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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



5 or $6 for a material to make a ton of manure. 

 The article states that any alkali will produce 

 the desired effect upon peat. Will common salt 

 produce as salutary an effect as potash ? 



I hope you will examine this question. It is 

 of the utmost importance, and if the 90 pounds 

 of potash can be reduced to 9 pounds, it should 

 be known. 



I think you will be doing the public and your 

 subscribers a favor by giving accurate informa- 

 tion on the subject of converting peat into a ma- 

 nure cheaply. s. T. 



jYaJiant, Sept., 1858. 



Remarks. — The above article happened to get 

 shut up in the September number referred to, 

 and that must sccount for the delay in noticing 

 it. 



We have no doubt that the "ninety pounds" 

 shoulcl read nine pounds, for that would certainly 

 afford a fair amount of alkali for a ton of old 

 muck, when dissolved and sprinkled thoroughly 

 through it. 



We do not think that common salt would pro- 

 duce as quick, or so desirable results as the pot- 

 ash, at an equal cost. 



CULTURE OF CRANBERRIES. 



I have a piece of ground which I wish to ap- 

 propriate to the culture of cranberries, if suita- 

 ble ; now what I wish to know is, what kind of 

 soil is most suitable, what manner to introduce 

 them into the soil, and how to pi-epare it, and at 

 what time, also the time of flowing, and how 

 long ? And in short, all th« information you see 

 fit to give, and oblige J. C. Martin. 



Ameshury, Mass., Oct., 1858. 



Remarks. — In the Monthly Farmer for No- 

 vember, 1857, there is a carefully prepared ac- 

 count of cultivating cranberries, consisting of 

 three or four pages, in which we think you will 

 find all you want on the subject. 



In the Transactions of the Massachusetts Board 

 of Agriculture for 1855, there is also a detailed 

 account of the culture of the cranberry. 



Jeffrey's patent ball valve pump. 



Can you, or any of your correspondents, inform 

 me about Jeffrey's Patent Ball Valve Pump for 

 deep wells, the cost of them, and where they can 

 be seen, and oblige many a farmer that has a 

 deep well. A Subscriber. 



North Beading, Mass., Oct., 1858, 



Remarks. — We cannot — we have seen the 

 pump, but do not know where pump, patentee or 

 manufacturer can now be found. 



a good yield of potatoes. 



For an experiment, I planted one potato, the 

 21st day of May last, in ten hills, and dug them 

 ihe tenth day of October, and from that one po- 

 tato I obtained one bushel and four quarts of 

 sound potatoes. J. W. Hall. 



Barton, Vt., 1858. 



basket willow. 



Where can I get any information about the 

 culture, value, &c., of the basket willow ? Please 

 inform me through the Farmer, and oblige a sub- 

 scriber. E. A. Mulliken. 



Lexington, Oct., 1858. 



Remarks. — In the Monthly Farmer for Janu- 

 ary 1854, is a capital article on the subject by 

 Charles Downing, Esq., of Newbury, N. Y., 

 and in the Transactions of the Norfolk County 

 Society for 1854, there is abundant information 

 on the subject by John Fleming, Jr., of Sher- 

 born. 



NATIVE cows, best FOR MILK. 



"I have very often heard the best judges of 

 stock say that if they desired to select a dairy of 

 cows for milk for sale, they would go around and 

 select cows commonly called native, rather than 

 resort to pure bred animals of any of the estab- 

 lished breeds, and that they believed they should 

 find such a dairy the most profitable." 



Flint's Treatise, p. 54. 



I want no better testimony in favor of our New 

 England stock than this. It entirely accords with 

 my own observation, which has not been short 

 or limited. Essex. 



Oct. 20, 1858. _ 



cow SHEDDING HER MILK. 

 Will you inform me through the Farmer what 

 will prevent a cow from shedding her milk ? 

 October 14, 1858. A Subscriber. 



Remarks. — It is said that the use of Collodi- 

 on, applied to the aperture in the teat for a few 

 days, will prevent the leakage. We have never 

 tried it. 



fat steers. 

 Mr. E. Mehuran, of Middletown, Vt., has a 

 four year old steer, weighing 2000 lbs. Mr. R. 

 S. Wells, of Wells, Vt., has one of the same age 

 weighing 2160 lbs. 



WILD LANDS IN MAINE. 

 We have no means of giving our correspon- 

 dent, "P. T.," at East Wilton, N. H., the infor- 

 mation he desires about the "wild lands in 

 Maine." 



How TO Lay Out a Garden. — This is the ti- 

 tle of a work intended as a general guide ia 

 choosing, forming, or improving an estate, from 

 a quarter of an acre to a hundred acres in extent, 

 with reference to both design and execution. By 

 Edward Kemp, Landscape Gardener, Birken- 

 head Park, England. 



The work before us is a reprint from the sec- 

 ond London edition, and is published by Wiley 

 & Hoisted, N. Y. It is written in a pleasant and 

 attractive style, is handsomely printed and illus- 

 trated with numerous engravings, and embraces 

 almost every conceivable design in its plans. 



For sale by Crosby, Nichols & Co., Boston. 



