1853. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



349 



This division commences with a fine picture of 

 the "Yellow Siberian Crab." "Charcoal" recom 

 mended ns a fertilizer. Is not this tantalizing to 

 nine-tenths of the Hirmers in New Engliind, who 

 would not know where to find charcoal enough to 

 smut their faces witli 1 "Composting" — a recipe 

 for an acre, including "twenty bushels of lime," 

 is followed by a scientifi^ind of article on "Ma- 

 nures," in which the writer says "the mixing of 

 caustic lime with dung is a most baneful practice." 

 A valuable dissertation on the "Food of Plants," 

 Is followed by some explanations of tlie action of 

 the U. S. Agricultural Society on a paper by Prof. 

 Booth on Analysis of Soils, that places the matter 

 in a more favorable aspect, than did the report 

 published in the Farmer. Account of a trial of 

 plows in Ipswich, with a notice of a new "Horse 

 Hoe ;" Poetical origin of Flowers ; a'lesson that 

 taught one man to be careful of horses, and sug- 

 gests the query, are not men often injured in the 

 same way — violent exercise with a full stomach. 

 A description of the "Onion Worm," with ac- 

 counts of diverse failures of remedies. Review of 

 the ^'■Monthly Farmer for ]May." An article on 

 ''Soiling" is followed by one showing an invest- 

 ment in weeds, however large the dividends may 

 be, is a poor one for farmers. "Flat vs Hill Cul- 

 ture" discussed, and we then have another of those 

 playful letters from the New Hampshire associate 

 editor. Does your "short cut" to a hay crop fay? 

 After the trees or stumps are dug out by the roots, 

 your process would cost me, here, over $70 per' 

 acre to prepare the land for seeding. This division 

 closes with a notice of a splendid book on North 

 American trees, costing S45. Such works ought 

 to be purchased by town libraries, instead of ex- 

 pending all their funds on cheaper and more acces- 

 sible books. 



THE LAST TWELVE PAGES 



Contain articles from 



5. H. R. , Dorchester. Essex. 



Wisconsin Farmer. G. F. W. 



Genesee Fanner. Agricultural Gazette. 



, May 31, 1853. H. F. French. 



F. FInlbrnnk, Hratlleboro',Vt. A Subscrilier. 



Granite Farmer. Albany Cultivator. 



Scientific American. Henry Eddy. M. D. 



Geo. P Burnham. Editor and Correspondents. 



J. R., Concord. Richard C. Stone. 



The foremost article of our last division rejoices 

 in the caption "Witch Grass — State Chemist" — 

 the first part of which gives directions for exter- 

 minating this pest of our fields by plowing ; while 

 the last part of the article seems to indicate a be- 

 lief that there is somewhere in the "upper regions" 

 a vast quantity of agricultural knowledge bottled 

 up, and that a State chemist, an agricultural col- 

 lege, or something of the sort, is necessary to draw 

 the corks, and let a refreshing stream flow in upon 

 the parched minds of farmers. In the next arti- 

 cle, "Education of Oxen," the writer says "No 

 man can be a good teamster, who is not a gentle- 



ni:in." .Sfimpt.bino- ?n fVi.nf "TTJ^fo /->.^ +l<;.^.-.;Kirv. 



in a hundred of these boys, as in a hundred of the 

 same age in any of our colleges." And these boys, 

 as I understand it, are the legal skimming of our 

 whole State. Collect a hundred of the most vi- 

 cious horses in the State, and will "Esses" call 

 it a "great mistake to suppose them more disposed 

 to evil" than an equal number that should be se- 

 lected for their docility? Notice of "A New Ene- 

 my in the Field;" "Orchards — Muck — Ashes;" 

 "Order in Every tiling ;" an instructive page of 

 "Extracts and Replies," with articles in the La- 

 dies' and Boys' Departments, conclude our review 

 of the Monthly Farmer for June. A Reader. 

 Winchester, June, 1853. 



THE MILK-MAID AND THE BANKER- 



A milk-maid vvilh ii very pretty face, 



Who lived at Acton, 

 Had a black cow, the ugliest in the place, 



A crooked-backed one, 

 A beast as dangerous, too, as she was frightful, 



Vicious and spiteful. 

 And so confirmed a liuant, that she bounded 

 Over the hedges daily, and got pounded. 

 'Twas all in vain to tie her with a telher, 

 For then both cord and cow eloped together. 



Armed with an oaken bough (what folly! 



It should have been of birch, or thorn, or holly,) 



Patty one day was driving home the beast, 

 Which had, as usual, slipped its anchor, 

 When on ihe road she met a certain banker, 



Who stopped to give her eyes a feast 

 By gazing on her features, crimsoned high 

 By a long cow-chase in July. 



"Are you from Acton, pretty lass.'" he cried; 



"Yes," with a curtesy, she replied. 



"Why then you know the laundress, Sally Wenchf' 



"She is my cousin, sir, and next door neighbor." 

 "That's lucky, Tvc a message for the wench. 



Which needs despatch, and you may save my labor. 

 Give her this kiss, my dear, and say I sent it. 

 But mind, you owe me one, — I've only lent it." 



"She shall know," cried the girl, as she brandish'd her bough, 



"Of the loving intentions you bore me; 

 But as to the kiss, as there's haste, you'll allow 

 That you'd better run forward, and give it my cow, 

 For she, at the rate she is scampering now, 



Will reach Acton some minutes before me." 



mari.'' Something in that. "Hints on thinning 

 Fruit" — quite unnecessary in this section, where 

 the curculio, &c., save us all trouble in this line. 

 An experiiuent in feeding cut corn-stalks ; "Influ- 

 ence of Horticultural Societies," and "The Climate 

 of Countries," carry us over to a cut of "Fancy 

 Lop-eared Rabbits" — funny looking things they 

 are ! We now have another chapter on the State 



PauperFarm, undone on the State Reform School.] that Providence made a mistake in letting suckers 

 The writer of the latter article says, "I doubt not grow on the corn plant ; he, of course, would not 

 as much talent and as much virtue can be found' destroy them if he did not think so. I was brought 



For ihe Neiv England Farmer. 

 HILLING PLANTS. 



Mr. Editor; — In your last No. I notice an ar- 

 ticle from the Genesee Farmer, entitled "Corn, 

 Flat vs. Hill Culture." Most of the ideas I like 

 well. If nature had designed more earth around 

 the corn stalk, would she not have made it grow 

 deeper in the ground ? I guess she would have 

 done so, — and if nature has made the proper part 

 of the com plant grow out of the ground of itself, 

 why may we not suppose that she has properly 

 arranged the potato and all other plants ? If she 

 has made them right, then all our hilling is wrong 

 — if she has made a mistake in one case what rea- 

 son have we for knowing that anything is made 

 right? 



I find that if I hill up trees it kills them, instead 

 of helping them to stand up strong. 



Won't Mr. Genesee Farmer tell us how he knows 



