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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR 



March, 1842. 



late Dr. Hosack, of Hyde Park, N. Y. who prac- 

 tised it very successfully at that place. The 

 method is so simple that any intelligent person 

 may practise it with every facility, whcu once 

 acquainted w ith the process. 



The canisters are simply made of a piece of 

 tin forming a tube of different dimensions, from 

 eight inches to a foot in length. The width on 

 the top is from three to six ; on the bottom from 

 four to eight. The different sizes must he used 

 according to the vegetable to be cultivated. 



Having the canisters prepared, the bed may 

 then be made in the usual manner, of a heat cor- 

 responding with the nature of the plants to be 

 forced. The bed being made, place on it the 

 frame and level the manure ; draw the heat, 

 &c. as before directed. When the bed . is in 

 proper order to receive the earth for planting, 

 then place the tin canisters into it, the largest end 

 downwards; when the frame is filled with the 

 canisters, fill them with soil, and the places be- 

 tween them, so that the whole is level with soil, 

 to the top of them. 'I'his done, close the frame 

 to draw the heat, after which, seeds of the differ- 

 ent kinds of plants required, may be sown in 

 the centre of each canister, to form hills or the 

 like for transplanting. The management of the 

 frame must be in every way corresponding to 

 the nature of the plants; and they must be man- 

 aged in a manner to harden them previous to 

 their being transplanted into the ground, as be- 

 fore directed. 



Transplanting the plants from the frames. — The 

 operation of transplanting must be very carefully 

 done, as the plants will be much injured if the 

 roots are broken by removing them. The meth- 

 oJ I have generally adopted, is first to take a- 

 way the frame, then clear away the soil from the 

 first row of canisters ; this done, take up the 

 canisters carefully, by placing a sharp spade un- 

 der the bottom, cutting it from the soil, and care- 

 fully placing it with the ball entire in a wheel- 

 barrow. Having the ground well prepared, the 

 planting is performed by preparing a hole the 

 depth of the canister, which is placed therein and 

 the earth placed about it in o neat compact man- 

 ner: the canister is then gently slipped up, 

 without disturbing the roots, and the plants wa- 

 tered, in order to close the loose soil about it. 



This system is particularly adapted to Indian 

 corn. I hope to see the time when this method 

 will prove of advantage to the forcing of early veg- 

 etables ; but I am of o])inion that it will be much 

 improved by making moulds of jjot earth of the 

 same consistence as for flower pots, of the same 

 dimensions recommended ; and I give a word of 

 advice, for potters to commence on a small scale 



Another Vermont Oat Crop. 



From the Cultivator. 

 Messrs. Gavlord & Tdcker — I have raised 

 the past season a good piece of oats. I am sen- 

 sible it has several times been exceeded ; but the 

 result in profit is good, and I have been asked to 

 communicate to you by my brother farmers. It 

 ■\vill come in competition with Gov. Hill's crop, 

 but nowhere near Wr. Junes', if his measuring 

 after threshing should be as high as his guessing. 

 My piece consists of four acres, from which I 

 have threshed and measured 389 bushels. The 

 result in profit is as follows: 

 389 bushels of oats, at 45cts. per bushel, $175 05 

 976 bundles of straw, at 2i cents, 24 40 



Expenses, $199 45 



2d days' ploughing with team, $5 00 



24 days' sowing, and harrowing, 



and team, - ' 5 00 



9 bushels of oats, 50 cents, 4 50 



13 days' reaping, bindingand stook- 



ing, 13 00 



2 hands li day with team, hous- 

 ing, 4 50 

 16 days' work threshing and clean- 

 , ing. 10 67 

 Interest on land, 100 dollars per 



acre, 24 00 



Whole expenses, 06 67 



Clear profit, $132 78 



The soil on which the above crop grew is al- 

 luvial. I came in possession of it (with the re- 

 mainder of my farm) in the spring of 1339 ; it 



was then what is termed bound out meadow. I 

 broke it u|>. put 25 loads of barnyard manure to 

 the acre, and harvested 60 bushels of corn per 

 acre. 1841 again planted with corn, applying 30 

 loads of same kind of manure to the acre, and 

 harvested 65 bushels shelled corn peracre. You 

 see the land is not in debt for previous manuring. 

 F observed your remark in the account of Mr. 

 Junes' crop of oats, recommending sowing thick. 

 I don't know but my crop might have been in- 

 creased by using a larger quantity of seed. I 

 have some doubts, however, as they appeared to 

 be thick enough, especially as I stocked the land 

 to grass with the crop. I will try the experiment 

 of sowing more to the acre. 



JONA. C. THRALL. 

 •■ Big Elm Farm, Rvttand, Vt., Jan. 31, 1842. 



The crop of oats on the premises of the ed 

 of the Visitor, which was an extraordinary crop 

 for the dry year of 1841, measured when thresli 

 ed full 300 bushels. The result may be taken as 

 follows: 

 300 bushels oats, at 50 cts. per bushel, §150 00 



6 tons of straw, at $5, 30 00 



Expenses. 



2 days' ploughing with pair of horses, $4 00 

 2 days' sowing, harrowing and roll- 



180 00 



4 00 

 3 00 



8 40 

 6 00 

 1125 



6 bushels of oats for sowing, 50, 



10 days' rea|)ing, bindingand stock- 

 ing, average 84 cents, 



2 hands and team two days' housing, 



15 days' threshing, &c. 



Interest on land at 50 dollars per 

 acre. 



One sixth of $150 worth of 

 put upon the ground in 1840, 



73 65 



Clear profit, $106 35 



The land on which the oats were raised was 

 bound out grass ground giving less than ten hun- 

 dreds of indifferent hay to the acre : it was 

 ploughed 12 inches deep in the spring of 1840, 

 and planted with corn and potatoes, manured 

 with 150 cart loads of common stable manure, a 

 part turned under the turf, and a part laid out 

 and spread aller ploughing. The four acres 

 gave the fir.<t year about 100 bushels of Indian 

 corn and 300 bushels of potatoes. The crop 

 that season was not worth as much as the oat 

 crop, and the expense of labor was three times 

 as much. 



It may be calculated, if the grass seed sown 

 shall have a good catch, that these four acres will 

 average two tons of hay to the acre for at least 

 foin- years. This hay at .$14 the ton will give 

 $112 per year. Twelve dollars will cover all 

 expenses, and the portion of manure consumed 

 each year, say a sixth part of S150, twenty-five 

 dollars, woidd leave a clear profit of $75, or 18} 

 dollars per acre, after paying all expenses. 



It certainly seems to us, that independent far- 

 mers, who save much' in their own labor, who 

 cultivate and treat land in the manner we have 

 treated the ground where we raised the oat crop, 

 must be doing a better business than it is possi- 

 ble almost any other class of people can do. 



Five years' improvement of'tliis land may be 

 stated as follows: 



Dr. 

 150 loads manure in 1840, 

 Expenses of cultivation, gathering and 



securing crop in 1840, 

 do. in 1841, 



Expense of cutting and curing hay 



at $2 per ton, four years, 8 tons. 

 Interest on land, 6 years, $19, 

 Taxes and sujierintendence, at 5, 



$150 00 



125 00 

 61 65 



64 00 



72 00 

 30 00 



§502 65 

 Cr. 

 100 bushels corn in 1840, $100 00 



300 do. potatoes, 25, 75 00 175 00 



Oatcroj).of 1841, . 180 00 



Hay crop foiu- years, 8 tons each, $14, 448 00 



Gain in five year 



Bunker Hill Survivors. 



Another.— Mr. Aaron VVillard, of Marlboro', 

 ill this County, formerly of Sterling, aged 85, 

 visited this town on Friday last, with other pen- 

 sioners, to receive the needful ; and we find he 

 was at the battle of Bunker's Hill, and also at 

 Monmouth, and Saratoga. We give a list of sur- 

 vivors as far as has come to hand.— A'ecjie Sen- 

 tlnel. 



Andrew Ely, Marlboro', Ulster co. N. Y. 87 



John Slade, Brookfield, Vt. 95 



Stephen Read, Weathersfield, Vt. 87 



Philip Bagley, Newburvport, Mass. 86 



Enos Reynolds, West Boxford, Mass. 86 



Gen. Gideon Foster, Danvers, Mass. 93 



Abraham Perkins, John H. Boardman, Jere- 

 miah Ross and Samuel Lancaster, Ips- 

 wich, Mass. 

 David Howe, Haverhill, Mass. 90 



Tilly Mead, Barre, Mass. 



Timothy Ross, Topsfield. Mass. * 93 



Jeremiah Cady, Hadley, Mass. 93 



Ebenezer Bean, Corni'sh, N. H. 90 



Isaac Andrt^ws, Hillsborough, N. H. 86 



Solomon Kittredge, Mt. Vernon, N. H. 90 



Jona. Butler, Lyndeborough, N. H. 89 



Uriah Wright, Brookline, N. H. 90 



Annis Merrill, Lyman, N. H. 

 Ebenezer Ely, Conway, N. H. 

 Eliakim Walker, Boscawen, N. H. 

 Capt. David Flanders., Franklin, N. H. 

 Sylvanus Conant, Mansfield, Vt. 

 Reuben Kemp, Sterling, (Jonn. 

 Capt. Josiaji. Cleaveland, Oswego, N. Y. 

 Capt. Jerome Clark, Cherry Valley, N. Y. 

 Peter Brown, Wilna, Jefferson co. N. Y. 

 Nehemiah Porter, North Yarmouth, Mass. 83 

 Eliakim Nims, Sullivan, N. H. 90 



Stephen Emery, Winchendon, Masg. 94 



Timothv Moors, Hancock, N. H. 87 



Aaron Willard, Marlborough, N. H. 85 



Eleazer Spaulding, Dover, Mc. 83 



Ebenezer Allen, Montville, Me. 84 



An Alphabet of short Rules well worth remem- 

 bering. 



Attend well to your business. 



Bo punctual in your payments. 



Consider well before you promise. 



Dare to do right. 



Envy no man. 



Faithfully perform your duty. 



Go not in the path of vice. 



Have respect for your character. 



Infringe on no man's right. 



Know thyself. 



Lie not, ibr any consideration. 



Make few acquaintances. 



Never profess what you do not practice. 



Occupy yoiu- time in usefulness. 



Postpone nothing that you can do now. 



Quarrel not with your neighbor. 



Recompense every man for his labor. 



Save something against the day of trouble. 



Treat every body with kindness. 



Use yourself to moderation. 



Vilify no person's reputation. 



Watchfully guard against idleness. 



' Xa?nine your conduct daily. 



Yield to superior judgment. 



Zealously pursue the right path. 



The late David How, Esq.— The Haverhill 

 Gazette contains the following interesting and 

 important reminiscence of ttiia worthy soldier of 

 the Revolution : — 



"Mr. How was in the fort at the battle of Bun- 

 ker's Hill, and he attributed the glory of that day 

 to Col. Prescott. A few months ago a person 

 rcadto him from the Daily Advertiser, certain 

 articles relating to Gen. Putnam, and asked him 

 his opinion about Putnam. He then said he 

 never heard any thing against him in the army. 

 He then asked him what he thought of Col. 

 Prescott. He answered in a very low voice, for 

 of late years he had almost lost his voice, that 

 had it not been for Col. Prescott there would 

 have been no fight. Tlic person pretended notio 

 imderstand him, and repeated the question, when 

 he made the same answer. The person again 

 pressed the question, whetr he loomed up from 

 his chair, stood erect held out his hand, and 

 straining his voice to its utmost pitch, reiterated, 

 '/ tell you that hadil not bee7i for Col. Prescott there 

 would hove been 7w fight, fie ii<as all night and 



