1854. 



NEW ENGLAND PARMER. 



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other fences in order. Against the fence on the 

 W. N. and E., there will be, probably, a row of 

 moss covered currant or gooseberry bushes, or 

 perhaps raspberries. On either side of the front 

 walk, k, are two borders, r, r, for flowers, which 

 in some cases will have a few stunted roses and 

 pinks, and perhaps a few roots of phlox or other 

 perenials. 



The border, p, is filled with some berry fruit, 

 and the whole tilled surface will be more or less 

 qpyered with fruits, vegetables, and most of all, 

 loeeds. 



I do not mean to say that this is the only ar- 

 rangement that would be seen in sucli a place, for 

 many would evince care and neatness, but I doubt 

 not, many of my readers will have recognized 

 the very place I have been describing, before get- 

 ting thus far. So mueli for the unimproved ; the 

 next time, I will describe the same place altered 

 by the hand of care and taste. 



I have selected a square half-acre from the gen- 

 eral habit of cutting up village lands into rectan- 

 gular shapes, and of course my description and 

 strictures apply equally well to other homesteads 

 of any size and shape, which are managed in the 

 same careless and short-sighted manner. 



R. Morris Ookeland. 



EXTRACTS AND REPLIES. 



PRICES OF CROPS IN OHIO. 



Corn is selling at this time and place at 40 cts 



— ^wheat at $1,25 — rye 50 cts. — clover seed, $4,75 



^bushel — oats 25 cts. — timothy seed, $2,00 — flax 



seed, 80 cts. — potatoes 50 cts. — apples, green, 50 



cts. per bushel — hogs, gross, $2,50 per hundred. 



Hiram O. Minich. 



Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio, March 7, 1854. 



ASHES HOLD-FAST IN CATTLE. 



New Subscriber, Derby, Vt. — Tha hold-fast , on 

 cattle, is supposed to be occasioned by the old teeth 

 being retained when the new ones are starting, 

 which causes the new teeth to grow out of the side 

 of the jaw. Make an examination, and see if 

 something is not wrong with the teeth. Bathe 

 the parts externally with arnica water. 



Ashes spread broadcast on grass lands will prove 

 highly Ijcneficial. Apply them to corn around 

 the hill at the first or second hoeing ; scatter them 

 about your apple trees — they are valual^le on any 

 crop. 



now TO APPLV GUANO. 



B. L. Gilford. — For corn, spread 300 pounds to 

 the acre and harrow in, after pulverising and mix- 

 ing with any moist loam ; or, if you use other 

 manure, apply a handfuU of the mixture to the 

 hill before dropping the corn. For grain crops, 

 broadcast and harrow under. For grass, broad- 

 cast, and use in a rainy day, early in April. It 

 is more pleasant to use it when mixed with loam 



perennial rve grass. 

 Jesse Eaton, Meredith Village. — The grass you 

 sent is probably the perennial rye grass, though 

 ■we had not enough of it for examination to feel 

 quite sure about it. 



hemlock for hedges. 



H., ForestviUe, Ct. — "Is hemlock of any value 

 for hedges, either for ornament or for making 

 fence 1 ' ' 



Hemlock makes a higlily ornamental hedge, 

 when well kept and trimmed. We have never 

 known it used as a fence, and doubt whether it 

 would ofl'er a suiBcient resistance against cattle. 

 In transplanting, young and thrifty plants should 

 be used, and their roots, after having been care- 

 fully taken up, should not be exposed for a moment 

 to the sun and wind. From the ground, set them 

 at once into wagons or boxes, and cover the roots 

 witli light earth, or damp straw or hay, where 

 they should remain until the ground is ready to 

 receive them. 



large eggs. 



James A. Barrett, Concord, Ms. — "The two 

 eggs enclosed weigh i of a pound each. These, 

 and one more, weighing three ounces, were laid by 

 one of my Shanghai hens in four days. I have 

 found a number since supposed to have been laid 

 by the same hen, that weighed about three ounces." 



R. W. Ames, Roxbury, Mass., informs us that 

 he succeeded in raising, last year, 5170 grains of 

 good sound corn from a single kernel planted ! 



GUANO. 



J. H. A., Fairhavcn, Mass. — Guano is selling 

 now at $55,00 a ton — $2,75 per hundred pounds. 

 There is no necessity for mixing guano with sand 

 or loam, when you are to sow it broadcast, so far 

 as the crop is concerned ; but it is more comforta- 

 ble sowing it. Apply the manure to your plain 

 lands, by all means, in preference to the guano, 

 if you can obtain an ox-cart load for fifty cents, 

 as you suggest. With manure at that price you 

 can raise any crop you please, within reasonable 

 limits. 



meadow mtjd. 



Dear Farmer : — Please inform me through 

 your next number, the best way of preparing 

 meadow mud for a manure for light upland loam. 



A Subscriber. 



See Monthly Farmer, vol. 5, pages 01, 340, 

 341. Meadow mud that has been dug out and 

 exposed through the winter would Ijo a good fer- 

 tilizer, and one which all crops require. Tlie "way 

 of preparing" is simply to make the whole fine, and 

 mingle intimately by turning the heap over. 



concord grape SWEET POTATO. 



N. 0., Eden, Me. — We shall give a full account 

 of the "Concord Grape " in another column, 

 stating price and where it may be purchased. 

 The sweet •potato is raised in this State and in the 

 southwest part of New Hampshire. The slips 

 may be obtained in the market at Boston, or you 

 may sprout the potato in a liot-bed yourself. The 

 slips should beset about the first of June, same as 

 you transplant cabbage plants. They are very 

 hardy. 



