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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



CONSENTS OF IHIS NUMBER. 



Calendar for i'cbruiiry Page 57 



The Governor and Iho Farmer— Butter Products m Berkshire. .58 



Concord Farmers' Club 59 



Monthly Farmer for January 60 



Swallowin},' a Horse 62 



Vermont ^tate Agricultural Society 63 



Fanning in New Eufrland, No. 1— The Dix Pear 64 



Farmers in Public I'laces— Th'; Old Cordwaiuer— Buffaloes 66 



Will dry Gyjisum Absorb Ammonia ? 67 



The way tomake a 'Wife Cheerful— The Cold Friday of ISIO 



Measure and AVeight of ililk 69 



Tlie Preservation of Kggs for Winter use 69 



To Farmers — The Atmosphere and its Kffects upon Animal Life. 70 

 Zinc Paints — Transactions of Worcester Agricultural Society. .71 



Don't Pull off the Suckers ! 71 



Butter and Cheese 72 



Poor Land made Rich without Manure 73 



National Agriculture — Tyini^ up Cattle 74 



Feeding Slock— llow much Sugar do we Eat .' 75 



Effect of Railroads on Farm Products 76 



Bee Culture— No. 1 76 



F'arm Accounts — Reclaiming Swamps 77 



Farm Fences 78 



Horses Frozen or Starved 80 



To Straighten Steers' Horns 81 



The Good Old Plow — Mr. Proctor's Address 82 



Exhausted Lands ^3 



Steam Farming 84 



A Good Hit— Stabling and Feeding Cows in Winter 85 



Milch Cows — An Answer— The Literature of Agriculture 



United States Agricultural Society 87 



What a Garden should be • 8'? 



Promotion of Agricultural Improvement 89 



A Model Farm- Who will Ef tablish it .' 



Things away np in Vermont 90 



First Agricultural Meeting , 91 



Profitable Cows 93 



Farming and our New Governor 94 



Transactions of the Hampshire Agricultural Society 95 



Farming by Steam, Hay-Making, &c 95 



Franklin Co. Premiimis 96 



Mass. State Board of Agriculture 97 



E.xtracts and Replies 98 



Second Agricultural Meeting 100 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Uanvcrs Winter Sweet Apple 65 



A Modern Suffolk Stallion 81 



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Peach Trees. 



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1 Bone. 



THE aUention of the Scientific Agriculturists and others, is in- 

 vited to a new article of ground bone. Bone manure has long 

 been known to be the most fertilizing article in use, not except- 

 ing even guano, but there has always existed a difficulty in pul- 

 rerizing it so that it will speedily and powerfully operate on 

 the BoTl — at a cheap rate. That difficulty has at length 

 been overcome, and the article is now offered in its pure and most 

 efficient state, ground to any desired fineness, and at the same 

 time retaining all its ammi)uic:il and gelatinous matter, consti- 

 tuting the fertilizing qualities, which causes this manure to be so 

 superior to all others; and another consideration in its favor is, that 

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 all necessary information furnished by 



JOSEPH MORRILL, 

 No. 6 South Market Street 

 Jan. 7, 1854^ Smostf' 



Super-Pliospliiite of Lime, 



IN bags and barrels, made by C. B. DEBI'RG, a warranted 

 pure and genuine article, with full directions for use. For 

 sale by GEO. DKVENt'ORT, 5 Commercial, corner of Chatham 

 St., Boston, agent for the manufacturer. 



Also, for sale. Ground Bone, Bone Dust, Burnt Guano, and 

 Grass Seeds of reliable quality. 

 March 26, 1853. tf* 



Patent Giiiii Perclia Pipe, 



FOR PUMPS, AQU'EDCCTS, &e. 



mniS matiu-ial has been in use upwards of five years, and the 

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Refer to Gushing & Mack, Lo'.VcU, J. N. k M. Barr, Nashua, 

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 For sale at wholesale and reuiil by 



CHARLES STODDER, 



De«. 3, 1863. 3mos. 75 Kilby Street. 



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The Protective Hee-lilve. 



I7OR simplicity nf construction, facility of management, cheap- 

 ness, durability and profit, this Hive stands unrivaled. It 

 furnishes complete protection against the encroachments of the 

 Bee-moth. 



" Your Committee are of opinion that it affords the protection 

 claimed by its inventor." — Plyjnouth Co. A^. Report. 



" The Committee consider this tlie best model for a Hive which 

 they have ever noticed." — Bristol Co. Ag-. Report. 



" I regard it as superior to any other with which I am ac- 

 quainted." — J. V. C. Smith, HI. D. 



" I do not sec how it is possible that my Bees should ever be 

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 J. ;r. p. Jenks, A. M. 



Premiums were awarded to this Hive at the Mechanics' Fair in 

 Boston, and at the Plymouth Co. Ag. Fair in 1853. It receives 

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 All communications addressed to 



HENRY EDDY, M. D., North Bridgewater, Mass. 



Jan. 7, 1854. eow3m 



Imported Suffolk Boar, 



BULRUSH. 



The subscriber now offers the services 

 of his Suffolk Boar, Bi'lrush, (to those who 

 wish to improve their Stock.) Bulrush was 

 unported last spring, and is now about one 

 year old. He is rera?.rkably vigorous, and 

 a superior animal. He will be kept for tlie 

 present, at my stable, near the Depot, Concord, Mass. 



JOHN EAYNOLDS. 

 Dec. 17, 1853. tf. 



Wanted, 



ATHOROCOn bred Farmer and Gardener, to take the charg« 

 of a farm situated 15 milcj from the city; one who is wellac 

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 27 Tremont Row. 

 Jan. 21, 1854. 8tV 



