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THE CULTIVATOR. 
be seen that there was no actual connection of the 
two heads. All the cases which have been brought 
to our notice, (except one where the chess was at¬ 
tached artificially,) have been similar to this. 
Poultry~House and Grapery. 
In a late visit to Massachusetts, we had the op¬ 
portunity of examining a poultry-house and grapery 
combined, which has lately been put up by Col. 
Jaques, for his son, at the Ten-Hills Farm, near 
Boston. Three acres of land have been enclosed, 
and within the enclosure is erected a building, 100 
feet long and 22 feet wide, fronting to the south¬ 
east This building is divided lengthwise, by a par¬ 
tition,—leaving one division twelve, and the other 
ten feet wide. The wider apartment is in front, is 
covered with glass, and is used as a cold grapery; 
the narrower is used as a shelter for fowls. The area 
for the building was partly formed by excavation, 
and the rear wall, which is of stone, stands against 
a bank ten feet high. 
The manner of forming the bed for vines, was as 
follows: After the ground was properly shaped, a 
drain, three feet deep, was dug entirely round the 
outside, so as to turn the cold, underground water 
away from the roots of the vines. The bed com¬ 
prises the whole of the area of the building, and a 
strip additional of the same length along the front, 
fifteen feet wide,—making 100 by 37 feet. At the 
bottom of the bed, was placed a layer of brick-bats, 
three inches thick. It was then raised three feet 
in thickness by a compost, the materials of which 
were chiefly stable manure, marsh mud and loam, 
which had laid in a heap for several months, and to 
which was added forty loads of ashes and burnt 
clay from the beds of old brick-kilns, the bones of 
twenty horses, and fifty bushels of oyster shells. 
The vines, mostly of the Black Hamburgh variety, 
were planted inside the building, but close to the 
outside, the latter part of May last, and made a 
growth of from twelve to sixteen feet the same season. 
The vines are to be laid down in winter, and the 
fowls during that season, are to have the range of 
the vinery. 
The apartment for the fowls, is well lighted and 
ventilated by doors at the ends and windows near 
the roof—the roof over the fowls being two feet 
higher than that over the grape-vines. Boxes for 
nests of the fowls, are ranged along the partition 
wall. A wall five or six feet in height, is to extend 
from each end of the rear wall of the building, so 
as to protect the north and west sides of the enclo¬ 
sure. Against this wall, are to be made beds, with 
glass over them, for early vegetables, and when not 
used for this purpose, the glass is to afford shelter 
to geese, ducks, or other poultry. 
The ground enclosed, is to remain chiefly in grass. 
Within the enclosure is both salt and fresh water 
Jan. 
—a separation being formed by a dike. The water 
covers an area of 3,700 square feet, in the shape of 
an egg. The fresh water is derived from springs, 
which are conducted into the reservoir. The re¬ 
servoir for salt water is so made that the tide ebbs 
and flows two feet in it. The water in the fresh-water 
reservoir, when raised above a certain height, dis¬ 
charges itself into the salt-water reservoir,which is on 
a little lower level. The experiment of keeping fish, 
of various kinds, in these reservoirs, is to be made 
the coming season. 
The poultry kept here, has been mostly collected 
since the building was completed, a large proportion 
having been reared from the egg the past season. 
Of course, little can at present be ascertained as to 
profits. The collection embraces domestic fowls, 
turkies, Guinea-fowls, pheasants, pigeons, geese and 
ducks,—the whole numbering about 500—to be in¬ 
creased to such extent as shall appear expedient. 
The principal object in regard to fowls, is the pro¬ 
duction of eggs, and for this purpose a selection of 
the common fowls of the country was made; but 
specimens are kept, in addition to these, of the prin¬ 
cipal distinct varieties. Of geese, we noticed the 
wild, or Canadian, the large Chinese, or Hong-Kong, 
(sometimes called African and “ mountain goose, 5 ’) 
the small grey Chinese, white Chinese, and Bremen. 
Of the latter there is a splendid stock, derived from 
an importation made by Col. Jaques in 1822. The 
female of the imported pair is still living, and has 
reared a brood every year since she has been in the 
country, and bids fair to do the same for as many 
more years. The ducks comprise the most esteemed 
domestic varieties, as well as several wild species, 
which have been partially domesticated. Among 
the latter, we noticed a flock of about twenty of the 
beautiful wood or summer duck, and several pair of 
teal. 
Most of the poultry, except the geese, are kept in 
the building before described, every night. The 
apartment is cleanly swept out every day, and the 
manure, which is carefully saved, is sold at one dol 
lar a barrel to the morocco-tanners. 
The bulk of the food for the poultry, consists of 
Indian corn, but buckwheat and wheat-screenings are 
given for variety, and they are kept constantly sup¬ 
plied with butchers’ offal and green vegetables—as 
cabbage and turneps. 
We shall look with interest to the success of this 
novel establishment. 
.Large Yield of Hay. 
In our number for August last, we published a 
paragraph in reference to a large yield of hay, ob¬ 
tained by H. W. Clapp, Esq., of Greenfield, Mass. 
We learn from the Greenfield Republican, that 
the lot was mowed twice last season, and the amount 
of the two crops is given as follows: ‘ c In July, the 
first crop was cut, and cured; and we have the au„ 
