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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



SALE OF STOCK. 



At the public sale of the stock of Wm. S. King, 

 Esq., at Woodland Farm, near Providence, R. I., 

 May 7, the following- animals were sold at the 

 prices and to the purchasers as follows. We have 

 not the residence of the purchasers generally: — 



BULL. 



Tempest, short horn, to J. Thompson, for $85,00 



cows. 

 Brindle, to M. P. Wilder, Dorchester, for $100,00 

 PinA", seven-eighths Devon, to John Lane for 105,00 

 Daisy, to A. W. Brown, for 50,00 



Brighton, a native, to Wm. Goddard, for 37,50 

 Kate, polled or hornless, to W. A. Ploward, Prov- 

 idence, for $34,00 

 Hose, native, to J. S. Caliot, Salem, for 70,00 

 Jessie, Ayrshire, to B. Balch, for 47,50 

 Flora, short-horn, to J. E. Crane, for 50,00 

 Jessica, Holstein, to S. J. Capen, Dorchester, Mass., 

 for $170,00 

 Pansy, to W. S. Simmons, for 32,50 

 Judy, to W. Whipple, for 35,00 

 Gypsey, to V. Bump, for 50,00 

 Bountiful, to E. Wood, for 70,00 

 Lucy, to Keith, for 30,00 

 Sybil, to G. A. Kenyan, for 35,00 

 Rosette, polled, to J. Dunnell, for 75,00 

 Becky, to M. P. Wilder, for 40,00 



HEIFER-CALVES. 



Atalanta, to John Giles, Providence, for $35,00 



Linnet, to M. P. Wilder, for 17,50 



Die Vernon, to Charles Bradley, for 17,50 



Fanny, to W. A. Howard, for 18,00 



Cora, to S. Amey, for 22,50 



Blanche, to E. Wood, for 25,00 



Flirt, to S. J. Capen, 40,00 



Sward land, with a good crop of grass, ploughed 

 late, is in good condition for corn or potatoes, or 

 almost any other crop, with suitable manuring. 

 By repeated harrowing, so as to produce fine tilth, 

 it is suitable for squashes, cucumbers, melons, 

 pumpkins and cabbages, and they will generally 

 succeed better on rich lands than on old ground, 

 which often abounds in insects. It is also good 

 for buckwheat, and for rutabagas and other turnips; 

 and if the land is a deep loam, and ploughed deep, 

 and well pulverized, it will answer well for beets 

 and carrots. It is also good for fodder corn. 



CARROTS. 



Carrots bear a succession of crops very well; 

 better than most other crops; yet it is not an estab- 

 lished fact that they will bear good crops for a se- 

 ries of years so profitably as they would by a change 

 of scjil, and by being brought into a rotation once in 

 three or fiiur years. 



Generally theie is no advantage in cultivating 

 one crop on the same land for a series of years; 

 fi)r, in order to get good crops, higher manuring 

 will be necessary than in a rotation. As different 

 crops dilFer in their constituent elements, they, of 

 course, draw different elements from the soil. — 

 There is, generally, economy in a rotation of crops, 

 as less manure is required. There are some ex- 

 ceptions. The onion, for instance, not only bears 

 a succession of crops with success, but it is said that 

 it flourishes better on land that has been long under 

 its cultivation. An instance is named of a piece 

 of land in England that has borne good crops of 

 onions for 400 years in succession. 



PLOUGHING UNDER GRASS. 



If greensward be ploughed the latter part of 

 May, or early in June, after the grass has got a 

 good start, and the sod completely inverted, it will 

 decay very rapidly, from the fermentation of the 

 green crop, and very soon become available food to 

 the growing plants. When grass lands are 

 ploughed late in the season, with a good crop of 

 green matter to turn under, the sod will decay 

 sooner than if ploughed in fall, or early in spring. 



One not experienced in this mode of cultivation 

 will be astonished at the rapidity of decomposition 

 in the sod. We ploughed a rather tough grass sod 

 the 20th of June; then spread manure; harrowed 

 thoroughly, and planted potatoes. In only a few 

 weeks they were ready for hoeing, and at this 

 operation, the sod was already decaying and be- 

 coming mellow,. At harvesting it seemed com- 

 pletely decomposed. From the large crop, with 

 only light manuring, it was evident that the sod 

 and grass contributed principally to the production 

 cf a large crop. 



Varieties of Asparagus. — Some have given 

 asparagus very high culture, and christened the 

 product. Giant Asparagus, and other great names, 

 and in this way they have deceived many. We 

 have never known but one variety cultivated here, 

 which is called simply asparagus. It is astonish- 

 ing what high culture and good management will 

 do for a crop; and it is no wonder that those who 

 have never seen it tried should be ready to believe 

 that the result is the effect of a superior variety of 

 vegetable. We should investigate causes, and not 

 judge too rrruch by appearances. 



Lucerne. — We have an inquiry whether Lu- 

 cerne (French clover) will pay for cultivation as 

 far north as nearly forty-five degrees. Thorough 

 experiments have been made with this clover in a 

 milder climate by several degrees, and we have, 

 never known a successful experiment. Lucerne 

 requires as rich a soil, as fine a tilth, and as much 

 sultivation the first year, as a crop of beets or 

 turnips. It is liable to be winter killed, in colder 

 climates than this, and in this latitude it isfreqent- 

 !y thro'.vn out of the ground in winter and spring. 



