DEATH OF WILLIS GAYLORD, ESQ*—A FOUNTAIN.—MANURE OF FOWLS. 
When situated something like Mr. Robinson, 
we have tried the plan recommended by him, and 
approve of it. Where there were no stones at 
hand we used small chunks of wood in their place. 
In the more stony and silicious soils of the east, the 
stakes, &c., are unnecessary, beans will cure well 
enough on the bare ground. After being thrashed, 
the beans should be cleaned in the same manner 
that grain is, and then put into barrels or sacks 
and sent to market. The whiter they are in color, 
and the neater they appear, the quicker they sell, 
and the higher the price they bring. 
Product.— This varies greatly according to soil 
and cultivation. When planted with com, 7 to 12 
bushels is a fair yield per acre; when planted 
alone, 20 to 25 bushels. We are persuaded that, 
by subsoiling even the poorest gravel land, and 
only lightly top-dressing it with the proper kind 
of manure, from 30 to 35 bushels per acre 
may be counted upon as an average; and if so, 
beans would be a much more profitable crop than 
anything else which could be produced from it. 
The highest product which we have known taken 
from a single acre was 53 bushels, but we have 
heard of 60 bushels being raised. 
Value. —White beans of a good quality, well 
cleaned, and neatly put up, usually bring from 
$1,00 to $1,75 per bushel in this market; and oc¬ 
casionally they are worth from $2,00 to $2,50. 
We do not recollect of their being less than $1,00 
for years. The straw is valuable as food for sheep, 
and when properly cured they eat it with avidity. 
In a chemical analysis of beans, it is found they 
abound with a greater quantity of the elements 
of wool than any other grain or vegetable; to 
make sheep produce heavy fleeces, they are there¬ 
fore particularly desirable as food, and such is their 
natural fondness for them, that they will eat them 
with avidity, whole or ground, even in a damaged 
state. To our store-flocks during the winter sea¬ 
son we generally gave a pint of beans per head per 
day, and when we had not these, we fed peas, 
oats, and potatoes. Corn is good for fatting 
sheep, but not so valuable as beans, peas, oats, and 
most other kinds of grain, for the production of 
wool. 
DEATH OF WILLIS GAYLORD, ESQ. 
It is with unfeigned regret, that we learn of the 
sudden death of Mr. Gaylord on the 27th March, 
at his residence, Limerock Farm, Onondaga coun¬ 
ty, after an illness of only 33 hours. Mr. Gaylord 
has long been known to the public through his ag¬ 
ricultural and other writings, and as the senior ed¬ 
itor of the Genesee Farmer, and since Judge Buel’s 
death, of the Albany Cultivator. He is a great 
loss to the agricultural community, and his place 
can not be easily supplied. We learn that he was 
constitutionally delicate in his health, and has long 
been an invalid; but his demise in the flower of 
his age, notwithstanding this, was very unexpect¬ 
ed, and has strongly awoke the sympathy of the 
public mind. We hoped to have been able to give 
a brief biography of Mr. Gaylord in this number of 
our journal, but understand a relative has taken 
possession of all his papers with a view of bringing 
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it out in full himself, till which time the public 
must look to other sources for it. 
A Fountain, Fig. 27. 
•Since the introduction of Croton water into New 
York, the city has been ornamented with several 
public fountains, an engraving and description of 
one of which, throwing the water over 60 feet 
high, we gave in our 2d vol., page 8. In the front, 
and rear yards of many of the private houses, foun¬ 
tains are also introduced, which are not only orna¬ 
mental to the city, but conducive to the pleasures 
and health of its inhabitants. We give, above, a 
cut of one of this description which we think quite 
pretty. It is of cast-iron entirely, and manufac¬ 
tured by D. L. Farnam, at 247 Water street. 
Manure of Fowls. —We regret to see so little 
attention paid to the saving of pigeon and hen- 
dung. The manure of any kind of birds is ex¬ 
tremely valuable, especially for growing melons, 
or indeed vine-crops of any kind. Cucumbers, 
squash, pumpkins, and especially melons, grown 
from hen or pigeon-dung, are said to be sweeter 
and more delicate than those produced from any 
other kind of manure whatever. Guano, for this 
reason, is very valuable for manuring vines. 
