1869. 



NEW ENGLAND FAR^VIER. 



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the strong points against spring kill. If 3'ou are 

 short of manure, tum over mowing land, which is 

 a good falloiv for grain. Sow it fiom the first to 

 the tenth of September — sod wheat is really the 

 safest. 



The Amber is a good variety, — as are, also, the 

 white wheats, which make the whitest flour. 

 They have a variety of names ; but the eye is the 

 best judge of seed. 



I have more than answered your correspondent, 

 "John," and hope he will set such an cxuiuple tu 

 bis neighbors, that they may tiud their bun els ot 

 flour on their own farms, instead of the pniirieh 

 of the West, where the average crop is far less 

 than in New England, and attended with the same 

 risks in rai.-ing HenkY Poor. 



Yonkers, N, Y., Aug. 15, 1869. 



BLOODY MILK. 



I have a promising three-year-old heifer, that 

 I am milUing this seaton tor the first time, which 

 has given bloody milk all summer. As she is the 

 only one ot six that is thus troubled, I ci.nnot as- 

 cribe it to her food. I suppose giving bloody milk 

 is a precursor of garget. I presume that many of 

 the readers of the Farmer have had similar cases 

 which they have treated successfully. I should 

 like to hear from them through your columns. 



Bndpoit, Vi., Aug 12, 1869. Inuuirer. 



Remarks. — Give her six drops of the tincture 

 of Aconite on some meal wet up with water, every 

 other day for ten days. The old remedy with 

 many was to give the cow a piece of poke root 

 about as large as a hen's egg, by grating or chop- 

 ping it fine and mixing with oats or other "mess." 

 Mr. E. Keasor of Upper Gilmanton, N. H., recom- 

 mended in the Farmer a few years ago for the 

 garget, to take two pounds of sulphur and one 

 pound of salt petre, pulverize the latter and mix 

 them together; give one table-spoonful twice a 

 day in shorts or meal until the compound was used 

 up. Perhaps this might be beneficial in case of 

 contmued bloody milk, if the causs Is slciilar to 

 that of garget. 



TO RID pantries OF BLACK AJ^D RED ANTS. 



A few weeks ago I noticed in the Farmer, in 

 the Extracts and Replies, a piece about getting 

 rid of black ants in the house. As I think my 

 mode betttr than the one there recomni-nded, you 

 may pub'ish it, if you pletise. If the shehes or 

 tables where they gu are unpointed, wash tht-m off 

 in cleau wati r, and witlioit wiping, sprinkle tine 

 salt all over them when wet. If tue stielves are 

 painted keep ihi-m wet tor a few days with salt 

 and water, usirnr plenty of salt. One application 

 is generally sufH ient for the little red ants, but 

 tho black ants may need more than one. 



Mrs. R. C. Williams. 



Paxtcrt, Mass., July 26, 1869. 



PASTURE LANDS. 



1 have a pasture, a part of whiLli produces grass, 

 Tflit'ie upon other portions there is a growth ot 

 brakes. Shall I plough it or shall I mow the 

 brakes, and put on ashes and grass seed ? How is 

 the b St way to deal with it ? 



Mk shtield, Vt., 1869. Chas. H. Netwton. 



llbMAEKs. — We don't know. It is just what we 

 desire to learn, in order to work over our poor 

 Mass ichusetts pastures. 



If the laud you speak of is stony, it wotild 



scarcely pay for ploughing and reclaiming it. If 

 not stony, cut the bushes, or what is far better, 

 pull them up, burn thoroughly, scratch over the 

 surface with a harrow and sow grass seed. If you 

 add one bushel of plaster of paris ptr acre, success 

 will be more certain. Sow a variety of grass seed, 

 such as limothv, redtop, a little red and white 

 clover, Kentucky blue grass, and meadow fox tail. 

 Sow somewhat more liberally than when laying 

 down land to grass. 



CURRANT WORMS. 



It has been stated that by planting black currant 

 bushes with the red, the attacks of the worms will 

 be prevented. I had a large black currant bush at 

 'he fnd of a row of red ones that was badly in- 

 fested with the small span worm and the brown 

 ^nts. I tried the molasses remedy, and they 

 seemed to like it very much. I next tried milk, 

 but our kind of worms had evidently never been 

 weaned, for they liked milk better than molasses. 

 One sure remedy I have found. Go over each 

 oranch carefully, and take each worm with the 

 tliiimb and tinger, deposit it in some old dish, and 

 when a sufBi:icnt number is collected put them in a 

 good fire. This may be a slow, but it is a sure 

 uure. A Constant Reader. 



East Abiiigton, Mass., July 28, 1869. 



insects on plants. — USE OF LIMB. 



Can you, or some of your subscribers, inform 

 me how to destroy the small red and black ants 

 that infest the garden and fruit trees ? 



Also, how to destroy the caterpillar on goose- 

 ber^ bushes ? 



Do you consider lime good for raising crops ? 

 A YouNO Farmer. 



North Sydney, Cape Breton, July 14, 1869. 



Remarks. — Syringe the plants with whale oil 

 soap, or strong soap suds. Some persons con- 

 trive a sort of pipe in which they burn tobacco 

 and blow the strong hot smoke from it among the 

 foliage of the plants. 



In relation to the use of lime, see remarks in 

 reply to a correspondent, in another column. 



KEEPING HAMS. 



For the past eight or ten years we have kept 

 ham nice and sweet through the summer and 

 autun n as follows: — Cut from the hone, take off 

 the rind and slice ready to fry. Put melted lard 

 etiouiih on the bottom of the tub to cover the 

 wood : then a layt r of ham, pai ked as closely as 

 possible. Will a spoon fill 1 he spares after pack- 

 ing each layer with hot lard When done, pour 

 enough over the meat to cover it. Set in a dry, 

 cool place. It k-it to stand long while being used, 

 a little lard should be kept over the top to prevent 

 mould. That tried from the meat is as good as 

 fresh. Meat packed in this way is much better 

 than if partially cooked bv-lbre packing, and keeps 

 quite as well; and the bones and fraj^ments may 

 be used before flv-time. Mrs. D. H. 



Lancaster, N. H., Aug., 1869. 



— The Ayrshire cow Flora imported from Eng- 

 land in 1859, and now owned by Wm. Birnie, of 

 Massachusetts, from July 12 to November 1, 1866, 

 gave an average of thirty-nine pounds of milk per 

 day. Her food was corn fodder, grass, and, in 

 October, cabbages. 



