The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-12-23
The Farmer.
,NppoyEMENTs IN AGRICULTURE.

ofLan,ngburg, NY
Tnr PLOUGH In this implement the advance in
49,, ,o,r. has been truly astonishing There is
.,,oIv less difference between the neat cast IRON
.oo,b of the present time, and the clumsy wooden
..o used for the purpose at that period, than be-
,s, that and the iron pointed crotched stick Of the
,,,,Ots. Ia the case of working and the effect pro-
i,,,d on the soil every man competent to judge will
Ami, that the difference effected by improvement in
,sslad thirty years, is, fifty per cent.
'Par THREsHING MACHINE. Experience
A,w, that the larmer who gets out and sells his
,nn in autumn, admitting the prices are the same,
0,ze, from his crop at least ten per cent. than
he who does not dispose Of his crop till the next
,Dior But it may be safely asserted that in grain
growing districts the whole force of the farm, ifdevo-
n ,d,OhN object alone, would not be able to bring
Z biz grain into market in the fall ifthreshed by hand.
Hence the lhroshing machine has come to his aid and
doe, the work so much better and quicker than it
b. done by hand, that the getting out Of thousand
s1hes Of wheat is counted small affair.
u The IloRsE RAKE. With this instrument on
n nd fitted as meadows always should be, one man
81 md hOrse will do the work of six men with hand
& nse The value Of this labor saving machine will
n mbsdsputed by those who have tested itS power
vhmlina presses or storms lower over tho hay field
lsno less valuable as cleaner in the wheat or
mty siubbe, where can prevent quantity
agrn being left, surprising to one who has never
ul The horse rake.
hRlcUl rURAL ASsocIArIoHs. The sPlend-
a ar.atura improvement now here and there ex-
fSh are the results Of Agricultural Journals and
!rfatura Associations, where enterprisng indVid-
ais pevodically, and by nterchangng all their
IDEAS increase the general stock in at least the COM
pound ratio Of their numbers; each returns home
with the kowIedge possessed by the whole, and with
commensurate stock of new suggestions for future
rejection and experiment. The spontaneous opera
tons Of the human mind in an uats sisted slate, re-
Tf, ages to arrive Mt results which the united ef-
Nadmmerous individuals, excited by emulation,
X wHNoduce perhaps in few days, Most other
Arguments lead to association, while the farmer
tnans in an isolated state, scarcely regarding the
'PeraIOn Of his ncighbors.
Agricultural Associations Of this and other States
have already effected wonders, and these wonders
arc now becoming the joint stock of the Agricultural
Society of this State, which has been got up by the
U'emlted and persevering exertions Of few gentle
men, who have thereby conferred lasting benefits up
on their counlrymcn
s&1IAN Conn. The benefits of skiIfnl cultiva-
'O" ore SHOWN in the improvement in the corn crop,
"mach perhaps as in any other way. "A crop Of
seventy five bushels per acre, is common as
'hy wAstweny years since; and there can be little
ooah Ihae2e hundred bushels per acre are now Of
.Sner reached than was seventy at that time.
WEIGHT OF CATTLE. The records Of the
SN'0heId market in London prove that within one
hundred years the average weight Of the cattle killed
u" That market mas nearly doubled, rising from be-
tween Tour and five hundred to between seven and
~" hundred, and the greater part OF this increase
Jus Oeen IN the last forty years 1t is calculated that
"eca'Ie offered at the Brighton market. near Bos-
0' average at least fifty per cent. at the pres
'"' "me than they did twenty years since. This inn
P0'"mS@ we owe to the knowledge brought to bear
wi "'' breeding of cattle and agriculture generally.
i"PhOVED Pres. Here is an improvement which
o'V"e'N'wever slightly acquainted with the ami
'' van aeny' The duest eye can distinguish be-
% me round, fat, beautiful Berkshire, and the
"" ''a0' ong-nosed and long-legged. bound-lilse
''''e' which seems more fitted for the race than
VIC n.y. The farmer feels the difference in his
N.O' and more than all in his pocket. The diff
''' The cost of feeding and in the pork made,
ss '''" me improved varieties and those generally
"e"'y've years since, is not loss than forty per
luis s'he result skilful selection and crosses.
t. FRUITS Compare the quantity and quality 9th
~ '" and vegetables now offered in our markets with
~' exhibited thirty years since, and the improve
nv. astonishing Erom the growth Of the cucum-
~. +" Tue production of,ho most delicious Of our
"' 'ne influence of 'cAnce is fet,a and the encour-
'"' 'Or further effor, nod the certainty OF an am
F"''""rd' Is every where Visible. ai
ROOTS Turnip TOWNSEND, as Lord Townsend,
~'oducer Of the turnp c1lttso into England was
a'e'OgIy called by the fools that xees,o,ed in pre-
O' the court, has added by thai root alone, il is
''sd, not less than sixty millions annually TO the
~ '' OIL English agriculture. The irtoduc,ion of
Al. O'a'O into general as an article otrood. has
ma, qaa''ed the benefit conferred by the establish
n. VI the held u!ture of tho ,turnp ....
'S'Se LANDS, Thirty yeras since. Occa-