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NEW EXGLAXD FAE^IER. 



July 



CONTE^N'TS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PRICES. 

 3iai/2S. June A. June 11. June IS. 



Calendar for .Tuly Page 201 



New Books — Kicking Cows 202 



Things to be learned ....a 203 



Seeding with Rye in Summer 204 



Seeds — Quantity to be Sown 204 



Japanese O.ldiiie? — Shoeing Horses and Oxen 205 



Ploughing — Cotton in the last War 205 



Destroy the Caterpillars — Xew Butter Worker 206 



Extracts and Replies 207-231 



Cooked and Uncooked Food — Calves 208 



Trees and Vines, and their Roots 208 



Excellent Winter Squashes 209 



How to Stuff Birds 210 



The two Labor Systems of our Country — Flesh as Food 211 



Profits from Pig^ and Poultry— Good Tillage is Manure 212 



Wool Report to the Board of Trade — Retrospective Xotes. .213 



The Season and Prospects — Ventilation 214 



Sheep Husbandry — A Horse Pitchfork 21S 



Out West 217 



The Angora or Cashmere Goat — Pure Squashes 218 



Shall Farmers Wash their Sheei>— Chapped Hands 218 



On the Farm .. ..219, 22o 



Punctuality— Death of Mr. Timothy Ide 210 



Adulterated Guano — Xew Way to Destroy Slumps 220 



Agriculture — Agriculture in Schools 221 



Vermont Dog Law — Obscure Sources of disease 222 



Underdrain Outlet and Trap — Salt for Plum Trees 224 



Horse with a "Cold" — Culture anri Use of Kohl Rabi 225 



Glanders — Patience in Milking 225 



Average of Crops— Rain — Winter Feeding of Sheep 22') 



Harvesting our Crops 22S 



Woman Farming 229 



Remedy for Melon Bugs 2:jO 



Ladies' Department — Domestic Receipts 231 



Cattle Markets for June 232 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Ini! iai Letter F 201 



Winter Squashes — two cuts 209 



Horse Pitchfork 216 



Underdrain Outlet and Trap 224 



Horse with a Cold 225 



CATTLE MARKETS FOR JU":[SrE. 

 The fallowing is a summary of the reports for the four weeks 

 ending June 18, 1863: 



KUilBER AT MARKET. 



fihotes. Fat Hoss. Veals. 



500 — 1000 



1500 1600 1050 



1600 12C0 900 



1200 9C0 1000 



4800 



3700 



3950 



The following table exhibits the number of cattle and sheep 

 from each State for the last four weeks, and for the correspond- 

 ing four weeks last year ; also the total number for the first twen- 

 ty-five weeks of each year: 



THI: 

 Cattle. 



Maine 202 



New Hampshire 656 



Vermont 836 



Massachusetts 391 



i^orthern Js'ew York 18 



Canada 



Western States 2391 



Total, last four weeks 4,494 10,484 4,792 ^1,396 



Total.sinoe Jan. 1,(25 w'ks,) 33,517 66,419 32,195 66,833 



Heef,lst,2d,3dqual..7iS9 



" a few extra 9ja92 



Sheep, -^ 11), sheared.. 4 S6J 



Swine,stores,w'sale...5 @7 



" " retail.. 7 a9 



Hides, #■ ft Ih'a^k 



Pelts, sheared 25g35 



Tallow, ^ lb 8 igS* 



7^59 

 9j39i 



4 ®6J 



5 S7 



25335 

 8 (g8^ 



9J59^ 



4 S7 



5 ,a7 



25 g35 

 8 S8| 



71 jjg 



9i3«i 

 4l@7 

 5 ©6 

 5 g7J 



35g40 

 8 gSi 



Remarks. — The market for beef cattle has been quiet and 

 steady during these four weeks. Good Xorthern oxen have 

 mostly been sold at $8 to $9 #" 100 fljs. and the Westt-vn steers 

 at from .$8 to $9,50. At the last market, although the quality 

 of the cattle was inferior to that of the previous weeks, prices 

 were pretty well sustained. 



The supply of good sheep was short of the demand, until the 

 last market, when there were large numbers both from the 

 North and from the West. This seemed to change the current 

 of prices from an upward to a downward tendency, and drovers 

 complained of a reduction of %c ^ lb. 



There lias been but little call for working oxen, and the sale 

 of milch cows has not been as good as it was last month. 



Sales of Cattle and Sheep. 



The following is from our report of sales, .June 18: 



A. X. Monroe sold 182 of his Albany cattle as follows: — one 

 extra pair of oxen weighing at Brighton 3915 fts., at 9%c, 

 dressed ; 14 averaging 1540 lbs., at 9c, dressed ; 18 averaging 

 13J0 lbs., at 8c, 34 sk. ; 19 weighing 1530 fts. each, at 8Kc, 30 

 sk ; 19 others, 1500 lbs., atS'^c, 30 sk. ; 8 others. 1500 lbs., 9c, 

 31 sk. ; 22, gross live weight 26,625 lbs., at 8'ic, 34 sk. ; 15 oth- 

 ers, 14' lbs. each, 9c, >f sk. ; 14 others 1275 ibs. each, at 9>jC, 

 30 sk. ; 6 averagibg 1200 fts., 0c, 30 sk. ; 4 weighing 4315 tbs., 

 at9'4C,30 sk. ; one pair oxen, 3110 tbs., at 8^40,1^ *k. ; 9 steers, 

 1075 ll)S. each, 9c, 30 sk. ; and 30 of an average live weight, of 

 1100 lbs., 83ic, 32 sk. By a rough calculation we estimate that 

 the sales reported in this short paragraph amount to about $15,- 

 000, (fifteen thousand dollars.) 



Wm. Scollans sold 85 good Illinois oxen and steers as follows: 

 14 to J. F. Taylor, live weight 1500 tbs. each, at 9;^c, 28 sk. ; 27 

 others, same weight, to X''. & S. Jackson, at 9?ic, 30 sk. ; 15 av 

 eraginglSOO fts.,at9!^c, 30 sk. ; 13 weighing 1350 tfcs. each, 

 at 9'oC,31 sk. : and 16", average live weight 1300 lbs., at 9>^c, 

 30 skT 



D. A. Philbrick sold to E. Porter one pair of five-year-old ox- 

 en, estimated to dress 2600 lbs., and veiy handsome, thrifty 

 looking steers they were, fed by J. Rob.v, of X'^orlharnpton, X^. H. 

 Also, another pair, six years old, fed in the same town, by E. 

 Berry, and possib.v by way of a little friendly competition Avith 

 his neighbor, and laid by goodjudges at 2S00 lbs. Mr. Philbrick 

 hoped to get 10c ■I?' tb. for these extra oxen, but OKcwas the 

 highest bid, up to last evening. He also sold one pair to Mr. 

 Holden, laid at 2000 tbs., for §185, another pair, 2100 tbs., for 

 $190, and a pair of 7 ft. oxen for $130. 



Dudley & French sold 138 sheep at b}ic W ft. Berry Long 

 sold Giles and Farrington 191 Xew York sheep for Cc 1/ tb., for 

 which he -xpected O'jC, and we understood that the other lot of 

 X'ew York sheep were sold at 6c. M. T. Shackttt sold lo Hollis 

 & Pratt a drove of 100 merino sheep fed b.y Oliver EKlridge, of 

 Addison, Vt., averaging at Cambridge 103 >i fts., which although 

 sheared, had flesh enough to make them look comftirtable after 

 their jackets were off. Ihey were an extra lot. We heard one 

 of the buyers say to a customer at the market, this morning, — 

 "You havn't seen such mutton in my cart this year." They 

 were bargained for two weeks ago, at 7c, which is probably high- 

 er than they would have sold this week. Mr. Shackctt sold 25 

 other fine sheep to J. Pratt, at OJ^c ^ lb., weighing 92 lbs. each, 

 Bailey k, Ainsworth had 179 sheep for which they refused 5J4C ^ 

 ft., on their way to market, asking 6c. At the close of business 

 at Cambridge on Tuesday they had sold 50 selected ones for 6c, 

 and for the 129 then remaining, 4>ic ^ ft., had beLa offered, 

 and 5c asked. E. Flint sold 37 sheep to H. Goodnough, 75 tbs. 

 each, for 5;2C W tb., and at the same price C. W. Baily sold a 

 small drove. B. B. Chase gold 7 extra coss^s at 7c. 



