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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 



fasten them about the same distance from each 

 other, and from the sides of the pen. Run a small 

 perch across the pen and the work is done. When 

 a hen wishes to set put her in there. She will 

 soon find that she can walk leisurely upon the 

 floor, or roost comfortably upon the perch, but 

 she can't sit without "riding on a rail," and that, 

 they seem to think, isn't decorous. The length 

 of time for which they will have to be confined 

 will vary somewhat, and in obstinate cases it may 

 be necessary to put a few pegs or tacks into the 

 edges of the laths. — Genesee Farmer. 



For the Neu' England Farmer. 

 FEEDING OATS TO SHEEP. 



Articles in late numbers of several papers con- 

 demn the use of oats as feed for sheep, the writ- 

 ers avering that they cause the sheep to bring 

 weakly lambs. 



Mr. O. S. Cummings, of Trenton Falls, N. Y., 

 says : — "I had three choice ewes last spring. I 

 fed them two quarts oats daily, through the win- 

 ter, except as they were fed twice a week on car- 

 rots, when the oats were omitted. They dropped 

 four lambs and all but one died." Another 

 writer in Fairfax county, Va., says : — "I have a 

 small flock of breeding ewes, and fed as follows: 

 First winter, no grain except corn ; raised every 

 lamb. Second winter, fed corn and oats ; raised 

 50 per cent, of the lambs. Third winter, fed corn 

 daily; raised 95 per cent. Fourth winter, fed corn 

 liberally until February, and then oats daily, until 

 they were turned to pasture ; lost 80 per cent. Why 

 there has been such disparity in my success in 

 raising lambs while there was luiiformity in the 

 treatment of the flock, with the exception of the 

 grain, is to me a mystery. It never entered my 

 mind to look into the oat bin for the cause, until 

 reading the suggestions in the paragraph on 

 'Feeding Oats to Sheep,' in Rural New-Yorker." 



Now, Mr. Editor, are these things so ? I have 

 been in the habit of feeding oats to sheep for 

 quite a number of years and have never noticed 

 anything detrimental arising from it ; and I am 

 inclined to think that in the case of the above 

 writers, if they had not kept their sheep so well 

 they would have had better success ; two quarts 

 of oats daily would be pretty full feed. It is 

 generally understood in this part of Vermont 

 that a breeding sheep will do better not to be in 

 very high flesh, or as the saying is, "fat as a hog." 

 As this is an important question, I would like to 

 hear the experience of some of our Vermonters 

 upon it. Solon H. Berry. 



Theiford, VL, 1858. 



Remarks. — So should we, and hope it will be 

 fairly discussed. 



To Imitate Coral Baskets.— Make the bas- 

 ket of pasteboard in any shape you please ; dis- 

 solve three sticks of sealing-wax in a pint of al- 

 cohol ; wet the basket Avith this mixture, and 

 sprinkle on rice which has been about half ground ; 

 let it dry, and repeat the process until the paste- 

 board is covered, after which paint it with the 

 mixture until it is red enough. A brush of hair 

 or feathers should be used. 



"WHAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE. 



Gotl's world is worthy of our love. 



Were kindly deeds done to each other, 

 "Were creeds and castes blown to the winds, 



And man in man beheld a brother. 

 A world of beauty, bloom, and song, 



Would each exert his noble powers 

 To plow the stubborn glebe of wrong 



And plant again love's Eden flower. 



Grod's world is worthy of our love. 



With all its sorrow, crime, and madness ; 

 And heaven or hell dwells in the heart, 



As man exists in grief or gladness. 

 Man will be better, better loved ; 



No heart was ever lost by kindness ; 

 One word of mercy might have saved 



Souls that, like beacons, sunk in blindness. 



God's worid is worthy of our lore. 



If labor did its fruits inherit. 

 If blood ne'er ruled instead of brains. 



And wealth ne'er placed its heels on merit. 

 That nobler name than King or Lord — 



The name of Man — ! guard and cherish ; 

 And Freedom's sacred lands shall lire. 



When guilty thrones and crowns shall perish. 



God's world is worthy of our love. 



When joy, like music, thrills heart-chords j 

 When smiling lips do arch their bow. 



And in the heart loose golden words. 

 The heaven we pray for would be here, 



If each would bravely do his part 

 To crown with joy one cheerless home. 



To crown with love one human heart. 



EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE AGKICITLTUEAL 

 MEETING. 



Hon. Mr. Earle, of the Senate, presided. Af- 

 ter a modest expression that he should have pre- 

 ferred some one more competent to be in the 

 chair, he went on to speak of his experience in 

 the culture of fruits — particularly the pear — and 

 some of the modern and preferred varieties. He 

 spoke particularly of the Beurre Clairgeau, 

 which he considered a fine grower, and a good 

 bearer, and as worthy of cultivation as any other. 



He called upon Mr. Proctor, of South Dan- 

 vers, who fully confirmed all that he had said 

 about the Beurre Clairgeau pear, having wit- 

 nessed the culture of the same by his neighbor, 

 who had awarded to him the first premium for 

 pears in Essex the last season. 



Mr. Proctor also spoke of the very fine apple 

 orchard on Mr. Ware's farm in Marblehead, on 

 which grew three hundred barrels of superior 

 winter apples the last season — worth, at least, $3 

 per barrel. These trees were understood to have 

 been growing in the orchard about twenty-four 

 years, and to have been attended with the same 

 care as is applied to everything else on this well 

 managed farm. Mr. Ware's land is first rate to 

 begin with, and he neglects no opportunity of 

 fertilizing it in the best manner, always having 

 regard in what he does to the utility of the thing. 

 He is no fancy man — but one of the right sort of 

 cultivators. 



