1859. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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life to the tree, passing through its laboratory, 

 and is again thrown off, from the opposite side 

 of the leaf, changed from an impure to a healthy 

 air. 



In this we see the wisdom of the Creator, and 

 it ought to draw the mind from Nature's works 

 up to Nature's God. With this knowledge the 

 farmer, as he walks his farm, surrounded with 

 trees, decked with leaves and flowei-s, ought to 

 feel happier with his occupation than he would 

 •without this knowledge. What a wide field 

 there is open before him for studying the habits 

 of the animals, the fowls and insects that are 

 around him. w. A. P. 



Barre, Mass., 1859. 



Remarks. — The little volume spoken of above 

 ought to be read by every progressive farmer. 

 It will suggest a thousand things both pleasant 

 and profitable. 



SEVERAL THINGS. 



A poor farmer in Orleans county, Vt., wants 

 to know if he shall plow in manure or harrow it, 

 ■when he seeds to grass ? (a.) 



Is it best to use a roller on dry and gravelly 

 land? (b.) 



Will not two eyes be better than one in a hill 

 of potatoes ? (c) 



Will it pay to spread manure on dry, gravelly 

 land? (d.) 



Would it not be better for farmers if the mon- 

 ey expended on fast horses were laid out in pre- 

 miums on fall crops ? (e.) A Subscriber. 



Orleans County, Vt., 1859. 



Remarks. — (a.) Plow in three or four inches 

 deep, and level with harrow. 



(b.) Certainly. The more dry and light the 

 land, the more necessity for the roller. Have 

 you not observed on such land, that where the 

 cattle tread in harrowing the seed in, that the 

 seed comes up earliest in their tracks ? 



(c.) Seeding for potatoes is a mooted and deli- 

 cate question. We can only say, that we seed 

 lightly with small potatoes, or large ones cut, 

 and that we find no depreciation in the crop. 



(d.) By manuring your dry, gravelly land lib- 

 erally for several years, you will bring it into a 

 moist, rich, gravelly loam — but you must man- 

 ure freely as far as you go. If it is in grass land, 

 spread the manure as soon as you get off the 

 hay, or, late in autumn. 



(e.) Yes. Or better still, in supporting far- 

 mers' clubs and other meetings for agricultural 

 discussions. 



Vy^HAT AILS THE HORSE. 



My horse is five years old, and eighteen months 

 ago it had the appearance of having rubbed the 

 skin off on the inside of the right gambril joint, 

 about the size of a quarter of a dollar. Since 

 that it has been gradually growing larger in cir- 

 cumference, and projecting in the form of a wart, 

 and a roughness similar to a wart around its 

 edges. The friction caused by the other leg from 

 his laying down, keeps the crown of it raw. It 



is now about the bigness of a dollar in circum- 

 ference, attended with very little soreness, though 

 I perceive on working him hard for a day or two 

 in succession that it is attended with swelling 

 and stiffness. I have been treatin g it as a wart, 

 but have not been able to find anything that has 

 been of use. Merrimack, N. H. 



Jan. 20, 1859. 



Remarks. — Youatt says if the root of the wart 

 is very small, it may be cut asunder, close to the 

 skin, with a pair of scissors, and the wound 

 touched with lunar caustic. But if the pediate 

 or stem be somewhat large, a ligature of waxed 

 silk should be passed firmly round it, and tight- 

 ened every da 



THREE POTATOES. 



I send three potatoes ; if you are acquainted 

 with their names and qualities, I wish you would 

 inform me through the Farmer. 



So. Strafford, 1859. W. B. Hazeltine. 



Remarks. — The three potatoes you were kind 

 enough to send us are the most perfect in form 

 that we ever saw. The eyes are nearly level with 

 the surrounding surface. Give us some account 

 of them, if you can. 



JAVA spring wheat. 



Do you know anything about the Java Spring 

 wheat raised in your section ? A. B. A. 



West Georgia, Vt., 1859. 



Remarks. — This wheat was introduced into 

 this vicinity by Mr. Stephen Dillingham, of 

 Falmouth, on the Cape, we believe, in 1857. It 

 has given great satisfaction wherever tried. There 

 will be a limited amount for sale this spring by 

 NouRSE & Co., 34 Merchants Row, Boston. 



ESSEX CO. TRANSACTIONS. 



I wish to procure the Essex County Transac- 

 tions for 1858. G. S. Johnson. 

 Montpelier, Vt., 1859. 



Remarks. — Write to the Secretary, Allen 

 W. Dodge, Esq., Salem, Mass. 



MAINE BOARD OP AQRICULTUHE. 

 AVe have recently read the discussions of the 

 Board, as reported in the Maine Farmer, with 

 much interest. Its meetings were held for sev- 

 eral successive days, and a detailed statement of 

 what was done, and doing, in their respective 

 districts, was given by each member of the Board. 

 Such statements are beneficial to those who give 

 them, and to those to whom they are given. If 

 it is known that this will be required, none but 

 those qualified will accept the appointment, lest 

 their own inferiority should be made apparent ; 

 and if none but good reports are made, the peo- 

 ple will have the benefit of sound instruction. 



