Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-09-22
VOLUME !. NUMBER Is.
A ROCK RIVER FARMER

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we lately visited the farm carried on by
our democratic friends Charles J. Hosmer
ana his father-in-law, Mr. Morgan, at
Rockford, which contains great variety
OF products, and is under as good state Of
| cultivation as any farm in the State. They
nave OF the Morus Muticaulis and Canton
Multlcaulls trees about 100, 900 of eacb.
enough 10 feed 100000 worms. They
RAISE their trees from layers, (that is from
| dropping the sprouts in farrows,) and not
| from the seed. An acre of trees will nro-
| duce about $500 worth of silk, which. in
| tunes like these, affords about $500 nett
profits.
lhey raise great varieties OF potatoes
but give the preference to the Rohan pota-
toe Last year, they bought two of them
Tor which they paid one dollar. From
these, they raised a barrel, from this bar
rel, they, this year, raise rising 100 bush
els. They are full Of eyes, and only one
OF them is necessary TO be planted in q
NIL. They grow about 900 bushels 10 an
acre, and are very profitable to raise for
stock. They are good table potatoe, full
y equal to the Irish greys, which grow
only about 450 bushels 10 the acre. The
Rohan potatoe sometimes have seventeen
eyes and weigh four pounds. Five BUSH
els OF them will plant an acre, whilst it
takes 20 bushels Of the pink eyes and Is
bushels of the Irish greys The cutiyator
speaks of the products of single potatoe
in one year, which weighed 1873 pounds.
and of single acre, which measured 400
bushels. For their own table, they raise
the pink eyes, an early potatoc ripe by the
middle of June, and the Moushanic, which
keeps late in the Spring, but is not SO dry
as the pink eyes.
They raise also several kinds of corn.
but give the preference 10 the China corn.
which yields three or five ears on a stalk,
and grows 10 TO IA feet high, with ears II
to fifteen inches long. 1t is white and fin
ty, and grows 90 bushels to the acre; but
one acre of 12S has been mentioned in
the Cutivator. They raise the Dutton.
which ripens early in August, and will
then do to be ground. They have tried
the Baden, which will not get ripe before
frost Dent corn is the common kind
raised, and grows about 40 bushels to the
acre.
They raise the Black Sea, Italian and
sufficiently toexpress preference, though
the Black Sea yields the best, and the 9TH
ers make the whitest and sweetest flour
The Siberian grinds much the easiest.-
This is all Spring wheat, which they find
the best for bread, whilst the winter is the
best for pastry.
They raise the black and the barley
oats. The former yield generally about
ten bushels the most to the acre, and are
not SO liable to lodge, whilst the barley
oats are more handsome fuller and whittier.
Their sugar beots, grow as large as Is
to 90 lbs, and yield 1000 bushels to the
acre. They prepare them in q box with
sheet iron bottom, set in brick arch.--
They feed theirs out to the cattle, but thew
will yield six pounds of sugar to the hun
dred.
They have most beautiful garden,
composed of every variety of punkins,
squashes, melons, lettuces and the usual
kinds of garden sauce. They also have
varieties Of flowers beyond description.
We do not remember Of having ever
tasted better butter than was furnished us
at this place; and we left it with the full
conclusion that an industrious, neat and
Provident farmer is not only the happiest
man in the world but the most useful mem
Der of society. He is beyond the reach Of
all bank panlcs and every other misfor-
fortune not emanating directly from Om-
Impotence.
The farm of these gentlemen under
cultivation is not very large, consisting of
20 or 30 acres Of corn, 20 or 80 acres Of
wheat, 30 or 80 acres Of oats, 3 or acres
of potatoes, acre of sugar beet.
They very discreetly go upon the prin-
ciple Of the old adage,
A little house well filed
little farm well titled;
whilst others are cultivating twice the
ground, with four times the expense, for
less pleasure and smaller profits.
Chicago Dem.
Go II While You're Young.-A bright