1862. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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measure each twelve by fourteen, and the other, 

 in the gable, ten by thirteen. 



This cottage is designed to be built of wood, 

 covered in the vertical and battened manner, and 

 finished inside and out with mouldings of a sim- 

 ple gothic pattern, and will cost, in the neighbor- 

 hood of Boston, from $1300 to $1600. 



EXTRACTS ANT> KEPLIES. 

 CALEDONIA CO. (VT.) AGKICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the Society's annual meeting, held in Januaiy, 

 the following officers were chosen for the year en- 

 suing: 



President — Horace Fairbanks ; Vice Presi- 

 dents — Harley ^I. Hall, James D. Bell ; Treasur- 

 er — George C. Barney; Secretaries — Horace 

 Paddock, T. I\I. Howard. 



The committee on butter reported that David 

 Currier, of Peacham, was entitled to the first pre- 

 mium. He made from nine cows (four of which 

 he called heifers,) 1729 lbs., being an average of 

 11)2 lbs to the cow. 



The first premiums on field crops were awarded 

 as follows : 



Wheat— Stephen Richardson, AVaterford, 36 4-9 

 bushels per acre. 



Corn — George Goss, Barnet, 146 bushels of ears 

 per acre. 



Oats — David Currier, of Peaeham, 69^ bushels 

 per acre. 



Potatoes— Wm. D. Rollins, Waterford, 410 

 bushels per acre. 



Turnips — David Currier, Peacham, 346 bushels 

 on 28 rods. 



Carrots — J. B. Kinerson, Peacham, 47 bushels 

 on 6 rods. 



Barley — J. O. Moore, Peacham, 57 bushels per 

 acre. 



Other reports were brought before the Society, 

 which, together with further proceednigs of the 

 meeting, ai'e of less interest to the general reader. 

 I. W. Sanborn. 



GREAT RYE CROP. 



I send you the facts of a rye crop grown last 

 year by me on one acre and a half of ground. The 

 yield was so large I thought it Avorthy of notice, as 

 you like to hear of good crops. I sowed three 

 bushels and cleaned up seventy bushels by meas- 

 ure. I think, had it been Aveighed, it would have 

 overrun even that. J. C. s. 



Shoreham, Vt., Feb., 1862. 



RLAN OF A SUEEP BARN. 



Having followed some of the valuable sugges- 

 tions that have appeared in your paper, I cut the 

 last year double the hay I did the year previous. 

 I value your paper very highly, and believe one of 

 the best ways to make farming profitable is to take 

 tlie Farmer, and follow its friendly advice. One 

 single copy to me is often worth double the price it 

 costs. 



AVill some of your numerous correspondents 

 give a plan of a sheep-barn with sufiicicnt capacity 

 to accommodate two or three hundi'ed sheep, to be 

 situated on level land, with necessary details as to 

 apartments, sheep racks, &c. A description of 

 such a bam would much oblige me, for I am now 



getting out lumber for one, and shall put it up in 

 the spring. A Subscriber. 



Pomiicij, N. II., Feb., 1862. 



Remarks. — We hope some of our friends will 

 communicate the infonnation desired in the above 

 communication, as it ia needed by many persons. 



FAT COW. 

 The heaviest cow sent to market flora Old Cal- 

 edonia the present season was sold by Messrs. Big- 

 elow, of Lyndon. Its live weight was IJGO lbs. 

 — dressed 100.5 lbs., and had 121 lbs. of rough tal- 

 loAv. There are heavier ones still in the country, 

 waiting theii- time. \. w. s. 



THE APHIS. 



Will you, or your entomological correspondent, 

 Mr. F. G. Sanborn, fovor us throug'i the Farmer, 

 with a brief history so far as knomi of tlic aphis — 

 the insect everywhere present of the past season — 

 and oblige other readers as well as 



Lyndon, Vt. I. AV. Sanborn. 



NE"W PUBLICATIONS. 



The Pp.i>-cipt,e3 axd Practice of Land DnAixAGE ; embracing 

 a bi-JL-fliistory of L'lirln-diMininsj ; a cletiiileJ examination of 

 its Operntion :in;l Ailvantas,'es ; a description of vai-iou3 kinds 

 of Drains, witli practical directions for (lieir construc'ion ; tlia 

 niani'l'icture of Drain Tile, &c. Illustrated by nearly 100 

 Ensravini'i. By John 11. Klippart. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke 

 & Co. ISGl. 



Tins is an excellent work upon the subject of 

 drainage, written by a person conversant vdih. the 

 subject, and v.ho was willing to go so far into de- 

 tails as to give the reasons why mthdrawing water 

 from the soil, tends to make the soil, deeper and 

 ivarmer and more moist in a dry time, than an un- 

 drained soil. It is written in a plain, candid man- 

 ner, and cannot fail to be of essential service to 

 those who will read and practice its precepts. The 

 subject is one of great importance to our farmei'S, 

 and demands of them more attention than it has 

 yet received. 



Items from the Patent Office. — Forty per 

 cent, of the letters received at the Agricultural 

 Bureau call for seeds of cotton, tobacco and sor- 

 gho. The county of Jefi"crson, in Iowa, has pro- 

 duced this year 75,000 gallons of sorgho molasses, 

 and 5000 lbs. of sugar. AA'ith this result, after 

 three or four years of cultivation, the agriculturists 

 there propose to go into the thing largely. 



The same Bureau has just received a large lot 

 of the finest variety of tobacco seed from Havana ; 

 also, seeds in abundance of the finest Maryland 

 varieties. 



Investigations concerning what is called the 

 "percnnictl cotton tree" do not go to establish 

 statements concerning it which have appeared in 

 New York publications. 



Scalding Onion Seed. — A coiTespondent of 

 the American Agriculturist writes that a para- 

 graph has been going the rounds of the papers to 

 the eflect that scalding water poured upon onion 

 seed will cause it to germinate in a few minutes. 

 He tried it, and lost aU his first planting, not a 

 seed coming up. 



