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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



Contents of this Number. 



Calendar for Ootninr 441 



Guano — A Hint to Fanners 442 



Vermont State Agricultui-al Snciety 443 



Lightninfr Kmis — Agiicultuie anil the Professions 444 



Why is till.' Farmtr Discontented ? .445 



ASFarmer's 'Wife I'll Be— Facts for Buildera 446 



Make your Girls Independent 447 



The Locust Tree Borer — A Seed Farmer 448 



Sowing Grass Seed in the Fall 449 



Henry Ward Beecher on Trees 450 



Farm of Harvey Dodge, Esq.— Instruction in Agriculture. ..451 



Verses for the Year 1900 , .452 



Fall and Spring Transplanting — Runaway Pond 452 



Oswego — Its Mills and Business — Carrying Fruit to Market. .453 



Manuring Fruit Trees — Protection from Lightning 454 



State Almshouse at Tewksbury, Mass 455 



Honor to the Farmer's Wife. .' 456 



The Cetonia Inda 457 



About Apple Trees 458 



Iffects of the Drought 459 



A Bear Story 460 



Sow the Winter Mheat 461 



Which III tie Happiest Man ? 462 



Hay Cuucrs — How to save Children's Fingers 462 



The Price of Wheat— Grape Wine— Drought 463 



A Good Garden 463 



Hominy — Playfulness of Animals 464 



Tomato Figs 465 



Song of the Farmer — Extracts and Replies 466 



Is Farming Profitable? — Extensive Corn Field 467 



Wages 468 



Orne's Early Apple— English Wheat Plum 469 



The Moquis 47O 



Marrow Squash .'47I 



City Mechanics and Country Farmers — No. 3 471 



English Vegetables and Meats 473 



State Almshouse at Tewksbury — Application of Manure 474 



The Tseful and the Beautiful 475 



Bless God for Rain — Another Specimen of Farming 476 



Tanning 477 



Agriculture in Nova Scotia — Acknowledgments 478 



Extracts and Replies 479 



Givmg Credit— The Yew Tree 480 



Lightning Hods 48I 



Chapter on Husbandry — No. 3 482 



Sowing Yellow Locust Sted , 482 



Hints to Young Men— The Fitchburg Cattle Show.' ........ .'483 



Levee of the American P.imological Society 484 



Apples for Cows — the Indian Cetonia 485 



Strictures on Prof. Mapes' Culture of Carrots 485 



Agricultural Gleanings 4S6 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Brown's Improved Patent Grist Mill 449 



South Down Sheep 465 



Chapin's Portable Cider Mill 480 



Nichols' Patent Corn and Cob Crusher and Pulverizer 481 



Simple and Cheap Stump-Puller 485 



Trees. 



A large lut of extra sized Apple trees, eompris 

 ing 40 or 50 of the best varieties, and in excellent 

 order for setting in Orchards, are now for sale low 

 at the Nursery of the subscriber. 



Also, a lot of Plum trees, Cherry trees, &c. 



JAS. S. DRAPER 

 Wayland, April 15, 1854. tf 



Fruit ancl Ornamental Trees. 



The proprietors offer for sale an extensive assort 

 ment of fruit and ornamental trees, comprising all 

 the ehoice standard varieties, for the Garden or 

 Orchard ; also Currants, Gooseberries, Grape Vines 

 &c. 1000 Buckthorn and Arbor Vit;E for Hedges. 

 S. & G. HYDE. 

 Newton Corner, March 18, 1854. w*tf 



For Sale. 



The subscriber offers; his farm for sale, on which 

 he now lives, and will give immediate possession 

 The farm consists of 75 acres of good land, a one- 

 story House, Shop, Barn, Sheds, &c., mostly new, 

 with first rate, never failing water in the house, 

 also a goijd wood-lot near by, a superior garden with a variety 

 of fruit trees. This farm is situated in WARWICK, Mass., 2^ 

 miles from the Centre, i mile from school, 1 mile from Grist and 

 Saw Mill, and 6 miles from South Oiange depot. 



Any one wanting a pleasant, healthy farm, can have a more 

 particular description by dropping a line to the subscriber. 



JOSHUA T. SANGER. 

 Aug, 26, 1854. tf 



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Superior Imported Stock. 



The subscriber offeis for a limited period, 

 to allow the use of the following unrivalled 

 stock of cattle, to all persons wishing to 

 improve their farm stock, wAo will agree 

 to rear the young. 

 Full Blood Alderney Bull "Major Jack 

 Downing," Full Blood Ayrshire Bull, "Washington," First Pre- 

 mium Mackay Boar, "Webster." 



W. G. LEWIS, 

 Lawn Farm, Framingham. 

 July 8, 1854. tf 



Fertilizers. 



BEST PERUVIAN GUANO. 

 Super-Phosphate of Lime. — "DeBurg's No. 1." 

 Poudrette, of the best quality. 

 Ground Plaster, suitable for agricultural purposes. 

 Ground Bone, IJone Dust and Burnt Bone. 

 Also, Grass Seeds ef reliable quality at the lowest market priee. 

 GF;0. DAVENPORT, 

 5 Commercial, corner of Chatham Street, Boston. 

 Feb. 18, 1854. tf* 



Ground Plaster, 



t;0R SALE, at White's Mills, HAVERHILL, Mass. Apply to 

 r JAMES D. WHITE. 



Every Farmer who desires to renovate poor pastures, improve 

 his mowing, increase and improve his crops of corn and pota- 

 toes, should give this article a full trial; it is a great addition to 

 any compost heap. 



Fine clover usually follows the sowing of plaster. 



Jan. 28. 1854. tf. 



Sutfolk Swine. 



The subscriber offers to the Farmers in 

 Concord, and to all others who wish to im- 

 prove their stock, the services of his justly 

 celebrated full blood imported Suffolk boar, 

 BULRUSH. 



s-tiS^^^"!^?^ -^ Said boar was imported from England by 

 he '■ubscnber last season, is now 20 months old, and is remar- 

 kably hardy and vigorous, and his stock has proved to be vtry 

 superior. JOHN RAYNOLDS. 



Concord, Mass., Aug. 19. tf 



