328 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



CO?fTENTS O F TH IS NUMBER. 



Thoaghts abmt October Page 296 



Vermont State Fair 298 



Cotton r.fowinj: in Africa .....300 



Potato Rot— ^itiinjT in Small Pox— Nature's Music 301 



■VTheiit after Sur^lium— Asbea for Swine 301 



American anil Scotch Dairies Compared— Keeping Fruits... 302 



Cotton Growing in Egypt— Cost of Harvesting Hay 303 



Vision of Rtv^am Farmi tip-— Soiling Cattle 304 



Poison fro<n Ivy— Hayfielil Thoughts— New Barometer 305 



"Boys, Stick to the I^arm'' 305 



Put Flowers on Your Table— A Brazilian Forest 306 



Gas Tar on Sued Corn — Hints on Dahlias 307 



Importation of Wool in 1862 — Summer Butter 307 



Exti-acts and Replies 307, 321, 326 



Agricaltara Honored by the China^e 308 



Grape Culture, Wines and Wine Making 309,317 



To Preserve Health in Hot Weather 310 



One-IIorse Farmers. 308, 311 



My Field— Letter from the Farm 311 



Irish Bar in Olden Times — Hessian Fly, Birds, Insects 312 



The Season, Haying, &c. — Durability of Seeds 313 



The Season, Crops, Fruits, Kentucky Blue Gras 314 



An Up-Co«ntry Letter 315 



Hungarian Grass for Horses — The Back Barn Door 316 



Fertility of O.iy Soils 317 



Experience of a IJi-actical Wool-Grower 318 



Retrospective Notes 318 



The Farmers' Oracle 319 



Speak Kindly to Children— Small Talk— Pictures 320 



Witty Auctioneer 321 



Our Village at Daybreak — Children and their Memories . . .322 



The ALjricultural Department 323 



Culture of the Turnip Beet. 323 



Letter from Mr. Brown 324 



Barns, Barn Cellars, Water 326 



ladKan Corn for Fodder — Domestic Receipts..... 327 



In the Fall ^ 327 



Cattle Market Report. 323 



PRICES. 

 Aua.lS. Jus. 26. Sept. 2. Sept. 9. Sept. IS. 

 ffeef,lst,2a,3dqual..5^a8i 5138^ ^lUH 6Jg8i 5^(584 



" a few extra ®83 8|@8| S^.gSJ 8J®9 QSJ 



Sheep & lambs, each. $2.^1544 $2 iS4J $2|.fl4J $2|@4i $2J(a4i 

 Swine,stores,w'sale...5 ig6J 5 (g6J 5 @6 5J@6 5 ©6| 



ig$i 



7iS8 



" " retail.. 5J(g7 



Hides, ^ lb 7^g8i 



Pelts, sheep & lambs. 37 @$1 

 Tallow, #■ ft 7JS8 



tg8 7J ®8 7 



©7^ 



Remakes. — It appears from the foregoing statement that the 

 whole number of cattle at market during the past five wc-ks is 

 4o7o greater than for the corresponding five weeks last year, 

 and that the number of sheep and lambs is also larger by 4899, 

 Notwithstanding this large supply, and an increase of about $2 

 ■If 100 ttis. on dressed beef, or something like an advance on 

 oxen of eighteen to forty dollars per pair, above the selling 

 rates twelve months ago, the market is quicker than it was last 

 fall. Sheep and lambs are sold at aViout last year's prices ; and, 

 notwithstanding the fact that, including dressed muttons sent 

 from Maine, about ten thousand per week have been disposed of 

 during these five weeks, the close of the last market was as 

 spirited as on any other week, and the supply seemed to be hard- 

 ly equal to the demand. 



The tr.ide in working oxen, and young stock to supply the far- 

 mers of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, who 

 prefer buying to raising their own young stock, is quite fair, 

 although farmers complain of high prices. Droves of one hun- 

 dred or more, including many beeves, are weekly purchased and 

 driven off to various'parts of these States. 



The retail dealers in milch cows, whose stock makes some 

 noise and show at Brighton on Wednesday, complain that theii- 

 trade is dull. 



CATTLE MARKETS FOR SEPTEMBER. 



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

 ending September 16, 1863: 



NUMBER AT MARKET. 



Cattle. Shee-p. .Shutvs. Fat Hogs. P'eah. 



Aug. IS 26S3 9.574 200 700 175 



" 26 291Y 8S32 350 — 100 



Sept. 2 2140 8250 400 — 100 



" 9 3578 9776 400 17C0 125 



" 16 3168 6050 400 1500 100 



Total 14,486 42,482 1750 3900 600 



The following table exhibits the number of cattle and sheep 

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

 ing five weeks last year ; also the total number since the first of 

 January, of each year: 



THIS TEAR. LAST TEAR. 



Catt'c. Sheep. Cattle. Sheep. 



Maine 3794 74.36 1770 4538 



Kew Hampshire 2045 4224 1480 3884 



Vermont 3660 15,405 4257 17,588 



Massachusetts 160 847 173 419 



Korthern Kew York .557 3827 355 3018 



Western States 3625 1131 3771 715 



Canada 645 9611 290 6234 



Total, last four weeks 14,486 42,482 12,096 36,396 



Total, since Jan. 1,(38 w'ks,) 00,565 151,341 55,980 146,442 



Sales of Cattle and Sheep. 

 The following is from our report of sales, Sept. 16: 



De Wolf & Sabin sold to S. S. LearnardG extra oxen raised and 

 fatted by Mr. Shattuck, of Putney, Vt. All of these oxen wero 

 good ; but there was one pair of grade Durhams, only three yrs. 

 of age, laid to dress from 2300 to 2400 Ihs., which were very rici^ 

 bullocks, and a credit to Mr. Shattuck, who has before now sent 

 extra oxen to this market. These three pairs were previously 

 engaged by Mr. Learnard, on condition of their proving to be, — 

 as recommended, — "of his sort." After having looked at the 

 bunch he was asked, "Will you take them.'"' "Yes, at any- 

 thing short of a sliUling a pound," said he, playfully. He als9 

 bought 4 othersJaid at 4000 lbs., for 8c V ft. 



E. Wheeler sold a carload of 12 oxen to Saunders & Hartwell, 

 laid at 1000 fts. each, 2 at Sj^c, 7 at So and 3 at 7,^ic ; 8 good 

 "(jver the-mountain" two-year olds at C'jC, and 5 other steers 

 at $33 each, laid to dress 600 lbs. 



G. Clark sold a pair of extra oxen raised by Stephen Smith, of 

 Holderness, N. H., which he laid at 2000 lbs. or more, for $170, 



Lazell Elms sold a pair of twin eighteen months-old "yearling 

 fancy steers" They were grade Devuns, every way hand- 

 some, thrifty and good shaped — (heir form, color and marks 

 alike — and heavy enough, the owner thought, to dress 900 lbs., 

 but are not to be slaughtered. They were raised by L. B. Mar- 

 ble, who now runs the grist mill, near \\'oodstock Green, Vt., to 

 which in our younger years, and before the days of barrel-floup, 

 we went with many a bag of wheat to be • ground and bolted ;'' 

 but where we never happened to see such "yearlings" as these, 

 although as good cattle grow in Windsor Co., as elsewhere. 



Scollans & Andrews sold 33 Western steers, 1240 fts. each, 

 live weight, at 8'ic, 35 sk ; 3 of 1050 lbs. each, 7?ic, 32 sk ; H 

 of nearly 1100 lbs., for 7,'4'c, >i to 34 fk ; 17 of 1144 fts., 7c, 3d 

 sk ; 4 of 1100 lbs., at 7>ic, 35 sk ; 17 steers of S48 fts., at 6c, 40 

 sk ; 7 of about 1000 fts., for 6>^c, 30 to 36 sk ; 7 of 1474 fts., at 

 8^^c, )i sk; 17ofl3S5fts.,at8c,,36sk; 4of 1135 fts., 7c,35ak. 



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