AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



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iiich isT matter of great itnportnnce to ti.e LARliB CROPS OF CORN ANM) POTATOES 

 )wer in the aoorrcn;ate. We trust thai nil | We extract the f.)ll()\ving ncctiunt of (i larsje 

 en, who have''no other motive than their crop of corn and polatnes, from a letter recently re- 

 lodiule interest, will take the subject of coived from the Hon. Wm. McCoy, of Fniiiklin, 

 <r their stock into serious consideration, Pendlrton Co , Va. It {.'ives us much pleasure to 

 wiih reference to \l.—^mtr. jIgrkuU. \ learn that the value of the New England Parnier 



is duly nppriciated by some nf its subscribers, and 

 as in the case of this gentleman, that the knowledge 

 derived from the perusal of it has been turned to 

 ' . I advantage. — En. 



uring this week ami sold for shipment ^ p.ndMon Co., Va.. .Vov. Vi, 1843. 



have received cash down for them. ~3 to ^^^ Co.-Gentle,„en-* » * Dur- 



a bushel. About three 'honsand dollar., , ,_^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^__l, ^^^,^^ 



put in prarlice some of the valuable lesscms incul- 

 cated in the N. E. Farmer. The results have been 

 highly satisfactory, and prove conclusively that we 

 attempt to cultivate too much land, by which means 

 much labor and expense i.^ thrown away. 



1 had a lot of 1 1-4 acre of ground, originally 

 very poor, stony upland, that had been in grass 

 about ten years, and producing about one ton of 

 hay annually. The grub-worms having injured 

 the grass very much in 1S4'2, I concluded to plow 

 it up. In January last, I spread ten wagon loads 

 of stable iiiannre upon it, and plowed it under, near 

 a fool deep, thereby covering the manure and ex- 

 posing the worms to the frosts of winter. About 

 the last of April, I spread six loads more of ma- 

 nure, harrowed it lengthwise of the furrow, cross- 

 plowed, laking care not to go deep enough to dis- 

 turb the inverted sod ; then harrowed again, mark- 

 ed it off both ways, 3 1-2 feet between the rows, 

 and planted 3-4 of an acre with corn, and 1-2 an 

 acre with po'atoes. When the corn came up, the 

 cut worms and grub worms immediately began to 

 prey upon it, and would in a very few days have 

 destroyed it totally. To remedy this, I took of 

 ime, plaster and ashes an equal quantity, mixed 



^otalo Trade .More than twelve thousand 



of potatoes have been brought into our 



», have been paid to our farmers in one 

 r potatoes alone. We are glad to see 

 it is the means of circulating money among 

 and gives them a fair price for one of 

 ost important crops. Kennebec potatoes 

 ays find a market, for this reason, if no 

 hat the rest of the world cannot produce 

 nes. — .Maine Cull. 



Fruit. — That it is just as easy to have 

 lit as poor, is a truth that every farmer 

 remeiniier; and this, if acted on, will he 

 ot only easy but profitable. If the fruit 

 is deficient in numbers or varieties, lose 

 ill correcting the evil ; and the best way 

 ply to some experienced nurseryman for 

 Is and qualities most desired. A few good 

 ;es of each desired variety, is far better 

 eat nuinbors with inferior fruit. A skcccs- 

 good fruits is indispensable. The varieties 

 ner, autumn, and winter, should follow so 

 :avc no interval. Enlarge your list of dif- 

 kinds of fruit, rather than your varieties of 

 ue. — 'lib. Cult. 



I should be ghd to learn how you manage in 

 (lie North to obtain such large crops of oats. Here, 

 forty bushels p<^r acre is considered ii fiist rate 

 crop; bull see that in some of the Northern 

 State's, one hundred bushels and upwards have 

 been raised. 1 suspect you have a bett.r species 

 of this grain in your region than we have, and 

 would be very glad if you could send me a few 

 bushels for seed next spring. » • • • • 

 Very respectfully, 



Your ob'l serv't, 



WM. McCOY. 



Death from Disrased ro(n(of».— The Ulicn, N. ^i . 

 Gazette, notices the appearance, in thai neighbor- 

 hood, of a singular disease among the potatoes, 

 wliich has already destroyed thousands of bushels. 

 The disease first manifests itself by a black spot 

 on the surface of the potato, which rapidly spreads 

 till the whole root becomes soft and worthless. 

 Many fanners have lost their entire crops, the dis- 

 case'in many cases destroying the roots wlale in 

 the .^round, and large quantities have also been 

 destroyed after having been dug buried in heaps or 

 stored in cellars. Potatoes affected with this dis- 

 ease appear to be very poisonous, large numbers ot 

 hogs having died alter eating of them. Is not this 

 subject worthy the attention of agriculurists . 



To Cure. Hams Westphalia FasWon.— Sprinkle 

 your ham with common salt for one day ; then wipo 

 It dry. Take 1 lb. brown sugar, 1-4 lb. saltpetre, 

 1-2 pint bay salt, and 3 pints common salt. Stir 

 these well together in an iron pan over the hre till 

 moderately hoi. The ham to lie in this pickle for 

 three weeks. 



,- ., k . 1 them, and put a smalliiandful on each hill of corn, 



Itry Houses. — If vou wish your hens to lay ; .',.,,. , , , „o-„„, ,i,„ „uipp, r 



-' . " . . , , , . and fenrin'T that this would not etiect the oDjecl, I 



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h the winter, have their houses cleaned out 

 ghly. Empty the nests of all filth, have 

 icraped inside and out, and then whitewash- 

 'lace contiguous to your hen-house, under 

 peck or two of lime, a bushel of gravel, and 

 of sand or ashes, so that they can daily 

 access to these substances. Give them 

 ;d fresh meat once a week, or oftener, and 

 hem regularly twice a day with grain and po- 



always feeding them near the hen-house, 



10 attach thein to it. Keep their nests at 

 les well supplied with clean hay, and a few 

 imitation eggs in each : if you have no 

 clay will answer every purpose, provided 

 hiten the eggs by whitewashing them. See, 

 lat your fowls gel water regularly. If you 

 • this advice, you'll find that your hens will 

 larly as many eggs in winter as they do in 

 ler. — Amer. Far. 



nl to Farmers. — We do not know whether or 

 le following |)lan has been adopted by many 

 ;rs, but there can be no harm ia calling their 

 lion to the circumstance. A farmer in this 

 iborhood has, for some time past, put garlic 

 e bottom of his grain-stacks, and since he has 

 :cd that plan, has never been troubled with ^ 

 in. Before adopting this plan, on taking down 

 ck of grain, he and his assistants never killed 

 than from fifteen to twenty rats, and ab 



and fearing that this would not effect the object, I 

 sowed about three bushels of refuse salt broadcast 

 on the patch of corn. One or the other, or proba- 

 bly both combined, put an effectaal stop to the rav- 

 ages of the worms, and the corn in a few days took 

 a start, and the way it grew was most delightful to 

 look at. From the 3-4 of an acre I have harvested 

 87 bushels of good sound shelled corn, which is at 

 the rate of 116 bushels to the acre, which entitles 

 my crop to be placed in the list of large crops of 

 corn, lately published in the Albany Cultivator. I 

 am the more gratified at this, becaose a writer in a 

 late number of the Southern Planter, complains 

 that not one of the large crops mentioned were 

 produced south of the Potomac. 



My potatoes yielded a still more valuable crop 

 than the corn. From the half acre I have harvest- 

 ed four hundred and .leven bushels. One half ot^ 

 the patch was planted with Rohans and half 

 with " Long Johns." Tlie latiter were by far the 

 most productive, yielding 2.32 bushels, while of 

 Rohans there was only 175 bushels on land equally 

 as good. 



If you have any potatoes in the North more pro- 

 ductive than the "Long Johns," I wish you would 

 send me a few next spring. 



It is proper for me to state that this " patch" of 

 mine was oii!y an experiment, and thai 1 annually 

 cultivate many acres of corn that does not yield 

 more than 25 bushels to the acre; and thnl my 

 main crop of potatoes last season did not producp 



Grertt Yield of Corn—Jacob Frock, of West Vin- 

 cent, Chester county, Pa., raised 104 bushels and I 

 quart of Indian Corn, from ont acre of ground, ttie 

 past season The field in which it grew contained 

 about tn-ue acres, and the acre which he measured 

 was about an average one of the whole field. 



Pavin<r Debts.— ' What a pleasure it is to pay 

 one's debts !" was the remark of a well known wri- 

 ter and the observation is certainly a just one. It 

 seems to flow from a combination of circum .stances, 

 each of which is productive of pleasure. In the 

 first pl.ice, it removes that uneasiness which a true 

 spirit fenls from dependence and obligation. It af- 

 fords pleasure to ihe creditor, and therefore gratifies 

 our social affection. It promotes that future con- 

 fidence which is so very interesting to an honest 

 mind. It opens a prospect of being readily sup- 

 plied with what we want on future occasion.s. U 

 loaves a consciousness of our own virtue ; and it i» 

 a measure we know to bo right, both in point of 

 justice and sound economy. Finally, H is the 

 main support of simple reputation.— fiosf. Bee. 



live 

 adred mice. This is a very simple, cheap and 1 ^^^^ ^j^^^ ^qq bushels per acre ; and this too on 



tive method of preserving grain in stacks. — ^g,y l^^,!^ ^ great deal more fertile by nature tl 



lish pap. 1 ,ny patch. 



An honest man need not fear the assaults of his 

 enemies. Talent will be appreciated, industry will 

 he rewarded ; and he who pursues, in any calling, 

 an open, manlv, honest course, must in the end tri- 

 umph over his enemies, and build for himself a 

 good name, which will endure long after his ira- 

 ducers are forgotten. 



W hy is nn egg like a colt ? Because it is not 

 fit for use until it is broke. 



