Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, November 08, 1839, Image 1
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VOLUME IV. CIlfesAW, SOUTH-CARLOINA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1839. NUMBER LII. .
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SWINE?MAKING PORK.
la a very large part of tlw United States
next to the cultivation of grain, the profit
of the farmer are more dependent on hi
pork thin any other single item ; and with
in a few years past the sales of that article
it is believed, have equalled in amount tha
of any other farm product, wheat excepted
It is becoming, therefor, an object of inter,
est to the country, that the best breeds o
swine shoud be, selected and dissemina
ted, and the m<?at improved methods o;
fattening be adopted, as the saving ofa singh
dollar on each porker in rearing or fattening
and experience proves it possible to save
many,) would be the saving of millions annually.
To these the two points, >he bes!
breeds and the best mode of fattening, the
attention, of farmers shouid be directed.
Fortunately, so far as regards the besi
breeds of swine* the farmer in the United
Stasis has the means of procuring those
nnimabi tiwit the common voice of farmers
in this country and abroad, have pronounc.
ed the best for making pork, and which unite
the desired qiiatnio* of size, case of fatten,
ing, and fineness of quality. Ttmsoare the
Chinese and the Berkshire ; buf though tha
first are superior to all others for quietness
fineness of flesh, and rapidity of fattening,
they are alone, too small for profitable feed.
mg, and it has been lotinu advisable to
Cfoss them with some of the most approved
common or imported varieties, in order tc
give the requisite weight. At the head ol
theso varieties, whether for crossing or foi
feeding. Stand the Berkshire, a breed, which,
if it is of comparatively recent introduction,
has, by its valuable qualities, proved itself
worthy of a more rapid dissemination than
any other breed has ever received in this
country. That the Berkshire pig is in equal
favor abroad where he is best known, is
evident from the following extract which we
make from that standard work, British
Husbandry, and which will also exhibit the
principal characteristics of tho animal.
"The Berkshire hog is of a reddish
brown color with black spots the head well
placed, with largo ears, generally standing
forward. * wwagtiijj 0?vt
the eyes. He is short legged, small boned,
and of a rough curly coat, wearing the appearance
of both skin and flesh being of a
coarse quality. Nothing, however, can be
finer than the bacon, (or pork.) and the animals
attain to a very large size, having not
uncommonly reached the weight of more
than 100 stone ; but from 40 to 50, when
completely fattened, is the general average.
Tho breed has, indeed, obtained such general
approbation from the best judges, that
those who wish to improve their stock ol
swine are very generally desirous of obtain
- ? - ?* t- *t? * ?J llmtt o i*ii
ing a cross w in mm raw j auu i??^/ ?*"consequently
dispersed over the most distant
parts of the country. Some of the best o!
these crosses are found in Staffordshire from
the progeny of an animal well known to pig
breeders as the Tarn worth Boar." Tht
native breed is also usually crossed at intervals,
either with the pure Chinese or the
Tonquin race, and this process is found no
ccssary topreventdeterioration.w
To the Herltshirc, or to the China crosses
the farmer may therefore look with confi
denccfor the best breeds of swine now ?r
existence ; and he who persists in feeding
the old fasioncd animals, when better an
within his reach, must find a wide difference
between bis profits and those of his neigh,
bor, who avails himself of the best animal'
the country can produce. Hogs weighing
eight or ton cm{. have occasionally beei
produced in this country ; and the average
weight of our bc\t fatted hogs is much bo
low 400 pounds.
The profits of making pork will depem
much on the breed of foe animal fed ; mucl
on the food used for fattening ; and mucl
on the manner in which the process of feed
ing is conducted. There <jan be nodoub
that some farmers have such inferior pigs
and feed in such a earless and wastefu
manner, that they actually loso instead o
gaining by a tempting to make p*rk. Al
most any hog, and in almost any c^nditioi
or place, will improve, and give him oiougl
to eat, but to profi ably fatten, not onh
must the food be of the right kind and gly?i
in a proper manner; but every necessar
attention should be paid to the comfoi
cloan'iness and health of the animal. Th
lime requisite for fattenig is of course d<
pendent on circumstances, such as the coi
dipon of the pig when put up, the food use
age &c. From eight to twelve weeks inn
be saiJ to be the shortest time in whic
hogs can be properly fattened with goc
care; and under ordinary modes of feedir
!h*y may require a still longer term to 1
pork firm and the animal well filled will
lard. Hogs, when put up for fattening, i
well, increase the fastest in weight, and a!s<
consume the most food, during the firs
weeks of their feeding. The rapidity o
fattening, and the food eaten, both gradually
decrease, but the first lessens most quickly
and after the hog has reached a certain point
ip his gain will not pay for his feel. Whet
the animal approaches this point, he shoulc
y\be killed. A pig put up to be fattened ?nc
regularly weighed, gave the following re.
>n dy'ts, which are conclusive on this point
and they agree in the main with the experi
' cnoe of every farmer.
Oct. \0. Weight of pig, 36 st. 7 lbs.
i. Oct. St. 44 44 41 44 5 44 gain 38 lbs
e Nov, a w ? 4* 44 7 44 44 34 44
[J JfovSlA ? 47 ? 3 44 11 ?
Dee 5. " ""?? 48 *? 7 " 44 13 44
u Doc22. - M 44 48 44 6 44 44 1 44
To insurt economy in the mnking ol
s pork, it is indispensable that a suitable pig.
gery be provided. The particular mani,
ner in which this building is constructed ic
s of comparatively little consequence, if it
s unites the essential requisites of such an
. important part >f the farm buildings. It
_t IJ t__ i .i - . i i
# snouia oe convenent; tnat is, it snouid De
I so arranged that he labor of feeding the
swine may be dimoished as much as possible.
At the preseit time a large portion
f of the food of hogs * cooked, and the ?p.
paratus for cooking uid the place of feeding
f should be near each ither. In some of the
, best arranged p'ggerits, the furnaces, stea.
mers, kettles, pumps, &c. are under the
, same roof with the pig stye, and the labor
. of feeding ten or twcity porkers for eight
I or ten weeks is maerinlly diminished from
, what it would be where the cooking is performed
in the open air, and at a distance
I from the pen. The pen for the animals
I should be so arranged that it ran be readily
cleaned and kept dry, and in c^ld weather
a bed of straw or little should so furnished,
a9 no hog can fat well unless he is kept
warm and comfortable. Too g-eat a degree
of warmth, or too great a legree of
cold, seem alike unfavorable to making
pork; hence the fall and the spring months
are better for this purpose than themnimer
or winter ones ; though in a cool orshaded
situation, and on a bare floor, hogs w|] take
on fat as rapidly duriug the warm nonths
as at any other lime. The troughs fo: feeding
must be secured by stanchells, or by
pins crossing tli ir upper surface in suet a
way thnf n<l tKttpl.yg mnv nht.-tin thpir ghfrp,
and not allow a cross domineering potker
to place himself lengthwise in the trough,or
run his nose at will from end, to end, to tU
utter discomfiture of the more peaceably iri
cliot'd. A lid to the trough should be pre
I pared and hung in such a way that the pigs
can be shut from the trough, until the food
is put in and properly distributed ; a thing
easily done, and winch will prevent a vast
deal of squealing and fighting. A farmer
should know that it does not sound well, or
bespeak good management, to have his
wirv* nitnk n j*loMnna> A?>Al*?l f I fY\ A flO !
P'jj? au'd u vmiuui uiki y |> > ?< nu w
/rtBA&Mlr
fact. Trie six* of the piggery will ol course
depend on the number of animals it is intended
10 fatten ; as n general rule ubou'
, two feet of trough should be allowed to each
, animal, though a rnuclt less space may b'*
made to suffice ; especially, if the precau,
tion of diviJing the trough into sections has
, been adopted. Where i! is intended to feed
a large numb r, the space or building for
the fixtures, (steamers, kettles, dec.) may
be made the centre, and the styes arranged
' around if, so as to make 'he make the man.
agemcnt of the whole easy. The slovenly
. manner in which some persons keep their
t swine, and tho disgusting state of their pig
f geries, especially since the practice of feedi
ing the animals on steamed food has be?
come common, is truly disgraceful, and
, forms a serious drawback on the profits oi
, feeding, as it is clear that a hog so treated
? will not take on fat, or be as healthy, as one
kept ns a swine should be.
1 According to an article in the British
Husbandry, a system lias been adopted by
some of those most extensively engaged in
, the pork business which appears to be a
r great improvement on the old method. The
. styes are built in divi*ions,eaclt to contain a
. pig, and to fit him as near as may be. AI
one end of this bell is the trough, at the
. other a s!i ling door that shuts in the pig,
r No litter of any kind is permitted, as the
j stalls are on an inclined plane, and cleaned
> out every day. Holes arc bored in the
' ~ _ n ?
floor to allow all mois urc to escape. oomt
have carried the system so far as not to ul.
J low the width of the stall to be sufficient foi
^ the hog; to turn in, but whether standing 01
i lying, he always renin ins with his head t(
. the trough. The advantages of this mod<
o o
t are supposed to be, that the ho^ keeps man
^ q tiet; has a clean dry stye, is sure of s
| sufficient supply of food without fightinf
f for it ; and as a necessary consequence fat.
t? ns much faster. Suppositions which hav<
) been justified by the result of many ex peri
I, meut.
Y As to the kind of loo I best adapted ti
a making pork there can bo but one opinioi
h where Indian com is grown. Fed to th
t, swine in the ear, ground or cooked, it i
ie dike superior to all other kinds offood fo
> nuking pork of the best quali y. Variou
i- j experiments have been made in preparin,
d, Cora fooJ. By grinding tho cob wit
,y the cor? a great saving was effected in th
;b quanti'y *f grain used, though the fut di
>j j not seem f? be taken on quite so rapidly a
ig j when fed on pure meal. Cook ng the cori
j2 j or making it t*to puJJ;ng is probably th
^ybest way in which it can be fed* as itjs cer. <
h ""Hrnly the most economical ; giving the bulk <
if necfeMitry for the proper distention of the 1
0 stoma&y with a better development of the <
t nutritive chatter than can be obtained in any J
f other way. Nuking the meal into a mash, ;
y with milk or wfiey. is also a good method s
, of preparing it.?In this case it is the belter t
\ if soured be,ore feeding. c
1 Where com cannot be grown, the most t
J valuable kinds of food are peas and burley. i
I In England where corn is unknown, the C
. process of fatting is uwtally conducted as I
, follows. " In order to harden the fl -sh, t
and render it of that mellow firmness so e*. t
scntial to fine pork or bacon, some people {*
?*ommeuce with abouttwo thirds of steamed ft
. potatoes, and one third of peas and barley] a
ground in equ ?l proportions into meal, en-U
iurging the quantity of meal as the animal j
grows fat, by which means it is said that a <
quick feeder will in twelve weeks consume I
r from 14 to 16 bushels of the grain, and will (
' probably double his weight. One bushel of t
peas to four of oats, or four of barly, or
1 three or four bushels of potatoes, with two t
bushels of ground oats and barley boiled, I
are also considered good mixtures; but ?
nothing in this country it equal to barly t
1 meal and white peas?the peas being given I
whole, and the meal made into a mash with I
akimmed milk." (See Brit Husbandry!) I
In this country some good farmers consider |
a mtxture of oats in the proportion of one r
bushel of oati to three or four of corn, so c
essentia), that we havo heard them assert f
that rather than not havo the oats for the f
mixture, they would exchange corn for that 1
grain, bushel for bushel- i
For several years past a large proportion t
of the pork in the northern stales, has been t
mostly made from apples or potatoes, or l
from a mixture of these, with meal added ii
for a few of the last weeks of feeding to give t
the requisite firmness. On apples or pota- c
toes, particularly if steamed, as they always b
should be, pigs thrive very rapidly, and will tl
in time acquire a very good consistence of A
fb sh as well as weight; but they must be r
fed for a longer period than when meal is 'J
used. Barley has also been extensively ?
cultivated for making pork, as a substitute h
for corn and peas, and grown for the same it
purpose by many farmers. Some of the 1
heaviest, finest lots of pork we have ever p
seen, were made from peas simply prepared e,
by swelling them in tubs with water, and tt
feeding them with milk- As a general rule
it may be stated that all food for animals, ti
?.>-t',ty f.? f?i>nninfl nm.i, nhanl I k? ?1? -4*
ed In order to thrive rapidly, and take on si
fat as a hog should, to render m -king pork li
profitable, the nutritive matter should be Q
presented in a way that will require little or n
no expenditure of animol or vital power for f'
its appropriation.?The following statement tl
will exhibit at a glance the advantages of g
so preparing fowl. 44 Mr. Walker of Fer. 0
rygate, on the 4th of March put up two lots ^
containing five pigs each of the same brood,
and two and q half mouths old. They were h
separately fed, the one on steamed ami the M
othei on raw potatoes, with an allowance of tl
I 4swab iwif i>w. wt' iiiplnni I 4
to each lot; the barley for the steamed !o' *
being prepared along with the potatoes, h
The fve weight of the two lots were?
That on raw food, 108 C
Tiat on steamed food, 106 A
and thefollowing table exhibits their several ^
improvement: n
Mar. 19, pigs on steamed i different? in ("
food, 114 lbs, > favor of steam, f
44 44 111 ) ed food 3 lbs. : t(
Mar. 30 ' 137 lbs. ) . ? r
14 - "raw ? 123 1.2 \ do* 1312
May 1. wight on i
steaned food, 205 > do. 30
" " " nw " 175 1 0
June 1, wtigit on i o
stcainei food, 279 > do. 56 0
?* ?t it raw ?, 333 \
Thus in three months the pigs on steamed t|
food had mcretsed 172 lbs.?being 07 1 s. n
more than double their original weight while {\
those on rnw fool only gained 115 pounds." p
, In another instmce, two lots were Ted on
steamed, and on raw potatoes, and in ten i a
weeks the lot fed on steamed food gained f,
' 3d stole 6 lbs. and the lot on raw potatoes, g
i 17 stons 11 lbs. making a difference in favor n
, of the (teamed food of 300 pounds.
> Our experience it also d<*cid<xify in favor j
, of steamng or cooking food for swine ; but j
t it should not be forgotten, that in order to j
f make profitable pork lor cooking, it is in. a
disper.sabt; that pigs fcd on apples or pota- j,
toes shouldh.ivc meal mixed with their food ; j
| the quant ty to be increased as the feeding E
) approaches'ts close.- ->Vith this precaution j
j the general introduction of the plun of fat- j
tening swine on steamec apples, or apples i r
f and potatoes, or either done, is one of ihe | ^
- _ c i r ' I
r greatest improvements 01 moaorn larnmg, (
j adding materially to the prtfitsoftho cultiva- ?
. tor of the soil, and furnishiig a first rate ar- ,
? ticlo for the market. Gen Farmer. ,
k ,
1 From the Journal of Canmerce. *
PROFITS OF SCIENCE FOR FARMERS. !
2 The more any man thinks of the agri. <
* cultural interest the more thoroughly he <
must he convinced of the importance of it i
d to this country collectively, ns well as to \
i vast multitudes of its citizens cne by one. i
e Of course we must lake ir.to consideration
s the improvement of the science, at, or pror
fi ssion, as it may bo called. At present,
s it i3 comparatively in a crude condi ion
g throughout the country, though mich more
h advanced in some section* than ii others,
e In New England they are general!/ ahead
d of the rest of us; at least in many things :
s a result brouglit about partly by tie sterner
necessities of soil and climate, and partly
e by the greater age of their settlement and j
civilization. Titey have found out that not
a faring merely is to be made by it, but
^money"?mny, fortunes; and this is a secret
which we wish to circulate in other re.
gio s, where at present the richness of the
mH, the general climate, speculation, trnru
nent circumstances, and good luck, are
nor<> relied on than skill, and where agriculture
:s mude in fact a mere shift rather
ban a science, or even a business. Let us
llostrate our meaning by a few fresh speci.
ncns of Yunkeeism. Take pent land to
k'gin with. In some sections of this connrv
there is a vast deal of it entirely waste.
Votso in Massachusetts?>oot so in Middlem
county at least. Dr. Jackson, in his
bird Geological Report on Maine, gives us
l letter from Mr. Phiniwy,-^ L?iagton,
iaMachpsetts, wno says that he considers
Mt grounds by far the most valuable part
>f his farm?more valuable than bis wood,
on for fuel, and more than double the value
)f an equal number of acies of his uplands
or the purposes of cultivation.
Some years since, it appears, he occa*
liomlly sold to his neighbors a few rods of
lis |eat land yearly to be cut out for fuel,
it three dollars per rod, being at the rate of
our hundred and eighty dollars per acre;
>ut Inamg the sum to be less in its value
or cultivation, especially when laid to grass,
ic hs declined m iking furthor sales at that
>nc& He has raised on his reclaimed
neacows, he adds, seventy.five bushels of
:ori, five hundred bushels of potatoes, or
Von four to five tons of (he best bay, at a
irt and second cutting, to the acre, at a
t.'S expense of labor and manure than would
terequired to produce half thisctop upon
hi uplands. He subjoins ao account of
hi process by which these results arc obaited,
but our purpose is effected by callng
attention to the subj??ct, and for the dcaib
we must refer to the report above cited,
ir o the New England Farmer of Septemerllth.
But we must not omit to mention
lial tillage is but one uso of peat lands.?
Jr. P. says : *1 have for twenty years past
escrted to my peat meadows for fuel.?
"hesp, with the prunings of my fruit trees,
ndthe brush from my uncleared lands,
av? given me my whole supply." This,
i some sections, is a great consideration,
'here is something very pleasant, too, in a
eat light. The smoke does not injure the
yes, and it is in every way more healthy
ian coal. One hint more:
"1 have annually, for some years past,
sed on my farm some hun Ireds of loads of
r-i, .1 ! ?
tye or mixed with fresh stable dung or
me. When mixed with green stable ma.
ure, the proportions are two parts of peat,
lud to one of dung; and I air confident,
rom repeated experiments, that a load of
lis compost well mixed and fermented will
jve as great a produce, and a more perma*
ent improvement to the soil than the same
uaniity of stalle manure."
This Mr. Phinney appears to understand
iraself all round. He is the gentleman of
thorn it was lately stated that he cleared
iree thousand dollars by his hogs. This,
undred, besides pigs.
Again, we have an account of the farm of
Jo!. Moore, of Concord, same county.?
Juch of his land, a few years since, was
nought worthless and, by the mass of fsr?
l'TJ themselves, low, soggy, meadow, land
overed with dog. wood and skunk.cabbage
Nothing daunted, however, the Colonel went
) ditching and draining, and so on, and the
esult is, that he has at this moment thirty
ores of reclaimed meadow, which, for
rass or any other crop, he is not afraid to
oniDare with anv thirtv acres in the countv
/ * ^
f Middlesex that might be selected from
ne or a dozen farms.
lie cut last ye*r from eighty-four rods of
lis meadow, by actual weight, of wellfiade
hay 3,805 pounds, and is confident
lat he has taken this year at the rate of
jur tons per ucre. He has also raised at
lie rate of ninety bushels of corn to the
ere. Wo have never seen, says our inarmanr,
a more promising field of ruta ba;as,
or finer oats than were growing at the
resent time on his place.
Take another illustration. A late New
England Farmer gives an account of a
dr. Penniinan's place at Dedham, near
Boston, ft contains about one hundred
teres. Mr. P. is a Bostoninn, and has ta.
;en it recently. The first thing he did was
o mako a geological survey of his premises,
?i i i.. j i i _?
inu ne was rewurueu uy me ujseuwrj vi
wo valuable mines, viz. One of fin? gran,
te where stones of almost any description
nay be got out for underpinning,dQor^8teps,
fee. very valuable in Dedhum, as there is a
iefieiency of good granite for building.?
Secondly, a valuable mine of meadow mat
lure of which there is an inexhaustible sup.
jly. It is remarked that) although tins farm
tus been cultivated probably from the firsl
icttlement of the town, this treasure has regained
undisturbed. The case reminds ua
afa similar on?, not fur from the same lability,
and which fell within our own know!2dg<\
A young man, self-educated, but
well educated, cume up from Maine, with
cash in his pocket. to buy "a place." He
wanted one near Boston, and found one t<
suit him. The owner showed him over it
and, among other things, extolled a litth
spot of green stone which in one plac<
peeped out of ground ; he thought $50 wortl
might be got out there as likely as not.?
Our young man saw for himself, and sai<
nothing. He bought the place very low
the owner having in fact no idea of its val
ue; and at present is receiving from hi
mnrrics alone a revenu^ sufficient to sup
port him, while the price of the farm is at
least double what it was in the market. And
thia again leads us to a good story, somewhere
told by Mrs. Child, of a farmer, not
fifty miles from Boston, famous for the improvement
he has made in the wild KTOP6*
Be found a vine in the woods, which dozens
of his neighbors passed every week qs well
as be; but he observed that where the oxen
fed upon the vine the grapes were largest
and sweetest. He took the hint. The vine
was transplanted, and closely pruned. This
produced the same effect as browsing had
done; die nourishment that, in a wild state,
supported a great weight of vines and tendrils,
went entirely to the body of the grape.
Bis neighbors would have known this as
II as he, Mrs. (X remarks, ifibey bad
thought about it: but tbey did aot otoervt.
This attention it is?this intelligence?.
this being wide awake to business, whatever
it ia?wbich makes the great difference,
after all between one man's success and
another's. It h lately remarked, that the
observations made io regard to the grainworm,
or wevil, have led many firmers to
sow their wheat late ; by so doing they have
I J .L I. 1 I *
savea weir crops. u nas oeen ooservea
that the insect came out at a number of
days. Hence, by sowing the wheat later,
so that it should not be headed out, it was
expected it would escape the ravages of the ,
insect in question. And so it proved.
A farmer who will probably have 500
bushels of good wheat, is mentioned as having
statec| that if he had soared ii ten days
earlier, as he intended to, he should have !
lost the whole.
HOHAN POTATOES. ,
John S. Skinner, Esq.?Dear Sir; 1 ,
procured from Mr. G. B. Smith last spring,a (
peck of Rohan potatoes, and planted litem on
the 25th of March in hills, 2 feet apart. The
plot of ground on which they were planted
was a deep fat clay mould, which 1 manu
red liberally, broadcast, then spaded it up
full depth of the spade, and thoroughly pulverized
it with a fine garden rake. Besides
the broadcast manuring which the ground
received, 1 manured the potatoes in the hill
just as much as if there had been no manur*
previously spaded in. As the vines grow,
the hills were hoed up ; received during the
ae son four workings, and were thua kept '
clean, and the earth well stirred. From the
high reputation which the papers had given
litis new variety of the potato family, 1 had
for pied very higjierpecWmnSjaftlKjr jfreLd.
which candor induct i mo to way liuve nor ~
been realized ; for I had read the letter from
Prince Charles de Rohan, in 1835, in which
he stated that tubers had been raised weighing
9 lb. 11 oz. and 13 lb. 7 iz. and as
the past season has been one peculiarly adapted
to the growth of potatoes, I of course
calculated upon seeing some few mammoths
among my lit'le crop, in which I was disappointed.
1 dug them ob the 2d inst. and
although nearly all were of a good size,
none of them made least approximation to
the enormous size spoken of by Prince d?
Rohan; for the largest weighed but 13 4 lb.
They grew upon a plot of ground 23 by 24
finnt rniltll to 572 square feet; which y eld
7 1.4 bushels. This is equal to 572
bushets to tlto rifid Jwd
formed of their productiveness from the
high sounding praise I had read of them.
I believe, however, that if, instead of planting
two and three eyes in a hill, ! had planted
but one ; that if I had made the hills 3 feet
apart, instead of 2 feet, the product would
have teen much greatet; perhaps us much
again. I arrive at these conclusions from
the belief that, 'irom the luxuriant growth
of ihn vin?< uhirh tvf?r.? frnm A In Q fimi
long, this variety of the potato requires
more room than mine had, and should have
had more sun and air than fell to their lot.
Yours, respectfully, Edw. P. Roberts,
October 4tk, 1835.
J. S. Skinner, Esq.?Sir : I procured
ne-sixih of a bushel of the celebrated Rohan
Potatoes in May last. I planted them
in the latter end of the same month in a
small part of a lot of ground where there
had been a regular succession of potato
crops raised for a number of years, consequently
being unfavorable for the present
crop. I however preferred planting them
in it, because th<*y were more secure from
any depredations that might otherwise have
been committed on tnem in a more exposed
situation: the result has* however, heen beyond
expectation. 1 raised from the above
seed 13 1 2 bushels full measure oi the finest
nnlit'oM? inHppft. tn Inner them altogether.
they are the largest sized potatoes I ever
saw, being a production of 81 bushels to
the single bushel of seed, and at the rate of
600 bushels per acre. Yours, respectfully,
P. H., Marietta, Pa.
1 Rohan Potatoes.?Respected friend J.
' R. Chandler :?On the 23d of 4th month j
(April) last, I received a single Rohan po1
tatoc, of a medium size, of which I made
eighteen cuttings and planted them eigh
teen inches asunder, io good ground well
I manured. This week the produce was
1 taken up in the presence of two of my neigh}
bora, who felt som* curiosity respecting the
> result The potatoes measured one bushel
t and a half, and weighed eighty pounds.
i One of them weighed two pounds.
t Respectfully thy friend Samuel Mason,
i Branchtoton, Philadelphia co. " '
_ ? w p i
i Rohan Potatoes. ?Doctor Foiler, of Connecticut
Retreat, has gathered from one
U u truo Rohan,*' presented hira last spring
is and which weighed only four ounces, nine*
i. tp+ix pounds five ounces. One of the po<
*
tatoes weighed 2 lbs. 10 oz. and the yield
being four hundred to one. Beat the Doo*
tor wbe can !?Hartford (Com.) CouranL
We are informed that George CL Harness,
Esq,, of Hardy county, raised (be past
season, from one acre of ground, one hundred
and seventy.eight bushels cf corn.
Mr. H. cultivated the snme with a
a premium at the appproachkig Agricultural
Exhibition of Hardy county, and the husking
and measuring of the corn was attendded
to by a disinterested, intelligent, and
highly respectable citizen of Moorfieid.
This is the most extraordinary yield, from
one acre of ground, that we have ever
beard of* Truly, may the South Branch <=
Bottoms, be termed the M gardsu boots" ,
of the Vaioa.-~Momi*y[Ta.] Intelligencer. *
Mr. George A. Moore, near L lurof, in
Sussex county, Dd. raised this tea so a, 122
bushels of corn, from one and a hail acre#
of ground. Am. Farmer.
Twin, or Many boiled cotton.?A Dr.
c me or 1 itla
VsUUpcr VI ucuijjia, Wiiv W
seed of this cotton for sole, wakes the following
statements in regard to it.
This year I planted a' piece tf ground,
thirty by fifteen feet, on the twentieth of
April, from which ground the turnips were
dug, not as large as my cotton bolls, sod
raked three days before planting my cotton
sued. I made eight rows of this,
fifteen feet in width: one-sixth of tbwground
I put the seed in tho drill six inches
apart; one-third, eight inches, one-fourth,
ten inches, and one sixth, twelve inches.?
There should have been three hundred and
lix'y stalks upon this ground, but the droughtof
ten weeks, fowls and cut worms, left
only one hundred and eighty .three stalks,which
did not come up in three weeks, ami
Jo not average three foet high, bad oar
ploughing, and only two very partaif hoe* ings,
the ground pot having be?n wet three
lie lies io ten weeks after been planted, \t
beghq to bloom on the seventh of June,
and had several open boils on the seven-,
tet'oih of July, and from lhe sixteenth to tho
twentieth of August.I had picked out one
hall the whole product, A second drought,
which still exists up to this date, more In*
jurbusly affecting mine, as a high, dry, stiff
mulatto iand, has destroyed full half my
crop, as well as other cottons, in my two
years raising it has not been a dec tad io lite
least either by the rust or rot, though the '
msth?- iopired oiW- ??uop? wry much
this year.
One hundred bolls of my cotton, after
being suned, weighed 11-4 iba., as certified
to by Messrs. Duvis Gray, Asbury John,
sou, and Daniel Stone, merchants, of this
place. On the 19th of August, 1$ bolls had
been picked off a stulk 14 inches high.
The products of my neighbor's crops, ?
whose certificates are below, for-exceed
mine, though planted later, their lands being Z
belter, as their stalks are from 4 to 9 feet - /
high. With what i have picked, sod what are
matured beyond failure. 1 shall make
94 lbs. upon the above ground, notwithstanding
the bad stand, drought, god poor*
ness of my land, which |s in tl>t ratio of
2?00 lbs. to the acre. After two years
?imimrt thit it \m* ffiqi fWnnrated. ?^
but has improved io my hands, as oiy pro.
duct of bolls per stalk is greater. From tiis '
experiment I have made, ( believe it capo. ble
of producing twice as much in quantity,
and thrice as much in value, as our otb? r
upland Cottons, upon the sumo quality of - land.
runrsin &uoak.
It is said that an important revolution in
about occuring in France, in regard to thw
manufacture of sugar; and that a large*
capitalist intends to erect on extensive establishment
for the manufacture of sugar '
front pumpkins, experiments having shown
conclusively that it mny be obtained Irons
this vegetable in abuodauce, and of ? su- perior
quality. There is no doubt that so- gar
of good quality may be made from the "*
pumpkin. We have never seen such eo *
nrticle; but the manufacture of pumpkio
rr olasses was not sn uncommon thing in
Nea England, fifty years ago. Win# the
price of this article took a rise, in consequeqee
of the insurrection in QispanieU.
and the embarrassment resulting there from
the trade between that island and the United
States, many families, within our.lrtMrtrledge,
supplied themselves with dtolossesfrom
the products of their own grounds,
i Large quantities were madetfom sweet ap.pies,
from corn stalks and from pumpkins.
That made from appfcswas considered the
the best. The pumpkin molasses bad whig,
was called thefunpkins taste, and the pro*
duce of the corn-stalk was always tinctured
with a *ickith flavor, not altogether unlike
the taste of liquorice.
GreeQsborough Patriot*
Steam Plough fob digging casaj* aba
MAKING EXCAVATIONS FOB RAH.10ADS.
Among tho new inventions in France, is
one which is much talked of among spec*
ulatora and manufacturers. It is a steam
plough of very peculiar construction, with
which it Js said four miles of ground can b?
excavated, with au engine of only eight
hprs? power,, to the d?pth of a foot and the
breadth of twP feet, in a single hour. The
projector of, the canal from Orleans In
Nantes,,which, under ordinary circumsfco* .
^es, would require at least five yeat? for W Z
qqqstructjon, pretends that io one $*tAie
f^je.weujd be , completed by the
this, machine ; and that the saving ^?jgpg?
interest of capital would amoout ie fcftj
. thousand ^ouwJyaJalin^. A fri$fldofdfcj&