vol.. XXlt. NO. 13. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



91 



iUIVALENT OF VARIOUS PLANTS, &.c. 

 TO HAY. 



We find tlio fullowinj table of equivnients in 

 lith's translation of Burgcr'd Economy of Farni- 



lbs of ^00(1 hay are cqnal to — 



DO lbs. of clover hay, mode when 

 fully blossomed. 



88 " of do. before it blossoms. 

 96 '• clover, 2d crop. 



yS '■ hicerno hay. 



89 " sainfoin do. 

 410 " green clover. 



407 " vetches or tares, green. 

 27.T " green Indian corn. 

 374 " wheat etiuw. 

 44'2 " rye straw- 

 •164 " oat straw. 



pea stalk. 



raw potatoes. 



boiled do. 



mangel wiirtzcl. 



English turnips. 



carrots, 



ruta baga. 



15.3 

 201 

 175 



:!3<) 

 .')04 

 27(3 

 SOS 



5i 



AG " wheat do. 



59 " oats do. 



64 " buckwheat do. 



57 " Indian corn do. 



45 " peas. 



45 " beans. 



50 " horse chestnuts. 



68 " acorns. 



62 " sunflower seed. 



69 " linseed cake. 

 105 " wheal bran. 

 109 " rye bran. 



167 " wheal and oat chaff. 



179 " rye and barley chaff. 

 An ox requires 2 per cent, of his live weight, in 

 y. per day; if he works, 2 1-2 per cent. A milch 

 w, 3 per cent. A fattening o.t, 5 per cent, at 

 St ; 4 per cent, when half fat, and afterwards, 

 leep, when grown, 3 1-2 per cent, of their weight 

 hay per day." 



Linbility of different Animals to die. — Veil, a 

 dcbrated German writer upon agriculture, gives 

 ;e following as the rate of insurance in his coun- 

 y, of difl'erent animals, which may show how iho 

 izards of exposure to death are viewed by those 

 ho have been at pains to ascertain these tilings : 



at 1.3 per ct. 

 1.2 

 1. 

 1.1 

 2. 

 4.9 

 7.7 

 2.9 



0.>ccn, 

 Cows, 



Three year old kine, 

 Two year old do. 

 One year old do. 

 Horses, 

 Sheep, 

 Swine, 



Losses by fatal accidents are given thus : — Loss 

 :cording to per centage of value : 



rom their birth to their Horses. Cattle. Sheep. Swine 



weaning, 

 < weaning to I year old, 

 ' 1 — 2 years, 

 ' 2 — 3 years, 

 •uring the time of being 



used, 5 2 5 4 



[Ibid. 



From the New Genesee Farmer. 



LETTER FROM MR COLMAN. 

 ^^r Biilthnm — I had very great pleasure in at- 

 tending the meeting of the Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety this year, held at Derby, on thf 12lh, 13th, 

 14th, and l.'ith days of July ; and I wish it were in 

 my power to communicate to the farmers of the 

 United Slates the spirit and zeal by which the far- 

 mers and indeed a very large portion of almost all 

 other classes, are hero actuated in regard to the 

 improvement of the agriculture of the country. I 

 have, since my arrival here, attended various agri- 

 cultural meetings ofcounty societies, and farmers' 

 clubs, and in every case a large number of clergy- 

 men have been present, taking an active part on 

 the occasion ; and at the same time many high ofli- 

 cial characters, comprising the gentry and the 

 highest aristocracy of the land. Indeed, the pow- 

 erful movement with which the cause of agricultu- 

 ral improvement is now moving onward in this 

 country, may be mainly ascribed, in its first im- 

 pulse, and continued and increasing progress, to 

 the intelligent, and disinterested, and devoted la- 

 bors of soma of this latter class, who, without stint, 

 devote generously their time and energies to this 

 object — taking a personal and active part in the 

 most minute and laborious details. This shows a 

 just appreciation of the importance of this object, 

 which cannot be over-estimated in this country or 

 our own. Mr Everett, in his beautiful speech at 

 the Pavilion, on 'J'hursday last, stated that the 

 whole of the import and export trade of the United 

 States with Great Britain is only equal in value to 

 the annual crop of oats and beans in the latter 

 kingdom ; and McQueen, in his Statistics of the 

 British Empire, mentions that the value of the ma- 

 nure annually applied to the land in England, 

 much exceeds the whole value of their commercial 

 trade — their imports and exports. These are 

 startling facts ; and, important as commerce and 

 manufactures obviously are in their connexion with 

 agriculture, no one can deny the paramount impor- 

 tance of the latter interest. The rapid increase 

 of the population of Great Britain gives a vastly 

 increased consequence to this subject ; since, with- 

 out the gfeatest possible exertions, where there are 

 so many hungry mouths, many must go unfed. To 

 say that agriculture here has reached its acme of 

 improvement, would be quite premature ; there is 

 still a vast amount of land not cultivated at all — 

 large amounts that are yet but partially improved ; 

 and the crops now raised undoubtedly fall far short 

 of the amount to which they mny be carried under 

 that enlightened system of improvement which is 

 now so vigorously prosecuted. Agriculture is cer- 

 tainly not less the interest — the paramount inter- 

 est — of our own people. No philanthropic mind, 

 that observes for a few years the caprices of trade 

 and commerce, and the instability of a prosperity 

 rising out of such elements, or who looks at the 

 distressed and dependent condition of a purely 

 manufacturing population, as it here shows itself — 

 itself so inseparably connected with the fluctua- 

 tions of trade and commerce, and the ever-varying 

 changes of mere fashion — but must feel that an 

 improved agriculture, especially in a free country, 

 where even the humblest may have a freehold in 

 the soil, and their own few acres to cultivate, pre- 

 sents the best instrument and source of comfort, 

 independence, good morals, and the preservation 

 of civil liberty. 



The papers which I send you will give you all 

 tho particulars of this great occasion. It was truly 

 a j^nat occasion. The number of animals cxhibi- 

 ted, and their superior (xcellence, much exceeded 

 my expectations, and showed the extraordinary re- 

 sults attained by skill, science, and perseverance 

 applied to the subject of improving live stock. 

 The implements and machine.'; exhibited, display- 

 ed great ingenuity and admirable workmanship ; 

 and they were, in general, well adapted to the pur- 

 poses designed. Tlie great objections to thein 

 wore, their complicated nature, their immense size, 

 or, rather, the power required to work them — and 

 their expensiveness. The plows, I think, were not 

 superior to those in use among ourselves; the 

 thra.^hing machines and chaff cutters were decided- 

 ly inferior to those which we have ; and so were 

 several of the machines for the application of steain 

 to the cooking of cattle food, or other agricultural 

 purposes. 



The whole arrangement of the show, and the 

 management of mailers from the beginning to the 

 end, were capital, and most exactly carried out ; 

 and while it was an occasion of intense gratifica- 

 tion to myself, it was a day of high and just pride 

 to England. 



I should have been glad to have given you more 

 particulars, but they will come, of course, in the 

 public papers and journals. 



I am happy to say, that my own project meets 

 with every encouragement from ihe gentlemen 

 whose encouragement is most to be desired ; and 

 amidst the great variety of objects which present 

 themselves, my only want is, of a hundred eyes 

 and a hundred years to observe them in. 



I shall be with you in spirit, most assuredly, in 

 your great anniversary at Rochester ; and can on- 

 ly express my ardent desire that the exhibition, 

 and the results of that occasion, may be worthy of 

 the queen city of Western New York, and meet 

 the wishes of the most spirited and patriotic friends 

 of agriculture in the rich and beautiful valley of 

 the Genesee. 1 am truly yours, 



HENRY COLMAN. 



IluTton-under-J\'eedicood, Stiijfordsliirc, July IS, '43. 



Mw use for ihe Tomato.— The Cheraw (S. C.) 

 Gazette slates that, in addition to the advantages 

 of the tomato for table use, the vine is of great 

 value as food for cattle, especially cows. It is 

 stated that a cow fed on tomato vines, will give 

 more milk and yield butter of finer flavor and in 

 greater abundance, than on any other long feed 

 ever tried. It is thought, too, that more good food 

 for cattle, and at less expense, can be raised from 

 a given quantity of ground planted in tomatoes 

 than from any other vegetable known in the South- 

 ern country. 



Force of Habit An elderly gentleman travel- 

 ing in a stage coach, was amused by the constant 

 fire of words kept up between two ladies. One of 

 them at last kindly inquired if their conversation 

 did not make his head-ache ? "Oh, no, madam," 

 he replied, "I have been married twentycight 

 years." 



Book-larn'd men seldom know anything but 

 books ; and there is one that never was printed 

 yet, worth all they've got on their shelves, but 

 which ihcy never read, nor even so much as cut 

 the leaves of — and that book is ' human natur.' — 

 •Sam fflick. 



