1856. 



NEW ENGLAND FAR:MER., 



321 



NORTH STAR MORGAN. 



The Morgan horses have attracted a good deal of 

 celebrity. Thej" are compact, round, usually weigh- 

 ing from ten hundred to eleven hundred and fifty 

 pounds, and are rarely excelled as horses for all 

 work. They are excellent roadsters, when used 

 for road service, as they have a graceful and com- 

 manding carriage, are sure-footed and good-tem- 

 pered. 



The horse represented above is six years old, of 

 a light bay color, legs nearly black, with a glossy 

 coat lying upon a flexible skin. His chest is broad, 

 eye pleasant, mane hea\7, tail flowing and well set. 

 He is owned by Henry Olmstead, of East Hart- 

 ford, Conn. 



Feed for Cows and Pigs. The cheapest food 

 for pigs through the season that we know of, is ten- 

 der young clover, refuse or sour milk, and in au- 

 tumn, the dropping i'rult of an apple orchard. Prac- 

 tical farmers differ as to the propriety of cutting 

 clover and soil. One of the most skilful farmers in 

 Western New York thinks it decidely best to shut 

 up his pigs, and cut and feed the clover to them, 

 alleging, from his own experience, that running 

 about a pasture wastes more value of flesh than the 

 cost of soiling. Others have given a different o])in- 

 ion, but these may not have fed their pigs reg- 



ularly, nor provided them with the necessary com- 

 forts of a close pen. Certain breeds may also be 

 better adapted to confinement than others. We 

 should like the results of accurate experiments on 

 this subject. A crop of peas may be found advan- 

 tageous as food for hogs. 



For the New England Fanner, 



"MIXING OF POTATOES." 



Mr. Editor : — Having read an article in your 

 paper from Mr. Blake, of Ashfield, with which I 

 cannot agree, I am induced to say a few words to 

 him, and while doing so, to the rest of your fifty 

 thousand readers. He takes the ground that po- 

 tatoes will mix M'hen planted side by side — that is, 

 that the color of the tuber, as well as form, will be 

 changed by growing together. Now, how is this to 

 be done ? In ])roof of his position, he says he takes 

 his different sorts of corn in the spring and plants 

 in the same field, and at harvest he finds three or 

 four, and perhaps more colors on the same ear. — 

 All very true, plant different sorts of corn together, 

 and if they flower at the same time, they will be 

 almost sure to mix, so that the aeerf will be affected ; 

 but does your correspondent remember that the 

 tuber is not the seed of the potato. As well might 

 we say that tulips, or any other bulbs, by standing 

 in the same bed with others when in bloom, would 



