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grass and occupied for pasturage. From the 4th to the 
8th of February last, the ground then being entirely 
free from frost, the whole field was thoroughly plowed; 
in the second week in May, two bushels of salt and 
fifteen wagon loads of manure per acre, were spread 
broadcast over the field, and the field was then tho¬ 
roughly cross-plowed and harrowed, and the corn was 
planted in hills, (the hills being between three and four 
feet apart,) each hill being covered with about half a 
shovel-full of manure; the only subsequent cultivation 
was plowing and hoeing twice and going once through 
it with the cultivator. 
On the 19th of September, the corn was cut up close 
to the ground and put up in shocks of an equal size 
upon the field; and as it is not yet husked, the only 
practicable mode of ascertaining the quantity of the 
product, has been fairly and justly pursued by me as 
follows, to wit:—I have husked twelve of the shocks 
from different parts of the field, taken indiscriminately, 
and averaged the whole crop according to the quantity 
produced from them, and find that the field (containing 
by accurate measurement, four acres, two roods and 
twenty-three perches of land,) has produced nine hun¬ 
dred andAifty and two-third bushels of ears of corn, 
equal to Two hundred and five and a half bushels of 
ears per acre. As a portion of the field was injured 
by the frost in June last, the best acre no doubt exceed¬ 
ed in product the foregoing average. 
Oats .—The soil had for many years previous to 1841, 
been laid down to grass, and the field occupied for pas¬ 
turage ; in the spring of last year, the field was planted 
in about equal proportions with potatoes and corn, and 
had then applied to it about twelve loads of manure, 
(a compost of muck and barnyard manure,) per acre. 
About the 23d of April last, the field was well 
plowed, and the oats on the same day were sowed at 
the rate of three bushels to the acre, and were har¬ 
rowed in, which was the only labor expended upon 
the field, until the crop was harvested. 
An acre of the field was accurately measured before 
the crop was harvested, and the grain therefrom has 
been kept and threshed by itself and produced seventy- 
seven bushels of clean oats. The whole field contain¬ 
ed about three and three-quarters acres, and the grain 
thereupon was about equally good throughout the 
whole of it. The undersigned cannot close this Te- 
port without calling public attention to the judgment 
and good taste which Mr. Betts has displayed in the 
irrigation and fertilization of the soil, the subdivision 
of his farm into lots of convenient sizes, their entire 
exemption from vegetable excrescence, and to the neat¬ 
ness, order, and cleanliness which is presented in every 
department of his establishment. This farm contains 
about one hundred and twenty acres, and may, in the 
opinion of the undersigned, be refered to as a pat¬ 
tern farm, every way worthy of imitation. 
Corn .—In respect to the field of corn which belonged 
to Mr, Carman, the undersigned, not finding that gen¬ 
tleman at home, are unable to give any of the details 
respecting its cultivation, except that they learned from 
a laborer who had assisted in working the field, that it 
had not received any extraordinary manuring or atten¬ 
tion. They computed the product of this field at eighty 
bushels of shelled corn to the acre. The farm of Mr. 
Carman appeared well arranged and in good condition 
and merits particular notice. 
EDWARD CLARK, Chn. ) 
MARTIN ELLSWORTH. > Committee. 
NICHOLAS WYCKOFF. $ 
New York , October 22d } 1842. 
Horticultural— Cabbages .—The Committee on the 
8th Sept. 1842, examined a field of Cabbages of about 
twenty acres, comprising part of the farm of Mr. Lam 
bert Wyckoff, at Bushwick, Long Island. The plants 
having been set out about three feet apart, early in the 
spring, had arrived to good maturity, and although a 
great proportion of the crop had been sent to market, 
that part which remained was uniformly in fine condi¬ 
tion. A dozen cabbages were selected from less than 
an acre of land, the average weight of which was 
twenty-four pounds nine ounces and a quarter. On 
perambulating the farm, a bed of the Red Pickling 
Cabbage was presented to our view; from which we 
selected half a dozen heads, the average weight of 
which was twelve pounds nine ounces and a quarter; 
being one-third more than the usual average weight of 
this description of cabbage. These crops reflect great 
credit on the gardener, Mr. Peter Hultz, who is an 
adept in the culture of cabbages, he having been emi¬ 
nently successful in producing superior crops, during 
the last two or three years. From the above consider¬ 
ations we suggest that the proprietor, Mr. Lambert 
Wyckoff, be preseiffed with a Silver Cup, as a memento 
of his indefatigable zeal in cabbage culture. 
On the 23d of September, 1842, your Committee 
visited by invitation, the farm of Garret Vreeland? 
where we found on about three acres of land, a crop of 
cabbages, in a medium stage of growth, which bid fair 
to arrive at full perfection by the month of November, 
which is the ordinary time of gathering them for mar¬ 
ket. It may be here remarked, that the land in this 
section of country is of very rich and fertile quality, 
being literally embedded with the shells of oysters. So 
congenial is the soil to the growth of cabbage, that the 
roots of this plant are seldom attacked by insects, 
which prove so destructive in less favored situations. 
Hence perpetual, vigorous, and healthy crops are 
gathered from the same beds, arising from the great 
quantity of nutritious matter, mingled in the earth by 
remote causes. The plan generally adopted, is to plant 
a little over two feet apart, by which means they pro¬ 
duce, on the average, from eight to nine thousand cab¬ 
bages per acre. In some parts of Long Island, or in 
other sections, where the land is less fertile than that 
of Bergen County,' it is customary to plant cabbage 
about three feet apart, and to deposit a shovel full of 
animal manure in each hill, hence the result is a 
growth of heavier and larger heads, from the facility 
of expansion—though the greater number grown in the 
same space by the <s Men of Bergen” will perhaps 
equal, if not exceed in weight the crops of their neigh¬ 
bors on Long Island. 
After surveying Mr. Vreeland’s crop, we took a cir¬ 
cuit of three miles around the southern part of Bergen 
Township. In the course of this short ramble, not less 
than six hundred thousand heads of cabbages, fresh, 
vigorous, and thriving, came within our view. A finer 
display in the same space could not perhaps be exhib-r 
ited in any part of the world. We could not depart 
from the scene without heartily wishing health and 
prosperity to the independent cultivators of this excel¬ 
lent vegetable, which has long redounded to the fame 
of the Krout fraternity of Bergen, and furnished a most 
important and indispensable dish to the tables of every 
citizen in our great metropolis. 
Subjoined are the names of the cultivators above al¬ 
luded to. 
Garret Vreeland, 
George Vreeland. 
Jacob Vreeland, 
John Vreeland. 
Acres. Cabbages 
about 3 25,000 
“ 9 70,000 
« 3 25,000 
over 1 10.000 
