Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-05-26
CHIPS d CLIPPINGS.

Root Crop compared Nth hay end corn An
acre Of hay yields one ton and half of vegetable
food An acre Of carrots or Swedish turnps,
will yield from ten TO twenty tons say fifteen
tons, which is by no means an exaggerated es-
mate. Ii has been ascerained by experiment,
that three working horses, fifteen and halt
hands high, consumed at the rate OF two hundred
anil twenty four pounds Of ay per week, or
about five tons and half Of hay per year, besides
twelve gallons Of oais per week, or seventy .eight
bushels by the year An unworked horse con
sumed at The rate of four aud one quarter tons Of
hay in year The produce, therefore, of nearly
six acres Of land is necessary to support working
horse by the year; bur half an acre OF carrots, a
six hundred bushels to the acre, with the addition
of chopped straw, while the season of their use
lasts will do it as well, it not better. These
things do not admit of doubt. They have been
subjects of exact trial. Ii is believed that the val
ue of a bushel of Indian corn, in straw and meal,
will keep healthy horse in good condition for
week. An acre of indian corn which yields sixty
bushels, will be ample for the support of horse
through the year. Let the farmer then, consider
whether it he better to maintain his horse upon the
produce of half an acre of carrots which can he
cultivated at an expense nos greatly exceeding the
expense of half an acre OF potatoes, or upon half
an acre OF ru;a lagas, which can he raised at II
less expense than potatoes or upon the grain pro-
duce ola acre OF Indian corn, or on the other
hand upon the produce Of six acres of his best
do more than to yield six tons OF hay, and twenty
eight bushels of corfu
Canada ThisieS A writer IN the Gencssee
Farmer says he entirely killed patch of Canada
thistles by ploughug them in deep once month,
for three times IN the summer aud sowed the
ground TO winter wheat iU the fall. The slontest
wheat he had, was where he had plonghed in
the tlIises and the ground was there the IglItes
and meoweSt. II well plougaed in they are us
good as heavy dressing Of barn yard manure.--
Other noxious weeds should be pUwed in, III the
same way.
The this lie is benninl rlunt aud consequently
if the seed OF every thistle farm, to be
Kept from ripruing for two wears, the whole race
would be eradcAted
Early Plants. Seeds soaked over night in sui =
pllur aud water, will come up much sooner than
those planted without such process. About Il
tea-spooniGl OF pulveriled sulphur, TO gill of
rain water, is sufficient.
NeW Method Of grating apple. Trees. Plant
the seed in rows at II suitable distance from each
other, and the hills say about FIVE feet apart in
each row. But one tree should be suffered to
grow in place. But when the young tree is
sufficiently grown in The spring of The second or
third year, any quality OF frul may he grated uto
it in the following manner: Frsi, bend the tree
over and Obtain Tor it firm resting place, either
Oh block board resting on the knee latter il
has heeR dlvcsted Gifts branchesl and with stout
sharp pointed l;ulle pierce holes directly through
the centre Of the tree, about five inches apart into
which the scions are to lee MISUNDERSTANDING
above, two or three buds, trench is then to be
dug, in direct line between the trees, about four
inches de3p, and the whole tree bent down and
buried, leaving tke tops of the scions above
ground. Ia This new condition, the scions be-
come uniformly thrifty young trees, supported
and nourlshed from the buried tree from which
issue in due time, roots from lis entire length.
The second year from this operation, the whole
parent tree may he dug up, the new growth sawed
apart and iranspauted. II will he seen that if the
tree is five feet in length, ten or twelve young
trees, of Whatever quality is chosen, may lie OBJ.
tanned in this way whereas by the ordinary
method OF grating, there could b. but one pro :
vided The graft lived. The young scion will bear
fruit thus transplaned, in the time it would
had it been g"alled into a tree fifteen years old.
| l know not whether This process is new among
your agricultural community at the North; but /
have repeatedly Witnessed il IN Georgia aud Ma
bama. Yours respectfully, H. LEE.
The new fashion AnaZone bonne,s are of A
merican manufacture, aud are made Of common
| American hemp. They are 80 beautifully made
| up that they equal the choicest foreign fubrc. 1t
| is said they will wear for years; they can he
washed, b!eached or altered in any shape, at the
will of the owner; and they can he made OF any
| hue or color. Bali. Sun
He is fool that cannot be angry, but he is a
wise man who toiH not.
North and Souih-Free and Slave Labor. The
! Trenton Guzette says, that Mr.. Randolph says 10
speech, that the manutac lurers of New Jersey
! in I840 were made more valuable than the cotton
crop OF Georgia and South Caronn, by several
millions; and even the potato crop OF the United
! States, al only thirty cents bushel, exceeded in
value the cotton crop OF South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama; yet who thinks of legislation OF
qualification for potatoes
| ;,,L
July, we venture TO say that not public celebra
ton will he held in all New England at which in
| toxicaiing drinks will be provided. few year.
ago, and we would as soon thought of roasting
tough old goose without sluffiing,' as we would
thought OF having good time without wine =
cold ioaier loasls-lhe idea was ridiculous enough
then, but the great discovery has been made a
length that men can get high OH cold water, anl
without getting t0W, Too. Nashua Telegraph.
; Breach Of promise Of marriage. At the recen
term of the Massachusetts Supreme Court Mar
J Clark recovered $l0045 damages for an alIeget
J breach OF mari ge promise. There was n,
} positive proof OF an engagement between the par
lies ind the evidence of circunislauIal nature
OH which the plaintiff relied, was of cllaracte
so inconcluSve, that The verdict cSnnot be other
wise regarded than as most extraordinary.
"A Capital Hi. While the canvass for Cover
nor IN Rhode Island was going on Colonel Cul
penler, the Dorr candidate, came up TO a It'll
knot OF Politicians who were engaged in CONVEX
salon about the then approaching election, in tn
! midst of which he espied :he Rev. MIR. W.,
: warm friend of Law and Order" whom he thu
accosIed; 81 think Mr.. W. it would he tnore
- place Tor you TO he preaching the gospel than lee
: turing on politics aud interfering in elections
. Mr., w. Very possible; but if you had been
your place last Sabbath, warrant you woul
- have heard me preaching The gospel"
y Col. Z. Sand where was illat!'
y Mr. w. "Why last Sabbath preached sermo
= TO The convcls IN the state prison.
! Col e. pulled his hat over his eyes, struck
- roI and became invisible in no time.
q The Herkimer Journal suggests lIIat il would
an Improvement il Mr.. Gushing, in taking yOun
john Tyler out with him to China, should thro
in old John 10 make out the compliment "
n reckon il he would only do this there would
D little CIVIL from any uuarler us TO The egaliIY