1849. 
THE CULTIVATOR 
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finished, and what ought not to be done should be let 
alone. 
Cultivate order. 11 Order is Heaven’s first law.” 
How much pleasure there is in contemplating a well 
ordered family, or a well ordered farm. But some men 
are “ terrible slack !■” Look at their farms and you 
see it at once. Every thing is at loose ends. Their 
implements are scattered around, and exposed to all 
the variations of the weather. The space around their 
front door, may be, is a repository for hay carts and 
harrows, sleds and slabs, apple tree brush and ash 
barrels, and all the odds and ends that accumulate dur¬ 
ing the labors of the whole year. Where an article 
was last used, there it may be found. Having “ a place 
for every thing and every thing in its place,” will re¬ 
medy all these evils. But an apple tree is no place to 
winter a scythe, nor the road side a place to summer a 
sled. All tools and implements when not in use should 
be kept under cover. 
Be observing. Look around you and see the various 
methods in which your neighbor 0 , perform their labors. 
Do not suppose for a moment that you know more or 
can calculate to better advantage than others. Learn 
from the superior knowledge and tact of all with whom 
you are acquainted. Make your observation and expe¬ 
rience available for your future improvement. 
Bead., study, and think. Every farmer should take 
S'** agricultural paper,—and that is not enough. Neither 
is his duty done when he pays for it. Nor should he 
be satisfied by simply reading it. It should be studied. 
Its suggestions should be reduced to practice whenever 
they can be made beneficial. The knowledge it. con¬ 
tains should be treasured up, that we may compare 
others’ experience with our own, and other theories 
with ours, so that if there is a “ better way” we may 
adopt it. Reason must be exercised in all our labors, 
and 
“ How can we reason but from what we know,” 
and how can knowledge in relation to our business be 
acquired easier or cheaper than from agricultural jour¬ 
nals. Strange that so many are blind to their own in¬ 
terests in this respect. The farmer that keeps a dog, 
or uses tobacco, or takes a political paper, has no valid 
excuse for not taking an agricultural paper. 
Thus I have introduced an important subject and 
glanced at some of its points. To those accustomed 
to think, it may be suggestive, and can be considered 
as its importance demands. W. L. Eaton. East 
Weare, N. H. 
Cattle in Cliautauque County, N. Y. 
Eds. Cultivator —The County of Cliautauque, is 
perhaps, one of the best agricultural sections of the 
State of New-York, and particularly adapted to the 
breeding and rearing of stock. Hence it has been an 
object among our farmers, for a number of years past, 
to improve the breed of cattle, sheep, and horses. 
The short horns and that breed crossed with the com¬ 
mon stock, have, until recently, been considered the most 
valuable, and yielding the greatest profit. A few years 
since the Hereford breed was introduced here,—at first 
they did not meet with general favor; it was feared 
that they were too small, and that they would reduce 
the weight of our cattle. Experience has proved such 
conclusions entirely wrong. The cross with the Here¬ 
ford and our cows (they being generally of the short 
horned descent,) proves to be one of the greatest im¬ 
provements in the breed of the Chautauque cattle that 
has yet been introduced, and will add much to the in¬ 
terest of the breeder and farmer. I cannot speak with 
as much certainty fronj my own experience, in regard 
to their quality for the dairy, but those who have prov¬ 
ed them, recommend the richness of their milk in the 
highest manner, and rank them in the first class for the 
dairy. Thomas B. Campbell. Westfield , Chautau¬ 
que Co., N. Y. 
Profits. oliFowls. 
Eds. Cultivator —In relation to the profits of fowls, 
I send you the following from my farm-account book: 
1848. 
Dec. 1. Commenced wintering 203 fowls, worth Is. each, $25 37} 
Fed to fowls curing the winter, 
33 bushels of corn, at 56 cts.,.. 18 48 
20 do oats, at 31 cts., .. 6 20 
7 do buckwheat, at 48 cts.,. 3 36 
Amount of debt, to March 1,. $28 04 
1849. January 16th, sold 29 dressed fowls, weighing 70 
lbs. at 7 cents per pound, .... $4 90 
Sold up to first of March, 128£ doz. of eggs, at 1S| cents, 24 09 
Amount of credit up to March 1,. $28 99 
Since the first of March, to April 7th, 1 have sold 134f 
doz. eggs, at from 11 to 18| cents per doz., which have 
amounted to,.$17 00 
28 doz. eggs on hand, worth 12£ cents per doz.,. 3 50 
16 hens sitting on 20 doz. eggs, worth,. 2 50 
$23 00 
To which add income to March 4,. $28 99 
Giving a total of,.. $51 99 
The cost of feeding from March 1, to April 7, was $8.20, 
which added to the charges of $28.04, up t:> March 1, 
makes the whole amount,. $36 24 
Showing a clear income to April 7, of .... $15 75 
I do not keep a particular account of the number of 
eggs and chickens used in my family, but the number 
of eggs has been unusually large during the last win 
ter. The eggs frequently, were not gathered till I re 
lturned from work late in the evening, in consequence 
of which, a large proportion of them were frozen, and 
unfit for market. 
I have a very warm hen house, situated over a pig¬ 
sty, about 12 by 16 feet, with a door on the north side 
into a warm barn-yard, plentifully supplied with straw. 
My hens, during the winter, are allowed to roam where 
they please; but it is seldom they leave the yard. 
They are constantly supplied with corn in the ear, oats, 
fine gravel, burned oyster shells broken up, clam shells 
broken without burning, good water and a bin of ashes, 
lime and fine sand for them to wallow in. They are 
also fed every morning, four quarts of shelled corn, al¬ 
so, one peck meal, stirred into hot water until quite 
thick. The meal is composed of one part cob, one of 
corn, one of oats, and one of buckwheat, ground very 
fine. So much for winter management. 
During the summer season, when they would other¬ 
wise be troublesome, they are confined in a yard conti¬ 
guous to the henery on the north, (containing about | 
acre,) until after harvest; when they are again set at 
liberty. My hen-yard is one-third in grass, the remain¬ 
der is plowed frequently, and two or three bushels of 
corn, peas, oats and buckwheat, sown on and dragged 
in. Then for a number of days there is quite a scratch¬ 
ing, and as the blades spring up, they aflord some good 
picking for the poor prisoners. 
My flock is composed of about 145 hens, 15 cocks, 
and ten guinea fowls. About two-thirds of them were 
late chickens; some of them have but just commenced 
laying. I think the chickens and eggs used in my fa¬ 
mily, with the hen manure, more than pays for my trou¬ 
ble y therefore I make no account of either on settle¬ 
ments with my fowls. My fowls are worth 20 cents a- 
piece. 
Or. by 170 fowls on hand, at 20 cents,.$34 00 
Value of the produce sold and on hand,. 51 99 
Amount of Cr., ..$85 99 
Original value of fowls, and cost of keeping to this date, 61 62 
Amount of clear profits,. $24 37 
Now, you disbelievers in the profits of fowls, show 
me a case in common stock breeding, where you come 
