THE GE^^:SEE FARMER. 



289 



PATixG Cows. — Will some of your correspondents in- 

 n me whether sparing cows is a good practice, and 

 o at what age it should be performed '? How soon 

 ■r she has had a calf"? Will she hold out to as great 

 a.s if she has a calf once a year, or nearly so? What 

 . be the quantity of milk she will give, compared to 

 .■ we should reasonably expect, were she not spayed? 

 • not they more subject to diseases than though the 

 r^e of nature was not changed? Will they keep as 

 ijv with the same chance? — W., HorndUtille, JH. T. 



orx-Sheller, — Which is the best com-sheller for a 

 _-.•:• person to work with, and which does not cost more 

 • - ^'^ or ?7? I can get a Yankee Corn-Sheller for $6, 

 c thought perhaps there might be some better one for 

 e person to operate. — Scbscbibee, Elliot, Me. 



3boom Corn-. — I would like to see an article in your 

 U-fiiled and interesting pages, on the manufacture of 

 Mms, and also on raising the crop. Most of the west- 

 brooms get loose on the handle. — S. B., Tippecanoe^ 

 n, Ind. 



(CBoyzsE Sugar Caxe. — Will some of your many sub- 

 Tibcrs give me information, through your valuable pa- 

 r, regarding the manufacture ot sugar and molasses 

 )in the Chinese sugar cane ? — D. M., C'fuzriion, Iowa. 



PLOwnfG Laxd whtle Wet. — Will plowing land while 

 ;t injure it otherwise than that the trampling of the 

 irses may render it so hard that i: might be difficult to 

 ilverizef — W. I., Hartwood, Va. 



Ice House. — Would an ice house answer if placed at the 

 id of a vault wholly under ground ; or on what princi- 

 e is an ice house constructed? — Wu. Black, Fulton 

 ''ouie. Fa. 



H.\ED ifiLKEES. — Can anything be done to make a cow 

 iilk more easily, that is now hard to milk ? — W. 



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Virginia C-entral Kichmond October 24 — 27. 



Virginia Western Wheeling Island September 1.3 — 16. 



Wisconsin Milwaukee " 26—30. 



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Cailaragus Little Valley " 27 — 29. 



Chautaiique .Jamestown " 13 — 15. 



Chenango Norwich " 21 — 23. 



Delaware BI(X>mvi)le " 14 — 15. 



Erie Buffalo " 27—29. 



Essex Elizabetbtown " 22—2-3 



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Livingston Geneseo " 20 — 22. 



Lewis Lowville " 21—22. 



Monroe Kochester « 2%— 30. 



Oneida E^<me " 27—29. 



Ontario Canandaigua " 25 — -30. 



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