NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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NEW HORSE POWER AND GRIST-MILL. 



This cut represents a new railroad horse power, 

 on the plan of the endless chain, with a mill attached 

 for grinding grain. It is got up by Messrs. Emery 

 & Co., of the Albany Agricultural Warehouse. The 

 horse power combines the best advantages of the 

 endless chain principle for economy, durability, con- 

 venience, and for the ease, safety, and comfort of the 

 laboring animals. The gearing is such that the fric- 

 tion is slight, and the machine substantial, 



A good horse power affords numerous opportu- 

 nities for substituting animal for manual labor ; 

 which is of great impoTtance, as the former is far 

 cheaper than the latter. The labor of a horse gen- 

 erally costs less per day than that of a man, and yet 

 the horse, in labor adapted to his condition, will do 

 six times as much as a man. A machine con- 

 structed like this which we have figured, is not liable 

 to disorder, and its wear is so slight that the expense 

 for repairs is but trifling. 



The mill attached is allowed to be of the best con- 

 struction, and it operates with efficiency and de- 

 spatch when driven by this power. The price is 

 moderate, and the whole construction durable, ex- 

 cepting the grinding plates, and a new set costs 

 only $ 2, 



ON FATTENING CATTLE AND SWINE. 



The committee appointed to report on the best 

 method of fattening cattle and swine would offer 

 the following as tlicir views on the subject. (The 

 present year there has been no application for pre- 

 mium.) 



Select the best formed cattle, from five to eight 

 years old, of quiet disposition, and good appetite, 

 inclining to fatten. After the spring work is over, 

 commence giving them the liost pasturage durin" 

 the summer, also the best fall feed until they come 

 to the barn ; then feed them with good hay and 



Indian meal, at first from one to two quarts per day, 

 gradually increasing till six or eight quarts arc 

 given, until they arc slaughtered, or about fiftec-n 

 bushels of meal to each animal. This process fur- 

 nishes the largest weight, the best quality of beef, 

 commanding the highest price in the market, and at 

 the present prices, a profit to the owner. 



Also, with respect to fattening swine, — sclent 

 those weighing about one hundred pounds, whi:-h 

 will cost about ,^.j each, purchasing corn at the com- 

 mon rates. Keep them in a large, roomy yai"d, with 

 a good supply of loam from the road-side, and mu.-k 

 from the swamp, giving them a dry room to lodge 

 in. Feed them with throe quarts of corn per dvA' 

 for one year. This will give four hundred pountis 

 of good pork, which has usually paid lor all the corn 

 and the first cost of the animal ; and what is taken 

 from the yard will pay well for all the labor Avhiih 

 has been expended. For the committee. 



JEREMIAH COLMAN. 



Newburyport, Nov. 9, 1849. 

 — Trans, Essex Ag. Soc. 



THE POTATO FLY. 



The potato crops ai-e suffering severely from tlic 

 ravages of the "potato fly" — some patches, our 

 own among the number, arc almost stripped of their 

 leaves. We do not know what effect this will Inive 

 upon the young jjotatoes, as we are wholly uniu- 

 quainted witli the fl}', not having, to our kno\vledge, 

 ever seen any thing of the kind. Can some one en- 

 lighten us on the subject ? Will some one .<killed in 

 agricultural matters point out the best mode of ex- 

 terminating the insect?- — Decatur (f/id.) Cazcttv. 



Our readers will find an accoiint of the potato fly 

 in our paper of August 1, 1849. We know of no 

 effectual remedy for the evil. The only way is to 

 let it " bide its time ; " it will probably disai)pear in a 

 few vears, as it has done in other places ; and it is 

 not o'fton that the injury is very extensive or severe. 

 We saw several patches' of potatoes partially stripped 

 of leaves by this insect in Northern Ul\io the pa.st 

 month. — Ohio Cultivator. 



