1860. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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BRADLEY'S BEVOLVHyTQ HOBSE KAKE. 



No rake, Tve believe, has yet been constructed 

 that rakes so clean, and that resists Avear and tear 

 so Avell, including rocks, stumps and ditches, as 

 the spring tooth. It is rare that one of the teeth 

 breaks, or that it gets out of order in any way. 

 But as it has been constructed, it is a severe labor 

 for both man and horse to work it. In leaving 

 the winrow, the whole weight of the rake must be 

 lifted high enough to drop the hay, and even this 

 at the great disadvantage of doing it at arms' 

 length ! There is nothing attached to them to keep 

 the teeth up from the ground, so that the opera- 

 tion is almost as much that of harrowing as of 

 raking. 



The rake represented above is calculated to 

 obviate some of these difficulties. It has what are 

 termed "Iron Runners," or foot pieces, upon 

 which the rake rests, and which are so an-anged 

 as to keep the teeth at a proper distance from the 

 ground, which must materially lessen the draft, 

 and prevent the raking in of dirt, old fog, or after- 

 grass. Instead of lifting it up, as in the old one, 

 when the hay is to be discharged, by lightly push- 

 ing a small lever, the rake instantly leaves its 

 load and, revolving upon its iron runners, comes 

 into place again. It will be seen by the engraving 

 that any smart boy large enough to ride and guide 

 a horse, can do the raking — for all that is I'equired 

 is to pull upon a string leading to the lever al- 

 ready mentioned, when the rake leaves its load 

 and revolves into place. 



We have tried the rake by spreading out hay 

 for the purpose, and feel willing to say that it is 

 undoubtedly a great improvement over the old 



spring tooth, and may prove better than any other 

 rake Ave have used. It will be harder to operate 

 than the Delano, but not half as likely to get out 

 of order. Persons interested may learn more in 

 relation to it by referring to our advertising col-- 

 umns. 



TO RAISE PUMPKINS. 



I Wish to know, through the Farmer, the best' 

 way to raise pumpkins, whether to plant among 

 corn or not. A Young Farmer. 



It is a common and successful practice, among 

 all Yankee farmers, to plant pumpkin seed among 

 their corn and potatoes at the first hoeing. Some 

 plant at the same time as the corn. This course, 

 when the soil is rich and mellow gives a tolerable 

 crop of pumpkins, without any considerable addi- 

 tion of labor, but we do not consider it as profit- 

 able as to devote a piece of land exclusively to 

 pumpkins. One kind of crop at a time, thor- 

 oughly worked, we have found, as a general thing, 

 to prove most profitable. 



Pumpkins, planted in hills, three seeds in a 

 hill, and hills eight feet apart each way, the vines 

 stopped in by pinching ofl" the end when they have 

 grown six or eight feet, will give an immense 

 yield, and of a quality superior to those grown 

 among corn. The soil should be loamy, rich, or 

 with plenty of well-rotted manure, thoroughly 

 mixed in the Avhole field, and the hills should be 

 as nearly level with the surface of the land as pos- 

 sible. — Ohio Farmer. 



It is easier to increase our wants, be it ever so 

 much, than to reduce them, be it ever so little. 



Out of good men choose acquaintances j out 

 of acquamtances, friends. 



