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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 



Without wishing to detract from the credit of 

 Chenango county butter, I think a large quantity 

 of it might be improved from two to five cents a 

 pound, which would well repay extra labor. I 

 desire to advise young women who think of work- 

 ing in a dairy, to learn to make a fine article if 

 they have not already done so, and if they cannot 

 learn effectually without, it would pay them well 

 to go in some place where they know how, and 

 give one summer's work to learn, in increased 

 wages afterward, and eventually in winning gold- 

 en opinions for their husbands. 



I will guarantee any one's success who follows 

 the rules laid down — to attend to every branch 

 of the dairy, just when it requires attention, and 

 to watch the markets closely, making it always a 

 point to sell when buyers are anxious to purchase. 

 If I have failed to give you a satisfactory answer, 

 as to my good luck in the dairy business, I hope 

 some one more competent will take up the sub- 

 ject and do it better justice. — JoHN SlLlTTUCK, 

 Chenango Co., N. Y., iVi Country Oentleman. 



VALUE OP SHELTER FOR SHEEP. 



Wm. H. Ladd, one of the best farmers of the 

 State of Ohio, who has given especial attention 

 to sheep, gives the following careful estimate in 

 the Oldo Farmer, of the value of shelter to sheep, 

 suggested by the remark of a neighbor, that "It 

 won't pay to build shelter for sheep." This neigh- 

 bor kept 1000 head and lost many animals, and 

 it was from his losses that a part of this estimate 

 is made : 



Let me make some very low estimates in refer- 

 ence to the loss occasioned by this treatment in 

 thirty years. First, if the sheep sheared two pounds 

 of wool per head under this treatment, they would 

 have shorn three pounds had they received good 

 care. Second, one pound difl'erence per head on 

 1,000 sheep makes 1000 pounds ; 1,000 pounds 

 in 30 years, at 40 cents per pound, $12,000. It 

 is a very low estimate, counting sheep at the low- 

 est common price, that a flock of 1,000 sheep 

 should yield $500 worth of surplus stock to sell 

 each year; this in 30 years amounts to $15,000. 

 Feed saved by shelter, say $200 each year, worth, 

 in 30 years, $6,000 : simple interest at 6 per cent, 

 on amount saved in 30 years, $30,090 ; difference 

 of the value of the flock on hand at the end of 30 

 years, $1,000 ; value of shelters to the proprietor 

 at the close of 30 years, $1,000 ; amount saved, 

 $G5,G90. Per contra— shelters cost say $3,000 ; 

 additional grain fed, say $400 each year, in 30 

 years $12,000; interest as above, $10,500 ; for 

 keeping shelters in repair, $1,000 — total $32,500. 

 Difterence in favor of shelters and good care, 

 $33,130. Don't look at this as a fancy sketch ; 

 it is a reality, and the only incorrectness about 

 it is, that the estimated difference in favor of 

 good keeping is in every particular below the re- 

 ality. 



Coe's Superphosphate of Lime. — We have 

 before us two or three letters from Josiah White, 

 Esq., of Petersham, Mass., ordering of Nourse & 

 Co. at different times Coe's Superphosphate of 



Lime. In one of these letters Mr. White says : — 

 "I am realizing great benefit in the use of the 

 phosphate by the check it gives the wire worms ; 

 my neighbors on all sides are losing nearly their 

 whole crop of corn in consequence of the ravages 

 of these pests." 



Mr. White is one of our best farmers — a gen- 

 tleman qualified to make accurate observations 

 upon the operations which he undertakes. His 

 testimony in regard to this, or any other manuri- 

 al agent, is entitled to the highest respect. We 

 are experimenting with this phosphate on our own 

 farm, and intend to state results by-and-by. 



THE OLD "WOODEN PLO'W. 



a'stappordshirb ditty. 



Up by the Blake Mere o'Morridge not long time ago, 

 There lived an old chap, wi'an old wig o' tow, 

 Hi3 name was Tom Morris, and I'll tell you how 

 He made a discourse on an old wooden plow. 



Gee ho, Dobbin ; gee ho, Dobbin ; gee ho, Dobbin ! 

 Gee up and gee ho ! 



'Twas the tenth of October, and though oats were just ripe, 

 On the settle he sat, and he smoked his long pipe ; 

 And he thought a long time about this thing and that, 

 And said "Tommy ! sit down, and I'll tell thee what's wh»t." 

 Gee ho, Dobbin ! &c. 



"These are terrible times, lad, prithee come nigh. 

 And I'll gie thee a wrinkle or two ere I die ; 

 I can't stand it much longer, it shortens my breath. 

 These newfangled notions will soon be my death. 



Gee ho, Dobbin I &c. 



"They're going too fast, lad, I tell thee, a deal ; 

 There's Lord Talbot, o'Ing'stre ; and Ralph Saeyd o' Keel ; 

 And Sandon, and Duller, and Main'ring, and Bill — 

 Lord, the stuff they've been taking, it makes me quite ill. 

 Gee ho Dobbin ! &c. 



"With their bones and their acid ; their drills and gu-hanner ; 

 Thy grandfather, Tom, niver farmed 'i that manner ; 

 He'd a stared hard enough, if he'd heard what they say 

 About boiling o' oil cake, and chopping o' hay. 



Gee ho, Dobbin I Stc. 



"Thensoughing's a thing as in course they mun alter. 

 So they go a mon's depth for to get at th' top water — 

 And they scoop out the dirt wi' a thing like a spoon, 

 And for tiles ! they'll be using o' bacca pipes soon. 

 Gee ho, Dobbin I &c. 



"Then they prate o' their carrots and mangels, and sich— 

 As if carrots and mangels would make a man rich, 

 Of hoeing o' turnips, and clearing o' yallows — 

 Stuff and nonsense ! and growing o' wheat without fallows. 

 Gee ho, Dobbin ! &c. 



"It makes me to loff ! without fallows indeed ! 

 Why, I think they mun ha' a soft place in their head. 

 But what dun ye think they've been doing just now.' 

 Why, they've got up a loff at an old wooden plow. 



Gee ho, Dobbin ! be. 



"Aye ! an old wooden plow — and they say, to be sure. 

 As the wide-awake farmer mun use 'em no more ; 

 They mun a' be of iron, and wood there's no trade for — 

 Why, what do th' fools Ihiuken as ash trees was made for ? 

 Gee ho, Dobbin ! &c. 



"Talk o' plows made o' iron ; why, th' next thing they'll do. 

 As sure as you live, they'll be painting 'm blue ; 

 Then they've two tits a breast, as they call a 'ge ho' — 

 They may call long enough, but they never can go. 

 Gee ho, Dobbin I &c. 



"No ! gie me a good wooden plow as is strong. 

 And a good pair o' big wheels to help it along. 

 And four long-tailed tits and a mon and a lad. 

 And a good steady place, and it ?lianiier be bad. 



Gee ho, Dobbin ! 4c. 



"But Tommy, my lad, niver heed what they say. 

 But pet thee on still i' thy father's old way ; 

 They'll bring all their hogs to fine markets just now. 

 But stick while thee liv'st to thy old wooden plow." 

 Gee ho, Dobbin ! &c. 



