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NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



Nov. 



Contents of this Number. 



Calemlar for November 489 



Some Wants wanted by Fanners 491 



It Isn't all in Bringing Up — Sweet Apples 492 



Nutrition in Various Grains 493 



State Farm at Tewksbuiy again 493 



Hog Killing in Cincinnati — About Cranberries 494 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts 495 



Gardens that never fail 495 



On Maturing Plants — ^'alue of Agricultural Papers 497 



Cattle Show at Leominster 498 



Improving Soils by Shade 499 



Expanding the Chest — Another Specimen of Farming 500 



Importation of Guano 501 



" Let Me lu ''^Suburban Aisits 502 



The Curculio — Curiosity Reproved 504 



Average Longevity — Wages 504 



A Trip up the Mississippi 505 



Remarks about raising Hops 506 



Lightning Rods are not Uumbugs... , 506 



Tewksbury and State Aims-House 507 



Monthly Farmer for September. 507 



The Harvest Hymn — High Price of Milk 518 



Extracts and Replies 509 



Rockingham Fair at Exeter 510 



Love's Fairy Ring — The Concord Grape 611 



Extracts and Replies 511 



A Man Killed by Lightning 611 



Guuuo — Legislative Help 512 



American Pomological Society 6l3 



Fig Trees 517 



Great National Cattle Show— The Pumpkin 5iS 



Middlesex County Agricultural Society 519 



State Aims-House at Tewksbury 521 



Middlesex South and Hampden County Fairs 521 



Middlesex Agricultural Society 523 



Hawaiian Agriculture 524 



Bachelors Badly Berated— Buckwheat 526 



Apples, &c., in Sau Francisco 527 



The Horticulturist— How to save Top Onions 527 



Cranberries on Uplands —Phosphate of Lime 528 



The One Acre Farm 529 



Extracts and Replies 531 



Domestic Guano — Why is a Garden Fruitful 533 



Squirrels in the Woods 533 



N. H. State Fair — September Blossoms 534 



The Season and Crops — Apple Tree Borer 534 



Agricultural Societies 535 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Breaking Colts 496 



Tolman's Sweeting 529 



A New Apple 513 



Weather Vane 528 



Oyster Shell Lime. 



1HAVE on hand, and am constantly manufacturing this ar 

 tide for farming purposes. It has also been extensively used 

 duj'ing the last season for laying the walls of cellars, and stone 

 work of a sknilar nature, and is found to answer this purpose 

 equally as well as the best stone lime. After 1st March, the 

 prices will b^ as follows : 



For less than 60 bbls 50c 



Or over 50 bbls 40c 



In Bulk — a large car load containing 80 bbls 30o 



A small car load containing 40 bbls 35c ^ bW. 



delivered at either depot in Boston or Charlestown. 

 The subscriber has also for sale Muriate of Lime, in bbls. 



JAMES GOULD, 

 Feb. 18, 1854. tf 70 State Street 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 



The proprietors offer fjr gale an extensive assort 

 mcnt of fruit and ornamental trees, comprising all 

 the ehoice standard varieties, for the Garden or 

 Orchard; also Currants, Gooseberries, Grape Vines 

 kc. 1000 Buckthorn and Arbor A'itae for Hedges 

 S. & G. HYDE. 

 Newb^n Corner, March 18, 1854. w*tf 



SILAS B. WILDE, 



BOOK, JOB AND CARD PRINTER, 

 Exchange Street, Concord, Mass. 



JTlTERY description of Book, Job, Card and Fancy Printing, 

 J executed in a neat and expeditious manner. Marriage and 

 Address Cards neatly engraved and printed. Also, on hand 

 and for sale. Wedding Envelopes and Cake Boxes. 

 Sept. 23, 1854. Sm 



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Farm for Sale. 



The subscriber offers for sale his Farm, con- 

 taining one hundred and twenty-three acres of 

 good land, a good one-story house, two good barns, 

 and over one hundred feet of sheds attached to the 

 barns. The Farm is well wooded and watered, 

 and well adapted for a dairy, and is mostly fenced with stone 

 wall. Also, a good sugar orchard, sugar house and fixtures, in 

 good repair. For further particulars, inquire of the subscriber, 

 on the premises. Said Farm is situated in Shrewsbury, Matland 

 County, Vermont, one mile east of the centre, 2i from uuttiugs- 

 ville depot. 



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 day of November next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., it will then be of- 

 fered at public vendue. II. T. CLARK. 

 Shrewsbury, Rutland Co., Tt., Oct. 21, 1854. 3w^ 



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, 

 ood 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 Orange 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 



SuiTolk Pis:s. 



On hand few pairs fine ones. Also for use 

 the best boar of same breed in this country. 



This is the finest specimen of any animal 

 I have ever owned ; should be pleased to 

 show him. GEO. W. WILSON. 



Maiden, April 22, 1854. ■ 6m 



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