Tl^rthir^ acre treated only with raw manure, looked poorly. For fear of a failure, I planted 



'2^l^t::2^l!^ L, but later it came forward, and at ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^f'^^^^^^^ 



.7 fi hnsh of White beans. The two acres gave a trifle over 320 bush., or at the rate of 80 bush. 



^^'l^tJntlTZe. Now I do not claim that this is an astonishing yield, but to me . . 



quite satisfactory, and the operation has demonstrated to my mmd the followmg fact.: 



1 That yard scrapings is a good manure for corn. 



2 That either night soil or domestic guano, as compared with yard scrapings or cattle manure 

 b Jk for bi is worth, for a like purpose, eight times as much ; and that hog manure, compared as 

 above, is worth at least twice as much. And 



3. Two facts made manifest, although personal, perhaps, in some measure, I wxll ^-^^t ^t^^^^ 

 tion I have found that the yield of my neighbors' corn has not exceeded my ^-'^■'^^^J^'';^''}^ 

 Wedgeoffarminggainedfrombooksisnotwhollyuselesa. G.o.o.W.G.o.-M.Mejport, N. Y. 



Mexican PoxATOES.-The Mexican wild potatoes, which have been cultivated by Mr. A. HAtE^ of 

 AllowT and first offered for sale last spring, have done extremely well m this region. Most of 

 ^m we planted on light soil, without manure, but have yielded very abundantly and mamtamed 

 tharrar /whiteness and mealiness which make them so desirable. I do no know of a s ogle 

 farmer wholes not intend to plant double or three-fold the amount planted last year. I have 

 farmer ^^^J^^' ^ ^ .^ ^^^ l^jll, and they did not have quite as smooth skin as 

 Torplnted :^t:or^^^^^^^^^^ bave exhibited no signs of rot. Mr. Ho™, who lives a few 

 Xl soXofThis village, planted one bushel and a half, and dug fifty-seven bushe Is; Mr. Gkkk 

 San ed one bushel, and gthered thirty-seven ; two other gentlemen planted t.o bushels and dug 

 t^tZle,; Mr. I..... gathered thirty bushels from -"^'^f J-^^^^^ :^^^ 

 I can ascertain, they have averaged fifty bushels for every one planted. Wlien properly cookea. 

 Ley reseinble, in flLor and appearance, the White Carter potato, as I used lx> find .t m the moon- 

 tains of N. E. fifteen years ago. _ ,i, r ^„„v 



Tlic four potatoes originally planted by Mr. Hale, were about the size and length of a man s 

 thrmb now n.any of them are' six or seven inches long and about the same m circumference^ 

 Shol'they do as well in other localities as they have^one here, this variety w.l prove a valuable 

 Sqlition'to our vegetable stock. They have the smallest vines of any po ato J ^^^ve^-- -- 

 A paper was read before the Academy of Science, in Pans, France, on the 3d of May, ^7 ^^ 

 DeInbLe describing a new potato which some formers of Ain had procured rem Mexico, and 

 had uTt vSed for tw'o years. ^The exterior resembled Mr. IIa.e's Mexican, bu the inside was 

 '•intensely yellow." They were found to have an excellent flavor, and had not rotted. by.vESTKK. 

 — Lyons, N. Y. , ,^^ 



Good Hogs -I wish you would give us more information in relation to the best breeds of hogs. 

 Tl^fsTa branch of the farmer's business that might be made to pay well, but it is at preset too 

 much nesilected. , . 



I have for several years kept a breeding sow. In March. 1852, she had a litter of eleven p.gs, ten 

 of wlTeh were sold, when si'x weeks old, to ten different individuals, all -f--, ^^^^^^^^ 

 aire of these hogs when butchered, was eight months; their aggregate weight was 3Y97 lbs., or «45 

 lbs each The largest weighed 403 lbs.; the smallest, 300 lbs. I have looked in vain to find some 

 Btatemtt in the papers to match thi, but have not yet found any. I would now say. formers beat 

 this. G. W. GU.BEK1:.— Plymouth Hollow, Ct. 



As you gave in the last Farmer an engraving of some beautifid hogs, I must tell you of some pigs 

 in my neighborhood Mr. Wuxiam Steuuins has a sow that had a litter of ten pigs on t ^e 20t of 

 last April. One was butchered when about six months ,dd, and weighed when dressed 110 He., 

 two vvc,re killed when 7 months and 9 days old, and weighed when dressed 889 lbs.; one 8 months 

 old weiHied 258 lbs.; six, butchered Dec. 29th, when 8 months and 9 days old, weighed, ^vhen 

 dre'ssed, respectively 260, 258, 248, 244, 215, and 209 lbs. I cannot tell what breed the above p.gs 

 ^ere, but tie sow has a small mixture of .,r... breed. The pigs were fed no grain -n^il the Is of 

 October. They were fed principally .n milk, and some of them did not havo enough of that 

 through August and September. J. B.K^DKi.u—Masonville, Del. Co., N. Y. 



