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HAND PLOUGH. 



A small hand plough might be very advantageously- 

 used j'or the purpose oi" eradicating weeds among sever- 

 al kinds ot^ growing crops of roots : such as onions, car- 

 rots parsnips, &,c. It should have two light handles, 

 leaning well backward, of the length of, say four and a 

 half feet,' or of such length as will be found most proper 

 for the purpose oi" pushing the plough forward by hand. 

 It saouid have a beam and share, of such dimensions, 

 that the plough would cut a furrow off", say an inch in 

 depth, and about four inches wide. The share should 

 be shaped similar to that of a large plough ; and it should 

 be kept well ground, so as to cut off all the roots of 

 weeds which come in its way. It should be ran close to 

 the rows of roots, turning the furrows, from (hem, in tbe 

 first place, and then turning it back to them again. 



stimson's farm. 

 {^Froin the American Farmer.^ 



Mr, St{mso7i''s farm in the township of Galway, Sara- 

 toga county, New-York, contains about 350 acres, of 

 which he cultivates, as yet, only between 80 and 100 

 acres, which are laid off into 8 acre lots. He has cer- 

 tificates of premiums from the Agricultural Society of 

 that county : For having the best managed farm in the 

 county. For having raised 62 bushels of barley from 

 one acre. For having raised 4 1-2 tons timothy hay 

 per acre, from a lot oi 8 acres, and he took the pnins 

 to weigh the hay from one of those acres 4 days after 

 it was cut, and found it to weigh 5 tons and 324 lbs. — 

 For having raised 104 bushels of corn to the acre. For 

 having raised 357 1-2 bushels potatoes from half an 

 acre. 



His method for raising potatoes is, he opens the fur- 

 rows 33 inches apart, plants 10 inches apart;. hoes or 

 hills them one way only; plants them shallow, viz: 

 about 2 inches, as soon as they show themselves about 

 3 inches above the ground, he covers about 2 inches of 

 them; in 8 or 10 days, or where the tojjs are about 6 

 inches high, he spreads the tops open, and hoes and 

 covers them again to about 2 inches ; and when grown 

 up again to about 6 inches, he hoe§ and covers them ai 

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