1868. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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is also a certain cure for founder, if given imme- 

 diately after the ailment is discovered. In the 

 latter case, about a pint of seed should be min- 

 gled with the oats or chopped feed, vi'hen a cure 

 will be effected. 



— On account of the cattle disease recently prev- 

 alent in this country, a government order has been 

 promulgated in England, prohibiting the landing 

 of hay from the United Scales. 



— During the last few months two dogs in Danby , 

 Vt., have killed seventy or eighty sheep belonging 

 to four different parties. The dog men are being 

 called on for damages. 



— The Maine Farmer says that the first class at 

 the Industrial College at Oiono numbers thirteen, 

 and of this number ten have expressed a deter- 

 mination to become farmers. 



— For the purpose of "breaking up" a sitting 

 hen, a boy in Lisbon, Me., set fire to the hen's nest 

 which destroyed not only the nest, but barn, house, 

 out building, farm utensils and all the summer's 

 crop. 



— Buckwheat has been found useful in dyeing 

 wool. The dried flowers yield difierent shades of 

 green, and the succulent stems and blossoms, with 

 the addition of J^ismuth of tin, produce a beauti- 

 ful brown. 



— The Messrs. Hammond, of Middlebury ob- 

 tained a verdict of $5000 in the Circuit Court at 

 Rutland, the other day, against the Hartford Live 

 Stock Insurance Company, for insurance on their 

 blooded buck, which died not long since. 



— In selecting sheep for fattening, the Western 

 JlwraZ says, take those in good condition. They 

 should be over two years, and not to exceed six 

 years old. Have a good shelter well littered, and 

 not more than fifty sheep in a lot. 



— The Ohio Farmer recommends that the man- 

 gers for feeding cattle be divided by board parti- 

 tions, to prevent the strong and greedy from ob- 

 taining more than their share, and to enable far- 

 mers to give to those animals that need it an occa- 

 sional extra feed. 



— A process has recently been patented in Eng- 

 land by which the bran of flour, after being sep- 

 arated, is ground into an impalpable powder, and 

 then again mixed with the flour. In this way all 

 the nutritious ingredients are preserved, while the 

 fineness of the flour is not afiected. 



— The Maine Farmer is informed by one of its 

 worthy subscribers that, being an early riser him- 

 self, he invariably candies a lantern into his hen 

 house in the early morning to allow his hens light 

 in leaving the roost and seeking their nests. A 

 merciful man. 



— A sad disaster occurred on the Jackson Fair 

 Grounds, at Maquoketa, Iowa, by two buggies on 

 the race track coming in collision. A young lady 

 named Hattie Barns was badly bruised by being 

 thrown to the ground. The team then ran furi- 



ously into a crowd of women and children, killing 

 a young girl named Raymond, and injuring several 

 others. 



AUTUMN. 



Thou comest, Autumn, heralded by the rain. 

 Wit banners, by great ta'es incestanlly funned, 

 J-irighttr than brightest sill- 8 of Saoiacrand, 

 And stately oxen harnessed to thy wain I 



Thou standest, like imperial Charlemagne, 

 Upon thy bridi'e of gold; thy royal hand 

 Outstretched with benedictions o'er the land, 

 Blessing the farms through all thy vast domain I 



Thy shield is the red harvest moon, suspended 

 t<o long beueath the heaven's o'erhanging eaves; 

 Thy steps are by the farmer's prayers attended; 



Like flames upon an altar shine the sheaves; 

 Ann, following "thee, in thy ovation splendid, 

 Thine almoner, the wind, scatters the golden leaves.' 



LONGFELLiOW. 



—Grapes are bought by the California wine- 

 maker and delivered at his press, clean, for seventy 

 cents per one hundred pounds, and it is stated that 

 in one thousand pounds scarcely one pound of un- 

 ripe or rotted berries has to be cut out from the 

 bunches. , 



— In Chatsworth, Livingston Co., Illinois, is a 

 beet sugar factory in full operation working up 

 about forty tons of beets daily. They expect soon 

 to work up fifty tons. The percentage of sugar is 

 quite satisfactory and the sugar of good quality. 

 The Reporter says the beets are daily growing 

 better! Beets continue to improve by ripening till 

 they have been kept about four months. 



— The annual meeting of the Worcester County, 

 Mass., Agricultural Society was held October 21. 

 The treasurer's report showed that th-e receipts the 

 past year amounted to $23,941, and the expenses 

 to $21,338, leaving $2603 in the treasury. S. H. 

 Howe, of Bolton, was chosen President and Chas 

 E. Miles, of Worcester, Secretary and Treasurer. 



— Geraniums may be kept until spring by being 

 buried in dry land much as potatoes are buried. 

 They should be laid in by the heel in a row, then 

 covered with straw, over which boards should be 

 placed so as to form a ridge, and the whole cov- 

 ered with earth to a depth, according to the cli- 

 mate, sufficient to keep out frost. 



Feeding Poxjltry. — Most people who feed 

 poultry at all, in seasons other than winter, feed 

 too liberally in the morning. It is the nature 

 of fowls to roam and gather their food in small 

 bits here and there, and if their crops are 

 stuffed in the morning they droop around and 

 become unhealthy. 



Feed sparingly, if at all, in the morning, and 

 let them hunt as it is their nature to do during 

 the day, and if they are unable to gather 

 a sufficient amount of food, furnish them a 

 supply just before they take to the roost. 



Variety of food is as essential to the health 

 of chickens as to anything else, and if left to 

 supply themselves they will obtain it. In the 

 winter when they are dependent upon man for 

 subsistence, the demands of their nature 

 should be as fully complied with as possible. — 

 Ohio Farmer. 



