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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 



structive. We regard it as decidedly the best 

 work of the kind published in this country. It is 

 sold for $2. You will there find the amount of 

 potash in a great variety of grains, straw, manu- 

 factured products, &c. 



From the table which gives the average quantity 

 of water, sulphur, ash and ash ingredients in 1000 

 parts of the f)■e!^h or air-dried substance, by Prof. 

 Wolf, you will find the amount of potash 

 stated as follows : — 



Grain. Straw. 



Wheat 5.5 4 9 



Oats 4.2 9.7 



Maize .3 3 16.6 



Potatoes 56 — 



In Stephen's Farmers' Guido it is estimated that 

 a crop of wheat of twenty-five bushels of grain and 

 3000 pounds of straw removes 29^ pounds of pot- 

 ash. 



A crop of fifty bushels of oats and 3800 pounds of 

 straw removes 75^ pounds of potash and soda. 



A crop cf eight tons of potatoes and 1000 

 pounds of tops removes 273 pounds of potash. 



CHERRY POISON. 



I am impelled to write a bit of experience, think- 

 ing it may benefit others. I must begin back a 

 year in order to give the subject a fair showing, 

 and if the facts appear conclusive, I hope other 

 papers that circulate among farmers will copy 

 About a year since I called on a friend in Waits- 

 field who had a sick cow and was doctoring it for 

 the horn ail, the general symptoms being con- 

 sidered proof of the presence of that disease. 

 Among other things he had applied turpentine on 

 the top of the cow's head, which was f hivering or 

 trembling badly, and evidently suffering very 

 much. Soon after I returned home, a cow in my 

 herd, for which I had paid a hundred dollars a 

 littki while before, was suddenly taken sick, show- 

 ing the same general symptoms, namely, sudden 

 drying up of milk, great stupor, loss of appetite, 

 glassiness of the eyes, coldness of the horns, &c. 

 Not knowing what to do I did not do much. I 

 tried a little spirits of turpentine on the head. 

 This made a bad matter worse, causing great dis- 

 tress and even shivering. I immediately and 

 carefully washed it off with warm soap suds. To 

 tempt her to feed she was turned into a fresh pas- 

 ture, and in a few days she fully recovered. 



Last Monday I turned my cows into a fresh pas- 

 ture and left home for a few days. I returned 

 late Thursday night to find two of my choice cows 

 sick with nearly the same symptoms as were exhib 

 ited last year by those abovenientioned. In the pre- 

 sent case, however, the uddtrs were swollen more or 

 less, and what little milk could be drawn resem- 

 bled what is commonly called "gargety milk;'' 

 being thick and stringy. The next day, (Friday,) 

 I turned them into another pasture ; at which time 

 another of ray cows showed some symptoms of 

 the same disease in her udder, but had not lost 

 her appetite. All are now improving slowly. 



I have discovered in a hedge growing in my 

 neighbor's field a large number of small black 

 cherry trees standing so near the fence that my 

 cows have reached over and trimmed the tops as 

 far as ihey could reach. Perhaps they would not 

 have eaten them had there been other bushes they 

 could rciich, but there were none. I have often 

 noticed that when pastured on clear grass, where 

 there ar no bufhes, cows become exceeding hun- 

 gi-y fur Ixowsi;. Now I have no doubt aiiout the 

 cause of the difficulty, and I think the Waitsfield 

 cow was sick from the same cause, though I am 



not positive that there was a chance for her to eat 



black cherry in the pa'^ture in which she was kept. 



Roxbury, Fi., /Mwe 20, 1869. W. I. Simonds. 



SEEDING WITH FODDER CORN. — CLOVER SOWN IN 

 AUGUST. 



We have sowed corn broadcast upon land well 

 manured, and have haprowed it in with grass seed, 

 clover, herdsgrass and redtop The corn and grass 

 have started well together. Will the corn kill the 

 grass } 



Will clover sowed in August make roots strong 

 enough to live through the winter ? f. 



Mast Yard, N.n.,Jime 21, 1869. 



Remarks. — We fear that your young grass will 

 have a tough battle with the corn. But your exper- 

 iment will be worth more than a mere opinion. 



If the snow should cover your August clover 

 early, keep the field blanketed all winter and re- 

 main late in the spring, it might do ; but we doubt 

 whether it would live through an open winter. 

 What say, old clover growers ? 



YELLOW WATER IN A HORSE. 



What is the best remedy f^r yellow water in a 

 horse ? f. m. h. 



Bennington Vt., June, 1869. 



Remarks. — The disease called "Yellow Water" 

 is one form of jaundice. We have never seen a 

 case, and can only speak of it as we ga.her infor- 

 mation from those who have seen and treated it. 

 It is a disease of the liver; its excretions are inter- 

 rupted, and scattered over the whole system. The 

 water is not only discolored, but it. may be seen 

 in the eyes, mouth, and on the skin where it is not 

 covered with hair. It must be treated as a liver 

 disease, but it ought to be under the care of a phy- 

 sician. 



an ARTISTIC farmer. 



About two miles from the centre of the fine ag- 

 ricuUural town of Barre, Mass , resides a tarmer 

 whose house is a museum of Yankee whittlings. 

 His name is Piper, a most significant and sugges- 

 tive one, surely, in this instance. 



Calling theie a few weeks since, the writer 

 begged permission to see these curiosities. A 

 crank organ playing perhaps some twelve or fif- 

 teen tunes was fii'St set in motion. An Ethiopian 

 band in the upper story went through the manipu- 

 lations of minstrelsy, while a gay comp my of 

 mimic ladies and gents tripped on the "light fan- 

 tastic toe" below. 



Next in order was a large glass cabinet, the 

 shelves of which were crowded with articles of 

 the most elaborate workmanship, such as fans, 

 dogs, cats, snakes, &c. To make this part of the 

 museum perfect the jack knife that whittled them 

 should have been there. However the head was 

 — at least on the outside — which was better still. 



Another crank organ playing a number of tunes, 

 set two Ethiopian puppet minstrels vigorously to 

 work in a clog dance. The little fellows rattled on 

 the spring board so noisily that a married daugh- 

 ter of Mr. Piper, sitting in the room, requested 

 him to desist, lest it might awaken a child lying in 

 a cradle near her, and another pipe of a less melo- 

 dious cast, be added to the concert. The grand- 

 mother, also sitting near, commenced rocking the 

 cradle, when, lo ! a tunc was played in harinoiii- 

 ous numbers that again compo.Ncd the child to 

 slumber. By an ingenious adjustment this rock- 

 ing organ played seven tunes, the machinery of 



