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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[May S 



Jns; dm most tninule details of liii fiirms ; ami 

 nitliougli cng:i£fed in purchasing', ;in'l sometime? 

 'n Soiling the nnitnnls, hred upon liis e«tatR, was 

 '".eriainly no " nEAt.F.n n' lite stock," in his re- 

 port 18)9, (o (he Woikinglnn Agricnlt'iral So- 

 cipty. dechres his inlpiilinn " to keep distinct 

 ■'the Ihlonil of Mr Donkin's cows," (Improved 

 '•' Dnrham Short Horns) " which, in iinitinsf thn 



•' two ESSENTIA!, QtlAI.ITIKS, OF MIl.KING AKP FAT- 

 "TENlt>'G, ARE niGflLY VALUADLF,." page 86. 



In selecnn? animals of this variety, it is es- 

 'fntial not merely to look at (lie horns, but to 

 rpgard (he pedis^reo. for it is eslablishcd, that 

 certain strri^mn proilucc irond milkers, and gooH 

 provcrs. in the language of hreedors, whilst 

 other stream? afford had milkers with perhaps, 

 more tendency to hecome fat. 



The term lyrnovEr. Duhh^vm Short Horns, 

 happens to be the name of a race which aeci- 

 dent or folly ma\' have ?o named; for it Is an 

 estaldished fact, that Ibis race has not always 

 very short horns, and that all animals bavin? 

 short horns, are not necess-.irily connected wilh 

 it. (t would he scarcely less absurd to contend 

 that all short men, must be clever fellows, be- 

 cause a family nameil Short are highly gifted, 

 (ban to say, all neat cadle having short horns, 

 are to be received as good, because a race nam- 

 ed Improved Durham Short Horns, are known 

 lo be so. CURWEN. 



amounting to 21125 lbs. No other vegetable j hoping it will elicit something from some one, 

 would have produced lialfthis amount with (he | ,yhich may be beneficial lo the public, and to a 

 same expense and labour. If the land had been YOUNG INQUIRER. 



wholly cultivated with these roots, the produce g^. the Editor— We have no knowledge of any 

 would probably have been doubled. practice like that mentioned above ; and should feai 



Respectlully yours, O. FISKE. | ^^^^^ j^e bees, if buried alive, would be suffocated for 



want of air. If however they were previously reduc- 



TO THE EDITOR OF TIIF, NEW ENGLA.N'D FARMER. 



MAPTOEL VVURTZEL AND SUGAR BEET. 

 Worcinfer, April 29, 1026. 



Sjr — I was gratified on perceiving in your 

 39tb No. an extract from the Mass. Agric. Re- 

 pository, on the subject of Jiangel Wurlzel, or 

 Root of Scarcity. From my own experience I 

 am satisfied of the correctness of the Abbe Ro- 

 sier's statement respecting its easy ctjilivntion 

 and superior value. The product I have found 

 not only greater, but of beller qualify, for the 

 piirposes tor ivhich I have used it, than that of 

 any other veyelable whic/i I have evercullival- 

 ed. It should bo the oliject of farmers to fur- 

 nish winter food for ibeir milch cow.s, bulb suc- 

 r'llent and i!onrishing. In these respects the 

 mangel wurtzcl ani sugar beet excel. I men- 

 'ion both, as 1 gife the preference to the latter, 

 as of richer rjualify, and as it retains its virtues 

 lo a later period in the spring, when food of 

 'his kind is the most important. It is less pro- 

 duclive, hot the difference is fully compensated. 



The last season 1 appropriated nearly half an 

 ncre of my nursery ground to these vegetables 

 The roivs of frees are live feet asunder. One 

 half of the spaces between ihem was planted in 

 a single row wilh |U» mangel wiirlzel, and the 

 other with the sugar l>eet. 'J'he leaves aiVordnd 

 an abundance of most valuable food for my coivs 

 and swine, and seemed not lo be lessened tiy the 

 drought. 5 culled only the lull grown and pen- 

 dant leaves, which afforded four bushels per day 

 through the season, ."^s my cows had been some 

 time in milk, a (lart of the nutriment in winter 

 was necessarily converted info Oesh. They 

 were allowed three pecks each at two feedings, 

 night and morning. Most of my swine were 

 kepi enliiely on this root, previously boiled, 

 mashed, and sjilip,). Two breeding sows were 

 resforetl to hia;b flesh enlirely on ihis lootl. On 

 this spot ofiTiund.! raiseil o'ih bushels of roots 

 SO well picked as to weigh 65 pounds each — 



TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW EKtiLAND FARMER. 



LAYING DOWN LANDS TO GRASS,— 

 FRUIT TREES, &c. 



Durham, N. H. May 2, 1826. 



Sir, — ! have been a subscriber and an atten- 

 tive reader of your valuable paper for the last 

 two or three years, and, I trust, not without im- 

 bibing some important hints, and useful lessons 

 in the important art of husbandry. 



The subject o( laying doum land (o grass I have 

 not seen Ireated exactly in the manner that I 

 have found beneficial for several years ; and as 

 I deem the subject of some consequence to the I torp'd state and obli-es them to consume their stores, 

 agricultural community, 1 will sIhIp the mode ! and they are then starved wilh hunger, 

 that I have advanlaf^eouslv pursued. 1 To prevent such accidents, Dr Anderson is of opiu- 



.Mefhod in every pursuit of life is essentially ion, tha' " no method would be so eflectual as that of 

 necessary, and to no class is a strict adherence I placing- the hives in an ice house at the approach of 



ed by cold to a torpid state, and kept under ground, or 

 in any other place where the air was below the tem- 

 perature at which water freezes, probably the anima- 

 tion of bees might be suspended during winter, their 

 stores preserved, and the insects revive in spring. 



Dr J. Anderson in one of his papers on husbandry 

 observes, in substance, that bees are frequently induc- 

 ed by mild weather in the winter, and early ia the 

 spring to leave their hives and by sudden changes to 

 cold or wet, become chilled, unable to return, and per- 

 ish. And when they do not venture abroad, warm 

 weather, out of season, often rouses thtm from tlitir 



lo it more important than lo F'armers. 



winter. Here they may be kept till the spring is so far 



In laying down land I have found ihe follow- j advanced that no danger is to be appreliended from 



ino' mode attended wilh a<Ivan1ages over all olh- ■ bad weather. During the whole winter they will re- 



ers that I have seen practised, as atlended with ; ,„;,i„ i,i ^ state of torpor and require no food. As soon 



a saving of labour, productive of greater crops, | ^3 ti,p njnj ^-eather invites them to apptar, they wilt; 



and leaving Ihe land in a belter state. After the 1 c^n,„,(.„ce their lal.ois with vigor. The intense dc- 



nsual mode of putting grain into the ground, I „.,,^,j. ^^ ^^,j ^,,^5^,, ^^^^ ^^^t^,^ without the least inju- 



sow mv "rass seed, and bv the use of common 1 ■ n 1 j j d. • 1 • 1 -i 



' " .' " ' - rv ui Poland and Russia, \vbere even quicksilver is 



TOO "arden rakes, I remove all 'mall sloues and ' ,■ r j 1 . • . 



' '" ' _ - . j iometimes frozen, removes every doubt or anxiety, con- 



rubbish, and cart them olT immeihafely, then 

 smooth Ihe ground so that no ridges or points 

 shall impede the scythe. One man can rake 

 over an acre or more in a day, according lo the 

 stale of the land. 



FRUIT TITEES. 



Since I h:"R commenced wrilin?, I will beg 

 leave lo menlinn the mode of selling trees Ihaf 

 1 have practised successfully for neatly foify 

 3 ears. 



I dig a space large enough to admit the roots 

 in their nafiiial position, — three or four inches 

 deeper than they lormerly grew. After placing 

 the tree. Ihe same part to the south as it £;rew, 

 I cover the roofs willi line, rich earth, and pour 

 on siifTicient water to make the dirt very soft. 



ctraing; the safety of bees in an ice bouse." 



We do not know that any thing has ever been a'- 

 lemptcd to. ascertain the correctness of Dr Anderson's 

 theory, but wisli tlial some person would try ihe expe- - 

 riment, and give the result to the public^ 



FOB THE NEW E.NGLA.ND FARMER. 



PEACH TREES. 



I\!r Editor — How is it that we are lo have 



no peach fruit this year? on e.xamining my 



frees yesterday, and 1 have a great number, I 



am Sorry lo tind a total failure. Is it owing to 



the intense cold on the last day of January, and 



first day of February, when the glass was from 



9 to 13 below zero, — or from the cold spell we 



and then apply another layer of rich earth rearly j i|,,(i „„ ,he ] m,, (Sih, and l:5ih of April— when 



to a level iviih the ground, and tread it iirnly m, i ,i,g thermometer was from 20 to 23 at sunrise, 



to jncorporaie Ihe wet earth wilh every fibre ofj.,n,| ^^^^^.„ jt |>yy,e in the shaile throughout the 



Ihe roots. I then draw up about the tree a con- [(j.,^ 7_| ;,„, gyncU inclined lo believe it is from 



cave hill fo iidmit and preserve all nie rain that j,ug or ,iie olher of these causes. We have 



falls for the benefit of the tree ; and shouid Ihe | rarely ha.l a .season when more or better wood 



season be dry, I from time lo time water the hill ' ^g^ made than in the last year. Three weeks 



thoroughly, after using the hoe,— sufl'ering no | j,„o ,1,^ duii in,,]^ of ihe peach looked perfecl- 



grass or weeds lo grow about it. \]y ,vell, and gave promise of a line blow— and 



Your ob't serv'l, .TOHN FROST. ! ,|,e,c jj no appearance of disease about the 



PRESERVATToN OF BEES. jlrees. The fruit buds of other trees, such as 



/-<! , ^y M M„ , t mop cherries, plums apples, pear-s, I. lok very well ; 



Chester, ./v. H. May 1, 1020. I^^^j ^^,j„ |„.^^,|,,^. i,^ .i,,,,,,,,^,. .^.^y ,„.e much 



Jlr Fr-ssENnKN— I was last fall inlerrogaled by ^^^^ iuirdy. The |.each, you know, gives fruit 



an old acqutiintance, if I ever buried my bee* lo 

 ihe deplh of three or four feel, lo combine the 

 pres(>rvalion of Ibeir lumey with the preseria- 

 tiim of their lives. 



Whether it was siiggcsled lo Irm by m'^n of 

 experimental knowledge, or by books, I do no! 

 know. I wish to submit fbe suggestion to you, 

 Sir, and ihrouf^h the medium "f your paper, lo 



only on the wood of the preceding year. No 

 bUujSuuis have vet appeared. 



A. FAR.MER. 



I'lom Ihe Unilid SlaUs Ltltrari/ Gaiclle. 



M'ADAMiZED ROADS. 

 The science of.rsad making (and in practical : 



thai portion of the couiinunify who may read it, ij„pn,.(;,t,ce it loore j'i«lly claims the rank of a 



