1858. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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mowing lands by feeding them too closely in the 

 fall. 



5. The fifth objection would have but little force 

 in the country, where fruit is plenty. 



Upon the whole, we are inclined to believe that 

 the old practice of setting fruit by the side of 

 fences, and especially where they border the high- 

 way, was an economical and proper one. They 

 certainly must find a considerable portion of their 

 support from the washings of the highways, and 

 they afford shade in summer, break the rough 

 winds of winter and render the way attractive 

 and pleasant to the traveller. 



For the JS'ew England Farmer. 

 DAIRY PREMIUMS. 



At the recent meeting of the Trustees of the 

 Middlesex Agricultural Society, two dairy pre- 

 miums were off'ered for the next exhibition ; and 

 as the competitors are allowed to select any three 

 consecutive months in the year for the trial, it 

 is desirable that the information should be com- 

 municated to the dairy men of the county as 

 soon as possible. The premiums offered are as 

 follows : 



Fof the largest amount of Milk from three 

 cows, during any three successive months, $10. 

 The weight and wine measure v>f the milk to be 

 ascertained during the whole of ihe first week of 

 each month. A full and accurate statement of 

 the feed and manner of keeping the cows must 

 be pr(>sented in writing, at the time of making 

 application for the premium, and all the cows 

 must be presented for the examination of the 

 dairy committee. 



For the best jjroduct in Butter from three cows, 

 during any three consecutive months in the year, 

 $10. The manner of setting the milk, time of 

 keeping it, and the manner of churning and salt- 

 ing and putting down the butter, to be fully sta- 

 ted in writing, together with the kind and quan- 

 tity of food the cows have had. Samples of the 

 butter and all the cows must be presented for ex- 

 amination at the exhibition. 



Joseph Reynolds, Secretary. 



Concord, Jan. 7, 1858. 



which this is one) produce an abundance of the 

 native frost grape ; the hazelnut bushes, over 

 which some of the vines grow, have the usual 

 crop of hazelnuts. It would seem that the bush- 

 es so fed the vines which ran over them, as to 

 produce the curious cross between the fruit of 

 each. Mr. D. has left this specimen in our office; 

 he says there are more of them where this came 

 from. 



HAZELNUTS GROWING UPON A GRAPE- 

 VINE. 



The following, from the Hartford (Ct.) Times, 

 will be found to be "nuts" enough for the incred- 

 ulous even : 



A Curiosity. — Mr. James Danforth, of South 

 Windsor, has shown us a natural curiosity, in the 

 shape of a grape vine which has clusters of hazel- 

 nuts growing on it. The vine was one of a large 

 number grooving among and over a lot of hazel- 

 But bushes, and singular to say, some of the 

 grape vines have produced bunches of hazelnuts, 

 or rather a union of grapes and hazelnuts in one 

 husk. The hybrid fruit is a curiosity. It grows 

 in clusters, and presents externally the appear- 

 ance of hazelnuts, and the taste, too, is that of 

 a hazelnut. The germ, however, on cutting the 

 fruit open, is plainly a little bunch of grape seeds, 

 in eacfi instance. The viaies near by (and ofj 



For the New England Fanner 

 FARMING IN ORANGE COUNTY, N. Y. 



Mr. Editor : — You know that the ideas of 

 ''pure Orange county milk," and " Goshen butter," 

 put the mouths of New Yorkers out of taste for 

 the milk and butter of the rest of the world. 



On Thursday, Dec. 3d, I left Irvington, New 

 Jersey, and went on board an omnibus bound for 

 Newark. The omnibus approximated to three 

 times the length of those used most in Boston. 

 Its course was over a beautiful plank road until 

 it struck upon the pavements of the city of New- 

 ark, which city is in the midst of the fertile "red 

 ground" of the county of Essex. By railroad to 

 New York is a short but interesting ride. The 

 extensive nurseries, along the way, could not fail 

 to arrest the attention of one who loves "to look 

 upon the cultivated field." The extensive marsh- 

 es, too, where the seeds of fever-and-ague germi- 

 nate, bear a strong relation to the world of life, 

 as it now is. 



I regretted exceedingly that I could not have 

 had a day-passage upon the New York and Erie 

 road, and the Hudson branch, to Blooming Grove, 

 in Orange county, N. Y., where I am at the pres- 

 ent time. But all the world will not come into 

 the idea that every man is of so much conse- 

 quence that all his wishes must be anticipated 

 and provided for. So as one who counts only 

 one, in the counting of millions, I have uq cause 

 of complaint. 



Leaving Jersey City, the red soil is to be seen 

 for some time ; the railroad cutting slight eleva- 

 tions of land and then streaking away across ex- 

 tensive marshes. To the eye of an eastern man, 

 the dull looking brick buildings and street-mud, 

 corresponding in color, gives an impression of 

 disorder, a want of neatness. Sec. ; but to people 

 this way, a very different impression. To them 

 these dull colors are only mild, in comparison 

 with the bright red, white, brown or black, which 

 are seen in the buildings and their fixtures, the 

 men and their apparel, &c,, in the Eastern States. 

 I perceive, by conversation with men this way, 

 that even in the decided colors which appear in 

 the external arrangements of New England men 

 and their homes, many this way see an evidence: 

 of "ultraism in everything." To some, it ap- 

 pears to be a repulsive feature, and one which 

 for the time must be held at bay. There is a 

 more extensive dislike, of this kind, to New 

 Englanders, among the people of New Jersey, 

 than among the New Yorkers. Neither appear 

 to me to be conscious cf the true cause of their 

 dislike and suspicion of the "Yankees." The 

 difference between the two, that is, the New Eng- 

 landers generally, and the people of New Jersey 

 or New York, is attributable mainly to the influ- 

 ence of natural circumstances and scenery upon 

 the dispositions and characters of the masses. 



