Peat 5 1^15 
J 48 . 8 O 
Pond mud 
■I 
5.10 
8.10 
Total 
Geine. 
59.60 
92.40 
14. 
14.60 
Salts and 
Silicates. 
40.40 
7.60 
86 . 
84.40 
Water, 
Salts, 
Geine, 
deistood or appreciated, is to be found in the 
great deposits at this substance in stcamps iow 
meadows, and peat bogs, in all parts 0 / our 
fTppp of manure 
tnere is no authority equal to Dr. Dana of 
Lowell, Mass. According to him pea' con 
S ° etSS Seine'J humut 
Avitn a leti salts. From an analysis often sne- 
tbe'f'^^h^^^™ tiifferent parts of Massachusetts 
the highest ana the loycest in the scale of solu- 
ble geme, is selected and given here, as well as 
two specimens ot pond mud. This is done as 
the value ot neither peat or such ma l is suffi- 
netw farmer ; and they are 
nej,lected when they might easily be mfoe a 
source of tne greatest fertility: ^ ^ 
soluble Insoluble 
Geine. Geine. 
49.45 
43.60 
8.90 
6.50 
comparison with cow dung. 
fo/jis'st-mdTrr manures, he takes 
remct.irabie that the comstituents of peat and cow 
dung should so nearly coincide. Dr Dana’s 
?uali.f al ^■■’'’'■““1 »' “'■'“‘■"lie 
quant}, and of cow dung is as follows tL 
SiZtloo- 
Peat. Cow Dung. 
83- 83.60 
t4. 15.45 
PEAT COMPOSTS. 
But notwithstanding this decayed ve-etable 
matter is so rich m the organiV elements nf 
plants, experience proves that, applied in its 
natural state, it is almost valueless as a manure 
compared with stable manures ; and hence the 
reason it has been so little prized. Science has 
shown the cause of this result, and the me?ns of 
obviating it; or in other words, of unloc“S“ the 
vegetrSedepSfs' 
10 be able to give out ammonia, the peat or 
wamp muck must be fermented ; and this mav 
ly SS alkalies, or 
manures If^uiPur ^ compost with fresh 
manures. 11 alkalies are added the r 
nece.ssary to bring a ton of fresh peat into the 
same condition, so far as regards aSon a as 
cow dung, would be “.92 ibs Sf notash 6lTbs of 
S'?' VtViZf ‘■“‘'“'t, of common hoil I'sh- 
room a tbe farmer will usually find the best 
method of using peat, will be (o combiL the 
P at with manure, by mixing it with dune- in 
his yards, or making it into compost. ^mIhv 
periments have been made bv some of the 
nouncin, i, ofosr/aKSie.^'Ji;.' S “ P™; 
Lexington, says, that “a cord of green dun o- 
converts twice its bulk of neat mtf uung 
of equal value to itself; thaf is ’a cord 
stable dung, composted with So of plffS 
and candle factory Se Soportfon® u " 
are, one part of spent ashes to three of peat du^e 
up m the fall and mixed with theashes n th? 
Cfi.if'*" over .wo S MS: 
fob plowed in. The effect is 
|lt at once; and so far the manure has preyed 
(To be contimted.y 
xxish SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
^'^USHLNG CORN-COKNSTALKS 
jVIessrs. Gaylord & TTir.f,.o . 1 
ks |e„"koXd ;,kk "Sier.o“i ™ri:‘ ■'■irs 
mg dearer sull, to see my working cattle vmid 
?'■ Pi'' »“c-‘>cll the c°orn ihVyl t 
ioTl-w, I nauled my corn to a steam" niiii 
m town, and paid one-sixlh for toll, besides pal 
die thing started; and I fbddLed 
2b head ot cattle and young horses on corTtufa 
ahirXS.^^-un^T^ " 
My cows gave milk all winter, and nearXun 
0 calving ;_ and all my n at stock, w h one of 
two exceptions, would, if an accident bad h an 
'''r4,ik Sob'T p“'' "-“ct?; 
i. avea jfTua in wintering my .stock arlmU 
tmg hay to be worth $14 pcrLn.^wh ich wa X 
case here that winter. 1 Lve a poAabirhors; 
power, vvhich I think will turn the crushfr Xd 
«formy days m winter, my help can be emjilov^ 
ed in grmding, instead of keeping under tXfSi 
of the wcnen who most neceWrik be e™lo, ‘ 
ed abo.u the house. iours ,r„l/ P ^ 
Ck,, O.. 1843. J, iv, 
dhio.' r- ^ gentleman of Hereford Hall 
plea.se favor me and the public, throucTh your 
paper, with the particulars Xpecting Ms ifde 
R • G ^ trom the beginning until 
u IS ready to feed. Will ground c!l cake'doX 
J. W. J. 
Albany Cultivator. 
while there has hepn T’ ^^^nicle states that 
baga and cauliflnnli failure in the cab- 
watered with soap suds generally those 
tie fines, nuak. / Inf P'^"" “f 
juries infl&ed iSec.rpo!.k.?S=" ''' 
l\T,s T- OF S.\LT. 
ivlEssRS. Editors. — 1 see it statpH tPsof eso.w, 
iXlfiy m ErmlXl coming into use 
ron“ndk's“ah"5lnnu';aS„“ “:rSTs p£ 
?erTSr-!.2lT cS 
very easily test its virtues. I am however io- 
LTSfoi"" ymntity per acre uX o' lLd 
and of the mode of using it; also on what soils 
bfneficiaT" AnX-n/" " 
oenencial. Any information on this subject 
'nili be gratefully received. S. F. Vinton 
Athens CO., Ohio, 1843. nton. 
In England, salt is generally applied to the 
wheat crop, and is spread on the faXw <4ome 
ime befoie sowing m quantities of not less than 
ten, or more than twenty bushels per acre The 
01 straw, but tne ear is better filled and the 
j,rain plumper and heavier. Another mode of 
apptymg salt, is to take quick hme and slake 
periinenXmade, fi applarf fom' lighlX ^avd" 
rp, milking. 
"ran.'kouurSakuSfnXJr.he'’ "’■'’’b 
in urilf, r S ,nS,'- 
I .'Je Skrin'S', ^ e 
Ita. .heAue .eS. 4 4,:'?“”““' ^"PP”''' 
>l.e udder us in it p^if'k p'u4‘"r,““'‘‘T 
faS fnXlS S,.i4e“Ts tfSf' 
cow ,s„„t,a lked clean, , he best far isTe’lt ?n 
' laine'l S ?ieSkiTs4 f f 
SKI”., .4 S4-;krTrkr' 
hequmlter a cow is k'nimd and kifkfd elea” 
the moie mlk she will give All rtaiv ’ 
aware of.be fac. .hm .o 'drp afrfo'S.foK 
more is necessary than to onfo parfly drffo fof 
udder at each successive milkinJ that isXi^ 
leave off entirely. I do noft^e Xv thou? 
knowing. We have had hired help for sfvXf 
seasons past, and they generallv mf Iked and i 
was enough to have worn ourthAnaHApf r 
>hem tomilk thS nuXbfr 
of cows. I don’t wish to be understood tha‘ 
areahke bo. in too many ins.afSfi t.he 
ca.se. The milker should be instructed m mim 
as fast as his strength will allow and 
or slow milker would at once be dischaVld 
from this branch of the dairy. While some xviH 
milk from twelve to fourteen cows an 
thaX- hi''®'’ ^ cannot, milk Xre 
than eight cows an hour. I have hadXAr? 
ence enough, although young, to know sXe" 
ne milked. It is by attention to minute thino-, 
that most of the profits of the farmer are rpabz 
ed, and we are confident that by attention to this 
point, non-essential as it may apnea, th^ L- ® 
man would find an important addition wouldYe 
made to the sum total of his annual profits. ^ ^ 
Western., 
Veio Yorh Farmer, 
fivS cannot be successfully cul- 
secret of cultivating this cron 
consists in ffeep vlouoMna- r„rof„i ^ ^ ,P 
proner seasnnAkT o? ■ “ sotoing at the 
tenifor Si ?’ judicious sAaM'fig of the 
fuu unP. n,‘/LT "uuuucc 
SoistSe^ ""I perpetual 
naoisture. The soil must have a clay founda- 
tion so as to retain water— it must bJwell cul- 
tivated, loose and free from other grasses It 
must be productive and well limed, or plEfered 
It ought to be sowed 20 lbs. to the acre on a 
wheat crop, after that grain is fairly set and 
during the winter months. Thus it will be nro- 
month of June, after whicXt 
A® pastured until the second 
year. Augusta Washingtonian. \ 
says'*Xaf^a^tten(fon'>, Genesee Farmer 
I J t> 3.ttenlion has been paid this vpar tr^ 
s i“^°oX”4,.'iirfo?r sX?fS 
Z>Lr in tiri; 
Ko7fi'?isSp™tfi?aKf 
he crop more profitable than wheat or oatl It 
buSirofleed” ^^ddry land, half I 
X i the seed, is harvested 
other grain. But when the 
foon S thtf'i’ ' H ""P ^y ^ machine as 
soon as the seed begins to ripen, and bound in 
small bundleS’ the seed stripped off by a machine 
and the stalks spread out and dew rotted It is 
then sold to the hemp makers for ‘tt'? nr itto 
ton; which is said to Lorffoan^af for S {fe 
~wLn fbVFA'I* «n= ■' n o< 
wheat is eommnni good condition, 
willAafsTeroSAfTand':'*” 
vo^^Xl? -T^ • wur lands to give 
therafi-«^e; nor to make 
} ou rich if you make them poor. 
will otit at the buno- * 
JonZv hogshead, so will 
economy in small matters and waste in taro-o 
ones, speedily squander the largest estate ' 
