OL. XXII. so. 50. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



397 



■ of a thrifty farmer in the good town of NV. 



is cniinty, who raises yearly, from stveiity to , ... .„j,_._ ... 



ndred bushels of fine fruit from trees net by I |,igi,|y recommctiJinff beans, also the pods ond 

 oaU side, occupying only about three quarters ^ vj„e3 of this plant, for sheep, Dr. Lee, who is dia- 

 niile or a mile in extent, wliile the cost of i ,inj,ujghed for applyinj; science plainly and intelli- 

 iJ care of them, aside from gathering the I jjibly to the practical purposes of life, makes the 

 IS but a mere trifle. The practice of setting following rcmarlis : 



ruit trees by the road side cannot he too high- The Cultivator tells but half the story. Why is 

 immended, and must speak in unequivocal Ian- ^ gj]] of beans better for a sheep than a pint of 

 ;e to the passing slrani>er, of the industry and corn.' This is an impoitant item in sheep hus- 

 bandry; and one that not one flock-master in a 

 thousand can answer 



BEANS FOR SHEEP. j fence, my eyes never beheld. I have sinnp been 



, ... .! ' ^ ,,•,.,,,! informed by a friend, iiersonaUy familiar with the 



In regard to an article in the Maine Cultivator, ( ^ ., .^_. .i,._ /-.... „„.„„„,„,„_ 



taste of the people where such improve- 

 ,3, blending the useful with the beautiful, are 



et there appears to be an unpardonable apa- 

 iniong some farmers in relation to raising 

 . Whether it is the fear that a little time and 

 r spent in setting out trees will never be re 



Doctor, that not more than four years are now re- 

 quired to grow a hedge. 



Very respeclfullv, 



A. McP 



FARMING CAPITAL. 

 From a communication by Mr L. Durand, we 



make the following extracts : — " I think it correct 

 to say, that a liberal expenditure of capital in I'ann- 



^^__^^ _.. ,ing, will ultimately pay better than when laid out 



If the object be to form /a( in sheep, then tlie ! in any other business. The difference between 

 remark that beans are worth more than corn is not capital laid out in farming, and that laid out in 

 true. For corn contains more of the fat forming I manufacturing, is, that all which is expended in 

 elements than beans. But if the object be to form 1 the latter beyond the actual profits of the goods 



manufactured, is a dead loss ; while that which is 

 aid out on the farm, under good maiiagi'mcnt, 



amount of profit that an orchard would yield j which is denied to the pig. 



1, is hard to tell. As a general thing, some 10 Peas, oats, barley and wheat also abound in the 



2 years must elapse from the time an orchard elements of wool ; but in a less proportion. The 



anted before it can be expected to be very 

 itic in bearing fruit. This length of time, no 

 )t, lies far beyond the mtnlal vision of those 



enjoy the fruition of other men's labor, and 

 • nothing to do but to gather fruit from trees 

 :h were planted by the industry and faithful- 

 I of their fathers. Had the first settlers of 

 ne practiced upon the narrow and selfish poli- 

 )f neglecting every improvement, the benefit of 

 ch could not be fully realized in their day, the 

 sent inhabitants might employ themselves in 



long winter evening by cracking acorns, and 

 ling beechnuts, instead of having a good supply 

 Baldwins. Russetls, and other choice and new 

 ieties of fruit, 

 f you have neglected to plant a nursery or to 



out trees this spring, it may be best to make 

 virtue of necessity, and defer it till another 

 ing, when you should by no means fail of set- 

 g out a row of apple trees. And if you are not 

 mitted to eat of the fruit thereof, those who 



iquid execrations of all animals furnish the lar- 

 gest, as well as the cheapest supply of the ele- 

 ments of cheese, wool, wheat, beans, &c. ; and 

 yet in consequence of our profound ignorance of 

 the science of organic chemistry, the indispensa- 

 ble elements of our foi.d and raiment are wasteful- 

 ly thrown away. Tlirough inexcusable ignorance, 

 our cultivators of the soil break the laws of na- 

 ture, and that harmonious circle of cause and ef- 

 fect — composition and decomposition — which ena- 

 bles us "to reap our daily bread from human 

 mould," as Young so truthlully expresses our de- 

 pendant condition. — Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. 



muscle and loool, then the remark is true. Beans 

 to them, unless they have a longer life to g(,[,ta|ii niore of the elements of wool, than any ^ 



than usually falls to the lot of mortals, or [ other plant. Hence nature, ever true to herself, 1 causes it to improve and increase in value from 

 ther it is want of energy or lack of faith as to | h^g endowed the sheep with a taste for this plant year to year. In manufacturing, the interest on 



'' •'■' ' the capital may be received within six months or a 



year. In farming, it may not be so, but it will be 

 sure to give its return in a scries of years. Anoth- 

 er item which lias been much neglected by far- 

 mers, is thit of purchasinofi-ooii impletnenls to carry 

 on their farming operations. In itiis country, 

 where manual labor is high, a farmer should ob- 

 tain as many labor-saving implements as can be 

 used to advantage. Although these implementa 

 may cost more at first than connnon ones do, they 

 will find their account in it at last. Get the best 

 implements to be had, even if you have to go out 

 of the State for them." — Mb, Cull. 



From the Maine Cultivator. 



LIVE FENCE HEDGES. 

 Messrs. Editors — Some years since, during a 

 visit to Boston, I crossed, in company with several 

 friends, to the town of Chi-lsea, and while there, 

 1 was very agreeably entertained at the house of Dr. 

 dl live after you will thereby be reminded of i gi^^^^^l^lj.^ ^j^^^^ success in farming has been emi- 

 ir having done, at least, one good deed. Yoii | ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^.^ g^^^ggg jn the cultivation of 

 >uld, also, bestow increased attention upon the ] 

 es which you now have. Some people are in 



live fences, and other ornamental departments of 



- ^-- i the art. As to the species of trees selected by 



ned to think a visit to the orchard once a year, ^^ si,urlleff, he informed us that nolwitlistanding 

 J then in the autumn for the purpose of ^ecur- j ^^^^.^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^p^^.^ ^^j induced him to 

 r the fruit, IS all that is necessary. But this is ! ^^_^^^ ^^.^j ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ly ^f j^p^^^ ^^^^^^ p^^ji^ 

 tso; a little attention in the spring, by way ofi ^j indigenous, he had never as yet made trial of 

 iicinus pruning, and seeing that the caterpillars | ^^^^ ^^^_^,^ .^ ^^.^ opinion, to the con.mon Mapl 

 d other pests of the orchard are destroyed, «'ll U^^^, (Crala^ns cordula.) Other varieties, he re- 

 jld as great, if not g.eater return, as labor e.x- 1^^_.^^^^ ^g^g ^^^^^ destroyed by the iorer, but 

 n'ed in any other way. that the maple thorn had never, to his knowledge. 



Will you who have orchards, attend to this in 'been infested hy tlieni, and that during the entire 



Plaster on Potatoes. — Those who plowed green 

 sward Inst fall for the purpose of planting potatoes 

 this spring, wiH find tli,at a spoonful of plaster, ap- 

 plied as soon as the plants come up, will increase 

 the yield. Plaster seems to aid the potato on all 

 kinds of land, though not equally. We have seen 

 soils where a t'.hle-spoonful of plaster proved as 

 useful as a shovelful of manure. 



If the land is in good order and the soil suffi- 

 ciently mellow, the potato vines will need but very 

 little liilling. The potatoes will make a bed for 

 themselves in the rotting sod. We have raised at 

 the rate of 400 bushels to the acre without hilling 

 up enough to hide the plaster : it could be seen 

 through the summer. — Bost. Cult. 



nson, and secure to yourselves a supply of good 

 lit, or will you neglect it year after year, and be 

 ntent with a mean and dwarfish specimen Just fit 



insult your hogs with ? One thing is pretty 

 rtain, if you do thus neglect your best interest, 

 lu will soon be convinced of the truth, that " >io 

 in can gather Jigs of thistles or grapes of thorns." 

 " Old Orchard." 



Farmington, May, 1844. 



A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer says that 

 lady of his acquaintance, colors wool and woolen 

 5ods blue, with punlane, a common garden weed, 

 id that the lady assured him it was equal in every 

 ■spoct to the best indigo blue. 



period he had cultivated the cordala, he had pot 

 lost from this cause, so much as a single tree. 



Some plants of this variety, set the year before, 

 had increased from two to three per cent, in size, 

 and his loss, from all contingencies, fell somewhat 

 short of one p^r cent., notwithstanding the situa- 

 tion was rather exposed, and the winter quite hard. 



As to the cost of Dr. S.'s hedge, it is impressed 

 upon my mind, thougii I cannot recollect wiih def- 

 initenes." on this point now, that he informed me 

 that the hedge, reckoning all expenses, direct and 

 incidental,, did not amount to more than Jiftrj cents 

 the rod. 



Keeping Cows The keeping of cows is much 



Ilka the cultivation of land. If the crop does not 

 reach a certain amount, there is a loss to the far- 

 mer, or the crop may precisely equal his expenses, 

 the year leaving him as it found him; but above 

 all this, is profit, and the more he can increase this 

 balance, the greater his gain. So with a cow ; if 

 she does not give a certain quantity, she does not 

 pay for her keeping, and the more such cons a man 

 has, the worse off he is. On the contrary, all 

 above a given yield, is clear profit, and the farmer 

 or dairyman, has every inducement to increase this 

 amount as high as possible. — .ilb. Cull. 



An industrious and virtuous education of chil- 

 dren is a better inheritance for them than a great 

 estate. To what purpose is it, asks a heathen phi- 

 losopher, to heap up riches and have no concern as 



,^ _ ^ ..., , to what manner of heirs you leave them to? The 



Thf hi'd'^e, then in a perfect state, had question is worthy of more than a passing thought 



occupied night years in coming to maturity, and a i let it be well considered by every American fath- 

 more beautiful, ornamental, and durably efficient | er — Stlechd. 



