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"We are indebted to Lieut Terret, of the U. S. 

 Navy, for several varieties of flower seeds from 

 Talestine, which we shall endeavor to propagate. 

 Mr. T. will accept our thanks. 



Mexican Potatoes. — Messi-s. Rapaue & Co. pre- 

 sented us with a peck of Mexican Potatoes, which 

 we have no hesitation in saying is the dryest and 

 best flavored potato we have eaten for many a day. 

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Advertisements, to secure insertion in the Far- 

 mer, must be receired as early as the 10th of the 

 previous month, and be of such a character as to 

 be of interest to farmers. We publish no other. 

 Terms — $2.00 for every hundred words, each in- 

 sertion, paid in advance. 

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Inquiries anb ^nstotrs. 



("W. D. 0., Port Byron.) We would recom- 

 mend Johnston's Catechism of Agricultural Chem- 

 istry and Geology, Norton's Elements of Scientific 

 Agriculture, Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry, 

 Boussingault's Rural Economy, and Liebig's Agri- 

 cultural Chemistry. If these works are carefully 

 studied in the order named, an amount of chemical 

 knowledge wUl be obtained that cannot fail to be 

 of great benefit to you, and every tiller of the soil. 



(N. D. Oviatt, Copley, Ohio.) We think lime 

 would not so increase the growth of the clover as 

 to Y^roduce a full crop from half the proper num- 

 ber of plants. We have never seen much good 

 result from a top-di'cssing of lime on clover, but a 

 bushel of plaster to the acre has a decidedly bene- 

 ficial effect Clover rarely takes well when sown 

 with oats. 



Indian com sown thick for fodder, cut early, 

 and well cured, may be cheaper, as food for stock, 

 than to " be at the expense and trouble of raising 

 roots ;" but it is much more exhausting to the soil, 

 though probably not so much so as if allowed to 

 mature its seed ; and as the whole of it is con- 

 sumed on the farm, and may be returned to the 

 field in the form of manure, there ia necessarily 

 but little loss of the mineral constituents of the 

 soil. But there is probably a loss of nitrogen; 

 while in growing roots, clover, peas, Ac., there is 

 an increase of nitrogen, which is the most valuable 

 element in all manuring substances. 



From the heating nature of oilcake, it is not 

 advisable to feed it constantly to horses, though a 

 feed once or twice a week is good. For sheep 



and cattle, it is the most valuable and nutritious 

 food of aU vegetable substances. 



We shall be glad to have the results of your 

 experiments. 



The address of the ownei-s of the Long Wooled 

 Sheep, given in the February number, is J. 

 McDonald, Warren, Herkimer Co., N. Y. ; and 



Wm. Rathbone, Spi'ingfield, Otsego Co., N. Y. 



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Plaster on Cokn. — I wish some information on the 

 subject of using plaster for com — when and how it should 

 be applied, &c. P. M. — HarUviUe, Ind. 



Sow a small handful on the hill just as the corn 

 is through the soil Its effect is very beneficial here. 



CoEN FOE Fodder. — Will you inform me the best method 

 of preparing sod ground for com for fodder, the amount of 

 seed per acre, and what is a good crop. A SunscKiBER. — 

 Barnesville, Ohio. 



Prepare the soil as you would for planting corn 

 in the ordinary way. The richer and mellower 

 it is, the better. Three and a half to four bushels 

 of seed are usually sown broadcast per acre ; but if 

 sown in drills, and hoed, it does best, and the land 

 is much cleaner for the following wheat crop. 

 About the middle of May is the usual time of sow- 

 ing. If sown broadcast, the seed should be soaked 

 for a few hours ; it is then soon up, and gets the 

 start of the weeds. It is an admirable green food 

 for working oxen or milch cows in summer, and 

 is very profitably grown for this purpose. If in- 

 tended for fodder, it should be cut and cured 

 before frost touches it Six tons of dry fodder per 

 acre is a good crop, though much larger have been 

 obtained. 



Woolen Eags as a Mantre. — After a careful perusal of 

 your paper for two years past, I do not remember seeing 

 any reference made to woolen ra^a as a manure. I am 

 near a paper mill, and have about half an acre of land that 

 I intend planting wholly with potatc«s and carrots. I am 

 desirous of knowing the best mode of employing woolen 

 rags, intending to use about a ton of them on the half acre. 

 Please give yom- ideas on the subject, and I will give you 

 the result of my operations, when ascertained. J. C. — To- 

 ronto, C. W. 



Woolen rags contain 17 per cent of nitrogen, 

 and are consequently a highly valuable manure 

 for corn, wheat, and potatoes. They are exten- 

 sively used in England as a manure for wheat, 

 especially on heavy lands, and sell for $25 per ton. 

 They are usually plowed under, at the rate of 500 

 pounds per acre. The more finely they are re- 

 duced, the better; and if they were soaked in 

 water or barn-yard wa?h for some time previous 

 to their application, they would decompose more 

 speedily, and consequently be more eflicacious for 



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