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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Makch 



bcr than October ; while November was as remark- 

 able for its mildness and agreeability ; yet there 

 was a scanty supi)ly of water in this month. 



In short, the year in some respects was quite 

 unfavorable for the farmer, the corn crop giving a 

 light yield of sound grain, though other crops 

 came in as well as usual, except, perhaps, fruits. 

 There was frost in some localities in every month, 

 and only sixty-six days passed in succession with- 

 out frost here. 



If the reader would learn further particulars in 

 regard to the weather of this region the present 

 year, than can be obtained from the above, and 

 the following table, a somewhat full account of it 

 may be found in previous numbers of the Farmer. 



The following table shows the liighest and low- 

 est temperature of each month, and the mean 

 temperature, and also tlie mean temperature at 

 sunrise, noon, and sunset. The dash, (thus, -26°) 

 indicates below zerc< 



Table op Temperature, 1S59. 



Min. Max. 

 Temp. Temp. 



Mean 

 Temp. 



Mean at Mean at Mean, 

 Himri.ie. Noon. Simset. 



January, 

 February, 

 March, 

 April, 



May, 



June, 



July, 



August, 



September, 



October, 



November, 



December, 



Year, 



44- 



53 



54 



71 



86 



92 



96 



86 



75 



75 



66 



68 



24.4S° 

 20.44 

 37.14 

 42.94 

 57.31 

 62.95 

 67.53 

 66.31 

 57.15 

 45.03 

 41.30 

 22.11 



46.19 



28.16° 

 33.32 

 41.71 

 47.73 

 65.52 

 6S.83 

 75.81 

 73.55 

 63.57 

 51.09 

 45.03 

 27.07 



51.S2 



25.90° 

 29.71 

 39.51 

 46.05 

 59.49 

 61.90 

 65.68 

 63.13 

 58.87 

 47.01 

 42.70 

 23.55 



47.43 



The table next following gives the number of 

 days of vi'ind from the various quarters from which 

 it has blown during eacii month the past year. 

 Under the head of c((Im are placed t])ose days in 

 which the wind was very light and unstead}-, and 

 the currents constantly changing, as well as when 

 a breeze was imperceptible. It also shows the 

 number of Auroras and halos. 



T.\DLE SbOWINQ the NUMBER OP T^AYS OP WIND FROM DIF- 

 FERENT QU.VETERS IN 1859. 



The next table gives the number o^ days that 

 were clear, cloudy, tolerably clear, &e., together 

 with the number of storms of rain and snow, and 

 amount. Under the head of tolerabli/ clear are 

 placed tliose days in which the sun shone most of 

 the time, though clouds abounded, and under the 

 head of quite cloudy, those in which clouds pre- 

 dominated, though there were several hours of 

 sun. \ 



Table of Storms, Clear and Cloudy Days, &c., 1859. 

 t," "Si.;; 5, C Falls of Snow. Rain. 

 <J O En o O'o ^o. Indies. No. Inches.* 



There were also seventeen thunder-shoicers, as 

 follows : 1 in May, 6 in June, 5 in July, 3 in Au- 

 gust, 1 in October, and 1 in November. 



Springfield, Mass., Jan. 2, 1860. 



J. A. A. 



* The statistics in regard to the amount of rain, are taken 

 from the record kept at the U. S. Armory in this city, by S. Ad- 

 ams, Esq., clerk of the Armory, to whose kindness I am indebted 

 for their insertion here. 



A SILVER PITCHEK GIVEK^ TO A 

 FAEMBR! 



Swords, gold-headed canes, plate and other tes- 

 timonials of gratitude and respect, have been pre- 

 sented to "public benefactors," from time imme- 

 morial — for aught we know ; at any rate, we have 

 often read and heard of such things. But we 

 find in the New York Tribune an account of a 

 presentation, that strikes us as something new, so 

 far as the character of the services rewarded are 

 concerned. A silver pitcher and two goblets have 

 oeen presented to a farmer, in recognition of his 

 services as a farmer. 



Many years ago, a poor young man bought a 

 farm near Seneca Lake, New York. Much of the 

 soil was a cold, heavy clay. As fast as he could, 

 he drained off the water, put in the manure, and 

 demonstrated, by example, that farming may be 

 made profitable. In 1835 he imported patterns of 

 drain tile, and commenced his experiments in this 

 line of improvement with tiles made by the slow 

 process of hand labor. Machinery was soon used 

 in their manufacture, and in 1851 he had laid six- 

 teen miles of tile drains. Finding tliat the more 

 he drained, and the more he manured, the richer 

 he grew, he ventured to recommend hi.s coin-se to 

 other farmers, and became a frequent contributor 

 to the agricultural journals of New York. In one 

 of his articles, written the I7th of December last, 

 and published in the Rural New-Yorker, in reply 

 to some strictures on his system of "high feeding," 

 he says : 



"I will state that I can with more certainty cal- 

 culate on three tons of hay per acre, now, than I 

 could on one, thirty-six years ago, and I can safely 

 calculate on one acre in pasture feeding more 

 stock, and much better, than three would have 



