Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-11-17
A HANDSOME FARM.
From the American F'Grx,ef

From the .Americaa Farmse
Agriculture in Massachusetts,.
We copy from the Taunton Sun, the
fsllswing Report Of a csmmittes ap.
pointed at the Annual Exhibition Of
the Bristol county agricultural soci.
ETY.:
The committee appointed 10 sxamiss
and consider the claims fer pre- miums
70, the best cultivation farms. offer the
the following report:
There was but one claimant, Henry
Gardiner, Esq. of Swaasey. On the
i2th Of July we examined his farm sit.
uated on Gardaer's Neck, SO called
lying between Cele's aad Lees rivers
about tive miles west in an air line
from Fall River having full view Of
that village and the parts adjacent.
The farm consisting ofAe acres OF which
10 are moving, - pasturase, ala
orchardisg. and the remasning l6 lie
tillage including the bu idings and ap.
pYopriata yards. The farm is divided
into snail lots, nearly square, Of three
or tour acres each. BY strsng stone
walls. Eve feet in height on every side,
exec pt those lots which bound en- the
rivers. The public road ruDn,ng
sootherly course on the hight al land di~
v'des IL int" aoPtb d south con partmsnts.
having the lots on each side, which CIR.
cuDstance gives an easy access to any
part Of it. The soil is aluvial with q
COED proportion OF losp and sand. A.
bout three hundred lsads of manure
made of sea weed besides fish and
matters from the stables, ale used On
the farm annually
The annual produce IF the farm is a.
Bout Is tons Of English hay. 100 bar~
rels Of Indian corn, 100 hundred bush
els OF rye, 700 bushels of onions, 500
bushels Of potatsss, 500 bushels Of
tnrsips-and CIDER apples, pears peach.
es and fhary vegetables in alum
dance for family use The Stock con-
ststs of four oxen, TIVE cows, faue
young creatures. one barse twenty nine
sheep and six hogs Four oxen are
fatted yearly on grass, turnps and poo
tafoes, pfodueing about faur Thousand
podnds Of beef The six b ,as are faited
Cd meal, one third Of rye and two thirds
OF Indian corn This mode Of fattsn-.
ing swine Mr. Gardener thinks is the
best, the rye having tendency to
keep the bswels IL a good stste.-,Fbs
sin swine usually produce 1900 pounds
Of pork.
Mr. Gardener has No particular mode
of raising corn, but manures his ground
designed for that article very highly.
Asst rye be observes some rotation
Of crops He plants his potatoes ears
i in the spring geaibers them in the
last of August or ftst Of September,
then inme diateiy plows aud sows the
grouad with rye In July following
the rye is reaped, and the stubble turn
ed IN with the pillow, and turn,p seed
was sown on the top. 10 this mannsI
always to keep the grssnd
h'saiy manured, be raises ahsui thirty
bushels of rye to the acre, and iiom
20e to 500 bushels Of turfiys frsm ths
same acre and ia the same year.
The orchard consists Of gscd fruit
trees which ere large, thrifty, s. geH
y
'Ie ground IN such a q aaaer as that r."
wee DIS would grsw: In Tact such IS the
cultivation Of this farm, that very few
weeds were observed by the committee,
The bara IS "a by Sc feet. and subj
GENTLY high 10 hold thirty tons OF hay. 4
The barn yard is in front oil the barn.
southern exposure Adjoining the
earn yard are the yard and sty TER
swine.
The expenses Of labor, &c. in oulti..
satIng tAls farm arc about two hundrea
doliaSs annually. = The amount OF year
~ produce exclusive Of supporting the
family, is about 975 dollars, lea ing
early prefit OF 475 dollars beyond Tue
+ &@.nses.
lodr committee were highly graiiifd WIN
80 neainess. good cultivation AID manage
aen' Of this farm land although BIZ . !a-
= haa no consnctiior, yei the coai al1'eo
commend plenEin OF ten dollars sAi Q
hume Of the Nea En-, land Farmer