THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



99 



ii,-:i liir .!.•-, MiaiiM.sitioi] (ifi Iktl'IoIoiv M'Mi-ihls !.'s-^,-iir,| th,- \: 



ir.lon, nii.i ul.iTC li is I,- laiiil;. iir.iivr Ml.irli Iki.I <i;jnu.,l ii iu> 



leiiieuls Ibi-tlie ivin-odiicijiji fiie inarkut. We itMiiciiiber uhini tlip 



provempiit of tlic Erie and Hudson C;i 



the niarUct to ti.t' fanners ol' the wi'M 



and at onco doLdjled tlie value of iIk- 



tlie (ernM ntitioii ot' i 



nliich i.iUr:; pL.ci' K, 



N"M. ..1 ^U-v 



veg.-i:., . ;. . ; 

 the el. Mr ; '■ . 

 stancT. ! ; ■ 'i; ■ 

 the SI : . . 

 soil tin ;, 



su|>|i.„! . . ,;, I : ,, 



llje nitx- , ,:>\:: ,1 .x 



liral la!;oi:.iii, \, in \, : 



(hiced to ils original l 

 of plants, 



A soil lliat is fiii'ined of nearly e(|ual parts of 

 the three primitive earths, nanu'lv : sand, flay, 

 and linip, wirli a njixlnre of der<)n"i|io^ing ve^'et- 

 able and animal inalicr, iniliihes niuistnre Irom, 

 and gives il ont to l!ir atmosiiiierc, and lias all 



our to the plains that ;:ro\v in it. 



Theproperiirsofa -o,.,l sr.il shnnhl he so fria- 



to snikr :,. , .,■■:■■■. ,;',,-.■. li Ml in search of nom'isl,- 



porioY'l'„-pl:nt. uhrninfull'vi,,,,,,,-. 



Fertile soils must he e.uiii.os.d of silicions 



sand, clay, and ealcari s matlcr. "Tlip pro- 



l)onion," Kirwan says, '-uhere rain to llie drplli 

 of tVTenty-si.\ inrlies liills pprannnin, is iifty-si\ 

 per cent of sand, fonrleeii of elav, anil tliiitv o! 

 calcareous niatler." J?nt these proiioriiins" de- 

 pend entirely on the climate, thi; siiinaion, the 

 nature of the suhsoil, and other local circnmsran- 

 ces. More silicions sand is rerpiired in propoi-- 

 tion as these circiiiiistancestend to make the soil 



'I he conslitnent parts of a fertile soil should 

 opilain hear a relative proportion (o each oilier; 

 but if any of Ihesf prevail or fall short to a cer- 

 tain deiirco, the soil heconies less pKahiclive. 



The proper proportion oi' the piiiniiive earths. 

 to form a productive soil midcr \],c<,' ciicnm- 

 stances, niav varv, from '.>0 to 70 percent, ol sili- 

 cions matter; iinm 'jO to 40 of clay or ahmiinon.-i 

 tiiatter. and from Kmo '70 of calcareous matter 



lies 1 



shirt 



the 



But our hnsiness in the present article is not bo 

 much the cleariiif,' of new, as the lenovatioii of 

 old lan<l.s. For this oliject the farmer only wants 

 to he convinceil iha; liis time and expense nill 

 not he lost in the aiiempi; and this brings ns 

 hack to the ; oint from which we insensibly di- 

 gressed. 



A RF.CENT VISIT UPO.V TlIK OLD SPOT. 



Since the piiblicjciion of the last number of the 



Visitor, business lias called ns to the capital; 



and we improved the few hours leisure given us 



to \i-it that part of the vicinity ofBoston from 



which Hows the ahimdance of rich and ina;;nifi- 



cent \ i-;,'etaiiles that daily apficars in her market. 



n- 1 We have heliire more than once adverted to 



il the marketand milk farmers of the little town of 



Id j \Wst Canihrid;.'e, whose centre is situated about 



a- j six miles tinm Boston ; and we may be excused 



iiunini: to dwell upon them, and ibr ar- 



new railroad or other lii- 

 10 [irice or the consumption 



I'd. And it h,\s been lound 



lirhltln 



\ew Hanip 



ing of that irreat avenue the firs 

 price of the hoo from si.x to fiv 



i-;'i, . r>.' r~',\viihal'ltheaiits 



iii.lc 



rayi 



because iii 

 iter's nativ 



are adorned in , 

 that portion < 

 heights of Wate 

 foot and sides o 



I'" 



\oriliy of imilation, 

 the jilace of the ed- 

 re his "kith and kin" 

 id to which he is able to cast 

 •arlv fiflv vears, embracing 

 casons his whole term of e.\- 



nly is the lime of year when 

 ended resion about Boston 

 i;re:itest beauty. We think 

 •oaiitrv . McndiiiL' from the 



Wo!a 



sha 



ailesto^ 

 11 I'ond 



"c-ambi^^ie, 

 id above the 



diici 



thy, i 



Till 



.ileda 

 very 



St, the 



titaiii such ;i dci;ree of niois- 



roots siitFic 

 • perio. 



the productions of New England soil could 



the market, because such an cMr K.r,!iiiarv 

 use of ihcans uonid necessarilv .haw alonu 

 it not only the population named fi,r llicii 

 imption, hill llie population brin-in- with 

 the- u herewith to pay for whatever they 



I.A.ND MAY BE SO TREATED THAT IT WILL ?iOT 

 WEAR OUT. 



The location of oiir earliest acqimintance lias 



in \i 

 Bo'stoiV 

 ed onlv 



hiisi: 



id population seen 



Wv can 

 len Boston 



of 



them to 



nonrishment, \iliere they may ea.-ily .-ihstr.a'-t the 

 elements of vi^w-table lite without licinj;- injured 

 by a redundant or a (k'licient siippi;, ol moisliire, 

 during any period of their groutii. A constant 

 supply ofairand water is neeessarv to make and 

 keep 'the soil permanentlv ]irO(hicI;vc : ulicn the 

 Eoil is easily made and kept frialile, it will also 

 have the power of absorhinjr, retaining, and de- 

 composing the water, the air, mid tin; organic 

 •matter, which may he in its composition, by in- 

 sensible ti^rmeiitation ; .-^nd give up a constant 

 supiily of the lesults of this decomposition lor 

 the growth of plants, either at seed time, when 

 tliey are merely vegetating— in fciimmer when 

 they are growing with the "greatest luxuriance— 

 or in autumn, when they are ri])ening their seed 

 for harvest. 



Farmili? ia the vicinity of IToslon. 



If any fanner who has pursued for years th< 



system f>f grailiial exl.aii^iion, and whose pros 



pect of ])■ r. ,.,,:, .^^ I ..,:, ,' ..., i,, .•..eii,.i;ii!..- Ilea 



his pate., ; :,. ■ , • ■■ : :," \?,. {,,,. 



been eiha ■ . . ;, , ; , , , 1 that In 



feels hini-el, ■,,!:; ,.,! ,e -. : \ ■_ . ■ i: ,,ile soi 

 and a more sii't- ii\ eiiln^uc' cl.,,,' i,r; ,■ : — if i|m 

 hnndrcdsof funarsinXc.v r.;i^l;,ii.l \UII exam 

 ine the method in wlii.;!i ih^ir hii-iii^ss is pmsn 

 ed by many good husbaiid.s, within the di-i i ^ . 

 of ten or fifteen miles ofBoston, tliev n i 

 longer doubt, not only that every part" oi 

 England may be renovated, but that ever\ uii 



New El 

 Take tl! 



Me 



before ns 

 nity of tilt 



•k, iIk 



.ery part and part 

 ill be lound to con 



trious man, now free of debt, who shall bo fa- ! yet been cleared. 



Hit here," and almost 



Ic- firmci-s produce 



higli price. No new 



luntry at any lime could furnish stronger in- 



iceinents Ibi- settlement than the many liiin- 



1 lis and thou.saiuls of acres of new lancj yet to 



la^i-n up and cleared in Vermont, in New 



, -hire and especially in Maine : even Tilassa- 



:isaiid Connecticut have yet new lands left 



probably as good as any that liave 



(I almost invari 



e liiiiiilies for alioul 



year ]797, 

 brothers am 



oi the conn 



Wi 



some I 

 Adams, 

 Whittei 



■endants of the 

 a century and a half: 



id who died in the 

 in 1711, and she had 

 ofthename of Cnt- 

 •ed in different parts 

 s of thai n me. 'i'i.e 

 Cambridge, through 



t Hill, Locke, Russell, 



of tlie population. The 

 !bra husband a Hill, and, 

 • dece;:.-e, Wthongh at a 



of uhat 

 lo the lii 



.1 land 

 'Oavi.1 



this timi.. we 

 lit eaill, li-oni 

 •s occupied as 

 ;-li fell to her 

 ci-e among the 



iw. 'I'his iias been improved by (liiching .-.o tliat 

 t has liir years [irndnceil the largest crops. 

 About the tenth of ,Iiily a crop of hcidsgrass was 

 .aken from it equalling according to our best 

 judgment three tons of the be.-.t of hay to tho 

 acre. This crop of grass was obtained by sim- 

 ply |)lotigbing the land which had always been 

 kept rich last fall, and sowing the grass seed at 



hat 



On la 



life 



hod olla\inirdowi 

 ireaknpiiomllie. 



which 

 it, we are inclined to 

 niii! tlie most jirofitable 

 izrass is to plonirh,evrn 

 li.a.ndsowthefUll pro- 



he little farm o;' .Mr. Hill, the residence of 

 'ather John Kill who was killed by a fall from 

 his market cart «iiile returning from JBostonsome 

 forty years ago, lies some hundred rods to the 

 lorili on the westerly shore of Spy jiond on the 

 ■oad leading to Watertnwn, aid h.elucen that 

 loiid and the ridge we liav nam. >!. e\iei ,!i;ii ii[) 

 the steep side of' the ri.li ■■. '•■. ; • i i r- 



ance, :^!i-. Hill has ).ii:. :. .is 



od in the midst of innumerable bmail rocks uath- 



