The people's press, and Addison County Democrat. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841, 1839-12-10

soil, as far MS possible, and that methods should
be adopted by him 10 preserve, and increase
the amount at his command, as far as may be,
and moi allow The avaiis Of his pig pen 10 be lost
TO the farm. as is frequently done. Where pigs
are allowed a small ard 10 run in from the pen
they may be made 10 produce large quantity
Of good minuue, by frequent addition 10 the
maierini m tie yard, of straw. weeds. tuifS,
muck orsyengood common earth, TO absorb
the fiuid part OF the manure, and preserve lis
salts from escaping. In this frequently renew
ed mass, the pigs will love TO work; and if any
dsinclinaiionis manifested in them to stir this
compost heap. a few handfuls of corn scattered
over The suriace. will speedily overcome it, and
set them busly at work. If the pigs cannot
leave the pens, the siye should he frequently
ccansed, ard care should lie taken, that the
dung so thrown out is not lost 10 Inc premises.
a load Of mrck, or vegetable mould. OCCASION
ally mixed WIN, "r thrown upon the heap, will,
when the lime for using il i'll the spring Of the
year arrives. &c found from tins absorption of
sails, and combination with The manure, an ap-
plica'Ion of much greater value, than common
stable mnnures. for most ofihc crops cultivated
By The farmer Fresh manure of any kind,
should not be applied directly TO crops of grain;
as they are APT 10 produce loo much straw and
endan2cr the formation of good berry; ma.
Eurc should be first applied to roofs, or 10 corn,
the grain follow by which the danger Of too
rapid growth is avoided.--GeneSee FARMER.
Ii appears TO us that il more of our farmers
would Turn their attention 10 cultivation aud
raising of good graft apples they would sec
their account in ii. There are few agricui-
tural products that can be made source of
greater profit. Choice frs; rate winter apples
bring dollar buShe in the valley of the Con-
necticut. Now if any one will take the trouble
To estimate the number of bushels which in or
binary years and by proper cultivation, can be
raised from an orchard of two or three acres,
we are mistaken if he does not find that the
land yields an enormous per centagc on The
cos, and labor expended upon it. Apples are
TOO high and out of all proportion to other ar
licles raised by farmers. They might be at.
lorLcd at thirty or forty per cent less and ye.
yield great proIil.-Ciaremont Eagle.
FOURTEEN HUNDRED BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
Mr. Joseph ID. Coz. of this city, has raised This
season. f.om an ounce and quarter of seed.4O
Rohan potatoes, weighing Is lbs. which he
tells us after an accurate measurement of the
ground occupied, is at the rate of l44O BUSH
els to the acre. He cut his seed into five lu
bers and the produce is equal 10 22a bushels of
potatoes TO one bushel of seed. The largest
potaioe produced weighs about two pounds -
The vine grew IL feet three inches.-Netcark
Daily Adc.
ENGLISH AGRIcULTuRE.-The good land of
I M Ian thuf
OF America and this Supero ity IS probably de-
rived, no, so much from reaier original strength
of >oi'. from more >kilful agriculture Deepen
ding inninly Two greats facts, ia thiu iillage
and faith vi m >nuriGg.
The English farmer does moi believe that there
is any thing necessarily inherent ia the nature
of God soil which makes it productive indie
pendenily of ru'ricious matter and foreign
ament re,ur. ed 10 it by the cuIivaior. as a com
renSation for the crops il has yielded. Hence
his first his Irl cI al care is 10 collect and firm,
manure fr.'m every possible source.
Nothing Is more common wien one IS travel
in England tiian to see in the roa Is adjacent
10 the felS heaps of comp 'st, cons sting oftu f.
tops of vegetables. as turn ps and carro 5, the
s:ubbie fIom the wheat fields and which i, cut
by a second reapi = after the crops have been
emoved dead animals. the off Is of harm yards
AID sabrs, and ia Short every thing which is
capable oflbrng converted by pulretaction into
We etibe mouli.
Ii IS therefor because this business Of manur-
ing is SO perfectly unders a ID 81 diligently
rractised in Eug aid, more h IN from any other
cause. that ihrir lands are so much richer than
OUR. lnieed. is it any thing more Han an i'm
,aiion of the economy of nature 2-PrOfessor
Siainldn's Irdueis.
SHEEp-Should be protected from storms and
fei, though they have access 10 the ground.
Sometimes they are suffer ed 20 iun without food
ur protection until the ground Is covered with
snow. except scanty amount OF food which
tiey CLEAN from the almo-t n krd eds !
and PASTURES, the Consequence Is, they become
poor, and they viii not regain their good conGi-
lion without unusually good keeping; and if
they continue poor, I. cir lambs will be feeble /
and more.ikely than not to die of starvation.
rh. will al,o suffer much from stofms es-
peciaIly those OF lain: his will produce colds, |
which oft carries off many valuable animals |
render them alrno, useless TO their increase
or heeccs She p usually do best " en- they |
can have arcess 10 The g ound late in
tn fall or first in the winter, and ten again !
eaily in the spring, but viii they can get only |
little food abroad they should he supplied with
food from the barn; and il their going 10 the I
ground preveuts their LAYING good an appetite, |
they should have better food, or something mixed
" it'll ii 81 10 induce item 10 eat.
Ii they will no; eat hay in its usual state when |
they have access 10 the ground, sprinkle on |
iltl' salt water or chop it up fine ahd the salt
wafer add bran or meal and il hay cannot be
prepar ed so that they will eat it, give them grain,
or rather meal, ROOFS, or something that they
will eat Ycnkee Farmer.
AMERICAN SILK.
At the close of the fair oflhe American IN |
stItute, New York, the president exhibited 10