The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1819-06-01

A due attention TO economy and Improvement
in the subordinate branches ofhusbandrvi is bioh
" necessary but the principal object which ey-
cry farmer ought constantly 10 has ID view IL liz
Improvement Of MS land. Notwithstanding there
are a few individual farmers IN the District Of
Maine, who obtain large crops ofproduce Yet It
j. fact that the total amount ol crops IN proper
tiOn to the extent of land titled not 90 great row
a. in some of the other New-England states. It
follows that we are behind our neighbours u the
method Of cultivation, else the soil must be VI
an inferior quality. 1t is, we believe, generally
admitted that Maine IN point Of fertility, SAY be
ranked with the Northern States generally. aud
that with the same mode of tillake, ouF farms
might be endeFed a productive as any ll Great
Britain or in the other parts Ct Europe. X an
not be expected that a large farm can w proper
" managed with the laboW OF only one or Ire
men and a small stO < Of cattle; nor can farm
yield any great profit 10 the cultiyator, whel
twenty or thirty acres oflaudmust BE moved IA
order to obtain subsstance-for few head d cat
tie and the other crops proportionablY small.
This j. frequently found to be the case in manyOf
the older towns. The grand evil Of which
complain arises principally from two caues.-h
the first place. many farms are Two large 10 be
suitably carried on by the owners, owing to the
want Of means Secondly, those who possess
sufficient capital to be enabled TO bestoW that la
hour and improvement on their land which i In
dispensshly necessary to rendeF Agriculture
profitable employment, appear to be cautious OF
expendmg their money for the attainment OF this
object.
In order to ascertain with precision the adFan-
tages that might be derived from little extra Ia
bour and expense in the cultivation OF land, s
necessary TO compare the crops harvested rom
the ground titled in the common way With those
obtained from land that has received additional
dressing, keeping in view the contract Of costs
which are incurred
ln the ordinary way, land, for corn, Il common
" ploughed bat once, ulanured at the rae Oh
twelve OF fifteen loads to the the crop about
twenty five bushels the next year gram i M
ually sown without manuring and the produce
may be stated at ten bushels per acre. Nhel
laid down to gas. the crop ofhay i generally 4
bout a ton an acre for the first year bat II se9n
depreciates, and in few years it Will scSlcsiy
pay the expence Of cutting. -
Take land Of the same quality, let It oe We.
subdued 10y ploughing and narrowing, mahuieu
at the rate oftw enty-fve TO thirty leads per aee'
and the cIop If well tended and good season.
will be al least thirty-fve bushels OF corn; w
grain will yield equally well; and the En- I'll II
the extra dressing viii be visible fer many ye~s,
not only i'd the crops Of hay, bit after tne idn'
has been again ploughed and cultivated e.
But as the test OF experience always has nuOiI
greater weight than speculation, our readers H.
referred TO instances, where mechanics anu PiV, NV
tessiOnal men with few acres have Obtains
greater net profits and some times total Plolu0SiM
than many husbandmen can get from ineH "a
Of sixty or an hundred acres Of land. may y.
further observed that there were cases tnF "
season. Of vegetables being raised IN gardens n
I-oJ ALL
at the common market price, with mol more Pe'
hans than double the amount of labour and e. w
pense to an equal extent Of ground vhioh IT
necessary TO the production Of an usual cI0P IL
Indian corn. -.
II may not however Re expedient nor P'Du'
to bestow the same cost. upon tllage gfo"H-
this country. which is done ia other ooo-"
when the population is more dense ana t','
very dear. But il il necessary we snou1
more pains III cultivating oar fields heio.e
expect to raise corn, gram anu
food for cattle easier and in more aOui''- y
than we DO at present. -o,,s. W
As a preparatory step towards the mPi ~ ~
Of land il is requ site pay some atien''od fr an
different methods which have heeh ses- vi IT.
incre asing the quantity OF stable aus, o;osraI
dung-we shall also notice some N ".s n..f s
and vegetable substances that nave ooeN-arrhaz vi
manures and give few directions ~ living,
land by the operation OF ploushlns anu -,
draining sparing and burning DC .phied
The discussion ofthese topioks q nj, length. =
will hereafter be taken Up il order at some a.
We shall ut promise to offer many new iq n;ai.
shall select from various sources SUI
may come within The scope oE our oesisi ~ ~
Altde practical knowledge oihu ,5Ii u ti1s
piled with industry and economy w. nre.ea1 \
effect great things If we Do y. ,aa,'oIishned
possess means competent e the accom- accom- rsks =
Of great improvements 4 hrs we 'iior nrerchan
good use ot sucA as we nave. OHI 5sscrsd Ny
navigators and orr manufactures nri ;rit II ene
well cftheu country. lie nooIe sErarance C Nh
prize they have added that o. Pe-'@