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NEW ENGLAND FARIMER. 



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if it can be so arranged that it will embrace a 

 high and dry soil, and that •which is lower and 

 more moist, it will be an advantage. Early 

 vegetables, as lettuce, peas, beans, and early 

 potatoes, need a warm, dry location. Those 

 which come later in the season, strawberries, 

 pears and some other plants, thrive better in 

 a more moist soil. A situation on a southerly 

 slope — if the slope is very slight — near the 

 foot of a knoll or moderate elevation, is de- 

 sirable. Such a location affords a shelter 

 which most garden vegetables require in their 

 early and tender stage. When situated in the 

 immediate vicinity of the house, it Avill be 

 more frequently visited by the children and 

 females of the family, and they will become 

 more interested in its products and cultivation. 



There should always be a dry and well kept 

 walk from the house to the garden — and if 

 practicable, this walk should be bordered by 

 shrubs or flowers, so as to tempt the feet of 

 visitors as well as the inmates of the house. 



As farm buildings are usually erected with- 

 out reference to a garden, it cannot always be 

 located in the most desirable situation. It is 

 not uncommon, even now, to find the garden 

 ten, fifteen, and sometimes twenty-five rods 

 from the house ! This is done to get it out of 

 the reach of the hens. But think of the in- 

 convenience, and amount of travel through a 

 lifetime, with such an arrangement. In the 

 fii'st place, no garden will be well tended in 

 such a location, — and in the second, it is much 

 more expensive than it would be to pi'cjyare a 

 good soil near the house and enclose it with 

 neat palings or a tight fence that will keep the 

 fowls out. Being near, even a few leisure mo- 

 ments may be spent in weeding, hoeing, or 

 something else, and the table will be often 

 supplied with delicious vegetables, which 

 would not be there, if the women were obliged 

 to £^0 some distance for them. 



Worcester, Mass. — Ofliccrs for the year 

 have been elected as follows by the AVorcester 

 West Agricultural Society : — 



President — Edward Denny of Barrc. 



Vice Presidents — Gcovjre W. IJuttrick of Barre, 

 and lion. CIuulcs Adams, Jr., of North Brooklicld. 



Treasurer — Diiviil Cinniiiiti,i,'s of Barre. 



Seeretanj — Charles Biiiiil)Iecoiu of Barrc. 



It was also voted, "That we appropriate the sum 

 of ■^)() annually for a scholarship in the Massachu- 

 petts Aiiiieulrwral Colle.^c, the perscjn to receive 

 the hrnelit thereof to be determined by the olticcrs 

 and trustees of the society." 



WABNEK'S SULKY KEVOLVINQ BAKE. 



Other things being equal, almost every body 

 prefers riding to going afoot. Hence the chief 

 objection to the revolving horse rake has been 

 the necessity of walking while using it. This 

 the proprietors of the Sulky Revolving Rake 

 believe they have successfully obviated, and 

 at the same time preserved its simplicity of 

 construction, and its ease of operation. The 

 proprietors, H. J. Fay & Co., furnish the fol- 

 lowing description : — 



Working Position. 



This rake is substantially the common revolv- 

 ing rake attached to a sulky and opui-ated by one 

 single lever, attached at the center of the rake- 

 head, provided with spring, stops and catches 

 for the perfect controlling of tlie rake. To 

 revolve the rake the operator, with the thumb, 

 springs the latch, and depresses the end of 

 the lever a little, suddenly, which throws the 

 points of the front teeth to the ground, causing 

 the rake to revolve. The rake is elevated to 

 pass over stones or any obstacle that may be 

 in the way of elevating the lever, which raises 

 the front teeth high enough to pass over ob- 

 stacles twelve to fifteen inches hiirh. 



Transporting Position. 



This second cut represents the position of 

 the rake when folded for transportation, which 

 is a convenience of no small importance. It 

 is so arranged at tlu> joints connecting tlie rake 

 with the sulky that the rake is readily detached 

 from the sulky, leaving the sulky free to be 

 used for other purposes, if desired, wlilcli often 

 proves a convenience, as it is furnished with 

 an easy spring seat, making it a convenient 

 sulky. Alter thoroughly testing the merits of 

 this rake during the last three haying seasons, 



