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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Calendar for October Page 441 



Northern Ajiples— Lynn llonicultur il Exhibition 442 



Old Fields 443 



Birds of New England 444 



Rockinghdm Cattle Show and Fair 445 



A New Help for the Farmer 447 



The Climbing Cricket— Smith's Orleans Plum 448 



Curled Leaf in the Peach 450 



Destruction of Wood -Speed the Plow— Meteorological. .451 



What kills the Wheat 452 



What Chemistry m:iy d#for Agriculture 452 



Destroy the Apple Worm 453 



Mountain Borer— Depth of ihe Roots of Trees 45'3 



Application of Tan to Potatoes 454 



Lime from Gas Works and Muck— Turnips 455 



Vegetable Reproduction — Wheat Culture 456 



Sympathies of Mind with the Body 456 



Mowing Machines 457 



Improvements at the Capitol 458 



Stock — Native and Improved 458 



Effect of Railroads 459 



The Farmer's Song— The Season and the Crops 460 



Fruits, (tc, of Iow« 460 



Potato and Onion Croji 461 



How to lay off an Acre 462 



The Atmosphere and its effects upon Animal Life 462 



Roots— Forcing the growth of Trees 463 



Why don't the Farmers of Massachusetts raise Wheat. . . .464 



Entrmological Discovery 464 



Plow Deep Tiller No. 77, and Deep Plowing 46T 



The Farmer's Daughter— Tall Corn 468 



Potato Di-sease 469 



Transactions of the New Hampshire Agricultural Society. 469 



Experimental Farming once more 471 



The Season, &c., in Canada West — Winter Wheat 475 



Seventy Swarms of Bees at War \ 475 



Agricultural Societies— No. 3 476 



The Seasons— Cranlierries-Spontaneous Plants 477 



Migration of Birds — Destroy ing Trees 478 



List of State Fairs in 18"j3 — Cruelly to Animals 478 



The Crops in Washington County, R. 1 479 



Schools in China— The Cnrculio 479 



Long Wheat Heads— Exhibilioi ofHorses 480 



Hinesburgh Imperishable Potato Factory 481 



The Happy Farmer— Vermont State Fair 482 



Poisoned Valley 483 



Cattle Gnawing Bones — Sundry Observations 484 



The Seiison and Crops— Swallows 484 



China— Boys' Department 485 



ILLUSTRATIONS . 



Atkins' Automaton Self-Rrfking Reaper 449 



Plow Deep Tiller No. 77 465 



Pears 4S0 



M^\ for a Bargain. 



I wi.sh to s.".ll my FARM, situated in Amherst, 

 N. H., 10 mi!f3 from Manchester, ami 4J from 

 Danforth's Corner, R. R. Depot, containing 72 

 acres of valuable land, on which are a very com- 



fortable and convenient house, containing nine 



finished rooms, two barns— one 28 by 42, the other 26 by 3G— 

 a good cnrn-house, formerly used as a hop-house, carriage 

 rooms, sheds at house and barn, piggery, ^-c, pump for water 

 at house, and aqueduct at birn. The pltice produces ap- 

 ples, pears, peaches, cherries, plums, quinces, currants and 

 grapes in abundance, and from 17 to 20 tons of hay annually, 

 the larger part of it En'.;lish. The soil is a sandy loam, easy 

 of cultivation, and produces good crops of corn and vegeta- 

 bles. Any one wishing for a good farm, for a small sum of 

 money, and don't care if it is a little retired- it being two 

 miles N. E. from Amherst village— is invited to call soon, 

 while the present year's crops can be seen. Price $1500. 



JOHN W. BRUCE. 

 Amherst, N. H., Sept. 17, 1853. 



Swr 



Stone Aqueduct Pipe. 



THE Stone Aqueduct Pipe is made of the same material as 

 Stone Pots and Stone Ju2s, and coated with a glaze that is 

 indestructible, consequently is not liable to corrode, but will 

 deliver the water as pure as it runs from Ihe spring. It is 

 made in sections of 2 feel in length, and warranted to stand 

 the pressure of 300 feet head, for about half the cost of cast 

 iron of the same calibre. 



Also, Drain Pipe made of a combination of clays, and burned 

 to a perfect body, from 3 to 12 inches diameter, from 10 to 55 

 cents per foot. Agents for Boston and vicinity, Ruggles, 

 Nourse, Mason & Co , Uuincy Hall. 



B. G. & C. CUACE. 

 Somerset, June 4, 1853. tf 



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HiglilaiHl Nurseries, lewburgli, 



NEW YORK. 



A. SAUL & CO., in cilling the attention of 

 their patrons and public in general to their very 

 extensive stock of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 

 Shrubs, &c. &c., which they offer for sale the 

 coming autumn, would remark, that owing to 

 the jiast summer being one of the most favorable for the 

 growth of trees which they have had for many years in this 

 vicinity, their stock of trees and plaints iti every devartment 

 is large, more thrifty, and in every respect^ner an usual. 

 To particularize within the limits of an ad/ertisement 

 would be impossible ; they therefore tefer planters and deal- 

 ers in trees to their Catalogue, a copy of which will be sent 

 to ullpost paid applicants, on enclosing a Post Office stamp 

 for the same. 



They invite f.5;)ecia; attention to their stock, of Standard 

 and Dwf Pear Trees, which are unusually fine ; also Cherry 

 Trees, as well as Plum, Peach, Apricot ard Nectarine; also 

 Crape Vines, Gooseberrries, Currants, Raspberries, Strawber- 

 ries, &c., in every known variety. 



500,000 very strong two year old Osage Orange Plants, in 

 tliree'si:es, at ten, eight, and six dollars per ICOC. Together 

 with Bucklhorn Plants, Arbor Vila;, Arc. 

 Highland Nurseries, Newburgh, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1853. 



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Suffolk Boars. 



_ \<^^]it^ ^ept. 3, 1653 



Two full blood SUFFOLK BOAFS for 

 sale. One 8 months old, the other 4 

 months. Prices moderate. 



Apidy at this office, 

 tf 



"Concrete Scythe lliHes." 



» NEW ARTICLE, to which the attention of Dealers and 

 l\ Farmers are invited. Warranted to give sMiisfaclion. 



For sale by PARKER & WHITE, 8 and 10 Gerrish Block, 

 Blackstone Street. June II, 



