Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-09-11

per acre. Another witness brought be-
lore the Parliamentary committee, tesii-
hed that on the estate OF lord Howard,
Barbot Hall, Yorkshire, heavyweight
bushels Of whea, had heen obtained from
q quaFter Of an acre being at the rate OF
liz bushels per acre. Mr.. Colman thinks,
however, thai the accuracy Of this slate
ment may be considered doubtful.
AT Hofsham in Sussex. some seed
wheat, brought from Australia, was sown
IN lows inches apart, and mills inches
apart, only one seed 10 a place. Al this
rate il took 81 lbs. seed per acre. at 03
los. per bushe, one buseel OF seed would
plant more than 6 acres. The yield OF
this wheat was at the rate Of III bushels
per acre. Some Of tho straw was ieet
nigh,
a lsborer, John Harris. u SUSSEX, pro.
dueed The following crops from his alol.
mtnt Zone ecie aud II rods, wheat.
% bushels --half an acre Of oats, 81 BUSH
,ls-30 rods Of barley, l3l 6usbes-a0
rods Of peas, 4 bnshels--one acre pola-
toes 404 bushels--hali an acre Of turneps.
100 b0shels---l3 rods carrots, 80 tons
Is rods maugel. tons, The
resi- OF bis land was occupied as green
food for his cows, such as cabbsges, rye,
clover, t4res, &c. He kept two cows
he had from sto IL pigs al winter, and
they consumed all bis potatoes, and his
turueps, mangelwunzei, and carrots.
were gwen 10 bis cows. He faitcned 90
stone, Or, 900 lbs. pork, which he sold 10
the butcher. lie sold shoats at 8 months
old, FOR stores and one pig for roosting;
he also sold sows ia pig foi Sl2,25."
An instance Is mentioned where man
in Sussex, John Piper, VINO occupied four
acres, and kept two ce@s, worked one OF
the cows IN cart, by which lie makes an
annual saving OF S24. Not& Outstanding
the COW is worked, "she makes eight
pounds OF butter week, besides farnish.
ing some mllk Tor the family"
Great pains are taken in all cases TO
save the manure. Nothing is wasied.--
The animals arc Stalled, and only turned
into yard few hours a day for exer.
else. BTlck or stone tanks, well cement-
cd, ale sunk near the COW. stables ano pig
sites, for the reception OF all the liquid
manure. "Fhe con,ebts OF these tanks,
on becoming full, are pumped into small
cart with a spunkllng box attached to il,
like that used FOR watering streets ia CT
Tres, and dlstr buted over the crops, always
with the greatest advantage, aud with ef.
iects Immediately perceptble." All which
Mr.. Coman saw, conyiGced him that
there is no necessity Of 'mpoverishlng
the soil, but that under the rlgh, manage
ment, il will keep itself 10 condition, and
DO ever improving. The allotment sys.
lem, though 50 evidently beneficial TO the
poorer classes, is strongly opposed by the
farmers IN general. In relation 10 The
causes OF this opposition, il Is alleged that
the farmers are not wiling to lessen the
depen1anre of the laburers on them Tor
suppor.-that the great crops obtained
under such nice cultivation, contrasted
with those OF the farmer, tend TO throw
the latter into the SHADE, OF by proving
what the land is capable Of producing,
may induce the landlords 20 raise their
rents. Besides, it is said the farmers are
unwilling to see the Iaborers appear in
the markets 10 competition with them
selves. Mr.. Coman observes. thai whelh.
er these reasons actually exist OF moi,
the "molves named are but too consistent
with the weakness and too often unres-
trained selfishness Of human naiure.----
Every man certainly has fair right 10
1--we, and the duty OF every jos, man. is
10 'lel him hve.' Blessed be the day, If
come il ever should, when every man will
learn that ms own true prosperity is es-
sentially concerned in the prosperity oil
hls ne ghbor, and that no qualification on
earth, to good mind, is more delicious
than that which is reflected from the hap
piness Of another, to which he las been
himself Instrumental"
Some OF the aotmeuls are managed by
men WHO act ia the capacity OF schools
teachers, and the scholars, who are bows
from eight 10 fourteen Years OF age, per-
form the labor Of culivuting the crops
working on the farm given number OF
hours each day in return Tor their instruc-
ton. The 81 stem works well, both for
The boys, and the condition and product
Ut tub PFDlDUS. 4 CT hFs 0tiiHhH tStlS
constrained to add bis ''strong conviction
thar the education Of tie laborlng classes
is not viewed with favor by those who
move in a higher condition OF lie. -
Every approach, therefore," he contin.
ues, IA this direction, is likely to be re-
sisted and this feeling Of superiority
pervades, with an almost equal intensity,
every class m society, above the lowest,
from the master Of The household to the
most mtnial beneath whom there Is any
lower depth. Education IS the great
lev,.let Of all artificial distinctions, AID
may therefore be we'll looked upon with
Jealousy"
QUANTITY OF SEED FER RE.--Un-
der THIS head we find also many useful
facts and experiments The English far
mers generally practice very thick SOW
ing, and IT is the opinion Of some very
judlcious cultgators, that large portion
Of the seed may be saved, and quite as
large, II not larger crops be obtained, as
th sre are now. Some experiments strong-