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temperature and kept as closely as before in laying by a little indisposition, which kept 
There are, in the following article from I speedi f® they ^ lripenver y her back i mtil <hat time. Some which began 
the Gensee Farmer, severalgoodhints which S Mow J to ? n fi f r flavor earlier ’ and have laid since rearing their 
areapp.icable .0 the season : “ 1P"— ™>™ W. bu t be.ng 
are applicable to the season: 
To have sound and perfect apples through 
the winter months, it is absolutely necessary 
that much care should be given in gathering 
This should be deferred with the winter 
fruit as late as practicable and avoid early 
severe frosts. The fruit should be picked 
from the tree by means of ladders, and 
placed in baskets, when it should be assorted 
7 y - one "H*- 
| can be made to last a long time. of their doings. 
Summer pears ought to be gathered a week We have found the Brahmas excellent 
before ripe ; early autumn kinds about ten mothers to their own chickens, but rather 
days or more ; late fall and winter varieties spiteful to those belonging to other hens 
ought to be allowed to hang upon the trees They often begin to lay when the chickens 
j as long as they may and escape frost. are five or six weeks old, but sometimes not 
r ---- There is yet very much to learn in ripen- so ® oon - . 
and packed at once carefully in new tight wg winter P ears well, more particularly the . oni lts harness, and the ease with 
barrels. These barrels, after heading, I ^ ate sorts> few orchadists are there who I wb ' cb B accommodates itself to the inclem- 
should be removed on sleds to a shed through havG been successful in ripening such sorts I 
which the air circulates freely, or they might as E aste ” Beurre, Josephine de Malines , 
be protected easily from the dew and rain by Pnnce ' s St - Germain , and many other late 
placing boards over them. They may be winter kinds. In fact, it is found almost im- 
allowed to remain in this situation a week P ossible witb the fruit rooms, conveniences, 
or more, or until the cold is too severe, and cellars now in ordinary use. Some j 
when they should be transferred to a cool,’ few enterprising persons in this country have Bra} ‘ nias 
dry cellar, and into which air may be ad- expended considerable sums in buildings, etc., 
mitted in mild weather. The barrels should t0 ri P en winter sorts, and in the main suc- 
encies of our climate, we reckon the Brahma 
the most valuable fowl which has ever been 
introduced among us; for when more deli¬ 
cate sorts are pining and dying off, and at 
times all kinds are suffering more or less 
from cold and wet, we have noticed the 
j Brahmas alone continue brisk, happy, and 
VITALITY OF SEEDS. 
The vitality of seeds, under favorable cir¬ 
cumstances, according to Schenck’s Garden¬ 
er s Text Book, can be depended upon for 
the following periods : 
Parsnip, Rhubarb—and other thin scaly 
seeds—for one year. 
Balm, Basil, Beans, Cardoon, Carrot, Cress', 
Indian Cress, Lavender, Leek, Okra, Onion’ 
Peas, Pepper, Rampion, Sage, Salsify, Sa¬ 
vory, Scorzonera, Thyme, Tomato, Worm¬ 
wood—and small herbs generally—for two 
years. 
All of this is I respondent, who does not wish to have his I As P ara £ us > Corn Salad, Egg- 
easily done, yet many whole orchards bring letter published, would like to know what we Jallt > Lndive, Indian Corn, Lettuce, Mari- 
but an inferior price for want of this care. think of the Brahmas (leaving the somewhat g ° d ’ Marjoram > Mustard > Parsley, Rose- 
Too often we find that winter apples are over-discussed but unanswerable question of RUG ’ Skirret> s P ina ch, and Tansey- 
left upon the tree very late in the autumn, their origin), we will speak of their faults 0r p three yGars> 
frequently till they have been exposed to two and their merits as useful domestic poultry n B ° ra S e > Borecole > Brocoli, Brussels Sprout, 
or three severe frost; when convenient they The hardiness of their constitution and Cabbage> Caullflower > Radish, Sea Kale, Tar- 
are shaken from the trees, the good and bad the rapidity with which the chickens grow a “ d Turni P~ Jfor four years, 
poured into barrels or open wagons, of per- and the manner, in which they thrive even nn?’ , n „’ CeIery> Chervil, Cucumber, 
haps half a dozen sorts. Afterwards they under unfavorable circumstances, greatly in , ’ “ yss0 P’ Melon ’ Pumpkin, Sor- 
are emptied promiscuously into bins, bar- crease the value of these fowls in our ever-1 years'^ >Squ ash—from five t0 or ten 
rels, or open boxes, where they are expected varying climate. In our 
to keep well through winter. This 
ihen be placed in tiers upon their sides, ceed well; but it is quite useless for farm¬ 
numbering upon each head the quality 0 f ers and many others to plant trees of such 
the fruit contained in the barrel, and the varieties of fruits that require so much care 
name. The small imperfect but sound fruit in ripening, unless they are prepared to em- 
is treated in the same manner, and marked ba rk into it extensively, erect the necessary 
No. 2, indicating an inferior sort. Apples buildings, and give close attention to it; 
which are intended for market are frequent-1 ^ben it will pay and prove quite remuner- 
ly assorted into three different classes, the ative ; otherwise all trials or experiments 
best, good , and inferior —the former being all I will be quite unsatisfactory, 
selected fruit; the good containing sound 
fruit of medium or small specimens ; the I BBAHMA POOTBAS AS USEFUL POULTBY 
third being so poor that the fruit is wholly „ UMMl 
unfit for market, and suitable only for stock The Poultry Chronicle says that as a cor- 
or immediate family use. . ' ~ 
is a 
most ruinous method, yet it is practised by 
at least three-fourths of the farmers; or they 
adopt another course equally as wasteful in 
securing the fruit. 
Fully one-half is lost by this method of 
gathering, as the fruit ripens prematurely and 
decays rapidly by being bruised. The decay 
is very much hastened where several sorts 
are mixed promiscuously together, ripening 
at as many different seasons. Those kinds, 
too, which do not come to maturity till late 
in the winter or early in the spring, are 
turned and handled many times when as¬ 
sorting those which are in season during 
November and December. 
Light is found unfavorable to the keeping 
of fruit, and should be excluded; and it is 
often noticed that where fruit, particularly 
pears, is placed in a room above ground, and 
oftentimes in a very dry cellar, and left ex¬ 
posed to the air they shrivel. They should 
therefore be kept either in barrels or tight 
boxes. About the time pears are needed for 
use they can be removed to a room of higher 
experience, with 
rather a large stock, we have found them What Illinois Farmers Clear.— Col. War- 
good and regular layers of fine, large-sized ren ’ w b° resides at Island Grove, in the in¬ 
eggs. After laying immensely throughout terior of this State, has made a close calcu- 
nmn rwilL^-. * 1, __ J • , • -i I IP11 fltl Af tViO nnf H „ I* 
the autumn months, they discontinued to 
wards winter, and re-commenced in January. 
From that time to the present they have laid 
exceedingly well. All the hens except one, 
which has not been broody, have set and 
brought up chickens during the spring, and 
one only became broody a second time. The 
Cochins have, in the same period, most of 
them set three times, and from this cause 
have laid a smaller number of eggs than the 
Brahmas. From one Brahma hen, which 
was noticed particularly—because, from her 
beauty, it was thought desirable to get all 
her eggs hatched—thirty-five chickens were 
reared, seventeen eggs were spoiled when 
set, from the intensely cold weather and 
other causes, and about a dozen were other 
ways made use of. After laying these eggs 
she set, and is still with her chickens, now 
a month old. She did not begin to lay regu¬ 
larly until the first of March, as, after lay¬ 
ing six eggs in January, she was put off her 
lation of the net profits of his crops, per 
acre, for the present year. He states that, 
after deducting all expenses for cultivating, 
harvesting, &c., his wheat sown yields him 
a profit of $20 per acre, and his corn, esti¬ 
mating the yield, and price at 15 cents a 
bushel, $11 per acre. 
Mr. Constant, another farmer of that re¬ 
gion, estimates his average profit at $17 per 
acre, of all grain cultivated, while $15, it is 
supposed, may be considered a fair average 
of profit per acre, throughout the State. 
Chica go Dem. 
A Prairie Investment. —A year ago a man 
purchased forty acres of prairie land six 
miles from Bloomington, McKean County, 
Illinois, broke it up and put in fall wheat.’ 
The produce was 1,100 bushels of first qual¬ 
ity Genesee wheat, which he sold for $1,565. 
The expense of fencing, breaking up, seed, 
sowing, harvesting, threshing, & c ., was $500 
—leaving a net profit of $1,065. 
