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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



April 



we have some farm where experiments can be without other manures it loses its efficacy, and it 

 tried, which people can visit and ascertain the re-jbecomes necessary to apply animal or vegetable 

 suits. Individuals cannot do this work. |manures. 



Mr. Emersox, of Boston, inquired the effect of Mr. Faulkxer said he found the use of plaster 

 plaster on pasture lands covered with moss. jto produce the same effect from year to year. In 



Col. Faulkner replied that on a pasture more jFramingham he liad known it to be applied for 

 than a hundred years old, covered on the north fifty and seventy years with good effect. He said 

 side and on the top of the Indian hills with white | he had commenced using oyster shells upon hia 

 moss, he had applied plaster and brought the land j land, grinding them somewhat coarse. lie applied 

 into clover the second year. It also eradicated j them to cabbages with excellent effect, putting 

 the red,moss on the low lands, and the hardback ^ half a gill around each plant. He also found it a 

 was also gone, which he attributed to the action ■ complete protection against bugs on his squash 

 of the plaster. ;and cucumber vines. 



Mr. Walker said the effects of plaster could Mr. Emerson, of Boston, offered some remarks 

 not always be seen the first year. lie had used it in relation to preserving the gases of manure, and 

 three successive years on a piece of land, and did at the same time protecting cattle from breathing 

 not perceive any considerable result from it until its noxious exhalations, and hay from becoming 



the third year. 



Rev. Mr. Tra5k, of Fitchburg said that plaster, if 

 applied under the earth, would in his opinion, be 

 of great benefit. He had tried it on land some- 

 60 or 70 miles from theseacost with good success, 

 particularly on potato crops, and believed that it 

 might be applied with success near the seaboard, 

 if we could only obtain the rationale of the matter, 

 80 as to use it intelligently. 



Mr. Brooks, of Princeton, made some remarks in 

 relation to guano. He said he did not think that 

 farmers generally could afford to purchase foreign 

 manures, but should get a full supply from their 

 own farms. lie did not believe that farm manures 

 would cost the farmer so much as guano. He 

 thought that 25 per cent, of the products of a farm 

 could be sold, and then leave sufficient to keep it 

 in a fertile condition. He made all his own ma- 

 nure, and kept a year's supply always on hand. If 

 a man sells all his crop he must buy manure. It 

 will pay in extensive farming near cities, but not 

 in extensive farming a*ay from them. The gen- 

 tleman considered the criterion in using plaster to 

 be, whether the land will produce clover. He 

 applied about 100 pounds to the acre. Mr. Brooks 

 related a course he had pursued with green ma- 

 nure in raising cabbages. He took 4 bushels of 

 green cow offiil, 4 bushels peat muck that had laid 

 a year, one bushel of ashes, one bushel of hen ma- 

 nure, and half a bushel of plaster. He put it on 



scented by them. He detailed a plan, to dig a pit 

 under the back side of the barn, into which to 

 throw the manure, the pit being made and kept 

 tight, with a pipe or box leading to the ridgepole 

 of the barn to convey off such gases as must find 

 vent. 



The meeting adjourned at half-past 9 o'clock. 



AGRICULTURAL BOOKS. 



Below we give a list of agricultural books pub- 

 lished by C. M. Saxton, N. Y. These are only a 

 small portion of the excellent woi'ks issued by 

 that enterprising publisher. They are the expo- 

 nents of other men's minds, and embody the ex- 

 periments and practices of persons distinguished 

 alike for their knowledge and successful operations 

 in the matters of which they treat. We recom- 

 mend one or all these books to every farmer in the 

 land. All farmer's clubs should have them. 



PRICE. 



The Conii)lete Farmer and Gardener $1,25 



Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1,25 



The Progressive Farmer, by Piof. Nash 50 



The American Muck Book 1,00 



Rural Architecture 1,25 



The Young Gardener's Assistant 1,50 



Fruits and Fruit Trees of America 1,25 



Rogers' Scientific Agriculture 75 



Farmer's Companion, a most excellent work by 



Judge Buel 73 



ALLEN ON THE GRAPE VINE. 



The inquiry was made of us the other day, 

 'Where can a good treatise on the grape vine be 



800 plants and raised 800 heads of fine Savoy cab- 1 found ?" We find on our table this morning, a 



bages weighing 3 to 8 lbs. each. It operated exceed- 

 ingly well. ♦ 



Mr. Collamore, of Pembroke, had seen plaster 

 applied with effect, and thought more depended 

 on the soil than on the location. In Plymouth 

 county no effect is seen from its use except on po- 

 tatoes. Farmers there think it does not pay to 

 apply plaster to their lands. 



Mr. Smith, of Hadley, said he had used plaster 

 for a great many years. Applying 100 lbs. to the 

 acre for a few years he found to produce a sensible 

 effect, but when continued for a series of years 



beautifully printed work with the following title : 

 "A practical treatise on the culture and treatment 

 of the Grape Vine, embracing its history, with di- 

 rections for its treatment, in the United States of 

 America, in the open air, and under glass struc- 

 tures, with and without artificial heat. By J. 

 FisK Allen. C. M. Saxton, Agricultural Book 

 Publisher, 1853. Third edition— enlarged and re- 

 vised." This is just the book wliich every person 

 needs who wishes to attend to the cultivation of 

 grapes. Beside this, it is a comfort to read Mr. 

 Saxton's books, because they are printed in the 



