that any land that would produce a good crop of 

 corn would produce cranberries. My experience 

 proves that a dry soil will produce plants, and 

 but little or no fruit; while the wet or boggy 

 soil will produce abundance of both. But rny 

 object is not to instruct, but to answer an inquiry 

 in your paper last spring, where plants could be 

 had? Now I would say^^ should tliere be a call, I 

 would furnish them in any quantity, in boxes 

 holding five bushels and up.vards, at .$2.50 per 

 bushel, to be delivered at the Kaiirt>ad Depot or 

 Steamboat Whart. J. Farmek.— Cape Vincent, 

 Jeff. Co., N. Y. 



Bark and Cow-Starle. — I have been some years a sub- 

 soribcr to your very valuable periodical, and have noticed 

 wi!h jiloasiire and profil thf many desisrus for cottaires and 

 dwcllinirs that have appeared in your pajjcr, and liave 

 loolied in vain for plans of small barns and dut-builitings. 

 Can nothina: be said or done to improve these necessary 

 buildings, both in appearance and convenience? My 

 acquaintance is not extensive ; but I would say, that al- 

 tliough I know of some good models for grain l)arns, I 

 know of none tliat are well adapted for storing feed, win- 

 tering cattle, and saving manure. 



As" I am wishing to erect a barn, or building capable of 

 containing twenty cows and their food during winter, and 

 to milk tiicm in or under in summer, will you or some of 

 your able correspondents present a plan having reference 

 to the following considerations: 



1. The buihiing should be just large enough; not too 

 large. 



2. There should be convenient and easy storage for hay, 

 80 as not to pitch it all aloft. 



.3. Should there be a cellar? If so, how large, &c., to 

 correspond with the room for hay, and number of cattle. 



4. Convenience of feeding, and ease of access by each 

 cow. 



5. A convenient way and place for saving all the manure, 

 both liquid and solid. 



I would also ask what is the best method of confining 

 cattle, whether by stanchions, or by chain or rope? IIow 

 many feet are rcquin'd for each cow V What kind of rack 

 or mangers? IVnv many hours in twenty-four may they 

 be confined on .-i floor ? 



If you or loiy one chooses to notice or answer this, to- 

 gether with any suggestions or information relating to stock 

 or buildings, they will favor and benefit me, and possibly 

 some one else. Levi Paddock. — Huron, N. Y. 



Shekp Disease — I have been a reader of your valuable 

 paper for three years, and have seen no notice of a disease 

 that is now making fearful rav.iges among my sheep. The 

 disease is first manif.'sted in their dull aiid stii))id appear- 

 ance. They soon l)econie lame, often losing the control of 

 a leg, and freqn-ntly straining tomake water, and although 

 they do not app-ar in great pain they die in ten or twelve 

 hours, in one instance only having lingered along as many 

 days. 1 have opened ami examined them without finding 

 anything that indii'ates ilise.-vse. save a .slight inferlion of 

 the liver— no ajip'-arance of !he common diseases of. the 

 country. I first thought lli'-y might have eaten poisoned 

 food, but the disease being c^Miliued exclusively to the 

 ewes, seems n-^t to favar th:it idea. I have been thus par- 

 ticular, hoping you or some of your numerous readers know 

 something of the cause and remeily for this fatal disease. 

 D. N. SAinN. — Shiawassee. Mich.. 



HORTICULTURAL. 



(G. L., Meadville, Pa.) To save Peach Runs.— 

 "Earthing up" will effect your oVijcct, but the ap- 

 plication of grafting wax is not advisable. 



(J. D. IL, South Butler, N. Y.) You can take 

 your budded peach trees up with safety, and lay 

 them in dry ground for the winter. It will not 

 hurt the buds to be covered with earth. 



(C. M., Port Clinton, Ohio.) The large plum 



you describe as seven and a half inches in circum- 

 ference one way, and six the other, weighing 

 three ounces, is the Yellow 3Iagnum bonum, or 

 Yellow Egg. 



Basket Willow, or Ozier, can be had in small 

 quantities at least, in most of the nurseries. It 

 could not be grown successfully or profitably on 

 land ovei'flowed six months in the year. You 

 will find some information in back numbers of 

 the Farmer. 



(D. S., Stoekbridge, Mass.) The best time to 

 transplant very large trees is in winter, when the 

 ground is frozen and they can be moved on sleds. 

 A deep trench should be dug around each, at such 

 distance from the tree as will leave an abundance 

 of roots, and when the ball of earth remaining 

 around the roots is frozen solid, the tree can be 

 moved to its new situation. We have seen very 

 large trees thus moved successfully, with a pair 

 of horses and a sled, and three or four handy men. 

 Deciduous trees should have the heads well re- 

 duced by a shortening, and in some cases a total 

 lopping off of branches. Some evergreens v>ill 

 also bear this, such as Hemlock, Red Cedar, Arbor 

 Vita?, (fee, ore. 



(James A. Nelson, Mercer Co., Pa.) It is not 

 uncommon in some localities for both apple and 

 pear trees to be injured on the trunk, near the 

 ground, by the freezing and thawing in winter, 

 but we cannot underhand the injuries or disease 

 you describe as attacking the truidi higher up. 



Pear Bligut. — Mr. A.sa Palmer,. near Geneva, 

 N. Y., says that cutting off a portion of the roots 

 of pear trees will preserve or cure them of the 

 blight. We cannot agree with Mr. Palmer. 



(M. K., Bentonville, Ind.) Peacu Trees. — 

 Planters differ in opinion in regard to the advan- 

 tages of fiill and spring planting. In mild clim- 

 ates, and dri/, light soil, we would advise fall ; in 

 severe climates, or damp soils, the spring. To 

 keep worms from killing them, examine the trees 

 once or twice a year, and pick out with a knife 

 any that are to be found. A peck of leached 

 ashes laid around every tree, in the spring, will 

 aid in keeping them off. 



(Several Correspondents.) We have not yet 

 received the proceedings of the Pomological Con- 

 vention at Philadelphia, but hope to very soon. 

 Copies may possibly be had by applying to some 

 of the Secretaries — James II. Watt.s, Rochester, F. 

 R. Elliot, Cleveland, or IL W. S. Clevela.ni>, 

 Burlington, N. J. 



(R. S. Howe, Lebanmi, N. H.) Your box of 

 fruits is received in good order, and we are great- 

 ly obliged. We will report upon them in the next 

 number of the Farmer. 



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