THE CULTIVATOR. 
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ning^ in the manner described. As the work was done 
by experienced hands, good wages were made, but. unitia- 
ted hands undertaking the management of the turnep 
crop, and conducting their operations upon a scale that 
would secure a full crop, would require seven or eight 
dollars per acre inclusive of board. This item of ex¬ 
pense of course does not include plowing, manuring, har¬ 
rowing, forming drills, seed and seeding, all of which 
added Avould bring the cost of an acre of ruta bagas up 
to twenty dollars, and affording a crop of at least 600 and 
possibly 1,000 bushels, worth, for feeding stock, at least 
12-§ cents per bushel. 
The management of land for the Belgian carrot, is 
very similar to what is required for the ruta baga, the 
former requiring, however, a much deeper and finer soil, 
and the plants in the rows need not be thinned quite so 
wide, but in all other respects the treatment may be the 
same. The carrot will answer for a more southerly lati¬ 
tude, and the young plants are very seldom damaged by 
insects. It also yields a heavier return, and a 1,000 bush¬ 
els per acre is a common crop. 
Whatever you Do, Do Well. 
Eds. Cultivator —As in a moral point of view, it is 
useful to have “ seasons of reflection,”—reviewing the 
events of the past, and inferring their effects on the fu¬ 
ture—so in agriculture, it is useful to “ compare notes,” 
to interchange sentiments and practices, and from events, 
and sentiments, and practices already realized, to “ lay 
our plans,” regulate.our operations, and infer their re¬ 
sults for the future. 
Now it is an axiom, which may be considered univer¬ 
sal in all industrial pursuits, that whatever is done at all, 
should be “ well done;” and permit me to add, that in 
farming, whatever crops are raised, should be “ good 
crops,”—that whatever animals are bred, should be 
“ well bred,”—whatever animals are fed, should be “ well 
fed,” and whatever is seeded, should be “fully seeded.” 
■Whether the cereal grains or grasses be sown, the ground 
should be fully occupied with the young plants. “ He 
who sows sparingly shall reap sparingly, and he who sows 
bountifully, shall reap bountifully,” are declarations as 
true as they are ancient, and should be, especially in seed 
time, in every husbandman's mouth. Good land, in or¬ 
dinary cultivation, is bound to be occupied, and if we do 
not occupy with good seed, nature will most asssuredly 
occupy with weeds. There is surely something ennobling, 
morally elevating, in liberal, enlightened, and successful 
farming. 
If a man would succeed in cultivating the soil, he must 
not be niggardly, but must lay out freely for labor, for 
manure, for good and durable implements, convenient 
and 'permanent fixtures, and though mentioned last, not 
least, good and plentiful agricultural reading. 
It is important, however, sedulously to guard against 
extravagance and waste, as well as penuriousness; the 
mo§t scrupulous and exact economy should pervade every 
department; nothing neglected or suffered to run to 
waste—and a general appearance of order and harmony 
should give unity and beauty to the whole. C. R. Smith. 
Solon , Cuyahoga , Ohio , Jan. 2, 1852. 
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Action and Re-action in Farming. 
(ORIGINAL HINTS.) 
Never keep animals on short allowance—if you starve 
them, they will surely starve you. 
Although in draining land thoroughly, your purse may 
be drained, yet the full crops that follow will soon fill it 
again. 
Trying to farm without capital, is like trying to run a 
locomotive without fuel. Money and wood must both 
be consumed, if they are to move the machine of the farm 
or of the rail. 
Always give the soil the first meal. If this is well fed 
with manure, it will feed all else; plants, animals, and 
man. 
If you wish to give an energetic movement to all your 
farm machinery, and keep its hundred wheels in rotation, 
be sure not to be without a good rotation of crops. 
If you allow your animals to shiver, your fortune will 
be shivered in consequence; that is, the farmer who leaves 
his cattle to the winds, will find his profits also given to 
the winds. 
Heavy carrot crops for cattle, will soon return carats 
of gold. 
Did you ever hear the musical notes of a starving herd 
of hogs? Extinguish by food those notes speedily, if you 
would avoid even more annoying notes after pay-day has 
passed. 
Learn as much as possible the experience of the skil¬ 
ful ; the man who depends on teaching himself will be 
likely to receive very poor lessons,—or, as Dr. Franklin 
has it, he will find “ he has a fool for his master.” 
Fences operate in two ways—if good they are a de¬ 
fence, if poor an offence. 
Many a farmer, by too sparingly seeding his new mea¬ 
dows, has had to cede his whole farm. 
Every farmer should see daily every animal he has, 
and inspect its condition. Weekly visits, as with some, 
soon result in weakly animals. 
The man who provides well sheltered cotes for his sheep 
in winter, will soon find plenty of coats for his own back. 
A good housewife should not be a person of “ one 
idea,” but should be equally familiar with the flower 
garden and flour barrel • and though her lesson should 
be to lessen expense, yet the scent of a fine rose should 
not be less valued than the cent in the till. She will 
doubtless prefer a yard of shrubbery, to a yard of satin. 
If her husband is a skilful sower of grain, she is equally 
skilful as a sewer of garments; he keeps his hoes bright 
by use; she keeps the hose of the whole family in order. 
“Manure is money,” and “short paper” is like a 
short plant;—a note at bank matures by falling due,—an 
oat in the field also matures by falling dew—but they 
will be found in both cases shorter than wanted, unless 
the fiscal bank and the bank of earth both receive timely 
deposits. 
To abuse animals by starving them, is as base, as the 
hope of gaining by it is baseless. 
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Increase in Ornamental Planting. —The Horticul¬ 
turist informs us that 250,000 ornamental trees have been 
planted in private grounds in and about Newport, R. I., 
within the last six years. 
