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fatten themselves ; no particle of their manure is lost ; 

 that part of the crop refused hy them, is given bacli to 

 the soil ; and the rooting of these animals, in this case, 

 is a benefit. The refuse part of the crop can be imme- 

 diately ploughed under, after the hogs have left the 

 field. 



A farmer in North Carolina, who has been in the habit 

 of planting on an extensive scale, as many as live differ- 

 ent kinds of peas for the last seven or eight years; say* 

 that when cut for hay, they will make more nutritious 

 and heavier crops than any thing else. 



PUMPKINS. 



Pumkins v/ill grow well on every kind of soil that is 

 fit for hoed crops, and the richer the better. In raising 

 them, it is usual to mix them with the crop of Indian 

 corn. But it is doubtful whether any thing is ever gain- 

 ed by raising Uvo growing crops together. If planted 

 with Indian corn, they may be put between the 

 hills of corn, of every fourth row, and every fourth hill, 

 upon a shovel full of rich manure, two seeds in a hill ; 

 in this way they do well. 



It is recommended to plant this crop by itself, in hills 

 eight or nine feet apart. Give the hills plenty of seeds, 

 that if some of the plants should be destroyed, enough 

 may be left. Two or three plants are sufficient for a 

 hill. Tliough the crop will require as much ploughing 

 as other hoed crops, yet the expense of hoeing will he 

 trifling ; it will exhaust the soil but little ; and it will be 

 a fine preparative for wheat, as the ground, if the pum- 

 kins are planted early, can be cleared sufficiently early 

 for sowing that grain. 



It is believed that an acre, properly cultivated, would 

 yield ten tons; and that these would be v/orth sixteen 

 cents per hundred for feeding and fatting cattle. Mr. 

 ^Vicholson estimates the expense of cultivating an acre, 

 including manure and rent of the ground, at Jl3 75 

 cen s ; and the value of the pumkins as estimated above 

 wou'd be §32, leaving gl8 25 cents of clear profit. 



Pi mk ns, if steam-boiled, are a rich food for swine; 

 the see is should be taken out, as they prove injurious 

 to tl o e a'.iimals. They are valuable, as affording an 

 early supply of food for feeding horses and fattening ai 



