1860. 



NEW ENGLAND FAE:MER. 



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morning of the 20th ; and the 26th, the tempera- 

 ture fell to 18°. Mean temperature of the month, 

 43.01°. 



The 11th month was variable; dry weather 

 continued until the 9th. Total depth of rain at 

 this place, 2.82 inches. IMcan temperature 38°, 

 six degrees above that of the corresponding month 

 of 1858. The 30th was very fine, and farmers 

 were busy plowing. 



The i2th month was remarkably cold. The 1st 

 was warm and rainy — colder and snow the 2d, af- 

 ter 5 A. M., and the 3d was extremely cold ; 2° 

 below zero at 9 o'clock A. ISL, having fallen 54° 

 in 36 hours. In the morning of the 29th, it fell 

 to 13° below zero. Mean temperature of the 

 month 17.93°. Depth of rain, 1.7 inches. 



The maximum height of the mercury in the 

 3'ear in the shade, was 91°, and the minimum was 

 26° below zero, showius: a range for the year of 

 of 117°. 



I have now given the most prominent features 

 of the weather during the year, at this place, 

 which is nearly in latitude 4-1° north. The ex- 

 tremes of temperature are sometimes farther 

 apart, yet the climate is considered healthy, the 

 labors of the husbandman are generally croMiied 

 with abundant harvests. This was particularly 

 the case last year, with the exception of the hay 

 crop, which was uncommonly light, nearly all the 

 clover having been killed in the winter. The large 

 crop of straw compensates in a measure for the 

 deficiency- L. Vabxey. 



Bloomjield, C. W., I860- 



BXTBACTS AKTD REPLIES. 

 SEEDISTG TO GEASS. 



I have eight acres of land which I wish to seed 

 to grass as soon as practicable ; it was broken up 

 in September, 1858, and manured broadcast with 

 some six cords per acre, cross plowed and plant- 

 ed with corn in 1859. Is it best to sow grass 

 seed with spring grain or seed down after taking 

 off the crop in the fall ? 



Which is the best grain, oats or barley to sow 

 seed with, and bow many bushels of these seeds 

 should be sown per acre .'' 



A Constant Re.\der. 



West Boxhury, April, 1860. 



Remarks. — You can plant with corn, cultivate 

 flat, that is, make no hills, and after topping the 

 corn in August, sow grass seed, and rake it in. 

 The corn shades and protects the young grass, so 

 that this is a good deal less labor than any other 

 mode. Of course, you will not allow any weeds 

 to grow among the corn. 



Barley is better to seed down with than oats, if 

 the land is a warm and gravelly loam. But if a 

 heavy black loam, barley is not suitable. One and 

 a half bushels is all we use per acre, for seed. 

 Most persons use three bushels of oats, per acre ; 

 we use two and a half. The poorer the land, the 

 more seed is required, 



NORFOLK COUNTY TRANSACTIONS. 



By the kindness of the chairman of the supervi- 

 sory committee of Norfolk County, I have been 



favored with a copy of the "Norfolk Transac- 

 tions" for 1859. I have glanced over and through 

 many of its pages with much interest. Very few, 

 if any, of our State Societies render a better ac- 

 count of their stewardship. While favored with 

 such a President, and such a Secretary, nothing 

 less should be expected. 



I have always looked to Norfolk for a model of 

 good works. Essex. 



A2)ra, 1860. _ 



SCRATCHES AND WORMS IN HORSES. 



In a recent number of the Farmer, "M. Var- 

 num," of Candia, wishes to know what will kill 

 worms in horses. I reply, if your horse has Avorms, 

 give in doses of one pint at a time, linseed oil 

 once a day, for three days, and a perfect cure is 

 warranted. 



Much has been said about scratches ; my horse 

 has bad them badly. I have tried various things, 

 but found no permanent cure, until I pounded 

 glass to a fine powder, and mixed it with sperm 

 oil. By a few applications they were cured. 



Candia, March 12. A Subscriber. 



TIGHT BARNS AND SICK CATTLE. 



The remarks of Mr. Adams, in your paper of 

 this morning, on the structure and use of barns for 

 cattle at the present time, are decidedly to the 

 point. More is to be learned from a detail of 

 such practical observations, than from an exami- 

 nation of all the carcasses of all (he animals ever 

 slaughtered. What if there be found liquid mat- 

 ter in and about the lungs of the animal, hoM' do 

 farmers know that such matter ought not to be 

 there ? Or how do they know the cause of its be- 

 ing there ? p. 



April 2d,, 1860. _ 



CORN beer. 



Will some of your correspondents inform mo 

 how to make good corn beer ? Hay Time. 



St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1860. 



A BIG TURNIP. 



Last year I raised an English flat turnip that 

 weighed 15 lbs. and thirteen ounces. 



David G. Green. 



For the New En'^land Farmer. 



HOMCEOPATHIC TREATMEITT OF DYS- 

 ENTERY IlSr COWS. 



_ Mr. Editor : — A few days ago I had a cow 

 sick, a decided case of dysentery. Her alvine 

 evacuations were thin, slimy, streaked with blood, 

 and very offensive to delicate noses. I gave her 

 in the morning three doses of aconite, at intervals 

 of a half hour between doses ; one drop of the 

 mother-tincture, diluted in a teaspoonful of water, 

 for each dose. This was followed by two doses of 

 arsenic, same quantity and same interval between 

 doses. Result — in twelve hours the evacuations 

 were greatly improved ; the next morning, tM-en- 

 ty-four hours from the commencement of the 

 treatment, the cow was perfectly well. During 

 the treatment she was fed lightlj' with hay, and in 

 the afternoon a quart of oil-meal in a half pailful 

 of water. MiNOT Pratt. 



Concord, May 10, 1860, 



