1860. 



KFM EXGLAXD FARMER. 



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ft. 6 in. and 8 ft. high ; the colors used in paint- 

 ing are dapple gray f )r the brick walls, light sien- 

 na for the M-ood-work, and l)lue fov the roof, the 

 combin'.xl effect being very interesting. 



SECOND STORY PLAN. 



In conclusion, we hope the subject of a new 

 style will gradually become of more and more im- 

 portance to our countryman, and that humble as 

 our efforts may be, they will not remain unappre- 

 ciated. Respectfully, 



Saeltzek & Valk, Architects, 



Bible House, Astor Place, N. Y. 



QUANTITY OF SEED TO AN ACRE. 



Many experiments have been made, both in this 

 country and in Europe, to ascertain, with preci- 

 sion, the quantity of seed necessary to insure the 

 greatest amount of produce from a given surface. 

 It is true that circumstances will often render it 

 quite necessary to vary the quantity, even upon 

 the same soil ; and in Great Britain, Avhere the 

 climate, soil and mode of cultivation differ greatly 

 from oui's, rules and usages have been introduced 

 which are not practical with us. As a general 

 thing, however, the allowance of seed is there far 

 more liberal than in America. In the cultivation of 

 wheat, for instance, from three to four bushels of 

 seed are allowed per acre. Six bushels of flax seed, 

 and from three to four bushels of oats are sowed, 

 and so on through the entire list of vegetables, 

 •whether roots or grains. 



A gentleman in the State of New Jersey, some 

 years since, being desirous of ascertaining some 

 facts relative to seeding land, instituted certain 

 experiments which he detailed in a paper read at 

 the winter meeting of the "Yates County Agricul- 

 tural Society," and of which the following is an 

 abstract : 



He sowed on the 23d of September, 1846, four 

 diagrams with wheat. The soil had been subject- 

 ed to a summer fallow, and had been plowed five 

 times during the summer. The ground was pre- 

 pared for sowing by finely pulverizing it with a 

 hoe and a rake. Four diagrams were then cor- 

 rectly measured off, each two feet square, leaving 

 a space of about six inches between each. The 



squares were then numbered and subdivided as 

 follows: No. 1, in squares 1^ inches each way ; 

 No. 2, in squares of 3 inches ; No. 3, in squares 

 of 4 inches, and No. 4, in squares of 44 inches, 

 including the outside lines of each large square. 

 One kernel of wheat was then planted in the cor- 

 ner of each small square. 



On the 13th July following, the produce was 

 carefully gathered, the four parallels being kept 

 each by itself ; the wheat was shelled ])y hand, 

 and the number of grains in each parcel correctly 

 counted, and the results, were as given in the fol- 

 lowing table : 



No. 1. Ku. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 



Xo. of grains plantcil 2S9 81 49 ' 36 



No. of grains that grew 203 60 40 SO 



\o. of heads 286 136 112 104 



Average number of grains per head.. 26 35 39 42 



Whole number of grains 7458 4765 4452 4399 



Yield per acre iu bushels 108 69 64 63 



b. ![,.■<. b. l!,x. Ihs. lbs. 



Seed per acre, in bushels and lbs... 4 12 110 42; 31^ 



On the 17th of August, four ounces of this 

 wheat were weighed accurately by sealed scales, 

 and by counting all the grains, it was found that 

 there were 780 grains in one ounce, from which 

 an estimate of the differentyield, and also the rate 

 of the different amounts of seed per acre. These 

 are given in the table above. The soil, in this 

 case, was a clayey loam which had never been ma- 

 nured, and had been kept for jjasture during the 

 six preceding years. 



It is very desirable that the exact quantity of 

 seed necessary for an acre should be accurately 

 ascertained ; but this can be effected only by a se- 

 ries of carefully managed experiments, for which 

 practical men, with all the cares of a farm, can 

 scarcely have the requisite time. Men of science, 

 attached to our learned institutions, and those 

 having professorships in our agricultural estab- 

 lishments, would do well to turn their attention 

 more directly to this subject. 



For the New EiigUmd Farmer. 



THE CATTLE DISEASE. 



Mr. Editor : — The following communication, 

 which appears in the New York Journal of Com- 

 merce, is one of much value, and the experience 

 of the writer in his successful treatment of his an- 

 imals is worth consideration, whether the dis- 

 ease was contagious pleuro-pneumonia or simply 

 a pleuritic-pneumonic disease, not of a contagious 

 character. If I possessed animals showing the 

 first symptoms of this disease, I should treat it 

 precisely in the same manner. The causes of the 

 malady are correctly given, with one addition, 

 however, —too low keeping is as likely to cause 

 the disease as too high keeping. If a diseased an- 

 imal had, therefore, been insufficiently fed, his 

 food should be increased. F. 



FJiinehecJc, March 20, 1860. 

 To THE Editors op the Journal op Commerce. 



Gentlemen: — Having seen in your yesterday's 

 paper the account of a disease among the cattle 



