1851 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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ces must advance. One or two hogsheads, at the 

 must, should be the limit to the hand, and that of a 

 greatly improved quality. Those of our planters who 

 have abandoned the culture of tobacco, have greatly 

 improved their farms and added much to their corn 

 and wheat crops. 



The spirit of improvement seems to be abroad in 

 our land, and I know of no mc^e assignable reason for 

 it than that many persons who had predjudices against 

 book farming, have become daily readers of the 

 'American Farmer' — the renovator of their minds, the 

 fertilizer of their soils, and the great team-horse of 

 their agricultural prosperity. 



I know of no other agricultural product than such 

 as are raised by our farmors, that could be profitably 

 introduced. A diminished crop of tobacco would en- 

 able the planters to raise more corn and wheat, and 

 could any assurance be given of a remunerating price, 

 I would recommend the experiment. The foreign 

 demand can seldom, if ever, equal the supply of our 

 breadstufFs, and except in cases of such unexampled 

 famine as Europe has been visited with in the last 

 few years, her consumption of our grain crop must 

 be very limited. The chief reliance, then, of tha far- 

 mer, must be in the home market. That we know 

 is not sufficient to consume a moiety of our surplus 

 productions. What, then, is to be done ? My opin- 

 ion as a Marylander, as an American, as a philan- 

 thropist, is, that we must increase the number of 

 consumers until they shall bear a fair proportion to 

 the number of producers, and he who shall be main- 

 ly instrumental in producing this result, will entitle 

 himself to the appellation of the benefactor of his 

 country. 



PRODtJCE OF SEVENTEEN ACRES 



Messrs, Editors. — I send a statement of the product 

 of seventeen acres of land cultivated by Arthdr 

 CuLLUM, Esq., one of your subscribers here. I 

 may add Mr. Cullum is not a professional farmer, 

 but one who appropriates, with an amateur's devo- 

 tion, his leisure hours from other business, to agri- 

 cultural pursuits. The farm is a hill side, with a 

 clay subsoil, and a southern exposure. 



Product of 17 Acres cultivated by A. Cullum, Esq., Craw- 

 ford Co., Pa., 1850. 



25 Tons of Hay, at $5 per ton, $125,00 



55 Bushels of Wheat, (raised on sod turned over in 



in August — yiel d therefore less, ) 55, 00 



76| Bushels of Barley 53.00 



75 " Shelled Corn, ■ 30,00 



60 " Potatoes, (the crop partly blighted, 15.00 



40 •■' Rutabagas, 8,00 



20 " Oats, 5,00 



Corn Fodder equal to two tons of Hay, 10.00 



$301,00 



On another part of farm Mr. C. raised on six acres, 



213 bushels of wheat, of a variety known as the soft 



white. A. HuiDEKOPER. — Meadville, Pa., Feb., 



Remedy for Lice on Colts and Cattle. — Take 

 white oak bark, boil in water, making a strong decoc- 

 tion, and wash the animals on the back and sides. 

 Ih twenty-four hours the lice will be completely 

 tanned. S. L.—Piffard, A". Y., 1851. 



To RESTORE Pork. — In warm weather, the brine 

 on pork frequently becomes sour and the pork tainted. 

 Boil the brine, skim it well, and pour it back on the 

 meat boiling hot. This will restore it even wliere 

 it was much injured. S. h.—Piffard, JV. Y., 1851. 



(Hountr^ Hc0ilr£na0, ^r. 



PLAN OF A BARN. 



Messrs. Editors : — I herewith send you the ground 

 plan of a Barn, which I think meets the wants of a 

 very large class of your readers better than any I have 

 noticed among the many excellent ones presented in. 

 your valuable paper, with the exception of the one 

 presented in the February number. However all 

 farmers cannot have side hills to build upon, of which 

 the writer is one. Thinking my barn combines con- 

 venience with good taste, to some little extent, I place 

 the within plan at your disposal. 



The main building is 30 by 50 feet, with 14 feet 

 posts. No. 1, wagon house. No. 2, horse stable 

 for one team ; the black dots are slats for the rack, 

 which are put up perpendicular ; a very wide board 

 is fixed in the passage. No. 3, against the lower part 

 of the rack, and the upper part of the board is two 

 feet and a half from the rack and held there by two 

 cords, one at each end. No. 4, grainery. No. 5, 

 barn-floor. No. 6, bay for grain. Over the wagon 

 house, stable and grainery, I have a tiglit floor, and 

 there I keep my hay. No. 7, a place to keep sheep. 

 No. 8, open shed. No. 9, four stalls to keep cows, 

 or two cows and an extra team of horses, with rack, 

 mangers, and a passage three feet wide to feed from 

 Under this stable is a tank to receive the urine and 

 wash from the barn-yard. No. 10, open shed ; over 

 this shed I keep hay for the cattle and sheep. Nos. 

 11, 12, and 13, hog pen ; No. 11, sleeping apartment ; 

 No. 12, yards; No. .13, feed house; overhead a 

 place to keep corn. The black dots are iron rods put 

 on the front side of the trough. There is a partition 

 through the center of the yard and sleeping apart- 

 ment, so I can keep four or six porkers on one side, 

 and a breeding sow on tiie other. Over No. 11, hen 

 house. No. 15, pump. No. 16, water trough. 

 Nos. 17 and 18, gates to barn yard. No. 19, a drain 

 to the tanks, a, door ; b, b, b, b, windows ; c, c, 

 swinging doors ; d, d, doors ; e, e, e, doors ; /,/, ff, 

 windows ; g, door ; h, h, windows ; i, i, doors : k, 

 door ; I, sliding door ; m, door ; n, door. Obscura. 



