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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 



ing heav}' loads in the easiest and best manner, 

 and to trotting half a mile or so, with a load of 

 not less than 2000 pounds, &c. Some such change 

 it seems to me would in a few years encourage and 

 introduce a verj' ditftrent style of horse from that 

 which is now so iiopular on the race coarse, and a 

 very dillferent system of breeding and training. 

 The delicately formed, small limbed, light horses 

 which are exhil)ited on our agricultural race 

 courses are valuable only for their 2 :40 gait. 



XiCt us have more on this suliject, and let it come 

 from those wlio are more accustomed to handling 

 thc;pen, and who are less nervous and excited on the 

 subject, than myself. b. b. 



Plymouth, N. H., July 20, 1868. 



MACHINES FOK MAKING DRAIN PIPES. 



I am greatly interested in the column of "Ex- 

 tracts and Replies." I find many things which are 

 wMth more than the sul^scription price of the 

 F.A,KMEu. Yet tliere are some things which I do 

 not find there, and that is why I trouble you with 

 this communication. 



Where can drain tiles be obtained and what is 

 the cost ? Can they be made at any brick yard ? 

 If so where could a machine for molding pipe tiles 

 be obtained ? Is such a machine complicated and 

 costlv, or is it simple and its cost moderate ? 



Roxbury, Me., 1868. 



Remarks. — Drain tiles, or pipes, can be ob- 

 tained in Boston at several places. They can be 

 made at anj' brick yard, but require an oven for 

 baking them, such as persons have who bake 

 earthen ware. Machines for molding the pipes are 

 made at Albany, N. Y., and are not complicated 

 or difBcult to manage. We do not recollect the 

 name of the maker. A dozen years ago, a ma- 

 chine cost about $150. 



MANAGEMENT OF NEWLY PLOrGHED LAND. 



When we break up new ground that is ploughed 

 deeply and turned over smoothly, in which direc- 

 tion of the furrows shall we harrow and furrow 

 for potatoes ? And when the field is hard hill 

 land and somewhat rocky, and of course is not 

 well nor smoothly ploughed, how then shall we 

 proceed ? You will much oblige us by giving 

 your opinion on these points. Putnam Tyler, 



Marloto, N. H., May 22, 1'868. 



Remarks. — As Mr. Tyler informs us, in a pri- 

 vate note, that he is nearly seventy-five years of 

 age, his great experience entitles him to give an 

 opinion for the benefit of his brother farmers, 

 rather than to ask ours. But as our opinion is 

 asked, we will give it with all due deference to his 

 superior wisdom. We should harrow lengthwise 

 the furrows, and then furrow across them with a 

 light plough. If the sod is thin and much broken, 

 it makes but little dilference which way it is worked. 



HOW TO RID CATTLE OF LICE. 



I have been a constant reader of your valuable 

 paper many years. During that time I have seen 

 a great deal in its columns concerning "Lice on 

 cattle." 



Several years ago, I had some heifers come 

 home iiter.illy covered with lice. In less than a 

 week they were communicated to my entire stock. 

 I tried nearly every (so-called) remedy that I ever 

 heard of, but with "no beneficial effect. Being ac- 

 quainted with the nature of sulphur, I sprinKled it 

 on to the entire surface of both horses and cows, 



which thoroughly rid them of the lice ; and I have 

 never been troubled with them since. I have re- 

 commended it to many others who have tried 

 many things in vain, and in every case it has been 

 "just the thing." o. f. p. 



Groton Centre, Mass., 1868. 



WHITE SPECKS IN BUTTER. 



The causes of wJiitc specks in butter are various, 

 but the prevention with me is to strain the cream 

 before churning, through a piece of cheese sacking 

 or some other thin cloth. If the cream is thick, 

 hold the corners of your cloth with one hand while 

 you press the cream through the cloth with the 

 other. Try it. A Lover of Good Butter. 



South Wallingford, Vt., July 6, 1868. 



TOP DRESSING GRASS LAND. 



Your correspondent "Early Cut" has expressed 

 ideas in regard to hay which correspond with mine. 

 I wish to ask him how he applies his manure 

 directly to grass land ? If as a top-dressing, wheth- 

 er he would apply immediately after haying or 

 late in fall or spring ? Also with, say forty loads 

 of manure, how much ground would it be ecooc- 

 my to go over ? Subscriber. 



Habattus, Me., July 18, 1868. 



PARALYZED TURKEYS. 



A friend of mine has a brood of young turkeys 

 in a veiy singular way. They have lost the use of 

 their legs. At first their toes turn in, then in a few 

 days they are not able to stand. They eat and 

 grow well, but cannot get about. Can you or any 

 of your numerous readers tell what ails them, 

 and what will help them. a. w. 



South Hinghavi, Mass., July 19, 1868. 



PLOUGHING IN CLOVER. 



Will you give your opinion upon the question 

 whether it is best to plough in clover green, or to 

 turn the sod next spi-ing, when the object is the 

 impi-ovement of the soil. E. Sawyer. 



Northfield Farms, Mass., June 29, 1868. 



Remarks. — Plough in the clover green un- 

 doubtedly. The next spring plough again, or cul- 

 tivate before seeding or planting. 



A GOOD NATIVE HEIFER. 



Having just read the statement in your last paper 

 of the Tunbridge, Vt., Durham heifer, which pro- 

 duced seven pounds of butter in the first week of 

 June, I am moved to say that I have a five-year- 

 old common native heifer, from whose milk in the 

 second week of June we made eleven pounds and 

 one ounce of as nice and yellow butter as you ever 

 saw. The heifer never ate a spoonful of any kind 

 of grain in her life. Luther J. Holt. 



West Epping, N. H., July 10, 1868. 



PUMPING WATER FROM A MUCK HOLE. 



I have a deposit of meadow muck of the best 

 quality, where former owners have dug holes, 

 leaving a space between each, so that they got only 

 about half the muck. These fill up with water, 

 though not to the surface, and there is no outlet 

 unless the water can be raised to the surface. I 

 wish to get rid of the water in order to save the 

 muck, and have but one hole. Can you or some 

 of your readers tell me what kind of a pumpwonld 

 be best suited for the occasion ? 



Shrewsbury, Mass., 1868. Mark Farrar. 



Remarks. — Will it not be rather too much like 

 work to raise the water in a muck hole or swamp 



