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THE CULTIVATOR. 
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acres produced 116| bushels per acre, weighing 60 
lbs. per bushel. Another piece of six acres, one 
acre of which was measured, produced 102 bushels, 
a fair average of the whole. In the same field 
there were three acres of potatoes, which produced 
something over 600 bushels sound tubers. There 
were other fields in corn which were estimated to 
produce more than the last named,but not measured. 
We have the pride also to believe that we rear as 
good horned cattle as any of our sister states. Our 
matched cattle sell at from three to four years of age, 
for 125 to 150 dollars per yoke; we can show cows 
from whose milk at grass alone, 2 lbs. butter per 
day are made • and from a town in our vicinity which 
is considered as one of the poorest in our state, of 
only a population of 633, was exhibited at a late 
neighborhood cattle show, a team of nearly 80 yoke, 
many of which were worth $100 per yoke.” 
Raising Pumpkins. 
Eds. Cultivator —Last season, Mr. Alvah D. 
Grenell raised large quantities of pumpkins and good 
corn, notwithstanding the unfavorable season. He 
says he always succeeds by pursuing the following 
course. In the fall he scrapes up the leaves and 
black soil in the woods, into broad winrows, about 
the width of a wagon or cart, and then drives over 
them with a load of lime, scattering it as they go. 
Inclosing up this winrow, and loading it, the lime 
becomes intimately mixed in, and the whole is de¬ 
posited in heaps in the field, where it lies till the 
ground is plowed in the spring. This he thinks 
makes new ground of it, and pumpkins delight in 
new ground. 
I was mentioning this mode of raising pumpkins 
to Mr. Sam. Strong. I remarked, there were scarce¬ 
ly any pumpkins. “Why,” said he, “I have lots 
of them.” How do you manage? “Why I did’nt 
do any thing;—I only drew a lot of dry leaves for 
my hogs to nest in, and when they got wet and worn 
up, put in more; and then in the spring, manured 
my ground with this substance.” So his experiment 
makes good Mr. Grenell’s supposition, that the 
leaves contain the substances proper for the growth 
of the pumpkin. H. V. O. 
Turning Stock to Grass. 
In many instances, sheep may be turned to pas¬ 
ture, almost as soon as the snow is gone. If there 
is grass of the previous year’s growth, the sheep will 
derive more benefit from eating it, provided the 
ground is not too wet, and the pasturage for the 
present season, will be rather improved by its being 
cleared off. The sheep should, however, be regu¬ 
larly provided with what hay they want, otherwise 
they may fail to obtain a proper support. Portable 
racks or feeding boxes may be placed in some 
sheltered part of the pasture, and the hay sup¬ 
plied morning and evening, until the grass is suffi¬ 
ciently grown to render it no longer necessary. 
Care should be taken to shelter them from storms, 
especially while they are having lambs and while 
the lambs are yotfng, and also immediately after 
shearing. 
It is not expedient to turn cattle and horses to 
grass as early as sheep may generally be turned out, 
chiefly for the reason that the larger animals are 
liable to do injury by poaching the soil, and break¬ 
ing and destroying the sward. On this account, it 
is proper to keep them in winter quarters till the 
ground is well settled and the grass is well started. 
It is advisable, in order to check the too laxative 
effect of succulent herbage, to allow the animals 
more or less hay, according to their appetites, for 
a week or more after they are put to grass. Milch 
cows are generally brought to the barn for some 
time after they are first turned out, and they should 
be closely watched, lest they become weakened by 
the sudden change to green food. The best of hay, 
and what salt they will voluntarily eat, should be 
allowed them while in their stalls or yards. 
If the farmer is properly supplied with hay, it is 
best to feed working oxen at the barn till the spring 
work is performed. They will be stronger, and will 
endure labor better, fed on hay, than on grass; and 
there is much convenience and saving of time in hav¬ 
ing them at the barn door whenever wanted. Hor¬ 
ses which are kept daily at work, should be fed at 
the stable at all times. Grass alone, is not suffi¬ 
ciently substantial or nutritive to impart the requi¬ 
site strength to an animal whose muscles are con¬ 
stantly and powerfully exercised. Hence it is ne¬ 
cessary to add grain, in certain proportions, accord¬ 
ing to the amount of labor performed. When the 
animal is fed in the stable, the food can be readily 
regulated, mixed, and apportioned, as circumstances 
render proper. 
Culture of Carrots. 
Eds. Cultivator — I should like to be permitted 
through the medium of your valuable paper, to say a 
few words to dairymen and others in relation to 
raising carrots and other roots for the purpose of 
feeding their stock. Will you give your readers 
your opinion as to the best time of sowing the seed, 
and mode of cultivating the crop? I think you will 
agree with me in saying that it only wants a tho¬ 
rough knowledge of the manner of raising carrots, 
and their profitableness to feed all kinds of stock, 
to make them a common as well as a very valuable 
crop to the farmer. A few of my neighbors have 
been trying them a year or two, and have come to 
conclusion that the root culture is almost indispen¬ 
sable with good farming. They say they can (with 
plenty of carrots) make as much butter and cheese 
from the first of March, or from the time cows come 
in, to the first of June, as they can in the same time 
in summer, on the best of feed. Dairymen think of 
this, aud try it; you will find carrots as good for 
feeding horses and young stock, as they are for cows. 
The tops are preferable to hay, to feed in fall. 
Subscriber. Salisbury , April 1 6th, 1850. 
Carrots should be sown on warm and friable soil. 
They may be sown at any time after the ground is 
sufficiently warm to insure the germination of the 
seed, till the tenth of June. The ground should be 
in good condition as to richness, and well pulveri¬ 
sed. The seed may be sown with a machine in 
drills, eighteen inches apart, the plants being thin¬ 
ned to three inches apart. The crop should be kept 
clean of weeds. (See back volumes Cultivator.) 
Eds. 
Mode of Cultivating Cora. 
Eds. Cultivator— -I have thought that the fol¬ 
lowing mode of raising corn, as practiced by Mr. 
Clark, of Castleton, Vt., and others, might be of 
profit to some of the readers of The Cultivator at 
this season of the year, and they be led to try the 
experiment, and perhaps by doing so double their 
crop; for I doubt not there are many who do not 
raise over forty bushels per acre. 
In the year 1847, Mr. C., from one acre, raised 
117| bushels, by weight, (according to the standard 
of that State.) In 1848, 110 bushels, for which he 
received the premium from the Rutland County Ag- 
