344 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



CONTE.^TTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



C:ilcn(l:ir for Jul v 297 



The Cbiia and the Flower— Butter 298 



Cheap Kxperiment in Decoinposnig Bones — Ilocing 299 



Habits of Insects 300 



Hay iiiid Ilay-Makuig 301 



Monthly Farnu-r for June 302 



Scraping and Washing Trees — Meadow Mud and Lime 303 



"A Hi.rse's Foot" — Again — Cork 004 



I'rotecting Ptach Trees 305 



Advantages of Living on Poor Land^ 300 



Weeds in Door Yards 306 



Book Fanning a Swamp — Shall I be a Farmer ? 307 



Wash for Fruit Trees 307 



Oi:t-Doors at Idlewild 308 



Chimes for the Time — Forest Trees for Timber 309 



Effects of Clothing on the Human Skin 309 



Introduction of Domestic Animals — Farmer's Garden 310 



Farming — The Modern Horse Doctor 311 



The Mulberry and Silk Worm 311 



Double Plows— Hay Over the Cattle 312 



Indian Mode of Storing their Winter Supply 312 



Slimy Slug — Ornamental Trees 314 



Winter Wheat— The Curculio 315 



Ellen Jones 316 



The Poor Man's iMay — Singular Case of Instinct in a Horse.. 319 



Democracy of Science 319 



Extracts and Ileplicg 320 



Prospects of the Season 321 



Application of Lime and Ashes 322 



The Voice of the Grass 323 



The Army of Worms — A Horse's Foot 324 



Honey Bees — A New llemedy for the Curculio 325 



Salt Your Stock 325 



New Plants — Protection for Fruit Trees in Winter 326 



Post for Fences 327 



What Time Shall we Cut Timber ? — Quack Medicines 328 



Extracts and lleplics. . . . i 329 



Slate of Vegetation at the Close of May 330 



Autumnal Marrow Scjuash 330 



Summer Feed for Cows and Pigs 331 



The Kffect of Oxygen in Accelerating Germination UJ31 



What a Garden Should Be 332 



Rearing Silk Worms , 332 



Production of Buds and Seeds 333 



What a Whole Crop Carries Off 333 



Caterpillars — The Farmer's Home 335 



Winter in Mississippi 336 



The Beurre Bosc Pear — Cost of Manure 337 



Influence of Machinery on Civilization — Silk Culture 338 



South Down Sheep — Well-Digging 339 



Canker Worme 340 



High Prices — Emigration — Sugar 341 



Errors in Bread-Making — Lady's Department 342 



To Crystalize Flowers 343 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Churning 305 



French Merino Buck, "Old Tiger" 321 



The Andrews Pear , 337 



The Post Auger 337 



EDWARD HARRISON-S 



PATENT IKRIST MILL 



Received the highest premium at theWork^^ 

 Fair; and more than two hundred and fifty of 

 them Lave been sold within two years. The 

 stones are French Burr ; the frames and hoppers, 

 cast iron; and the spindles, cast steel. Tliey 

 will work both for flouring and on all kinds of 

 kj, grain, and will keep in repair longer than any 

 ^ other mill. Having just completed my new 

 buildings, for miinufacturing and running them, I am now pre- 

 pared lo supply all orders for all the sizes, from twenty inches to 

 four fee*, diameter, including a superior farm and plantation mill, 

 which will grind com in the best manner, by horse power, or 

 even by hand. Pu\)lic attention is invited to this small mill in 

 particular. Descriptive circulars, with cuts, sent to post-paid 

 applications. EDWARD HARRISON, 



Sole manufacturer, and propricter of the Patent. 



New Haven, Ct 

 April 29, 1854. 6m^ 



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Super-Phosphate of Lime. 



THIS celebrated Fertilizer, where it has been fairly tested the 

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 to the best Peruvian Guano in its immediate eff(x;t, and much 

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Agent for the manufacturer, 5 Commercial, corner of Chatham 

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Feb. 18, 1854. if* 



Premium Swine. 



a.'f^''^?'*^^ "■■'■■"'■'^^ 



Suffolks from Morton's Piggery, have taken 

 the highest premiums, as may be seen by 

 the published transactions of tlie Massa- 

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 JAMES MORTON, West Needham. or 

 G. H. P. FLAGG, Boston, Mass. 

 June 10, 1853. 4wV>' 



Farm for Sale, 



in? Opposite Brattle St. Church, 

 Nov. I 



BOSTON 



Situated in HOLLISTON, one mile from the de- 

 pot, on the Milford Branch Railroad, and centre 

 of the town ; on the main road from lioUiston to 

 Hopkinton, and near a school. Said farm contains 

 eleven acres of excellent land, and is well supplied 

 with Apple, Pear, Peach, Cherry and Plum trees, in bearing 

 order; also Currants, &c. Two excellent wells of water. The 

 buildings consi.st of a good two-story House, 29.x40 with a n L, 

 wood-house. Shoe-maker's shop and a barn 34x41 and cellar un- 

 der the same, in good repair. 



For particulars iaquiro of ADDISON WARFIELD, on the 

 premises. 

 July 1, 1654. 



