1859. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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orchards can never replace the forest completely; 

 they are, however, important and profitable 

 means to diminish the fatal consequences of the 

 disappearing forest. A])ples, pears, cherries, 

 peaches, peccan-nuts, Italian or Spanish chest- 

 nuts, are particularly adapted to such a planta- 

 tion. Ditches, swampy fiats, and similar locali- 

 ties, may be covered with Lombardian hazle- 

 nuts, and all places not accessible to cattle can 

 be surrounded by fences of quince trees. 



All farmers are respectfully requested to ex- 

 amine these propositions, and to act in accord 

 ance with them. "Whoever feels interested in 

 the welfare of his contemporaries and their de 

 scendants, will do well in setting an example to 

 his neighbors. 



A SCOTCH LOVE SONG. 



fFEOM THE GREENTVICn AND WICKFOED PESCULUM.] 



They told me thou wert fahe, Jamie, 



And did na care for me ; 

 I heeded not their voice, Jamie, 



I thought it could not be, 

 So loving were thy words, Jamie, 



So winsome was thy smile ; 

 I did na think that it, Jamie, 



Could veil one thought of guile. 



Dost thou recall the hawthorn glade 



Where we sat side by side. 

 When, on a summer's night, Jamie, 



Thou sued me for thy bride .' 

 My heart was very full, Jamie, 



As in the pale moonshine, 

 I promised to be thine, Jamie, 



To be forever thine. 



Together there we knelt, Jamie, 



The bent and reverent knee, 

 And prayed our Heavenly Father's love 



Might reft on thee and me. 

 So radiant seemed my path, Jamie, 



My cup so full of bliss. 

 How could I e'er dream, Jamie, 



That it would come to this ? 



I never see thee now, Jamie — 



Thou comest not to me : 

 'Tis said thou seek's another's love 



Ah, .Jamie, can it be ? 

 They tell me she is rich, Jamie, 



And of a lordly line, 

 Not thrice her wealth and rank, Jamie, 



Could buy a love like mine. 



My cheek that erst was red, Jamie, 



Is palin' day by day ; 

 I felt it in my heart, Jamie, 



I'm wearin' fast away. 

 Then, Jamie, when the Summer comes, 



And blossoms clothe the tree. 

 Bestow one loving thought on her 



Who died for love of thee. H. 



Rose Insects. — If our lady readers are desir- 

 ous of keeping their rose-bushes free from the 

 small green vermin that so frequently infest 

 them, the following remedy will be found a most 

 effectual one : To three gallons of water, add 

 one peck of soot and one quart of unslacked 

 lime. Stir it well — let it stand for twenty-four 

 hours, and when the soot rises to the surface, 

 skim it off. Use a syringe for applying it. 



EXTKACTS AND BBPLIES. 



APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETIES BY THE STATE. 



About $12,000 is annually drawn from the 

 Treasury for this purpose, and distributed to 

 about twenty societies — no single society receiv- 

 ing more than $600. So far this is well, and as 

 it should be, I have noticed some complaint of 

 there being more societies in some counties than 

 in others. If this be an error, it was an over- 

 sight in the Legislature in making the grants, 

 more than in the societies who received them. 

 Such irregularities will hereafter be guarded 

 against. It was a condition of such grants from 

 the State, that the society should have raised 

 their funds and invested them on interest before 

 they would be entitled to favor from the Stte. 

 How those societies who have laid out all their 

 money in land and buildings — from which no in- 

 terest or income accrues, or can be expected to 

 accrue, — can entitle themselves to a share of the 

 bounty of the State, is beyond my power to im- 

 agine. I think it must be by a hocus-pocus such 

 as is said to be in use occasionally at Uncle 

 Sam's custom-houses. I think if gentlemen so 

 upright as the Governor and Treasurer should 

 chance to run upon any such management, they 

 would hesitate a while before they would suffer 

 the money to be drawn. If they do not, they will 

 ere long find the stool on which they themselves 

 stand to be in a tottling condition. INQUIRER. 



Jan. 1, 1859. _ 



COTTON SEED MEAL. 



I notice in the April number of the Fanner 

 that you speak favorably of cotton seed meal for 

 milch cows. Does your experience since that time 

 confirm the opinion you then expressed ? I have 

 fed it to cows and calves to a limited extent, and 

 have not noticed any injurious effects. But I have 

 recently heard opinions expressed unfavorable 

 to its use, by those who have fed it to a large 

 number of cows. Indeed, the objections to it 

 were very strong, principally, I believe, in conse- 

 quence of its effects upon the physical condition 

 of the cows. 



I should like to hear from yourself and others 

 who have made trial of this meal. Analysis shows 

 it to be richer than linseed meal, and I suppose 

 it can be bought for a less price. b. 



Remarks. — We have used a ton (5r two of 

 cotton seed meal, and we have thought with good 

 results — though we were not able to make a 

 comparison of it with other grains, in feeding 

 it out, in consequence of frequent absence from 

 home. But from what observation we were able 

 to make, and the report of the man who tended 

 the stock, we were favorably impressed with it as 

 a feed for milch cows. 



We shall be glad to hear from others on the 

 subject. 



A new discovery. 



It is stated that a gentleman of Fitchburg, 



Mass., has discovered the cause of the ;u)tato 



rot to be a "general poisoning or corrupiion of 



the surface soil." As a rem,i.'cy, h? proposes to 



