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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 



cal and Scientific Fruit Culture," by Charles R. 

 Baker of the Dorchester nurseries. I immediately 

 sent to Bobton and procured a copy of this work 

 from the publishers, — Messrs. Lee & Shepard. 

 The connection of Mr. Baker with the Hon. Mar- 

 shal P. Wilder, of enviable renown for his contri- 

 butions to American Pomology, in the nursery 

 business and cultivation of fruit, was a sufficient 

 guarantee of the practical knowledge of the author 

 of the subjects upon which his book treats. Mr. 

 Baker also informs us that he has consulted some 

 forty diti'erent publications upon the same subject, 

 and condeiised and embodied in his work what- 

 ever he considered cf value and reliable. I think 

 there is no work with which I am acquainted that 

 gives, in detail, the arts of cultivation in every 

 minutias equal to this work by Mr. Baker. Any 

 person having a copy of the work referred to, I 

 think, will be able to learn all that can possibly be 

 learned from books, as regards the cultivation of 

 fruit. But as you very justly remark, "it will re- 

 quire practice to succeed." 



One word more before I close. How is it that Mr. 

 Baker's book has never been advertised in the 

 Farmer ? You see that your simply noticing it 

 under the head of new books procured them at 

 least one customer, and also enabled me to gain 

 the intormation I desired. I think Mr. Baker, or 

 whoever may be interesteti pecuniarily in the sale 

 of his book, should at once advertise in the Far- 

 mer. A Canadian. 



Stanstead, P. Q., 1869. 



currant worms. 



I saw a statement a week or two since, in the 

 Farmer, I think, that black currant bushes near 

 other varieties would protect them from these 

 destructive pests — as the writer of the article had 

 bushes so situated, all fresh and fair, while others 

 a little distance away were infested. I hope far- 

 mers and gardeners will not at once incur much 

 expense in procuring this protection. I have iu 

 my garden black and red currants side by side. 

 The black are now leafless, and I think the red 

 will be in about four days. But the black seem 

 to aflurd the preferable food. k. k. 



Charleston, Vt., June 8, 1869. 



SKIM MILK FOR CURRANT WORMS. 



Please say to your readers who are troubled with 

 the currant worm that skim milk has proved a sure, 

 swift and simple cure. Apply it witli watering-pot 

 or syringe; only be sure you wet all the worms; 

 probably molasses and water would answer as 

 well, or thin glue; but have never tried the two 

 latter, as the milk did not leave any subjects for 

 further experiment. A worm breaches through 

 his skin. Stop the pores and he dies. Milk does 

 it. J. Nelson Jacobs. 



Worcester, Mass., June 11, 1869. 



LICE on cattle. 



Thoroughly anoint the creature with oil or 

 grease ; I prefer tish or lamp oil. It is perfectly 

 safe under all circumstances, as even too nmcli 

 will not hurt the creature, only be a waste of the 

 oil. It will kill all the lice, remove the dandruff 

 and dirt from tbe skin, and put the creature in the 

 best possiDle condition lor gaining. 



S. S. TiNKHAM. 



Brownington, Vt., May 6, 1869. 



ANOTHER CURE FOR SCRATCHES. 



Among the many cures for this filthy disorder 

 publi'^hed in the Fakmeh, I have not seen the fol- 

 lowing, which I have used many times and always 



with success. After washing carefullv with castile 

 soap suds, and wiping the limb dry with a soft 

 sponge, oil the same with hen's oil. tio this once or 

 twice a day, and always before going out in (he wet, 

 and wash with cider ijrandy and wormwood after 

 returning, to keep from taking cold. 



Conway, Mass., 1869. J. D. Botden. 



SUGAR from a single TREE. 



I have gathered from one maple tree the past 

 sugar season, sixty gallons of very sweet sap, or suf- 

 ficient to make 16 pounds of sugar. Who has done 

 better? E. N. Phelps. 



Waterbury, Vt., May, 1869. 



Remarks. — The average How of sap from maple 

 trees is stated at 12 to 24 gallons, by the American 

 Clycopajdia. But much larger quantities are often 

 obtained. Believing that the value neither of the 

 wood nor the sap of the noble Rock Maple of New 

 England is fully appreclatfd, we hope the above 

 will call out other statements to the credit of the 

 Acer Saccharinum. 



TAPPING maple trees. 



From my experience I believe that as much sap 

 is obtained by the use of a half-inch as an inch bit, 

 and 1 am sure a small hole heals over sooner and in- 

 jures a tree less than a larger one. But I do not 

 think that as much sap will flow irom shallow as 

 from deep boring. Sugar Maker. 



Grantham, N. H., April 22, 1869. 



■worms in horses. 



To remove worms or bots in horses, I give half 

 a pint of whale or lard oil. and repeat the dose 

 after three days. I have never known it to fail, 

 and the medicine will not hurt any horse or colt. 

 A New tJuBsciiiBER. 



Lancaster, Mass., May 3, 1869. 



SORE TEATS IN COWS. — FEEDING CALVES. 



Please say, on the authority of one who has 

 tried both, that common West India molasses well 

 rubbeU in after milking is excellent for cows with 

 sore teats, and that a few boiled potatoes put into 

 the milk for calves that are to be raised will prove 

 beneficial to their health and growth, 



Mrs. M. a. Lakin. 



Milford, Mass., May 29, 1869. 



Rose-bug Trap. — In printing the little ar- 

 ticle in the Farmer of May 8, by Mr. P. B. 

 FoUansbee, on "Rose Bugs," the punctuation 

 and wording failed to do justice to his idea or 

 plan. Scattered among his four or five hun- 

 dred grape vines, he has planted some twenty 

 rose bushes for the sole purpose of trapping 

 the bug, whose preference for the rose is indi- 

 cated by its name. On these roses the bugs 

 cluster, often in great numbers, and both roses 

 and bugs can be readily picked early in the 

 morning into a pail of water, and in this way 

 the giapes are protected with little labor, 

 and in a few years nearly all the rose bugs 

 may be exterminated. 



