AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS FOR THE SOUTH. 
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there had been some snow. The pasture is a 
rough, stony piece of land, of a loamy soil, mostly 
a side hill descending to the northeast. There 
were 35 acres of loamy land, free from stone. 
This he cleared of everything, and smoothed the 
surface, harrowing it each way with a heavy har¬ 
row, and very sharp teeth, sowing on herd’s-grass, 
clover, and red-top, seeding very heavily, covering 
the whole with a compost to the depth of two 
inches or more, then harrowing again, and then 
rolling with a heavy roller, and subsequently sow¬ 
ing with plaster after having bushed it well to fill 
up all the little crevices, so as to leave the ground 
perfectly level. 
Adjoining this, he had a meadow of about 15 
acres covered with bogs, moss, running briars, 
some alder and other brush, and trash of various 
kinds, some part of which was covered with wa¬ 
ter. In the first place, he ditched and completely 
drained it, then took off the whole top below the 
surface, piling some of it like cocks of hay, and 
carting some, and the greatest part, into the barn¬ 
yard. The brushy part and bogs, he let stand 
until well dried, and then burned, and scattered 
the ashes over the ground. That which was 
thrown out of the ditches was carted away, and 
other materials mixed with it to make compost 
for other land. This compost is made up of the 
following materials: Meadow-muck, deposites 
around old stack bottoms, by the sides of fences, in 
hollows, &c., as described in the former part of 
this article; from stable manure, ashes, and lime. 
All these ingredients were well incorporated and 
fermented before being used. Some of the remain¬ 
ing heaps which have not been disposed of as 
above-described, are surrounded by a temporary 
fail fence, within which are placed a few hogs. 
Land-pikes, and alligator breeds, will answer very 
well for this purpose, a few of which are still to 
be found in Massachusetts. Holes are made in 
the heaps with an iron bar, and filled with corn, 
the hogs rooting them over and over until suffi¬ 
ciently fine to spread upon the surrounding ground, 
when the hogs are removed to another enclosure, 
thus making the saying of Dr. Franklin’s servant 
no longer true of his porkship, that “ he no work, 
he eat, he drink, he walk about, he steep, he lib 
like a gemman.” 
The land thus prepared, it is harrowed with a 
heavy harrow, then sowed in September with 
herd’s-grass and red-top, and in the month of 
March following, upon a light snow, with clover, 
seeding very heavily with all. In the month of 
May it is well rolled, and a top-dressing of yard 
or stable manure spread over the whole. It is 
said by good judges that some of this meadow has 
yielded three tons of hay per acre the past year, 
and at the time I was upon it in November, there 
was, on an average, more than a ton of the second 
crop per acre, which was being fed off by fat cat- 
lie. It is the opinion of the owner, as well as 
other good judges, that 200 tons of the best of hay 
has been cut upon the farm this year. There are 
other lands cultivated in grass besides the two 
pieces above-mentioned, say about 90 acres in all. 
In addition, there have been raised upon the farm 
220 bushels of com, 1,400 bushels of potatoes, 350 
bushels of oats, and 56 bushels of round turneps; 
all the land, whether for hay, pasture, or crops, is 
plastered more or less. 
The buildings have been erected with a strict 
regard to economy; the barns and sheds conve¬ 
niently arranged ; the dimensions as follows: One 
barn is 123 feet by 40, with floor through the whole 
length, and a cellar beneath 90 feet by 40. One 
shed 55 by 20; one 36 by 19 ; and another 48 by 
20 feet. One other barn 28 by 34; one shed at¬ 
tached 25 by 20, and another 35 by 20. All the 
barns were filled. The hay on the outer lots was 
stacked, there not being barn-room sufficient to hold 
near all the hay cut upon the farm. Several small 
cottages are erected for laborers, who are furnish¬ 
ed with all the necessaries of life, and never have 
occasion to go from home for anything, the owner 
always anticipating their wants, and the whole 
being conducted strictly upon temperance princi¬ 
ples, as I was informed. Everything raised is con¬ 
sumed upon the farm, besides which, considerable 
hay and manure are purchased for the purpose of 
still farther enriching the land. 
This farm was awarded the first premium for 
the best cultivated farm by the Massachusetts 
State Agricultaral Society in 1842, it having ap¬ 
peared to the committee that greater improve¬ 
ments had been made in a given time, than on 
any other farm in the state. 
A Traveller. 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS FOR THE SOUTH. 
We are familiar with the following implement, 
having frequently seen it at work in England ; and 
we give the sketch of it which Mr. Nelson has so 
obligingly sent us, as a matter both of utility and 
curiosity. We have seen instruments constructed 
on nearly the same principle in this country, and 
in fact had one in use for several years on our own 
farm. This was designed to unite the merits of 
the cultivator and harrow, and can be very easily, 
plainly, and cheaply made, by any one accustomed 
to the use of tools. Where it is designed to cut 
up the weeds, stir the earth, and leave it level be¬ 
tween the rows, it answers admirably. But in ad¬ 
dition to this, the planters wish to throw the soil 
between the rows of corn, cotton, and sugar, tow¬ 
ard them, and for this purpose they must have at 
least the two last teeth of each arm made like a 
plow-share with mould-boards; they can then add 
three more teeth like those of the harrow, or ordi¬ 
nary cultivator. We have recently had such an 
instrument made in this city for a friend at the 
south, and if it works well, we shall give a com¬ 
plete description of it hereafter. It weighs 86 lbs., 
and cost $10.50. We have the Implements of 
Agriculture, by Allen Ransome, and several other 
English works recently issued. If Mr, Nelson has 
seen implements in England, the principles of 
