1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FAEMER. 



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economy; -vve mean charcoal powder — made of 

 ground wood charcoal. Charcoal powder possesses 

 the quality of ahsorbmg ammoniacal, sulphuretted 

 hydrogen and carbonic acid gases in superior de- 

 gree to any other sulistance. Placed in the \'icinity, 

 or spread among decaying animal or vegetable mat- 

 ters, it absorbs all the oiiensive and hurtful gases, 

 and keeps the air sweet and wholesome. 



We really hope that charcoal powder will soon 

 come into extensive use as a deodorizer and disin- 

 fectant. It appears to us that it can be ground hi 

 mills in the timber regions where wood is cheap, 

 transported to our cities, and sold at a very moder- 

 ate ])ricc. We are convinced that a plentiful use 

 of fresh ground wood charcoal for sinks, damp floors 

 and the drains of cellars, would greatly tend to pre- 

 vent disease in many places, by the absorption of 

 miasma. — Scientific American. 



SCOTT'S LITTLE GIANT CORN AND 

 COB MILL. 



For the Aetv England Farmer. 



CONCOBD FABMERS' CLUB. 



This Institution held its annual meeting on 

 Thursday evening, Nov. 1, at the house of Dr. J. 

 RejTiolds. Simon Brown was elected President, 

 Jos. D. Brown, Vice President ; Minot Pratt, Sec- 

 retary ,• W. T. Farrar, Treasurer. Tlaere was a full 

 attendance, and the members came together with 

 the right spirit, determined to give a new impulse 

 to this Institution, which has already done so much 

 to promote agriculture and horticulture in this 

 town. Several committees were appointed, and 

 among others, a committee to correspond with 

 Farmers' Clubs in the neighboring towns, with a 

 ^•iew to an interchange of visits, by means of dele- 

 gates, during the ensuing winter. It was believed 

 by the members that such a reciprocation of visits 

 will add interest to our own meetings, and to those 

 of other Clubs. The subject of a mass meeting of 

 farmers and horticulturists, to be held in this town, 

 sometime during the winter, was discussed. We 

 hope such a meeting will be held. Such meetings, 

 if properly conducted, are not only very interesting, 

 but very useful. 



^Nlen of all other occupations, merchants, me- 

 chanics, professional men, meet, and become ac- 

 cjuainted with each other, interchange views and 

 concert measures to promote their respective inter- 

 ests, and why should not those who cultivate the 

 earth ? There is no occupation which such mea- 

 sures will more directly l)cnefit than that of agri- 

 culture. 



We hojjc this jn'oposition will be received with 

 favor by the farmers of Middlesex. The meeting 

 held in this town two years ago was eminently suc- 

 cessful. We should be glad to see such a meeting 

 held in every county in the State during the com- 

 ing winter. They would do more to promote the 

 cause of agriculture, and to place farmers in the 

 position they ouglit to occujn", than any other meas- 

 ure tliat could be adopted. In this connection, 

 permit me to remark, tliat I hope the farmers in all 

 our country towns will interest themselves in the 

 organization of lyceums, and secvu'e two or three 

 good lecturers on agricultural subjects, during their 

 respective courses. Agriculture is taking a promi- 

 nent place in tlie literature and science of the coun- 

 try, and should lie recognized and receive its due 

 share of attention in our lyceums where such sub- 

 jects are discussed. Yours truly, j. R. 



This is the name of a verv efficient griuchng ap- 

 paratus, for using with one or two horses. Its 

 weight is 300 to 800 lbs., according to its size, and 

 it can be easily adjusted and put m running order. 

 The patentee warrants it to grind feed from oats, 

 corn on the ear, &c., and to make grits, or fine hom- 

 iny from shelled corn, with a degree of ease and 

 convenience never attained before. 



Judging from the popularity of this mill in Ohio, 

 Kentucky, aud other stock-raising States, where 

 more than six thousand of them are in use, it must 

 have been found a valuable adjunct to the farmer in 

 the saving of labor and expense. The patentee 

 claims for it the merit of "a peculiar, improved ar- 

 rangement, by which it first breaks, then crushes 

 and crumbles the cob at the centre of the mill, thus 

 lessening the strain upon botlr mill and team, the 

 chief work of crushing being thrown upon the cen- 

 tral parts by a judicious application of the leverage 

 power." Messrs. Parker, White & Gannett are the 

 patentee's agents in this city. 



SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN MASSACHU- 

 SETTS. 



The great diminution of sheep husl)andry in this 

 State is very much to be deplored ; it is a striking 

 indication of deterioration and decay in our agricul- 

 ture, unless we find that something more i)rofitable 

 has taken its \Aace. We shall look, however, in 

 vain for anything of the kind ; every sheep, there- 

 fore, lost from the census of IS.jO, as compared with 

 that of 1S4(), is a dead loss to the agricultural 

 wealth of the State. Shcej) are the most active and 

 ])rofitable agents in the work of amelioration and 

 farm imiirovemeut. Valuable as fertilizers when 

 folded, thev likewise improve and renovate pasture 

 lands, brought as ours Ikuc been by neglect to a 

 state bordering ujion non-productiveness. 



Two objections are commonly made to keeping 

 sheep, one is that they are difficult of restraint, and 

 the other that they are very liable to l)e worried and 

 destroyed by dogs. With'regard to the first objec- 



