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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



June 



We canuot stop now to explain the principles 

 which make it necessary, but they are principles 

 indispensable to successful culture. 



The Garden. — Few persons who have not 

 been in the habit of cultivating and gathering 

 the products of the garden, are aware how 

 much may be obtained from one well-managed 

 towards supplying the table, and furnishing a 

 large amount of seasonable, nutritiousand whole- 

 some food for the fomily. The vegetables and 

 fruits which may be obtained are numerous, and 

 when the management of the garden is reduced to 

 a system, so that a spot is designated for each 

 particular plant, it will be found easy to get it 

 into order in the spring. Constant attention will 

 be necessary to see that the cultivated plants oc- 

 cupy the whole space, and are not left to struggle 

 with weeds and other plants not desired. A few 

 general maxims may be observed with profit. 



"Grow nothing carelessly; whatever is worth 

 growing at all, is worth growing well. 



Plants when exposed to the action of light, 

 transmit moisture copiously through their leaves ; 

 transplanted seedlings, therefore, and cuttings, 

 should be shaded from the sun until their roots 

 are strong enough to supply moisture as rapidly 

 as it is thrown oif. 



Leaves absorb and give out moisture, and in- 

 hale and exhale air ; they are, consequently, the 

 most important organs of a plant, and if they are 

 destroyed or injured, the whole plant suffers. 



Light is necessary to flowers, that they may 

 acquire their proper hues ; therefore, when kept 

 in rooms, their places should be as near to the 

 window as possible." 



Lettuce and radishes may be sown each week 

 in'.the month, which will yield a constant supply 

 for many weeks. Cabbages may be transplanted 

 towards the close of the month for autumn and 

 winter use. Celery plants may be set in the 

 trench, but if the sun is hot, should be protected 

 by boards or something else, until they have 

 fairly taken root. Watering with water which 

 has stood in the sun through the day will forward 

 them considerably. 



Buckwheat.— Prepare lands for buckwheat. 

 This plant will yield a tolerable crop on some of 

 our lighter, gravelly soils, and now that flour is 

 $12 to $13 a barrel, with a prospect that it may 

 continue at a high price, it will bo well to im- 

 prove every opportunity for a good supply of this 

 favorite grain. 



Sheep and Shearing. — There has never been a 

 greater demand for fine wool or fine mutton, than 

 at this time ; both are bringing prices highly fa- 

 vorable to the producer, and they become, there- 

 fore, articles of interest to those favorably situa- 

 ted for their production. After shearing, sheep 

 should be carefully sheltered from storms, and re- 



ceive a little corn, beans, or extra feed of some 

 kind, if the weather is damp and cold. They 

 should also have access to salt, and be looked af- 

 ter to see that they are not molested by dogs, and 

 are not rambling beyond their own boundary. 



Cherries — Plums. — If you have choice stone- 

 fruits, and especially on young trees, thin off 

 something off the superabundance, and the re- 

 mainder will more than repay the trouble in the 

 size and quality which it will attain. 



Pruning. — From the 20th of June to the 10th 

 of July pruning may be done if the time can be 

 spared. 



Initial Letter. — The young folks may look at 

 our illuminated letter ; it may suggest to them 

 some long-neglected brook, pleasantly meandering 

 through a retired meadow, where the speckled 

 trout watch for prey from under an ancient root, 

 and from whence, — if they are skilled in the pis- 

 catory art, — they may draw a most delicious fry 

 for breakfast ! If they love "virtueand angling," 

 they can undoubtedly spare an afternoon for this 

 pleasant and rational recreation. 



WASHING WINDOWS. 



A correspondent of the American Agricultur- 

 ist gives the following improved mode of wash- 

 ing windows, which, although not altogether new 

 to us, may be valuable to many of our readers : 



I have a great aversion to scouring knives, and 

 never touch brick-dust if I can help it ; but if 

 their brightness depends on me, I prefer to rub 

 them three times a day rather than once, for it is 

 less labor, and they last longer. 



The nicest article for washing windows is 

 deer-skin, as no particles come off to adhere to the 

 glass and make it look as if washed with feath- 

 ers. There is no need of any thing larger than a 

 hand-basin for washing windows. The great 

 splashing some people make in the exercise of 

 their art is entirely useless, and is, moreover, del- 

 eterious. When the water is permitted to run 

 down in great quantities over the glass, it dis- 

 solves the putty and soon loosens the panes from 

 their setting, and also stains the glass. Two 

 pieces of wash-leather and a bowl of suds are all 

 that are necessary. Wipe the glass first with the 

 wet cloth or leather, and after it has become 

 dry, with the clean cloth, and it will look clear, 

 and far more so than if rinsed in a dozen pails of 

 water. 



NEW POSTAGE LAW. 



Letters sent to the post office and not paid, 

 will be sent to the dead letter office at Washing- 

 ton, and not to the persons to whom they are di- 

 rected. 



51^ All persons writing us on business purely 

 their own, must enclose a stamp for the reply. 



Corn. — Soak your seed-corn in saltpetre. It 

 destroys the worm, is not relished by crows or by 

 squirrels, and yields more abundantly. 



