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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 



raise this vegetable, that the two reasons for rais- 

 ing the TOP-OMONs are, first, that they almost 

 always escape maggots, and they should bo set 

 out early. Tlieii the onion gets a start of all the 

 ■weeds, and of the maggot-fly, and arc a sure crop. 

 1 have raised them over twenty years, and have 

 never failed. — Cor. of (he Middlebury {Vt.) Reg. 



of Mr. Secretary Flint, this business is carried on 

 extensively. I know of no one who has succeed- 

 ed so well, for several years in succession, in the 

 County of Essex, as Mr. E. Needham of Dan- 

 vers. p. 



October 9lh, 1854. 



WEATHER VANE. 



The VTeatlier Vane placed on the carriage- 

 house or barn, not only indicates the direction of 

 the wind, but is really ornamental. They are 

 sometimes in the form of a horse, an ox, a fish or 

 an arrow, and may lie procured at prices varying 

 from two or three dollars to twenty-five. 



Foi- the XcwJ^ngland Farmer. 



CRANBERRIES ON UPLANDS. 



I was passing by Mr. Ncedham's cranberry 

 patch, this afternoon, and inquired the result of his 

 culture the present season. lie informed me that 

 he has gathered 83 bushels on one hundred rods 

 of land, all of which had sold readily at three 

 dollars or more per bushel. In consequence of 

 the drought the berries were not so largo as they 

 otherwise would have been. He thinks several 

 bushels more can be gathered ; and has no doubt, 

 with a fii'iv season for moisture, the crop would 

 have equalled a bushel to a square rod. His vines 

 appear to be in fine condition, and he is satisfied 

 to continfie and extend the culture of the cran- 

 berry. On the Capo, it appears by the statements 



PHOSPHATE OF LIME. 



This substance, commonly called bone-earth, 

 because a constituent of the inorganic substance 

 of animals, is now receiving a large share of at- 

 tention from Agriculturists, as affording the 

 cheipest and best fertilizing agent for plants — 

 particularly the grains, beans, peas, and lintils. 

 Within a few years it has become an article of 

 commerce, under the name of Guano, the excre- 

 ment of innumerable flocks of birds ; and more re- 

 cently, by the name Super-Phosphate of Lime, be- 

 ing either a pure phosphate of lime, or an admix- 

 ture of this substance with other agents, as ex- 

 perience has proved necessary. A soil, totally 

 deficient in lime, would not produce these plants 

 above-mentioned; and consequently we find the 

 lime is as indispensable to the life of many plants, 

 as common salt is for that of animals. Phos- 

 phate of Lime (Phosphoric acid and lime) is now 

 being manufactured on a large scale in New Jer- 

 sey, under the supervision of Prof. Mapes, and is 

 put up in various quantities for the market ; and, 

 as we learn by an advertisement in the Worlung 

 Farmer, is aflbrded at the rate of $50 for the ton 

 of 2000 lbs., being much less than the price at 

 which it can be manufactured by individuals for 

 their use. 



Prof. Mapes says in the September number: — 

 "We have applied it to one field, on which are 

 planted 60,000 cabbages, all of which are in a 

 most flourishing condition, and fully equal those 

 raised in the richest and oldest soil. This field 

 was plowed in June, being the first time for many 

 years. It was an old pasture, overrun with weeds 

 and foul grasses and entirely out of heart. We 

 applied 250 lbs. broadcast per acre of the Im- 

 proved Super-phosphate of Lime, and after put- 

 ting out the plants, at the first hoeing gave 250 

 lbs. more, making in all 500 lbs. at the cost of 

 $12,50 per acre, and we state confidently that 

 this will give twelve thousand merchantable cab- 

 bages per acre. 



Those who have used the manure on grass, 

 wheat, corn, &c., are more than delighted with 

 its eflects, while for turnips the results are still 

 more wonderful. It hvirries their growth so rap- 

 idly, as to force them bej-ond the fly and ensure 

 their perfection at an early date." — Farmer and 

 Mechanic. 



Agricultural Implemkxts. — ^IVe notice that 

 the committee on Agricultural Implements, in 

 the Norfolk County Society, awarded for the best 

 and largest assortment of Agricultural imple- 

 ments, to Henry Partridge, Jr., of Medfield, $15. 

 For the best specimen of Agricultural Implements, 

 manufactured in the county, to the same, Ist'pre- 

 mium of $6. 



m^ Nothing begets confidence sooner than 

 punctuality. Nothing so well becomes true fem- 

 inine beauty as simplicity. 



