Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-09-11
GOOD UISRANDRN

The editor of the Maine Cul,ivator. (Mr.
Drew OF Hallowell,) cultvates but sinple
acre OF land, but this he does in such a man.
ner, as to obtain from it an astonishing A.
mount Of produce. The following account
OF the management of his garden will mo doubt
interest many ofOur readers.
One third of an acre he devotes annualv
to corn-the long cared, large kerneled, eight
rowcd yellow corn, that is not very late
With him, it has ripened every year for the
last ten years that he has cultivated it. He
applies to it, before blowing, at the rate Of
eighteen or twenty cords of long manure TO
the acre, Tor six to the third of an acre) and
turns 1t under by the pillow. lie plants the
hills three feet and half apart one way and
three feet the other, exactly by measurement
with line: In each hill he deposits either
shovel full of old rotted hog manure, or az
much light manure as will not overst,mua,o
the crop. On this third of an acre no b,,
realized on the average for years, over thirty
bushels of sound corn for grinding. besides :,
little pig corn for hogs in the fall of the ycnr
his IS as much cora as he needs in his fami-
"; besides sufficient surplus for fatteninp
one or two small hogs. From the same land
he ordinarily obtains some two or three him.
dred pumpkins, which serve important mr..
poses in the family, besides being an excel.
lent article for boiling with potatoes for bop,
giving COW, &c. From the same land
too' he has generally obtained all the drv
beans he has needed in his family to 90 with
his pork, which he raises by the ayails of hi.
land, without purchasing of Others. Tho
corn fodder is carefully cut and cured and
helps as subsistence for the COW. So
much for one third of AN acre.
a small portion of land is set apart for ,bo
culture OF onions. Ordinarily he raised
from iilty to seventy bushels on a bed ssu
nan dozen rods square. These he sells oD
the average at one dollar per busbel-or civ,
~ dollars year. This purchases his aonr
anu ana rye at common prices. So that from the
hrst third OF an acre and an onion bed hs
raises S all his bread-brown and white. "
on two other large beds, he grows pcner.
any ABOUT nity bushels of mangel wur,zel and
'"i'o'S' These are for the cows w;r,er
They more than paw for them.
serves IN the milk and buttcr-io saw no,h;n.
OF inc hay and other proyender. With
very little hay, together with the corn foddo~
anu foots' good cow-and it is economv
winter. '0'e" INC
POTATOES for summer and autumn usc ,ra
planted on the margins, and wherever ,bors
IS vacant chance for hill, and a dcpart.
menl is expressly devoted to them. larro
' s' 10 raise all that wanted for the table,
ana r enough to spare to the hogs, sc.
ne resi- OF the land is devoted to too ma
~ 'h'ngs to mention cre-bects-nor.n,n.
-eaoDagcs-turnips-grcen beans-peosE
green Observation-Disclosures
summer and winter sorts, &c. besides
ruits and flowers of various kinds, prapcsw
Antwerp spbeTies-black do-cnrran,s
shi'c' red black and yellow-Enelish and
COMMON gooseGerrics-and a few choice
ppie- poar-piumb-.c hery-peach and
!a n;"a trees; All this from SINGLE ACRE.
which he cul'va.es with bis own hands.