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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



CONTENTS OP THIS NUMBER. 



Farm Work for September Page 395 



Merino Sheep 396 



Mr. Mechi's Model Farm 39? 



Bathing— The Skin— Dry Weather 399 



Necessity for Pure Air — Early Kent Peas — Asparagus 401 



Aphis anil Ants ...401 



State Fairs for 1852 — Meetings of County Societies 402 



Swallows— Drought — Apples — To preserve Girdled Trees. 402 



A new Depredator 403 



Suluhate of Lime, (Plaster, Gypsum) 404 



Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture — 1852 407 



Exhibition of the Vermont State Agricultural Society 406 



A Sketch of Remarks made at the Agricultural Exhibition 



in Worcester, September, 1851 409 



The Swallows 410 



Potash Water for Trees 411 



Observations on the Weather — Meteorological Table 412 



The Sandwich Islands 413 



Death of A. J. Downing 414 



Tall Rye— To have a good Horse — Aldemey Cattle 415 



Tree struck by Lightning — Birds — A careless observer 41S 



The Microscope— Black Rain 417 



Drought— Graes Seed— Best time for cutting Timber 419 



Spent Tan— Butter 420 



Glances at New Hampshire 421 



How wonderful is Instinct — Weighing Potatoes 423 



State Board of Agriculture 423 



The Oak Primer — Save the best Seeds 425 



White Whortleberries — Death of A. J. Downing, Esq 426 



An Experiment — The Borer 426 



Grass Culture— My Father's Half-Bushel 427 



Speech of Abbott Lawrence in London 427 



The Atmosphere— Fattening Cattle in Stalls and Sheds... 428 



Flowers — Gardening 428 



Gov. Endicott an Horticulturist 429 



Dartmouth College — Bone Manure 430 



What kills the Buds and Trees 431 



U. S. Agricultural Society — The late A. J. Downing 432 



A Model Farm 433 



The "New Depredator" — Oak Pruner 434 



Effects of the late severe Winter upon Vegetation 434 



A.J. Downing 435 



Domestic Manure Heap — White Blueberries 436 



Agricultural Geology — Moss on Trees 437 



Arsenical Soap — Elm Trees — A Prolific Cow 438 



Suffolk Pigs— White Clover 438 



Mechanics' Department, Arts, &c 439 



Ladies' Department 439 



Boys' Department 440 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Hereford Bull 403 



Needham's White Blackberry 418 



Golden Polands 435 



Pure Devon Stock. 



COWS, HEIFERS, BULLS and BULL 

 CALVES for sale. 



Apply at Office of N. E. Farmer, or to 

 the subscriber. 



B. V. FRENCH, 



Braiutree, Masi. 

 lyr* 



Albany Drain Tile Works, 



No. 60 LANCASTER STREET,— West of Medical College. 



THE subscriber has now on hand, and will furnish to agri- 

 culturists, Horse Shoe and Sole Tiles of the most approved 

 patterns, suitable for land drainage, of a superior quality, of 

 over one foot in length. Horse Shoe Tile 23, 3t and 4$ inches 

 calibre, at $12, $15 and $18 V 1000 pieces. Sole Tile 2} and 

 3J inches calibre, at $12 and 18 per 1000 pieces. They are so 

 formed as to admit water at every joint, draining land from 12 

 to 20 feet each side of the drain, being the cheapest and most 

 durable article used. The great importance of thorough drain- 

 age is daily becoming more apparent. 



Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention. 



Albany, N. Y., April 10. 12w— *6 JOHN GOTT. 



Babbitt's Toilet Articles. 



THE BEST PREPARATION IN THE MARKET. 



PANARISTON Cream and Rolls, for Shaving; Cytherian 

 Cream, for Washing; Paitariston Dentriflce, a new and 

 highly approved article; Shaving Powders; Soap Powders; 

 Crenoleum, for the hair, and all the Toilet articles from the 

 laboratory of this celebrated manufacturer, at wholesale or 

 retail, at my new store, 191 Washington Street. Agency also 

 of Batchelor's Dye, and Clirehugh's Tricopherous. 

 Remember, at the new store. A. S. JORDAN. 



July 24, 18 2. 3w 



Farms for Premiums. 



The Committee appointed by the MIDDLE- 

 SEX COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 

 hereby give notice that they will attend to the 

 examination of such Farms, Apple and Pear Or- 

 chards, Swamp and Bog Meadows, <fec , as may 

 he entered for premiums, from and after the first day of Sep- 

 tember next. 



fry Application should be made immediately, to SIMON 

 BROWN, Secretary of the Society, at Concord, or to either 

 of the Committee. Full statements of the management of the 

 Farm and Crops, should accompany the application. 



CHARLES BABB1DGE, Pepperell, 

 SAMUEL CHANDLER, Lexington, 

 SIMON BROWN, Concord, 



Committee on Farms. 

 Aug. 7, 1852. 3w 



Wanted, 



A BULL CALF, of deep red color, half 

 Durham and half Devonshire breed; — 

 would prefer that his sire should be De- 

 vonshire. 



(E?* Apply at this office. 

 July 21, 1852. tf^ 



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