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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 15, 1828, 



awarded to him, but be rendered incapable of for Premiums, any olhera that are considered by 

 being ever after a competitor for any of the Bo- ihcra as possessing fine qualities will be admitted 

 ciety's premiums. for sale. And for ;ill Animals or Manufactures, 



All preraiuni."! not demanded within six months that are intended to be ^old, notice must be giv- 

 after they shall have been awarded, shall be en to the Secretary, before 10 o'clock of the 15th. 

 deemed as having been generously given to aid , Auctioneers will be provided by the Trustees. 



the funds of the Society. 



PLOUGHING BlATCn. I 



On the l.'jlh day of October, premiums will be I 

 given to the owners and ploughmen of the three | 

 Ploughs, drawn by two yoke o.\eii, snd to the own- ! 

 ers and ploughmen of three ploughs drawn by 

 one yoke of o.Nen, which sliall be adjudged by a 

 competent Committee, to have performed the iicst • 

 ieork with the least expense of labor, not exceed- 

 ing half an acrB to each plough. And that entries 

 may be made of the names of the competitors un- 

 til the morning of tne l.jth. Preference will be} 

 given to those who enter first — but if, on calling | 

 the list at liie hour appointed, precisely, tiiose first 



By order of the Trustees. 



R. SULLIVAN,'] 



J. PRINCE, ! ^ 



G. PARSONS, fC<.mm,«ee. 



K. H. DERBY, J 



Februari/, 1828. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 18^8. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 

 SWAMP MUCK AS A MANURE. 



Mr Fesskndein — In your last publication, a 



fore It is used ; it develupes its powers and brings 

 them into action ; in its natural state I conceive 

 it to be inert and of little value. 



LOKG BED POrATOES. 



Your correspondent inquires after the most val 

 uable kind of potatoes to raise for cattle; I believe 

 that the general opinion iimong us, is, that the 

 best kind for that purpose is the long red po- 

 tato, and I have myself no doubt about it ; howev- 

 er, it requires early planting, because it takes a 

 longer season, than any other, to come to maturi- 

 ty. I would siiy that it onght to be planted as 

 soon as it is likely to be safe against frost ; it will 

 give then by far a greater yield than any other 

 kind, and the quality will entitle it to the first 

 rank ; the watery ends of that kind of potatoes 

 com|dained of by some consumers, are the result 

 of late planting ; the autumnal frost, in such cases, 

 catches the field whilst the vines are yet green 

 and full of life, an ' the potatoes immature ; but if 



named do net appear, tiie next in order will be correspondent in New York state, requests some planted very early the vines have time to decay 



preferred. There will be twoCommittees of three information respecting the use of swamp muek as 



persons each, one to bo the judge of the ploughing a manure, &c. from some farmer who has been in 



by double teams, the other of tiie piougliing by the habit of makinij use of the same; in coinpli- 



single teams ; the latter to have afsiijned to them ance with his wishes, and pleased with the idea 



a pari of the field distinct from that of the double that the notions of we yankecs should be enqiiir- 



teams. ed after by our neighbors of the great State, 1 in 



Premiums as follov.'s, [being the same for the form you that for many years I have used meadoiv 



before the frost comes, and they will be found of 

 an e.\cellent quality. 



RUTA BAGA. 



Respecting Ruta Baga, I have found it a very 

 useful reot, cattle are extremely fond of it, and 

 they v\ill keep in a dry cellar as easy and as long 

 as potatoes do, they may be heaped up there, and 

 I have taken them out in June as hard and as 

 sound as they were when put in ; I have found 

 the leaves to be valuable towards the end of sum- 

 mer when the pastures become dry and barren : 

 they may be pulled off" as soon as the stalks of the 

 first leaves get yellow, and come off easy, and 

 are i ivaluable at that time for milch cows ; with 

 a piece proportioned to the number of cows kept, 

 by the time tlidt the first leaves were gathered, 

 the second would get yellow and ready to be pull- 

 ed, and so in succession until frost comes, and it 

 is time to gather in the roots. 



I mud and peat mud, to fill up my barn yard and my 



1 hog's styes ; that mud is black on the surface of 



I the meadow about three or four feet deep, more 



I or less, with an under layer of a brown colour, 



I about the same thickness, down to the hard pan, 



exhibiting tlic undigested remains of some coarse 



grass, the upper layer is reckoned to be tlie best 



quality. We dig clear down, and fill the yard 



with it, dropping one cart load close to another, 



t so that after it has got settled and upon a level, it 



In each case, if there Le no driver, botli sums to lays about one foot and a half all over the yard. 



bo awarded to the ploughman. This is done in September or beginning of Octo- 



The persons int'-nding to contend fur these Pri- ber, improving a dry spell, when alone the work 



7.es, must give notice in writing to ,T. Winship,Esq. can be performed. 



of Brighton. The competitors will also be consi- This done we let the mud lay in the yard until 

 dered as agreeing to follow such rules and regul- the return of the following fall, and whilst it re- 

 ations as nuy bo adopted by the Comniillees on mains there it is often ploughed and harroived, so 

 the subject. The ploughs to oe ready to start at as to Jay it open to the benefit of the atmosphere, been disappointed in that way of a crop several 

 9 o'clock, A. M. this cannot be done too often, and if the harrow j times, and have discontinued, on that account, to 



05= All persons having articles or animals to does not break the lumps sufiiciently fine, the hoe I sow them. Mangel wurtzel is a milder and sweet- 

 offer at the Show, will please take notice, that must be used ; it is then carted away to the land or root, belter adapted for milch cows than Ruta 

 such alterations have been made in the arrange- which is to require it the following season, and i Ba^a, which is apt to flavor the milk, but mangel 

 mem, as to bring the whole into one day — there- made up in heaps willi alternate layers of hog wurtzel requires richer land, and it will not keep 

 fore. stye mud, summer cattle manure, &c. 



All manufactures and implements must be bro.' ; In April as soon as the weather becomes genial 

 to the Hall, and entered on Monday the 13th, to and warm, these heaps are shovelled over fine, 

 he examined on Tuesday the 14th. breakinii the lumps carefully, and mixing with the 



Also, Butler, Cheese, Cider, &.C. on the same niud, as it is shovelled over, tinleached ashes, 

 day, for entry and examination. , slacked lime if we have any, and as great a pro- 



All entries of animals for the pens, or as work- ! portion of the winter horse manure as can be 

 iug cattle, must be made and entered before spared ; this last ingredient in the course of eight 

 Tuesday evf lung tlie 1-lth, so as to be arranged i or ten days will generate in the heaps the gentle 

 by nine o'clock in the morning of Wednesday the ' heat of fermentation ; the compost is then ready 

 l,')lb lov public examination. for use and good, and I have found it to answer a 



The Ploughing Matches will commence on , valuable purpose for raising a good crop of corn, 

 Wednesday morning, at half past 3 o'clock pre- .also of barley, I have used it to a very good pur- i ously requires to be rolled in spring as scon as 

 eisthj. I pose to raise ruta baga. Grass seed I sow early i the ground is in fit order, otherwise the young 



Trial of Working Oxen at eleven o'clock pro- ! in the fall after a crop of barley, or of oats mowed plants slightly rooted yet, and heaved up by the 



I for fodder, ploughing the stubble in as soon after , frost, will suffer much, perhaps to total destruc- 

 mowing as possible, I then let it lay three weeks tion ; and truly among the many uses to which 

 to give a chance to the stubble to rot, then sow I the roller may be applied, none perhaps would be 



MANGEL WURTZEL. 



Mange! Wurtzel is a very valuable and excel- 

 ent root, hut it is much exposed here to be cut 

 olf, when quite young, by the grey worms ; I have 



so well in the cellar in a heap, being apt to de- 

 cay. 



FALL SOW'KNG OF GRASS SEEDS. 



Having alluded above to the fall sowing of grass 

 seeds, I must say further that dear bought expe- 

 rience has taught me the inetficacy to sow them 

 in spring with grain ; it was a custom imported 

 with the ancestors of the country from old Eng- 

 land, where the cloudy summers and moist cli- 

 mate will warrant a prnclice, which, under our 

 clear sky and powerful sun is altogether unsuita- 

 ble. 1 must add that grass sowed in fall imperi- 



Oxen at eleven o'clock pre- 

 cisely. 



The public Sales of P,Ianufactures and Animals 

 at 12 o'clock. 



The applicants will be held to a rigid compli- 

 ance with this rule relative to entries as well as 

 the other rules prescribed. 



Besides such animals as may have been ofTered 



the seed on the furrow, harrow and roll 



Mud, used in this manner, is a valuable article 

 on warm, loamy land ; but it is indispensable to 

 bring it to a fermentation, as above described, be- 



more valuable than to roll all grass lands in 

 spring ; heaved up by the winter frost, and left 

 with the roots partly up from the ground. The 

 plants suffer from the wind and from the heat, 



