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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



work with the cultivator. If the crop succeeds 

 well, the tops will then cover the whole ground. 



If the soil is a rich loano, plow 12 inches — if not, 

 plow less. 



POTATOES — WHAT KIND ARE BEST TO BE RAISED? 



1 asked an intelligent gentleman, this morn- 

 ing, what kind of potatoes were best to be planted 

 for family use. His answer was, that he knew 

 none so good as the Davis seedling. They yielded 

 a fair crop, were of medium size, sound, mealy and 

 fine flavor when cooked. I asked him how they 

 compared with theDanvers red.* "Why," said he, 

 "for the table, there is no comparison between 

 them. The one is good, very good ; the other not 

 good at all. They are overgrown, and only fit for 

 the stock in the barn, or for the hogs in the pen." 

 I do not presume to express my own opinion at all, 

 but I have great confidence in the good taste and 

 judgment of the friend to whom I refer; and be- 

 lieve he would not dodge the inquiry, if put direct- 

 ly to him. *^* 



Jlpril, 1857. 



* This variety was grown from the seed of the long reJ pota- 

 tato, under the care of Mr. Bradstreet, of Danvers, and has 

 been remarkable for its large products. But it still retains 

 the form, and some of the coarser characteristics of the origi- 

 nal. It does not suit my family, and therefore I have discon- 

 tinued the use of it. Many continue to grow it because it 

 yields so abundantly, and does not rot as do the Chenango, 

 and other once popular varieties. 



BLACK HAWK MORGAN, JR. 



I sent you a photographic likeness of mj' horse. 

 I would like 1o know if you have received it. He 

 was sired by the Black Hawk Morgan, and he by 

 the old Black Hawk, the great trotter ; he by the 

 Sherman Morgan ; he by the original Morgan, and 

 he by true Britton. The dam of Black Hawk Mor- 

 gan, Jr., was sired by the Buck Skin Morgan, call- 

 ed Cock of the Rock. She was very compact, with 

 large muscles, and was twenty-two years old when 

 she foaled my colt. He is four years old the 15th 

 day of this month, drew the first premium in his 

 class at the Vermont State Fair in 1855, and also 

 a prize at the U. S. Fair at Boston, and the first in 

 his class at the Windsor County Fair. He weighs 

 1060 lbs., color chestnut, with a stripe in his face. 



Ludlow, Vt, 1857. H. M. Pettigrew. 



Remarks. — The likeness of your horse came 

 safely to hand. We think a good wood cut could 

 not be made except from a drawing from life, and 

 the cost of one would vary from fifteen to thirty 

 dollars, according to size. 



a little better than the best. 



A few wee'< s since, I called attention to a fine 

 pair of Durham oxen, raised in Shelburn, Frank- 

 lin Co., Mas.s., estimated to weigh 4000 lbs. dressed, 

 the largest of which did actually weigh 2054 lbs., 

 and proved to be as good as large ; I have never 

 eaten superior beef. My attention has been again 

 called to another pair of superior oxen, raised at 

 Deerfield, in the same county, which weighed alive, 

 when they left home, 6000 lbs. I saw them at the 

 slaughter-house of Mr. George Prescott, and un- 

 derstand their age to be eight years. The citizens 

 of this vicinity should be under great obligations 



to those enterprising gentlemen who take so much 

 pains to furnish them with good eating. Judging 

 from the horns, and history of these animals, I 

 should call them JValives ; one notch above the 

 matchless Durhams. SouTH Danvers. 



Jlpril, 1857. _ 



warts on cattle. 



In your paper of May 2d, H. S., of Palmer, Mass., 

 nquires how he can remove half a bushel of warts, 

 from an otherwise valuable two years old heifer ? 

 I never removed more than about a peck from any 

 one animal, but perhaps the same course of treat- 

 ment would have told on a larger quantity. Cer- 

 tainly, it made clean work with all there was. The 

 steer was at grass. I tied him to a bar-post, in a 

 warm, sunny place, and directed my boy to wash 

 all his warts in beef brine ; soak them well, and re- 

 peat as often as he gets dry. We followed it up 

 for two or three days. The boy was faithful, and 

 said "he thought he had got him ivell corned down." 

 l he warts all disappeared. R. P. Gilbert. 



Gilead, Conn., 1857. 



IT pays to rear good CAL^'ES. 



Mr. William Adams, of West Brookfield, re- 

 cently sold a pair of steers, thirteen months old, for 

 $80. They were weaned from the cows when two 

 or three weeks old, and reared very nearly as re- 

 commended by Frederick Holbrook, Esq., in the 

 last volume of the Farmer. The steers were sired 

 by a bull owned by Mr. Adams, which is thought 

 by some to be the best bull of its class in the State. 

 He is grade Durham, three years old, and weighs 

 2000 pounds. Yeom.\n. 



Brookfield, Jipril, 1857. 



tr,\JsSplanting trees. 



When is the suitable time for transplanting for 

 est trees, such as maple, spruce, pine, larch and ce- 

 dar ? What size should they be when taken from the 

 woods, to set around a dwelling, for their shade 

 and ornament ? P. M. D. 



Lynnjield Centre, 1857. 



Remarks. — Any time after the frost is out, and 

 before the buds start. Some prefer to wait until 

 evergreens begin to start a little. 



cheese making. 



I wish to know particularly about the whole ope- 

 ration of cheese-making, and the best manner of 

 taking care of cheese through the summer. I find 

 that farmers' wives are all more or less troubled 

 with those small cheese flies. 



Southampton, May. x\ Farmer's Wife. 



BE.ARDLESS BARLEY. 



Where can I get some seed of the mammoth 

 pumpkin and beardless barley ? 



Grafton, Vt., 1857. Joseph C. Flagg. 



Remarks. — Nourse & Co., No. 13 Commercial 

 Street, Boston, will supply it, if it can be found in any 

 civilized part of the world where ships and men go. 

 We were once in the habit of raising it, and found 

 it a profitable crop. 



