1856. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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WATER LIFTER. 



C. S., Boston. — We are expecting an engraving 

 on the subject of raising water by the cow or ox 

 who drinks, and when it comes, shall refer to the 

 subject again. 



THORN HEDGE. 

 Information wanted as to the best method of ob- 

 taining a thorn hedge — what the process, 8:c. Al- 

 so, in regard to celery, when the seed is to be 

 sown — what the process, &c. A Subscriber. 



Remarks. — Hedges are produced by setting the 

 plants — which may be purchased at the nurseries — 

 in good soil, finely pulverized. The process given 

 below is from an article by our associate editor, 

 Mr. FRE>X'n, published originally in the March 

 number of the Farmer for 1852. 



"My land being light and sandy, I threw out the 

 earth, forming a trench at)out three feet wide, and 

 eighteen inches deep, filled it uj) with turf and soil 

 about half full, and the rest with good soil and 

 compost manure, about half and half. I set my 

 plants on the trench, ten inches apart in a single 

 row, in April or May, and cut them down to with- 

 in four inches of the surface. I keep the land liglit 

 and free from weeds, and cut the jjlants every au- 

 tumn, so that they gain but six inches height each 

 year, the main oly'ect being to get the hedge thick 

 at the bottom. Some of my jjlants I have cut 

 twice, once in Summer, and once in Fall or Spring. 

 I am not decided whether they should be cut once 

 or twice. My plants grew the first jear about two 

 feet, and afterwards they have made shoots three 

 feet long, when not stopped, in Summer." 



BR.\XDON PAINTS. 

 Will some one inform "A Subscriber," where 

 Brandon paints may be obtained ? Whether they 

 are durable, what their cost is, and whether they 

 are in various colors .►' 



AFRICAN MARROW SQUASH. 



T. A. S., South Danvers, Mass. — Will make 

 fair trial of the squash seeds kindly sent by you, 

 and report success. 



WHAT AILS MY COW ? 

 "J. H." says he has no doubt it is eating too 

 much salt food — that is, hay salted and fed too lib- 

 erally. 



THE STRIPED SQUIRREL, 

 A. M., Concord, Mass., is of the opinion that 

 the striped squirrel carries away the earth in his 

 mouth, which he displaces Vv'hen digging his hole. 



"N." may find the book he desires at F. S. Sax- 

 TON's, 81 Washington St., Boston. 



Farm Stock in the United States. — It is said 

 that there were estimated, two years ago, to be 

 within the United States more than twenty millions 

 of horned cattle, more than twenty millions of 

 sheep, and more than thirty millions of swine. 



TJNITEB STATES AGRICULTUIIAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The Fourth Annual Exhibition of the United 

 States Agricultural Society will be held at 

 Powelton, (Philadelphia,) on Tuesday, Wednesday, 

 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 7th, 8th, 

 9th and 10th. 



The first exhibition of this Society, held at Spring- 

 field, !Mass., 1853, was devoted exclusively to an 

 examination of horses ;— at Springfield, Ohio, cat- 

 tle alone were exhibited; in Boston, 1755, all de- 

 partments of farm stock, cattle, horses, sheep and 

 swine, were shown. 



The Society, encouraged by past success, and by 

 the approbation of the agricultural community, now 

 propose to offer ])remiums, not only for domestic 

 animals, but also for poultry, and the products of 

 the fruit garden, the grain field and the vineyard, 

 and for agricultural implements and machinery. 



Premiums from twenty-five to two hundred dol- 

 lars, amounting in the aggregate to over twcive 

 thousand dollars, will be offered for the various 

 classes of domestic animals, fruits, American wines, 

 vegetables, grains, and agricultural implements and 

 machinery. 



A local committee of forty-seven citizens of Phil- 

 adelphia, representing the various branches of in- 

 dustry, has already been appointed to co-operate 

 with the officers of the Society in j^erfecting ar- 

 rangements for the exhibition ; and fifteen thousand 

 dollars have been guaranteed to meet expenses. 

 This material aid, coupled with the excellence of 

 the selected location, and the large amount of pre- 

 miums offered, induces the expectation that the 

 exhii)ition of 1856 will be superior to any of its 

 predecessors. 



Favorable arrangements for the transportation 

 of stock, and other articles, will be made with the 

 various railroads. 



The list of entries, the awards of premiums, and 

 proceedings, will be published in the Journal of the 

 Society for 185G. 



The premium list, with the regulations and pro- 

 gramme of the Exhibition, will be furnished on ap- 

 plication to Mr. John McGowan, Assistant Sec- 

 retary of the United States Agricultural Society, 

 160 Chestnut Street, (rooms of the Philadelphia 

 Agricultural Society,) or by addressing the Secre- 

 tary at Boston. 



Marshall P. Wilder, President. 



William S. King, Secretary. 



June Ist, 1856. 



A RAILROAD INCIDENT IN ASIERICA. 



I had found it necessary to study physiognomy 

 since leaving England, and was horrified at the ap- 

 ])earance of my next neighbor. Jlis forehead was 

 low, his deep-set and restless eye significant of cun- 

 ning, and I at once set him down as a swindler or 

 pickpocket. My convictions of the truth of my in- 

 ferences were so strong that I removed my purse — 

 in which, however, acting by advice, I never carried 

 more than five dollars — from my ])ocket, leaving in 

 it only my handkerchief and the checks for my bag- 

 age, knowing that I could not possibly keep awake 

 the whole morning. In spite of my endeavors to 

 the contrary, I soon sank into an oblivious state, 

 from which I awoke to the consciousness that mjr 

 companion was withdrawing his hard from my 



