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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



I have ^een ice, half an inch thick, at two o'clock 

 in the afternoon. This keeps the sheep in rather 

 low condition in winter, but the length of staple 

 of the wool is considerably inci-eased thereby. As 

 to tlie quality of the wool, the best proof is that 

 •Sovereignty" wools have realized as much as Is. 

 3 l-2d. in the London market. Upwards o? fifteen 

 hundred bales have been exported from the last 

 clip, and taking each bale to be worth only £10, 

 this will give a total of £15,000. No better proof 

 can be required of the suitability of the country for 

 sheep-farming. 



SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME. 



Our space, this month, is not sufficient to admit 

 of publising the numerous letters we have received 

 from those who have used the Improved Super- 

 phosphate of Lime. In all cases where it was 

 used preceding the spring rains, its results have 

 been truly wonderful. On later crops since the 

 rains of July, its effects are equally great. We 

 have applied it to one field, on which are planted 

 60,000 cabbages, all of which are in a most flour 

 isuing condition, and fully equal those raised in 

 the richest and oldest soil. Tliis field was plowed 

 in June, being the first time for many years. It 

 was an old pasture, over-run with weeds and foul 

 grasses and entirely out of heart. We applied 

 250 lbs. broadcast per acre of the Improved Super- 

 phosphate of Lime, and after putting out the 

 plants at the first hoeing gave 250 lbs. more, 

 making in all 500 lbs., at a cost of $12,50 per acre, 

 and we state confidently tliat this will give twelve 

 thousand merchantable cabbages per acre. 



Those who have used the new manure on grass, 

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

 effects, while for turnips the results are still more 

 wonderful. It hurries their growth so rapidly, as 

 to force them beyond the fly and ensure their 

 perfection at an early date. — Working Farmer. 



New Haven, August 24eh, 1852. 



Prof. J. J. Mapes : — Dear Sir — Allow me here 

 to add one tribute of notice to the many you are 

 doubtless receiving in behalf of that valuable manu- 

 facture with which you have to do, and which 

 cannot fail to prove a valuable acquisition to the 

 agricultural interests of our coimtry. 



As you well know, I desired you to send me one 

 h ilf ton of the Improved Super-phosphate of Lime 

 which was duly received, and applied to the various 

 crops connected with horticultural operations. 

 Having had an analysis of the soil, I was well 

 aware of the results that would probably follow 

 its application, nor have I been disappointed in 

 my expectations ; all that I could have expected or 

 hoped for has been fully realized. While the ap- 

 plications which I have made were for improve- 

 ment, yet to mark the result, I have not forgotten 

 the value^of experiment in leaving some portions 

 of the crops without the benefit of the application, 

 that I might more fully realize and exhibit its real 

 value. I have applied it to corn, potatoes, beets, 

 onions, carrots, beans, squashes, tomatoes, cucum- 

 bers, melons, cabbages, turnips, itc, &c., &c., 

 including most other vegetables raised for the 

 market, and in all cases I have been obliged to 

 credit it with marked effects ; and notwithstanding 

 the drought, which has hitherto prevailed yet the 

 Improved Super-phosjjhate of Lime hus not failed 

 to show its infliuence, thereby proving what most 



desire to know, that it is readily soluble and 

 suitable for the wants of plants. While I am 

 unable to give you precise results, as the crops 

 mostly remain unperfected in growth, yet it re- 

 quires no long mathematical demonstrations to 

 show where tlie liberal hand of its application was 

 iliven. 



But I need not enlarge upon its virtues ; all 

 who have used it, are doubtless aware of its in- 

 fluence, and those who have not, only need try it 

 and be convinced. 



Amid the improvements which are now gather- 

 ing in behalf of agi'icultural interests, may the 

 recent manufacture of Improved Super-phosphate 

 of Lime take no unworthy place, and find no light 

 esteem in the minds of all who greet agricultural 

 interests with a cheerful hand ; and while I be- 

 speak for it a general reception in our agricultural 

 communities, I feel I am doing nothing more than 

 its merits M'ill warrant, and successful cultivation 

 demand. And may we hail with pleasure the 

 dawn of thatdelightful day, when agriculture shall 

 take science as her guide in the fields of labor, and 

 make it the "Day Spring" of lier energies, im- 

 proving and enriching as effectually the mind as 

 the suil. When this shall come, we shall no 

 longer see hesitation in the use of needful fer- 

 tilizers, but will behold each improvement as a 

 new beam iu the radiant liglit of a glorious morn. 

 Respectfully yours, 



Solomon Mead. 



FARMERS' CLUES. 



We cannot urge upon our readers with too much 

 earnestness the importance of forming clubs for 

 the discussion of all matters relating to the farm 



Now is the appropriate time — suffer it not to 

 pass unimproved. You will find amusement, im- 

 provement, and capital, in its deliberations, which 

 you cannot now appreciate. Form the club, and 

 )>e determined to take an active part in it, and 

 you will find your thoughts ranging in new and 

 delightful fields through another year. Meet at 

 j'our own dwellings, and thus while you are inter- 

 changing civilities with each other, you will save 

 all expense of hall hire, fuel and lights. 



The following is a suitable form of a constitu- 

 tion : — 



CONSTITUTION. 



Art. 1. — This Association shall be styled The 

 Farmer^s Club. 



Art. 2. — Its officers shall be a President, Vice 

 President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be 

 chosen annually by ballot. 



Art. 3. — The President shall preside in all 

 meetings of the Club, with power to preserve or- 

 der, appoint Committees, and assign topics for 

 discussion. 



Art. 4. — In the absence of the President, all 

 his powers shall be exercised by the Vice Presi- 

 dent. 



Art. 5. — The Secretary shall keep a record of 

 the proceedings of each meeting, which shall be 

 read by him at the next subsequent meeting. He 

 shall preserve all reports of Committees, and con- 

 duct whatever correspondence shall be ordered by 

 the Club. 



Art. 6. — There shall be at each meeting a dis 



