t 

 1S63. 



XEW EXGLAXD FARMER. 



Wt 



and soh-e the qnestion of profit for Toorself. From 

 two to four hnndred poands is commonlj lued per 

 acre, on the crops yoa mention. TTe believe Coe's m- 

 perphcaphate it a pure article, and ia reaUy an actite 

 fertiliser. 



rSB OF FOtrBBETTE. 



■^ill Ton, or some of the readers of the Farmer, 

 wuo have used the poadrette of the L'>ii Company, 

 ini'unn us throaeh that paper whether i: will increal^ 

 the crop to which it ia applied so much that farmers 

 can afford to parcha<e and applv it to com, or other ' moner 

 crop? ? If the repons thev pnblbh are true, I think I Carx Elizahffli, Me. Jan. 1863. 



onr farmers should look to their own resources in this | ' 



respect more carefully than thev are apt to ; for my ; 

 esperienc-e prove* thit a large pile of the verv be^t 



stated- I lire to learn. Glad ira« I to see the 

 pen of a fanner who diflen, point out the wav to 

 do it. I think him honest in hia rietrs, but if he 

 will look at a field in which the muck is from five 

 to fifteen feet in depth, well drained, I think be 

 will find that it is not the field to raise large bar 

 crops OIL 



Those farmers who nm to the mecfaamc to re 

 pair and to do all the patchmg ■pjobe whilst ther 

 loaf around, hardly ever are burdened with 



& p. M. 



_ Ptke Floce of Boxe.— .\ttention is called 



manure for com may be made yearly by addin? dry ' to an advertisement of this new article in anoth- 



mack, or loam, to the deposits in the vault of the 

 privy, and at the same time it will prevent anv disa- 

 greeable odor from arisins. W. J. SimoVds 

 RojAury, Vt., March, 1863. 



Rejcarks.— Like most specific fertilizers poudrette 

 may be used profitably in certain cases, but not as a 

 general thing in prodacing a com crop. Your idea of 

 the mack, clay, &c., is the true one to be spread 

 among the farmers. 



8HZEP EATECG WOOL. 



A correspondent of your paper states that some of 

 the sheep in his neighborhood are in the habit of eat- 

 ing the wool off other sheep. The habit is analogous 

 to that of hens eating their own egg shells, and can be 

 cured by about the same remedy, viz , mix a small 

 quantity of bone dust with meal, and feed the sheep 

 upon it occasionally. If bone dtist cannot be readily 

 had, use slacked liine, dried and powdered. 



March, 17, 1S6.3. Wool.. 



er columiL We have had no experience with it, 

 and can onlv judge of iu value from a knowledge 

 of the efficiency of bone in the coarse forms in 

 which we have heretofore used iu The bone now 

 offered is hoQed and ground into a perfect ^aax. 

 The proprietors say, — 



"The 'rot' will not appear in potatoes manured 

 with bone flour. 



"It prevents the fund in rre and other grain. 



"It cures and prevents the 'yellows' in peadi 

 trees, when freely used. 



"It will prevent the splitting and mstzng of 

 pears," ice. 



Like all other specific fertilizes, this must be 

 tested with care, in a small way at first, in orda 

 to learn whether it can be used with profit. 



"Farmers' Wites Overtaxed." — The lead- 

 er is invited to peruse, carefully, the article apc»i 

 another page of this number, on the subject, 

 "Farmfrg' Wires Orerlarei." We do not know 

 bow we can pos^ly so well employ our space as 

 to give three or four short articles upon this topic 



F'.T the -Vnr Enslatd Fa 

 OBSEHVATIOXS AJTD HEMAHK3. 



CrEE POE COLD> CUTS — SHZ£? FEVEF. — DTDE- 



PEM)E>T FARM:£K5. I 



Mr. Editor : — The man who lives near the 

 seashore need not have a cold in the head, if he 

 will duck it in the cold sea water as it floats to the 



' S^you notice the caulker, you will find that ' ^"^ "^ I*° °^ ^'- ^- ^- ^^^ °^ ^'^ Y^'^ 

 those troublesome cracks on the hand, or cuts, are \ *^^ editor of Hall's Jfrnnal of E«altk. From 

 covered with oakum. i Ions and close observation, and from an extended 



The sheep fever is a malady that attacks many intercourse with the families of a large noaibar 

 farmers. Look out and not have the wool pulled ^f fenners, we know that the Doctor bas not ex- 

 over vour eves, brother farmers, for perhaps the j • i v i. j i^ 

 advice of the clam-digger to his son, '^ever to go aggerated in the statements he has made, »h*rp 

 clamming at high water,'' may be applicable to and glowing as they are. Many times, in sorrow 

 your case. : and deep sympathy for the stifferers, have we al- 



Plant no more than can be well manured, is not luded to this matter, in ntimerous public addnss- 

 heeded by many of those who raise small crops. ^^ ^^^^ ^j^^ £^^„ ^f y^^ England. The erfl 



I nave vet to see that class of people that uve . . . , , ." 



and enjoy' more of this life's comforts than the in- , " o"^ o^ 8^* magmtude, and is mi: _■ ■ * 



dependent farmer. Perhaps at times his son may candidates for an early grave with fear: .. 



enjoy the otier cap, which is put on the jop's head Thanks, many thanks to the philanthropic Doctor, 

 to hide his lack of brains, or the fine coat with f^j ^^ timely and judicious effort to rescue fixjm 

 which perhaps, to carr^- out the old adage which ^ ^ ^ng death thous«ds of our energetic and 

 says, ''Fine feathers make fine birds ; but those , ," 

 may deceive at a distance, while a near approach loTely women. 



reveals the deficiency. Heed not the fine array 



of silks that sweep the streets, for many of thein ' THE Best Label for fruit trees. »hrjS«, 5:c 

 are purchased at the price of virtue. ' is a strip of tin about eight inches long and an 



I find that the orchardist who places his bins in inch wide, tapering to a point at one end. Paint 

 a cool, dry atmosphere has fruit to seU in the this with white l«kd and mark the name with an 

 spring. awl, scratching it through the paint. Bend the 



••More Anon." in his "Retrospective Xotes,'' pointed end around a small limb of the tree, which 

 criticises my writings on the use of muck, Arc, expands to its growth. So says the Awmital Bep^ 

 doubting the correetness of the views therein I tjtar, and so adds the G«rw»amUmn Teiegr^tk. 



