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Agiuhtltuke in Maine. — A handsome, •well ar- 

 ranged volume, entitled, " Transactions of the 

 York County Agricultural Society for the years 

 1850 and '51" — for which we are indebted to the 

 Secretary, S. L. Goodale, Esq., of Saco — shows 

 that our eastern friends are no less active in pro- 

 moting agricultural improvement than those who 

 consider themselves favored with a more genial 

 climate. We have perused with pleasure an ad- 

 mirable and awakening address, by the Rev. \V. 

 A. Drew, of Augusta, delivered before the Society 

 in 1850; another, by Dr. Holmes, of Winthrop, in 

 1851 ; also a valuable paper on agricultural edu- 

 cation, liesides many interesting reports. 



A county with a Society such as that of York 

 appears to be, can not but be in a most prosperous 

 Condition. 



A Fine Farm for Orcharding. — Geo. J. "Whit- 

 ney, Efiq., of Rochester, offers to sell, or rent for a 

 t(rrn of years, his beautiful farm on the Rochester 

 and Charlotte Plank Road, in the neighborhood 

 of Mr. Donnellan's and Messrs. Ryan & Co.'s gar- 

 dens and nurseries. It contains 150 acres of land, 

 all in fine condition, well fenced, &c., with large 

 orchard of the best fruit just coming into bearing. 

 It is well watered and contains every requisite 

 for orcharding. To any person desiring to em- 

 bark in this business, a more eligible location, or 

 tract of land cannot be found. We thus notice it 

 because we have heard of late several inquiries on 



the subject. 



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Many articles, some of them in type, we are 

 compelled to omit ; among them several answere 

 to inquiries, which will appear in our next 



Adveutlsements, to secure insertion in the Farm- 

 er, must be received 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- 

 sei'tion, paid in advance. 



Inquiries a\\ii ^nsiuera. 



Watkring SiiEEr, <fec. — Many times have I been think- 

 ing on some doubtful point connected with agriculture, and 

 on tlie " lip toe " of writing to you for light on the subject, 

 ■when the vcrj next number comes with the answer to some 

 other in(iuirer. But there are .several questions in my mind 

 which 1 iiave not s«en treated upon : 



1st. Concprning sheep watering — Some farmers let their 

 shocp go all the season without water. Is this right or 

 ■wrong? Have any e.xpcriments been tried on this point? 

 "What is the eflTect of not watering? 



2d. Can as much butter be obtained from sweet milk as 

 Irom the same quantity of sour? Experiments and facts 

 ■wanted. 



3d. Arc cisterns ever used on dry farms? If so, with 

 •what success ? — the best mode of constructing them, «kc. <5a.. 

 R. P. UoBiNSOK.—CMtUriango, Ji. Y., 1852. 



1st Wlien sheep are fed on 'green food they 

 will do very well without water; but if their 

 food is dry, a regular supply of water is absolutely 

 necessary for the health of the animal. In winter 

 many farmers we know do not give their sheep 

 any water, a'nd the poor things have to supply 

 themselves by eating snow; but when water is 

 accessable they manifest a decided preference for 

 it and drink regularly. In some experiments on 

 South Down sheep, we found that when fed on 

 clover hay alone, in the summer months, each 

 sheep eat about three pounds of clover hay and 

 drank six pounds of water per day. Tliinking 

 they drank more than was good for them, we 

 confined them to a less quantity for a week ; they 

 did not eat so much food, and lost weiyht during 

 that week, 



2d. There is considerable difference of opinion 

 on this point. Some say the butter is sweeter 

 and altogether better when the milk is churned 

 while sweet, than if soured. It is, however, ex- 

 ceedingly difficult to get the butter from sweet 

 milk ; and, in fact, however sweet the milk may 

 be when put into the churn, it always turns sour 

 in churning or the butter will not come. A bet- 

 ter quality, though possibly not so large a quantity, 

 of butter can be obtained from the cream alone, 

 than when the whole cream and milk are churned 

 together ; there is less cheesey matter (oasein) in 

 the butter, and it is better for packing and pre- 

 servation. There is the same amount of butter in 

 the sour milk as there is in the sweet; the sugar, 

 and not the butter, being converted into lactic 

 acid ; and as butter is obtained much easier from 

 sour than from sweet milk, it is probable that the 

 sour milk will yield the most buttep. 



3d. We know of no sjttrsfactory experiments on 



the point. 



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HORTICULTURAL. 



(Dan'l F. H.) The wild crab may be used for 

 a stock. We should prefer grafting it near the 

 ground, unless very large, in order to avoid the 

 difficulty of the scion over or out growing the 

 stock. 



A Subscriber wishes to know where he can 

 obtain Cranberry seed, and the quantity necessary 

 for an acre, and also the manner of sowing, cul- 

 ture, Ac., (fee. 



Willow cuttings can be procured at the nurse- 

 ries. You will find a market in any large town, 

 only let it be known that yod have such an arti- 

 cle for sale. 



(V. T., Kingsville.) We would advise you to 

 plant your Osage Orange next spring. We prefer 



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