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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 



PEAS IN POTATOES TO PREVENT ROT. 



May 11, 1 planted in the garden twenty hills 

 of pogie potatoes; holes were made in the pota-l 

 toes with a penknife, and from four to six peas { 

 were thrust into each potato. The soil was a 

 black, moist loam ; no manure was put into the 

 hill. September 4, the potatoes were dug. Every j 

 hill had potatoes in it affected with rot, fully as 

 much as potatoes in the same garden, planted in 

 the ordinary way ; nor was there any difference 

 in yield in favor of the experiment. The pea 

 vines, which were quite scanty produced very few 

 and inferior pods. D. 



Melrose, Mass., January, 1859. 



DISEASE AMONG CATTLE. 



In looking over your paper of January 8th, I 

 noticed an article headed ^^ Fatal Disease among 

 Cattle." About the year 1850 I lost seven head 

 with this same disorder, and for the benefit of 

 those who may have cattle similarly afflicted, I 

 send the following receipt : 



Take i pint of vinegar, 1 teaspoonful pepper, 

 1 teaspoonful salt, and mix and stir well togeth- 

 er ; turn up the head and turn this into the ears. 

 I have never known this to fail if applied in sea- 

 son. I have had several taken since 1 first adopt- 

 ed this remedy, and have found it a sure cure. 

 Philip Judkins. 



Carthage, Me., Jan. 10, 1859. 



BUNCH ON A horse's LEG. 



To a Subscriber in Millbury, — I had a bunch 

 form on the inside of the leg of a young horse, 

 caused by the pole striking against the inside of 

 the leg, which I removed by using the Mexican 

 Mustang Liniment. A. \v. P. 



Sutton, Mass., Jan., 1859. 



MILK AND BUTTER AFFECTED WITH THE FLAVOR 

 OF WILD ONIONS AND LEEKS. 



, Can you inform me if there is any way to take 

 th'i taste out of milk and butter where the cows 

 have eaten ivild onions or "leeJcs"?" I have a 

 pasture which is connected with a piece of wood- 

 land, where they abound in the spring of the 

 year, and the milk is rendered useless only for 

 the pigs. Subscriber. 



Danville, Vt., Jan. 8, 1859. 



A. p«******k, Saugus, Mass., need not keep 

 back his light for the reasons he gives. Let it 

 shine, and illuminate our columns. 



Scientific Agriculture. — Mr. Henry C. 

 Vail, who has had much experience as an agricul- 

 tural instructor and lecturer, is now located at 

 Springfield, N. Y., where he receives pupils for a 

 course of agricultural instruction, in which they 

 are indoctrinated in the connexion of the sciences 

 ■with the successful cultivation of the soil. Mr. 

 Vail claims for his system of instruction that it is 

 simple, thorough and efficient, and that it has 

 the approval of the best cultivators and scientific 

 men. 



STATE BOABD OF AGBICULTUBE. 



FOURTH DAY. 



Prof. J. W. P. Jenks, of Middleboro', was ap- 

 pointed Zoologist to the Board for one year. A 

 committee was also appointed to transfer the 

 State Farm to the Board of Trustees of the In- 

 stitution. 



The following resolutions presented by Mr. 

 Brown, of Middlesex, were pretty fully discussed, 

 and severally laid on the table. 



Resolved, That the Legislature be requested 

 to pass an act requiring each county society re- 

 ceiving a portion of its bounty, to appropriate 

 one-third of the whole amount received, to the 

 support of agricultural meetings and discussions 

 in various parts of each county. 



Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Board, 

 whenever any article, stock, implement, or any- 

 thing else, has once received the highest premium 

 in its class, of any society, it should never re- 

 ceive another premium from any incorporated 

 society within the limits of the State. 



Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture, that the es- 

 tablishment of more than one agricultural socie- 

 ty in each county of the Commonwealth, and re- 

 ceiving its bounty, is not conducive to the agri- 

 cultural interests of the State. 



The committee on the Dog Law were directed 

 to prepare a new draft of that law, and lay it be- 

 fore the joint committees on agriculture, and ex- 

 plain to them the necessity that exists for its 

 modification. 



A committee previously appointed to consider 

 the subject of the distribution of agricultural 

 tracts, made a majority and minointy report. The 

 committee was charged and further instructed to 

 carry out the views expressed in the majority re- 

 port. 



A committee was appointed to petition the Leg- 

 islature for the sum of $3000 to aid in scientific 

 and practical investigation, and to promote the 

 general interest of agriculture, enlarging the mu- 

 seum, &c., &c. 



Committees were appointed to inquire whether 

 anything can be done to avoid collision in the 

 time of the exhibitions of the several societies ; 

 to recommend some uniformity of action on the 

 part of societies in awarding premiums ; and to 

 consider the propriety of instituting meetings 

 and discussions to be continued one or more days 

 and evenings. 



Manures — Messrs. Fisher, White and Brooks. 



Renovation of Pasture Lands — Messrs. Felton, 

 Lewis and Lathrop, 



Market Fairs — Messrs. Tracy, Sutton and 

 Davis. 



Root Crops — Messrs. Brown, Gardner and At- 

 water. 



Fruits and Fruit Cidture — Messrs. Wilder 

 Bull and Durfee. 



