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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



" It is a bad plan to tako only a small quan- 

 tity of blood daily, or every other day as has 

 been advised; lor tlioii<4-h it may soiiiPlimcs re- 

 tard the |iro<!;ress of iulhimmation, yet the animal 

 will eveutually be destroyed by it. Stimulatiug 

 or heating medicines are highly pernicious. 



" Inflammation of the lung-s is a term, that 

 has unfortunately been too often applied to dis- 

 eases of a dilTcr;>nt kind ; and it is from this er- 



That Payson Williams, Esq. of Filchburg, is 

 entitled to the society's premium of §30, for 

 having raised the greatest quantity of Spring 

 Wlieat, being 23 bushels and 28-32 of a bushel, 

 on one acre. '• In the spring of 1022, as early 

 as the frost would permit, the ground was plough- 

 ed, and harrowed ; the seed, two and a half 

 bushels of the Gilman wheat, sown ; again har- 

 rowed, and ploughed in fine, with a horse plough, 



ror perhaps, that strong stimulating medicines land left in this situation with the belief that 

 have been recommended on such occasions. — the crop would endure our New England drought 

 There is an allection of the lungs and parts | better, as the surface would be enlarged, there 



connected with them, whicli will not admit of 

 ■ he copious bleeding 1 ha\e recommended ; but 

 the symptoms arc widely dilVereiit. There is 

 net that dilRculty and quickness in breathing; 

 the pulse is weak, l>ut not much quicker than 



by retaining more of the dews than a plane sur- 

 face ; the result, compared with neighboring 

 fields, declares this belief not unfounded. As 

 the field was seeded down with clover, herds- 

 grass, and red-top, this was also ploughed with 



isual; the kernels or glands, about the throat, i the wheat; these plants not only stood the 



are often swollen; sometimes there is consider- drought remarkably well, but at this time have j 



ble dilficully in swallowing, which is particu- completely covered the ground with the Far-' 



larly seen when the animal attempts to drink 

 III short this is nothing more than a severe de- 

 gree of catarrh or cold ; but, even hi this com- 

 plaint, moderate bleeding is necessary, and pow- 

 erful stimulants are e.\tremely pernicious. — • 

 When the disease, however, has not heen dis- 

 I'.overod for some days, and the animal appears 

 much weakened by it, bleeding is cl course im- 

 (jroper." (to be continued.) 



Massacliasetts Aencultui-al Society. 



The Conimiltec on Agricultural Experiments sutiniit 

 for th" consideration of the Board the following', in 

 addition to their report dated the 10th day of Octo- 

 lier last, to wit : 



That Col. Joseph Valentine, of Hopkinton, is 

 entitled to the society's premium of g30, for hav- 

 ing raised the greatest (juantity of Indian Corn, 

 being 119 bushels and 2G-32 of a bushel, on one 

 .acre of land. " The soil is a deep yellow loam — 

 ih 1C21, the land was cultivated with Indian corn, 

 and manured with ten cart loads of green barn 

 manure, spread on the ground, and eight loads 

 of compost manure put in the hills. In the 

 spring of 1822, the ground was twice ploughed, 

 and 20 cart loads of green barn manure spread 

 on it — it was then furrowed in rows about three 

 feet and a half apart; and about 20 cart loads of 

 barn, hog and slaughter yard manure, were put 

 in the rows ; the last mentioned manure was 

 mixed together, with one hogsliead of Smith- 

 field lime ; the seed was the Brighton twelve 

 rowed yellow corn, the kernels placed about 3 

 inches apart each way — the corn was hoed three 

 times, all the suckers were pulled out in July; 

 and in August all the suckers were again takeii 

 away, together with the false stalks, and those 

 that were smutty; on the first of September 

 the stalks were topped ; and on the 20th the 

 corn was harvested, and spread on a floor under 

 (he roof of a long shed, to give a good opportu- 

 nity for drying it — there were 213 bushels of 

 corn in the ear; one basket of which was shell- 

 ed, and produced half a bushel and two quarts 

 of shelled corn ; so that had the whole been 

 shelled on the day of harvesting it, the produce 

 would have been ll'J bushels and 2G-32 of a 

 bushel of shelled corn — on the 1 1th of Nov. the 

 whole was shelled, and measured, and found to 

 be 116 bushels and 28-32 of clear sound corn ; 

 ♦he average weight of which was 58 to 59 lbs. 

 the bushel — the entire expense of cultivating 

 this acre of corn, including ,>J35, charged for -50 

 cart loads of manurej was ^44." 



mer's best carj)et. The quantity of grass-seed 

 used by me, is never less than 12 lbs. of clover, 

 and one peck of herds-grass, to the acre. Here 

 permit me to observe that innumerable arc the 

 instances in this country, where the farmer fails 

 in his grass crops, by not allowing seed enough ; 

 and what is worse, the little he does give with 

 such a sparing hand, is suffered to take its chance 

 under that pest m agriculture called a bush har- 

 row, which not only drags stones, and other 

 loose matter, into heaps, but leaves the soil dead 

 and heavy ; and does not cover the seed deep 

 enough to strive with our July drought effec- 

 tually. It may be asked how the scythe is to 

 follow the plough? to which I will answer, let 

 the roller, an implement which every farmer 

 would keep, did he consult his own interest 

 merely, with a sufficient top or body to contain 

 the larger stones, pass over the field lengthwise 

 the furrow, in the dry part of the fall ; this pro- 

 cesf will not only crush in the small ones, but 

 even the surface for the scythe, without the least 

 injury to the grassroots — to this digression 1 am 

 impelled by no other motive, however much I 

 may be mistaken, than the wish of advancing in 

 some measure, the interests of my fellow citi- 

 zens, whose good fortune it is to till the soil. — 

 1 had the wheat cut very early, when much of 

 the straw was green, which, after laying about' 

 two days, w.is in excellent order for the flail ; 

 alter which it was equal to swail hay for fodder 

 — the amount of grain by measurement was 2d 

 bushels and 18-32, from one acre and 18 rods — 

 the quality of the grain is excellent, not one 

 kernel of smut or burnt grain in the crop — the 

 seed prepared by a thorough washing, after 

 which it was immersed in thick white wash, 

 made tVom good lime, so as to coat over every 

 kernel — no fears need be entertained from the 

 plentiful use of this liquor, as by way of exper- 

 iment I have planted wheat after its lying in 

 this liquor tour days, which vegetated well." 

 The committee are of opinion tiiat the roller 

 shouhl be used immediately after the seed is 

 ploughed in, in preference to the fall, as re- 

 commended by Mr. Williams. Said Payson Wil- 

 liams is also entitled to the premium of 52O, for 

 having raised the greatest quantity of Potatoes, 

 being 547 bushels, on one acre. " The land 

 was twice ploughed, and furrowed three feet 

 apart, and the manure, unfermented, made by 

 sheep, and neat cattle, its quantity about 11 

 cords, placed in hills two feet apart, hands im- 

 medjutcly following the cart with Ijoes to finish 



the planting process, to prevent loss by evapo- 

 ration — |)lanting finished May 21 — the kind of 

 seed used, was the South American reds, 28 

 bushels to the acre, cut so as to allow two pieces 

 to the hill — the weeding finished the 15th of 

 June — the secand and last hoeing the first of 

 July, the viiles beginning to bud, and were 

 about eight inches in height; a few scattering 

 weeds were occasionally pulled up, but no oth- 

 er disturbance was given to the vines till har- 

 vesting the crop, which was finished November 

 the .'id ; and by a careful measurement was found 

 to be 5 17 bushels — the expense of cultivating the 

 iicre of wheat, including ^10 charged for the 

 manure, was ^21,71 — that of cultivating the 

 acre of potatoes, including ^14 for manure, ;J51.''. 



That Mr. David Littte, of Netvbury, is enti- 

 tled to the society's premium of ^20, tor havin»- 

 raised the greatest quantity of Mangel Wurtzel, 

 being 970 bushels, and one half of a bushel, on 

 one acre. " The situation of said acre is as 

 follows — a swell inclining south-westerly, of u 

 rich yellow loam — in 1821, it was planted with 

 beet>, manured with about three cords of com- 

 post manure, and produced about 530 bushels. 

 May 9th, 1 022, ploughed, harrowed and furrow- 

 ed three feet apart ; t"bur and a half cords of 

 compost manure v.crc put in the furrows and 

 covt-ied with a plough ; then a harrow was 

 drawn lengthwise the ridge to smooth the land, 

 the seed was then sowed one row on each ridge, 

 with four pounds of seed — half the quantity 

 would I think be sufficient — June 10th, com- 

 menced ploughing between the rows, and weed- 

 ing, and thinning at dilTorent times till July IGth 

 — the plants stood 10 or 12 inches apart in the 

 rows — the work was donj principally by boys, 

 estimating two boys to be equal to one man. — 

 Oct. 31, Nov. 1st and 2d, they were harvested by 

 men and boys, and produced 970 1-2 bushels o£- 

 Mangel Wurtzel, besides 2 bushels of Carrots, 

 and 109 Cabbages — three loads of the Mangel 

 Wurtzel containing 137 bushels, were weighed 

 at the town scales ; the weight, according to the 

 certificate annexed, was 3 tons, 2 c. 3 qs. 20 lbs. 

 — Six swine mo-tly fed with the thinnings from 

 the beginning of weeding, until about the first 

 of October — there are trees on the said lot suf- 

 ficient to produce 21 barrels of fruit — the en- 

 tire expense of cultivating this acre of Mangel 

 Wurtzel, including the cost of the manure and 

 gathering iha crop, was ^23 9C cents." 



That Mr. Ailams Knight, of Newbury, is en.!,; 

 titled to the Society's premium of Twenty dol- 

 j iars, for having raised the greatest quantity of 

 Onions, being six hundred and fitty-one bushels, 

 on one acre. " The soil is a rich gravelly loam, 

 with a gravel bottom ; in 1821, it was cultiva- 

 ted with onions, and cabbages; and was manur- 

 ed with about five cords of barn manure, and 

 produced a good crop — after the crop was off 

 the ground, there were five cords of barn ma- 

 nure, and two and a hall" cords of leached ashes 

 ploughed in — in April 1822, it was once plough- 

 ed, and sowed in rows 14 inches apart, which 

 took between 3 and 4 pounds of seed — au the 

 course of the season it was hoed between the 

 rows and weeded four times — in September the 

 onions were harvested, and there were 651 

 bushels — the entire expense of cultivating this 

 acre of onions, uiclud!ng2) dollars and 37 cents, 

 the cost of manure, was 57 dollars and 38 cents." 



Thiit Messrs. Trislram and Henry Little, of 

 Newbury, are entitled to the Society's pretni- 



