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yZW ENGLA>T> F-AJtMER. 



Ann. 



ZZSTKACTS AJTD BEPUZES. 

 r~:rr-mg Peed for Horse*. 



I aotke IB the Sem Emglmmi Farmer wetiklf, OfTtb. 

 6, LKi. a eoBUumcaxion finm "J. F. L," ^ Lee. N. 

 H, with the above headiB^. Theqaeataiaapinvhkli 

 he wmtE infiniatiaD is this: 



Is it of wAraatage to a horse to eat his feed, aad is | 

 it a nave eeonanieal v^ fer his owner to saj^iort: 

 luB than hy fiT<liiig his luy and ^nht sepantel^? 



I will amply gfre "J. F. L." aqr experieaee fior the 

 last ten or iwelre yeais : Ahoat twetre or fiMiteea 

 years ago, (I am not now able to state the exact tiBe,) 

 I was Tet7 short of Ju^, and as oOtziif feed was high- 

 Ij reooameaded as b&ie a great sanng' In fbddo', I 

 made np mj mind ID gjre it a ISrir traL Aee o r din gly 

 I pardused one of Bnegjes. Noane & Maaon's B^ I 

 Cboos, and omunenced operations. I cot thiee-qnar- 1 

 ters of an the fodder I fed out that winter, and fed it | 

 lDliot8eE,oxai,eowsaBd7oaBs^canle. My stock cime! 

 oot in the spiia* all in good heut, and by adding some I 

 grain I had ha^^ mnngh to eany my ^odt thra^i | 

 file winter, wiilumt bnying hay. I was mnrfifd that, \ 

 had I bought fifty doDars* wonh of hay, and fed it all \ 

 withoat cnttiog ^tfaat my stock woold not hare ccme , 

 ontinthe^'r?s?Tni^9nod<<«Mih!Ot!astheydid; and 

 I LiTejri ' '^^sferniystoekl 



evrr_-:i r. i I think with, 



■^ i ' i ; _ :ii of li&r cat, ' 



Silnn^ Hay. 



.U.O^A A^W>k. 



were abont the ^le of a pea, as^ and in dn^en. 

 These were wooe than the greeai^B. Xa some the 

 Iritter taale perraded the eaiire 9ide,althangh the 

 spots were only in a cinster OB oae cad. Somewoe 

 £o bad we eoold not Bse them. The applet were not 

 loCtea at all ; it had the appearance m a diy, hard 

 aeah. 1 hare not seen any su n Bailj aJfected flis ytar, 

 hot ihnaght I woald gire die ptfr f ding feeti, as they 

 mayieeall aimite cases to tlK leodlectiaa of other 

 indiridnals. Li?ct A. Anaw, 



HMHniw r t T.aw n TO <IBA55. 



TTie Tast impovtance <rf the hny er : : f is- 



habitants (rf* the United Statea calls : ri- 



cal expezioiee of ereiy intelligent : . <Ve 



are apt to look at beta in an moUtrii poiut <^ 

 view. Wboi we fake into conaderatian the &3- 

 nre of CMie sn^e {nece of land that haa been h 

 down to grasa, we regard it as unfortunate ; 1: - 

 if thoee &ilares woe all pot into one great tc>i&. 

 the aggregate loss to the whole conntrr would 

 probably astonish ns. The h^ crop of the Sect 

 States in 1850 was 12,690,982 tmis, worth caBad- 

 ?nbty mcHe in dollars and coin than all the eot- 

 :oii, tobacco, rice, hay, hemp aad eane-«agar, as- 

 hoJIt pn>dace<^ in fifteen siave States ; and thL 

 at tll.20 per trai,* amoontii^ to $142,138,998 

 r -on is no loDgEr king. And, ^ain, 'nhe graai 

 :f the New Engbnd States, Sat the yeai 

 v£3 neaziy one hondred mJllinnB of do! 



two extremes whidi are opm : 

 ziediom track is generalhr the saf- 

 -Tr>T»9 ime; audi is the £Kt w^- 

 - i to the questioQ at issue. 

 ^ of land is henffiml oar _ 

 : ^-t:^§^ seed and the growu 

 :r noqoeation bet what 

 ~ best to sow aomf 

 at least, no oim 

 -*'":rT, or {»DTee 

 °.o sow gra£i' 

 - ■- xhe af- 

 iizd ol 



Allies wiu^ Manures. 



Is it good e eo ntany to mix ashes with hen mansre 

 or aay other manure ftat contains ammonia? Iharej 

 ■sed hen mannie mixed with sand, or scrapings round I 

 €he buildings, with good resolta; aiao£uperidiospliate.i 

 One otmj n^ghbors used supeipho^ihaie and the ef- ! 

 feet was obserrable tin the corn was full grown, at Aei 

 £stanee irf' a mile, "fie told me thai on either side oT 

 those rows left wili&Mttte siqiapha^iate, the earn 

 was twice as heavy. w. b. w. 



HmuxKB. — ^Wood adies dioald not be mixed with 

 aaiy uMnures. A better wty is to use the a^ies by , 

 Msell^ or oanpost it wish muck. 



There is so little alkali in eoa/ tain, tju: :'-t~ ~^c 

 aa exoeBeatdlnder Ibr tte dro^iugs cf i.ei^ i 



IHacaac in Apples. 



With regard to the ^ONsease ir 

 m the Farmer of Feb 20, 1 woe 

 fime the scarcity of apples cooun . 

 yWfing ereiT other year— and 

 two years without mncfa yidd — : ^ 

 and vay poor. I think it was j. 

 Ooee spots mentaooed t>y Mr. M : : 

 accom pa ni ed t>y a veiy toter ta?: 

 apple under the fpocs. At th:. 

 brought firom Xew York State h; 

 Been nme pleuUAil there ; acd &n 

 W W s o me beautiful feueu opgs. 

 better i^les; s-:=:e wtre :-; 7 _i . ._ _. 



fiiiuali Te, '^. 

 gram witii ^ 

 rienee teaci 

 at this oci 

 think d>at ^ 

 it par to s : 

 tion the air: 



Arotat: 

 turns orer - 



, to COra £7. 



wfaidi he c . . 

 ' cientlj pnl^ 

 ' seaaon, sc : 



grass; or e 



soils, he car 

 I than to Bov^ 



ffrass s^ed : 





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