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NEW ENGLAND FARMEIL 



Feb. 



the abode of misery : the master is dressed as you 

 are ; his language is that of the towns. On his 

 rude table are books and newspapers ; he takes 

 vou hurriedly aside to be informed of what is go- 

 ing oa ill Europe, aud asks you what has most 

 struck you in tliis country. Pie will trace on pa- 

 per for you the plan of a campaign in Belgium, 

 and will teach you gravely what remains to be 

 done for the prosi)erity of France. You might 

 take Iiim for a rich proprietor, come to spend a few 

 nights in a shooting-box. And, in fact, the log- 

 hut is only a halting place for the American — a 

 temporary submission to necessity. As soon as 

 the surrounding fields are thoroughly cultivated, 

 and their owner has time to occupy himself with 

 superfluities, a more spacious dwelling will succeed 

 the log-hut, and become the home of a large fam- 

 ily of children, who, in their turn, will some day 

 build themselves a dwelling in the wilderness. — 

 Alexis de Tocquecille. 



SO'W SPBINQ WHEAT EARLY. 



"My experience teaches me," says a correspon- 

 dent of the Wisconsin Farmer, "that we must sow 

 our wheat as early as possible. There is hardly 

 any danger of sowing too early. Two years ago I 

 sowed a small piece in Canada club spring wheat 

 on the 5th day of April. That piece yielded 33 

 bushels to the acre in that poor season. The ber- 

 ry was plump and heavy, weighing 61.^ pounds to 

 measured bushel. I continued to sow, as the rains 

 and state of the ground would allow, having but 

 one team, until about the first day of May, and I 

 must say that just in proportion to the date of 

 sowing were the amounts and quality of the crop, 

 the piece which was sown and harrowed the last 

 day of April being badly rusted and not yielding 

 over eight or nine bushels of poor shrunken wheat 

 per acre, while that portion of the field covered 

 about the 10th of the same month, turned out be- 

 tween twenty-five and thirty bushels of very mar- 

 ketable grain. The piece sown about the 18th 

 and 20th of April was not so good as that sown 

 before, yet far better than the last sown." 



In connection with these remarks, we will add 

 that of the two wheat crops submitted last year to 

 the Essex County Agricultural Society, one was 

 sown April 7th, and the other, "when the han-ow 

 struck tiie frost." The premium of $8 was award- 

 ed to Mr. Paul Pearson, of Newbury, for his crop 

 of wheat, at the rate of 35 bushels to the acre. 

 Pretty good crop for old Massachusetts. 



The ladies are introducing a new and beautiful 

 ornament for the parlor mantle, or centre table. 

 They take large pine burs, sprinkle grass seed of 

 any "kind in them, and place them in pots of wa- 

 ter. When the burs are soaked a few days, they 

 close up in the form of solid cones, then the little 

 spears of green grass begin to emerge from amongst 

 the lamiuiC, forming an ornament of rare and sim- 

 ple beauty. 



ACUTE POUNDER IN HORSES. 



AVe find the following in that excellent little 

 work. The Horse Oioner^s Guide: — 



An inflammation of the laminae of the foot, 

 originating in too hard work, or caused by cold. 

 This disease is not confined to the hoof alone, but 

 spreads over the sensible laminae or fleshy plates 

 on the front and sides of the coffin bone. It is al- 

 ways accompanied by fever. 



//. R. — Aconite — If there is inflammation, 6 

 drops every one, two or three hours. 



Brijonia — When the limbs are stiff" and the 

 joints swollen, G drops every two hours. Vera- 

 trum, if it is brought on by violent exercise, same. 



A. R. — Cold applications, and still better to put 

 the horse in running water. If very violent, bleed 

 the jugular and feet, two or three quarts. 



Founder, Chronic. — This is a species of foun- 

 der that produces less severe lameness than acute 

 founder. 



//. R. — Aconite, arsenicum, with increased pain. 

 Rhus tox., if there is a change for the Avorse after 

 some exertion. 



We suppose the letters "H. R." and "A. R," 

 mean homoeopathic and allopathic remedy. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 HINTS FOR THE SEASON. 



Mr. Editor : — Allow me to remind your read- 

 ers who are not prepared to use their sugar or- 

 chards to their full capacity, that arrangements 

 should now be made to procure buckets, storage, 

 &c., that no time may be lost when the sugar sea- 

 son arrives. 



At present prices — and there appears to be no 

 prospect of any diminution very soon — there is no 

 more profitable branch of farming. 



Don't forget to throw on a few of the best brush 

 for pea supports while getting the year's supply of 

 fuel, and have them sharpened and laid aside in a 

 convenient place for use next spring. 



It makes winter more cheerful to hang up a few 

 bits of fat meat where the chicadees can feed upon 

 them and be safe from "puss." If there is no tree 

 or shrub near the window, a small spruce or fir 

 tree in a sheltered corner will afl'ord a double grat- 

 ification when stocked with such "fruit." 



AVm. F. Bassett. 



AsJifield, Jan. 13, 1862. 



Cultivation of Cotton in the Free States. 

 — The Commissioner of Patents has issued a Cir- 

 cular, in which he says the cultivation of cotton 

 in the middle portion of the Free States is begin- 

 ning to attract attention. To prevent failures in 

 its cultivation, it is proper to remark that it is a 

 principle in vegetable phjsiology that tropical 

 plants can never be acclimated North, except by a 

 repeated reproduction of new varieties from the 

 seed. The attempt to grow Sea Island cotton, 

 such as is now brought from Hilton Head, would 



