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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 



gorrilla, for when he saw men advancing, he 

 came clown out of the trees to the attack, and 

 could strangle a man with the greatest ease. The 

 strength of this man-ape is enormous ; his jaw 

 is as powerful as that of a lion, and his canine 

 teeth equally formidable. 



For the New Enf>land Farmer. 

 HUJSTGAEIAN" GRASS SSBD. 



Will you please inform me through your pa- 

 per where I can obtain some of the Hungarian 

 grass seed ? s. E. t. 



Warren, Mass., Jan., 1859. 



Remarks. — Among the new forage plants 

 ■which from time to time have been introduced 

 to the farmer, the Hungarian Grass is one which 

 has met with much favor, and promises to be- 

 come one of the staple grasses of New England. 

 We suppose it receives its name from the coun- 

 try, Hungary, where it is probably indigenous, 

 and supports vast herds of cattle on its fertile 

 and widely extended plains. If such be the case, 

 it must be adapted to our Western prairies, and 

 become invaluable there both for pasture and 

 hay crops. 



If this grass is to prove a valuable acquisition, 

 as we believe it will, the pure seed ought to be 

 afforded to the farmer at a fair profit, so that he 

 may avail himself of it at once. 



Side by side with the inquiry of our Warren 

 correspondent, we have a little pamphlet entitled, 

 ^^Honey Blade Hungarian Grass Seed," emblaz- 

 oned with the Coat of Arms of Hungary, and 

 giving a history of the grass, with numerous ex- 

 tracts from newspapers, by one Felix H. Benton. 

 The pamphlet bears upon its title the imprint, 

 "J. M. Emerson & Co., No. 406 Broadway, N. 

 Y." Of all this we make no complaint — it is one 

 of those amiable weaknesses often resorted to, 

 to catch the popular eye and ear. But when we 

 come to the git of the thing, the point that is to 

 draw upon the pocket of the purchaser, we find a 

 duty resting upon us which we embrace the ear- 

 liest opportunity to discharge. The pamphlet 

 before us reads thus : — 



It will be put up in uniform bags of about 

 sixteen pounds each, the amount in each bag be- 

 ing sufficient to seed an acre. 



The prices will be as follows : — 



One bag for one acre $3.00 



Club for eleven bags 25,00 



Now we beg leave to say to our friends that 

 the pure Hungarian Grass Seed will be for sale 

 in this city, at the Agricultural Warehouse of 

 Nourse, Mason &f Co., Quincy Hall, or oi 2^ourse 

 & Co., 34 Merchants Row, for $4,00 per bushel 

 at retail, and $3,00 in large quantities, thus sav- 

 ing about the sum of $5,00 on each bushel pur- 

 chased, for it takes, as we learn, three bags of 

 about sixteen pounds each, to make a bushel I 



For the New England Farmer. 

 A COMPAKATIVE STATEMENT 

 Of the Pkoduct and Value of Milk and Buttek. 

 BY GEORGE S. BOUTWELL. 



I commenced saving milk for butter on the 10th 

 of May last, and continued until October 1st. 

 The milk was weighed once a week, and twenty 

 pounds were considered equal to one can of eight 

 quarts. The milk would have sold for eighteen 

 cents a can, and the butter was sold for twenty- 

 four cents a pound. I give the result of each 

 month's operations : 



MILK. 



May, 163 cars $29,34 



.June, 2411 cans 43,47 



July, 188i cans 33,93 



Aug.,21U cans 38,07 



Sept., 202'^ cans 36,45 



Cost of making 914J lbs. 



butter at 6^0 $50,28 



$231,54 



BUTTER. 



177Jlbs $42,60 



201.Ub3 48,36 



166.1 lbs 40.02 



193} lbs 46,50 



1743 lbs 41,94 



$219,42 

 Value of residue of 1007 



cans at 8c $80,56 



$299,98 

 231,54 



Difference in favor of butter $68,44 



It is thus seen that during the entire season 22 

 pounds of milk produced a pound of butter ; but 

 in the month of May only 18.3 pounds were re- 

 quired. 



Groton, January 10, 1859. 



HENS LAYING ALL THE YEAB. 



Some people think that if they keep their hens 

 warm in the winter, that they will lay eggs freely 

 all the year, but that is a mistake, as fowls can 

 be made to lay but about 10 dozen eggs each in 

 the year, if ever so great pains are taken Avith 

 them in the winter ; and when they lay a good 

 deal in the winter they lay enough less in the 

 spring, so that not over the average of 10 dozen 

 eggs are obtained usually. The Prairie Farmer 

 has the following statement, which leads one to 

 infer that his hens may be made to lay 100 or 

 300 eggs in a year — according to the manage- 

 ment of them. Still the better treatment spoken 

 of is advisable, as more eggs will be laid in the 

 winter, by adopting it, when they command a 

 better price, but it will be at the expense of the 

 regular spring laying : 



Treatment of Hens. — Two flocks of hens 

 were compared. One laid eggs almost all the 

 time ; the other laid scarcely any. On examining 

 their treatment, the following differences were 

 found to exist : the former had a warm cellar to 

 roost in during the winter; the latter roosted in 

 a stable where the wind blew in. The former 

 had a fine place in an open cellar for scratching 

 among ashes, lime, and earth ; the latter scratched 

 in the manure heap, or in the stable when the 

 cows were put out. The forner had plenty of 

 of good water, with milk, &:c., the others had no 

 drink except what they could find. — Pairal Amer- 

 ican. 



Large Hogs. — Mr. Benjamin Derby, of this 

 town, has slaughtered this week two hogs which 

 weighed thirteen hundred and thirty-five pounds. 

 The weight of the larger was seven hundred and 

 twenty-eight pounds. W. D. B. 



Concord, Mass., Jan. 7, 1859. 



