. Facts for farmers; also for the family circle. A compost of rich materials for all land-owners, about domestic animals and domestic economy; farm buildings; gardens, orchids, and vineyards; and all farm crops, tools, fences, fertilization, draining, and irrigation. ,000 per annum. These are startling statements,but who can show that they are not facts ? They are atleast worthy of consideration from all farmers. Blunt, who was a very observing man, and dur-ing all the latter years of liis life devoted a great deal of attention to thequestion of improvements in farming, estimated th
. Facts for farmers; also for the family circle. A compost of rich materials for all land-owners, about domestic animals and domestic economy; farm buildings; gardens, orchids, and vineyards; and all farm crops, tools, fences, fertilization, draining, and irrigation. ,000 per annum. These are startling statements,but who can show that they are not facts ? They are atleast worthy of consideration from all farmers. Blunt, who was a very observing man, and dur-ing all the latter years of liis life devoted a great deal of attention to thequestion of improvements in farming, estimated that there were in the year1859, in the State of New York, 15,000,000 of acres under fence, and thatthis area was divided into 750,000 fields, requiring 120 rods to eaeli field,making 90,000,000 of rods of fencing in the State. He calculated the average cost of the fenciag at the very low rate ofseventy-five cents a rod, and that the average duration was not over tenyears. His estimate makes the first cost $67,500,000. Interest and annualrepairs may be reasonably calculated on the cost at ten per cent., whichmakes $6,700,000. Dividing the cost of renewal through ten years, makesa like sum, and gives an annual cost for fencing the State of New 1 ork,$13,400, SC2 FORESTS AND FENCES. [Chap. XL Hon. T. C. Peters, of Darien, Genesee Co., who as one of the State assess-ors lias had great opportunities to obtain facts in relation to farm fences,made the following calculations, which were presented to the State Agri-cultural Society, October, 1SG2. He had devoted much labor to the , because he thinks it necessary to enlighten farmers upon the subjectof legislation in relation to fences, as the time is rapidly approaching whensomctiiing must be substituted for rails, or else a ditierent system adoptedwith stock. In calculating the length of road fences, he assumed that the average isone mile of road to each mile square of land in the State, and Burrs Atlasmakes the area
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