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NEW ENGLAND FARMEK. 



ApRI3L 



German farmer, who has had manj' opportunities 

 of developing the nature and character of Gucnon's 

 observations. Prof. Wilkinson, iTite of the Mount 

 Airy Institute, says he is satisOed that this is the 

 only reliable system by which cowa can be select- 

 ed. The circular of the publisher states that a 

 thorough understandifig of the system, will ena- 

 ble the farmer or dairyman to determine [I^ not 

 only the daily quantity of milk a cow will yield, 

 but liow long this yield will continue. Again, it 

 is susceptible of application to ealves of three 

 months okl, so that the breeder can determine, 

 even at that early age,- wbish pyomiae ta become 

 good milkers, and which do not. And agam, as 

 the marks can be discerned in bull calvea as well 

 as in cows, the important iriformation is secured 

 to the fiirm.er, v/hich enables him to couple such 

 male and female animals, as belong to tlie same 

 class, and thus increase their productiveness for 

 the dairy, to the utmost possible estent. The 

 breeder, by a proper applfcation of the rules, may 

 so improve the character of hia stock, as to double 

 its value. .^ 



The work is printed handsomely, with a large 

 plate illustrating the principles laid down. Price 

 EO cents a copy, or 50 cents each for bound copies. 

 Pubhshed by C. B. Rogers, 29 Market Street, 

 Philadelphia, Circulars describing the work will- 

 be handed to persons calling for them at this office. 

 We believe the matter worth attending to. 



Fur the New England Farmer. 

 DUNGING IN THE HILL. 

 Dunging corn in the hill appears to- me an iniu 



dicious method of applying manure, even when ;'---- "•'--•" ---r 'rinn^'" 'Tv ^T" .' 

 • • .- i 1 --^ ^^^._ i.\ \ (. 1 lost in the milk business $iO0O.'' ^\ ould not 



Last year I used hen manure mixed with plas- 

 ter, by putting it in with the corn, but found that 

 it hurt the corn, as ?t did not come up well. This- 

 year I intend to make the same mixture, and ap- 

 ply it after the corn is up. 



Your friend, B. T. €onant. 



Lyme, N. H. 



Remarks. — The bone dust will not be a suflieieni 

 manuring in itself. Your saturated plaster will be 

 excellent in the hill, iiitiiRately mingled with 3oi2 

 before dropping the corn. 



For the rfpiv Ens'.tnd Farmer. 



AGRICULTORAL PREMIUMS, 



The question, I notice, is asked, whether the- 

 present system of diaburaing premiums may not be- 

 improved. I have often thought it questionable- 

 policy to confine premiums to successful experi- 

 ments or results, la it not- as important to avoi3 

 the evil, as to pui'sue the good, in all departments 

 of life? Light -houses are built on dangerous points. 

 Charts point out the roeka on which vessels have- 

 foundered, as well as the deep water, where they 

 may ride in safety — the shoals and quiek-sands,. 

 as well as the harbors. The historian would illy 

 perform his task who should dwell upon the causes^ 

 of national prosperity, and omit all notice of those- 

 which brought about its decline and ruin . To thc- 

 prudent man, the knowledge and study of the- 

 meansof success are scarcely more important than- 

 those of failure. 



In former numbers of the Farmer, accounts of 

 great success in raising and selling milk, by farm- 

 ers rear Boston, have been published — accounts- 

 representing men as realizing $100 a year from; 

 each cow. Lately a Mr. Marsh, of Cambridge, is 

 reported as having stated in the "Convention of 

 Milkmen and Farmers," that "In four years he 



the quantity is small.' " It gives to the plant a lux- 

 uriant start, provided the maniiro is rotted, but 

 too often pi-oves of little value afterwards. The 

 small fibres of the roots are the mouths of the 

 plants through which the food passes to the stock. 

 If we examine the roots of corn we shall perceive 

 that they extend as far in tlie ground as the stocks 

 do above. Hence it will be perceived that the 

 ditng, if placed in the bill, cannot benefit the roots 

 nor materially the plant, after they have extended 

 beyond the circle where it is deposited. Whereas, 

 if it is spread and buried in the soil, it benefits 



premium to Mr. Marsli, not exactly for his failure,, 

 but for a detailed statement of the whys and the 

 wherefores of the result, be a good investment? I 

 think so, and have said thus much by way of sug- 

 gestion to those who manage premiums. 



Winchester, February, 185S. s. f. 



For the New Slna-land Farmey. 



PEARS ON THORN STOCKS. 



The present system of dwarfing fruit trees, which 

 them in their whole extent; there probably not i is said to be applicable to the pear as well as to 

 being a square foot of ground in the field into which other varieties of caltivated fruits, removes, in a 

 the roots do not penetrate in search of food. And 'great measure, the oltjections urged against the 

 for the next crop, it benefits only parts of the soil 'thorn, by nurserymen. It has generally been as- 

 where the corn has grown. I have noticed that in sorted, and no doubt truly, that while the scion of 

 the next crop, which is usually wheat in this sec- 'the pear does remarkably well, and makes a rapid 



growth on the thorn, the latter is not large enough 



tion, I can see where tlie rows of corn were last 

 year ; theref jrc I think it would l>e 1>eltcr to spread 

 this manure and plow it in. 



If we wi.sli to give corn a luxuriant start, we can 

 make some kind of compost to use in the hill. It 

 is stated that phosphate of lime, or bone dust, will 



to secure a good sized and healthy tree. But in 

 dw-arfing, the size is a secondary consideration. 

 Very productive trees are obtained by this method, 

 and they are ver;^ generally preferred in conse- 

 quence of their being less liable to injury from 



furnish the necessary elements of the whole plant winds, more easily managed, and requiring far less 

 without the aid of much if any other manure. ground. Thorn stocks, also, are easily obtained. 



And now, friend Brown, I want to know if gyp- 'whereas quince stocks and pear stocks are expcn- 



sum or plaster, saturated in urine, dried, pulver- 

 ized, and put in with the corn in the hill, would be 

 any benefit, or would it kill the corn ? 



sive, and obtained only with difiSculty, and from a 

 distance, of those who grow them for sale, and an 

 ■exorbitant price. u. d. w. 



