1856. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



THE CABBAGE CROP. 



As I am about commencing the cultivation of 

 cabbage I wish you to inform me which are the best 

 varieties, both early and late, and what kind of ma- 

 nure is best for them, and how near the hills ought 

 to be to have them do well. Alden Hill. 



Hudson, JV. H., May 5, 1856. 



Remarks. — The early York is generally consid- 

 ered the best for the fii-st crop, and the large late 

 Drumhead, for winter use. Good barn-yard ma- 

 nure is better than any thing else, as a fertilizer, 

 but if you -want a specific take superphosphate of 

 lime, and apply in the hill. Eighteen to twenty- 

 four inches apart, according to size of cabbage. 



BROWN CORN — CALVES — SHEEP. 



Mr. Broavn :— I saw a notice in the last Farmer, 

 April 5, of King Philip's corn, or brown corn. Can 

 you tell me its origin ? Did it come from one of the 

 islands of the Winnipisiogee lake, N. H. ? If not, 

 and is as good as recommended by those gentleman, 

 every farmer should plant it. Where can it be 

 procured, and at what price. ? 



CALVES. 



I saw in the Farmer about a year since a notice, 

 or an article, on raising calves without suckling them 

 on the mother. I have been trying to look it up, 

 but have not succeeded ; will you please republish 

 it, as you can probably refer to it in your Monthly 

 Farmer, or perhaps you or some of your numerous 

 correspondents will give us the "modus operandi," 

 afresh. 



SHEEP. 



I notice that some of your correspondents re- 

 commend very highly the South Down sheep. Hav- 

 ing sold my flock, I should like to obtain a few to 

 commence with, of a kind that are peaceable, and 

 will go in a pasture of about twenty acres. Are the 

 South Downs peaceable ? Where can they be ob- 

 tained, and at what price P If some of the numer- 

 ous readers of your excellent jiaper have this kind 

 of sheep living near this section, should like to hear 

 from them. 



Will Mr, R. C. Fay, of Lynn, give, through the 

 Farmer, his method of training sheep so that they 

 will not jump low walls when there is better feed 

 the other side ? W. B. Weeks. 



Gilford, April 11, 1856. 



Remarks. — The corn you speak of is the Brown 

 Corn of Winnipisiogee Lake. At the seed stores. 



The article on rearing calves, was written by Mr. 

 HoLBROOK, our Associate, and we give it in another 

 column. 



HOVS^ SHALL I LAY BARN FLOORS? 



Mr. Editor :— I wish to know which is the best 

 way to have a barn floor laid so as to have it cheap 

 and tight ? I mean the thrashing floor. Some lay 

 two thicknesses, and som.e lay groove and tongue 

 plank. I have seen plank laid down having the 

 upper edges beveled so as to have the lower edges 

 tight, thus allowing the dust and hay seed to fill 

 the crack, making it tight. I should think that 

 when thrashing the dirt would pass out. c. 



corn for fodder. 



Mr. Editor : — I would ask how corn stallcs can 

 best be raised for green fodder, whether in drills, 

 or sowing the seed broadcast ? If i;i drills, what 

 should be the distance apart ? What kind of seed 

 is best, the southern or our northern com ? 



Would it not be best for late fodder planted in 

 June? ^ A. D. M. 



Hyannis, Cape Cod, 1856. 



Remarks. — Sow southern corn, white or yellow, 

 in drills 3^ feet apart. Begin immediately to sow 

 a few drills, and sow occasionally till June. 



green corn fodder. 



Mr. Editor :— Please inform me of the best 

 method of curing green corn when planted for fod- 

 der for winter use, and also of rearing young tur- 

 keys. Ira p. Smith. 



Dublin, J^. K, 1856. 



Remarks. — Cut the corn and let it lie one or 

 two days, then tie it up in very small bundles and 

 straddle it on the wallrj, or set common fence posts, 

 insert poles, and put the corn on them, or on anj^- 

 thing that will keep the bundle from the ground. 

 Millet is a better fodder crop than corn. 



Manage young turkeys much as chickens are. 

 The important rule to be observed is — keep them 

 from getting loet until they are at least four iveeks 

 old. Wet and cold are the great destroyers of 

 young poultry. 



MURIATE OF LIME ON WHEAT. 



Mr. Editor : — I would inquire through you or 

 your excellent paper, if any of your correspondents 

 have ever tried muriate of lime on wheat, if it has 

 any fertilizing powers, and if it strengthens the straw 

 like common lime, and how much per acre. 



Dresden, Me., 1856. Subscriber. 



Remarks. — We have used it on wheat with ex- 

 cellent results. From five to twenty barrels. 



summer ^ntteat. 



In 1855, 1 sowed a bushel of wheat the 26th of 

 May, on one acre of ground that had been planted 

 the year previous to corn, and harvested in the 

 month of September, cleared and measured, 30 

 bushels. I had no more ground prepared for 

 wheat, so I tried an experiment. I plowed one 

 acre of grass land, with a side hill })Iow, spread on 

 ten loads of green manure, harrowed thoroughly 

 the same day it was plowed, and sowed one bushel 

 of wheat. I harvested 18 Ijushels of good clean 

 wheat. The ground was plowed and the grain 

 sowed after the 26th of May. Lewis Hall. 



Dover, JV. H., Jlpril 16, 1856. 



TO DESTROY CATERPILLARS. 



"C." recommends blowing off caterpillar nests 

 with gunpowder — this has been practiced, but with 

 great care, it has been found that the limbs are of- 

 ten injured. 



To G. H. H., Beckett, Mass.— The Eagle Hay 

 Cutter is as good as any in use. 



