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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR 



February, 1842. 



rote of one half-hiishel per acre, soakeii id cop- 

 perns water and lollecl in |)laslei- ; the corn thin- 

 ned down to four spcnrs in a hill at the second 

 hoeing. The China coin was planted 28th May, 

 Button corn 29th of Way, and the Brown corn 

 2d and 3d of June. 'J"he corn was hoed three 

 times, and worked twice with the cultivator — no 

 hilling allowed ; the ground kept ns level as jms- 

 sible. I comtnenced cutting up the corn at the 

 ground the 16th September, and put it in small 

 stouts to ciu'e. 



The Brown corn was planted in rows three 

 feet apart, and hills from sixteen to eighteen 

 inches apart in the row ; manured in the liill 

 with fifteen loads unferniented manure per acre; 

 three-fourths bush, seed j)er acre, soaked and 

 plastered as the above. A part of this corn failed 

 to come up, from bad planting on coarse manure 

 in the bill ; it was replanted about.the 12tb June. 

 This corn suffered more from drought than where 

 the manure was spread broad-cast; it suffered 

 in earing, also, from being left too thick in the 

 hill, causing the ears to be short. 



I was absent from home at the time of hoeing 

 and thinning the corn. On my return, about the 

 last of August, I saw the lault, and inquired of 

 the man wlio Imd charge of it why it was not 

 thinned as I directed^ he said "it looked so ower 

 when they hoed it, that the men all thought it a 

 ))ity to destroy it; so they killed it with kindness; 

 but it was too late to remedy the evil, and I let it 

 go with Irom five to ten stalks in a hill. This 

 corn was cultivated in all other respects as the 

 above. J think with proper management I can 

 get a much largei- crop of this kind of corn per 

 acre than 1 have this year. 



By measure, the Brown corn will outshell the 

 Dutton, as will the China, but they both fall short 

 by weight, as will be seen above— the Brown 

 1 1-4 lbs. in 100 of ears, and the China 3 lbs. in 

 100 of ears. 



The China corn makes a beautiful meal for 

 family use, but is too lute a variety for elevated 

 lands in this latitude. The acre of China corn 

 produces about four tons of fodder, the Dutton 

 three tons, and the Brown two tons. The Biown 

 corn produces more corn lor the amount of stalks 

 than any variety I have cultivated. 



I am anxiously waiting for a statement of the 

 method pursued by Mr. Osborn in raising 144 

 bushels of corn and 130 bu.shels of oats per acre ; 

 also Mr. June's statement in reference to his crop 

 of oats, both of which I trust will appear in the 

 Cultivator. I never have had any success in 

 raising oats, and am desirous of learning liow it 

 is done by others, who do succeed. I should be 

 glad to learn something about raising barley : 

 which is the best variety to cultivate, which the 

 best method of cultivation, what amount of seed 

 per acre, &c. &c. If some of your readers 

 would furnish tho information, they woidd con- 

 fer a favor. E. CORNELL. 

 Ithaca, M y., Dec. 27, 1841. 

 0^ Ithaca is in a legion where the season 

 may be calculated as always at least one month 

 longer free from frost than on the interior hills of 

 Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and the higher 

 parts of Massachusetts. Of couree the ■Chinese 

 and the large Dutton corn is each better adapted 

 to that climate than to ours. It is not safe to 

 plant the larger corn where the season is liable 

 to be cut short by early frost : the Dutton corn 

 may be ruined by freezing both cob and corn 

 after the Brown corn shall be ontirelv out of way 

 of frost. 



It will not answer in any case at the far north 

 to bring seed corn frojTi the south after it has 

 adapted itself to the climate whence it is taken. 

 If we plant a large kind of corn with iieavy 

 stalks, let the seed be brought from that raised 

 at the north. 



It will be perceived that while the Chinese 

 and Dutton corn of Mr. Cornell was planted on 

 ground with spread manure ploughed in,tho Brown 

 corn was planted with nnfermented manure in 

 the hill. Under the severe drought of last sum- 

 mer, it is almost a wonder that tliere should be 

 half a crop of corn with manure in the hill. It 

 was undoubtedly helped by making none or very 

 flat hills. Unfermented manure i"n the'hill was 

 fatal in this vicinity to almost every corn crop of 

 the last season. Had the Brown coin been treat- 

 ed exactly like the other kinds, we have faith in 

 the belief that it would have yielded Mr. Cornell 

 the larger crop. — Ed. Visitor. 



PLAN OF -MB. PHINNEt's HOO-STVES. 



The anne.xed is a rough plan, which may servo 

 to give you an idea of the compact manner in 

 which my hogs are kept. It is intended for a 

 plan of the upper story and one end. The low- 

 er Biory corresponds with the upper, except that 

 the promenade is extended out about six feet 

 from the line of the upper outside promenade 

 line. 



PLAN OF TJIC FLOOR OF THE CPTER FTORY. 



The initials D ; 



" The roof covers the passage way and eating 

 and sleeping apartments on each side, and is 

 made sufficiently high to enable the feeder to pass 

 between the jieiis. The floors of the e«ting and 

 sleeping apartments are made perfectly tight; 

 the floor of the promenade in the upper story is 

 laid with narrow planks, placed about one inch 

 apart, so that whatever is dropped by the jiigs 

 falls through on the compost beneath. The pro- 

 menade of the lower story has no floor. The only 

 passage for passing the '\>\%'i out and in, i? by a 

 slide-door between each dormitory and the main 

 passage way. The pen being on ground which is 

 a little higher at the end where the boilers are 

 placed than at the other, the floor of the boiler 

 room is on a level with the passage ivay of the 

 upper story, where the pigs kept in this part of 



the building are taken in and out. At the other 

 end of the building, the floor of the passage way 

 in the lower story is on a level with the natural 

 surface of the ground, ami by a door at that end of 

 the passage way, the hogs in the lower story are 

 taken in and out. You will perceive that a pen 

 100 feet long and 34 w ide, with 3 in a pen, will 

 furnish amide accommodations for 120 hogs. A 

 passage way for the feeder is made from the 

 cooking room to the j)assage way in the lower 

 story."— .Veic England Farmer for SepL 1840. 



From Col man's Reports. 

 IVIouut Auburn. 

 I cannot quit the ])rivileged and improved 

 county of Middlesex, without adverting to this 

 beautiful retreat, which owes all its natural and 

 local attractions to its rural embellishments. I 

 confess I am drawn to it by still stronger ties, tor 

 there sleep under its green banks and its waving 

 boughs, those who were as dear to me as any 

 thing this side Heaven; and there, too, side by 

 side with them, it is my consolation to think,! 

 shall, myself, repose, when :ny day's humble 

 work is done, and 1 shall fall like the leaf by the 

 autumnal blast. 



This cemetery, embracing now more than a 

 hundred acres of land, of most varied surface and 

 aspect, was originally intended, under the auspi- 

 ces of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 for an experimental garden as well as burying 

 place ; but it is now exclusively devoted to tho 

 last object. It abounds with elegant monuments 

 of taste and touching testimonials of affection ; 

 and with singular beauty intermingles the charms 

 of floral culture with the untrained wildness of 

 nature. Its silent walks, its shaded retreats, its 

 calm waters are all sacred to tender and reveren- 

 tial sentiments; its monuments, from the simple, 

 rough stone to the marble, chiseled by the touch- 

 es of exquisite art, are all eloquent ; and exhibits 

 every where the affectionate offerings of the 

 heart to that idol, which Heaven, in its mercy to 

 our weakness, permits us to adore, the jirecioua 

 uiemory of the beloved and revered dead. 



It shows, too, most emphatically, that strong 

 passion for rural Iieauty which the Creator seems 

 to have made instinctive in tho heart; and that 

 spontaneous acknowledgement of the charms of 

 the country, which the deep absorption of busi- 

 ness or the dissipations of city life cannot extin- 

 guish, nor even so fiir abate, but that the mind 

 reverts to them as the most favored elements in 

 man's earthly condition, and vainly thinks tliataf- 

 ler the turmoil of life is over, the sleep of death 

 will be more peaccfiil in the midst of them. They 

 love to sec the sweetest flowers blooming upon 

 the graves of those fairer flowers, which perished 

 without maturing their fiuit; or shedding their 

 li-agrance over those whose virtues still breathe a 

 divine perfiime to the heart. They love that the 

 birds should salute the humble sleepers here with 

 their thrilling morning hymn : that the gentle 

 breezes of a summer's evening as they whistle 

 through the trees, should sing the requiem of the 

 departed in ./Eolian strains ; and that the unsul- 

 lied snow should spread its mantle over virtues as 

 unsullied. They combine all the beautiful cm- 

 bellislimeiits of the country, as though out of na- 

 ture's own unrivalled materials they would build 

 the palaces of the dead. 



What an eloquent trilnitc is this to the strong 

 attractions and the matchless glories of rural sce- 

 nery and life ! How happy would it he lor thou- 

 sands in our cities if they would yield earlier to 

 these impulses, and seek the country early for the 

 living as they now seek it late for the dead. How- 

 happy would it be for thousands, whom success 

 has blessed with the means, if after aciiuiring 

 more than enough, they would quit the slavery 

 and drudgery of business, so often debasing to 

 the mind and sometimes almost the extinction of 

 the man, and find a rich enjoyment.in the embel- 

 lishment of the country for the common and 

 grateful delight of all who see it; and in iniprov- 

 iig the culture of the eartli, for the sustenance 

 ind comfort of some portion of the vast multi- 

 tude, who arc fed at this common table. 



Number of Flauts on an Acre. 



The following table shows the number of plants 

 contained in an acre, planted at the severa, dis- 

 tances specified in the columns marked " feet a- 

 parU" For example, an acre will contain 10,890 

 corn-hills two feet apart; 2,151 four and a half 



