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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Calendar for Marcli Page 105 



Peculiar Uiinculiies of New Engliiiid Husbandry 106 



The Milk Trade— Ul.ick Knots on Plum Trees 1' 8 



U. S. Aiiricultural Society -The Core- Worm 109 



Chinese Farming 110 



The Cultivation of Klowers Ill 



Bristol County Agricultural Society Ill 



County Agricultural Transactions 112 



Birds of New Enjjlaiul 113 



State Board of Agriculture — Pea Fodder lib 



The Farmer — Cutting Fodder for Stock 1 17 



Live Fences 118 



Farming Interests Neglected 119 



Farm Labor — its misapi)liciition 119 



Uwarfmn Fruit Trees 1^0 



Hardy Fruits for the North— The Dollar Mark 121 



Third Le^'islative Agricultural Meeting 122 



To Inventors — Analyses of Soils 125 



Agricultural In^plements 126 



Experimental Farming 127 



History of the Borer— Results of Accidents 128 



A Good Example 129 



Good Management vs. Bad Management 130 



Cranberries 134 



United States Agricultural Society 135 



Sweet Corn 139 



Fourth Legislative Agricultural Meeting 1^0 



Carrots for Horses HI 



New England Farmer 142 



Thorn and Quince Slocks for Pears 143 



A Mild Winter— A Splendid Pear 144 



At Home again — A rare Brood 145 



Fifth Legislative Agricultural Meeting 146 



A few Remarks on Raising Celery US 



A new Apple— Extracts and Replies 148 



Lime in Agricultu'e — Exl ibitions in 1853 149 



Ladies' Department 149 



Boy's De[iartment 150 



ILLUSTRATION'S. 



The American Crab Ajiiilef. 113 



Silesian Merino Ewes 129 



Bloodgood snd Rosiiezer Pears .. ..144 



Remedy for Choked Cattle 145 



Great Olli^riiig of ReJil Estate. 



The subscriber wishes to sell his homestead 

 place well known as the CAT BOW FARM, con- 

 sisting of Ave hundred acres, over two hundred of 

 which is first quality intervale, and in a stale of 

 high cultivation, the residue is upland pasturing 

 The farm is beautifully situated in Lancaster, the 

 shire town of Cgos County, N. II., on the banks of the Con- 

 necticut River. The location is one of the most attractive 

 and beautiful in New England, the scenery is magnificent, both 

 in summer and winter, and for beauty cannot be surpassed. 

 The river at this [dace assumes the form of a curve, so that 

 sixty Jive acres are enclosed by nineteen rods of fence. It is 

 but one day's ride from Boston, and is only a short distance 

 from the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad. There are two 

 good dwelling-houses and other necessary buildings on the 

 place. A sufiicient quantity of water of excellent quality is 

 conducted to the houses and yards from a never failing spring. 

 He also olTtrs for sale, a large tract of eighteen hundred acres 

 nearly ailjoining the above, mostly covered with limber and of 

 easy access to said river. He will also sell his house known as 

 the "WHITE MOUNTAIN HOUSE" and farm of two hun- 

 dred acres, well and pleasantly situated at the White Moun- 

 tains; has a good run of custom during the visiting seasoft 

 This is a fine opportunity for a good and safe investment. All 

 or part of the above property will he sold at a bargain, as the 

 owner wishes to lessen his care. For further particulars and 

 terms, inquire of the subscriber at Lancaster, or at this ollice. 



.lOHN H. WHITE. 

 Jan. 15, 1853. 3niny 



Hens, Turkeys and Geese. 



The subscriber offers for sale a few pairs 

 of the following choice breeds of poultry | 

 White and Bulf Shanghaes. Gold and Sil- 

 ver Spangled Polands, Bolton Gray and 

 Black Spanish; also, Virginia Tui keys, and 



Bremen Geese. These fowls are of the 



purest blood, most of them being bred from stock recently 

 imprrted, and very handsome. They will be sold low if ap- 

 plied for soon. For further particulars, address postpaid, 

 H. H. LITTLE, East Marshfleld. 

 Feb. 19, 1653. tf'' 



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