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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



that a large tree is more acceptable than a 

 small one at the same price, and he desires to 

 furnish trees which will not be rejected as be- 

 ing deficient in size. Some sorts do exceedingly 

 well in one locality and fail entirely in another 

 place. A travelling agent cannot be supposed 

 to know what is best for every particular lo- 

 cality. 



Other sorts have stood at the head of the 

 list in former years, but latterly have entirely 

 failed ; and yet nurserymen continue to grow 

 them because they are trees easily produced, 

 and their former prestige enables them to dis- 

 pose of many trees to the uninitiated. 



The White Doyenne pear is a remarkable 

 instance of this sort. Hear what Downing said 

 of it : ' 'The White Doyenne is unquestionably 

 one of the most perfect of autumn pears. Its 

 universal popularity is attested by the great 

 number of names by which it ic known in vari- 

 ous parts of the world." This was true when 

 Downing wrote it (twenty-seven years ago,) 

 but who would think of planting the White 

 Doyenne in New England now ? And yet, 

 thousands of trees of this sort are palmed off 

 upon the unsuspecting every year under some 

 one of its twenty-nine names mentioned by 

 Downing. G. A. A. 



Worcester, Mass., 1866. 



Be Tidy. — Everybody detests slatterns in 

 the household. But slovenliness in the out- 

 door management of the farm is equally dis- 

 gusting to the lover of neatness and good or- 

 der. In the spring and summer, nature with 

 its myriad beauties of growth and color seems 

 to struggle to conceal the short comings of the 

 shiftless farmer, but the frosts of autumn re- 

 veal them in all their unsightliness. Fields 

 smothered with tall, gaunt weeds, sowing their 

 millions of seeds for future crops ; fences in a 

 tumble down condition, yards torn up by swine, 

 walks to house and outhouses knee deep with 

 mud, corn wasting in fields, grain stacks the 

 styes and playhouses of hogs, valuable ma- 

 chinery bleaching, swelling, rotting in the 

 weather, or rootless sheds, are some of the signs 

 of the out-door sloven. Reader, have you any 

 of these signs existing around you ? — Prairie 

 Farmer. 



Remedy eor Choicf.d Cattle. — Take a 

 small parcel of gunpowder about two or three 

 thimbles iiill — make a small funnel with thin 

 paper suflicient only to hold the powder ; close 

 the large end by I'ulding — Insert it in the pas- 

 sage of' the throat either with the fingers or 

 hand, or by using a small stick — split so as to 

 grasp tlic, small end of the funnel, and to be easi- 

 ly withdrawn when desired. Nothing else to 

 be done. This has been tried successfully by 

 some of the best stock raisers in tliis vicinity, 

 and has never failed, I believe, hi any case. — 

 J. S. U. in Go. Oent. 



SHEEP LABELS. 



Here is a very simple contrivance not only 

 for marking, but for registering a flock of 

 sheep. It reminds us of the little labels with 

 which printers mark and register the names of 

 their subscribers. And if farmers find the 

 sheep tag as useful to them as printers find the 

 newspaper label, it must be universally adopt- 

 ed. 



The sheep labels are made of tin-washed 

 metallic strips, which are stamped on one side 

 with numbers from 1 up to 1000, and with 

 name or initials on the other side, as may be 

 ordered. It is attached to the sheep by in- 

 serting it through a slit punched in the ear. 

 The inventor, Mr. C. H. Dana, of West Leb- 

 anon, N. H., furnishes properly ruled books 

 or sheets, got up especially to accompany 

 these labels, which furnish facilities never be- 

 fore attained for keeping a record of each in- 

 dividual sheep of the flock. The numbers on 

 the labels correspond with those in the book, 

 which is ruled with headings under which to 

 note the age, pedigree, weight of fleece, and 

 various other items which one who wishes to 

 improve his flock would naturally desire to re- 

 cord. The labels printed with number and 

 full name, if not over nine letters, are furnished 

 for $3 00 per 100; punches, $1 25; bound 

 registers, 50c. It is claimed that they are 

 more reliable, more convenient and cheaper 

 than any other plan of marking sheep, as the 

 tags will last for years. They are recom- 

 mended by many of the well known wool- 

 growers of Vermont, New York, and other 

 States. 



