1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FAHMER. 



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pulled up, some of them requiring the strength of ent season. I am no alarmist, nor have I any dis- 

 4 ♦ ^.o.-ok it Tr>.rla,, fV,o„ v.ov£> hrnnfl I position to increase the price of this almost necessa- 



two men to accomphsh it. To-day they have broad 

 luxuriant leaves, and are grooving as \igorously as 

 ever. Now, friend "S.," if you will tell us how to 

 destroy chiccory plants, we will offset such service 

 by informing you how to kill "Jacob's Ladder." 



HOW TO USE MUCK. 



Will you give me the best way of using muck on 

 my land? >Iy farm is situated on a rising piece of 

 land, and is rnostly sandy loam. I have just com- 

 menced farming for myself, and hope to be, some- 

 time, a practical and thorough tiller of the soil. — 

 Crops for the most part are backward ui this sec- j 

 tion of the coimtry, but are growing fast, and look j 

 promising; the hay crop seems more abundant 

 than last year. James F. Butler. 



Monmouth, Aug., 1855. 



Remarks. — After the muck has been dug one 

 yeai', mix it with ashes or lime, and use it m that 

 way on your sandy loams. The best use of muck, 

 however, is as an absorbent. Always keep a good 

 stock near your manure heap, and as the droppings 

 of the leanto are thrown do-\vn, cover them with the 

 muck once each day ; no labor that you perform 

 will pay you better than this. You not only get 

 the addition of the muck, but it absorbs the volatile 

 gases of the manure, and lays them up for future 

 use. 



WINTER WHEAT. 

 Gv:kt. : — In your paper of Aug. 11, I find an ar- 

 ticle on "winter wheat," which contains information 

 new to me ; and, inasmuch as I have a good quan- 

 tity of such land as is mentioned in said article, I 

 feel disposed to make a trial of the winter wheat, 

 pro\ided I can find the seed. Can you tell me 

 where, and for what })rice, it can be had ? If so, by 

 giving the information in your next paper, or as 

 early thereafter as your convenience will admit, you 

 will confer a great "favor on a SUBSCRIBER, 



Winchendon, Jlug. 14, 1855. 



Reaiarks. — Winter wheat may be found at the 

 agricultural warehouses, and the price will be, pro 

 bably, somewhere between $3 and $4 per bushel. 



position to increase the pnce 

 ry article of food. In proof of this, I will say, that 

 within a week, I have kno^\^l a contract to supply 

 one hundred liushels of potatoes of prime quality, 

 as taken from the field, at forty cents per bushel. 

 Aug. 14, 1855. South D-VNATiRS. 



For the Neta England Farmer. 



POTATO CROP. 



Mr. Editor : — An observing cultivator informs 

 me, that since the late abundant rains, lie has no- 

 ticed unmistakable indications of disease and decay 

 on the vines of his potatoes. Ajipearances, Uke 

 those in years past, when the potato was destro}ed 

 by the rot. If this be true, and I know no reason 

 to doubt, it is a fact worthy of notice, in several 

 points of view — both as it will afi'ect the supply of 

 tliis most useful article of food, and as it may 

 be indicative of the cause of the malady that has 

 heretofore been so alarming. 



Never has the ))rospect of jiotatoes been more 

 encouraging than for a month jjast. The general 

 remark lias l)een — "never did potatoes look better," 

 and "tliere is no indication of rot." And further, 

 never have we known potatoes appear to better ad- 

 vantage when brought upon the table than thepres- 



UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



We call attention to the folio-wing Circular, 

 which will make known the objects of the Society, 

 and hope all who arc interested in the noble art of 

 Agriculture — and who is not — will make tliis Ex- 

 hibition a personal matter, and give it all the influ- 

 ence in his power to render it, in all its depart- 

 ments, superior to any enterprise of this kind which 

 has ever taken place in tliis country. There are 

 none, whatever business or profession they may be 

 engaged in, but may be benefited, directly or indi- 

 rectly, in the success of such an Exhibition. Not 

 only the best Stock may be presented, but we see 

 no objection to exhibiting farm implements, speci- 

 mens of fruits, grains, bees and bee-liives, preserved 

 fruits, and everything else having immediate refer- 

 ence to the farm. We do not know that it is con- 

 templated that anythmg beside Stock shall be in- 

 troduced, but suggest, and earnestly desire, that 

 other articles may be allowed a place for Exhibi- 

 tion, even if no premium is offered on them. 



We trust that New England will do her whole 

 duty in this noble enterprise. That the hills of 

 Vermont and Berkshire, the valleys of the Connec- 

 ticut, the Merrimack and the Penobscot, and the 

 plains of the Cape, will all send their products to 

 this grand gathering of the peojile, with the noble 

 specimens of their industry and skill. 



A Grand National Exhibition of Stock — 

 Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine — open to compe- 

 tition to all the States of the Union, and to the 

 British Provinces, will be held by the United States 

 Agricultural Society in the City of Boston, Oct. 

 23d, 24tli, 25th and 26th. Twenty Thousand Dol- 

 lars have been guaranteed by jiatriotic gentlemen 

 of Boston and its vicinity to defray the expenses ; 

 the City of Boston has generously granted to the 

 Society for ]n-csent use, a fine public square of fifty 

 acres; and !|^l(),l)()() will be oll'ered in premiums in 

 the various departments. 



The previous Exhibitions of this Society — at 

 Springfield, Mass., in 1(S53, and at Springfield, 

 Ohio, in 1854 — were eminently successful, and no 

 efforts will be sjjared to render tlic jjresent Show, 

 combining as it does the four great (lejiartraents 

 of Farming Stock, superior to its predecessors. 

 The Premium List, with the Itules of the Exhibi- 

 tion, will be forwarded to all wlio will address the 

 President or Secretar}', at Boston, to that effect. It 

 is earnestly ho])ed tliat all breeders, and owners of 

 Fine Stock, will feel it to be a duty, as it certainly is 

 for their interest, to contribute to the Show. 



The J,ist of iMitries, I'^xliiliitors and Award of 

 Premiums, and all the proceedings of tiie Exhibi- 

 tion, will be pubHshed m the Journ^vl of the So- 



