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AND HORTICULTUi^AL REGISTER. 



363 



FiPi'iloin VVIiilman, of Easl Bridgewiilor. ia con- 

 si(I>reil critilU'J to the preniiimi offered for the 

 greatPSl iiumitity of carrols raised on a quarter of 

 nn acre, $5, liavinj; raised o fniclii.n over 101 

 bushels; aUci U) ihc prfiiiimii for the t'reatest 

 ()uuntity of sonar hi'ets, $5, hJiviii^,' raised a fr.ic- 



V , - - - . , tion over 2U0 bushels on a qiMirler of nil acre. Mr 



iffht US' Tiiliy have been more expiicit on some ^y 1,^3 jjiven a very particular stnleiiient of tlie 



" ' ' ■'-"">"- ° "''"•'"" coniliti.in of his luiid, and a detailed account of the 



culiivuiioii. 



Galen Manley, ie entill<'<l to l»5, having raised 

 Htli bushels of common turnips on half nn acre. 



I^tonard Hill is entitled to the lirst premium for 

 an experiment in raising potatoes, $S, and Paul 

 Hathaway to the second, $0. We shall enter in- 

 to no critical examination of the etalcments in 

 these cases, the results prove pretty good manage- 

 ment. We think the course pursued by Mr. 

 Hathaway, in spreading refuse hny and small 

 bushes on the land and plowing in for potatoes, 

 may he very healthy for the soil, but as large a 

 crop of potatoes, must not be expected as manure 

 from the barn would produce. Mr. Flathnway 



arilcJ two kinds, wliich he called blue, and long 

 red potatoes. One rod planted with the blue in 

 hills, produced GO lbs., equal to 171 24-3G bushehs 

 per acre ; in drills, 09 lbs , equal to IW 8 5li bush- 

 els per acre. The red potatoes in hills, 04 3 4 

 lbs., equal to ]65 bushels per acre ; in drills, 82 

 3-4 lbs., equal to 230 24 .56 bushels per acre. 



Mr Hill planted only red potatoes: on a rod in 

 hills, there were 137 1-4 lbs., equal to 392 8-.5o 

 bushels per acre ; in drills 168 1-4 Iba., equal to 

 460 40-56 bushels per acre. 



Mr John Clapp, of South Scituate, is entitled to 

 the premium offered for the greatest quantity of 

 white beans raised on half an acre, $6, having- rais- 

 ed eleven bushels 3 pecks and 4 quarts. 



Samuel Worcester, of Bridgewater, entered a 

 claim to the premium offered for sugar beets. His 

 land was viewed in the spring and appeared to be 

 well prepared for the proposed crop. Soon after 

 the beets were up, a flock of doves destroyed about 

 two thirds of the young plants. Mr W. cautious 

 of subjecting the agent of the society to any need- 

 less laiior promptly withdrew his claim. But con- 

 tinued his attention and labor in carrying forward 

 the experiment in as perfect manner as was in his 

 power. He supplied the vacant spnces with ruta 

 baga and French turnips. The result he has been 

 pleased to communicate. From one fourth of an 

 acre he harvested 121 bushels of beets and 15 

 bushels turnips, allowing 00 lbs. to the bushel. In 

 view of the amount of this crop and the propriety 

 of the course pursued by Mr. W. the Committee 

 hope that 11 gratuity will be allowed him of $3. 



No claim is made to llie premium offered for ex- 

 periments in mixed planting, alternate rows of po- 

 tatoes and corn. We have made the experiments 

 on a small scale the past season, and the result 

 note tl:-^ir ii.:orest. 'justifies the recommendation to continue the offers. 



'he Cuinmittee have concluded, notwithstand- 1-* . „fi,;„ 



ne v.u.nmiuLc im c ,!.„„„„„ Mr Hat laway made an experiment in one of his 



the conditions of the '>ff'--^. have ..ot been en- Mr =^^^^^^^^ con, which, in connec- 



ly fulfilled, .0 «-7-„;'';7'7 J^;l7; i:„^ slmlFar one by myself, I am inclined 



idiug so,,,, reward for wha '^^ ^^'^"j;""; ,,,,t„^i.st«nding the great length of this report, 



ng thut luture applicants wul be ■" « ""^ ^' ^^^^ ,„ ,,^^,,, ° „„ t„; , ,th of Sept. Mr H. cut up 

 he ..xaminarmn ol conditions. ^ J . 'f " 7 J Lventy-five htlls in a field and stocked the corn ; 



it, "Tinulir.nce. It is recoiiiiuenueu tiiat luc p ^"'■1 . ,, . , ■,, , ..1 ■„ii.„ 



^ ,ui I "15 he awarded to J,„i,.|, Whit- from twenty-five neighboring hills he cut the stalk 



audt e;e^^omlof $10, .0 Leonard llill. It and left twenty-five w„h ihe stalks on. About 

 , ami tiie se .OIK 01 ij. V, .-.-,„ „.,;,, the Ctli of Oct. he harvested separately and weigli- 



Iso rocnmmended that a gratuity of $ bo pa d '^ ,„enty.five hills where the stalks were 



. aul ^/-l-7y-7'-' ''/.*;• i^bi;""^'"" "--"'- i gave 35 Ibs.'equal to C.I 20-75 bus. per acre- 

 d, and one of *3 lo Nahum Iribou. » > 



fM lUTH .AGR.ICUI.TURAL SOCIETy. 



Report of tl,e Svpenisor for 1843. 



(Concluded.) 



siah Whitmnn, of East Bridgewater, has given 



ler stJftement of Ins experiment in raising Iii- 



rorn than it is common to rrccive, but even 



US' riiliy have been more explicit on some 



s. He does not describe the manure placed 



r llm corn so accurately as ho might, and 



X to have done. He tolls us it was from the 



am! hog yards ; we are left to conjecture 



her It was chiefly the droppings of animals or 



ak comi OS!. Mr. W. is sensible that his first 



iiig was too 8hoal ; the after management 



verv wril, with the exception of placing more 



half his manure under the corn. We were 



the hills had not been at an equal distance 



ways, Ih'' experiment would have shewn more 



raiely tl.o advantage of planting in drills. 



•e was also another mistake in planting two 



s of corn. On a rod in hills, stalks cut, there ] 



■ 44 lbs. equal to 93 05-7.5 bushels per acre ; 

 s ni • cut. 45 lbs., equal to 96 bushels per acre ; 

 red in dr.Us, 45 lbs., equal to 96 bush, per 

 ; stalks n>, tout, 74 lbs., equal to 100 20-75 



«ls per acre. 



"e think all the applicants might profitably 

 left more spires of corn on an acre. The in- 

 ««! of the sun and light on plants are very 

 t, but we b-'lieve when the furrows run from 

 1 10 south and are only three leet apart, tliese 

 ences 'vil! be sudirient, and in close plaining 

 lulliva'ion of the field is likely to be much 

 ; ih'iroL'gh, a very important circumstance in 

 ijct'.ig tlie crop. The statements given of the 



■ nse "of laising an acre of corn are far more 

 ising ;ha'i instructive; they range nearly all 

 »vayf.-omS20 to .$66 ; too carelessly formed, 

 ife^ty l) guide any one. A single item in 

 of the statements will prove this. An appli- 



charges tweWe dollars for twelve cords of ma- 



; twelve dollars for carting it on to hi? field 

 planting. It is of considerable importance 



the public should bo correctly informed what 

 le difference in expense of cultivating in drills 

 ills ; we are. furnished by the nppliCRiits with 

 ling satisfactory on this subject. One man 

 1 us that it IS worth about one dollar more to 

 It an acre in drills, after which the labor is lit- 

 jr nothing more than the culiivation in hills, 

 ithcr says it will cost four dollars more to cul- 

 te n ''rilis than hills ; and a third merely re- 

 ks Ihit 13 very perplexing and expensive btsi- 

 ! to plant and cultivate Indian corn as we do 

 Now it does seem that on this point 

 ■y applicant might easily have been explicit, 

 81 the least approached correctnes*. Then 

 ler* niiglit J-ave made some more certuio cal- 



tion'i wliici, method of planting would most 

 note te^ir i;,:orest 



stalks not cut 37 lb.'', equal to 70 4-75 bus. ; the hills 

 slookcd gave 23 lbs. equal to 62 30-75 bus. per 

 acre. The re>ult of the trial made by me was 

 very nearly the same, there >vas a loss in stooking 

 compared with the part where the stalks were cut 

 of about four bushels to the ecre, compared with' 

 the part where the stalks were left uncut, a loss of 

 ei^ht bushels. Wo think corn should not be 

 stooked except in prospi>ct of an early frost, and 

 that thestilks of corn si'oiild never tie cut exccpt- 

 iii" when the owner wants them lor some particu- 

 lar use. 



Respectfully submitted, 



MORUILL ALLEN. 



Gold Fish. — In this neighborhood, every pond 

 that holds >vater through the year, is full of them. 

 In every cottager's garden, where there is a dip- 

 hole dug to the depth of four, five, or seien feel, 

 there the fishes thrive and breed. In these ponds 

 there is nothing but hanging grass and stones ini- 

 liedded in clay or gravel, to which the fish can at- 

 tach their spawn, and >et they breed. My own 

 pond, which is perfectly alive with gold and silver 

 fish, is about eight feet deep in the centre ; it liaa 

 never had plants ot any description put int.i it, yet 

 water-weeds grow in it in the spring and early 

 summer, and then sink down : it is a pond fiir the 

 cattle to drink at. Several other ponds near me, 

 by the road-side, used as drinking places for cattle, 

 are full of gold iiiul silver fish. 1 would here ob- 

 serve that none of these ponds are supplied by 

 perennial springs; the water in them is either rain 

 water or water from land springs in the winter, or 

 from both these sources. Gold and silver fish will 

 not live any length of lime in ponds in which there 

 are springs, much less breed in thein : the water i« 

 too cold — they fur with a kind of moss and die. 

 The ponds I have mentioned, have all of them 

 stony or gravelly bottoms, and slope from the sides 

 to the centre: the fish deposit the spawn on the 

 pebbles or gravel in the shallow water, winch be- 

 ing much warmer, from the greater power of the 

 sup than in the deep places required for aquatic 

 plants, the spawn is more certain ot being quicken- 

 ed into lite. If fish do not breed, the fault is eith- 

 er that they are all of one sex, or that the pond 

 rests on a spring, and is too cold, or is not suffi- 

 ciently shallow towards the edge; or there is a 

 want of gravel, stones, or sticks in water sufficient- 

 ly warin'diiring the breeding season. — J. StetU,in 

 London Card. Chron. 



[Any one desirous of procuring gold fish, can 

 bo supplied, at .50 cts. a pair, on application to the 

 proprietors of the N. E. Farmer ] 



Ctmenl I have used with unvaried success, fur 



joints to pipes, and fillings for steam-engines of 

 14 and 16 liorse power, a coniposition formed of 

 iron-filings, muriate of ammonia, or sal ammoniac, 

 (quantities indefinite, say four ounces to one pound 

 of filings,) and a small qunntity of brimstone in 

 powder, mixed together with water, so as to form a 

 stiff paste, to be well rammed into the crevices 

 and joints. Another is, ground white-lead, and a 

 sufficient quantity of red-lead powder mixed, so as 

 to make it of the consistence of slifl" putty ; this is 

 applied to the joints. — ff.Jioyner, in Card. CUron. 



Fumigating with tobacco the heads of cabbages, 

 &c. attacked by lice, is recommended to disperse 

 them. 



