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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
(1i iyiiv 11Y it if t C'if j 1 (V tf e -All the manure will be put on the 10 acres 
...,. that "' as mowed, aud plowed in the fall for the 
next season's hoed crop; the corn and root 
ROTATION AND VARIETY OF CROPS. ground must be plowed in the fall for barley 
,, „ ,, ~ 7 r ,. ... the next spring, and the barley stubble sowed 
Many ot the cultivators of the sou who oc- ,„i, 00+ .. OA „ , , ... 
... . . , . . , witli wheat, so that the 30 acres of wheat will 
cupy productive wheat land, do not realize the y.„ 9n - + „ ,, 
, 1 e , , a . ’ be, 20 ot it on summer fallow, (by summer 
beneilt of a regular rotation of crops, nor do T . +1 , , \ , , 
,, ,. , ® . , 1 ’ a tallow 1 mean ground that has not had crops 
they estimate the many advantages that the , . , 1 
.. r . , „ r. taken from it that season, save by pasture, no 
raising of a variety ol the deferent agncaltu- malter whe „ it brokeQ W $ July, 
ral prodacts has over the one product system. or even Angnst _ if tho ground is but rich al ( d 
But the great failure of the wheat crop, in cIean it , viu answer well for wheat j all(1 1(| 
many parts, the past season, has made farmers acres a f ter bar j 
All the manure will be put on the 10 acres are lined with the “ white-top wagons ” of the 
that was mowed, aud plowed in the fall for the emigrant nearly the whole year—and since the 
next season's hoed crop; the corn and root completion of the Rock Island railroad, the 
ground must be plowed in the fall for barley numbers arriving every week are immense— 
the next spring, and the barley stubble sowed but “ still there is room ” as our “ Methodist 
with wheat, so that the 30 acres of wheat will brethren ” say at revivals. b. f. g. 
be, 20 of it on summer fallow, (by summer Spring Rock, iowa, Nov. 30, >54. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
BREEDING MARES AS A FARM TEAM. 
The Agricultural Journals generally 
commence the new year with vigor, and under 
favorable auspices and prospects. Several ap¬ 
pear in new and beautiful attire, and present 
other tangible evidence of deserved prosperity. 
We are glad to note all this, and believe that, 
as a general rule, the most reliable and merito¬ 
rious journals will always be best appreciated 
;an it will answer well for wheat,) and 10 Eos. Rural:— Having been a reader of your *s journals win always be best appreciated 
res after barley. paper for the last three years with much , sustained by the community. Among 
The fallow wheat will yield 27 bushels per pleasure and profit, I would like to give my tllo re "'Inch appear improved in appearance, and 
think seriously about raising other crops, and, The fallow wheat will yield 27 bugbelg pleasure and profit, I would like to give my those which appear improved in appearance, and 
though wheat growing should not fail, will di- acre> and the barley gtubbIe 22 bushe]s views on a subject which I have seen discussed more s P Inted 111 matter ’ we m W mention the 
rect attention to the advantages of a proper acre,—total 760 bushels. Deduct 45 bushels 5n the Rural,— as to which is the most eco- Frame Farmer , 0h ™ Cultivator, and Ohio 
variety and rotation. It increases theproduc- for seed> and there will remain 715 bushels at nomicaI team for the farm, horses or oxen. I Farmer ’ in the West , and the New England 
tion of the soil, and adds to the yearly profit $1 pe r bushel—$715. The 10 acres of barley was raised on a farm in Connecticut, and ™ er ’ (both weekly and monthly,) and two 
of the producer ; it enlarges the quantity and will averaee 40 bnshek nor iwwt on grew up with a strong prejudice in favor of 0r . three others ’ not now before us - in tbe East - 
tion of the soil, and adds to the yearly profit $1 per b ushel-$715. The 10 acres of barley was raised on a farm in Connecticut, and j Fa ™ er > ( both weekl V aml monthly,) and twe 
of the producer ; it enlarges the quantity and will average 40 bus h e l 8 per acre Deduct 20 S rew U P with a strong prejudice in favor of ot f ra > not now before us - in tbe East 
improves the quality of the barn-yard manure, bus h e ls for seed, and there will be 380 for mar- oxen , but have since changed my mind. I I VN e have a 80 rece * ved several new journals- 
and in unfavorable seasons the weather that is ket , a t 4s. per bushel,—$190 The five acres have for some years past, done the work of my ! among others ’ Drew ’ s Rural intelligencer 
£ mjuiious to one crop is often beneficial to an- 0 f corn being highly manured, will average 50 bxrln 200 acres, with breeding mares, and 
; °f ber , ant | it a ^ so gives the farmer a variety to bushels per acre. Deduct one for seed and 30 bnd more profitable than an^ other team.— 
£ dispose of, so that he is not so much affected to feed the young pigs with, and it will leave ^ bave now 011 ba nd a pair of young mares 
oxen, but have since changed my mind. I I We have also receive(1 several »ew journals— 
have for some years past, done the work of my | m0Dg otbers , Rrew ’ s Rural Intelligencer, 
farm of 200 acres, with breeding mares, and WCekly ’ from M aine; the Practical Farmer, 
find it more profitable than any other team.— and lhe Tl PP ccanoe Farmer, from Indiana— 
I have now on hand a pair of voun" mares which will be more particularly noticed in a 
by the changes in the market. The expense of 219 to sell, at 4s. per bushel-$109 50- amount- five Y ears oW ^ past, which have cfone the fature number ' Meant5 me we cordially wish 
__11.._ . 1 J in i « . . nil Am* DAnfpmnmvirJoc- r. r^A _.. 
I i uniform the operations can be conducted.— the season, $75. The 20 shoats, at one year one weighing 1,500, lbs., the other, 1,600 lbs. sonai comrovcrp - 7 '^ween agricultural editors 
When there is but the one crop raised for mar- old, will average on foot 15 lbs. at 3£ cents per We consider them equal to two yoke of oxen and P ubhshers , their readers and the country 
ket, and that happens to be poor, and the market lb._$105. (They are not to be fattened for for farmers’ purposes. It is thought by some would denve greater bcnefit > while the pro- 
is dull, it causes great pecuniary embarrass- por k, but wintered on roots, and sold in the that mares in foal should not be worked, but I gress of the P arties WOuld be facilitated. 
sonai controversy between agricultural editors 
and publishers, their readers and the country 
ment, which has happened to many and may spring.) This makes C’s annual production bave ba< ^ better success with mares that have 
happen again. $1,419 50. been regularly worked through the season, and Animal Food. —Pork,, at 7 cents, does not 
I will endeavor to illustrate the above state- To seed his wheat with clover and timothy, raised better stock tban from those which that which'^ 
ments by an exhibit of facts, and in so doing the clover seed at $6 per bushel, and timothy bave lain id!e - M 7 “ares, last spring, drew more . ‘ Pork is worth mofe to feed anv famfiv 
will estimate the crops at what I consider an a t $3, will cost $30. He must use five tons ot tbc pl° w up to the very day of foaling, and pound for pound, than beef is. Pork requires 
average production, and the prices at an ave- plaster, (2j on the wheat, and mix 2$ with his were bitc hed to the plow again when the colts no butter or other extras to render it fit for 
rage market value, which may not be strictly manure,) at $3 per ton—$15. He will have were tbree da l’ s oI( F I have a yearling which the table, while beef and poultry and veal must 
correct, but sufficiently so for general purposes, to employ two men, (more than A or B,) the will weigh 1,000 lbs. The drouth has been be basted and enriched to render them palatable. 
I will suppose A, B and O each to have 100 one by the year at $11 per month, the other and is vet 7 revere — probably two-thirds Tiie above from the Massachusetts Plough- 
acres of good wheat land in equal condition fo r eight months at $13 per month,' but those of tbe wells in tbe county are dry; a good deal man, is worthy serious consideration by "all 
for producing, together with grass land suffi- two men will do each one month’s work in of our meadow is so cut with the worm, that who purchase meat. It is said that the use ot 
cient to keep their teams to do the farm-work oi harvest and threshing, which A and B will tbe s °d will roll up in great mats. Will such pork is detrimental to health. It may be so, 
the 100 acres. . have to hire at $18 per month, which deduct meadow y 5eI<J a reasonable crop of hay the but we have never yet seen the laboring man 
A divides his into two parts, 50 acres each, from C’s extra labor, and it will leave $200, conibl fe Y ear ? E - Comstock, Norwalk, Huron who had suffered from its use. But there is 
and keeps the one in wheat and the other in making C's expenses $245—which deduct from Co., O., Dec. 18,1854. another view which it may be well to give 
clover, which he plows under for the next sea- his receipts and it leaves $1,174 50 as his year- 
son s wheat crop, so that he has 50 acres of ] y income from the 100 acres 
wYeat annually to harvest. Providing A pur- The amount of A’s income is $984 50, B's 
sues add method for ten years his crop will $1,014 50, and C’s $1,17450, so that B’s is 
--- this subject. 
barns AND barn cellars. jt takes at least eight pounds of corn to 
Will you or some of your correspondents make a pound of pork ; a pound of corn meal 
inform me what are some of the principal is worth in the cities about two cents, and 
not averse more than twenty bushels per acre $30 more than A’s, and C's is $190 more than tbings to be S0 cured, or avoided, in building a pork at retail costs at least twelve cents. How 
per annum, but call it twenty-two bushels per A’s, and $160 more than B’s, and providing barn? Is a cellar barn desirable? The site much longer could a family live on eight pounds 
acre, and it will give him 1,100 bushels of that B and C do their duty in making, pre- is a gentle.slope to the south, where a barn may of corn meal than on one pound of pork ? Is 
wheat annually; deduct one and a half bushels serving and applying their manure, B's pro- be budt eitber witb or without a cellar. Is not the use of animal food very expensive, and 
| per acre for seed, and he will have 1,025 bush- ductions will increase over A’s, and C’s over 
I 0ls to “arket, which, at $1 per bushel, will be B's, more than the above estimate. And pro- 
a cellar stable good for horses ? Is not the ef- equally unnecessary ? 
fluvia arising from a cellar stable injurious to-—«-* 
$1,025. It will take five bushels of clover viding that the estimates were made from the ba Y and S' ram 111 t!i e barn above ? How deep Monroe Co. Ag. Society. —The annual 
seed to seed his 50 acres, which, at $6 per productions of the farm, where the farm and should be tbe cellar? I think of building meeting of this Society, held in Rochester, on 
bushel, is $30. He must sow on it three and other necessary stock are fed on it, as always ab ° ut 30 by 35 ft , If some of y° ur rGaders the !0th inst., was largely attended, and alto- 
a half tons of plaster, which, at $3 per ton, is should bo the difference in productions furnisb us witb a they might not gefher the most interesting for several years. 
B divides his into three equal parts, 337 s 
acres each, one of which he has in wheat and 
two in clover. Each season he also keeps 100 
sheep and four milch cows; he will pasture the 
cows and sheep on the fallow, instead of plow- 
AN0THER LETTER FROM IOWA. 
Bremen and Hong Kong Geese.—C an any 
Brighton, Vice Presidents ; E. S. Hayward, 
of Brighton, Treasurer; A. E. Harmon, of 
sheep and four milch cows; he will pasture the prairie vs. timber land. what terms I can procure eggs of the above 
cows and sheep on the fallow, instead of plow- b ' ns ‘ Eural: d be only objection to Iowa ^ ariety ? C. Sharps, Hector N. Y. 
ing in the clover. The second field is fallow as a farmmg C0untl 7> which does not apply to-- 
for next season's wheat; the third he divides all . new countries > is Ps scarcity of timber.— Yellow Daisies.—W ill some one give us a 
. „ _ _ TVh’q crwima in ainilm . o rPTBOflv frit* -fl-in ■\7’WI1- 
of your subscribers inform me where, and on Wheatland, Cor. Sec’y; E. R. Hallock 
r Pr °T/ g ?r the ab0Ve Rec ' Sec’y- E - P. Root, D. D. T. Moore,’ 
y. . harps, Ilecloi N. Y. and Gen. R. Harmon, were appointed dele¬ 
gates to the next annual meeting of the State 
Ag. Society. The Society voted to hold its 
| with a temporary fence, and has 15 acres of it 1 bis seems to strike terror into the minds of remedy fur the destruction of the Tellow next Fair in the village of Spencerport 
I for hay, which, together with his straw and P eo P Ie wbo bavG been brought up where all Daisy ! A Reader, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. -__ 
I chaff, will be sufficient to winter his cows and land now under cultivation was originally ^ Smitiifield Club Cattle Show. —This 
! sheep. The 18J acres not mown, together covered Wlth heavy timber. They cannot con- The Best Soil for Hops.— Any land that grea t Fair, from our late English exchanges 
| with the fallow and fall feed on the meadow, tent , pelves on a farm already cleared and P rodaG f a ^« ro P°* will answer appears to have bee n of much interest. The 
} wiU be am P lc P asture for tbem iQ summer.- lhCy Tf GndUre tbe ter. The roots of the vine, wherethe sffil ^ Mark Lane Fx P ress sa J s the classes of Sbort- 
| B, having 16 § acres less of wheat to cultivate ^ & sacuantage ol using timber sparingly mitg of j t> wdl peiie t ra t e to the depth of four horns quite bear the palm at this meeting, and 
| and harvest, his expenses in cultivating will aild d,aw ing it three or four miles. The dis- or five feet—some say that number of yards, as a whole fully equal, if not surpass, the ave- 
| not be any more then A’s, and B's stock will a ^ v autage ol being limited to 15 or 20 acres This fact suggests to the mind of a practical rage of past years. The Hereford class are 
I make all his straw and hay into manure, which Dmbei, paying a high ]>rice for it, and the mau the propriety of selecting a deep soil tor spo keu of as hardly up in quality to those of 
I he will put on to the 15 acres which was mowed, necessity of saving - it, seems to them sufficient do e s bU o b °t be ° eX p ed f e o C ^ former years. Among sheep, the Hampshire 
f and it will be fallowed the next season for counterbalance the great advantage of hav- tbere ’j s lia tu ra Hy a want of depth. Nor Downs, elicited the highest praise. The pure 
| wheat. 1D o Rie / r "bole farm cleared of every hindrance should the fact be overlooked, that thorough Downs also gave evidence of improvement.— 
i B's 33J acres of wheat having the benefit of t° cultivation, and covered with good grass for manuring and cultivation are the indispensa- The show ot pigs was not large. The gold 
| the manure and two years clover, will average hay or P asture > wherever they do not wish to ble conditions of success. Hops will grow al- rae dal for the best pen, was taken by the Im- 
i 27 bushels per acre, which will make him 900 P* ow and all without any expense. most any vhere; but the Toots must have pr0 ved Leicesters. 
S i l i j* i. . i •, x , a . ,,. , ... room, and what is gamed in depth, is saved in 
£ busbels of wheat 5 dcduct °» e aud a half bush- ^ man may come to this country with a surface . Besides, in order to enable the vines --—-- 
| els per acre for seed, say 50 bushels, and it sma11 capital and enter 40 or 80 acres of prai- to stand our American Summers, they must Bald wins ville Farmers’ Club.— We learn 
leaves 850 bushels to market at $1 per bushel lae > an d he can raise grain on every acre of it be planted where they can reach to a consid- that the first regular meeting of this Asso- 
| —$850. His,sheep will yield $1,50 each— the second year ,—the remainder of his means erable depth. English cultivators are of the ciation was well attended, and the subject 
Smitiifield Club Cattle Show. —This 
The Best Soil for Hops.— Any land that ; great Fair, from our late English exchanges, 
will produce a good crop ot corn, will answer , , , 
h* rmrnuQP lint (Uo ,Ln W tu on ;i ! appears to have been of much interest. The 
$150—and the four cows are worth $15 each can be expended in making improvements, °P“| on > ^bat, in order to produce the best 
per season $60 making B’s annual income &=•, ^ in tie time it would Suid'tebuttbSrv“tion wpTrs 
$1,000. B will seed his wheat with six lbs. of hal ' c lak e» hlm to dear it in a timber coun- t0 ], ave demonstrate that such condition is 
clover and four quarts of timothy seed per acre, ^ r Y’ be will have a splendid farm, a good build- not indispensable .—Ohio Farmer. 
which will cost $32, and he will put 2\ tons of big, and have raised 'grain enough to pay for -^ _ 
plaster on the wheat and two tons on the mu- all and buy all the timbei he needs—to say Swamp IMuck._ There are some localities 
—the saving and application of barn-yard ma¬ 
nures—was interestingly and intelligibly dis¬ 
cussed. An invitation is extended to all in¬ 
terested, to attend the meetings, every Friday 
evening, at Temperance Hall, Baldwinsville. 
Swamp Muck.— There are some localities 
r nure in the barn-yard, which will cost $13,50. nothing of the difference between “grubbing ” where muck of good quality is found that can- Seed Potatoes._ A correspondent of the 
Deduct the cost of seeding and plaster, viz,, among stumps and roots, and working land not be reached by wheeling. It can be done Michigan Farmer nrefers to drv his notatoes 
$45,50, from the $1,060, cud it Ws $1,015 50 • from obstruction as a garden. bysWdiug and now is the time to get it out •, we f weatIl ^ t0 ^ “Jsidemble dirt 
as B s yeaily income from his 100 acres. Tne advantage of a prairie farm over one strewed round the stable-yard or thrown into s bck to them, and when he puts them into the 
C will divide his into 10 acre lots, or par- covered with timber, may be summed up as the pig-stye, it will be a most valuable com- cellar fills all the crevices with dirt. The po- 
cels, the division fences which he uses will be follows:—The whole cost of cutting off the post by the time manure is wanted in the tatoes came out well in the spring, and for sev- 
temporary, so as to be moved at pleasure, and timber — removing the stumps, roots, and spring. It will be valuable as a manure, it eral years he has had no trouble from the rot. 
he will have annually 30 acres in wheat, 10 in brush—is saved. Every acre can be sown ord y hauled out and spread in shallow piles, to __ _ 
barley, 10 for hoed crops, 5 of it corn, 3 m j with wheat the second year. Every acre is, jfbeC^to place iUn^vaS or stye.^ It is Breeding Improved Stock, as a business 
i oots, (wurzc.s, carrots or bagas, or perhaps all j therefore, productive property at once and altogether preferable, however, to let muck operation, is increasing annually in extent and : 
tlnee varieties,) and two acres in potatoes, 10 forever. It is much easier and pleasanter to | hauled out so late, remain over the, following j in the return received. We learn, incidentally, I 
for hay, 20 for pasture, and 20 for fallow. He work. It costs no more in the first place. — season, being occasionally hoed or shovelled that Mr. Chapman of Madison Co. has sold ' 
will keep 150 sheep, 5 cows, 3 breeding sows, There are thousands of acres around you, af- over in the yard. It thus becomes thoroughly $2,400 worth of Short-horns in less’ than six ' 
which will raise 20 pigs annually. The fallow fording pasture and hay for all the stock you " r ° rked over an . d saturatedand ndxed wkb ,bc mcmtbs and sb :ij re t a ins a herd of larp-e value ' 
and 20 acres of pasture and fall feed on the choose to keep, free of cost-so that no land dr ^ mg8 f tbe yard ’ Ho ™’ er ’ 1 ma fers aud BtiUicfa uus a hmd ot la igc value. 
meadow, will make an abundance of summer need be reserved from the plow for this until you keep jt, as that you get the muck out .— A New Grass.—M r. John McAllister, of 
pasture, and the 40 acres of straw, 10 of hay, you have had time to get rich and able to own Granite Farmer. Pokagon, is cultivating a grass which he - calls 
and five of corn-stalks, together with a portion all the land necessary. With every advantage ---- the Randall grass, the scientific name w r e could 
of the roots, will be ample for the winter for- so strongly in favor of prairie, why is it that A Good Cow.— Mr. Seymour, of Hartford, n °f learn, which he thinks superior to clover 
age. The potatoes will be cooked to feed the farmers who come w T est w T ill not make a wise Conn., has a cow which gave 20 quarts of °} timothy.toi hay oi pasture. It lesembles 
sows and piers in sprinsr. and the vouikt horns choice? But the tide of emigration is chamr- mbk per da y, irom November till May, which lunot ly m its 0 cneia appeal ancc, wit i aigei 
, ... , . , „ . , 1 ’ / „ , not so much where you put it, or how long 
meadow, will make an abundance ot summer need be reserved from the plow for this until you keep j tj as ^ bat you t / ic muc j c ou p_. 
pasture, and the 40 acres of straw, 10 of hay, you have had time to get rich and able to own Granite Farmer. 
and five of corn-stalks, together with a portion all the land necessary. With every advantage ---- a—-► - 
of the roots, will be ample for the winter for- so strongly in favor of prairie, w r hy is it that A Good Cowl— Mr. Seymour, of Hartford, 
age. The potatoes will be cooked to feed the farmers who come west will not make a vise Conn., has a cow which gave. 20 quarts, of 
sows and pigs in spring, and the young hogs choice? But the tide of emigration is chang- k . e 5 da X’ November till May, ■which 
made 15}^ lbs. of butter a week. The butter j stools and broader leaf. Mr. McAllister will 
FIRE WOOD. 
Get up your fire wood in good season. Cut 
it and house it. If hauled to the door yard 
“ sled-wood length,” cut into “ four-foot wood” 
with the axe, and then saw it. 
It is a great waste of time and money to cut 
wood for the stove. It should be sawed. In 
preparing wood for the fire, the length and size 
of the billets are matters worthy of considera¬ 
tion. For an ordinary fire place, the wood 
should be cut about fourteen feet in length and 
split into billets from three to four inches in 
diameter. It is said by those trying the ex¬ 
periment, that wood of that length and diam¬ 
eter, will give more than two thirds as much 
heat as wood twice that length. If split very 
small, the wood will give out more immediate 
heat, but it is quickly consumed; if the wood 
be large, it consumes slowly and gives out less 
heat. A medium should be taken and followed. 
In preparing wood for an ordinary cook 
stove, true economy dictates that what is called 
“ four foot wood,” should be sawed three times 
and split into billets of three to four inches in 
diameter. AVood sawed and split in this man¬ 
ner will by far more than pay for the labor.— 
Then after your wood is sawed and split, see 
that it is properly housed. Wood loses its vi¬ 
tality by exposure to the atmosphere. Its sap 
soon commences the process of decay, and the 
heart is more or less injured by exposure to the 
weather. ’This matter is best illustrated by 
white birch aud willow. Either of these is 
good wood, properly cut, split, and housed ;— 
but exposed to the atmosphere for a few months, 
they become comparatively worthless. The 
action of the atmosphere is the same upon all 
other woods, but the effect is not so speedy.— 
It is equally sure, however. If possible, have 
a year’s stock of wood beforehand. In this 
way you are sure to have dry, bright wood, 
good fires, warm rooms, meals in season, well- 
cooked food, and last, though not least, a good 
uatured wife. Good wood is a great peace¬ 
maker in a family.— Granite Farmer. 
FARMERS’ CLUBS. 
The Farmers’ Club is a form of social in¬ 
tercourse—acquaints men more intimately with 
each other, and establishes pleasant companion¬ 
ships—while the habits of thought there pro¬ 
moted, clears and strengthens the mind, and, 
above all, it furnishes a pleasant mode of ac¬ 
quiring a habit of expressing thought easily, 
and an easy address. And few things we think 
are more defective in the farmers’ education. 
We have often in our reflections on agricultural 
prospects, (and we are of that ilk ourselves,) 
puzzled ourselves to find why in the great 
world the men in “ the most healthful, useful, 
and pleasant occupation of man,” should be so 
often obliged to give place to others far their 
inferiors. We have seen men fit to be Sages, 
pushed aside by boys. Now this was not for 
want of thought,—-few men think as much; nor 
was it for want of general reading—few read 
more—but, as we conceive, lay in want of 
habit of giving utterance to thought, and in 
want of address. 
The farmer, from his position, lives much 
alone. There are many that may not ex¬ 
change thoughts on general topics of interest, 
once a week. Here, the merchant and the 
professional man have every advantage, and 
the farmer, when the different classes mingle, 
must give place, unless he can add to his really 
superior knowledge and reflection, the grace of 
an easier utterance, and readier self-command. 
This can be attained only in the intercourse of 
man with man, where he must of necessity give 
shape to his opinions. In this view, clubs are 
highly valuable, even if Farmers do not expect 
to add very much to their real practical knowl¬ 
edge. Let Clubs then be formed in every dis¬ 
trict, and now and then a general meeting, 
where they may report to each other, and oc¬ 
casionally unite in procuring a lecture or a 
course of lectures, and we believe agriculturists 
will soon attain a position their influence and 
merit should justly command.— Fishkill Jour. 
THE TURKEY CROP. 
This is getting to be one of the principal 
farm crops in Eastern Connecticut and Bhode- 
Island. Turkeys from this region have a high 
reputation, both for size and quality, and com¬ 
mand about two cents extra price in the mar¬ 
ket. They seem to be hardier, and grow more 
rapidly along the sea-board. About seven 
tons were carried off to the Boston market, for 
Thanksgiving, by a single dealer in Stonington, 
Conn., aud probably as many more went thro’ 
the same hands for Christmas. This is but a 
small part of the birds raised in this town 
alone. Almost every farm is stocked with 
them, and they are raised in large flocks, from 
twenty to a hundred or more. The season 
having been dry has been unusually favorable, 
and a finer lot of poultry never went to mar¬ 
ket. They would average over ten pounds, 
and some of them went as high as twenty-five 
pounds dressed. 
They are purchased by the quantity at the 
farmer’s door for a shilling a pound, and retail 
in the villages for fourteen cents. They are 
principally cared for by the women and chil¬ 
dren of the household, and frequently bring in 
a cash return of one hundred dollars, which is 
a very handsome item in the income of the 
year. Where there is a wide range of pasture 
or wood-land for the flocks to run in, they are 
raised more cheaply than other kinds of poul¬ 
try, as they stroll farther from the house, and 
pick up a large share of their living. They 
are great devourers of grass-hoppers and other 
insects, and in this respect they must be of 
great advantage to a farm. There is no good 
reason why the crop should not be far more 
generally raised than it is. It costs no more 
than pork, and yet commands nearly double 
the price in all markets.— Am. Agriculturist. 
Ashes. —Save all your wood ashes, both 
unleached and leached. They will produce an 
excellent effect upon your corn, turnips and 
other crops, and on most soils they constitute 
an excellent top-dressing for grass lands. They 
are also invaluable in compost. 
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