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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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der and lifts, the mould-board is quite sure to 

 spread off and turn over effectually. 



The share has a good strong dip, or earthward 

 tendency, which enables the plow to enter read- 

 ily under the furrow-slice, and among the stones, 

 to hug the ground well. 



The proportions of length of beam to weight 

 of plow are such as to balance the instrument 

 well, and make it run true, without jumping 

 ■when the share strikes a stone or other obstacle. 



The stubble mould-boards of the Universal 

 Plow work excellently in old ground that is 

 stony. They are short, with a strong turn and 

 peculiar form, by which they lift the furrow-slice 

 high and throw it off powerfully, burying the 

 stubble and vegetable matter completely, and 

 leaving a clean channel for the next slice, and 

 breaking and pulverizing the soil. 



The No. 141 upland is the right mould-board 

 to buy for plowing stony grass land, where 

 the team is two to three cattle ; and the No. 

 152 stubble mould, for a pair of horses or 

 oxen in plowing old ground. That makes two 

 changes. A third and excellent change is had 

 by procuring the skim plow and using it on for- 

 ward of the No. 152 stubble mould, for sod and 

 subsoil plowing, working the land 8 to 10 or 12 

 inches deep, as desired. The best form of mould- 

 board for stubble or old ground plowing, is also 

 the best for the rear mould-board in sod and sub- 

 soil plowing, lifting the earth high and throwing 

 it off well. The No. 152 mould-board does this 

 to perfection. The No. 140 upland mould -board 

 is a larger size than the 141, for two yokes of ox- 

 en. The No. 141 mould-board has been consid- 

 erably used for plowing stony sod land, and the 

 best reports are heard from it. 



GLOBE MANGEL ■WXTBTZEL. 

 Mr. Brown : — A few weeks since I forwarded 

 to you a few words on the Yellow Globe variety 

 of Wurtzel, as cultivated in France, and having 

 met with some remarks of an English farmer, 

 commending this sort, I herewith send you the 

 following extract : — 



"With regard to this variety not producing 

 near the weight of the long rooted, I would say 

 that the result of my first trial in the same field 

 and under precisely similar treatment as the 

 long, was so much in favor of the Globe, that its 

 merit with me and several who witnessed it was 

 so far established, as to induce me to sow only 

 sufficiently long, to produce an additional proof 

 of its inferiority. In my case, the result is a de- 

 cidedly increased quantity and quality. Added 

 to this, its superiority as a keeper is unquestion- 

 able ; the reason with me is obvious, for the vir- 

 tue and quality of the root being concentrated 

 in its globular form, whereas in the long, the 

 want of that density and close texture renders 

 it more exposed to the action of the air, which 



absorbs that portion of succulent matter indis- 

 pensible to its proper keeping for the purposes 

 of late feeding, in which its permanent value 

 consists." The Orange Globe, (says another,) 

 "is more nutritious." For the cultivation of the 

 Mangel Wurtzel, see the N. E. Farmer for last 

 May. I. 



NATIVE SHRUBS. 

 In the culture of ornamental shrubs, but little 

 attention has been given to our beautiful native 

 varieties, such as the large flowering mountain 

 laurel, (Kalmia latifolia,) Rhodora Canadensis, 

 and Clethra anifolia. These three sorts rival 

 in beauty many of our foreign or introduced 

 shrubs. The Kalmia is not only found growing 

 in a swampy or wet soil, but also on compara- 

 tively dry upland ; its general height is from four 

 to eight feet, the flowers are disposed in large 

 corymbs at the extremity of the branches, and 

 are of a white color, tinted with red. It blos- 

 soms in June and July. The plants, when taken 

 up with a ball of earth attached and placed in a 

 half-shady situation, not being exposed to the 

 meridian sun, the soil rather moist, will gener- 

 ally succeed. They should be transplanted as 

 early in April as possible. The Rhodora, or as 

 it is sometimes called, "The False Honeysuckle," 

 is a smaller shrub, with beautiful purple flowers 

 which precede the leaves early in the spring ; 

 the bush, when in bloom, resembles a dwarf 

 peach ; its height is about two feet, and it is 

 found growing frequently in clumps in low 

 ground, but will flourish in almost all good soils 

 that are not too dry. This shrub should be tak- 

 en up as early in spring as possible, or late in 

 the fall. The Clethra, called White Pepper Bush, 

 is a tall and clean-looking white flowering shrub, 

 having leaves of a rich and shining green, rare- 

 ly injured by insects; the flowers have a strong 

 fragrance resembling the Syringa or Mock 

 Orange. We have often commended our culti- 

 vators to try this plant for hedges, particularly 

 on moist or springy land, as it is invariably 

 found in such soils. 



RADISH— ONION. 

 A good method to pursue to obtain radishes 

 free from worms, is to mix seeds of the Early 

 Olive radish with that of the onion, sowing them 

 together : that is, in a bed requiring two ounces 

 of onion seed, mix one-half an ounce of the rad- 

 ish. We find that in pulling these roots, it does 

 not seemingly interfere with or injure the onion. 

 The onion we should sow, and would commend 

 for table use, is the Early Weathersfield Red ; it is 

 milder flavored, and a more delicate variety than 

 the Danvers Thick, or the Common Yellow, and 

 altogether the best variety for eating ; the root 

 is of the form and size of the other varieties. 



