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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 



good. They are cold and watery, and scour them. 

 In mild weather, roots supply the place of green 

 food, and we consider them good for that only, in 

 our Northern climate. 



If calves get lousy, rub a little soft greese 

 mixed with a sprinkling of Scotch snuff, on the 

 affected parts, thoroughly to the skin, and the 

 lice will leave at once. If you have not the snuff, 

 grease alone will do. This is effectual, and the 

 only remedy we have applied for years. Tobacco 

 water we do not like. It often sickens the calves, 

 and is not so certain a cure as the grease. Keep 

 the calves warm, dry and clean, and they will 

 come out in the Spring as bright as larks, — Amer- 

 ican Agriculturist. 



EXTRACTS AND HEPLIES. 

 UAY CROPS. 



I have repeatedly heard the remark that the hay 

 crop of this season is better than it has been for 

 twenty years past. What say you to this ? We 

 are apt to magnify objects directly in view, to the 

 perversion of our better judgment. I have no- 

 ticed many fields that yield a ton or more to the 

 acre ; but as a general thing, on well cultivated 

 farms, I believe the crop cannot with propriety 

 be estimated more than one ton to the acre. That 

 is, on a farm where the land for mowing amounts 

 to forty acres, the crop, when gathered to the 

 barn, will not exceed forty tons. If you have ob- 

 served differently, please state what you have 

 seen ? Essex. 



August, 1861. 



Remarks. — The hay crop, in the New England 

 States, and in northern New York, according to 

 our observation, and the reports which we find in 

 our exchanges, is certainly more than an average 

 one. The average in New England cannot be, 

 we think, more than one ton per acre ; but thanks 

 to such intelligent writers and observers as is our 

 correspondent, to the press, and the exertions of 

 our county and State societies, that average, we 

 believe, has been somewhat increased in Massa- 

 chusetts. The hay crop has certainly been a grat- 

 ifying one, and it has been secured in admirable 

 condition. 



DAIRY FARMING. 



Receiving such satisfactory answers to my for- 

 mer questions induces me to query further. I am 

 anxious to carry on farming in a rather more ex- 

 tensive scale than is commonly done about here, 

 which is generally the skinning process, and my 

 main objt'ct is to manufacture all the manure pos- 

 sible on the farm, and still make the stock profi- 

 table. I am undecided whether to engage in the 

 milk, butter or cheese business. I can calculate 

 on 17 cents per pound for the butter, and 10 for 

 the cheese, or 2^ cents per quart for the milk at 

 the door. Can you or your correspondents in- 

 form me how many quarts of milk it requires to 

 make a pound of cheese ? G. H. CROSBY. 



L'ast Hampden, Me., Aug., 1861. 



Remarks. — We have seen it estimated that it 

 requires one gallon of new milk to make a pound 



of curd. When this curd is pressed, there would 

 remain something less than a pound of cheese. 

 We have little doubt that it would be more profi- 

 table to make butter and cheese, keep swine on 

 the waste, and increase the manure, than to sell 

 the milk at 2^ cents per quart. 



SOWING OF RED-TOP IN THE FALL — CORN ON 

 OLD AND NEW LAND. 



Can you tell me whether it is proper to sow 

 red-top in the fall ? I have asked many farmers 

 in this vicinity, and none can give me the desired 

 information. There are two pieces of corn in my 

 neighborhood ; part of each piece has been plant- 

 ed for a number of years, the remaining {)art of 

 each lot was plowed last fall ready for planting 

 this spring ; the pieces were manured in the hole 

 with Coe's superphosphate of lime ; the ground 

 that had been planted for a number of years did 

 well, but the new ground has done poorly thus 

 far ; a great deal of the corn was eaten by the 

 worms in the spring, and what remains will be 

 only fit for fodder. What is the cause of this 

 difference ? 



Our crops are doing well, and unless some- 

 thing new should turn up, will be good. 



J. Elkins. 



JIampion, N. H., Aug. 10, 1861. 



Remarks, — It is a common practice to sow 

 red-top seed in the fall, and it ought to be sowed 

 early, say the last of August, or the first part of 

 September. It will be several days in coming up 

 so as to be readily noticed, as it comes in a sin- 

 gle, hair-like stem, of a pale green color. It rare- 

 ly grows in the first of autumn so as to form a 

 joint. 



Corn on sod land is sometimes badly eaten by 

 worms, and where they destroy a portion of the 

 crop the remainder does not seem to flourish well. 

 This is the only thing that occurs to us as the 

 cause of the difference of which you speak. 



LANDS IN WESTERN* NEW YORK. 



Will you inform me through the monthly Far- 

 mer, respecting the unoccupied land in western 

 New York ? I understand that there is good land 

 there, but do not know the price per acre. Also, 

 please give a general description of said land : 

 The distance from market, the quantity and qual- 

 ity of the wood, information on the climate and 

 its healthfulness, water, productions and condi- 

 tions of payment. Any other information which 

 you can give will be very thankfully received. 

 Please give me the name of the land agent, and 

 the place of his residence so I can send him a line, 

 if desirable. A SiBSCRlBER. 



North Brook/ield, Aug., 1861. 



Remarks. — We wish we were possessed of one- 

 half the knowledge which it seems to be supposed 

 we have. We have no reliable information re- 

 specting the lands in question, but will send this 

 paper to our friend and former correspondent, 

 WiNSLOw Watson, Esq., of Port Kent, N, Y. 



