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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 



•which mention has often been made. Will 

 you have the goodness, Mr. Editor, to 

 state how is the ftict, if you know. *. 

 July 1, 1858. 



DEATH OF YOUNG TURKEYS. 



I wish to inquire through the columns 

 of your paper what is the cause of turkeys 

 dying in such numbers, when they are 

 three and four weeks old — and if there is 

 anything which will prevent this. One 

 man in this vicinity has lost eighty in a 

 very short time ; if there is any remedy I 

 should like to know what it is — as I have 

 a number to come off soon, and I do not 

 care to lose them all, if there is any help 

 for it. , A Constant Reader. 



Warren, E. 1., June, 1858. 



Remarks. — Wet and cold are the caus- 

 es of the death of more young poultry, 

 than all other causes combined, we think. 

 Staggers, pip, moping and sore throats are 

 generally occasioned by exposure to wet 

 and cold. We have rarely known young 

 chicks to die prematurely that were fed 

 regularly on common coarse food, such as 

 corn and cob meal, cracked corn or wheat, 

 and allowed plenty of water, and kept dry 

 and warm. Chickens or turkeys should 

 never run in the grass when wet with dew or 

 rain ; if they do, they will almost certainly take 

 cold and have some of the diseases common to 

 young poultry. 



strawberries. 



Will you please inform me of the best kind of 

 strawberries for general cultivation, and where 

 they can be obtained, and the price of the same, 

 the best time to transplant them, and such other 

 information as would be valuable to 



A Cultivator. 



Bouih Middleboro\ Jtdy, 1858. 



Remarks. — We cannot do it — there is no ac- 

 counting for tastes. If you get Brighton Pine, 

 McAvoy's Superior, Hovey's Seedling, Monroe 



GAKDEasr-SYKINGE, OB, WINDOW-WASHES. 



This is said to be a new and valuable article 

 for sjTinging plants, watering gardens, washing 

 windows, &c. By the cuts it will bo readily seen 

 that the article can be used from either end. To 

 throw a constant stream, place the short end in 

 the pail of water, or other liquid to be thrown, 

 as shown by the cut on the left hand side, (the 

 ncnrn-shaped cap being fii'st screwed on to that 

 end,) resting the end on the bottom of the pail, 

 and holding it there while operating. In this 

 way it can be used to throw a single stream ; or 

 by screwing the strainer on to the discharge pipe, 

 it can be used for showering plants, &c. 



If to be used simply for throwing liquid in jets 

 for showering plants, &c., it is most effectually 

 Scarlet, Burr's New Pine, AValker's Seedling, or 1 done by reversing the machine, as shown by the 

 Jenny Lind, you certainly will have a good vari-jcuton the right hand side, by changing theacorn- 



ety. Plant on rich, moist land, and keep all weeds 

 and grass out. 



Hay Caps, or Covers. — We have already 

 seen tons of hay nearly ruined this season for 

 the want of hay caps. If the season should be a 

 "catching one," their entire cost may be saved 

 on some farms. Remember, that a great deal of 

 time is saved in not being obliged to dry hay the 

 seco7id time, as those are obliged to do, who do 

 not use covers. 



The Messrs. Chases & Fay, 14 City Wharf, 

 Boston, are making up and have sold nearly 

 20,000 caps this season ! There are some pro- 

 gressive farmers on hand still. They have 60 

 sewing machines at work by steam. 



shaped cap from the short to the long end, and 

 placing the strainer on the short end and filling 

 the machine by the same end, from the pail, 

 and throwing the liquid as shown by the cut 

 through the strainer ; or by dispensing with the 

 strainer throw a single stream, as the case may 

 require. The machine is always filled from the 

 short end : but can be used to discharge from 

 either end, as shown by the cuts, always having 

 the acorn-shaped cap screwed on to the opposite 

 end from the one to be discharged from. The 

 strainer or nose can be used on either end. 



These machines are invaluable for using to 

 throw on liquid compositions, such as whale-oil 

 soap-suds br tobacco-water, for destroying insects 

 on roses and other plants, &c. &c. 



