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For the Farmers' Gazette.
2.VCRRXK.
Mr. Editor: I presume yoti have not
forgotten my promise, of the last year to
advise you of the result of my experiment
on Lucerne. 1 do this the more readily
as I ain informed several neighboring
Planters intend making the like experiment.
You wili recollect that my corn,
munication ? ated, that I sowed on the
25th of April, and that I thought it a
month too late, at least. Of this I am
,s?. # #
now convinced, though my experiment
is far from being full, it has l>een entirely
satisfactory in one particular, that is, we
can cultivate to profit.
{ will first state the errors 1 committed
for the purpose of enabling others to avoid
similar ones. My rows were 22 inches
apart, they should not havo been more
than 15 at the utmost, perhaps 12, would
be better. The land that I sowed upon
was not dry enough, though it was pine
land, it should be a very dry soil, one that
quickly absorbs water. It should be
#r*?r?rh??d fwa rppommended bv Arthur
Young) to at least the depth of 12 inches,
Ie.nd filled wi*h the best undecomposed
in&nutc for two thirds of the distance from
tho bottom, the seeds should be sown
thick, the uio*t regular and expeditious
way to put them in a bottle with a
quill through ?tsc?fk? These are some
of the errors that I committed?having
the row* too wide apnrtf not having a
iuffieiently rich and dry soil; and sowing
the seeds too thin. It is n wn?t?> of timo
and money to attempt cultivating Lucerne
without a very rich and dry soil,
kept entirely clean of every thir.g that
might obstruct its growth, though when
unco firmly rooted it woiilo be difficult to
eradicate it, yet in it* earl tsf stages it is
a very delicate plant, I pulied up aboui
1 .4 ..e lo. ? u'vr.u f1 ;; J tun! fl lilflt
FdRR UIU l?l Ul jnnuni i n ...... ........
moro than 1*2 inches i;? length, Ihe lateral
roots were very short, and tew, and hence
; my conclusion that it will ndm.t of being
. planted very close, and should he made
very rich to a considerable depth.
In looking over some old papers some
time since, I found a very small pamph
i I #let,
entitled *?A treatise on the culiure ol
Lucerne in and about Richmond Va. by
Jacqulin Amlder Esq.." which is at y ?ur
disposal, to mike any extracts from t at
you may think interesting to ycur read.
?rs. Yours,
A PLANTER.
Marlboro, March 14, 184*2.
[ We thank our correspondent for the
offer of his pamphlet and shall ?>e glad to
receive it. Editor.]
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For the Farmers' Gazette.
j? ,, t
xektimg ok txe tke uek agricultural
?; . - society, 22nd February 1842.
The President Gen. James Gillespie,
called the Society to order, and the See.
retnry read the proceedings of the former
\ .meeting. ])r. M. McLean the Anniversary
Orator, then arose ant! delivered a
very interesting address. After this, it
being the proper time for the proposal ot
new members Mr. John W. Leak, and
Alex. McQueen, were proposed and elected
The Society then proceeded to the
election of officers for the ensuing year :
when
JOHN N. WILLIAMS of Society Hdl
was elected President,
Joiin McQueen of Marlboro, Josiah J.
- Kvans of Society Ilill, John J- Maksiiall
of Chcraw, and Dr. M. McLean
of?heraw, Vice Presidents,
William T. Ellekhe, of Marlboro,
Recording Secretary.
Dr. Thomas E. Powe. of CherawTrc
^ Hirer,
B. F. Pegvks, of Chesterfield, Corresponding
Secretary,
Geo. J. McQrEE.v, of Marlboro, Annave
not ry Orator.
In tho absence of the President elect
Gen. McQueen, took the Chair, and appointed
the necessary Committees to
award the premiums offered at the last
meeting.
The committee on Upland Corn made a
?r report in favour of Mr. A. P. Lncoste as
producing the large st quantity, being 43
bushel* per acre. The report was not
adopted owing to a want of fullness in its
statements as required by the Society and
wee laid os the table*
. . -
i On motion it was Resolved, that a
I meeting of this Society he held at MarlI
boro' Court House on the first Monday in
August next.
On motion it was farther Resolved, that
a committee of five he appointed to fix
the rate of premiums for the next two succeeding
meetings.
The following composed the commitI
tee, W. T. Ellerbe, J.imrw Gillespie, Jo n
I J. Marshall, Thomas E Puwe, and M.
j McLean. The Committee were granted
| an extension of tune to make their report
1 and publish the same as the act of the
Society.
On motion of Maj. Blukeney the Society
then adjour ned, and repaired to Mrs.
Siiopiiietz's to partake of the excellent
dinner served for the occasion.
W. T. ELLERBE,
Secretary.
The Committee appointed by a resolution
of the Pee Deo Agricultural Society,
to fix the rate of premiums for the two
succeeding meetings, make the following
report.
Premiumsfor the meeting in October
next.
For the best yearling Colt, a
silver cup, value $5 00
For the best yearling Mule a
silver cup, value 6 00
For the best Bull ever two
years old, a silver cup, ralue
10 00
For the best yearling Bull, a
silver cup. value 10 00
For the best Milch Cow, a
silver cup value 6 00
For the iy*t Boar over a year
old, a silver cup, value 6 00
For the he.st Sow over a year
old, a silver cup, value 5 00
For the host Ram over a year
old, a silver cup, value 5 00
For the l>est Ewe over a year
old, a silver cup, value 6 00
For the greatest production of
Hay on a half acre, a silver
cup, value 6 00
For the greatest production of
Forage on a half acre, a
silver cup, value 5 00
The following premiums arc offered for
th? Annaversarv Meeting 22nd February
i34a.
F??i llio gmntcai production of*
t Upland Cotton per Acfo on
| nny quantity of land, not
I leas than one half an acre
to each effective hand* nor
in any case less than five
aCfcSi The land to lie in a
heu'y, and he capable of
producing without manure
j not more than 600 Iks. per
j acre, a silver Cup, Value 830 00
Low grounds not more thnri
8u0 Ihs. a likepremiumf
Upland Corn not more than
] 0 bushels, a like premium,
Low grounds not more than
30 bushels, same premium.
All to be regulated as the
first on LTpland Cotton.
For the greatest production of
Sweet Potatoes on an acre
a silver cup, value 10 00
quantity not less than 350
bushels.
For the greatest production of
Turnips on a half acre, a
silver cup, value 6 00
quantify not less than 200
bushels.
From the Temperance Advocate.
Litfi:.
* * In the spring of 1835, I
planted a field containing twenty five
acres of land in corn ; this field was n
light and sandy soil, and bad been in
corn, oats, and pasture, without any admixture
of clovef. or manure, successively
for a number of years J four hundred
nnd seventy-five bushels of corn was
received from this field this season, which
was considered an uncommon large crop;
Iho following spring this field w.ssnwn
in oats, which at harvest was in some
places sraicely worth cutting; the following
frill it was sown in wheal, and in
the spring following, I sowed it in clover;
the result of the wheat crop was, that 1
did not receive as n>ucb ns vra* sown,
and thinking the clover not worth keep,
ing for the scvthe, it was pastured until
fall.
Profiting by former experience, I now
determined to apply lime to this field ; ae.
cordingly in the spring, 1SH8, 1 had it
well ploughed, and 800 bushels of stone,
lime carefully spread upon twenty acres
of the same. It was then harrowed well
until in good order, after which it was
struck out lightly four feet square for
planting corn, which was done from the
first to the fifth of May. Mv reasons for
J ? 4 ? ~ tW*a tkot t Kfi
aaopnng Uio nuuvc incirnnj, nas uint i??
land being poor, and having, the fall previous
to liming, been manured. I thought,
hy flushing it in the spring, and spreadingthelrmoon
top and harrowing well
woulo be the best plan to produce a good
crop of corn, as well an to improve the
land speedily ; and I would vbterve that
the corn was net cultivated so much as I
wichodj oning to a storm which knocked
it about ?o as to render it impossible to
continue cultivating it. I was careful in
leaving hut two stalks in each hill. The
corn on the twenty a?*res, which had
been limed, suffered hut little if any, from
the severe drought which took place this
season, hut the corn on the five acres having
no lime on, suffered very much. The
corn was cut up, and shocked in the
month of September, and hulked out
and measured in November. The corn '
was very dry and good. The result of
which was 743 bushels from the twenty
acres which were limed, manured,
and SO bushels from the five acres having
no lime on. making in the whole 823 ;
*. ! ,i ?.ri
I bushels 01 corn. u is me tmiiiniou ... .
oianv farmers, that the corn crops this \
I season would have been much larger, had (
not the drought taken place.
* * It will appear then, Mr. Editor,
that I have received this season 303
bushels of corn more from twenty acres
of this field than the former crop, which
was received from the <ame twenty acres.
| Or, taking in the five acres which had no
lime on, I received nn overplus this 9eason
of 328 bushels, there being that num.
ber of bushels of corn from tho field,
more than at the former crop.
R. M. Black.
From the Plough Boy.
Mr. Editor By giving publicity to
the following letter, you will confer a favor
??n those who feel an interest in improving
their stock of cattle. It is superfiuous
to add that the great skill and rcknowledged
success of Col. Hump ton, in
rearing the finest stock in the State, entitle
his opinions to be regarded as of the
highest authority ; and the liberality
with which he has communicated the resuits
of his experience, entitles him to the
thanks of tho community. J. T.
Columbia, Jan, 21, 1842.
My Dear Sir.?Without detaining you
with an apology, for io long a delay in
answering your favor of the 31st ult., I
proceed at once to the subject matter of
your inquiries. All cnuie irnp??ricu nw...
England, trie North and the West, are
very liable to be attacked bv a fatal disease,
which 1 take to bo, an inflammation
of the brain.
Young cattle from eight months, to one
year old. are less subject to it, than those
more advanced in life. If they survive
the summer and autumn, I consider them
safe, although great care should be taken
of them the second season. They should
he brought into the State as early in the
fall as possible, kept in good growing
condition through the winter, and in the
spring be removed to a highly healthy
position, have easy access to pure water,
an.-4 thrir pasture as much shaded as the
nature of the ground will admit. In Ani
?rn*f nnd Sootemher. thev should be kept
r? ? i
in a cool stable during the heat of the
day and at night n so, the dew at that season,
being almost as injurious, as the in
tense hent of the sun.
VV-til these precautions, 1 think more
than huIf would escape th>* disease, the
first indication of which, is usually, a
languid appeurance of the animal, follow,
od by the loss of appetite, short quick
breathing, with more or less fever, and
not unfrequently accompanied by a
cough.
I have hitherto considered this disease,
when once established, incurable, f
have recently learnt, however, that by
sawing of the horns, clost^ to jhe head,
nine out of ten would recover. Ill two
cases only, have I known the remedy to
lie tried, and in both, the experiments was
successful.
I shall be highly gratified if any of
- - - ?1? I I? ll? vml
I tne.se suggestions siiiin hb usciui |?? i
j or nnv ot your friends; and wishing you
| entire success in your experiment.
1 mil very respectfully,
end truly your*,
VV. Hampton.
J. Terht ESQ.
remarks upon english cattle, and a
comparison ok til km with american.
Frankfort, lUth Jan., 184*2.
Hon. Chilton Allan, Fres't Ky. State,
Agricultural Society:
5
beg through you to express my
sincere thanks to your Society for having
this day elected me an honorary, member
thereof, Taken in so unexpected and
unprepared a manner, I have nothing
more to offer in return for the distinction
conferred upon me than the enclosed
humble communication; hut shall hope
hereafter to have it rn mjr power to make
some more substantial acknowledgment
lor so unmerited an honor.
With the most heartfelt wishes forlhe
success of your Society, and the promo,
tion of the great cause of Agriculture,
I am, sir, very sincerely,
Your obedient ser.ant, A. B. Allkn.
It ha9 become a matter of great importance
to the American stock-breeders to
know now whether they can make any
further improvemment in their domestic
animals, and if so, how, when and where.
It would require too long an essay to be
read before this Society, to attempt to go
over the whole circle of British domestic
animals. 1 shall, therefore, in thM paper,
after an incidental paragraph, confine my
remarks to meat stock alone, which at
present probably most interests Kentucky,
i was not only at the annual meeting
of tho Royal Agricultural Society, but
9
present also at that of Yorkshire, which
was much superior in its show over the
former in horses, short-horns,, long wool
sheep, and swine. I also privately examined
the stock of many of the most dis- !
linguished breeders in Great Britan. and
am free to declare that, a few South Devon
sheep excepted, we want scarce anything
more from abroad for years. Our
roadstdrs and horses of all work arc superior
to those of Kngla ud in shape, action
and endurance?our cattle nearly as good, ;
With fine wool sheep she has nothing to ?
compare with us ; and our splendi I her Is
of swin-, improve i bv the late imoortations.
are now made quite equal to auv
Sho^t Horns.?Just m-iore leaving j(>r
England^*! spring. I t??ok a rarcful survey
of Ohio and New York, and *inee inv
return have gone again over rnu?*h of the
tame ground, together with the ndd-tpm
of a part of Kentucky; and this secondj
look has only the ino.e fullv confirmed i
me in the judgment that I formed while
abroad, that the best of one breeder'*
herd alone excepted, the Short-horns of
America are quite equal to those offireat
Britain. I therefero do hope, till the
choicest of these ran be had at ?t reasonable
rate, that our money ony not lie
wasted abroad in the pride of further iin
portations?more especially during these
hard times, and under the consideration
of th" little that Europe is taking of our
agricultural products in return. Short
horns bred here can now he purchased
throughout the country, of ns good a
quality as abroad, for half the money thai
it would cost to get tnem from there.
Let its appreciate, then, what we already
possess?foster, cultivate, and spread i'?
free ourselves from the thraldom of foreign
opinions, and no longer be carried away
by the fashion of the word " tmpor'ed."
* e 1 r - 11 ? U kranJorl VPfV ?j|i)W tO
I JOUIIU ? ? - believe
that their atock brought over her#*
were made bettrr, rather than drtnioafed
in the charge. Such a thing they thought
utterly impossible in poor ignoraht Arnerica.
But that a great and decided i<n
provement has heen made in it. when Fallen
into anything like judicious hand*,
can be demonstrated to the most purblind
and prejudiced. Animals may be seen
now coarse and somewhat la'hy, imported
a few years ago, the third descendants of
which are fine, compact, and symmetric,
al; and others that, in England, wensomewhat'wanting
in constitution, have
here completely renovated themselves
and become strong and hardy. If asked
to ' eotmt for these things taking place.
I ahould answer mainly, that our climate,
especially in fhe soirh we I was better
adapted than that of England for the prortuc.tion
of neat stock; that our grasses
were equally abundant and less wnterv.
incj consequently more nuinuoim, mm
that our brecdcn have some Utile skill
judgment, and taste in these matters a*
well n> those abroad.
Hereford*.-Though a large and rather
a fine noble looking animal, the Hereford*,
in comparison with the Short horns. are
coarse and heavy in the head and horn,
with a gathering of thick flabby skin tin
dor the jowls, and considerable dew lap
Their loin is well spread, hot from the
hip bones to the rtimp they drop suddenly
away, and point otit like the small of no
egg. they aI?o thin ofT in the flank, and
are not usiinllv as well let down in the
twist ns could be wished. They do not
mnture ns edfly ns the Short-born*. and
disinterested men were uniform in de
daring to me that it tonka stronger soil
and better grass to auppoit them. This
has been denied bv the Hereford breeders,
hut f found the advocates of Short horns
verv desirous to make the trial bv fee ling
them side bv side, to see which should
irive the most and best beef on an equal
quantity of fond.
The qualify of (he fl Tefnrd meat is
claimed to he superior?uhis f doubt. com.
pared to the best Shrtrf.horn's. They are
not dairy sfnrk?^in what then consists
their merits? It's answered the yoke
-*-they mike powerful working oxen.
But do we want workers alone? and it
we did. arc we deficient in them? Let
the clean limbed, powerful, muscular,
quick-stepping cattle on the hit's of the
North, the East and West, answer these
questions. And as to their ccdor, F n^fen
see those of a beautiful red, with white
hacks and white faces ant belly, in inv
various perambulations through the State.*
and have no doubt bht fhev are the diVect
descendants of as good Flereford* as ever
graced old England* and long since im
ported into thin country.
Rut all Hereford* abroad are not fed.
with white fare.*, &c. Some of the choi.
rest and best that f saw exhibited at the
Royal Agricultural Show, and elsewhere,
were pure ? hite; others again light roan,
with red tipped ears. I eagerly a?k?'d
whence these colors came, as the Herefords
are a rognate family of the Devon*,
which are a deep mahogany red. No
satisfactorily reply was ever givon me.
Cyn f be wfong then in inferring that it
was from a Short-horn cross, especially
as I fo.und the form of these lighter col.
ored animals more nearlv approaching j
tharl hreed thnn the Hereford* usually do.
If I am correct, then, in theaa surmise#. j
where is the necessity of further impnr j
tations? We can take Short horn c'rosee# j
on the beaut fill brockle face animals that i
w? already possess in our country.
Devon*.?The red cattle of the Eastern
States doubtless originated from the north
Pcroas; and if at .much paiw had teed
i^jL? i ii tii JSk i'"iii ^Sk iiioifcr
taken in breeding tbem in America ax in
England, they would probably bo now as;
beautiful and perfect. \ f<-w very fine !
late importations hnve been made <?! these j
animal*, probably quite enough to satisfy i
the demand at present. 1 think them !
better adapted to the light dry soils of our j
country than any other breed, the Scotch
Highland rattle alone excepted.
The South Devon* of the ?ame deep
mahogany color, f found much larger}
than those of the North. almost equal in 1
site to the Hereford*, and fturfff* of thorn)
with nearly the fine handling, the loin
and q lartrr of the Short.horn. The)
row* of tmi* hreed are not unfrequeritly i
very good milker*, giving not only a
large q lantity, but also that of H rich
quality. The fi.xen are admirable in the
yoke, and mak? excellent beef. To
tno-e who have good pasture*, and like
this St vie of animal, and cannot rest satisfied
with a cross of the Short.horn* of
the Devon* already in the country, I
would recommend a small importa ion
I subjoin ihe?iz* of a hull 3 vear.s ail 4
month* old. that I inspected among other.
Height over the shoulders. 4 fret 10 inches
; girth round tile heart. 7 feet W inches;
length from the base of the horn to the
i end of rump. 7 fret 3 inches. 1 think he
| might have been fatted to weigh 13 or
MOO!) !h*. dead weight. A cow 7 years
old. of the same breed wa* hut a triflle inferior
in size.
Sussex -^>ft is contended by rti*nv.
that it hhs *r<?rn the Sussex rattle tha: the
Devon!*ami Hereford?* sprung. the firmer
therefore and not the latter, as ha* been
generally asserted, were the pure original?*.
Re this 10 it may. their rolor and general
characteristics are much like the Deions.
and their weight but a thfle inferior to
H- re fords. with rather a greater proportionable
length of hodv. The finest
specimens are very symmetrical in shape,
with limbs clean and sinewy as those of
a rare hor.se. I am confident that this
style of rattle would rather suit the taste
of the South, 'fhev are only moderate
milkers, hut their beef is pronounced up*
exrep io tunle.u* indeed will that ofall well
shape I animals he found, when properly
fatted, and thit are worked in the yoke
>om-what. and do] nit mature till about 7
vrats old.
It was agni^ fhis beautiful r*<*c, the
herd of Mr. S.dines, that Karl Spender
shewed his splerili 1 drove of .short ho ns
lor a mere nominal wager. O * course
il?e Kirl won. but not q lite so easily as
was anticipated. Theso animals are at
Iracting considerable noticejust at present
in England among :he gruzieri.
r._ ?T(.? ,,f rfii4 breed have
t^ertcy.i n? .... ?
been much celebrn e . for he quun'ity and
q m'itv of tfie:r milk. N<> do jl>t mu h
improvement ha* been m ide iri them by
careful selections, with reference, to these
particular properties. *ttll a great deal i*
owing to their nigh fee l on parsnips. a
root cultivated in great quantities and
perfection in the Isle of Jersey, but after
a considerable inquiry, I could not find
hat they excelled the Rverage of our own
good native stork in these particular*,
when equally well fed. They are of medium
size, with shyrt. fiue. dear, waxy
turned up horns, long, clean head, beautiful,
mild eyes, thj i ticck. fine limhsarid
shoulder*; but their backs are sharp, and
j they carry n very light quarter,-ami bred
| in so mild and equable ? climate, their
constitution is delicate, and with so thin
a skin, as to make them totally inappropriate
to our dim ita. w!i ?re thjfi.au of
summer would torment them so on tiie
one hand, nnd the cold of winter pinch
j them on tho other.
! At/shires.?'I\ih is an irifciW short1
horn in miniature, and I candi llv think
has nepn overrate;!. That it is :tn excel*
lent row hoth lor the dairvtrten and I) jteh*
er. irj th'? particular district of Scotland
that it inhabits, and fed upon their peml
i iar food, I do not doubt. lint when they
j rorvfc to he transported to B inland e*
I peciaffv to ,%iri ricu, they hive not fulfil*
; Ic I expedition in these points. Tney
derived thnr principal good q i tlities from
j a cross of the short-horn lurii, these ant*
| m ils we have now amnn? ns at a moderate
price, and ir, gieat pe-fcetio i, to thoso
therefore. who wish for something like an
AysJiire, a!re?dv arc imat d ton.ir han Is.
I recommend to save their money at home,
and purchase anno short*horn hulls of it
inedmrn .-iz<\ hred here from milking
| families, arid (lien <-ro>* them upon the
. heat native milker.* at their hand, and
from these make the mist approved selections,
and s<? continue and in this way
with a sinnil comparative outlay,a supTior
raee ??f animals may he grown up
throughout our country, buffet adap'eh to
our use than any (hint; we can possible
import. Grade short horn* are abundant
now, especially in the west, superior in
f**rin for the butcher and miiking qurlitre*
to any Ayrshire* that it was my g^/vf
fortune to meet ?*ith whi'e abroad.
Red G:i/'owjy<~fty the above I moan
n deep formed square, bright red cow,
without horns, and of these I have s-en
as fine specimens on the Jersey marshes
1 opposite tho city of New York, sat I to
have b?en originally imported frrtin Hoihand,
as I believe exist in th?? worll.*
txrfr? tr?iit IhA'a ?ii rl.i.rv t-nun. f?ir
i "\r- ? - - - . : the
purple of supplying thv eity wi.h
miU, ami hud the six-? and m arly the
[wrt'cclion Hl.t'oiiii othi MUii? ah n?riorr?,
were capittl irmat well tailed, aid i* her!
celebrated a* deep uri'kortf. Thia bleed
i iouk upcoa* particularly desirahbijihcy
rwer can injufe anything by goring with .
tan horn, and wanting these excrescences, 21 \;t$>
it takes rwhv at emits* just so much offal, JM ' 'JS
and f think add* so much the more to ^.JS
their value. ^ i
Black Gallowayt.?These are esseo.1 . J3
tially the same as the reds above desenb. - ; J8
ed, existing in the Galloways and other s
districts of Scotland, and the north of-'ylS ''
England, but perhaps as a grazing beast j|J
of a higher repute, and are bought up and .v*
fed in large numbers from Scotland . 'i
! throughout England. I should like to H
- ! ' - amtt or.lf irtfft Aj^li
I see an imponaiiu.i a niuii, v*?*v t?f?w
inerica of this useful race of animal*, for? .
they are active, lively, kind, and quiet in :y3jpf
(Ir 1 vo??i11o:?, and superadded .to thou |*j
| qualities of meat, are fair milkera I ha*V^9H|HB
| heard them called Highland and Black*?; $|
cattle a;rnjdv, as well a* Kyloes, Amr- 'fit
! deen*, An>?ui?. Keillo, Humlieaf^ &C.
J There is also another kind of BJfck Cattle
I with horn*. that are something of the
j aainc quahtv a* the Galloways of th?> Bj
I high bleak hills of ScotlaiS. The above
are all that struck ine ajrpeculiarly valua* I
ble in British cattle, ano in summing ufV
it will he *?-e.i that we alceady hounttfully
(kmscs* the e!cmentip?f good husbandry. ||
We now want to bofinfonned what an?? H
inn Is best suit the jfoil, food, and climate ||j
of particular section* of our wide extend* ' $
ed coiiniry, and rtn* to this point that! ' I
I would ca?neatly "Solicit the attention of^
{ breeder* in their communication*,. wb.?? v ^
treating heroaflegbn this very important ->$
and interesting adbject. ..
K mucky Farmer, ^ |f
1 ?. V'
From the Maine Cultivator.
IMPLKSKKSTJ OF HUSlAtDBT. |
Farmer Tnrifty i* (nought to be a good - '&
farmer. and in fact, I think tie endeavor** ~f,
to do n arly right in every thing npper- 1 V
taining to the business of husbandry. Ir>
r procuring his i?nplemed$s of husbandry ha 'Hj
; reasons like a philosopher t All the opo*
1 ration* of farming aaid he, must Jb?* car**
' ried forward hv mean* of tghor. Wlmt?*
| ever thei-efore can help to facilitate lafa-r,
! or increase its power, de*crvejN||ie anx*
iou* itteritiruf of the firmer.
suppose a ease. Farmer Thrifty .
chas-'d an axe for which he paid t wo dot. "Her--,
lara. and a handle for whi? h ho gavo 2S$|
> cls.j both ma I- by skillful workmen. hay. ' '
; inj .* pimi.il . are in putting the huddle in "
to t ie axe. an I in doing this little affair" lj
he applied to a joiner, a rear neighbor'
of his dud paid six eta* for ihe "job"?c* ' <! % .A:
thus you "ill see that the ate ch*i in alt ^
2 dollars and 31 ch*. This ate bung mir ?
true that one could strike fifty times in tho
same place without rn.sdng th? mark. m
Capt; Thoughtless, a neighbor of fsiy
rir^r T.j also purchased an ate of rather
an ordinary quality, paid for the same t
dollar and 33 three cts.f he nl^o bnugi.l a
i ,j|~ ...k .h usu? 'a lii.fa crooked fur ()
llSIIUiV fVII'liff ?!/! n ??? ? *
ct*.f ft id put (he handle into the axe him->'
*e!fj priee ot axe and handle 1 dollar a-nd . T5|
32 cts., difference between price of *aid>;
axe and F;-mer Thrifty'$ 02 eta.
I Farmer Thrifty and Capb Thoughtless ||
had each a woodpile of about equal awa
to cut, each hired a man by the day.r^>;'J ','j
Farmer Tbrifty'a man cut hie pile in 13 P
days, and it Cost Capt. Thoughtless Idr"
day's labor to perform the task,?differ-; ,
ence reckoning Inbor and board at only" I
03 cts. per day, 4 dollars rtett gain of fatf:
mer Thrifty, for use of his axe for only
day* 2 dollars and 8 cts. Now Afessr*.|
Editors, let tj9 ex'end our ideas and en.
ileavor to conceive what vast advantages'
Farmer Tfirifty will gain in performing ....J. |3
all the varied operations of farming, nnv-- y||
tug to his possession no other but the
most seperior implements of husbandry.- m
Honor to Farmer Thrifty, and health tojf; '
lonj life to (ho skillful mechanic.
An Androscoooin**. ||
From the New England Farmer. ^
Eighth Agricultural muting at the StaU '
SUBJECT?XAXUfrSS. ||
Mr, D ickmtiistwr (fil. of t^irwrnnm^^
said lie may l?e rather heterdnx ior'jNrae
of his notions in regard to manures. But
he lias sj?cnt much trnw iw the jtctds% and
woulj tfll what he has found there. it
is a common notion (hat there u* nothing ^
like hag manure/ he doe* not Relieve
Used ?mce to think that horse manure _?&
was poor slnft*? nrt if ft lie properly com. 9
lasted with litter and urine it will .&nt "M
\longer than any ?t!itr manure. We nr<* M
deceived in regard to hog manure?>t
works quick?Iwit does not last. O'W ^
cow properly tended and littered w?lt X
make twice a* much manure aftono hog. *?
N.other Will make muut unless(hey are* -p
j Many old rmxtms are not apuo^ and
1 Kueli as are urisotmd should I*1 discarded.
I VI .st (Mrople in letting farm^ miko it . ^
I rule that IIIe hay shaff not l>? aohi. buc
h?* wr?iilj Jot a to/rant aetl half l\\t hay* if
I ho would not raine grain. Toe grains a
the great cthau?tenr. You may make
I n^ar<n manure (t&lf, provided you sell
f hiS the hav, if you oV? not rai*e grain,
arflBf vou liaveall the liquid manure*-7^
Slwwmuiiiira he haa alwavs (tumd^to bo
l'U':t ^BB^rnd wnere his ?uecp run opoo - -> ?
1 he in alffti/un, and feed
c 0,1 g u""h?a more rha/i half as much
a titQ n xt year m rn other, fundi*-**
Sanasy li.tt a rt*w <vill en l a* much *a
ten #heep; .to wurii i s iv showHI M Mt
idtlfl uiotu thaujJtj^icep. ->. '-ijfiflPB