1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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used for carrying on to its surAicc the waters of loads of muck, and twenty-five loads to the acre ; 

 the "Bhickstone." Yet notwithstandino; these plant with an early kind of corn, and as soon as 



obstructions the mowing was done to my entire 

 satisfaction. 



I may mention perhaps that I used different 



the corn can be harvested, plow again and sow 

 down to grass. Any remarks on the above plan, 

 especially as to the quantity of lime in the com- 



Remarks. — We think your experiment would 

 be a judicious one. The quantity of lime you 

 suggest is enough for one application, though 

 many persons use a much larger amount. We 

 would suggest that you cultivate the corn crop 

 flat, instead of in hills, and at the third hoeing 

 sow the grass seed and rake it in ; then you have 

 your field stocked down. The grass seed, being 

 shaded by the corn, is much more likely to come 

 up than when exposed to the full rays of the sun. 



horses at different jicriods of the trial, and am post, the quantity of plaster to be applied to the 

 satisfied that a good horse of between 10 and 1100 acre, and as to the probability of getting a growth 

 is sufficiently heavy to operate it. of clover, would be very gratefully received by a 



After all I have said, perhaps you will find the Amherst, N. H., 1855. New Beginner. 



best evidence of my perfect satisfaction with the 

 machine in the order for one which I now give 

 you. At any rate, it is the best test I can offer of 

 my entire satisfaction with its operation, and of 

 my sincerity in the above. 

 Yours truly, 



William S. Lincoln. 



In relation to the two horse mower, Gen. Sut- 

 ton, of Salem, a former whom no one can visit 

 without receiving material benefit, says : — 



"lean only say that your mower operated to 

 my entire satisfiiction, and I have no hesitation 

 in recommending its use to any farmer who has a 

 large quantity of hay to cut. 



I worked it altogether with oxen, upon ground 

 of various surface, and found it to be eminently 

 a labor-saving macliine, economical and profitable. 

 I am with respect, truly yours, 



Wm. Sutton." 



Numerous other certificates are given from 

 persons competent to judge of the merits of the 

 mower. Those not much accustomed to ma- 

 chines, should not be discouraged if it does not 

 come fully up to their expectations upon the first 

 trial ; a little oil and a little patience may bring 

 every thing right at the second trial. 



The manufacturers state that the mowers they 

 are constructing this year are made from entirely 



NUTRITIVE GTIALITIES OF FOOD. 



The excessive dearncss of all kinds of food 

 should induce not only habits of economy in its 

 use, but should lead to the adoption of those ar- 

 ticles of food for the table which are the most 

 nutritious in their quality, and which, fortunate- 

 ly for the laboring classes, are the cheapest in 

 price. J\Iany persons go on in the old way, when 

 food was plentiful and cheap, and use what costs 

 them nearly four times the price of better and 

 more wholesome articles of diet, considering the 

 nutriment which they respectively supply. The 

 comparative quantities of nutriment contained in 

 the principal articles used as food have been tested 

 by strict chemical analyses, and some very excel- 

 lent books on the su])iect have been published, 

 new patterns, and that they are simplified and and oujrht to be studied in all communities where 



improved in many ways. They add to their cir- 

 cular the following schedule of sizes and prices . 

 We construct three sizes, as follows : — 



One horse Mower, 3 feet cut, Price, $90 00 



No. 1, Two horse .Mower, 4 feet cut 100 00 



" 2, T\ro liorse Mower, 4 ft. 8 in. cut, 115 00 



" 1, Two horse Mower and Reaper combined. .120 00 

 " 2, Two horse Mower aud lleai)er combined, .lao 00 



Extras to each Machine, — 1 set of Cutters, 2 

 Cutters, 2 Fingers, and Wrench. Machines de- 

 livered at Boston or AYorcester. 



Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co. 



For the New England Farmer. 



TO GET POOR LAND INTO GRASS. 



Mr. Editor: — Will you allow me to make a 



the laboring population predominate. It would 

 teach them to discriminate betweeo the various 

 articles of food, and l)e the means of introducing 

 more generally among them the use of articles of 

 a much better quality, more wholesome, and far 

 better adapted to supply the wastes of the sub- 

 stance of the body caused by daily toil. 



The following results of such analyses, which 

 we find in the Baltimore Patriot, derived from 

 the best scientific sources, commend themselves to 

 general attention for their value. It will be seen 

 here what articles are the most nutritious. White 

 beans, corn meal, wheat tlour, barley meal, and 

 rice are shown to be the very best kinds of food, 

 and these are the very kinds which are the cheap- 

 est to purchase and use. Potatoes, which are 

 enormous in price, lose more than tliroe-fourths 

 of their substance, and are the dearest kind of 

 food which can bo used. — Philadelphia Ledger. 



"It is proper to state that the articles were all 

 reduced to a perfectly dry state by evaporating 

 the water they contained, and then^ subjecting 



few inquiries through your valuable paper? I 

 have a piece of land, the soil a sandy loam and 

 somewhat exhausted. I wish to reclaim it to 

 grass as soon as possible, and not liaving much 

 manure, I have thought of the following plan, 



viz: — plow the land in August, give it a thor-l them to careful chemical analysis. The follow- 

 ough dri.'ssing witli plaster, or plaster and ashes, jing table, divided into three parts, animal food, 

 sow to winter rye, with about ton or twelve vegetable food and fruit, shows the quantity of 

 pounds of clover to the acre. When the rye is nutritive matter and of water in each article, and, 

 taken off, plow it thoroughly, and the next spring by comparing one article with another, shows the 

 manure with a compost of swauip muck and jcomiiarative value of each as food. But as all the 

 lime, at the rate of about one cask of lime to five elements of nutrition are not of the same value, it 



