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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 



USE OF HEN MANURE — WAKTS — WHEAT FOR 

 HORSES. 



I have some hen manure. Can you inform me 

 of the best way of applying it to the ground, and 

 to what crop ? If to corn, how should it be pre- 

 pared ? 



A neighbor of mine has a steer on one of whose 

 ears is a number of large warts, one being as big 

 as a hen's egg. Can you suggest a remedy ? 



I lately saw it stated in a book entitled "Cole's 

 Diseases of Animals," that wheat fed to horses 

 would poison them. Now that does not seem rea- 

 sonable to me. What is your experience in the 

 matter ? J. Dana Adams. 



Williamsburg, Me., 1862. 



Remarks. — Mix the hen manure with muck, 

 loam or sand, four parts of either to one of the 

 manure. Before dropping corn throw a handful of 

 this compost into the hill, and mingle it well with 

 the soil. 



See article in this paper on dispersing warts with 

 fresh butter. 



Wheat taken in large quantities, -will kill a horse 

 — so will corn. But fed judiciously, either is nu- 

 tritious and wholesome. 



DISSOLVING bones. 



Can you, or some of your correspondents, in- 

 form me through the columns of the Farmer the 

 shortest and cheapest method of dissolving, pul- 

 verizing or grinding bones, or the best and cheap- 

 est way in which they can be used on land here in 

 Vermont ? 



I have a small farm on which my slaughter- 

 house stands and from it I have a great many 

 bones. Now I would like to know how they can be 

 used most advantageously with the least expense. 

 The land is, a part of it, light, sandy soil, and part 

 a sort of mucky or sandy loam. I have some 

 young fruit trees, set out last spring. Can I make 

 these bones useful about the trees ? Is Coe's su- 

 perphosphate of lime anything but bone dissolved 

 and ground ? What will a machine for grinding 

 cost ? Will some one experienced in bones write 

 on the subject ? A Subscriber. 



Burlington, Vt., 1862. 



Remarks. — In our last volume of the monthly 

 Farmer, on pages 121, 145 and 401, may be found 

 articles on this subject. In the number for Janu- 

 ary of this year, page 23, is a mode of reducing 

 bones by placing them on a layer of ashes, in a 

 cask, and so continue them. Coe's superphos- 

 phate of lime is nothing but bones and sulphuric 

 acid. 



a good BARN hoe. 



Some one has asked for a hoe to clean out cat- 

 tle stalls, one that will clean out the corners as 

 well as the manure. Being a blacksmith, and lik- 

 ing convenient tools to work with, I have made 

 several for my neighbors, that give good satisfac- 

 tion. For the benefit of some of your numerous 

 readers who may like one, I give you the plan. 

 Take a steel shovel blade, one that is worn out or 

 broken will answer, cut off a piece six inches wide. 



leaving it the whole width of the shovel, and have 

 both edges straight ; punch a half inch hole one 

 and one-fourth inches from the edge on the thick- 

 est side ; draw a shank six inches long and head 

 in a tool. Bend the shank so as to have it stand 

 Uke a common hoe, put it through the hole and 

 rivet on the blade with four rivets. A good ash 

 handle is the best. Both sides can be used. 

 Concord, April, 1862. F. E. B. 



BEST churn. 



I wish you would inform me which kind of 

 churn is best for a dairy of four or five cows. The 

 Air Pressure Churn was recommended as making 

 ten per cent, more butter than any other in the 

 market. Does it sustain its reputation ? Will 

 you inform me where one can be obtained, and at 

 what price? Thomas Haskell. 



West Gloucester, 1862. 



Remarks. — We have been constantly using the 

 Air Pressure Churn, summer and winter, for two 

 years, and never have found any other churn 

 equal to it. Sold by Parker, Gannett & Osgood, 

 Blackstone Street, Boston. 



a great crop of rye. 



I saw in your paper of the 15th ult. a notice of 

 a great rye crop, which I think I can beat. This 

 gentleman raised 70 bushels from 3 bushels seed, 

 on 1^ acres of ground. 



I had 2 acres of ground, and sowed 4 bushels 

 of seed, and cleared up 112 bushels of rye, as 

 clean as any I ever saw. A Subscriber. 



Bridport, Vt., April, 1862. 



goats. 



I noticed in the Farmer something about goats. 

 Do you, or any of your readers, know where one 

 can be bought ? If so, please let me know thi'ough 

 the Farmer, and what one can be bought for. 



Great Falls, N. H., 1862. s. F. A. 



Remarks. — We do not know where a goat can 

 be purchased. 



RINGBONE. 



If "Young Farmer" will inform me of his name 

 and residence, I think I can tell him what will cure 

 ringbone. Samuel H. Wheeler. 



Mason Centre, N. H., 1862. 



A PLOWING BEE. 



At a recent meeting of the Concord Farmer's 

 Club, it was voted to have a Plowing Bee in that 

 town at some time during the first half of May. 

 The desire is to bring together as many plow-ma- 

 kers, and plowmen, as may find it convenient to 

 attend, and to test the plows, so as to learn which 

 of them will do the best and most work, with the 

 expenditure of the least amount of power. Anoth- 

 er object is to bring farmers together in a social 

 way, and, perhaps, to hold a discussion upon the 

 subject of plows and plowing. 



The members of the Club will receive those who 

 come from other towns as guests, and extend to 



