Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-12-28

information being the Agricultural Reports
Of the United States Patent Office.
l. MAINE ROTATIONS.
In Waldo county the rotation Of crops
mostly adopted consists of l. Oats on .
pasture ground; 2, Corn or potatoes ma
uured; 3, Wheat, and 4, Hay and pasture
from five to ten years. In Franklin
county it is {: l, Oats on grass land as soon
as it yields less than ton Of hay per acre /;
2, Corn or potatoes manured; 8, Wheat
seeded down to grass, and 4, Clover or
grass, for land so treated, is considered as
"put through" regular rotation Of crops;
and the same system prevails in Somerset
county. But some farmers in each Of
these two last named counties SOW their
wheat on sward land with success. In
York county the rotation pursued is: l.,
Corn on a green sward, ploughed down
and we'll manured; 9, Wheat seeded down
with clover, red.top and timothy seed 3,
Clover and grass for several years, or until
the rotation recommences. And this sys-
tenn also obtains in Penobscot county. In
Washington county the rotation consists
of six years course, to wit: l, Pasture /;
2, Oats; 8, Turnips or potatoes; 4, Wheat
or barley; 5, Hay, and 6, Pasture. The
wheat seldom gets any manure except what
is applied to the previous crop. Timothy,
clover, redtop, &c, are always seeded down
with wheat or barley, and are said to take
much better with these than they do with
oats or rye. The most important agricul-
tural crops of Maine are grass, hay, oats
and corn, and these are largely on the in
crease as food for stock, for she is apply
ing her chief energy to the raising of cat
tie and dairy productions, and hence the
census Of 1850 shows that she is now grow
ing considerably less of wheat, rye and
barley than she did in 1s4O. (See Ag.
Rep. 1s4s, p. s42, 669; 1850, P. 2ls,
226-3l 1851, P. l31-44; 1852, p. III
81; and Census of 1850, p. 170-4.
9 NEW HAMPSHIRE ROTATIcNS,
In Cheshire county, the rotation led
BY old and successful farmers is: /, m
on grass or clover sod heavily dunged; 2,
Oats seeded down with q mixture of timo-
thy and clover seed 8, Clover or grass,
which continues from four to six years,
when the rotation recommenccs. In Graf
ton county some prefer planting potatoes
on old pastures ploug he'd down, and then
wheat, as they are sure Of getting good
crop of wheat; as potatoes, in their expe-
rience, leave the ground in fine condition
for wheat In Sullivan county there is
no regular rotation of crops, for some have
one system and some another, while others
have none at all. But generally speaking
the rotation is: l, Potatoes or corn on a
grass sod we'll manured and ploughed
down; 2, Oats; 8, Wheat, seeded down
to grass, and 4, Clover or grass from five
to ten years. On Long Island, in Lake
Winnipisiogee, the rotation is: l, Pota.
toes on grass sward; 2, Corn 8, Wheat
seeded down with clover; and 4, Clover
or grass as long as it does well, say six or
seven years; but some are beginning to
make corn take the place Of potatoes on
the grass sod with much success.
New Hampshire is also, like Maine,
turning her chief energy to the raising Of
cattle and dairy productions, as her in
crease of hay and cattle, and decrease of
the cereal grains show when We compare
her census of 1s40 with that of 1850.
(See Ag. Rep. 1913, p 669; 1850, p. 400
1852, p, 1880; 1858, p. 1ll-l4, Gen.
sus of ls50.)
3. VERMONT ROTATIONS.
In Washington county the most COM
mon rotation, SO far as they have any sys-
TEN, is l, Oats; ., Corn we'll manured
3, Oats or wheat seeded down with clover
and timothy, and 4, Clover or grass
well-top dressed with barn-yard manure,
plaster, &C. but some prefer having: l,
Corn on well-dunged, worn-out grass or clo-
yer sod ploughsd down; 2, Spring wheat
or oats seeded with clover and timothy,
and 8, Clover or grass till poor enough !
again for ploughing; while others plant
potatoes on grass sod ploughed down, and
follow this crop with winter rye sown
down with clover and timothy. In Ru.-
land county the rotation is: l, Corn or
potatoes an on cid grass or clover sod well
2, Wheat or oats seeded down
with clover and timothy mixed 8, Clover
or grass from five to seven years, top
dressed with leached wood ashes, plaster
and fuc barn-yard manure. Some, how
ever, make their rotation l, Wheat; 2,
Corn or potatoes s, Oats 4, Glover or
grass In Windsor county the rotation is:
l, Oats on declining sod well-manurcd
md top-dressed with plaster; ., Corn
heavily manured with barn yard manures,
md also with large handful Of lime,
,shes and plaster mixed to each hill; 3,
Oats seeded down with clover, timothy