1859. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Anderson, Esq., editor of the Journal of Agri-\ NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



culture, Montreal, and with William Evans, Campbell's agriculture, a Manual of Scientific and Practi- 

 ■Rsn nf St Ann's Market Seedsman .to Mr i cal Agriculture, for the Farm and the School, by J. L. Camp- 

 £.sq., 01 Ot. Anns xUarKet, Oeeasman, iXC. IVir. , bell, a. M.,of Washington college, Lexington, Va Withnu- 

 Anderson is greatly interested ifl the subject of mtrous Illu^-rations. in one volume. Price S1,00. Phila- 

 . 1, • • e • \ delphia : Lindsay & Blakiston ; Boston : A. Williams & Co. 



drainage, drew the act that is now in force m 



Scotland, and got it through Parliament, and was | The introduction of agriculture, taught both as 

 for a long time the Inspector General of Drain- if science and an art, in our public schools, has 

 age in that country. 



Truly yours, 



Simon Brown. 



For the New England Farmer. 



THE CUTTEK STRAWBERRY. 



This is a day of new things, and it is common 

 to hear of a new strawberry better than all of its 

 predecessors, 



long been advocated by the editors of the N. E. 

 Farmer. This treatise is intended to supply the 

 want of schools, in all parts of our country, of 

 some introductory work, which shall give simple 

 explanations of chemical terms and principles, 

 applicable to agriculture, and also practical di- 

 rections for their application to the actual cul- 

 ture of particular crops. Besides the chemical 

 definitions, which seem to be based mainly on 



Thisis a variety of strawberry not generally g^„^,^j^^j.^^,g pHnciples, and so are of the best 

 disseminated, and but little has been published: , . , ,. i ,. . ^ , , . 



about it. It was first taken from the wild pas- (^^^^""""y, we have useful directions for the culti- 

 ture, and is a native seedling. I named it Cut- vation of crops m general, and of Indian corn, 



ter, in honor of the gentleman who first cultivat- 

 ed it, some six or eight years ago. It is of ex- 

 cellent quality, possessing the wild strawberry 

 flavor largely. Berries of very even size, many 

 of them four inches in circumference ; color, light 

 red ; form, obtuse cone, with a neck ; easy to 

 hull ; fruit stems very long. 



I gathered fruit from the plants in June and 

 Tuly last for thirty-five days in succession, or 

 eight to fifteen days longer than the other varie 



wheat and oats, potatoes, tobacco and cotton, in 

 particular. 



The book is not "sectional," but supplies a 

 want felt at the South, of a work which shall in- 

 clude their peculiar crops, as well as the great 

 staples of the North and West. 



The chapter on Animal Physiology seems well 

 digested and arranged. Each chapter contains, 



ties cultivated on the same soil, and precisely the: at its ^^^^^' ^^^^tions designed for the use of 

 same cultivation; the Hovey Seedling, Boston 'teachers in the instruction of their classes. 



Pine, Jenny Lind and Early Virginia. The two 

 last-named varieties were of small size. The two 



On the whole, this book is interesting to the 

 general student of agriculture, and well adapted 



former produced some very large berries, but as i , , • , i ^.r it 



a whole, were of very uneven size. None of [*« g^"*^'"^* "«« ^^ ^'^h^^^^' ^^« ^'^ g'^^'^ ^o see 



them p-Tduced so much fruit by at least one-half from the southern section of the Union, evidence 



as the Cutter. 



I had partly covered with strawberries about 

 one-fifth of an acre, on which was an orchard of 

 apple trees, some of them four inches in diame- 

 ter ; 1-50 grape vines, part of them in bearing; 

 130 currant bushes in bearing ; 50 hills of rhu- 

 barb of the improved sorts, walks, &c. About 

 on-e- third of the ground was planted with the 



of increasing interest in agricultural science. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 ILLEGAL TRADE IN MILK. 



Mr. Editor: — Having repeatedly seen the 

 fact mentioned in your paper and elsewhere, that 

 Cutter, the other two-thirds was occupied by the a law was passed by the Legislature to the effect 

 afore-mentioned kinds. The pWntation pro- [that milk must he 6ot<(//i/ as well as sold, by wine 

 duced 500 boxes or quarts. Had the whole, measure, I supposed that there would be a change 

 ground been occupied with the Cutter 600 quarts I in the size of the cans, or at least in the price of 

 ■would have been a fair estimate, considering j the milk ; but no ! eight quart cans — beer meas- 



their relative bearing qualities. 



My soil is sandy loam and gravel. I prefer 

 leached ashes as a fertilizer, well mixed in a deep 



ure, of milk, are still bought of the farmers and 

 sold for over nine quarts ! Is this right ? Should 

 hundreds of poor farmers lie cheated out of their 



mellow soil. It will pay to make the soil two j hard-earned money, simply to gratify the avarice 

 feet deep. August and September is a proper 'of the few milkmen? Certainly not ! Will not 



time to set out the plants, and if so set, mucli 

 fruit may be obtained the following year. 



I have Wilson's Albany, Longwoith'.s Prolific, 

 McAvoy's Superior, Scott's Seedling, Peabody, 

 and Brighton Pine. All of thtni are growing 

 well, but have not fruited much, having been 

 planted in the spring. 



The Cutter strawberry was shown at the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Exhibition, four weeks 

 in succession — two weeks longer than any other 

 variety. The committee thought it very prom- 

 ising. J. W. Manning. 



Reading, Mass., 1859. 



some of our enterprising farmers, who love their 

 rights, attend to this matter, for we can plainly 

 see that the milkmen do not respect the laws. 

 South Uroton, Aug. 13, 1859. TRUTH. 



Windsor County, Vt. — The Windsor Coun- 

 ty, Vermont, Agricultural Society will hold its 

 fourteenth annual Fair at Woodstock, Sepi'jm- 

 ber 28, 29 and 30. John L. Lovering, Hart- 

 ford, President; Lorenzo Hunt, Woodstock, 

 Secretary. 



