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THE GENESEE FARTSfER. 



Farmer, the best mode of applying lime to such land, and 

 also the quiiitity necessary and that will pay? If not, a 

 few remarks from you in the Farmer will elicit from some 

 of your intelligent correspondents the desired informa- 

 tion. 



I have a small farm where I live, near Mansfield, differ- 

 ent from the other, being high upland, and good. The 

 timber has been chestnut and oak, mixed with poplar, su- 

 gar and black and white walnut. I wish to apply lime to 

 a field of five ac^res, which I propose putting in wheat 

 this fall. This farm has been worked out in corn and 

 grain, till the constituents of grain are exhausted. On 

 coming to it, a year ago, I sowed two fields with clover, 

 but the drouth destroyed it ; and I expect that dovering. 

 with the addition of lime, will renovate the soil, and I 

 wish to do it as quickly as possible. The prompt modern 

 fertilizers — guano, poiidrette, &c. — are of course out of 

 the question here, and I have not heard of anything but 

 barn-yard manure being applied anywhere about here, 

 except a small amount of plaster. Charles Palmer. — 

 Mxnsjieid, Ohio. 



We hope some of our correspondents will give us their 

 experience on the use of lime. If we had such a farm, 

 thirty miles from a lime-kiln, we should, as our friend pro- 

 poses, try it at first on a small piece of land. At the same 

 time, we should try, by good tillage and the use of plaster 

 and ashes, to raise a crop of clover. We think our cor- 

 respondent can do this without lime ; and if you can raise 

 clover, you can raise wheat. We place a high value on 

 lime as a manure, but there are circumstances when its 

 use is not profitable — when, in other words, the same ob- 

 ject may be attained in a cheaper way. Since the intro- 

 duction of guano into England, the use of lime has been 

 discontinued, to a very great extent. The principal value 

 of lime is not in supplying lime to the plant, but in liber- 

 ating ammonia, potash, &c., from the soil, and it is quite 

 probable that our correspondent can provide these substi- 

 tutes in a cheaper form. Still, we are not certain on this 

 point, and should be glad to have the opinion of otliers on 

 this important subject. 



Six Good Shade Trees. — I was much pleased with 

 your article on Evergreens, in the last number of the 

 Farmer. I like ynur idea of naming half a dozen of the 

 best kinds ; and the object of my present writing is to re- 

 quest you to name six of the best deciduous trees for orna- 

 mental planting and for shade. G. 11. — Rash, N. Y. 



We would gladly comply with our correspondent's re- 

 quest ; but there are so many circumstances to be taken 

 i ito consideration, that it is very difficult to answer the 

 question with any degree of satisfaction. On repeating 

 the question to a friend whom we consider one of our best 

 authorities in such matters, he named the following : Hard 

 IMaple, Silver-leaved Maple, Elm, Oak, Horse Chestnut, 

 White-barked Birch. Some, he thinks, may object to the 

 last, who have only seen poor specimens, but, when well 

 grown, it is a beautiful tree for the lawn. All these trees 

 are undoubtedly good — perhaps the best ; but we do not 

 like to omit the Linden — the European, especially. Where 

 the borers do not trouble it, we should also plant the 

 Locust, and the Mountain Ash. 



Skonk. — If D., of Gates, has not rid himself from the 

 effluvia of that " striped woodchuck," the best means for 

 so doing is as follows : Dig a place in the ground suffi- 

 ciently large to receive the clothes when spread out, say 

 fonr inches deep ; wet them thoroughly, spread them in, 

 cover with dirt, and leave them for five or six dajs. J. C. 

 Adams. — Seymour, N. Y. 



Will you throw some light on the following queries ? 



1. In order to effectually protect an orchard from winds, 

 how wide a belt of trees is nece-ssary ? 



2. How should they be planted — in rows, or irregularly, 

 as they grow in the forest — and how thick ? 



3. In a high, ary, gravelly and bleak sitiiation, what 

 kind will make the quickest and most effectual protection ? 



4. Is there any tree that combines tlie double jiroperties 

 of shelter and hedge, or that will protect from winds, do- 

 mestic animals and thieves at the same time, and that 

 grows quickly, and is hardy ? 



5. How long does it reqiure before it affords ample pro- 

 tection ? Horticulturist. — Auburri, Pa. 



I SHOULD be obliged if some of your correspondents 

 would answer the following questions: (1.) Is buckwheat 

 straw worth anything for manure ? (2.) What is the best 

 remedy for ringbone on horses? also (3) for the heaves? 

 (4.) Is there any other way to prevent a sow from having 

 pigs, except the common, murdering way of cutting r 

 W.L. 



Will some of the correspondents of your valuable pa- 

 per inform me of the best time to cut chestnut timber for 

 rails and posts, so as to have them durable ? K. Hakkis. — 

 Jackson, Pa. 



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