NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



thousand, the average wholesale price of which 

 has been $2,00 making the round sum of $24,000, 

 for this town, for one item, of agricultural pro- 

 ducts in a single season. 



The population of Waltham is, to a considera- 

 ble extent, engaged in manufactures of one kind 

 or another ; yet we doubt whether, among them 

 all, any investment of capital of an equal 

 amount has produced results so fovorable as the 

 investment in the apple trees. 



drowned by the eagle's scream of success which 

 was ansv/ered by his mate ; then rising with him, 

 still struggling in his grasp, he carried him to 

 some convenient place, where both he and his 

 mate might devour him at their leisure. 



Banvers, 3fass., Dec. 1, 1858. A. Fo^YLEE. 



Remarks. — We are obliged to our correspon- 

 dent for the brief and graphic descriptions which 

 he has occasionally sent us of our native birds, 

 and hope he will find leisure and inclination to 

 continue them. We wish we could lay before all 

 lovers of natural history the splendid paintings 

 For the New England Farmer, ^f hudiS, their nests and eggs, which have been 

 GOLDEN EAGIiB. produced by his own hands, scarcely equalled, in 



AQuiLA cnRTs.«:oTos quj. opiniou, by any thing yet done by the most 



The most hiliy and mountainous parts of the accomplished artists of this or the old countries, 

 country are chosen by this bird for his residence, 

 particularly where there are over-hanging preci- 

 pices ; there, in the dizzy height, on some bold 

 rock, he takes his stand, motionless and erect, 

 with his stern, penetrating eye glancing over the 

 boundless expanse of forests and fields; upon 

 such high precipices, or on some blighted tree of 

 the wooded-mountain, a pair of these birds will 

 sit for hours, and not unfrequently the whole 

 day, especially whs-n they have gorged themselves 

 with fond. After such times of inactivity, they 

 will launch into the air, and rise in a spiral flight 

 above these stupendous heights, until they ap- 

 pear like mere specks, or are wholly lost to sight ; 



having attained to the desired height, they sail y^,^^ correspondent "Essex," recently, after a 

 in an obliquely downward course with the veloci- ^^^^j^^ j^^ j.^^.^^ ^^ leaving the stalks on the 

 ty of the wind, until within one or two hundred I ^^^^^^ ^^j.^ ^j^^ question, "Has there b^en any well 

 feet of the earth, when they again change their j^^j^^^^^.^^ experiments to determine the fact?" 

 mode of ilight and sweep in circles over hills and j ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.j^^^ j^g ^^^-^di consider a well- 



CHAHITISS THAT SWEETEN LIFE. 



'•It i3 not much the worU can give, 



With all its subtle art, 

 And gold and gems are not the things 



To satisfy the heart. 

 But O, if those who cluster round 



The altar and the hearth, 

 Have gentle words and loving smiles, 



How beautiful is earth !" 



Fur the New England Farmer. 

 CUTTING COKN STALKS. 



valleys in search of food. 



These eagles usually hunt in pairs. There is 

 a peculiarity in their mode of hunting which is 

 not resorted to by other birds of prey. Like the 

 lion, who lies in ambush for his coming victim, 

 so he hovers over the form of the hare, or the 

 bed of other animals, waiting for their appearance. 

 I once saw a pair hunting in company, and while 

 sailing over a hill, one of them, on discovering a 

 burrow of the common grey rabbit, immediately 

 suspended himself in the air without the least 

 perceivable motion of his body or vibration of 

 his wings, which he kept widely extended, and 

 on which he floated with the same ease that he 

 would rest upon his perch ; in this position he 

 remained a great length of time until the animal, 

 unconscious of any harm, ventured from his 

 cover ; at first, but a part of him appeared ; the 

 eagle, still poised, would stretch down his claws, 

 then draw them up again, still floating silently ; 

 the animal now hopped quite out of his hole, 

 stood upon his hind legs, scanning every object 

 with his large eyes, and moving in every direc- 

 tion his large ears, to detect an enemy if one was 

 around him ; at last, feeling assured, none lurked 

 about him, he hopped again which brought him 

 to full view, and farther from his burrow. Hark !i 

 WJiush-usJi-usJt, down from his height, like the 

 whizzing sound of a rocket, shot the eagle upon 

 the unwary victim, pressing him down with his 

 strong feet and driving his talons deep in his 

 quivering flesh. The scream of despair, as the 

 blood oozed through his soft fur, was soen 



conducted experiment. I have tried it several 

 times. I cut the stalks on eight rows through 

 the field as soon as the tassel was dry, and the 

 next eight rows I left with the stalks on. I 

 gathered each separately, and husked it out. In 

 both cases I hr.l the most good sound corn — 

 both by measure and weight — on the rows vjliere 

 tlie stalks icere cut, and the most soft corn on the 

 rows that were not cut ! 



This year I had one field of about four acres 

 of corn. I had cut the stalks on about one acre 

 before the storm which beat the corn down so 

 badly. On the other three acres the stalks were 

 not cut. The part where the stalks were cut was 

 not injured, while that part of the field where 

 the stalks were not cut, was laid almost as flat as 

 though it had been rolled down. I think the loss 

 on the part blown down, of good sound corn, was 

 at least ten per cent. 



I would cut the stalks from heavy corn to save 

 it from being blown about and broken down by 

 the wind, if for nothing else. 



Eollis, Oct. 13, 1858. E. Emerson. 



School of Veterinary Medicine and Sur- 

 gery. George H. Dadd, Principal. — This school 

 was established in Boston, in 1849, and is at- 

 tracting more and more of the public attention, 

 as its objects are better understood. The tick- 

 ets for a course arc $100. Th« sohool is estab- 

 lished at No. 55 Salem Street, Boston','' Mass. 



