1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMEK. 



J89 



APPLE I'OilACE. 



In the road opposite; my field is a large deposit 

 of pomace lying near a brook that empties into 

 my land. VV^ill yuii inform me, whether a wash 

 containing so much arid as is likely to come from 

 that deposit, (probably twenty loads.) does not, 

 directly or indirectly, injure my land! 



Elliot, Me., 1854. Subscriber. 



Remarks. — We should not suppose that what 

 would gradually flow away from such a heap of 

 pomace, and into a brook, would do any harm to 

 the land. But why keep it there? Cows and 

 swine will eat a small portion of it, if fed to them 

 in small parccds, and as it is believed to be rich 

 in mineral matter, would be valuable to them, 

 ilingled with fi'esh horse dung or ashes, it would 

 hi converted into good manure. Why would it 

 not be beneficial to the orchard whence the ap- 

 ples were taken, by being spread thinly over the 

 ground ? 



RED ANTS. 



We cannot tell "W. B.," of Quechee, Vt., 

 what will destroy the red ants of Avhich he com 

 plains. The books inquired for may be found at 

 most of the book-stores in Boston. 



FOOD FOR HENS. 



Will you state through the Farmer, what, in 

 your opinion, is the best food for hens at this sea- 

 son, to enable them to lay, and oblige yours, 



Woburn, June, 1854. a. m. 



Remarks. — liens always need a van'cjfy of food in 

 order to make them lay freely. If they are confined 

 at this season of the year, they will require plenty 

 of water, shade, pure air, comfortable places for 

 roosting and laying, corn always before them, 

 plenty of old lime, mortar or pounded oyster 

 shells, together with a little flesh, scraps, fresh 

 fish and tender grass. 



PROFITS OF SHEEP. 



Having seen in the N. E. Farmer, of April, 

 1854, an account of the profits of sheep in Maine, 

 and having some w'nch are considered pretty 

 good, I send you the income of eight which I wiu- 

 t-orcd in 1853. Lambs, twenty-seven dollai's ; 

 wool nineteen dollars — whole amount forty-six 

 dollars ; for each sheep five dollars, seventy-five 

 cents. 



Will you inform mo whether, in applying ashes 

 to corn, it would he equally beneficial to mi.x 

 with manure and put it in the hill, as to apply 

 at the roots on tlie surface? 



Ludlow, June, 1854. a. s. 



Remarks. — We think it better to apply the 

 ashes at the firbt hoeing and cover it. 



15UTTER. 



Mu. Bkown : — Will you or some of your read- 

 ers please inform me through the Farmer, wheth- 

 er htmip butter p;u;ked in brine, will keep as well, 

 and come out witli as good complexion as when 

 put down in Iwhs solid, as is usually done? Also, 

 whether the price will ba as much, more, or less 

 than tub butter, in market! 



Randolph, F/.,1854. n. 



GARDEN WALKS. 



Will you or some of your correspondents in- 

 form m_e whether coal tar will answer to cover 

 garden walks? I have seen it used in England, 

 where it proved well, ))ut I do not know how t' 

 use it, and wish to be informed. 



M. HUTCUINSON. 



Griggsvillc, Pike Co., Illinois. 



For the JVew England Farmer. 



TIME FOU CUTTING GRAIN. 



Mr. Brown : — Dear Sir, — I send you the fol- 

 lowing extract from Stevens's book of tlie farm, as 

 it is very pertinent to your last week's editorial'; 

 and let me here say that common honesty de- 

 mands thatevery one extracting matter from books,, 

 ought in their use of them to give credit for the 

 source of their information. On farming, garden- 

 ing, &c., there are a few standard books, and ! 

 never see an agricultural paper tliat I do not find 

 matter put forth with no credit given to anybody 

 that I can turn to some book and find in almost 

 the very words of the writer in the paper. Books 

 are common property, but it is no more than 

 common justice to an author to give him credit 

 for his matter. I would, were it not for the in- 

 vidiousness of the job, analyze many of these arti- 

 cles, and give justice to whom justice is due. 



The following experiments were made in Eng- 

 land, by Mr. John Ilannam, North Deighton, 

 Yorkshire, and of course are equally valuable to 

 us, and even more so to us than to English farm- 

 ers ; owing to the heat of our summers, grain 

 ripens much more rapidly, and gains much, more 

 per diem, than in England, and needs earlier com- 

 parative attention. 



No. 1, reaped quite g;recn, 12lh August, .ind stacked Lha 26. U. 

 gave a return of £11 17s per acre, (about §53,08.) 



No. 2, reaped green, 19th August, and stacked the Slst, re- 

 turned £13 6s, (about $66,44.) 



No. 3, reaped raw on the 26th August, and stacked 9th Srr- 

 tember, returned £14 17s id, (about $74,12i.) 



No. 5, reaped ripe on the 9th September, and stacked the 16lh, 

 returned £iy lis Hd, (about $67,76.) 

 A loss of £1 14s Sd ($S,50) on No. 1, compared with No. 5. 



" " 5s 8(i($l,37) on No. 2, " " 



A gain of £1 6s 4-:/ ($6,50) on No. 3, " '• 



" " £1 5s $d (S6,27) on No. 4, " " 



" " £0 Is Od (15,24) on No. 6, •' No. 1. 



Wheat reaped a fortnight before it is ripe gives an adv.uitarje 

 on every point: — 

 In weiglit of gross produce of 13 1-5 per cent. 

 In weight of equal measures i per cent. 

 In weight of equal number of grains of 21 per cent. 

 In quality and value above of 3i per cent. 

 In weight of straw above of 5 per cent. 



Other chances are, straw of a better qualitv, a 

 better chance of securing the crop, and a saving 

 in securing it, no loss by grain tilting out of the 

 head. Respectfully, 



R. Morris Copel.\\d. 



Ij'jxington, July, 1854. 



On TiiH FEEinNG of Animals. — We have spok- 

 en in high terms o[ Johnslon\^ Ehincruts of Agri- 

 cultural Chemistry, and have copied pretty freely 

 from its pages, on several subjects. We propose 

 now to give a chapter or two on the important 

 topic of Feeding Anifnals, wliich we are sure our 

 readers will find written in a clear and succinct 

 style, and with with such common, practiciil 

 good sense, as to commend the subject to the 



