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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Nov. 



Also, what you consider the choicest variety of 

 Climbing Rose, and at what price I can procure 

 a stock of the same suitable to transplant. By 

 the choicest variety, I mean a high climber, and 

 one whose flowers surpass all others in fulness of 

 leaf, beauty and brilliancy of color? {b.) 



What can I do with a little stony patch of 

 land I have, covered with the plant known only 

 to me as the indestructible "House-leek." Not 

 a fig do I care for the stony patch, but they so 

 disfigure my premises, and trouble my vision, I 

 would they were away, (c.) 



Respectfully, 



Leverett, Mass., Sept. 26, 1854. s. w. b. 



Remarks. — {a.) The price of such plum trees 

 as you want may range from 50 cents to $1. 



(h.) There are a hundred varieties of climbing 

 roses, at least. The one which we should select, 

 might appear indifferent to you. There is a lai-ge 

 variety of the Prairie climbers ; also of the Multi- 

 Sora, Hybrid, Evergreen, Boursault, and Ayr- 

 shire. The few kinds common about our dwell- 

 ings, (and these perhaps are as good as any,) are, 

 among the Prairies, the Baltimore Belle, and 

 Queen of the Prairies ; among the Multifloras, 

 the, Alba, or White, and the Fragrans ; and in the 

 Boursault, the Red, which is half double, and an- 

 other which is red and white. But to answer 

 your question more directly, if you desire but one, 

 take the Jlichigan, or as it is called, the Queen of 

 the Prairie. This rose is remarkable for its per- 

 fectly hardy growth, flourishing equally as well 

 in Canada at the North, and in Texas at the 

 South. It grows with great rapidity, exceeding 

 all other roses of this family, covering an entire 

 arbor in a short space of time. It blooms, also, 

 after most other summer roses are gone, its flowers 

 occurring in large clusters of difierent shades. 



(c.) Cover your gravelly patch with meadow 

 mud and manure, and plow in — then in the 

 spring sow clover or buckwheat, and when in 

 bloom plow that in. Repeat this operation two 

 or three times, then plow deep, manure highly, 

 and lay down to grass. In two or three years 

 you will get a lawn, by mowing frequently, 

 which is more ornamental than any other one 

 thing about the house. 



SCURVY PIGS. 



5Ir. Editor : — As you are so liberal in answer- 

 ing the inquiries of the inexperienced, I should be 

 glad to be informed through the columns of your 

 paper, of some way to remove scurvy from pigs 

 badly diseased in that way. 



An Inexperienced Farmer. 



Wayland, Sept. 30. 



Remarks. — Wash them clean, and rub slightly 

 with buttermilk or grease; give them a dry bed, 

 always in a warm place, and plenty of wholesome 

 food. We never saw a pig yet so incorrigible 

 as to withstand this treatment, and keep scurvy 

 lonx. 



HOW SHALL I START FOREST TREES? 



Mr. Editor : — I have a piece of old, clean 

 ground, that I think would grow pine timber 

 well if I could get it started from the seed. Will 

 you or some of your correspondents who may 

 know, inform me through your paper how to 

 proceed in procuring the seed, planting, and after 

 management, and oblige c. w. 



Johnson, Vt., 1854. 



Remarks. — Some of the experienced will please 

 reply. 



SOWING CLOVER SEED. 



Friend Brown : — I wish to inquire through the 

 Farmer, respecting sowing clover seed. I have 

 seeded eight acres of good land with herds grass, 

 sowing in September ; now can I sow clover early 

 in the spring upon this seeding with advantage 

 to the first crop of hay ? 



Fall seeding is a "book notion" in this commu- 

 nity. Any information upon the subject will 

 oblige others as well as myself. 



Brandon, Vt.,lii54:. E. M. Smith. 



Remarks. — Sow five or six pounds of clover seed 

 to the acre on the snow late in March. You can 

 sec the seed on the snow, and will be able to sow 

 it quite even. 



warts on CATTLE. 



Mr. Editor : — I should be glad to receive as 

 soon as convenient, an answer to these two inqui- 

 ries which I wish to make in your columns. 



1. What is the cause of warts on cattle? 



2. What is the remedy ? 



I have two beautiful heifers whose milk veins 

 are entirely covered with what I suppose to be 

 warts, and the same have made their appearance 

 nearly all over the surface of the belly, and also 

 upon the udder. A part of them might be re- 

 moved with a knife, but a larger part of them 

 cover much surface while they project but slight- 

 A few years ago, these same kind of warts so 

 troubled one of my heifers that 1 was obliged to 

 kill her, and if you can give a cause and a cure 

 ior this disease you will do a great favor to your 

 reader. e. p. b. 



Dedham, Oct., 1854. 



Remarks. — The cause of warts on cattle is not 

 clearly known — perhaps it is the want of proper 

 action in the skin. The knife should not be used, 

 only to pare them slightly before applying the 

 cautery. A pencil of the nitrate of silver touched 

 to them daily, for several days, will often disperse 

 them. We have found homoeopathic treatment 

 highly successful with horses and cattle. For dry 

 warts give dulcamara, and in some cases sulphur ; 

 for ulcerated warts, arsenicum. 



A REMEDY FOR MAGGOTS IN ONIONS. 



When the onions are first afiected, sprinkle 

 them with ley made of ashes ; about half as 

 strong as is commonly used for soap. It has been 

 found very efiectual. 



Origin of the Potato. — So far as is known, 

 the root is indigenous to this country, whence it 



