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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 



should be H. T. Wiswall, Marlboro', N. H. By 

 persevering in the jarring process, I have man- 

 aged to save a beautiful crop of plums the pres- 

 ent year, notwithstanding the curculio, that great 

 enemy of fruit. 



I wish to inquire of you, or some of your cor- 

 respondents, what is the cause of, and the reme- 

 dy for, the blast on melon vines ? For two sea- 

 sons past, I have nearly lost several large fine 

 beds of them. I managed pretty well to keep off 

 the bugs by killing them, which I consider the 

 best way ; they grow finely till about the time 

 they begin to blossom and set for melons ; then 

 black spots begin to come on the leaves, a rust 

 strikes the vine at the root, and proceeds with 

 greater or less rapidity to the end of the vine, 

 that being the last to hold out against its bane- 

 ful influence. 



We were very glad to see and hear Judge French 

 at our County Fair in Keene, and to learn that a 

 judge and lawyer can be a practical farmer. 



H. T. Wiswall. 



Marlboro', N. II., Oct., 1858. 



TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS. 



Mr. Editor : — As the subject of transplant- 

 ing our native evergreens has some time occu- 

 pied a place in your columns, I will give you my 

 experience. 



Three years since, in April, 1855, I brought 

 from the woods a single white pine, {Finus Stro- 

 bus) with a ball of earth attached. I set it near 

 the house, and it lived without further trouble. 

 Encouraged by this, last year, in the first week 

 in May, I transplanted sixteen more in the same 

 way, taking up each one carefully with a ball of 

 earth upon the roots ; but one of these died. In 

 May, again, this year, I transplanted twenty-five 

 in the same way, and every one is living, and 

 most of them have made three or four inches of 

 new wood. These trees were from three to eight 

 feet high, growing in dry open woods. From 

 these experiments, I think there can be no trou- 

 ble in moving the pine, and this variety, one of 

 the finest of our native trees, is worthy a place 

 in any collection. Pocassett. 



Cranston, R.I., Sept. 16, 1858. 



A NICE LOT OF POTATOES. 



As a matter of experiment, I planted in my 

 garden one potato, the 19th day of May, in six 

 hills. I dug them to-day, and from that one I 

 had half a bushel of large and fair potatoes, 

 without any extra care. F. C. Shaller. 



Essex, Mass., Sept. 30, 1858. 



FINE YIELD OF POTATOES. 



I obtained last winter 5 potatoes ; they were 

 not large. I planted them in 21 hills, oile piece 

 in the hill, and used no manure. I dug them last 

 Saturday, and obtained 2^ bushels — 3 potatoes 

 weighing 5 pounds, and 79 of them weighed 67 

 pounds. w. N. w. 



Lerry, Oct. 9, 1858. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE POTATO. 



Mr. Jacob Grover, of West Mansfield, Mass., 

 writes us that his seed potatoes that were covered 



in the cellar with loam and gravel, have pro- 

 duced sound potatoes, while others not so cov- 

 ered, but of the same kind, and planted on the 

 same kind of land, have rotted badly. 



DAVIS seedling POTATOES. 



Mr. J. p. Watson, of this place, planted 13 

 pounds of the above seed this year, which yielded 

 720 pounds. Allowing 60 pounds to the bushel, 

 it would make 12 bushels of potatoes. A. B. 



Jamaica, Vt., Oct. 2, 1858. 



CULTURE OF CRANBERRIES. 



Our correspondent at Somerset, Mass., may 

 find a detailed account of the best modes of cul- 

 tivating cranberries in our volume of the Far- 

 mer, for last year, 1857. 



HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. 



Do not jest with your wife upon a subject in 

 which there is danger of wounding her feelings. 

 Remember that she treasures every word you ut- 

 ter, though you never think of it again. Do not 

 speak of some virtue in another man's wife, to 

 remind your own of a fault. Do not reproach your 

 wife with personal defects, for if she has sensibil- 

 ity, you inflict a wound difficult to heal. Do not 

 treat your wife with inattention in company. Do 

 not upbraid her in the presence of a third per- 

 son, nor entertain her with praising the beauty 

 and accomplishments of other women. If you 

 would have a pleasant home and cheerful wife, 

 pass your evenings under your own roof. Do 

 not be stern and silent in your own house, and 

 remarkable for sociability elsewhere. Remem- 

 ber that your wife has as much need of recrea- 

 tion as yourself, and devote a portion, at least, 

 of your leisure hours to such society and amuse- 

 ments as she may join. By so doing, you will 

 secure her smiles and increase her affection. Do 

 not, by being too exact in pecvmiary matters, 

 make your wife feel her dependence on your 

 bounty. If she is a sensible Avoman, she should 

 be acquainted with your business and know your 

 income, that she may regulate her household ex- 

 penses accordingly. Do not withhold this knowl- 

 edge, in order to cover your own extravagance. 

 Women have a keen perception — be sure she will 

 discover your selfishness, — and though no word 

 is spoke«, from that moment her respect is les- 

 sened, and her confidence diminished, pride 

 wounded, and a thousand, perhaps unjust, suspi- 

 cions created. From that moment is your do- 

 mestic comfort on the wane. There can be no 

 oneness where there is no full confidence. — Wo- 

 man'' s Thoughts About Women. 



Is Charcoal liable to Spontaneous Com- 

 bustion. — Under this caption the reader will 

 find in another column, a very interesting article 

 by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, the distinguished 

 chemist of Boston. The attention of builders, 

 carpenters and masons is especially called to it, 

 aa a proper understanding of the matter may 

 save many a ^uilding from destruction by fire. 



