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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



honeysuckle — it is sure to be a good honey year. 

 The red clover is too deep for the proboscis of the 

 common bee, and is, therefore, not so useful to them 

 as is generally supposed. Many lists have been 

 made of bce-Howcrs, and of such as should be planted 

 round tlie apiary. Mignonette, and borage, and 

 rosemary, and burgloss, and lavender, the crocus for 

 tlic early spring, and the ivy tlowers for the late 

 autumn, might help to furnish a very pretty bee 

 garden ; and the lime and the liquid amber, the 

 horse-chestnut and the sallow, Avould be the best 

 trees to plant around. Dr. Bevan makes a very good 

 suggestion, that lemon-thyme should be used as an 

 edging for garden walks and flower-beds, instead of 

 box, thrift, or daisies. That any material good, howev- 

 er, can be done to a large colony by the few plants, that, 

 under the most favorable circumstances, can be soa\ti 

 around a bee-house, is, of course, out of the question. 

 The bee is too much of a roamer to take pleasure in 

 trim gardens. It is the wild tracts of heath and 

 furze, the broad acres of bean fields and buckwheat, 

 the lime avenues, the hedgerow flowers, and the 

 clover meadows, that furnish his haunts and fill his 

 cell. Still it may be useful for the young and weak 

 bees to have food as near as possible to their home ; 

 and to those who wish to watch their habits, a plat 

 of bee flowers is indispensable. — Am. Traveller. 



PROFITABLE COWS. 



Mrs. Ilincs gives the following account, which 

 shows her superior skill both in managing cows 

 and the dairy. We copy from the Greenfield Gazette, 

 to which Mrs. H. has been a subscriber twenty years, 

 and has always paid her subscription promptly, which 

 is another commendable trait. 



I have five cows, and have sold, the past season, 

 1300 lbs. of butter, besides milk, cream, and butter 

 for the family use. Our family will average eight. 

 I raised seven calves last spring ; some of them quite 

 early calves, and some late ; two of them I got of 

 my neighbors, I have fatted 768 lbs. of pork, mostly 

 on the sour milk. Now, let \i3 leave out one of the 

 cows for the family use, and set the credit to the other 

 four — say 1300 divided by 4 makes 325 lbs. to each 

 cow ; the butter sold averaging 16i cents ; 325 lbs. at 

 16i cents makes $53 62 to each cow. The seven 

 calves were worth $30, say $25 to the four cows ; 

 and five hundred of the pork, at ,$6, will be $30 ; and 

 the $25 for the calves, makes $55, divided by 4, leaves 

 $13 75 to each cow ; this added to $53 62, will make 

 ,$■37 37 to each cow. 



My cows are about middling sized, and of the 

 native breed. They have a good pasture in summer, 

 and good hay in winter, and that is all ; except in 

 winter, I sometimes give Old Brindle a few small 

 apples and potatoes, parings, and the like, to make 

 her hold out her milk till some of the others come in. 

 When I sec any thing in the butter line in your 

 paper that beats the above, I Avill try again, 



MUiANDA inNES. 



MuNUOE, Feb. 18, 1850, 



Ikdustry, — Excellence is never granted to man, 

 but as the reward of labor. It argues, indeed, no 

 small strength of mind to persevere in the habits of 

 industry without the pleasure of perceiving those 

 advantages, which, like the hand of a clock, whilst 

 they make hourly aiiproachcs to their point, yet pro- 

 ceed so slowly as to escape observation. 



RED RUSSET APPLE. 



A few years ago we received specimens of this 

 apple in April ; they were in fine condition, and very 

 promising. The next year we received a few, and 

 kept them into summer. The next year (1348) we 

 obtained a barrel of this fruit to give it a fair test, 

 and placed it by the side of a barrel of fine Roxbury 

 Russets. Both kept equally well, extending into 

 summer. But the lied Russet was the better, both 

 for table and cooking, being intermediate, in its 

 quality, between the Baldwin and Roxbury Russet. 

 It resembled the Baldwin on one side, being of a 

 bright red, and on the other side it was like the 

 Roxbury Russet. We had already tried it in the 

 nursery, and found it as great a grower as the Bald- 

 win ; but the wood was different, being very red, 

 with numerous light specks, and it was much harder 

 than the wood of the Baldwin, and evidently more 

 hardy. The young shoots were as large in length as 

 those of the BaldM'in, but less in diameter. 



In fruit and wood it seemed to be a distinct variety, 

 and very desirable, as it was so late, hardy, and vig- 

 orous. We were informed that it originated on the 

 farm of Mr. Aaron Sanborn, Hampton Falls, N, H. 

 Some time last winter, a friend, who is an extensive 

 fruit-grower, gave us a specimen of apple, which he 

 said answered our description of the Red Russet, and 

 ranked high as a valuable fruit for late keeping, and 

 he told its origin, as it -was considered. The fruit 

 appeared precisely like the Red Russet, as far as we 

 could judge from a single specimen. 



This led us to inquire of Mr. Sanborn particularly 

 as to his variety, and he thinks that he grafted many 

 trees of the Baldwin, and one of them produced the 

 Red Russet. He says that it is popular in that re- 

 gion, and the neighbors are propagating it. We 

 have thus given all we know about this fruit, and 

 we regret that there should be any confusion about 

 it, or any doubts as to this promising variety being 

 entirely distinct, W'e hold that the stock has an 

 effect in modifying both fruit and wood, but we 

 hardly think that it would modify the fruit so as to 

 appear very different, and keep three months longer 

 than usual, and so affect the wood that it would 

 appear very different indeed, both in color and tex- 

 ture. 



We would still recommend the Rod Russet for 

 trial, Wc shall examine further into the subject of 

 this fruit, and that of our friend's, which resembles 

 it, and give information on it by-and-by. We have 

 ever been cautious about recommending new fruits, 

 generally preferring several years' experience before 

 introducing a new fruit for general culture. The 

 great want of a fruit like the Red Russet induced us 

 to bring it forward rather early, and we still hope 

 that it will prove a valuable acquisition. 



Improve the Mivd. — No man who improves his 

 leisure hours in useful reading and study, can fail in 

 becoming distinguished in his profession, while he 

 who spends his time in idleness or self-indulgence 

 is sure to occupy an inferior position in life. 



