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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Sept. 
to lay on the ground for a moment. She grew too 
weak to rise about two hours after I first saw her, and 
is apparently in the last agonies of death. One of the 
by-standers struck her on the head with a stick, say¬ 
ing he would put her out of misery, when blood or 
bloody matter ran out of her ears, nose and mouth, 
which run through the sand without leaving any 
stain. 
So soon as she ceased to breathe, I commenced cut¬ 
ting after the usual fashion of butchers ; took out the 
intestines, heart, lungs, liver, &c. Heart small, very 
pale appearance and contained no blood. Lungs usual 
size ; blood settled in spots the size of a dime; same 
appearance inside. Liver natural appearance ; small 
intestines empty, covered with small red spots ; large 
intestines distended with faeces, some of it the ap¬ 
pearance of fine dry sand ; blood settled about in 
places. Eight kidney natural appearance externally, 
internally filled with sacks of coagulated blood the size 
a small bean ; left, half its size filled in the same man¬ 
ner. Bladder red, spotted appearance outside ; inside 
entire surface covered with sacks of coagulated blood, 
size of small peas. The blood that flowed from the 
arteries and veins had no appearance of coagulating, 
and would scarcely stain white linen. 
I was informed by those who know, that they were 
first taken with vomiting and purging, and that very 
few recover. If they are kept from water, they some¬ 
times recover. They generally live 25 or 30 hours af¬ 
ter the first attack, and take no food. J. D. Hale. 
Hale's Mills , Term., July 8. 
A Profitable Forty Acre Farm. 
To show what “ much labor on little land ” accom¬ 
plishes, we present a brief statement drawn from the 
Hampshire Co. (Mass.) Ag. Society’s Transactions, 
there given in the statement of Mr. Stebbins, of South 
Deerfield, on entering his farm for the premium of the 
Society. 
The farm in question contains 41 acres, ten of it 
worn-out sandy land, when it came into his possession, 
over twenty years ago. But he “ resolved to have a 
better farm.” To this sandy field (three acres the first 
year) he applied clay at the rate of fifty loads per acre, 
followed by twenty-five loads of manure and 200 lbs 
of plaster. This was all plowed in together, the land 
planted to corn, and a fair crop was the result. After 
corn, oats were sown, and the ground seeded to clover. 
“ By the use of clay and manure,” he says, “ I have 
made all my land as good as the best, .and increased 
my pastures one hundred per cent, in quantity and 
quality of product. 
As to deep plowing, he finds the best way to be to 
employ the subsoil plow. He turns under his manure 
four or five inches deep, and then subsoils the bottom 
of the furrow as deeply as possible. Corn is planted 
two years in succession, the better to mix soil and ma¬ 
nure and to fit the land for grass, and he now sows 
barley instead of oats, as a more profitable crop. 
The secret of his success lies in the fact that instead 
of one hundred loads of manure as formerly, he now 
makes three hundred and fifty loads, supplying his 
ya.rds freely with absorbent earths, and using salt, 
lime and plaster, to considerable extent. 
In 1854, the products of the 41 acre farm in usual i 
farm crops, were worth a fraction under $2,000, and 
the net profits $1,116.75. There were twenty-three 
acres in mowing ; thirteen acres in corn and potatoes, 
three in barley, and two in wheat. The reader may 
here see that a large farm is not an essential requisite 
to profitable management. 
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Geese and Goslings and tlieir Management. 
“ Speaking of geese,” a venerable lady friend re¬ 
cently favored us with her way of rearing and man- 
a gi n g them—a method which has generally proved 
quite successful. She sets her geese as early in the 
spring as convenient; as soon as they have layed out 
their litter,” most of them begin to show strong incli¬ 
nations for sitting; those most likely to make good 
mothers are selected, and from eleven to thirteen eggs 
placed under them. The nests should be under shel¬ 
ter, and should now be shut in from the intrusion of 
other geese and ganders, making the enclosure large 
enough to allow the goose to leave the nest occasional¬ 
ly. Food and water should be supplied—the latter 
renewed every day—the former made up of com and 
oats, with grass, if it is procurable. 
Geese set four weeks, the goslings breaking the shell 
on the 28th, 29th, and 30th days. They should remain 
on the nest as long as they like, and require but little 
food for 2 or 3 days. Crusts of bread soaked in milk, is 
better food than Indian meal—the latter seeming to 
sour in their crops. If the weather is pleasant, they 
may go to pasture, but it is generally necessary to keep 
them separate from other geese at first, as the ganders 
are apt to weary them by excessive attention. A good 
pond furnishes the best water, but it is not a necessity 
in rearing geese. A shallow vessel frequently supplied 
with fresh water, should be provided for the goslings 
at times, though they are better off shut away from it 
some portion of the day. Too much dabbling in water 
injures them. 
It is important to have a good, warm, dry shelter 
tor the young geese, especially while the cool nights 
continue, and until they become pretty fully feathered. 
There they should remain on eold and wet days, and 
until the dew is well off in the morning. Feed them 
frequently with handfuls of fresh clover, and supply 
water while thus confined. See, also, that their penis 
frequently cleaned and littered. 
Sometimes goslings will die, though treated careful¬ 
ly and according to the usually successful methods. 
This often occurs, we believe, from their eating some 
poisonous plant, though none such may be known to be 
within their reach. Perhaps half the flock will die, 
one after another, when no one can account for the 
same. 
Grown up geese are generally hardy, and active in 
their search for food. They are less likely to be mis¬ 
chievous and wandering when fed with corn each mor¬ 
ning ; and this should always be attended to if we de¬ 
sire them to be thriving and profitable. 
The great object of keeping geese is their feathers, 
although they are nearly as good for the table as other 
poultry, if fattened and killed at the right age, and 
prepared in the proper manner. In picking them alive, 
the proper time should be selected, and that is when 
the feathers are ripe, and not in the green or pin-fea¬ 
ther stage The feathers grow out and ripen every 
seven or eight weeks during the summer, and should 
