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KEW ENGLAND FAEJklER. 



Oct. 



sires in his pedrgree of that family. Of him an 

 English herdsman truly remarked, he is the hand 

 Bomest bull he ever saw. He never left a poor 

 calf, as any one can readily believe who visits 

 the White Spring Herd, or that at the Cornell 

 University. 



Among Mr. "Way's lot of extra cows, we noticed 

 Constance Third, a finely made cow, a good milker, 

 and good for stock, as her calf, by Second Duke 

 of Geneva, about ten months old, will tell. He 

 has six other young calves by Earl of Oxford that 

 do him much credit, besides some yearlings and 

 other stock. "We also noticed a large yoke of 

 oxen, fat enough for market any day. h. 



Londonderry, Vt., Aug. 20, 1868. 



THE 8HENST0NE TREE SOCIETY. 



As several of your correspondents have spoken 

 of the utility of shade trees by the road side, per- 

 haps a brief account of the "Shenstone Tree So- 

 ciety," may be interesting to your readers. 



This society, named for the celebrated poet gar- 

 dener William Shenstone, was instituted in this 

 town some twelve or fifteen years ago, and has for 

 its principal object the setting of shade trees along 

 the streets. Money for this purpose is raised in 

 various ways, but chiefly by the monthly meet- 

 ings of the society. The entertainment, consisting 

 of music, select reading, dramatic performances, 

 lectures, &c., is usually of a high order, and the 

 meetings are well attended. A small admission 

 fee is charged, and the proceeds appropriated to 

 the purposes for which the society was formed. 

 Several worthy objects are thus gained. The 

 meetings are a source of innocent pleasure to 

 young and old ; youthful talent has here an oppor- 

 tunity to try its wings, while the many trees which 

 adorn the streets of our ancient town, as well as 

 other works of improvement bear testimony to the 

 labors of the society. In the years to come, when 

 the trees shall have attained their full sizes, these 

 labors will be better appreciated than at present. 



Marlboro', Mass., Aug. 1868. Mattie. 



GROWTH OF CORN AND RASPBERRY CANES. 1 



This season I picked com suitable for boiling in 

 sixty-four days from planting; in another field, 

 seventy days after planting, some of the ears were 

 ♦'specked ;" and in eighty days it was difilcult to 

 find an ear soft enough to boil. The seed was 

 shelled from the ear the day it was planted. Last 

 season I picked corn suitable for seed in seventy- 

 four days from planting. 



On the 6th of August, I cut a cane of common 

 red raspberry on my farm, measuring 11^ feet, — 

 the growth of the present season. 



A. B. Carpenter. 



Weat Waterford, Vt., Aug. 17, 1868. 



MILK-ROOM AND ICE-HOUSE. 



I am intending to build a milk-house this fall, 

 Vith an ice-house in connection. Will you, or 

 some one of your many subscribers, give me a 

 plan for building the two combined ? o. p. k. 



North Hero, Vt., Aug. 21, 1868. 



Remarks. — We are glad to see that farmers are 

 considering the importance of the subject of milk- 

 rooms. While "watching" with a sick man dur- 

 ing one of the nights of the late excessively hot 

 •weather, a little milk was wanted about three 

 o'clock in the morning. The milk of three or four 

 cows had been placed in the pantry, which opened 

 from the kitchen, the evening previous; but on 

 going to it, every pan was found to be thick at that 

 early boar. The disheartened tone with which the 



good woman of the house remarked, "there is no 

 use in straining our milk ; we might as well turn 

 it into the hogs' trough first as last," impressed us 

 very forcibly, as well illustrating the importance 

 to every farmer of a suitable milk-room. 



We do not know why the conveniences of an 

 ice-house and milk-room may not be combined, 

 either in a separate building, or as a part of the 

 ell or other portion of the house, but we have no 

 definite plan now on hand, though we will bear 

 the subject in mind. 



With ftiese remarks we hand over the Inquiry 

 "0. P. K.," to the readers of the Farmer, and 

 hope that his request will be attended to at once. 

 In the meantime we publish in another column a 

 plan for a "spring house" which may afford some 

 valuable suggestions on this subject. 



. preserving tomatoes. 



Tomatoes picked when ripe may be kept an al- 

 most indefinite length of time, by putting them 

 into pure cider vinegar, reduced by adding two 

 gallons of water to one of vinegar, and kept either 

 in stone or wood. If careful not to displace the 

 stems or break the skin, they will come out almost 

 as fresh as when first picked. 



tomato pie. 

 Tomatoes treated in all respects as apples, only 

 adding a little flour to absorb the juice, make 

 better pies than apples. 



ELDERBERRY PIE. 



Elderberries make a first-rate pie. Season well. 

 Make sweet. 



SUMMER SQUASHES 



Should not be used until the rind is so hard that 

 you cannot easily stick a knife into it. Then dress 

 and treat in all respects as you would a winter 

 squash. "Very few would suspect them to be any- 

 thing else. 



I have tried all of the above methods for years, 

 with much satisfaction, and they are now submitted 

 to the readers of the Mew England Farmer. 

 W. F. Woodward. 



MapletDood, Mass., Aug. 19, 1868. 



drying green corn. 

 Mrs. Lima Sherman, of Canisteo, informs the 

 New York Farmers' Club that she prefers com 

 dried without boiling, as she thinks the water ex- 

 tracts much of the sweetness of the corn and ren- 

 ders it insipid. She directs to shave the com from 

 the ear, taking care to cut it as near in center of 

 the grain as may be, scraping off what remains on 

 the cob. Butter your dishes, spread the com an 

 inch and an half thick on each dish, set it in your 

 stove oven, scald it thoroughly, taking care to stir 

 it frequently that it may not scorch. You may 

 now finish drying it around your stove ; the oftener 

 it Is stirred the sooner it will dry. It should bo 

 put up in paper sacks and packed away in a dry 

 place. 



GOOD CROPS OP O&T. 



While cutting the grass on two patches of my 

 farm, on the 18th of July, I think it was, my men 

 spoke of the lafge yield, and as I now have one of 

 Fairbanks' best scales set in my bam floor, I 



