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THE G'E^VESEE FARMEft 



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earlier and as much later in each year than 

 those that are unreclaimed, his crops are bet 

 ter and more sure. The labor of after til- 

 lage is much diminished. The stones that 

 impede the plough and scythe are removed, 

 and not the least essential benefit, is the con- 

 stant supplies of water which may be insur- 

 ed in any field inclining to moisture, which 

 with reference to animals will, as a perma- 

 nent convenience and advantage, fully com- 

 pensate the expense of drains. 



1 have just put down a field of wheat which 

 has required extensive unrlerdi'aining. This 



furs, cannot be devised. In breaking up 

 heaths, such exuviae are very abundant; but 

 in all ca es, if the weeds, leaves, &.c, were 

 conveyed to a hoe oi pit, and with every 

 single horse-load, and with barrow -loads in 

 proportion, s> bushel of salt and half a bush- 

 el of lime were incorporated, it would, in a 

 few months; form a mass of decayed com- 

 post of the most fertilizing quality. — Gard. 

 Mag. 



Planting. — The Spaniards are infinitely 

 more careful turn the French, and otner na- 



field lias required 2. r >0 rods of stone drain- , t ions in planting tiees, and in i.. king care of 

 ing, and I hope to be remunerated the whole them ; for it rarely happens, when a Span- 

 expense in the surplus ciops of the next two iard eats fruit in a wood or in the open conn- 



years, to say nothing of the pleasure of uit- 

 nessing the finest grains and kindliest grass- 

 es taking the place of hull rushes and wild 

 grass. I am, sir. 



Your most obedient serv't. 



HENRY \V DELAVAN. 

 Balhton, N. Y. Sept. 27, 1831. 



FIGS. 



We were presented a few days since by our 



fellow citizen, Mr, P. Printz, with a couple 



of fine ripe figs, which had grown, with ma- 

 ny others, on a tree in his garden during the 



present season. We are aware that this tice 



has been cultivated in several instances in 



this county, but we believe it has generally 



cast its fruit prematurely. Mr. Printz's 



trees are planted in boxes and are removed £ e 6 ro " n wjhe West '"dies "as sprung.— 



remedy, coffee could only be got at a gieat 

 expense from Mocha in vlrabia. — The Mir- 

 ror. 



try, that he does not set the stones or the 

 peps: and thus in the whole of then conn 

 try an infinite number of Iruit tiees of all 

 kind 1 .: whereas, ill the French quarters you 

 find none. — Lubat. 



Introduction of Coffee. — It was owing in 

 some, measure to a ilisti igmshed French bo- 

 tanisl, that we are so abundantly furnished 

 with the coffee-berry. Two plants were, 

 under his tare, taken to the West Indies, 

 from lite botanic gardens at Pans, but on the 

 voyage the supply of water beeamt nearly 

 exhausted; this person Us so anxious to 

 preserve the plants that he deprived him- 

 self of his allowance in order to water the 

 coffee plants. From these two, all the cof- 



into a shelter during the winter season; this 



is the second year that the fruit has come to 



perfection. Where the tree is not protected 



during the winter, it is apt to sustain injury 



from the coldness of our climate, and the • 



,.,,,, c ■ „,. , , , 'timers Magazine is of opinion that the cul- 



frmt falls before it ripens. Whether it would 



be possible so far to acclimate this tree as 



• j . , ,- j. ■ rigalion, although adiv sloping situation 



to render its cultivation a matter of profit, is ■ „ enpra i| 



more than we are prepared to --ay ; but it is 



Asparagus. — A correspondent of the Gar- 

 dner's Mug r. 

 Itivation of asparagus may be improved by ir 



generally recommended He had three 



beds 60 yards long, font rows in each bed, 

 possible that like the Cherry it might be re- which |)l(| bee „ ,,§, l|()W „ .,,,„„, , h 



moved gradually northward until ,. would previ „ lls wun seed . from the lsl of Oclo- 



her 1827 to the middle of February last, the 



beds were, except about 4 lods, completely 



flooded to the depth of from 6 to 12 inches. 



flourish in a much higher latitude, than has 

 been hitherto congenial to its cultivation. 



Thatcher says, in speaking of this fruit : — 

 'This tree is probably a native of Asia, 



When the water went off in the latter end of 



but grows plentifully in (lie south of Europe. \ February, he ordered the beds to be forked 

 'Isthe fruit is very pulpy, it is dried when it II over, with the intention of dryingthe ground, 

 isto be pieserved. They consist almost en- 'and getting the roots into health; but the 



tirely of mucilage, and are therefore demul 

 cent. They aie grateful lo the stomach,and 

 more easy of digestion than any other sweet 

 fruit; and abounding in saccharine matter, 

 they are very nutritious, but apt to occasion 

 flatulency, when eaten without bread, or oth- 

 er mealy substances. A decoction of figs 

 affords excellent gargles to cleanse the throat 

 and mouth. This fruit also forms an ingre- 

 dient in lenitive elect, aries, and pectoral 

 draughts, and is likewise applied externally 

 to soften, digest, and promote maturation. 



Figs ripen very well by the noddle of Sep- 

 tember, in Philadelphia, when enjoying a 

 free exposure to the sun. In the southern 

 states they flourish luxuriantly, and might 

 become an article of extensive exportation, 

 and home consumption, if pains »ere taken 

 to introduce the large Levant fig." — Zanes- 

 ville (Ohio) Gazette. 



Atanurc. — It is a common practice to burn 

 couch-grass, docks, gorse. and other vegeta- 

 bles which are very retentive of life, or slow 

 in decay ; a more uneconomical, unscientif- 

 ic method of reducing them to a state bene- 

 ficial to the land of irhich they were the re 



shoots were appearing on every part, and on 

 the 4th of March he cut 400 of good quali- 

 ty, and to tiie end of April continued to cut 

 100 daily. — Art of Scien. 



A correspondent of the G^rdenci's Mag- 

 azine, recommends the cultivation of the 

 bitter orange in Great Britain, as an orna- 

 mental tiee. He finds it flourishing in the 

 northern part of Italy, where Ihe winters are 

 so cold that the rivers are frozen over, and 

 afford good skaiting for a longer period than 

 he has ever known in England ; and there- 

 fore infers that the English climate is not too 

 severe fur its cultivation We should judge 

 from (he account of the tree, that it might be 

 cultivated herewith very little trouble; and 

 should think it worth ttie pains of some ex- 

 periments, as it is a very ornamented tree 

 and its fruit is used for various purposes. — 

 Western Tiller. 



SWINE. 

 Liltlo is necessary to be said ou this 

 subject, as probably no branch of hus- 

 bandry is better understood in this state, 

 than the raising of pork. As the old 



thin, long legged breed still prevails in 

 various quarters, the sooner another is 

 substituted for it, the better; besides, it 

 is a gaunt, voracious animal, difficult to 

 fatten, and having loo large n portion of 

 bone. 



In breeding, the sow should be select- 

 ed with great care: broad and straight- 

 backed, with w:de lups; a greaf many 

 teals; short legs and fine h »iie. Far- 

 mers differ mu li in their plans of raising 

 holding stock for pork.; some permitting 

 fheir sboats to run at large eighteen 

 mouths, till they are penned up to fatten; 

 this is ihe most troublesome and leas! 

 j profitable way; others give them a range 

 in clover pastures, and begin to fatten 

 ,111pm earlier. I' apprehend there is a 

 in ch ni'jre profitable way, and attended 

 with less trouble for tin. so who have the 

 r.ght breed. According to the quantity 

 of pork wanted should be the number of 

 breeding sows kept over, and there sh uld 

 be no other bogs on the farm but the 

 breeding sows. These, when they pig 

 the latter end of March, should be fed 

 in the most attentive manner with swil! 

 jand shorts. The pigs from a full grown 

 sow, will generally be twelve in number; 

 these should be tninned down to eight, as 

 I soon as they begin to feed freely out of 

 the trough, should be weaned, and aftet- 

 J wards fed regularly with green tares, clo- 

 vers, boiled potatoes, ground peas, un- 

 merchantable corn, or any other nourish- 

 ing food ; turning them out every day in- 

 to a small yard where there is a shallow 

 pond for them to lie in \ remarkable 

 b eed of pins winch had been treated 

 pretty much in this manner, were exhibit- 

 ed at the last Duanesburgh Fair; when 

 eight months old, one of them wassjaug - 

 jtered, and weighed exactly three hun- 

 jdred and eleven pounds: they attracted 

 j universal attention, and I certainly nevei 

 J saw such animals before. This method 

 j is attended with little trouble, and leaves 

 so small a quantity of stock on hand to 

 winter over, appears to me to be more <•- 

 conomiral in every point of view than 

 any other which is practiced. — .V. V. 

 Memoirs of.jgri. 



rro.n the New-England Farmer. 



CULTURE OF TIIE - W FT PO- 

 TATOE IN NF.W HAMPSHIRE. 

 I have not heard of this valuable rool 

 being cultivated to any extent in this vi- 

 cinity, or in thislatitude, nor do I believe 



'that there lias been any proper attempt 

 made The last season I applied for u 

 small quantity of seed, to Mr. Russell, the 

 publisher of the New England Farmer, 



j through his agent, and by some means, 

 I received them quite too late to plant, 



land the polatoe much decayed and what 

 few were sound were dry and wilted, and 



:had little appearance of any vegetable 



(life; I however planted them altogether, 

 hoping I might find some of them to ve- 

 getate, and then to plant them in proper 



j order. By the last of June I found a 

 small portion of tbem had vegetated. miM 



