NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



CONTENTS OP THIS NUMBER. 



A New Volume Page 9 



Wintering Sheep 10 



How to Measure an Acre— Farmers' Dwellings 11 



Encouragements— The Apple Crop 12 



Salt as Food for Plants — "New England Farmer 13 



Breeding Horses — Ignorance of Great Physical Truths 15 



Domestic Poultry, lien House, A;c. — Blanket your Horses.. 16 



The American Muck Book— Castor Oil for Light 17 



The Potato Rot 18 



Effect of Salt Water upon Trees and Shrubs 19 



The Farmer — Preserve the Municipalities 20 



Meadow Hay and Cranberries 21 



Hydrophobia— Health of Cattle— Pickling Meat 22 



A Talk about Shade Trees 2.3 



System, Order, Regularity 24 



The Plum Tree— Frosts 25 



Errors in Composting Farm Manure 25 



Ag icultural Bureau 26 



Period of Gestation of Animals 26 



Insects — Orchards — Hens — Heaves in Horses 27 



Beautiful Extract 28 



The North Stockbridge Farmer's Club— Bloody Milk 29 



Discovery of New Farms 29 



Long Manure — Waste of Manure 30 



Patent Oflice Reports — Labor necessary to Health, <&c 31 



English Luxuriance — Red Snow 32 



Farm Work for January 33 



Amu Hannah and Minister Apple - 34 



The Wheat Crop— The Cranberry— Poetry 35 



To thaw out Frozen Pumps — Potato Rot 36 



How does Water extinguish Fire — Interesting Information. 37 



Green Paint — White Grapes 37 



Potato Rot 38 



Evergreens for a Northern Defence 40 



New Year's Morning Thoughts— English Farming 40 



Practical Agriculture — Save the Manure Heap 41 



The Horse— The Plow— A Horn 42 



The First Ear of Corn— Pears running out 43 



Hints For Farmers — Wheat Crop 44 



Thomas Sweetser — Siberian Crab Apple Stock 45 



Working Dogs— Packing Meat 46 



Castor Bean— Air Visible— Great Product 47 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Long Wooled Sheep 17 



Black Tartarean Cherry 33 



Black Hawk 48 



Hort icultural— Mechanical 50, 51 



Ladies' Department 52 



Boy's Dep artment 53 



Fruit Trees. 



.,-,..*''•-'-»«;-._ The proprietors oiler for sale a large ami fine 



"i^ stock of Fruit, and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 



*~ ™N& Buckthorn Plants <fcc. 



Siti-" .!•.„»'* Pear, Apple, Peach, Cherry mid Plum Trees of 



choice standard varieties. Also Quinces, Goose- 



,^ WhJfc»'w berries, Currants, Raspberries, Strawberries, 



Grape Vines, &c. 



Extra sized Hamburghs for the Conservatory or Grapery. 

 A fine lot of Cherry and Apple Trees, two to four years from 

 bud. The whole for sale at reduced prices. 



D. & G. F. STONE. 

 Hammond Street, East Newton. 

 Jan. 1, 1852. 4tmos 



PROSPECTUS FOE. 1852. 



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BOSTON. 



John Ravnolds, 

 Joel Nourse. 



Farm for Sale. 



A valuable farm, located in Concord, Mass., and 

 within ten minutes ride of the Fitchburg Railroad 

 Depot. Said farm is situated in one of the most 

 beautiful parts of the town, and consists of be- 

 tween 42 and 43 acres of land, with a number and 

 variety of fruit trees, both in a growing and a state of produc- 

 tion. The ouildings on the farm are in good condition — a two 

 ^tory house, six rooms on the first floor, with chambers, shed, 

 &c.,-» a barn, carriage house, granary, piggery and work shop. 

 For further particulars inquire at the New England Farmer 

 Office, or of John Williams, Esq., 83 State Street, Boston. 

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