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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Jan. 



time of milking, for it gives them relief from the 

 distention of the milk ducts. 



Let young 2}eople be put to milking the farrow 

 cows first, or such as are to be soon dried, and then 

 the loss from bad milking will be less injurious ; the 

 hand should extend to the extremity of the teats, 

 for the milk is then drawn easier. They should be 

 taught to milk as fast as possible. More milk is 

 always obtained by a rapid milker than by a slow 

 one. They should therefore be taught to think of 

 nothing else while milking, and no conversation 

 must be permitted in the milk-jard. They should 

 sit up close to the cow and rest the left arm gently 

 against her shank. Then Lf she raises her foot on 

 account of pain occasioned by soreness of the teats, 

 the nearer the milker sits to her, and the harder 

 he presses Ids left arm against her leg, the less risk 

 will he run of being injured. 



Cows may be taught to give down their milk at 

 once — and they may be taught to hold it a long 

 while, and to be stripped mdefinitely. The best 

 way is to milk quick and not use the cow to a long 

 stripping or an after stripping. — JVorthern Farmer. 



teen or twenty seconds in a mile. If acceptable, I 

 may say something about shoeing foundered horses 

 hereafter. Dux. 



Remarks. — ^We shall be glad to hear from our 

 correspondent on the subject which he suggests 

 above. 



For the New England Farmer. 



ON SHOEING HORSES THAT OVER- 

 REACH. 



Mr. Editor: — I was bred from my youth a 

 blacksmith and farmer, and whether a natural me- 

 chanic or not, I was always anxious to know the 

 whys and wherefores of things, or more properly 

 speaking, the casualties and j)reventives. I was 

 also fond of trjing experiments uj)on such things as 

 appeared favorable of im])rovements. 1 was gener- 

 ally in the shop with my father evenings, rainy days, 

 and such other times as I could be spared from the 

 farm and school. By being in the shop so much, I 

 obtained the views of the I'armers generally, and by 

 that was enabled to make many improvements on 

 the farm. I learned also, that many farmers enter- 

 tain very erroneous views about blacksmithing, (and 

 I might add blacksmiths too ;) still they were bomid 

 to dictate according to their prejucUces ; as, for in- 

 stance, one says : "This horse over-reaches, I want 

 you to put the forward shoes as far forward as pos- 

 sible, and set the hind shoes as far back, or he will 

 tear them oif." I would sometimes try to reason 

 the case by saying the way to prevent a horse ft'om 

 ovei'-reaching, is to augment the speed of the for- 

 ward feet, and retard the motion of the liind ones ; 

 but in order to accomplish that, I shall have to re- 

 verse your du-ections. Some who had Httle or no 

 mechanical genius, would cut short all argument, 

 and say, "follow my directions or else not shoe the 

 horse." Of course, a mechanic must obey orders, 

 if he breaks owners ; so the horse would go out of 

 the shop, nicely fettered, with his shoes clinking at 

 every step; while, perhaps, the man of inquiiy 

 would desire a full explanation. My way is, to 

 make the toe-corks very low, and standing a Httle 

 under, and the shoes set as far back as convenient 

 on the forward feet, with high heel corks, so as to 

 let them roll over as soon as possible. On the hind 

 feet, I have the heel-cork low, and the toe-cork high, 

 and projecting forward, thus keeping back the hind 

 foot, wliile coming up over a high toe-cork, gl^ing 

 time for the forward foot to get out of the way. II' 

 thus shod, the horse will travel clean, without a 

 clink, and his speed will be increased on a trot, fif- 



CONCORD FARMERS' CLUB. 



At a recent meeting of this Club, committees 

 were appointed to report upon the foUowmg sub- 

 jects. There are three persons on each committee. 

 We give only the names of the chairman of each. 



1. On Manures — Elijah Wood, Jr. 



2. Hoed Crops— A. H. Wheeler. 



3. Root C»-o;«— Willard T. Farrar. 



4. Live Stock — Charles Hubbard. 



5. Grass Crop — Simon Brown. 



6. Grain Crop — Edwin Wheeler. 



7. Farm Buildings and Farms — J. D. Brown. 



8. Ornamental Gardening — E. W. Bull. 



9. Farming Tools — Francis A. Wheeler. 



10. Fruit and Ornamental Trees — J. B. Moore. 

 IL Poulti-y — James B. Brown. 



12. Working Oxen — Jacob B. Farrar. 



13. Draining — Joseph Reynolds. 

 1-i. Milk — James P. Brown. 



15. Feeding Stock — Daniel Tarbell. 



16. Special Manures — Jonathan Wheeler. 



17. Vegetables — William D. Brown. 



18. Pruning — C. W. Goodnow. 



19. Garden Seeds — ]\linot Pratt. 



20. Farm Help — Gardner Wheeler. 



21. Horses — Charles B. Clark. 



For the Ketc England Farmer 



FINE YIELD OF CARROTS. 



Mr. Editor : — On Saturday last, I saw a piece of 

 land in tliis town, on wliich grew carrots the present 

 season, under the care of John Peasley, the propri- 

 etor, one of our most industrious and successful cul- 

 tivators. He told me, that the carrots had all been 

 weighed at the town scales, as they were harvested 

 and deUvered, divested of their tops — which were 

 left on the ground. To-day I learned from Mr. 

 F. Walker, who has the care of the town scales 

 that he had weighed carrots for Mr. Peasley, the 

 present season, as follows, all of which grew on less 

 than half an acre. 



October 23 1 load 2,070 lbs. 



November 5 5 10,040 



November 6 4 8,010 



November 8 4 8,230 



November 8 4 8,010 



November 10 1 1,039 



19 loads 37,999 lbs. 



Better crops may have been grown by others — 

 but I have not seen them. J. w. P. 



JVov. 13, 1855. 



A Fine Essex Hog. — Our neighbor, Charles 

 B. Clark, Esq., recently slaughtered a hog of this 

 breed, which weighed when dressed four hundred 

 and seventy-two pounds .' He has plenty of infon- 

 tiles of the same race, wliich promise just as much 

 obesity as this, when they arrive at matui-e hog- 

 hood. 



