The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-03
For the Farmers.
ORLEANS 90, AGRICULTURAL 50
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The following statements wefn presented
NJ ilie recent meeting 81 The Agricultural So
clcly, hy gentlemen WHO received lhe UWurds
OF premiums ~ ihcir rrOpf, They arc pub
lished becHuse u h believed lltnt iley will be-
both Interesting and prodInblp 10 our iaupefs
generally, though 10 IN 20 be reRrrued that
HE accounts Uro not more complete, with re-
gurd 10 HE management Of tlr crops.
Wm !, iinstnFr, of CmnVlury, mi-''d
2le bushels III lhr Curer Whena 81 superior
quality, nn IL ncrfs ~ new HndA The seed
was sown from ihe ;id 10 Iho l2ll Of Mny, a.
~ bushels soWu on iho ~ ncres,
James llnncock, Coventry, rniscd % hush
OILS wheaton, ucrus. Sowod shout lho 2Oll
Of May hill land, shle-htuuu soil, Suwrd 20
oats n 1876 Planted % pnlatoes aud corn,
with COOS, coat OF manure aud $50 lbs. Of
plaster, Va lsi7, No manure in le4s,
Page Romlck, bloomington, r"'-..!. 80. -. z
bushels wheat OH ore mere. Tho laud vel
nnnnrcd, The your ,,uioro broke up mud
plHpled with potalocf. PloWcdln IN the fhll
ro"ed 2Otl' ct May, witl ! ~ bushels ~
llack,hen wheat, washed IN brine aud nsbed,
Daniel behn, Of COSenlry, rnFcd from u
acres Of battle-ground, not unnurcd 12s
bushels ofoalp, OfoalH aud. peas, from . A.
crcH, iOs bushel-i the ground snno 40 nal-
ground
NJ. &, Chnmbcrlin, ofAlbnny,rniscd on one
ncru offrouud, Of Il light loan soil, % hush.
els ofrye Said ground was broken up IN
the Fall of'iG, aud mnuurcd in the Spring
ufllf, will 80 lunds Of yard manure, hr6nd.
Gust, aud 20 loads Ia ihc I'LL, aud planted
with coru. Ploughcd IN The Spring Of IL,
aud sowcd With yo, which produced the n
boye quantity.
}. u. Whoolock of Coventry. About tie
10Th OF May commenced pluughiDg ny
ground for corn; broke Two ucrra Of green.
swnrdi llcn spread 90 loads of hcnp manure
TO the ucro, then narrowed on the burrows;
then firrOwcd uut tho rows three feet npnrt
hills Two feet upurl;n shovel full Of manure iti
encll hill, aud hood three ihict; topped lhu
stalks lie first of September ulcn luskcd on
llic ball Harvested il2 burhel of cars Of
sound corn from tho two ncfes. Harvested
100 bushels Of cars of sound corn from
hallncre OF ground that was mnuurcd with
hog manure. The soil Is lonny hard wood
growth and formerly moving; cut ton aud
u halt 10 iho acre. II cost SO days. works to
plow, manure, hoe md harvest The corn The
measure was 90 quarts to the lHishcl.
Paige keuick of Bloomington, rnisod 20
bushels corn onlonc acre. Land well mnnur.
ed Wiill green manure ~ The Winter mud
SrSins before breaking up Ailer plowing
nlfd narrowing thoroughly, hirrowcd aud
nlNllIlttf ~ TIE NV WIN bll iNNiuiN filAtu
with muck planted 3 10y = Land bad been
moved 10 years; Ola limy roll. Piowc,l
shallow.
Also on half aii nero Or land lac rniscd 80
bushels uf corn. Broke up IN The Spring nj.
Ter being ghuIuughls iunnurrd with hcnp tuu.
nurc; iirrowcd out mud nunured IN The hill;
planted ! hy ,; land had hccm moved 10
yeil'si Ola limy soil; ,loWcd shallow.
''rr- '|!y'D-trcs't EnlGiiIY, raised Of po,a.
toes, from , Hcres of ground lIOO bushels.---
On 227 rods Of ground, 2l5s bushels. .,I'hc
ground being slightly ninHurrd and broke up
lr thu, spring. Ia planting wos plGsrurcd in the
hill -
Ahrnm Johnson, Of hlh6ny, raised on half
an dcrG 81 ground, l5s bushels orturnips ou
luhni land, inquired with yard manure, At
the rate OF 391oaJ, per ncrc.- Rrco'd
G5~LL Col Robert \. Dix, Of New York,
pay moslor in the died recently ofcho-
era, while on his way from Memphis to
Washington. lie was son of the late Col.
Dix, of B1scNwcn, y. H., aud brother ofSon-.
olor Dix, Of New York.
JAErp SPARKs, the celebrated American
bIogrnphdr. has LrGu dominated to rrcs,den-
~ Of Hazard University, NJ Cambridge,
ImMfNsE lN>noRATIoN. The gold excite
mont had sprcnd from Panama TO Cupc Horn
and the whole consr, and throughout all ,lc
towns IN Somi Aulyrca. Every body was
preparing to 70 tot riiforttit,.
QF1 Tho Kentucky Legislature has passed
rusuivu irvrtirr ". butler
and all the officers and soldiers in TIM, State
who served IA the late war, 10 meet General
Taylor -nn lis pneia' AiSit - l,ssItt4'ett
the guest of the STATE.