Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-04-18
NUMBER 16.

not from their chemical aptitude TO special
esr'ls or compost and as in all cases wbero
ier'illting materials arc improperly or inn.
proudentlally used their Qualities "a fer,i.
Hter' Wero doubted, These advantages.
added to the ready means Of finding market
Tor products, decided my choice
The surface soil Of the farm now oecp.
py IS q elayey loan, undcrlaid with A sub.
soul Of rcd keli' Cdecomposcd sands,onsN
and occasionally Stream Of CLAW 4 10 \
inches thick, intervening between tho ,ub
and surface soils
Much Of the land Is springy. aud oonso.
lusntly unfit for cultivation. unloss tho.
onshIy undcr.drained aud sub .oiled This
has been done on part o. tho farm. with tho
most signal success
J commenced operations in tho month of
October, 1877 and had only lime before
severe frost prevented, 10 under. drain and
sub soil a part Of tho land, leaving the sur.
face rldgel 10 be rendered rulycrulent bv
tho ircesings and thawings before Spring
In the Spring Of ls4s Inc whole farm wA,
deep plowod and sub-soilod, and during tho
Summer a large portion was under drained
the whole farm being left ridgcd again in
tho Fall Of lS4s, and thus. at this limo
March. lSl9l the soil is in finely pulyO
rulent state and capable Of producing crops
entirely superior to those Of last year
From Oc' 1877 to this time /, 500 loads
OF muck have been brought from the mend
ows, converted into available manure and
p'owed INTO the land in addition 10 which
large amounts oioHdIs from factories have
been uIei. Duung n shower followed
,bc course OF the cutters Of Newark for the
purpose Of nsceuaulng The wu,h did not
hnd Ia us course across the meadows to tho
uycr some low point Of deposit for its scdi.
menl and found what had been originally
an eAton' i've dhch bu hen filled Up to the
surface with the deposit from tho stree, wash
This ditch has been cleared out and cnued
upon Tho farm. have repeated all tho
published processes for converting muck
INTO manure and have found many ofthem
to prove efficient My Stables, hog pens.
&c, have been rendered auxiliary for the
rapid conversion Of inert organic matters 10
'erIllizlng mnterliIs and mos, OF the speciai
mnnurcs recommended by Johnson and 9th.
"rS have beentried under the dlfsrent cir
cumslancos calculated to test their relative
merits. Daring the Ser9s Of letter. of which
this forms the FIRST | propose to give tho
parucuats Of my peraIIons--in including the
raIonales OF t1e supposed advantages ars-
ing rom sub and deep suruce blowing
also the different methods | have ado pled
tor the manufacture Of monurcs, the com
Paralye values ofihs different msnurcs used
so lar as ascerinlned the supposed and ascer.
Inlned advantages arising from uader-dra
lng. &c.
Ia illustration Of theories II may also
prove necessary to recilc IN general man.
DER The modes OF culture Of some Of the crops
referring your rcndcrs for more minnie and
accurate information on them and other
subjects connected with Agriculture ooner.
ally, TO the Working Former, which am
now chung In OccorIaocc with your 70.
quest, ! will de'a,l my method Of feeding
working cattle, swine, Sc, &c Ga tho
arm IS M old orchard OF apple aud other
IruH trees, mos, Of which were considered
yaui'ss from age but they have been rev..
yea ana nrc now m renewed vIgor, having
gwen foil crops Of fruu during the pna
year. The farm consists Of 81 acres Of ar.
able land, which Is sufficiently large for
any farm 90 ucsr New York rs NE pfico
Of land is TOO great anywhere within 80
miles Of that Cry TO devote il To raising or
lher gross or grain crops farmers near
large markets enn br0sr n0ord TO buy their
supplies oflhesc articles md raise IN their
place such crops as viii pay bcUcr profits
and in the production Of Which they are nol
brought INTO competition with the cheaper
lands Of Ohio, Western New York and rise.
where As nm il'uhruuon, an acre Of land
Of good quality 10 the ,iciulty of New York
Is worth $500 the Interest Of which is sl2
atG per cent, suppose The averagc cost Of
H.'agc, manurcs, luXes &c, 10 be- Sl2 per
uuuum. making cost 10 all OF ga pr an-
mum, and applied to rai,iug hay as aver
age crop ! = tons per acIr ut go p, ION
WILDE 49, leaving prof, Of ~. None
of 'hc cereIis ',ll DO enough better 10 pay
but sill, win proper crops, as shall be a.
bic 10 show far bot moderate returns may
be occurred
! remain ST. yours respectfully.
JAS 81 AIES