1864. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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delegated some of their number to visit these es- 

 tablishments, and having been convinced of the 

 siraplicify of the plan, they immediately formed an 

 association and entered upon tiie prosecution of 

 the enterprise. They have now in tlie process of 

 erection in the south part of Warren, one building 

 40 feet by 80, another 30 feet by 16, and also a 

 drying room, two stories in height, 100 feet in 

 length, and 26 feet in width. These buildings, 

 together with fixtures, steam apparatus, etc., will 

 cost $3000. 



To carry out the plan, thirty dairies, compris- 

 ing five hi.ndrcd cows, have been pledged for five 

 years, and it is expected that others will be add- 

 ed as soon as operations have been successfully 

 commerced. This will give from 1500 to 2000 

 gallons of milk per day ; and since it is an estab- 

 lished fact that one hundred gallons of milk will 

 give one hundred weight of cheese, the establish- 

 ment is expected to turn out one ton of cheese 

 per day. • 



The care of the factory will require the attend- 

 ance of only four persons. A^ell has been exca- 

 vated in a hillside near by, from which water will 

 be carried to any part of the building. In order 

 that there may be no waste, an extensive piggery 

 is to be constructed, and one hundred swine will 

 be fed upon the whey which 4he factory aftords. 

 The milk will bo brought from the forms every 

 morning, and the cheese divided among the pro- 

 prietors in proportion to the number of gallons of 

 milk furnished. Each cheese will weigh one hun- 

 dred pounds, and will probably be packed in sep- 

 arate boxes. 



At a large establishment of this kind seven 

 miles from Home, N. Y., cheese is manufactured 

 at an expense of only one cent per pound, and is 

 found to be superior in quality to that made in the 

 ordinary way, commanding from one to two cents 

 per pound more in the market. Viator. 



Wurces/ei; Nov., 1863. 



Kkeping Cabbages. — We have no reason to 

 change our old mode of keeping cabbages through 

 the winter ; and to those who have not stored 

 theirs we again commend it as all that is desira- 

 ble. Take up the cabbage by the roots — set it 

 closely together in rows up to the head in soil, 

 roofs doitn tiio same as it grows — drive in posts at 

 the corners of the bed and intermefliate spaces if 

 necessary, higher one side than the other — nail 

 strips of iioard, lath or anything else that will an- 

 swer on these posts — lay upon these old lioards, 

 doors, or if y.ui have nothing else bean poles and 

 corn fodikr, so that the roof will be clear of the 

 (Abbage and allow the air to circulate — close up 

 the sides with yard or garden oflal of any kind — 

 and your c:d)bages will keep all winter, fresh and 

 green, and be accessible at all times, or nearly so, 

 the frost not being nearly so severe under this 

 protection as in ex])osed places. We have pur- 

 sued this plan for years and it has always given 

 satisficlion. Uemember, exclude moisture — never 

 mind the frost, which is a benefit rather than an 

 injury. — Gemiantoum Telegraph. 



Worth Trying. — Ihe Ohio Farmer says that 

 coal oil has l)een found, by accident, to be a most 

 effective means of protecting fruit trees against 

 the ravages of the curcidio, by placing saw dust, 

 saturated with the oil, at the foot of the tree. 



FiiT the Nne J^nglamt Farmer. 



AMONG THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. 



The narveat — Ila.v Crop — Siiraraor Freshets — Demand for Mow- 

 ing Machines — Labor-Saving Machines — Eilucation — "Every 

 generation Rrows weaker ami wiser." — State Atirieuttural 

 College — Union of Colleges — The "I'et" Institution — The 

 Weather. 



Messrs. EnixoRS :— After so long a silence I 

 occupy my "Easy Chair" at the window, to note 

 a few retrosi)eclive thoughts for the Ketc Enyland 

 Farmer. 



The harvest has come and gone since my last 

 letter, a nd quite a bountiful one has it been in 

 many respects. In this county, (C'aledonia) the 

 vegetable growth was heavy, especially so in re- 

 gard to grass, — yielding a large crop of hay ; but 

 the very unfavorable bay-season caused much 

 grass to be severely injured before it coultl be 

 properly hayed and housed. The four or five 

 weeks following the middle of . Tidy, the usual time 

 of the cotninencement of haying, afforded scarcely 

 a fourth part of the tiine so that gr:'ss "ould be 

 made suitable for the mow. The last of August 

 and the first of September gave haymakers an op- 

 portunity to make hay, and it -was very generally 

 imj)roved. 



Alluvial or meadow land owners were severely 

 taxed, both of money and rnitsdc, the past season, 

 from the high summer freshets, which came Just 

 in season to ilow the uncut grass. Probably, 

 double the time and labor was required to har- 

 vest the hay crop on these meadows the past sea- 

 son, that would have been required had they not 

 been lUowed. This made a demand for mowing 

 machines, which was greater than the sui)ply, dur- 

 ing the hay season. The demand, principally, 

 was for the Union, the Wood and the Hubbard 

 machines. The lighter draft which these ])osses8 

 over the Buckeye and heavier machines, gives 

 them the preference among our farmers generally. 

 With the present scarcity of farm help, the mow- 

 ing machine is really an in.-itiluiion to be valued 

 and e.sleevied for the saving it makes of time and 

 human labor. The wjiter is an eainest advocate 

 of labor-saving inventions for personal considera- 

 tions, — be they combined mowers and reapers, 

 seed -sowers or horse-hoes, — machines of whatev- 

 ever name or kind, if they but lessen the muscu- 

 lar toil of the laborer, and, as well, prove a l)le88- 

 ing to thiijann. 



limes are continually changing. In the days 

 of our fathers, more than now, man's jihysical na- 

 ture predominated over his ment.d ; his mind was 

 not exercised in proportion to his physical jxjwers. 

 The consequence was strong, muscular boiliesand 

 comparatively unexpanded intellects. The pres- 

 ent generation is to some extent reversed in this 

 particular. Schools are more generally enjoyed ; 

 a taste for knowledge'is acquired, and the mind 

 receives a greater projiortion of care and exercise, 

 it may be to the prejudice and loss of physical 

 power. Therefore it is that "every generation 

 grows weaker and wiser." .'Vnd it is a noticeable 

 fact, at the present day, that the young are more 

 anxious to procure and introduce new inventions 

 and appliances to lessen physical labor than are 

 the fathers. The young are physically weaker, to 

 say nothing of the disinclination to work in the 

 minds of some ; they cannot bear the labor the 

 fathers did. This weakness may he occasioned by 

 climate, food, devotion to study, want of physical 

 exercise, or other causes. The fact is apparent; 



