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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



SEPTEMBER 34, 1S3*. 



gation, within 50 miles of tlie c;i|iiial, unci in llie 

 very centre of tiie State, fies tlie larsje tiacl of land 

 purcliased tiy tlie aliove-nientioned Conijiany. Two 

 steamboats, plying on the Alatamaha, pass within 

 a mile of llii;* |iro|ici-ty. 



From the Maim. Farmer. 

 WHEAT ON CXOVER SOD. 



I AM inilnced to lay bi^fore the pnlilic my actu- 

 al ex|)eriin<-,e in raising wheat on clover turned in, 

 not because there was the greatest >ield, lint to 

 encourage others to do likewise, and if possible 

 render Maine independent for that necessity oilite, 

 BREAD. About the lOtli of Noveeiber last, I (lae- 

 ed otf what I supposed to be about one acre of 

 land that had been mowed two years, which had 

 been seeded to herds-grass and clover, principally 

 clover, and had yielded a good crop of that hind 

 of hay the two previous years, say about two tons 

 each year. The soil may be called a sandy loam, 

 inclining to clay. In the spring at the usual limr, 

 it was sowed to wheat, partly Malaga, and partly 

 what is called lake wheat — when ripe it was gaili- 

 ered, and there were two loads of nearly ecjual size 

 one of which I have thrashed, which gave about 

 13 bushels, if the other was 12, there was 25 bush- 

 els — this indneeil me to' have the land measured, 

 and I found it lacked (taking out for sluinjis, &c.) 

 20 rods of an acre, adding for the 20 roils at the 

 same rate, three bushels and a half, and we have 

 28 1-2 bushels to the acre. I put on after the land 

 was rolled down, one ."ind a half bushels of, plaster, 

 and no other maimre was used. It is well seeded 

 to clover ami promises a good crop for two years 

 to come, and then as good wheat as this year. 1 

 think I could have ploughed it for - •S2,50 



Seed and sowing - - 3,00 



Harrowing in ami rolling - 1,00 



Harvesting - - "'^^ 



28 bushels of wheat at $1,25 

 lixpense 



9,00 



35,03 



9,00 



$20,63 

 It will be seen that I have not charged the 

 thrashing, nor have I included the straw as fodder 

 or nnuinrc. It will also be |)erceived that 1 have 

 not charged the plaster, as 1 expect nmch more 

 benefit than it was worth to the succeeding crops 

 of clover. Elijah Wood. 



Jfinlhrup, Sept. 15, 1834. 



Frvm the Fumei-'s Asshlant. 

 SEAWATEU 



Is said to contain sidtpetre, sulphur and oil, 



besides eonnnon salt. Mr. Dcane makes mention 

 of a hundred hills of potatoes, whieh had two 

 quarts of water applied to each immediately alter 

 planting; and he says that the product of these 

 was onivhalf more than the same number of ad- 

 joining hills produced. Most probably a quart to 

 each hill would liave been better. 



He mentions also a piece of tlax, of which one 

 side wasshortand yellow ; but on its being sprink- 

 led with this water, it equalled the rest of the 

 piece in al)0Ut ten days, and eveninally was the 



best. , 



These two experiments were made on stifl soils, 

 but he says he found sandy grounds equally bene- 

 fitted by this manure. 



This water might be carried from the sea some 

 distance on the land, to uiUantage in the following 



manner: Take a one horse cart and suspend a 

 tight box rightly shaped under the axlelree ; the 

 box having a valve in the under side, drive the 

 carl into the water, and the valve o|)ens and lets 

 that fluid into the box ; and when the cart is driv- 

 en Old, the valve closes and holds the water. 



When the cart is driven (nit to the ground on 

 which the water is to be spread, this operation 

 may be performed in the manner we shall next de- 

 scribe : A tube is to be provided say twelve* feet 

 in length, with small holes bored into it at the dis- 

 tance of six inehes apart, anil the ends of the tube 

 closed; attach this to the outside of the box cross- 

 ways at either eml so as to be out of the way ol 

 the wheels of the cart. 



When you come to where the water is to be 

 spread, it is to be let out of the box into the tube, 

 by an aperture fm- the purpose, and as the cart 

 moves along, the water runs out of each ol the 

 small holes in the tube, and thus sprinkles over 

 a piece of ground of twelve feet wide, till the 

 whole is exhausted. 



With the ntxt load begin where the water ceas- 

 ed running before, and thus continue the watered 

 strip across the field. Then take another strip of 

 twelve feet wide, adjoining that already watered, 

 and thus proceed until the wliide has been gone 

 over. 



Ill this way one man coiiid carry out say, forty 

 cartloads a day, at the distance of half a mile, or 

 half that number if a mile, as but little time need 

 be spent either in loading or unloading. About 

 ten loads of a hiindred gallons each would, proba- 

 bly be sufficient for an acre at any one time. 



But this is not all that may be done with sea- 

 water. It may be drove any distance into a coun- 

 try, in aqueducts for the purpose, with the aid of 

 wind-machinery. Say, for instance that it can be 

 ilrove on ascending lands to the height of a hun- 

 dred feet, with one wlicid and crank turned by 

 the wind.' When raised that height and emptied 

 into a cistern lor the purpose, it may in the same 

 way be drove up to the height of another hundred 

 feet, by another wheel and crank turned as before ; 

 and'so on to any given In ight required. So that 

 the highest cuUivable lands, or those most remote 

 from the sea, may in this way and with the cart 

 before described, be manured with seawater. 



The sprinkling of the water over the kind may 

 be done at a small exiiense, as we have just shown. 

 The principal expense therefore is the aqueducts 

 for carrying the water. These if made of wood 

 would lirohably cost a ihousand dollars a mile, in- 

 cluding all other necessary apparatus. Every 

 mile in length would serve for two square miles of 

 land. The wood fi.nning the aqui'diicts being 

 constantly saturated with saltwater would probably 

 last a century. The expense at this rate would 

 fall short of ten cents per acre by the year. 



In addition to the use of the water for manure 

 a great saving could be made in the use of salt, 

 for cattle and in various other ways in which 

 this liquid might be in part asubstitute for that ar- 

 ticle. 



disppiisid wi;h, wire any pains taken to inlrmiuce 



the native |iulishiiig dust into the market. 'Jmcri- 



fiin Jil/i;;. 



Ill Effrcts of the Cravat. Wearing the cravat 

 too tightly tied, induces distressing, and frequently 

 very constant pain of both the head and eyes. 

 During exertion of the body, it would be well to 

 loosen it ; and iilso, when engaged in profound 

 study, writing, reading, &c. The body ought, on 

 retiring to rest, to be divested of all ligatures. 

 Evils of great magnitude have arisen from a ne- 

 gleet of these precautions. — lb. 



From the Maine Farmer. Will you or some of 

 your correspondents give me the relative value of 

 palm leaf brooms and broom corn ones, as to first 

 cost, their usefulness, their several capacities to 

 endure. 1 am willing to own I know not for 

 what the iiahii leaf is made or how. My inquiry 

 is partly to find if palm leaf ones will take the 

 place of the others eventually. — E.nquirer. 



Curiosity. Mr. Philip Taft, of Smithfield, has 

 presented us witli a branch of a shrub oak, on 

 which are several' ears of corn now growing ! It 

 was taken from a field of corn in Smithfield, and^ 

 is a rare curiosity to us, and may be to others if 

 they will take the trouble to call at our office. 

 The grains of corn are in perfect shape, but the 

 substance is similar to that of an oak apple. It is 

 thought that the flour of the corn lodged on the 

 oak and amalgamated, and this produced the/nij(, 

 as uncoinmoi^ as it is curious. — fi'oonsorkd Patriot. 

 Figs. It cannot be doubted this delicate and 

 ilelichnis fruit may be raised in plenty for the 

 market by proper attention. We have now before 

 us a tuii; raised in the garden of Mr. Samuel Hart, 

 of the U. States Navy Yard. The twig contains 

 five ripe, and very numerous unripe figs; it was 

 the second crop on the tree, as the first had been 

 distrojed by I'le extraordinary frosts of the season. 

 The tree contained about 50 ripe and 200 unripe 

 \'vf. We hope some of our ambitious gardeners 

 will take a hiiit from these liicls, and give us plen- 

 ty of figs. A very little care and labor would, no 



ITEMS OP ECOKOMY, &c. 



nnttvn Stone. This useful article, of so much 

 importance to the workers in metals, and in lioiisc- 

 kecpiug, where knives, forks, and brasses are to 

 be kept in proper condition, is found in West 

 Springfield in this State, and also in South Iladley. 

 The importation of Rotten Stone might be wholly 



ioubt, produce much |irofit. — L. Island Star. 



Large Melon. Rlr. Joseph E. Loomis of Sheri- 

 dan, picked from his vines last week, a Muskmel- 

 01), which measured lengthwise 3 feet 7 1-2 inches, 

 around it 29 1-2 inches, and weighed 19 3-4 lbs. 

 — Fridonia Censor. 



A Whopper. 'Squire Parker yestei-day culled a 

 Cucumber from his garden, that measured 15 hi- 

 chcs in length, 10 inches round the centre, and 

 vveiohed 6 1-2 |ioimds. — Mtntucket Inquirer. 



Apple tree. The body of the apple tree in Hock- 

 aniiin meadow, to which we alluded two weeks 

 since, measures midway between the ground and 

 branches, thirteen feet in circumference. The dl- 

 aiiiiter is therefore about four feet. 



Apples. There has not been such a scarcity of 

 apiili'S in this part of the. country since the year 

 1794. The cold weather in May destroyed almost 

 all the fruit on the hills and in the valleys. .Some 

 persons have a few apples and will make a small 

 quantity of cider, but the greater part Inne hardly 

 enough for apple pies, and will be destitute of 

 cider" apple sauce and winter apples. So far as 

 we have observed, there are more apples on the 

 trees in the meadows and low lands near Connee- 

 tit-ut river, than any where else. We have heard 

 old people make the same remark in regard ifl 

 apples in \l^i.— Hampshire Gaz. 



