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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Mat 



are much benefited hy feeding them in the same 

 ■way, l)efore green corn comes. A second crop 

 may be Bown in the same rows where the first are 

 pulled. 



An acre sowed as early as possible for a sum- 

 mer supply as above, and the last for winter, 

 pulled by the 2.5th of July in time to sow witli 

 turniis and bronuis, Avill be one of the most pro- 

 fitable acres of the farm ; giving two root crops 

 in one season, and one early cut of l)romu8 lor 

 green feed, the following June; or for hay or for 

 seed, the bromus having a sprinkling of urine 

 and water, after mowing, will give three cuts in 

 the summer. As ever, yours truly, 



Lancaster, March 14. Benjamin Wili^vrd. 



For the New Enslnnd Farmer. 



SUCCESSFUL BUTTEE-MAKING. 



^Ir. Brown : — I scml you answers returned, to 

 the queries on dairy management contained in my 

 note to Mr. Rogers, published in your paper of 

 the last month. 



1st. "The measure used was beer measure.''^ 

 ^2d. "The/ec</ at the time consisted of a peck of 

 darrots to each cow, morning and evening, with 

 Bufficient good English and salt hay, and nothing 

 else.'''' 



3d. "The milk was set for one locck, churning 

 every Friday." 



4th. "The pansused were^of tin — G in number — 

 15^ inches in diameter, into each of which was 

 put one gallon of milk." 



5th. "Crowell's patent churn, No. 2, was used." 

 Gth. "Care was taken to prevent the milk freez- 

 ing, when in the pans." 



These are small items, but as the business of 

 life is made up of items of this character, I thought 

 they might be interesting to those who regard the 

 ex])i'riment as worthy of notice. Especially at 

 this time, when the State Society have wisely de- 

 termined to apply tlicir means so lil)erally, to the 

 encouragement of dairy management. 1 know 

 not anything they could have done better. It is 

 most creditable to tlie gentlemen who f)roposed it, 

 and equally so to those wlio so promptly adopted 

 it. If each claimant sliall be requij-ed to_ return 

 distinct answers, to sush pertinent inquiries as 

 should l)e appended to the offers of premiums, a 

 mass of information will l>e elicited, of value far 

 greater than the amount offered. I feel confident, 

 wben the time comes, lor tlie dairymaids of Essex, 

 to put in tlieir claims, there will be many claim- 

 ants. Our farmers are not fond of driving their 

 good cows, many mih'S to a show ; but their wives 

 and daugliters are pleased" with an ojqiortunity to 

 Bhow wliat tliey have done at liome. In this way 

 alone, may it lie determined, what may be expect- 

 ed of good stock, througli the 8ea."!on. If thcState 

 Society will continue to co-operate witli County 

 Societies, where most needed ; and we shall n(jt so 

 subdivide these County Societies, as to weaken 

 their influence ; it seems to me, our organization 

 for improvement, will be is complete, as circuni- 

 Btances admit. It will not be long before some 

 ■ystem of instructing the farmer shall ]>o devel- 

 oped, wortliy of Massachusetts. 



Very truly yours. J. W. Proctor. 



Danvers, March 13, 1854. 



For the iVeiv Ensland Farmer. 



ONIONS AND CARROTS. 



Mr. Brown: — Dear Sir, — will you be so kind 

 <V8 to inform nie how onions and carrots are raised 

 togetlier, on tlie same gi-ound — when each is to be 

 sown — in what manner — on what kind of soil, and 

 how many seed to the acre? (a.) Unions and car- 

 rots are raised extensively in Bristol, from wheace 

 we get our supply. 



I have land lying on the river which produces 

 grass much better than our comuitm meadow, but 

 the quantity somewhat less from year to year, i 

 am satisfied the land ought to be plowed and man- 

 ured ; and I should l^e very glad if you would tell 

 me what course to pursue. I do not want to plant 

 it, as it is overflowed when freshets occuy ; and as 

 these oftener occur in winter than sjummer, would 

 not spring be the best time for plowing and seed- 

 ing ?(A.) Would ashes, leached or unleached, alone 

 do for manure! The land is firm, and may be 

 plowed at any season after the frost is out. 



If ashes will do for this land, how many per 

 acre? A Subscriu-er. 



Taunton, 1854. 



Remarks. — («.) We have seen onions and car- 

 rots cultivated together, but do not think it the 

 Ixist way to cultivate either crop. 



(6.) Perhaps the best way would be to seed 

 down your land in spring upon a crop of barley ; 

 this does not choke the young grass plants as oats 

 will. But if you lay it down early in August, we 

 do not think it would injure the grass even if it 

 were flooded a few weeks in winter. 



FACTS IN HUMAN LIFE. 



The numlier of languages spoken in the world 

 amounts to 8061 — 587 in Europe, 89G in Asia, 

 27G in Africa, and 1264 in America. The inhab- 

 itants of the globe profess more than 1000 diffcu-cnt 

 religions. The number of men is about equal to 

 the number of women. The average of human 

 life is about 28 years. One-quarter die previous 

 to the age of seven years ; one-half before reaching 

 17 ; and those who pass this age enjoy a facility 

 refused to one-half the human species. To every 

 1000 persons only one reaches 100 years of life ; 

 to every 100 only 6 reach the age of G5 ; and not 

 more than one in 500 lives to eighty years of age. 

 Tiierc are on earth 1,000,000,000 iniiabitants ; and 

 of these 333,833,333 die every year ; 91,334 every 

 day ; 3780 QMiry hour, and GO every minute, or 1 

 every s<!Cond. These losses are about balanced by 

 an equal number of births. The manued are 

 longer lived than the single, and above all those 

 who ol>serve a solier and industrious ccmduct. Tall 

 men live longer than short on(!S. Women have 

 more chances of life in tluariavor, previous to lac- 

 ing fifty years of age, than men have, l)ut fewer 

 afterwards. The number of marriages is in pro- 

 portion of 75 to every 1000 individuals. Marriages 

 are more frequent after the equinoxes ; that is 

 during the months of J une and December. Those 

 born in the spring are generally more robust than 

 others. Births and deaths are more frequent by 

 night than hy day. The number of men capable 

 of bearing arms is calculated at one-fourth of the 

 pojailation. — English Quarterly. 



