1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FAHMER. 



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"A Kascally Imposition," I ■would say that there is 

 no such firm in Eastport, Me., as Whitney, Shaw, 

 Lent &: Howes, and no such street as Main Street. 

 The principal business street is call Water Street. 

 Boston, 1857. One who knows Something. 



LIME FOR MANURE. 



I have purchased 100 bushels of stone lime to 

 put on my land, at 25 cts. per bushel. What 1 

 wish to know is, if it will pay on sandy land, and if 

 so, how is the best way to apply it. Further, I see 

 my neighbors hauling manure and putting it in small 

 piles in the field ; now this is what I would like to 

 do, but I have been taught to believe it was a great 

 waste to do so. Information on these things will 

 gratefully be received by J. Allara. 



Fairhaven, Vl., March 17, 1857. 



Remarks. — To be of much use lime must be 

 applied to land that contains considerable carbona' 

 ceous or vegetable matter — and that is not the 

 usual condition of sandy land. If you can compost 

 your lime with good meadow muck or rich loam 

 and apply that to your sandy land, you will give it 

 such a fertility as will return you paying crops. 



Do not imitate your neighbors in their practice 

 of dropping manures in small heaps to remain days 

 or weeks in that condition in the field. It is an ex- 

 travagance that common farmers cannot afford. 

 But more wisely drop and spiead the manure im- 

 mediately before plowing. 



THE BARK-LOUSE. 



Can you tell me of any wash or anything else 

 that will kill the bark louse on trees, a specimen 

 of which is enclosed, without injuring the bark or 

 buds? 



Also, can you tell me which is the best plow to 

 completely invert old ground and turn in stubble" 

 or long manure ? Also, where it may be obtained, 

 and the price ? Please answer in the next Farmer, 

 and oblige A Subscriber. 



Kitterrj Point, 1857. 



Remarks. — Whale oil soap is as good as any- 

 thing we know of to destroy the bark louse. 



If the land is smooth, the double plow is the best 

 f6r such purpose. It costs from fifteen to eighteen 

 dollars. There is a great variety of patterns to be 

 found at the agricultural warehouses, in Boston, 

 adapted to every soil. 



CARROTS — SUGAR BEETS — CORN ON MEADOVT LAND. 



There is one feature of the Farmer I like better 

 than any other. I refer to "Extracts and Replies." 

 I have gleaned many a valuable hint from that 

 source ; shall I ask a question or two ? Well, then, 

 we, (myself and my neighbors) wish to know how 

 to raise a good crop of carrots with the least labor. 

 We believe in sugar beets for cows — they are bet- 

 tar than carrots. 



I have reclaimed a meadow of four acres by 

 draining and plowing. I find a soil composed of 

 decayed vegetable matter, mixed with the finer 

 portions of the soil washed from the granite hills 

 around. Two acres have been plowed the second 



time. Can I get a good crop of corn from it bv 

 manuring in the hill with guano ? In haste, 

 Weare, JV. H. Granite Quill. 



Remarks. — We cannot say which is the hest 

 mode of raising a crop of carrots. Our own prac- 

 tice is to make the land decidedly rich with good 

 composted barn manure ; plow it ten inches deep, 

 at least ; pulverize finely and sow as early in May 

 as the ground is suitable ; rows sixteen inches 

 apart, and the plants in the rows three to five inches 

 apart. The principal implement we use is a wheel 

 hoe costing about one dollar. With this, a man 

 will perform as much service as three men will 

 with the common hoe. Under this practice we 

 never fail to receive less than from five hundred to 

 eight hundred bushels per acre ; and this amount 

 would probably be considerably increased if the 

 land were very highly manured. 



We think favorably of the sugar beet for cows j, 

 but can form no opinion from any actual experi- 

 ments whether they are better than carrots or not. 



We should think your reclaimed meadow land 

 better calculated for a crop of potatoes with a little 

 guano in the hill, than for corn ; though you may 

 get a good crop of corn on such land for one or two 

 years in the way you suggest. 



CARROTS. 



Will you please inform me which is the best for ' 

 feed — the orange or white carrot? 



A Subscriber. 

 Holmes Hole, Mass., March 6, 1857. 



Remarks. — We cannot tell by any experiments 

 of our own. The white carrot is generally admit- 

 ted to be the most productive, but the orange the 

 most nutritious. Both ought to be universally cul- 

 tivated. 



CISTERNS. 



In a late number of the Farmer, you i)ublished 

 an anonymous article on cisterns, and it seems to 

 me the explanation is not definite enough. If the 

 author will give the proportions of gravel, sand 

 and cement, he will much oblige me and probably 

 others. H. Kimball. 



Kennehunk, ^pril 10, 1857. 



feUCKTHORN FOR HEDGES. 



I noticed, in last week's Farmer, some person 

 wished information concerning Buckthorn hedges, 

 &c. I would refer you to an article which I furnished 

 for your paper, which may be found in vol. 5, page 

 226. James F. C. Hide. 



JVewton Centre, March 31, 1857. 



plum TREES. 



A correspondent, "S. T. I?.," says he finds that 

 by smoking his plum trees with old shoes, when 

 they are in blossom and while the dew is on them, 

 some half-a-dczen times, the young fruit is prevent- 

 ed from falling off. 



