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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 



Mr. Holcomb had bred two celebrated animals — 

 'Black Hawk Maid,' and 'Red Legs' — from the 

 dam of 'Ethan Allen,' by 'Black Hawk,' and there 

 can be no question that the mare was coupled with 

 'Black Hawk' in 1848, the year 'Ethan Allen' 

 was begotten. 'Flying Morgan' was not kept for 

 stock that year, but for a driving horse, and we be- 

 lieve was kept by chance one night at Ticonderoga. 

 We believe that this, with the resemblance in color 

 and shape of the head, furnishes the chief ground 

 for the report."— P. 278. 



It may be proper to add, that whatever may be 

 the grounds for the supposition that "Flying Mor- 

 gan" was kept one night at Ticonderoga, both Mr. 

 Holcomb and Mr. Roe (the owners of "Ethan Al- 

 len") aver that they have no knowledge of "Flying 

 Morgan" having that year been at a nearer point to 

 the dam of "Ethan Allen" than thirty-four miles. 

 Ticonderoga. 



Remarks. — At the request of the owner of 

 "Flying Morgan," we published the cut of that 

 horse, not knowing that his statement of the pedi- 

 gree of "Ethan Allen" was so strongly contradicted. 

 We publish the above letter, with a desire to do 

 justice to both sides, but as the matter is one which 

 interests the owners of the respective animals more 

 than the public, we do not wish to open our col- 

 umns to any controversy between the parties. We 

 hope, however, that an investigation will be had, 

 and shall be happy to notice the result of it. 



For the New England Farmer. 



SUGGESTIONS, THOUGHTS AND 

 GUEEIES. 



Mr. Editor : — At this hurrying time of year, 

 when planting is trodden on the heels by sowing, 

 when hoeing presses upon planting, and haying, 

 (that pleasantest of work for the farmer and his 

 hoys,) treads close on the footsteps of the whole, 

 articles for the Farmer should be short and pithy, 

 containing much in lilile. The spirit moves me to 

 write to you, but as brevity is not my foible, when 

 I get pen and ink before me, I fear I shall not 

 live up to my rule, and compress as much as I wish 

 to do. 



Did the country ever look more beautiful in the 

 leafy month of June than in this present ? It seems 

 to me, as I grow older, that I more and more enjoy 

 the pleasant sights and sounds of a rural home. 

 The song of the birds, (I never allow one to be 

 shot or disturbed on my place,) the gentle rustle 

 of the wind in the tree-tops with their thousand 

 waving green arms, the glorious sunlight, God's 

 best gift to man, next to a quiet conscience, the 

 myriad flowers, sprinkled so lavishly all through 

 our grassy fields, all send a thrill of delight to my 

 inmost heart every time I look or listen. But 1 

 sat down meaning to be more practical, and have, 

 as is generally the case, let my thoughts run away 

 with my pen. 



BLOOD MANURE. 



I have a piece of corn on which I am this yfar 

 making trial of the different kinds of concentrated 

 manure — guano, superphosphate, blood manure — 

 and noting the results, which I will give you next 



fall ; but I wish in the meantime to say to Friend 

 Xourse or Mr. Hayes, who has waded knee-deep in 

 blood all the spring for our advantage, that I 

 believe it would much increase the sale of the 

 manure, if he used some more powerful deodori- 

 zer, to absorb the offensive odor which renders 

 its use so uncomfortable. If he perseveres in the 

 manufacture of the manure, as no doubt he will 

 do, from his well-known perseverance of character, 

 he will realize much money by the business, but 

 pray tell him to leave the scent at the slaughter- 

 yards. 



"IT COSTS TOO MUCH." 



I was reading an article in one of your late pa- 

 pers, (June 27,) under this heading, that I endorse 

 entirely, and which it would be well for many of 

 our husbands and fathers to read and ponder over 

 seriously. Woman is not a beast of burden, al- 

 though some of the genus homo seem to consider 

 her in that light, but a help-meet for man ; the best 

 assistant and counsellor he can have, a friend ready 

 to do and suffer for her husband and children, 

 cheerfully, laboriously and gladly, and should be 

 treated, in the affections and heart- feelings at least, 

 as the equal of man. I go farther. I say that the 

 law made by man restrains her from many rights 

 that should be allowed her as his equal ; but this 

 is too warm weather to enter into that discussion ; 

 if you will allow me, I will give ray views on the 

 subject next fall, and a fair discussion of the matter 

 may lead to good. Agitation in water, or anything 

 else, is good. 



HAT CAPS. 



Now is the time to procure or prepare them, by 

 those who consider them of advantage. Thousands 

 of dollars would have been saved last year to our 

 farmers, had they thought and acted in this matter 

 in season. 



SULPHUR IN TREES. 



Have you any reliable information in regard to 

 the use of sulphur, placed in a hole in the f ap wood 

 of a fruit tree, as a preventive to the ravages of 

 the canker worms, caterpillars, and the like pests ? 

 I have seen an article to that effect going the 

 rounds of the papers for the last six or twelve 

 years, and it seems to me plausible, if enough 

 could be infused into the foliage, that it might 

 render it unwholesome and unpleasant to their 

 taste, but I have never tried it, and I should like to 

 know whether it is so or not. If it is a fact, it 

 would not only prevent the ravages of insects on 

 our trees, but be a good manurial operation at the 

 same time. , L. H. Hildreth. 



July, 1857. 



Hog Cholera. — This mysterious and fotal dis- 

 ease yet prevails at some of the distilleries along 

 the Ohio river and at other places. It is still des- 

 tructive among tne farmers in the interior. A cor- 

 respondent in Kentucky informs us that he has lost 

 over a hundred ; another has lost over half his herd, 

 and another nearly all of his. 



When this scourge will pass away no one can 

 predict ; whether it will continue until there is no 

 longer any material to act upon, or whether it will 

 have its period and pass off like epidemics in the 

 human family, remains to be seen. We regret 

 that its presence has not led to more full and 

 thorough investigations into its cause and charac- 



