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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



LICE ON TREES — LAWTON BLACKBERRY — CRAN- 

 BERRIES ON HIGHLAND. 



I have a young orchard, and through neglect 

 it has bred lice so freely, that some of the trees 

 are covered with them. They cover not only 

 the larger limbs, hut the smallest twigs. What 

 is the best method of getting rid of them with- 

 out injury to the trees ? 



Are you acquainted with the Lawton Black- 

 berry ? Is it a good bearer and easily cultivated, 

 and ".vhere can it be obtained, and at what price? 



H;tve you ever seen the cranberry cultivated 

 on high dry soil, and if so, with what success ? 



Greenland, N. E., 1S59. E. Johnson. 



Remarks. — Take soft soap and soft water of 

 the consistency of thick cream, and scrub the 

 tree with an old brush to get off the scaly aphis 

 — but be careful not to rub carelessly or too hard. 

 Then cultivate well, and keep the trees moder- 

 ately growing. 



The Lawton Blackberry is undoubtedly a fine 

 fruit where the season is long enough to perfect 

 it. It does not ripen well in this region. 



Better not cultivate cranberries on high land 

 — it is not their natural place. We have done 

 it, and succeeded, but not at a profit. 



POULTRY. 



To Mr. B. O. 0., of K //.—Why do you wish 

 to get the pure Black Spanish fowls or Bolton 

 Greys ? They are not as good as some others — at 

 any rate no better. The best hens living are a 

 mixed breed, say a small part China — JJorkings, 

 Polands, liolton Greys, and the old native breed, 

 all mixed together; then keep a small rooster, if 

 any. I have tried doing without a rooster, and 

 think it rather the best way, if your object is 

 eggs. But on no account keep a large rooster. 

 If you wii-h to raise chickens for the table or 

 market, get the half-blood yellow-legged China, 

 and the yellow-legged Dorking ; have the color 

 mostly white. If you want to have your hens 

 do well and lay well keep a small rooster, or none 

 at all. Keep them in a warm room in the win- 

 ter, well lighted and ventilated ; feed them all 

 they will eat on Indian meal made into pudding, 

 buckwheat, corn and boiled potatoes ; some meat 

 aiid some sulphur. Sulphur I feed to nearly all 

 creatures. If you don't wish to find now and then 

 a large, nice hen dead, don't have your roost 

 more than four feet high, and then have two 

 shelves for them to go up and down on. In this 

 way if they have a plenty of burned bones, pound- 

 ed crockery, lime, ^'c, they will pay. 



Plainfield, Mass., 1859. Geo. Vining. 



INDIA RUBBER RINGS. 

 I saw a notice some time ago, in your valua- 

 ablc paptr, that India rubber rings had been in- 

 vented, and proved successful to prevent cows 

 leaking their milk. Will you please write me 

 where they may be obtained, and at what cost ? 

 Rosv^^ELL Underwood. 

 Enfield, April, 1859. 



Remarks. — We are not able to inform you 

 ■where the rings may be procured. 



HOW TO KILL LICE ON YOUNG STOCK. 



In answer to the inquiry of your "Milford 

 Subscriber," I would say that pulverized sulphur 

 sprinkled among the hair, on those parts of the 

 animal most liable to be infested with lice, will 

 effect a cure. Also, mix sulphur with salt for 

 your stock to eat. The above method I tried last 

 winter, and it proved to be an excellent, cheap 

 and simple remedy. L. G. Brown. 



Lyndehorongli, N. //., 1859. 



N. B. Salt and sulphur mixed together and 

 occasionally given to cattle to eat will prevent 

 them from becoming lousy when they are free 

 from lice. 



LIME ON WHEAT LAND. 



AVhen is the best time to sow lime on wheat, 

 and what is the best mode of slaking it? 



HanUnyton, Vt., April 18, 1859. II. M. J. 



Remarks. — Slake the lime with water as is 

 done for making mortar. Sow it after the wheat 

 is sown, and harrow in both at the same time. 



AN IMPROVEMENT IX RAISING STOCK. 



Mr. Elon Robinson, of Calais, Vt., has a half 

 blood red Durham bull calf, weighed 1520 lbs. 

 the day he was two years old ; girts 6 feet 10 

 inches ; kept on sour skim milk and whey the first 

 summer, and common ordinary keeping since ; 

 kept in warm stable in winter, and well ventila- 

 ted in summer. Durham. 



Calais, March 27, 1859. 



long red potatoes. 

 When I was young, s^y forty-five or fifty years 

 ago, my father had a kind of potato we called the 

 red potato. They were a longish potato, of a 

 dark red color. It took all the season for them 

 to get ripe. They would nearly all hold on to 

 the tops when pulled. They were a first best po- 

 tato for spring and summer use. Will someone 

 of the readers of the Farmer tell me where I 

 can get the seed ? 



receipt for making doughnuts. 



One cup of sugar, one cup of sweet milk, one 

 egg, one tea-spoonful cream of tartar ; add half 

 a tea-spoonful of saleratus and two table-spoon- 

 fuls of shortening ; salt pork fat is the best ; stir 

 in flour, and mould it as soft as it will roll on a 

 board ; cut it in small cakes and fry them. 



R. W. G. 



a fine COW. 



Elijah Herrick, Esq., of West Milton, Vt., 

 has a cow of native breed who yields him two 

 pou7ids and seven ounces of butter from one day's 

 milk — fed on good hay and three quarts of cob- 

 meal a day. She is eight years old, has had six 

 calves, and has only been dry four months for 

 six years. A Farmer. 



BARNS. 

 It is impossible for us to make any useful sug- 

 gestions to "J. P., North Sutton, N. H.," in re- 

 lation to his barn, without being on the spot. 



