Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-11-11
agricultural.
HIGH FARMING IN DERBY.


Last summer VIC spoke of the hay crop
Of Emera kingsbury Erq. Of Derby a.
m uniting to nearly eleven tons on littlc
less than ! 3 1 acres. This was cut Jane
2i, and consisted Of timothy, red and
white clover the timothy not headed,
and the red clover not all in blossom.
Mr. X now Informs US that his second
crop on the same piece, cut Aug. Sd, was
GlSS pounds, OF little over three tons,
making the total yield from | 81 acres
ten tons, or ) 8 tons to the acre. Mr.
kinsbury has scales set in his barn. and
weighs all his crops. as we'll as his stock
before and after fattening, and after
slaughtering. so that he is able to tell ex.
actly what he is doing. and the results Of
all his operations
We we're so much interested 10 Mr.. X .
account Of his hay crop that We have prc
vailed on him to give IL, some further de-
tails Of his farming His farm consists
OF 10. acres. 40 Of which are in pastur-
age His corn crop was quite as rcmarka-
b!e as his hay. From l62 rods he has
harvested this fall 2j4 bushel baskets Of
shrs. Ono basket Of this corn, when
shelled, made eighteen quarts. This
would give yield of one hundred and
forty two bushels Of shellcd corn on two
rods more than an acre of ground In
reply to our enquiry as to how the land
was prepared for the crop, Mr.. Kiussbury
stated that last year he grew oats upon it
with light dressing of manure; this
year he spread a compost Of potato tops,
cut corn stalks and straw upon which Ne
yarded his cows last summer, and which
was thoroughly rotted hsrr. wed this in
furrowed four feet apart for the rows, and
made the hills little less than three feet
apart in the row into each hill he put
shovelful of muck on which be had
yardee his hogs. Thorough cultivation
did the rest. The variety he cultivates
isa long cared II rowed sort, which he
thinks as early as the smaller kinds. more
productive, and yielding much greater
quantity of forage He says be had by
actual weight from the above field, Is, 500
pounds Of fodder, and that this fodder,
lone is worth as much as the corn and
orage together from the same breadth Of
canada corn. Last year from ! acres
he raised 237 bushels Of cars, and over
seven tons Of fodder.
Mentioning some other large yields Mr..
kingsbury stated that in 1860 he raised
1862 bushels Of oats on nine acres: and
in 1866, 5Sl bushels on seven acres +; the
irst mentioned crop weighing So pounds.
md the last So 2 pounds per busheI.-
OF Jackson White potatoes Mr.. X. has
aiscd this season 1872 bushels on II rods
one pOtatoc weighing . 4 pounds. This
big potatoc has already been mentioned
in our local column. but the weight was
:rroneOusly stated half pound too low.
In confirmation Of Mr.. Kingsbury's i'm.
mense crop Of corr, VIC may state that
Truman Fairchild Esq. Of Derby. raised
this season Of the same variety 2G Ia
bushels Of ears, all sound and good, on
seventeen rods. or at the rate Of 249
bushels to the acre, thus by just
little exceeling the crop Of Mr.. Kings.
bury While talking o tr th subject Of
exact weighing and measure, and their
importance to the farmer, Mr.. Kingsbury
alluded to the shrinkage Of beef cattle
and hogs in slaughterins. and gave US =
few figures from his books to show that
this shrinkago is usually over rated, cs.
pccially by droveIs and dealers. Four
fat hogs killed by Mr.. Kingsbury shrank
IL | 2 per cent. or one eighth. Two
cows killed Dec 1866. shrank, one SO,
per cent and the other 81 per cent. A
four year old heifer killed Dec. 1867.
dressed 9S7 pounds. and shrank less than
2S per cent. The figures are worth re-.
membering.
Mr. Kingsbury uses no artificial fertili:
zers on his farm, relying on his muck
beds. his composts and bis stock to pro-
duce everything necessary to enrich his
land. He made small experiment with.
superphosphase this year, but With infer
ior results to those from his ordinary
mcthsd Of naauring on both potatoes and
corn. 1t would indeed require . pretty.
good fertilizer to surpass the record given,
above Newport Eapress.
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Itisa bad practice to leave young cab,
tie and colts 10 take theirchances smouup