The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-05-27
From the Nea Eaglana Farmer.
HINTS ON AGRICULTURE.

The rule OF every farm, unless IN
extraordinary situations Of fertility. is
10 expend on il tWo-thirds Of whatever
is grown such farm cannot be worn
out, but with decent management. Is
constantly growing better.
Countries which have the largest
population, where agriculture is thor
oughly prac,ice1, grow more and more
productive. Belgium is the most thick
j settled country IN Europe; il has
been cultivated like a garden, for cen
turtles, and its yearly produce is con-
stanlly increasing.
There Is, doubtless, a limit TO the
possible production Of farm, but We
doubt lift was ever reached we think
sixty bushels Of wheat 10 IA acre
grea, yield, and so il is, compared with
our average haryests Of ten or fifteen,
but il is quite possible, by high culture,
10 raise ono hundred bushels on an
acre.
Drilling saves two-ihirds tie seed
alone, aud often increases by one-third
the crop; the saving OF the seed alone,
in one year on a good-sized farm,
would pay for the machine.
In broadcast sowing some Of the
seed is buried too deeplyi some lies
upon the surface here il is crowded
together; thereit lis separated too wide.
ly. The drill places the seed just
where il ia wanted the proper depth
for wheat is from one to two inches.
The time will come when wheat
drilled in rows will be cultivated as
corn-with an immense increase in lis
productiyeness.
Wherever land needs manuring, il
pays 10 manure il well. Suppose ten
dollars worth Of manure on an acre Of
land gives you crop worth thirty
dollars, and twenty dollars worth gives
You crop worth only forty dollars,
YOU are still the gamer, and viii he
for years TO come.
4 tree planted over the grave Of
Roger Williams enveloped his skeleton
with its roots 50 completely as to pre-
serve the form Of the bones. 10 some
parts Of Connecticut there are little
family bury ing grounds ia the orch
ards, aud the trees nearest TO the
graves flourish with remarkable fer
tiliiy. We may have seruplcs about
consuming or selling Qua ancestors 10
the form Of apple cider, but i is GER
tain that every bone is worih is weight
in gold, as mauare. A few bones
al the roots al fruit tree or grape
vine will supply !, Tor a dozen years
with Just the uutr.meut il requires
The best wheat lelds IN Europe are
It's old battle -felds. No man who has
a farm or garden should ever sell bones
or ashes. Straw is worth more for
manure than il ever brings when sold
in market.
Our farmers sliink shey do very well
10 get ten dollars mel profit from an
acre OF land, bot il would be poor acre
Of garden iha. did moi pay hundred,
and we have orchards tha, pay a thous-
and. There are pear trees that have
paid hundred dollars year ior seF-
crai successive years
Every dollar 81 manure ca farm
Is better than i've dollars % any bank,
or stock, THAI We kDow u. Il Is n
rood stock than pays zen per cent IL
must be badly managed farm where
deposit a manure wlll not pay three
hundred per cent.
We need model farms and agflcpl-
turai schools: b1i where these imPor-
ian, institutions are wanted II would
NOT Be 4 bad pan 10 spend day o.
Two with those eccentric bui very BE-
neyoIsni people and admirable farmers,
the Shakers.
Ina Shaker community ,ySa nave the
material below he general average
but made The naoss a ia certain direct.
ioas. Agricultural and domestic maa-
ufaetRcs, carried oai thoroughly, wlih