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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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ter through it. If I can in any way be of service 

 to you in future, I hope you will call on me with- 

 out hesitation. 



Among my pleasant anticipations is this, that 

 at some not far distant day, when peace shall 

 again smile upon us as a happy and united peo- 

 ple, I may visit the homes of the "sunny South," 

 observe your "peculiar institutions," and meet 

 face to face, gentlemen like yourself, in whose de- 

 votion to the interests of agricultural as well of 

 national prosperity I so deeply sympathize. 

 I am, with much respect, 



Truly yours, Henry F. French. 



HOGLE'S KOTABY STAR HAKRO"W. 



This new harrow, which is advertised in the ap- 

 propriate department of this Tiauer, and which we 



any description, and doing it in every respect far 

 better than any other harrow in existence, it also 

 prepares the ground better for the reception of 

 seed than any other ; is a self teeth sharpener ; 

 will pull up corn stalks or stubble of any kind, 

 shake the earth from the roots, and leave the same 

 evenly scattered on the surface of the ground ; 

 has one third less draught than any other harrow 

 of like weight and number of teeth ; is much more 

 convenient in the handling, the draught bar being 

 flexible, and therefore turning with the team 

 without moving the frame. In short, summing 

 up its excelling qualities into one sentence, it is 

 asserted with perfect assurance, that in one pas- 

 sage over the ground it does three times the 

 work of any other harrow extant. All these 

 things will at once become evident to any one 

 upon close examination, particularly upon seeing 

 it in practical operation. 



The box attached is intended for the reception 

 of any material having weight, such as stones, sod, 



now figure above, we have never tested in the 

 field, and have, therefore, no personal knowledge 

 of its merits. We insert, however, what others 

 say of it, cheerfully, because it seems to us to be 

 a good implement, and that all may have an op- 

 portunity of availing themselves of so important 

 an article, if it really does prove to be what it is 

 represented. 



This harrow is highly recommended by those 

 who have used it, and the following is said of its 

 peculiar advantages : 



Among its many excelling qualities over all 

 other harrows, are the following : It has no side 

 draught, but follows straight in the line of draught 

 of the team; it will not clog, but has a steady, 

 uniform and continual rotary motion as it is drawn 

 forward ; it will harrow and cross harrow at one 

 passage ; will not hitch on to any obstacles, such 

 as trees, stumps, roots, stones, &c. ; will cut or rend 

 to pieces the heaviest sod, and finely pulverize all 

 lumps of earth ; will evenly distribute over the 

 ground, and in a great measure bury or cover up 

 manures or composts of any kind ; will level and 

 render smooth the surface of the ground, filling 

 up all inequalities; its teeth never follow in the 

 track of the teeth of the preceding passage ; will 

 distribute more evenly and cover deeper seed of 



gravel, &c., the quantity varying in accordance 

 with the quality and condition of the ground. On 

 loose light soil the box should be slipped (being 

 movable,) out to the end of the weight beam and 

 lightly weighted. On hard, heavy soil, the box 

 should be moved, on said beam, as near to the 

 centre as possible, and heavily weighted. Of 

 course the judgment of the user must in each case 

 determine the position of the box, and the quan- 

 tity of weight necessary. By changing the box 

 on the weight beam, from one to the other side of 

 the harrow, the direction of the revolution is cor- 

 respondingly changed, which is often desirable, as 

 for instance, on a hill side. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 SHEEP CTJLTTTRE— DOGS AND POVERTY. 



Mr. Editor : — The reports of the Legislative 

 Agricultural Society, as published in the N. E. 

 Farmer, are attracting much attention here in 

 New Hampshire, by which it appears that dogs 

 are no less a curse in Massachusetts than here. 

 Can any respectable man, who would be consid- 

 ered a good citizen, encourage, by example, the 

 keeping of a dangerous beast, much less a useless 

 dog, to the annoyance and injury of his neigh- 

 bors ? Will he say in excuse, that dogs are a 

 safeguard against thieves ? or that they some- 



