1869. 



NEW ENGLAJVJD FARMER. 



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The first is The American Naturalist, published 

 monthly at Salem, Mass., at $3 per year, by the 

 Pcabody Institute ; the other is The American En- 

 tomohffiit, published at St. Louis, Mo., by R. P. 

 Studley, & Co. at $.1 per year. They are both well 

 printed, and either we presume would send a spec- 

 imen to any one who wishes to see a number, on 

 the receipt of one-twelfth the subscription price. 

 We recommend both to farmers who wish to be 

 better posted on the history of insects injuiious to 

 vegetation or ot those whose habits render them 

 beneficial to the farmer. 



Practical Flokicl'LTL'RF, ; a Guide to the successful 

 Cultivation of ITior.sts's Plants, lor the Amiiicur ai:d 

 Professioi al Florist. Bv Peter Hindereon, Autlior 

 of "Oaideiii g for Profit." Beri^en City, N. J". II 

 lustrat-d. N. w Vorb : Orantje Judd & Co., 18o9. 

 Bosion : A. Williams & Co. Price $1.50, 249 pages. 



The taste for flowers and the occasions for their 

 use increase with the wealth of communities. 

 Such is the demand for flowers in this country that 

 Mr. HcncVenson believes that a frugal man with a 

 knowledge of the business and f'lOOO capital may 

 safely start the greenhouse business wherever 

 there is a town of 10,000 inhabitants of average in 

 telligence and culture, with less chances of fiiilure 

 than in the nursery or vegetable business. This 

 volume is intended for the amateur who superin- 

 tends or does the work of his own garden or 

 greenhouse, and for the unskilled florist in country 

 towns who has no one to consult with or to copj"^ 

 from. And we think the work is well adapted to 

 its purpose. The style is easy and lamiliar, the 

 illustrations fresh and well drawn, and altogether 

 it is an attractive book. 



The American Gabdewer's Assistant, in Three 

 Paris, cuuiaining conipleie practical Li eciions for 

 ihj Cuiivat on of Vi gLiiihlee, FI wers. Fruit Trtes 

 andGr poVince. By Thom.is Bridgeman, Gardener, 

 gcBiisojau and Florist. New Edition, Itovioed, Kn- 

 liirgod ami II mlratcl i>y S. Edwards Todd. New 

 Yo'rk: VViliiam Wood & Co. 1S68. Bo8LOu:Lee& 

 feliepard 



Something over thirty years ago Mr. Bridgman 

 published his "Young Gardener's Assistant," 

 which, being a practical work, became quite 

 popular. But as there have been great changes 

 and improvements in the business of gardening 

 since thLt time a change and improvement in 

 books upon the sutject are also required. From 

 a hasty examination of this volume we think the 

 reviser has done his work well. We must, huw- 

 ever, object to the arrangement of the volume into 

 three parts, with separate paging, and wiih the in- 

 dexes of the first and second parts in the body of 

 the bjok, where they are not so readily found. 

 The illustraiiuns are also quite ordinary. 



The AiitRiCAN Frlit Culverist contaiidng practi- 

 cal Lir. ciioiis for liie Pri p<iga;ii/ii and Culture of 

 FruiL I'reLS in the Nursery, irchaid, aid Gardin. 

 Wiih Dffcriplions ot the IMncipal American and 

 Fureiga Vurie ies cuUivaud in ihe United a ates. 

 By Join -J. 'i'bonnis. lllu-ir..ted witii Four lluiidr..'d 

 and E g> ty Ac urate Fiaur a. New Yotk: W. 

 Wood i5i. CO. 1868. Boston : Lee k iSliepard. 



More than twenty years ago we were much aid- 

 ed in our work with fruit trees by the first edition 

 of Mr. Thomas' book, and we then formed a high 



opinion of him as a practical and reliable writer. 

 The present edition has been newly arranged, and 

 most of it re-written, and embraces the results of 

 the rapid progress made in fruit culture since the 

 ■"first edition was written. It has full indexes, and 

 a brief monthly calendar of work in the nursery 

 orchard and fruit garden. 



Jt'or the Neiv England Farmer. 

 "W^INDSOR CO., VT., FARMERS' CLUB, 



AT K0CHE8TEH. 



In accordance with the announcement fof 

 the series of winter meetings, the Windsor 

 County Farmers' Club held its third session 

 at this place on the afternoon and evening of 

 the 3d inst. Though the day was stormy, 

 about sixty gentlemen, — some of the number 

 having come tive or six miles through the driv- 

 ing snow, — met in the Town Hall at 2 P. M. 



Hon. W. W. Williams of Rochester, was 

 chosen President, and Hon. Crosby Miller of 

 Pomfret, Secretary. 



The first subject for discussion was, 



Eeclaiming ■Worn-out Pasture Lands. 



Rev. V. M. Hubbard of this town opened 

 the discussion in a manner which proved him 

 to be as well versed in the principles of sound 

 and progressive agriculture as he is known to 

 be in matters pertaining more particularly to 

 his own profession. He asserted the* import- 

 ance of the subject, as the production of grass 

 lies at the foundation of all farm economy. 

 Without grass we cannot keep cattle ; without 

 cattle we can have no manure ; with no ma- 

 nure no profitable farming. Most of the pas- 

 tures in White River valley are now under 

 the dominion of brakes and bushes. 



He would first divide large pastures into 

 small lots of ten or twelve acres each. In 

 these put different kinds of stock — horses, 

 cattle, sheep — and then change them from one 

 lot to another. Next attack the brakes and 

 bushes with the scythe, — the great enemy of 

 these noxious usurpers of the soil. The 

 brakes will make good forage for sheep in 

 winter, or good bedding for horses and cat- 

 tle ; or, if not needed for these purposes, 

 excellent compo,~t. When the pasture lots 

 have been carefully mowed, the sheep will 

 generally take care of the young growth that 

 springs up. 



Next, sow salt when the brakes have been 

 exterminated. Thus the productiveness of 

 the pasture will be increased one third and 

 many times one-half. Better grasses will 

 come in, and our lands will keep twice the 

 present numlier of cattle. 



Mr. H. strongly urged upon our farmers 

 the importance of keeping sheep, though the 

 wool alone at present prices v/iil not pay ; but 

 they will enrich every rood of land they travel 

 over. 



Next, put on fertilizers, such as can be 

 bought or made on the farm. The country 



