New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-06
Formerly a team could not cross

1 Rald unless IN severe frost but now 1T IS entirely
drv. Where much peat abounds and there Is NIUE
CLAW IL is found beneficial to cover the surface WIN
. ,b;n coat of gravel. For the same reason muck
from the svamps is applied to the uplands, and
tbns good farming In Massachusetts, would seem to
consist IN restoring equilibrium between the two
soils. Although the expense of retaining these
marshes is heavy the investment must make hand
some returns and farmers in that region will do wen
10 watch the results on this farm
The sheep being Of large frame, and readily taking
on flesh and fat found quite prohtaDie' ehVIeiy
aside from the important result of enrchng the soil
These two leading pursuits. keeping sheep ana
draining marshes form the true and only system Dy
which those exhausted farms be restored Tor ex-
perienced farmers declare that commercial manureS
will not paw 1t is true that bone dust guaho anu
superphosphate are nsed to give turnips RAPID st'
hut not as the basis for the final and main CROWN
A main object In visiting this farm was 10 see ti0
berd of Kerry cattle which, so far as KNOW, % ,o
largest in this county These cattle are noIou ~.
she quality of being able to live on little anu poOi
food. They 0ri einated in the mountain IosO"' u
Ireland where a poor family owning Kerry co"
ia so toi spk All rich They are entirely black
have extendedhbrns like the DetOns and though not
of large sizsJ are tornpactly and well built was
present while cry Alderney Ayrshire, and Durham
cows were tniIkcd' and noticed that the Kerrys
gave most although they all Jared alike; aud as
there are large sections in the South where feed
naturally is scarce and as we have 'tch mountain
country in the West destined 10 be settled, and in
deed already setthH9 FAST IT'S most Important in
uuiry whether siesB Kerry cattle w7hid NOT be made
more vauablefof supplying nfik andS batter than
any otherbresdtSf aecordfBgtO al accounts they
thrive where 6theF cattle stAtv6' sthS COWS
fed with SONG ,kf6d nof green fJdfet eaER night
and morning i This Should ne9efBe neglected When
milk is auooJected Muck is Used pIenYfdlly in the
stables, whic atepf6perIy arranged and the manure
is received hi the basement cellar hroug h trap doors
saving much work All these things make the Ap-,
pletOn farm worthy of especial attention. 800,
Another farm at short distance from SeYbqTyid
port, owned by Ben Porley Poore, will interest the
general reader II Is called the Indian Hill Farm
1t includes about 200 acres. On ascending the hiH
beyond the house one passes long flower borders and
grape trellises and young forest trees thousands IN
number planted and cared for by Mr. POOre himself
while carriage drives miles in extent wind around
The hill Below, northward, Is broad valley all in
meadow and the other side is another devoted 10
pasturage wheto white Devon cattle are Kept On
part of the southern slope is forest OF perhaps 20
acres, in oak chestnut, hickory, locust, and ever.
green trees, planted nearly S0oyAarsa ago by Mr.
Poore Is shows, how valuable rthel bare and
rocky hills of NswIBngland1 may become by being
planted with such trees for the worth of this timber
Us it now stands exceeds all that the ground could
have BEEN made 30; produce by the most laborous
cultivation Mp. PoOres house is probably among
the most attractiyes in Gew1kn gland Tho front
retreats in seiIcHole and has an extent OF about
$50 feet with Oastelated towers AT eHch je0rer.
was told that So ensembles snoEngflsh manor house,
aud it is so extshSFethat with little preparation
more than LOO guests can be acGommodatedI In o.
{1if .ofos
the representation Of sctuaRlncolobial domestic
life. First, isl Of parl0rb Withaalow9a ceiling
with furnulrewhich was in use before che Revoll-9
ton, including some chairs NhlUh belonged TO
George Washington. Next is the kitchen, with
large frepace withholding utensilsi erockery ware
aud everything in usein the old days and in excess
Of what cosnhOa famiIy SwouldTeq6Fe. Ascending
flight of Jaiis isA boGtrOom with an 6ldtSshioned
bed and IN the baFba9 drawers ara
Bk and othdn Ghesses lace 0fk 1o4ilaTsp and nekE
nacks making one,suiost think hlmseff6 ~ Intruder
in apartments from which the proper occupant had
only just stepped ont In the huh and library are
many rare sbects and not thelsast sa great variety
of Indian GuiSyfesso Among othei bbOas'is q copy
Of every Nsg HDl on "A grbpnture published I'M
this country Ia cplItqt quite aIaque nIh addition
there is cellecticnob man uSor1pt cdtogfHphs from
almost cveIS dssh sais she'd man IN thsw0rtd There
are about 1AQeD on all several ascely 4bohIid
Eolumes. AhsoasaIptie cnriostesois'S china Get,
given to MaIthd Washington byths Society Of Gin
punati also asgUld medal ffonF the sar,ie source
There IS toosaAasts rolfOf sil of vafi6s eoAOfed
pieces, chsohesGiBtfongedbtS theoBkiftsGof The
dresses Of tho aOimoatl ladies' who Aaa gwen them
70 make ecbailbou Gto1 9%atcRfo6kfr Sarfay,H but,
alas, the bahcOn secate gnsaIf@ee ble ahd was Cap
tured by our men. In an upper H6ohp Nj Po5fe mas
of the VeftSbe pi Rfingi preseee sslaeA Ben
" Franklin woredseIie 't1hinissif for he has
Of typeand docs little jobs of printing. How
be came to be a. printer L shall tell before get
through In addttaf dhH has a collection of ante
revolution farsA r4Heniebt great tft6festJci 10
collect these enioatiss has been brR of years by
busy man.. Besides carrying on the farm, he was
for six years Secretary of the American Agricultural
Society. Asaproof bow ever that heiJ not neglect
his farm hepOssesses seine 81 0worth of silyeFpate
received as premiums for fine stock .'slay't %, (,
At Winthfop sdHaTe, Boston, found Marshal p
Wilder and'he ansfted me to visit his place at Dor
chester. AS'hscisdi9 eminent h6rticuitufist and
President Of the American HORTICULTURAL Society," Il
was surprised tonAAd Him an extensive comm issfoh
merchant. oHeofSfirtd with Bfaich house in New
York They are agents of MANY imandfae turing es
lsblishmentsl ahssOfiefimes make salestU New-York
merchants tetatevxteatof half million Of dollars
at time AftenfhiIig through many interesting
streets and visehts the vast ColisetRG We re acted
Mr.. Wilder Sesbdadso Which ihdladg Twelve acres
The mansion is4nefe old style but comfortable and
slegaRt. and the ssfahxer meets pieaSiit and at
tractve famHysFoFh l6hgperiOd Col Wilder has been
experimenting w4tHdfrdit particularly With pears,
aud for five seasshe Has imported froi Eurbpe every
new variety iregsFdless of cost thst 1burotouhtry
might be beretteai OF eamellias ne NASH is4e
and of new and etalibs a large iidniber almost
avery Kind afIesaYe oiSs cultivated and The flower
borders and bedsse Qrrangedi stlp effective Skill
Most of the ground h. In peUs Altogether he has
tried as many as varieties hit the'tHbet Which