New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-12-26

! probably have an ample supply left. He suffers
them 10 ret somewhat advanced before they are
hinned, and then is careful! TO select the feai'hl-
| est and strongest plants to remain. must Lo'
| ba suoposed ever to endorse the opinions oil an
o;her man, simply because | give them puI
certainly success is the best test Judgment ana
skill. However interesting and ingenious rnaiis
speculalions may be, bis practice Is always wotta
vastly more than theory
His crops Of maugel wurtzel were magnificent;
and he gets great deal of green feed feI MS
COVE, by plucking the under leaves; Though, II
too sevelely stripped IN the autumn, they ere
liable to be injured By the ftosts.
He soss tares and oats together for green ieeo
for his stock The cats serve TO support the teres
and the mixture seems to be greatly reilsheo
by the animals His great dependence for green
feeding of his stock is upon the italian rye-grass
most valuable grass, whichis very much com,
mended wherever it is cultivated, and which,
hope, will be introduced into the United States.
saw a field of this on the farm, which had al
ready been cut twice in the season, and was
aeafly ready for another cropping. In Mancae7-
ter, the last autumn, saw specimens oil three
cuttings of Italian rye.grass, all cut from the
same field in the same season, the combined
length of which was thi.teen feet Tins was
surprising growth, and indicated the remarkable
lo1Irlance of the plant.
His oats give an average yield Of eighty bush
els to an English acre and the oats chiefly pre-
ferred here are the Scotch potato and The Hope
town oat. The weight of the potato oats per
bushe is stated to be about forty-tour POUNDS. L
have known il in the United States, the first year
of its cultivation, to weigh as much, but the
second year not TO weigh more than thlrty-tive
l.. Al rV,,;c Ct ho IN
error OR defect ia the cultivation; for l can con-
ceivc Of no natural hinde,ance, in many local.
ties, to the most successful cultivation OF this
crop. He sows rye grass with ms oat crop ana
gets good cutting, after the oats are OF, from
the stubble Il roight be thought that this is
riding the horse loo hard :" put, as the rye grass
does not ripen its seed in the case, the sod Is not
exhausted. The next season 1t gives full YIELD
[ snail hereafter extend the accouet OF this ad
mirable establishment, ii any thing present itse'i
upon further inquiry, desirable to be communi-
Gated The institution is one of great imPor-
.ance and will serve as model for others; and
several, in different parts OF The country, through
The public spirited exertions OF several gentle
men, who are large landholdars, are in the pro-
cess of being formed. | shall conclude The ac-
count with the production, the current year,
IS44) of sixteen and hall acres OF land upon
this farm, which tine manager, I'M whose estab-
lisbed character have entire confidence, has
been pleased to give me. In my experience, the
yield has not been surpassed.
From these sixteen and one half English acres,
he has fed entirely, from the 18th of April
to the 18th of August, seventeen mich cows,
one bull, six young stock, two horses, and
one PONY. OF one acre i'll vetches, he has used
one half the crop the rest remains. Of one
acre in cabbages, he has sold two-thirds, and
used one. third; the two-tbirds having brought
nim by the sale fl3 sterling; ana from the
same sixteen and half acres he has cut and
cured, and has in stack, twenty-eight tons of
well made hay, from rye grass l took this stale
nent down from his own mouth, with the stack
If hay before me, the quantity Of which was as
;ertsined by cubic measurement, by a rule which
s considered established and accurate.
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