AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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iciit ihnt ihcrc is no object in gelling rid of thie 



mou3 ainouiu of fihh; and few con be found iin- 



ng to ncknowiedge iia mnet important ndvontoi^e. 



our Frame throws ofl" the whole of this dangcr- 



scharge of dirt, instead of confining in coniinu- 



ntact with the worm, where it becomes the (ruit- 



ircnl of disenae and death. We have tried the 



ig upon solid surfaces in a large way, and give 



our decided conviction that worm feeding can 



be ctrried on protilnbly in that mode, on a scale 



enough to be worthy of a capitalist. It may do 



Imall way, where the greatest success will never 



|at to much, while even then there is continual 



of a total faihire. The next year will prove 



in lavor of the new system of feeding, as many 



isiabhehmcnts will adopt it. Silk can thus be 



lit a low price, and the crop will moreover be a 



one — and no one will assert that it has ever 



Iny thing like a certain one so far. The shelves 



rdlcs must be laid aside, the new system must 



11, and reeled sdk can be made for a dollar and 



per pound. E. M. 



For the -Vcm Genesee Farmer. 

 a Cellars—Protection for Cattle, &c. 



Rs. Editors — Many writers for agricultural 

 have given descriptions of farm buildings, 

 )f protection for cattle, sbcep, &c.; but they 

 r the most part, been on so large a scale as to 

 le benefit to the common farmer. Those of your 

 who have taken the Genesee Farmer from its 

 cement, can call to mind with what interest 

 1 the glowing account o( Ulmus describing 

 id Island faini; his oxen, the manner they 

 Itered and led : bis plan of a barn and stables, 

 in the Cidtivator. Also, the numerous arti- 

 A. M., of Tompkins Co., on protection for 

 d A. B. Allen's description of his hog pen. 

 re all interesting articles; but not one of a 

 if your readers, have ten yoke of o.xen to 

 need a hog pen to accommodate fifiy hogs, 

 ns to protect eighteen hundred sheep. 

 )st of your rooders are small farmers, like 

 10 have only from one hundred to one hun- 

 fty acres of land. These are the men who 

 urged to afford protection for their cattle 

 although few in number. When you can 

 rdinary farmer to cultivate bis lands in the 

 3r, to own no cattle, hogs, or sheep, but 

 ? finest order, and afford suitable protec- 

 hese, the great object of agricultural pa 

 ive been accomplished. 

 )uilt a cellar under my barn, and a stable 

 it, which I think answers a good purpose 

 arm, I propose giving a description of it 

 er, in hopes that so far as the plan is a good 

 meetwiln the approval of my brother far- 

 ay perhaps contain some seasonable sug- 

 hose about building. 



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.ame into possession of my farm, a sufTi- 



rof buildings were upon it; but the barn, 



rty years ago, in the usual style of barns 



day, had but little accommodation for cat- 



ntdpltiii'.^Jinl, it was divided into three parts, the 



d stable. The ground was slightly des- 



that the end of the barn, in which wss 



near four feet from the ground. Having 



corners on props, I dug out the earth to 



pplh under the barn and barn floor, and 



liniial wall, enclosing a space of thirty 



I then built an addition of sixteen feet 



the barn, for stables. The floor of this 



feet lower than the barn sill. Across 



joining the barn, is an alley of four feet 



Ifrom this alley is a passage to the cellar, 



of the alley is the manger, as seen in 



an. My stohle will accommodate nine 



irranged according to their strength and 



jpensilies. I have tried dilfcrent nieth- 



cattle, and I prefer a chair around 



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the neck, fastened by a ring and key. This chain 

 passes through a small wooden bow, which slides up 

 and down a stanteal. 



My feed for cattle depends somewhat upon my suc- 

 cess in root culture. 1 am now feeding apples and 

 potatoes, and lind them ansW'cr a good purpose, al- 

 though I prefer mangel \vuri«el and carrots, to any 

 other food for cattle. 



It may be useless, in this day of improvement, to enu- 

 merate the benefits of stabling cattle; but I consider, 

 as not the least of these, having them at command, 

 where they are handled and made docile. In short, 

 the benefits are manifest, open and confessed by all; 

 but v\ho feels an interest sufHoient to go and do like- 

 wise ? Yours, &c., MYRON ADAMS. 



Ontario coimltj, January 18, 1S41. 



The following plan will give the reader a more 

 definite idea of the arrangement ; 



A, A, Cellar with a partition B. 



C, C, Bins for potatoes, apples &c., uider the 

 barn floor, filled by driving on to the floor and open- 

 ing trap doors. 



D, Alley between the cellar and stables. 



E, Manger. F, F, Stables. 



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Scraps, 



CONDENSED rRO>r EXCHANGE PAPERS. 



Georgia Sir.K. The Macon Telegraph says, "At 

 a late term of the Inferior Court in this county, one of 

 the Judges appeared on the bench in silk stockings, 

 silk handkerchief, &c., made by his own family or 

 some of his friends, the production of their own co- 

 cooneries. ^The next day another' of the judges, A. 

 E. Ernest, Esq., appeared in a full suit of sUlc, (in- 

 clufling coat, vest, pantaloons, stockings, pocket 

 handkerchief, and stock,) produced and manufactured 

 wholly and entirely in bis family." 



Fire-proof Paint. The Buffalo Commercial Ad- 

 vertiser gives the following method of making paint, 

 which v*-hen applied to wood, will secure it from both 

 lire and rain. It is recommended as useful on floors 

 under stoves, and it is stated that wood thus treated 

 may be converted by fire to charcoal, but will never 

 blaze. 



Dissolve potosb in water till saturated, then add, 

 first a quantity [how much !] of flour paste of the 

 consistency of common painter's size, and secondly, 

 a quantity of pure clay to render it of the consistency 

 of cream. When well mixed, apply it with a brush. 



Bkick living to hocsks. a correspondent of the 

 Cultivator filled in the walls of hie house with vn- 



hiirtit brick, set edgewise. One layer of hard brick, 

 laid flat at bottom, prevent mice from ascending.— 

 The cost of the brick was $2, 25 per 1000. 



Experimknts on Potatoes. Thomns G. Lofton, 

 in the same poper, gives the following experiment 

 and results; — 



" I planted five rows side by side, and the hills I 

 experimented on side by side; and 



let. row, cut the common size, that is, one large po- 



toto into 4 or G pieces, 4 pieces in a hill. 

 2d. " 4 pieces in a hill, cut as small again. 

 3d. "'4 " " smallest roupd ones. 

 4th. " 1 " *' largest, >vithout cutting. 

 5th. "2 " " ot same size potato. " 



The following arc the results in \veight and num- 

 ber: — 

 " Itjt. row, counted 53 potatoes, weighing 10| !bs. 



2d. " " 62 '< " 103 " 



3d. " " 36 '< " ej " 



4ih. " " 37 " " 1-2| " 



5ih. " " 31 " " 8i " 



Lime as manure. B. G. Avery, of Onondaga Val- 

 ley, near Syracuse, applied manure in the summer of 

 1839 to mown land, inverted the sod and sowed 

 wheat. To other land, more worn, and previously 

 in wheat, he applied refuse lime from the kiln, about 

 180 bushels to the acre, and sowed it. On the ma. 

 nured land, the straw was large, apd the grain some- 

 what shrunk; on the limed portion, the straw was not 

 so large, but was bright, the grain good, and the yield 

 the greatest per acre. 



Clover among cpf.n. Allen Putnam, the new 

 Editor of the New England Farmer, recommends the 

 practice of sowing clover seed among corn, from per- 

 sonal experience, as being more certain of vegetation, 

 the crop more free from weeds the first year, free from 

 grain stalks, easier lo jnpw, equally abundant, and 

 better in quality; and the young plants are not over- 

 shadowed by grajn early in summer, nor too much 

 e.xposed to the sun after harvest. The mode ia, to 

 make no bill, sow at midsummer, and cover with a 

 one-horse harrow, and make all smooth with n hoe. 

 Cut the corn closely to the ground. If necessary, the 

 surface maybecleaied with great expedition while the 

 ground is frozen in vi'inter, by means of a common 

 hand hoe. 



Great crop of cor.n. The Ksniucky Farmer 

 gives the experiment of G. W. Williams, with a cer- 

 tificate of measurement, on a corn crop from an acre 

 and an eighth, which yielded one hundred and seventy- 

 eight bushels, or more than one hvndred and fifty- 

 eight l/us/iels to the acre. The land was evenly cov-. 

 ercd with unfermented manure, the corn, an early 

 yellow variety, planted in rows two feet apart and ono 

 foot in the row, the surface kept level, the land rolled 

 after planting, and the weeds subsequently cut by 8cn(* 

 ping the surface with a sharp hoe. 



The scratching system, A correspondent of the 

 Western Farmer, in ccirnmenting on large farms and 

 miserable cultivation, and recommending a concentra- 

 tion of labors, speak.s of a farmer who cultivated one 

 acre of land adjoining a field of ihirti/ acres, both 

 planted with rye; at harvest a bet was made that tho 

 yield of the one acre was equal to that of the thirty 

 acres, but was lost, the thirty acres, by accurate mea- 

 surement, yielding three qiiurttrs of a hvshol the most. 

 Both fields he had seen, and also another where the 

 owner ofl'ercd to dispose of his crop of rye ut a dollar 

 an acre, but could find no purchaser at that price ! 



Enormous hog. J. S. Skinner, of the American 

 Farmer, recently saw a hog, of the Bedford and By- 

 fidd breed, that weighed last summer 900 lb». H;a 

 increase Las been such since, that he is now estiniplcti 

 to weigh 1300 pounds ! The owner bet iLUiied, ai 

 one time ijvl.Vl, end nt another glT-'' f"r hint. 



