys it is 

 well known thut the severity of the past winter, 

 and the scarcity of fodder have cai'sed an unusual 

 mortality tunong cattle and sheep. But it may not 

 be as generally known that unless more precaution 

 is used in carrying away or burying the carcases, 

 sickness, as the warm weather approaches, will 

 be the inevitable consequence. In too many in- 

 stances are they left in the immediate vicinity of 

 barns or of the public road ; and the noxious ef- 

 fluvia which rises from them, floats on the gale, 

 and poisons the atmosphere for miles around. 



JVewspapcis in the United States. There were 

 but seven papers published in the United States 

 in 1750; in 1810 there were three hundred and 

 fifty-nine (including twenty-five published daily), 

 which circulated twenty-two million two hundred 

 thousand Copies in the year. In 1823 they had in- 

 creased to the number of five hundred and ninety- 

 eight. The number of copies circulated in the 

 year by these journals, it is calculated, exceeds 

 thirty millions. The whole of continental Europe, 

 A CoUegc edifi.- is erecting in New Brunswick containing one hundred and si.xty millions of in- 

 estimated to cost between 40 and $,50,000. habitants, does not support half the number ot 



The exports from New Brunswick (including l>'L'."^'-° "^".* ^"'f' '° ^''' U"""''. .^'!''^'. 

 27,944 tons new ships) for the year 1820, amount- 



ed to .$2,.599,790- 

 S357,4-!8. 



-imports $2,232,848 — DiJference 



THE POTATO. 



The introduction of the po'a'oe plant into 

 France, received, for more than two centuries, an 

 unexampled opposition from vulgar prejudice ; and 

 it was not until Louis XV. who wore a branch of 

 the flowers of the potatoe in the midst of the 

 court, on a day of festivity, that the people for 

 the first time yielded through fashion to acknovv 

 edge its value. 



The number of newspapers published in the lan- 

 guages of India, and designed solely for native 

 readers, has increased, in the course of seven 

 years, from one to six. Four of these are in Ben- 

 galee, and two in Persian. 



A country Gentleman walking in his fields saw 

 his gardener asleep under a tree. " What," said 

 he " asleep when you should be at work, you idle 

 wretch : you are not worthy that the sun should 

 shine on you." " I am truly sensible of my own 



I unworthiness," replied the man, " and therefore I 



(laid me down in the shade,"' 



