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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Wonders of July Page 193 



Baise the Calves 194 



Statistics of Cheese Factories — Grub in the Head 195 



Moisture in the Air — Bottom of the Sea .....195 



Plowing— Draining— Trial of Mowing Machines 196 



Sheep Husbandry 196,205,211,217 



Note from Vermont— Pruning Fruit Trees 198 



Meteorological Record for April 198 



Crossing Animals — Sickness and Loss of Sheep... 199 



The Bobolink 199 



The " Wheildon Pear" 200 



Mangold Wurtzel— Beet Sugar in the West 201 



Breck's Book of Flowers 202 



Eradication of Ox Eye Daisy 202 



Cows, Sheep and Hogs — To Catch Sheep-Killing Dogs 204 



ITorse Hoe, or Rotary Spader 205 



• What is Cultivation? 206 



Influence of the Atmosphere on Soil 207 



Dinner as an Educator 208 



Importance of the Clover Crop 209 



Black Teeth in Swine— Butter Increased by Water 210 



The Pumpkin— Salting Hay 211 



A Word for the Boys 213 



Notes from the Provinces — Pea Cheese 214 



Game and Brahma Fowls Compared 214 



The Blithe Lark— Root Crops -The Turnip 215 



Working Bulls in Single Harness 215 



Extracts and Replies 216 



Fancy Farming— Birds and Insects , 217 



Watering Cattle and Horses— Cutting and Curing Clover 219 



Grubs in the Head of Sheep 220 



Harvesting Grain 221 



Talk about Hay Making 222 



Early Cut Hay for Milch Cows 223 



Aphis on Apple Tree Buds 223 



Cattle Markets for June 224 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Initial Letter "A" 193 



Wheildon Pear 2C0 



Horse Hoe, or Rotary Spader 205 



CATTLE MARKETS FOR JUNE. 



The fallowing is a summary of the reports t^r the five weeks 

 ending Jane 22, 1864: 



NUMBER AT MARKET. 



Cattle. Sheep. Shotes. Fat Hogs. Veals. 



May 25 1575 



June 1 975 



" 8 1052 



" 15 1481 



" 22 1213 



2054 

 3660 

 2907 

 3149 

 3336 



Total 6296 15,106 



650 

 625 

 892 

 750 

 500 



3417 



1150 1100 



641 900 



800 ICOO 



1300 950 



600 800 



4491 



4750 



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 



Cattle. 



Maine 85 



New Hampshire 676 



Vermont 1423 



Massachusetts 434 



Northern New York 30 



Western States 3316 



Canada 32 



Total for the five weeks 6,296 15,106 5,748 14,701 



Total, since Jan. 1,(25 weeks,)33,626 102,364 33,792 268,766 



Sheep #■ lb 10 @11 



" sheared... 6 J@9 J 



Shotes, retail 9 igll 



Beef hides, •r Ib.lOigU 



PRICES. 



May 25. Junel. JuneS. June 15. June 22, 



Beef,l,2, 3qual.ll (gl3J 10,i»14 30ii®14 10 @13 9itl3 



" ex. and prem. 13^314 14 gU^ 14^S15 13^614 ISJSU 



11 ;Slli 10 lill 9 @10 lOiS— 



5i-S9 6 (g8J 5 @8 6is7J 



10 all 10 (gl2 11 (gl2 11 (gl2 



lOigll lOiSll lO^gll lO^gll 



Remarks. — During the past months even higher prices than 

 any heretofore reported, have been paid for cattle and sheep. 

 June 8th there were more than 100 Western cattle sold at 15c ^ 

 fl)., with an allowance of 30 W cent, on part and 28 ^ cent, on 

 others for offal. Since then we have known of no sales at any- 

 thing over 14c, and most of the good Western steers at 13 to 

 13i^c r fc. 



Sheep have also been sold very high. Sheared sheep at 9>^c 

 to 10c if lb., and it is said that one lot of extra wooled sheep, 

 bought in Albany on commission, cost over 13c #■ ft>.. live 

 weight. But the month closes with a large reduction in prices. 



The following from our report of sales, June 22, will show the, 

 state of the market, at that date. 



Stephen Mann sold 4 cows and 4 steers best quality of 

 Addison County, Champlain Valley cattle, and the best cat- 

 tle at Cambridge this week are from that section of clay 

 farms — for 12|c, K sk, about 675 lbs, dressed; 5 two-year- 

 olds to 3Ir. AJger, 45U lbs. each, for $50 W head; 5 steers 

 laid to dress 600 tbs, for $355 ; 2 steers and a cow for $170, 

 or lie #■ lb ; and one steer for $15, or 9c ^ lb. 



Geo. W. Morrison sold one pair of oxen laid at 2400 lbs, 

 for $300 ; 4 oxen laid at 3600 lbs, lor $440 ; one pair laid at 

 1750 lbs, for $215 ; one pair, 1600 lbs, for $205 ; and one pair, 

 1450 lbs, for $175. These oxen come from another good 

 farming country, the Winnipiseogee Valley, in Central 

 New Hampshire. The Boston cattle market may well be 

 visited by those who wsh to spy out the best agricultural 

 localities in New England. 



I. A. Blake sold 12 oxen to Henry ZoUer for $1190, or 

 from 10c to 12Jc r lb ; 4 steers for $210, or lie *• lb ; and two 

 cows for $70, or 9c ^ lb. 



M. T. Shackett sold 4 oxen 1100 tts. each, for 12|c, which 

 he claimed were good enough to have brought 13Jc two 

 week ago; 4 fat cows 750 lbs. each, for lie; 12 two and 

 three-year-olds for lOJc, and 6 cows and heifers at 10c. 



Batchelder & Bros, sold to Mr. Valpy 19 Western steers, 

 at 12|c, 33 sk. 



G. W. Barker sold 5 steers and oxen to W. E. Gowing 

 for 122C, to kill and weigh, one nice fat cow for lie, and 9 

 steers and cows for lOjC. 



J. Lyman sold one pair of River oxen at about 13c #" ft. 



W. Scollans & Co. sold 365 head of Western cattle, 

 part of them left over from last week, as follows, omitting 

 weights for sake of brevity : — 20 to G. Davis, at 13ic, 28 sk; 

 20 to E. Brewer, at 14c, 30 sk; 31 to S. S. Learnard", at 13Jc, 

 28 sk; 14 to E. Porter, at 14c, 28 sk; 13 to C. Sanderson, at 



at 134c, 31 sk; 13 to A. Mead, at 13 Jc, .30 sk; 28 to C. San- 

 derson, at 13^c, 30 sk ; 12 to O. Lynde, at 13c, | sk ; 7 to Mr. 

 Phipps, 13Jc, 30 sk; 42 to S. Davis, at 13c, 32 sk; 8 to S. F. 

 Woodbridge, at 12 Jc, j sk; 10 to Mr. Ordway, at 12c, 35 sk; 

 15 at 11 Jc, 35 sk; 10 at lOJc, 35 sk; and 32 for ll|c, 24 sk. 



M. T. Shackett sold 120 sheep 81 lbs. each, for 7c, which 

 he said would have brought 9^0 four weeks ago, and 192 

 averaging 78 lbs, for from 5^ to Ojc #" lb. Pratt & Way sold 

 a small lot at 6c; Gen. J. Morse sold a lot of good Canada 

 sheep and lambs, the sheep at 75C ■W lb, and the lambs at 

 $5.50 #" head. Jerry Batchelder sold 500 Western sheep at 

 from 7 to "jC #■ lb ; A. N. Monroe sold 200 Western sheep, 

 88 lbs. each, for 6.jC #■ lb. W. Scollans sold a lot kept over 

 from last week, for 6c ; Austin White sold one lot for 7^0 

 which was the highest price we heard of, for sheep at 

 Brighton. Grand good lots, fat enough, and too fat, some 

 of the butchers said, at 7c. A lot of good wooled Western 

 sheep at 10c. 



