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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Calendar for February . : .•••,•••• ;■• ' " ••";•• 'Jr*^^ " 



The Richness of Lnnd proportKmed lo ihe quanliiy of 



Slock kept-Mnck-Thorn and Quince block 58 



First Legislative Agricultural Meeting sJ 



Celery ti 



Compo?liiis with Muck - 



The Milk Uusiness— Expenmeuts— Bees o^ 



Convention of Milkmen and Farmers ^| 



Fanners' Libraries ^g 



Honey Bees • • .- 



A Bird Convention— Farm Accounis "/ 



A Query— "That is my Home" . . . . • • " 



How they used to Piow-Organic Elements b» 



Farm Work for the Century ' 



Power of the Soils to retain Manures..... i'- 



Farms-Butter— A Crack from the North '^ 



Alkaline Washes for the Surface of Trees ^^ 



Oxen against Horses for Farm Work ^^ 



Don't take the Papers 

 Farmer's Fireside Talk 



-Topping Corn. 



Papers from Africa-Old Apple Trees 



Super-Phosphate of Lime— Farmers' Clubs /» 



Corn-Cobs-Bees-Farmers' Wives ' ' 



On Barns-Birds of New England '^ 



Warts on Plum Trees-Northern hpy Apple HU 



Milk Convention— Consequences ol Cold t eet o^ 



Sowing G ras« Seed „ j 



Independence of the Farmer g, 



Glanders in Horses— Alum -; ' 



Lime Water for Hens-The Chestnut Tree. 86 



Man and Horse -Old Middlesex-Uoor \ ards 8/ 



On producing Fruit Trees from Seed o^ 



vegetation of the Arctic Regions^ • • • - • °^ 



" """' .9C 



.91 

 .92 



On Poultry— Culture amorg Trees 



Heath of Wm.G. Lake, Esq •• 



Mass. State Board of Agricultute-Hops 



Peach Trees— U. S. Agricultural Society ......-.•--•• •• ■■^'i 



Manuring Fruit Trees-Bur.iing Bones-Analysis of Soils. ..93 



Frui"s for Northern Cultivation-Keep Exact Records 94 



Antumu and Winter-Peach Borer plastered up 9n 



Farming in the extreihe EhsI.. '^ 



Second Legislative Agricultural Meeting ^' 



Practical Facts for Practical t armers »^ 



Rural Architecture ;"„P 



The Progressive Farmer— Guano ^^ ^ 



Eating their Bodies up ^^^2 



Mechanics' Department, Arts, itc -^^^ 



Boys's Department 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



„ 65 



Urbaniste Pear 



Steaming Apparatus ' gg 



Bull Ring • ■•■ •• 96 



Garden Royal Apple— Long Stem Apple 



NEW ETS^GLAND PAUMEE 



Is published on the first of every month, by John Ravnolds 

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 HENRY F. FRENCH, 5 Editors. 



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NEW ENGLAND FAB.MER, (WEEKLY,) 

 An Independent A^ricuHural Family New'Tcp^''- 



The News and Miscellaneous departments under the charge 

 of WILLIAM SIMONDS, will include a full and careful re- 

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 The monthly contains nearly the same matter as the Agri- 

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 RAYNOLDS & NOURSE, 

 QiuNCY Hall, South Market Street, Boston. 



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Pure BKack Spamsli Fowls. 



_ . r : ^v.^i^a lilanl.- Snnni«h T 



A few pairs choice Black Spanish Fowls, 

 raised from stock imported this season. 

 For sale by THOMAS THACHER, Jr., at 

 the Fulton Iron Foundry, South Boston. 



Oct. 16, 18.52. 3m*3 



Corn Shellers. 



TMPROVED YANKEE CORN SHELLERS, with and with- 

 1 out separators. These machines are adapted to large and 

 small varieties of corn, will shell rapidly and not liable to get 

 out of order For sale, wholesale and retail, over the market, 

 out 01 order. ruqglES, NOURSE, MASON & CO. 



Nov. 27, 1852. 2m 



Horse Empire State. 



This splendid Horse, which was the admiration of all who 

 saw him last season, has again made his appearance, and will 

 be kept at MaTHES' STABLE, ROXBURY, for the improve- 

 ment of stock. , . , J , 



Said horse is of the Messenger and Durock stock, and is ol 

 a beautiful jet black color, weighs 1150 lbs., and is thought by 

 competent judges to be the handsomest, fastest and best enJir* 

 horse in New England. 



Roxbury, April 24, 1852. tf 



AGRICULTURAL 



WAREHOUSE AND SEED STORE, 



qUINCY HALL, OVER THE MARKET, BOSTON. 



THE Proprietors having recently enlarged their Warehouse, 

 and increased their works at Worcester, would respect- 

 fullv invite the attention of Planters and Dealers in AGKl- 

 CllLTURAL & HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, GAR- 

 DEN and FIELD SEEDS, &c., to theirstock, comprising the 

 largest and best assortment to be found in the United &ta;es, 

 which are offered at low prices. , , ■ ■ ,j 



Of'PLOUGHS— we have the greatest variety of kinds ana 



'^'Tmoroved Sod Ploughs, for flat furrows— improved Scotch 

 Plouohs for lapped furrows— improved Stubble Ploughs, which 

 are e''specially adapted to deep tillage, or varying from 6 to 12 



'"sllf-sharpen^ng, Hill Side, Sub-soil, Double Mould, Com, 



"^ cXd^^'nlrcWr^bmith's Patent Lever Gate, and oth 

 pr^ Patent Corn Shellers, with and without t^eparators. 

 Seed Sowers, of various sizes and prices. Batchelder's patent 

 Corn Planter, improved. Fanning Mills of various sizea, 

 Horse Powers, Threshing Machines, thermometer Churns 

 Robbins' patent Centrifugal Churn, Cylinder Churn, Dash 

 Churn Corn Planters, together with almost every article 

 wanted on the Plantation, Farm or Garden. 



Illustrated Catalogues sent gratis on application, post paid. 



lllustratea v.ai -^^^.^j g|^ NOURSE, MASON & CO. 



Boston and Worcester, Mass., Jan. 1, 1852 tf 



Dtirhaiu Bull. 



iiii^^ 



Wanted, a pure bred DURHAM BULL, 

 from one to two years old, of handsome 

 form and color. 



Apply at this oflice. 



Jan. 15. tf 



Ice Cutting Tools. 



TTTYETHE'S Patent Ice Markers. Do. do. Hand and Large 

 W Cutters. Also, a large assortment of Hooks, Saws, 

 Grooving and Packing Bars, Tongs, &c. A:c. 

 For sale and warranted, at mMmUclmtrs'vfxces,^ 



BUGGLES, NOURSE, MAhON & CO., 

 j^ 13 tf Over Quincy Market, Boston. 



