The daily gazette., 1880-11-11

on green etuH from the FARM" was Mr..
Hinsdale, <eply. "They thrive well In
ly that way, all things considered
There are about dozsn COWS in and
about Garden City, bus you will not see
them wandering about over the land.'
"But how about line fences"
al don't take the pains even to keep
those fences up. Each NAN must take
care of his own cattle, take care of
mine. Some of my neighbors called on
me soon after began here, to say that
they had heard did not intend to make |
my half OF the fences between them and |
the Stewart farm. told them what they |
had heard was the truth. Well said
they, show about the cattle" 'Oh
tnere'll be no trouble about that repli-
ed. 'I'll take care that my cattle shall |
not hurt your crops But said they,
after spell of wondermtnt and hesita-
| ton, how about our cattle? Suppose |
| they damage your crops" 'Ohl that |
will not make any difference to me, said |
| 1. u'd just as lief sell a crop half grown |
as to wait and sell It when 1t Is grown. |
If you choose to feed your cattle on my
crops you can do SO. Thai will be the
| quickest market can have for my pro-
duce.' They didn't like It and some do
not like i. yet, but the majority are be-
gining to understand the matter rightly
aud are coming over to my way Oft think
ing. 1 have had very little trouble"
In this district, SO near New York as
| u is, hay, Mr.. Hinsdale says is the most
profitable crop, and should be kept up
as many years as possible. All the other
crops described are merely preparatory
to the hay crop. Sometimes q farmer
will manure for grass at the same time
he sows it with protecting crop of
grain, sufficiently, a. he thinks, to last
for several years. This Mr.. Hinsdale
believes to be- an error. There will be
An overgrowth of straw at the expense
of the quality of the grain. tue crop of
grass, also, will have strong woody
growth at the bottom, and it will have
many dead spears as the bottom to still
further injure the market value of the
hay. The second crop of hay will be of
excellent quality, and probably the best
Of tho series. From this there will be
1t is necessary to plough up the sod and
go through another course Of less profit
able crops. By dividing up the manure
and applying a due proportion yearly
the quality OF the grass is kept good
and uniform, and the land may profit
ably be retained rs meadow from five to
seven years.
In ploughing he generally used gang
of two ploughs with three horses. This
enabled one man and three horses to do
the work of two men and four horses.
Steam en9ines could be proftably stiliZ-
ed on smaller farms. The method of ap-
plying a small quantity of exactly the
light kind of fertilizer In exactly the
right place was within the capacity OF
any farmer. No farmer In that part OF
the country needed to narrow his profits
by building and repairing fences. The
{ corn crop could beI.raised exclusively
! | with horses.
AS to the acreage OF the various crop:
this year, Mr.. Hinsdale gave the follow
ing account:
4 Of sorn there were 450 acres, with al
e | unusually heavy yield. There would bt
at least. seventy bushels OF shelled corI
= 10 the acre beyond . doubt. or oat'
there were 588 acres. 1t had not been s
: good season for oats, but the yield woult
a be about tbirty-fve bushels per acre
S This was a better yield than would b,
n found elsewhere In the vicinity, because
the land had suffered less from drought
or rye there were 495 acres. OF meadow
there were 485 acres. One hundred acre.
!. of this were in Hungarian hay, with I
n yield of two tons and a-half to the acre
Q OF buckwheat there were $50 acres will
o. q yield OF about twenty bushels to thu
= acre. OF wheat there were' thirty acres
!, with yield of twenty bushels to the
Il acre.
r Besides these; e;crops there were p lantet
J. every year from twenty to tfty acres o
h carrots, turnips, and sugar beets, which
n were raised with tho ordinary method
10 of ferlillzing, and with results that wer
10 at least equal in point Of profit to an.
crop Of the same kind Of vegetables IL
IS thar vicinity.
= The above mentioned crops cover al
O area In all OF about $500 acres. The res
n of the farm is used as pasture. Th,
F flock of 800 sheep now grazing on it is tt
= be Increased.
From the figures given above the fol
u lowing tables have been calculated of th
d total yield this year Eof several of th
v crsps:
il Oato ''.''.'' 's'''''''''' -v'Coo ouono
Corn (shelled). ............ 81 900 bushel
= Buokwhoat. 6,OOO Dushel
u Wheat. t.......,............ 6OO busheli
n The French papers reiterate theil
: former announcement of the approach
!, ing marriage of M. Poland Bonaparte
sub-lieutenant in the Thirty-sixtt
. Regiment of the line and son of Prince
Pierre Napolen Bonaparte, with Mile
Blanc, daughter of the late lessee O.
the gaming -tables at Monaco. 1t wa,
! rumored some time ago that the lady
,, had broken off the match because she
found tha she would have to support
, all her husbands relatives in the style
: to which their rank entitled them.
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