Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-12-22

| l. 'oH TIC VIEW England Farmer.
lhe Commuters Report on Farms in
Essen.
| The farm of Mr.. Jacob Perley. in
Newbury, contains about 1870 acres, and
is well cultivated. The very fine ap-
Pearance Of the orchards on his farm,
and the unusual size Of the fruit, led to
Inc inquiry ofthe means by which this
was Effected Mr.. Perley attributes it
Principally to his mode Of pruning the
trees This he does every year; and
takes of much larger proportion Of
Inc branches than is usually done. By
permitting the sun aud air to have free
access TO every branch of the tree, the
fruit VIII be richer, larger, fairer, and
more abundant This theory derives
support rom the fact, that the fruit on
the southern side of a free is generally
much superior 10 that on the northern.
Another effect of annual pruning is to
produce annual bearing; and this MIR.
Periey states to have been the case with
ms trees, and those in the vicinity that
nave been treated in similar manner.
Several acres of cold, wet meadow
land on this farm have been reclaimed.
and rendered productive of the best I'D
land hay, by ditching and turning the
water from it, and then using the plough
and harrow, without any manure what
ever.
Mr.. Perley has made some interest
Ing experiments upon manure; and states
that he finds much advantage in convey
ing the prime of his cattle upon compost
heaps Of earth and marsh mud. This is
a practice generally neglected by our
farmers. It's believed that, by proper
attention, nearly as much valuable ma.
nure can be made from the urine as
from the dung of the cattle.
The farm of Capt. Paul Kent, situate
on kents Island, $50 caIled) in Newbu-
ry, contains about $50 acres. Cant.
Kent has paid considerable attention to
the cultivation of root crops, and is max
ing some interesting experiments to as
certain their comparative value. OF
those that ne has tried he prefers the
common blood beet and the mang ell
wurtzel, scarcity beet but which Of
the two he has not fully determined.
On the comparative value Of root crops
and Indian corn as food for swine, Capt
Kent has made some experiments. and
believes that corn is much to be prefer
red in fattening swine.
The lands of Mr.. Tristram and Hen.
ry Mltte, of Newbury, were visited BY
the Committee with much satisfaction
Their held Of mangel wurtzel is the fin.
est we have ever seen; and we doub,
not that The produce will be at least one
thousand bushels to the acre-equaI in
value to ten tons of the best of En-.
glish hay.-Their experiments on In
dian corn haye heretofore been very
successful, as the premiums of this ant
the State Society will abundantly testi,
| V' 10 the present year, we are of the
opinion that their field is planted quite
too thlck-that it contains twice as ma.
ny stalks as will be found profitable. Il
is planted in rows, and has several stalks
to every square foot of land. Ii seems
to be their opinion that the best mode Of
planting corn is in hills, from three IL
four feet apart, and with from four tc
six stalks in a hill. Care should be TAX
Ell in the selection of the seed this
should be done in the field, from the fair
est and earliest stalks and where two
wellripened ears are found on one stalk
they are always 10 be preferred as being
more productive. 1t is important thai
the ears earliest ripe be selected
for their produce will ripen earlier in
the succeeding year and hence yield a
safeguard against early frosts, the most
dangerous enemy TO this most valuable
Of crops. Without good seed il is vain
to expect large products; and the little
attention necessary toproduce the best
seed will be abundantly rewarded in the
quality and quantity Of the harvest.
Their field of English turnips exceeded
any thing of the kind witnessed else.
where. We were informed that they
had raised of this crop more than six
hundred bushels to the acre, after crop
of grass had been taken from the land
10 this way may the farmer easily RENE.
dy the evil consequences of short CROP
of hay "a few acres we'll cultivated
with turnips will fully supply all the de.
ficiencies that ordinarily occur.-Theil
turniPs were planted in rows about two
fleet apart, and so thinned that the