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CTTho Postage o* jst be uafci^udftcomraunications. , From Young's Annal9 of Agriculture. expebimexts on carrots. By the Rev. Mr. Carter, of Flemplon, Suffolk. .;i T lie soil ort which the f Ho wing trials j were made is sand; fetourfS^tfnbcs d-cp, upon an imperfect clay bofotr.. W 1771.?March I6.h, sowed om> acre with carrot.seed ; April 5th another; April; 5ih another; and Hie jjud the of month a thirJ : four pound df seed per girre. Be- j gan to 1>0H May ncr? ar at lis. 15/but tho w<> plcints so very small and full of w rally cometo tho hot? in seven weeks from sowing. The-reason of mine being longer, i*. apprehend lo be partly from a cold backward spriqg, and partly from the seed being oM. New send is a very material article in order to succeed in j? carrot crop. It will come up a week sooner than {he old seed, and conscquon ly the crop wiff get greek's advantage of the weeds, mach to the benefit of honing, upon , which operation the whole diffi-'Ulty of m succeeding is placed, N. B. it is b< t:cr to sow five puuttds insteucNnf four of seed p< r acre, in order to guard against a bad season or bad sc-d ; and the hoers, from the smullness of ll??? plants, ore more apt to leave too few than too many. As ?: is very difficult to be sure ofg fling now seed from gardeners, it would answer very well to any ooe who intends cultivating cm ro s 10 grow his own seed; this I attempted afterward?, but the hares eating the roois tip. I go it from WethersfiekJ in Essex, where I have always been supplied with good'sond, the the price varying from 6d. to '2s. Gd. a pound. -Hoeing two notes and a half by workmen at I# 4d. a day, cost iwc 3/. 1.4s. or 1 / 2*. per acre. Run thcin over a thirl time by harve si-mcn, worth about 2s. jw ^?ere. * October 10th, began to take ?p the femii Which I dt t our to tlie workmen at three farthings n bushel, toppin r, lading, and measuring included. Mitn. One iJsal/'peBney is good pay for it. and- has "tie * always been token at that price since by the workmen. Product ot the two acres and half. 851 bushels, sold nt 8c/. jv-r bush*el. Ail expenses paid t cleared 201. 1774.?Sowoel one acre and a quarter, March 24th, six pounds seed p r acre; April 10th, three acres'marc 4 12 pound*per acre; bognn to. hoe /nop 1st, nt 30*. per acre, twice hoeing* Afsw- ^Joed about 10 rod per man per day, Juno lit!), loir, rowed one acre afler being ho&Ta week, bat tore up many ^young carrots, arid did considerable damage August 1st, bcgnti to tjpnd.weed by women at Is. per acre.? October 27 b, began to take them up at one halfpenny a bushel/loppiog. &c. inclu led ; finished November _14 # 4BMJ JIJVD C, r ^ V v mmmm?mmmmmmammemmnmKmamb?e?at CHER ir 4 . ' . jagaiMMBMgiiMB than once; some seemed to thrive tolerably j u for a time; with otters they were pnjudi- a rial. Upon tho whole, I can value carrots n for, hogs at not more than 3d and riot to be si depended on at any price. They are better s< for horses than for hogs especially for such n as are broken* winded ; but not to be relied it on as a food instead of oats being ehieflly ai to bo considered as a luxury or physic. si In respect to their ?ffoct for succeeding tl crops, the soil is light and sandy, and con- a< sequently very subject to spear grass ir (trilicum repens) *hich hoetng rather in- fc creases than destroys; und I could never I find that the land was in order for barley to lay down with clover, so that f have gener. ally sowed thwn Qjter wheat, in order for 01 the turnips to follow-; aod thve fountj much si labor necessare^t? free the land from the tG spear a word, they can never be introduced in courses, as turnips are ; to sell, they ore highly advantageous, but the ^ demand ts nothing; the culture should, therefore, be confined to a small space of land for the particular uses I have just mentioned.* * Observations. By the Editor. My own experience in the culture of this 8. root is rather diff-rent from my friends, in f1 several particulars 'r but this by no means * impeaches either his practice of mine,-for ni ouf.Soils arc equally different. I have fou(kJ^carrots to clean the hind be t?ar, 1 11 think, than any other crop I cultivate and ! 01 had (he pleasure, two years ago, of showing * h crep-of barley to Mr. Carter after them, ri Irit was absolutely clean. But I am very ,ni little troubled with speat grass, which' cer- n tainlv muf'iples in sand vastly more than 01 in other soils, and "ccounts for the different ^ results of our trials. The gr??nr ohjeef is s' the -vtolUe nfthe root consumed at hom.'.?1 !r Mr.'Carter's expenses may be thusTalculotivJ. " * " ' * Se'-d, five pounds at Is. and sowing)'- *?0 5 6 " I1..n Inff nor nrro. ^ I a, ?'"* l"*t ? * "? I - 1771, ?1 14 0 Ci 1772, 1 11 0 1 14 0 * 1773, 1 16 8 / ;{? Ave rage of the three, J ? bl 1 19 6 b Taking up. a' }<* per bush. crop ot 1771, per acre 283 ' 1772, 250 * 1773, 404 1779, 308 " Average 328 bush, which at P' 1-2/ are, 0 13 7 F Suppose rcut, (See &c. to be 0 10 0 Ci P< ?3 8 1 > I>< The rrop at 326 bushe's, the prime cost P ofthecnriots is something better thnn 2 I1 l-4d. per bushel. Suppose thetn consumed ,r at home, to pay 4d. per bushel, the profit b wouldJhe 1 3-4d? or per "ncre (a? 326 bushejs) 2/ 7s. 04. which woull answer ? perf'-ctly weH. Are thry worth id. ? Fiat - cxpcrimemuvu If ever Mr. Carer makes nny trials lo ^ ascertain this po;n\ 1 hive no doubt of their * b*'ing very Valuable, since no man is more *' accurate or more attentive. A. Y, Jj *1 should observe that Mr. Carter did not Cl draw up this account with any intention of a printing jb but merely for his own pnvato use; w I parsuaded him to let me copy, it for this _ work ; it is accordingly transcribed verbation ,j from the journafebook of his farm. From the Sporting Magazine. if ALLOWANCE or WATER TO HORDES. w It is by no means on uncommon notion ? thai if hors> s nre to be go: into condition for ^ work, they should be allowed to drink but >? a very small quantity "of wa'er. Chi what p physiological basis this opinion is founded, w 1 confers npppnrs to mc a perfect my? ery. t* Nevertheless, as many persons adopt this c treatment, it is fi.ting to notice it. For my * own part, 1 have ever found that it is an o extremely bad plan to stint a horse in his c water, and have consequently always made ? a practice of leaving plenty of it at all tim-t within reach of every horse I have had.? d Of course 1 do not intend to say that when n a horse comet in heated from exercise ho should be suffered to drink, or should ri have a belly full of water ju>t prior S to btting ridden ^ hut if a horae be jra- n tered ad libitum in the morning, he will fi not require to drink again for some hours, c and should never be allowed to do su o then, unle s perfectly cool. Those horses R that are only supplied with a limited quarm- f ly OI WaitT HI a limr, auu an, (iev ? pi nun* ted to slake their lhirst fully, will bu much,} ? more hable to be griped, if at any chance q they should drink th?'ir fill, than those w that are always^suffered to take as much a as nature - dictates ,to thptn: but shou'd " a horse have been hard worked and ti come into his Stable very hot, I would, a afier having seen him welt dried, only b give him a small quantity, for two h reasons ; first, because his eagerness for e, water may lead him to drink more at a time n than is good far him ; and, secondly, be. cause n large quari'ity of water wiH probably g cause him to break out into n cold sweat, ir in which he may remain all night if not ti looked to. After having taken a third, or le less, of a stable pailful of water, he should 2 be kept without any for some time, and then c be allowed to take what ho pleases. YV hen, however, you intend to stint your horses in a this way, do not suffer your groom to offer F him a pailful of water, and to take it from v him when ho has drunk a small portion of k it, but let just tho quantity you wish him to have, and no more, be given to him; he will * then feel to a certain degree satisfied with g what he gets; whereas by taking from him t! ERS' . ~ . ; * , V HE R P W , . .V g- .. .- *? " ** J ' ' V' ? * -*' AW, SQUTH-C AROLIN .. hat lie expects to have, he becomes fretful ud discontented, : In the first instance he lakes u{) his ihmd to slake his thirst with, n tort allowance of whter : whereas in the eond his just expectations are balked in >id career, and his imagination cheated as were in the height bf his employment? ml there is much more in this thnn may be Apposed. Physiologists life well awar?*of ?e connexion existing between the stomal) and the brain ; and those who have not quired into this fact must either do so be* >re they attempt to refute it, or take what have sa d as proved. . : -J- vr [A horse when heated and very thirsty light not to be d? ni?d water altogethor. A nail quantity without doing injury, will nd rocool him, and prepare him the earlier ir a full draught, whilst it adds greatly to ia kn. fraz.l I# ^VIIIJUI I* . . jmmmmw ?.... J From the .Mississippi Farmer. Log hall, January 25,1840. Messrs Editors.?The plan I have fol. iwed of rearing, managing, and fattening wine has been 100 mu Jake care of-'o^k than more northern >unrie*; because our winters are shorter r?d rti'lder, food as easily proritred, and one of us scarcely but has a hand too old r too young, that coul J b<> ecnjdoye.i in idkiug the "pot boil." Much of what I wd]J iy wtl! be nji't at the start, with "too much dubK" i4lime lost," &c., but all the IrouWe and time" U but gain to a sys. imatie farmer. Your bogs should be of some good breed wit w HI mature eatly, arrive nt a fair size, nd firit' i) kindly* This done, provide no.1 Rssary fixtures for boiling for, nnd housing ock. "There are no ummuls which delight tore in. a dean, and comfortable place to c down in, and none that cleanliness lias a ttcr effect upon with respect o their thriv. !g and feeding,"?N. E. ^Farmer of '31. 'lie atiention of an aged or infirm negro ill do the balance, if food be provided. I know of no befer plan of rearing anquus':es, cucumbers. and general rcjso of the gurdon : ho?8 will fatten on quashes winter or summer?rotten cotton pod is a good food if Otherwise attended to ; eep salt where hogs can get it Qny time, 'he usual -moJo of fee ling hogs on dry nrn is the worst and most extravagant of I plans ; it would be be.tor to soak it in aiter several days until soft, and' soured -and keep a suppl) ahead of at least three a>s*s.).tk. But the best plan is to boil all food, and slightly acidulated, still better. Hogs ill fit-It'*r faster on parsnips or millet, than n co n ; the first will not make the best aeon bu? eah soon be made equal, by feed f C II ig on corn or m*?me f hem wi hoot any pr pnration, These an all he'raised here cheaper than any rhere I huve ever been. An old negro enn boil enough in half a ay to feed a stock for a week, and is with o more trouble than giving them corn. i John D. G'llmrd in. an article to the Agicultural Society of Pondlcton District, louth Carolina, says that, he tri? d the usual iode of feeding Ijol's, and found it! waste j| ; h" then tried for three years boiled orn and peas : ho then commenced the use f corn meal, "and although the weather had ot much more severe, they fuaened much tsier and|*vat still less." Ho fed 'ight quirts of corn per day? J&gs "fell away fastthen ook "four uurts of corn meal boiled in ten quir.s of rut'r unul reduced to eight quarts," salt dde J?remained in a vessel one day? and in one week from this day this pracce was adopted,they locked much better: nd from that time increased in flesh." Ho elicved if he had continued the corn, one ulf would huve died. Many of your road rs well know the standing of this gentle, inn. B tnjamin Colmin of Spottsylvanin, Virinia, in 1821, used millet boiled, or in mool, t fattening hogs ; their increase was aswishing on a triul between corn and milit, the one fed on the latter in^p'as'd as 8 2 3 to 122-3 in fifteen duys. See Amerian Farmer, Vol 3. Tite Rev. Benjamin Colman in an rticlo published in the New York firmer of October 1834, makes n ariety of statements in regard to different in#!., r\f fXrvft tlln nria numiriinunl PACpnl. I IIIU'l Wl IWWVJ, til UIIVJ VA|H IIIIIUIII |vyvii?r made of*giving swine raw meal mixed ritii water, I have found a fulling off*in their ain of nearly Ifalf compared with g'ving leir food cooked, as boiled potatoes. ?f * * * Cr A. 2 r ? jj * A, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, carrots, mixed with m^al while hot; tfio results being in a stye con'nininga number of swine, us 239 ro 500*" TIk* Hon. John Lowell says ; "I have taken two pigs of one hundred pounds each, age six months, and never was able between May and November, to ge? them above one hundred and eighty, rarely above one hundred and seventf. 1 have taken three pigs of about thirty pounds each, und on the same food which 1 gave to the two, th?*y would wigli one hundred and eighty pounds each in thesame period thereby advising that m be put up to fat en at an early age. The Rev. Mr. Colman sums up with, *'I believe in all cases cooked food will have a decided advantage over thai which is given in a raw st ue; an advantage more than equivalent to die labor und expense of its. preparation." A writer in (he New York Farmer of *31, w ho signs himself a "Scientific Farmer," mentions a fact conclusive. A neighbor had Tied two seasons o fatten a hog with a large frame, but had each time, after feeding the worth of the hog, b?? n compelled to give it up. "A Scientific Farmer" bought him, nnd r>v the use of corn meal aud potatoes boiled, and occasionally pumpkins , ..I ! J * louse n:s worus, "no tateica asiumsning\y? Jesse Burl of Albany, Now York, one of the beS' formers of any age, estimates "the actual expense of fattening hogs thus, upon tu'c refuse of die farm crop, is fifiy to sever: ty.fi vcp'-r cent, icss than feeding with dry corn." fie, feeds with small refuse potaloci and meal briih-d?says he eon boil" thirty gallons completely in eighteen minutes." Richard Peters of Pennsylvania, a gen tieman of no less reputation as a judge, than as a tanner, says, in December i23? sour food is the most grftcftil .nnd alimentary to swine, one gallon of sour wash, goes fartltcr than *wo of sw? cond fur bo lore the lust, and the road my fatlter travelled is sup", bir like the road to. m il?Micro is out: by the sije of it shorter and much better. The length of this article w ill lire many of your readers ; so lot it be ; but I trust it will excite the attention of a few whose energy and enterprise wdl inducn th??ir? to try; Hogs are tidily f?tten<-d. Let every l-irmopplant more potatoes than he will ex pect to ca. ; lay aside the inferior for bis hogs,cattle and horses; plant a large gar. d'*n, have it well filled wiih parsnips, currots ? * - . i UCfqr, caoongp anu squnsrw s, or pumpivos, i squash* s, pimfers and peas, in hiscnno [or eorn] 6-Id; and 1 venture :ho asser ion that next y- ar be will read with pleasure an article even longer tlv?n this. Yours, M. VV. PHILIPS. From the Mississippi Parmer.. . Log Hull February 11,1840. . Messrs. Editors :?Having ilrs day received a letter from an extensive importer of blooded stock, and belitving that the contents will prove accep able to many of your readers, 1 subjoin as much thereof as is though: necessary : '* The prise of sto. k, especially catlle and strep. depends so much upon their va~ rious qualifier tions, that it is difficult to give you a smisfar-ory reply on this head. Good ' Herd Book" pedigrees constitute a great part of the value of short horns. I attended two large sales, in Yorkshire, (Eng.) viz t J. Coiling, nnd the Eirl of Carlisle at Castle Howard. The entire herds, including bulls, cows heifers, and calves averaged about ?75 each?8360 dollars. One cow, nme years old, was sold for 3*^0 guineas?$1600 dollars. YVe however engaged to pu> down hen1, (New lli inuiK f.:i V hcif.Tu in rnlf nt S?filch 1 cows at "bout $650 to 700; young bulls $400 to 600. All will) full M Herd Book" {) digrtes. In *h?'ep, too, there ig a great difference in price; some of tin* celebrated ram breeders, hire out rams at $200 to 350 p"r season.* Tli -y tfen-rnlly average at ?20, in lots of 60 .>ti'i 100 ; scarcely any are let for less thm J&8 to 10. Those rams that we have imported, have been sold for $100 to 150 each. Kwes $50 to 60,?all Soil.h Down breed." Berksh re pigs we sell at $50 per pair. ^ . Cannot some of < ur fellow citizens he induerd to become importers, some who have the money, ?rid wish to do gOod fof their S ate ? Even :f interest must stir tnem up, they cannot make a better investmoot; good stork inbst be procured in Mississippi; they will he her*, and will be the great lever ;o raisesus from our wretchod state. Tne writer of lie above letter re" turns direct to England, and will fill nnv or ders; will ei hor lake co ton and purchase with pruce&ds on commission, or will deliver in Now Orleans ar stateifyrices. A Idler vviH roach him in a few days in Nasbvill*, Tenn., he scon fetwis to New j!fe * M, r wprii Vv id JCi Jt Jr T I ZE ?. 1840. 1 " * "* * " -^ * Orleans on his way. Mr. S-. Wait is the I gentleman?he will give referrences sat'S-*. \ factory in the w ?st, or elsewhere. I feel J very anxious to mre some of the pure stock 1 in this country.. -I want the people at farge to see the immense difference, and could I v control the means, i would risk ail loss*-* in y?it and rejoice at the opportunity.' $ +8utkccss attend your effort^ is the wish- l< ?f>.ywurs, &cl r M. W. PHILIPS. t N. B.?J. Colling is the celebrated bree.. 1 d? r who sold "-Comet" some years since k: lor f0OO guineas. ? SILK CULTURE.^ ^ I . -s *r ? # * ' - ' a TBB DOMgjtTtC COCOOIfERY. > S It is expected that during tho season of 1 184(1, great numbers of persons will desire 1 to try experiments in feedmg silk worm*, s ' i . &i t? anu to enaDie tn?*m ro ao so upon inn hkwj economical plan, we have prepared the loU 1 lowing directions for fitting up and conduct- ^ ing a domestic coconery. Entire confidence ' may bo placed in ail the estimates and cuL 1 culat.ons, as ifrey oru founded upon the re- 4 suits of tictoal and JodicioOs praciice, boih ' of European nnrfAmerican culttfrlsts 1 The j EJnor of this Journal lias been able to'" es- 1 tabfisn a set of simple principles or elements, ( deduced from the'practice above alluded to, ' of numerous individuals, which will enable ^ any person to make bis calculations without ' difficulty, viz; . ! 1st. Tlie average Weight of lenVes that ' oaclvmorus multic.ntfiis tree will afford dur- 1 ing ltd first season's growth, on land orfair qu a I ity^ and the trues planted four feet by one apart, is One pound. * . 1 21. The average quantity of leaves con; 1 sumed by each worm during Us life, is one 1 ounce. - ', ' 3d. The space of shelf occupied by the .) worm* is ns folh>\vs: ^ , 1 Dur'g. tho Isfag?, 1,000 w's. oc*y. | of-a sq. ft' , ** 2d age, i* " ' 3-4 ** i% " 3d i?gV ^.. -- ' i . ^ . V * * ? ' * 'y ..: . NUMBEitlS; eaf by the stem, and lay it on tho .shelf vhere you want the warms. Feed tbtf roung worms.by laying on them a few fres'r eaves four or five times a day, or oftener, f they consume them, or lite leaves become rilted.. During Ihe first age; if the leaves ,re large, they cnay.dw torn, or cut ,jpto mall pieces, ;: but if you have plen'y of? eaves, It is not necessary, Afterthey havo nouhed the first time, lay on leaves, And vhen the worms hieeome attached to them,) ift them by the stems and lay them on a :!pan place on the, shelf, allowing then? i bout three times as much space as they oc* :upied before. .You m&jrjriteu clear off the . !ndf previously, occupied by them. The tame operation may lie performed after lite econd, third and fourth moultiogs; catena ~ * ag the spice they qocupv #ch ttmVas in ha first, afid clearing onthe fitter in the tame way. In feeding the wprmiVifBm the beginning o the end, it is of importance, (hot they be ed often and in smalt quantities. It you ay on too much fond, a considerable perion will be wasted; but thai is the least cop. ijderation?the shelves will become loaded villi rubbish, which will render it necessary o clear thf,m oftenr We fiavp always found t. to be a gQod plan to keep the attendant aniiinualjy feeding?always passing.along be shelves \vi h a basket of leaves, and whenever any of the worms life found with* lut food, or nearly so* lay on a few leaves, ar.'Fthus keeping thrfLypfrrenunl'v eating fresh leaves, We kmfiRSlft the practice, ?!?,?. iinino.i?illl> (X r.iA.I ?f? dtl'fl'l tinlln. AiliiUol lamtji iu ui Oiu VH ?ihrueiirr^s a day, or fb.ur.or-five, and to Weigh the Wave*, giving at each fiieding, a certain quantity; but ail our experience ?oes to prove i:s inrproprfcjv. Late at night it full i*>|!}?JyOT leaves, according fo tf5**ir age, ougttt to he given thorrv, tlijf they rtl^v teivo'plenty .duriiigihe night. S; range us it may npfr*ar, xn.any persons suppose tho. worms do not eat mueiv at night; the truth " $ is, they eat rather more aj rvghtihun in tho 3fty.*i?x\ as do nH,c;4crpi1Jj/? J and they ought either-ti hr their atrcg. fion. *x; ' * ."** After tho fourth moukfogj iT rgu* have * # plenty of trees!, nfftd ;4Yo^ig^| cut off smsA * branches wiih the letjjyofjcm, anffloy them on the slielv^a. 4ii fedojng in this way, you can save much t:mo, the leaves beep from willing longer, and more worms ctm be accommodated on tho game space. Tho branches shoul f be laid first across fh j shelf, say six inches apart; nt the next fend, ing they would be laid tengtliwiso of tho shelf; and the next, crosswise ngnin, and -a ft?irtwnn/ii-APCtv*ico on, I Linrttkiiiivt, SU UiJ OUCiilu?VJ^ tiUMWiwv uuu r?u^r||?v>ou at each feeding, so that the pile; may form a mass of crib* work, affording n fret; passage fojr the air, and accommodation for the worms, ?Bto which foey.^l descend, 'o form ccouw TtefSjections to this plan on; tint in dimp wwllfcr the ninss of rubbrsji and dung of the worms, is apt to fr>r. meM, and thus prodiicc disease; ard ufso tiie lupfo tow of iho cocoons is lost, as ?t hr-. comes so filled ui;h dirt and fragments of leaves, that it is not worth saving, ft is beiiored, however, thai t!to value of this tow is lcssth.tn the trouble of the ordinary ffv. turesfir the worms to spin 911 is worth.? The wr/ter bflfiesc rrnarkvniiscd his siik worms one season on this p?nn,and tfic ta> * coons produced wore erpitd to ant he ever iaked, Qnrc jriiptjld be observed in feeding in thU wtt*\ not to lay on so many lrapeh*-a as r?rsa the pile toohigh; as if it approach r ?-a: tho leftdm oftho sheIf above, tx-foro ?'-? "-j-n)* r.re real? to spin, ii * *!? be v:r7 ' * - j?k