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ment is already in a flourishing condition, far 
more so than could have been anticipated in so 
short a period, and in an undertaking entirely 
new in this country. We are fully convinced 
that we cannot recommend any branch of in¬ 
struction, and under any circumstances now in 
existence in the United States, which is better 
calculated to fit the intelligent, young, or even 
the middle-aged farmer, for his interesting diver¬ 
sified occupations, than a thorough course of 
scientific agriculture as taught by Professor 
Norton, at New Haven. 
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WINTER APPLES FOR THE SOUTH. 
In the purchase of apple trees from nursery¬ 
men, young and inexperienced farmers are too 
apt to purchase at random, stocking their 
grounds with a large number of varieties whose 
names are soon forgotten, and whose properties 
should be; for they will be found, when too late, 
to be worthless. The following have been tried 
and proved in North Carolina, and are recom¬ 
mended for other parts of the south :— 
NAMES AND 
DESCRIPTION. 
SEASON FOR 
The Fall Queen (green, striped with 
red). 
The Fall Pearmain (red with russet 
spots). 
The Romanile (red and yellow). 
The Boston Russet (a large russet 
apple). 
Pryor Red (striped red russet). 
The Hall Seedling (small red with 
white specks). 
The Vandervere (bright red and yel¬ 
low). 
The Green Cheese (pale green). 
The Kerr (yellowish green). 
Whitaker Russet (yellow, with russet 
spots). 
To the foregoing list, we would add for East¬ 
ern Carolina, the famous Mattamuskeet apple, 
originated at Mattamuskeet Lake, in Hyde 
county, about 30 years ago.— Condensed from the 
November. 
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March. 
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POULTRY STATISTICS. 
I have always read with interest all commu¬ 
nications in your paper concerning stock and 
poultry. In the May number, I find some sta¬ 
tistics concerning the laying of hens, intending 
to show that Mr. T. B. Miner’s statements are 
not quite up to the mark. I think that within 
the past year, you have had several communi¬ 
cations on this subject (perhaps enough); still, 
I thought I might as well have my say. 
I commenced housekeeping, April 1st, 1849; 
and, as in duty bound, I bought some hens. I 
got them from different places, and in various 
ways. Some I bought, while others were pre¬ 
sented to me. Some of them had done laying 
and wanted to sit when I got them, which I did 
not let them do until June, when, from 112 eggs 
were hatched 100 chickeps, six of which died 
the first week. The rest, I raised. I fed them 
with wheat until they were two weeks old, 
when they eat corn. I put two broods together, 
consequently four hens raised them. In sum¬ 
ming up my accounts with them, I find it stands 
as follows:— 
Dr. 
16 hens and two cocks, at 5s. per pair, 
16 bushels of corn, at 56c. per bushel, 
* u of wheat, at $ 1.25 per bushel, 
Cr. 
75 chickens sold at 25 cents each, 
30, new stock, at 31* cents each, 
61 dozen and 2 eggs, at 13* cents a dozen, 
Net profit, 
In the above table, there is no account made 
of the eggs used in the family; also three hens 
died quite early in the season. The gross re¬ 
ceipts from each fowl was $2.01£—cost 82f cents. 
Net profit, $l,18f. I challenge competition. 
More particulars some other time. 
J. V. D. Wyckoff. 
Somerset Co., N J., Aug., 1851. 
PIG-YARD MANURE. 
In the construction of a piggery, three impor¬ 
tant requisites are to be observed, namely, con¬ 
venience, cleanliness, and economy or facility 
of making manure. In the selection of a site 
for such an establishment, it should be located, 
if possible, on a gentle declivity, in order that 
one side of the yard may be kept free from 
moisture or excess of water from rains or melt¬ 
ing snows. On the lower side of the yard, a 
shed may be erected for a day sty, or “ eating 
house,” facing a northerly point of the horizon, 
with the roof sloping towards the south, so that 
the rain may not run into the yard among the 
manure; and directly opposite, on the other side 
of the yard, another shed may be built, facing 
the south, for a night sty, or “lodging house,” 
with the roof leaned back from the yard towards 
the north, in order to prevent the rain, as much 
as possible, from running into the manure. 
The yard should be well paved, so that noth¬ 
ing can soak into the ground, in order that the 
dung, urine, and water from the clouds may mix 
with whatever may be thrown in, and would 
thus form one grand slope, the lower side and 
ends of which, should have a tight wall or bar¬ 
rier, to prevent the loss of manure from the 
washing of rains, &c. 
$5.62* 
8.96 
0.31* 
$14.89* 
$18.75 
9.37* 
8.15 
$36.27* 
$21.37f 
