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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



of the garden, with spaces for the chickens to go in 

 and out ; it would do you good to be up as soon as 

 light, and sec the little busy bodies drawing the 

 worms from the cabbage roots, or the bugs from their 

 hiding-places among the vines. I have used the 

 above remedy for several years with complete suc- 

 cess. 



I am wintering IRO or more fowls, and intend t') 

 raise 12 or 1500 chickens, and I reckon bug^ and 

 worms won't trouble my garden much. I find fowls 

 the most profitable stock kept on a farm : my hens 

 have laid between 19 and 20 hundred eggs (and that 

 too without any fresh meat to feed on) since the first 

 of December up to this date. A gentleman from 

 Fort Edward, that was wintering 5 to GOO fowls, 

 called, in my absence, to buy eggs for his own family 

 use : was it not laughable ? I have kept an account 

 with my fowls, and find myself in debt to them. 

 The more I feed, and the more pains I take to pay 

 them, the more I get in debt.; and finally, after three 

 or four years, I find myself so involved, that I kill 

 off my creditors, and send them to the city to be 

 dissected. 



S. O. CIIAFIS. 



Kingsbury, March 3, 1849. 

 — Pennst/lvania Cultivator. 



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ANALYSIS OF CABBAGES. 



The different varieties analyzed by Mr. Salisbury, 



were the drumhead, savo}', red cabbage, cauliflower, 



and turnip cabbage ; they all contain much water. 



For instance, 109 lbs. of drumhead will give 83-6 lbs. 



of water, and the remaining 11 -4 lbs. dry matter. 

 The savoy contains 83 lbs. in the 100, and the 



cauliflower still less. 



Estimated dry, the drumhead Vi'ill give nearly 7 lbs. 



in the 100 of ashes, and the cauliflower 10 lbs. and 



nearly a half in 100. 



Supposing an acre of land, planted to this crop, 



should yield thirty-six tons, as has been done ; it 



would carry away from the soil the following amount 



of the following minerals : — 



lbs. 



Silic acid, 2-9.58 



Sulphiu-ic acid, 56-134 



Phosphoric acid, 63-784 



Phosjjhorate of peroxide of iron, . . . 5-91G 



Lime, • 14-484 



Magnesia, 17-986 



Potash 142-448 



Soda 161-772 



Chlorine, 3-978 



468-450 

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EXPERIMENTS WITH POTATOES. 



I''or several seasons in sujcession, a few years ago, 

 we tried various experiments on our farm, in the 

 cultivation of potatoes ; one of which was for the pur- 

 pose of ascertaining which M'as best and most economi- 

 cal, — to plant cut tubers, small potatoes, or those of 

 large or medium size. It would take a longer article 

 than we now have time to write, to give all the par- 

 ticulars of those experiments ; but the result was, 

 cither cut potatoes or small ones produced as great 

 a yield, and as large tubers, as medium-sized or large 

 seed, except when the season was rather a wet and 

 very growing one ; and then, the latter produced the 

 largest crop. The only additional value which we 

 found in large -sized tubers over small ones was, 

 that the decomposition of the f -smter produced food 

 for the growing crop. But if the season proved 

 rather dry than otherwise, the seed would not rot ; 

 consequently it afforded no advantage to the grow- 

 ing r.rop over Bmall seed. Judging from these ex- 



periments, all that is necessary to grow a good crop 

 of potatoes, is, an eye, Avith sufficiency of the tuber 

 attached to cause it to sprout ; a good soil, or one 

 well manured, and a growing season. 



These remarks are made with reference to the ab- 

 sence of the rot. While this is prevalent, we think 

 it safest to rely exclusivel}- on planting the whole 

 tuber, Avhich should of course be sound, and of 

 medium size. At the time of planting, put about a 

 pint of oyster-shell lime directly on the seed, and 

 then cover. All who have adopted this method, so 

 far as we have heard, have not only been exempt 

 from the rot, but have grown good crops of a supe- 

 rior quality. — American Agriculturist, 



For the Xew England Farmer. 

 KINDNESS TO ANIMALS. 



Tlie noble horse, who toils for thee, 

 And does thy bidding willingly, 

 Endowed by God with instinct rare, 

 Should in thy love and kindness share. 



The patient ox, -who meekly bows 

 Beneath the yoke, and daily ploughs 

 The rugged field, should surely be 

 Repaid with tenderness by thee. 



O, spare the lash ! remember, they 

 Have not thij gift — bright reason's ray ; 

 Be gentle to the helpless brute — 

 Kindness is heaven's own attribute. 



Lebanon, C^. 



E. C. L. 



THE OLIO. 



Agriculture, like the leader of Israel, strikes the 

 rock — the waters flow, and the famished x)Cople are 

 satisfied. 



Afflictions are the same to the soul as the plough to 

 the fallow ground, the pruning-knife to the vine, and 

 the furnace to the gold. 



Many who find the day too long, think life too 

 short ; btit short as life is, some find it long enough 

 to outlive their characters, their constitutions, and 

 their estates. 



" I wonder what makes my eyes so weak," said a 

 loafer to a gentleman. " Why, they are in a weak 

 place," said the latter. 



Knowledge is power, as the dandy said when he 

 stopped the dogi from fighting (which none others 

 could separate) by ajiplying snuff to their noses. 



Let your iircslde be a Paradise. 



Laziness begins in cobv.cbs, and ends in kow 

 chains. 



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