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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 



class of highwaymen that you object to his club- 

 bing your trees. 



Now, as I do not want to pander to the taste of 

 thieves, I wi.sb to find out if there is a variety of 

 apple which is not inviting to the taste, but not un- 

 profitable, a cider apple for instance, which I can 

 with safety set out in the row next to the road ? 



We have stringent laws for the protection of the 

 Kheep raiser, laws to protect the small, and game 

 birds, and fish; why not have one to protect the 

 fruit-raiser ? He needs it if any one. It is not too 

 late to agitate, so will you and your contributors 

 show this matter up, and perhaps we may get a law 

 some time that will be stringent enough to protect 

 the fruit-raiser. Winter Hill. 



Nashua, N. H., March, 1867. 



Remarks. — Set young trees, and gi-aft them with 

 the best cider apple in your neighborhood. The 

 Winter Green Sweet is one of the finest apples for 

 baking, is scacely fit to use until February or 

 March, and will keep until June. When growing, 

 and until the time of gathering, it is about as 

 "hard as a brick," and looks like a ball of green 

 paint. A boy would eat the tree about as soon as 

 the apple. In February, it begins to turn yellow, 

 assumes a very rich golden color, and is sweet and 

 delicious when cooked. It is a roundish-flat apple 

 of medium size, and may be obtained of Deacon 

 Tenncy, of Chester. N. H. 



A NEW APPLE ORCHARD. 



I wish to set out an orchard of two hundred ap- 

 ple trees, this spring. Will 3'ou please inform me, 

 through your paper, what kinds bear best in this 

 State. Would you prefer to set small trees grown 

 here, rather than large New York State trees ? 



Greenjield, Mass., March 11, 1867. 



A Subscriber. 



Remarks. — ^You had better ascertain what vari- 

 eties are hardy and produce best in your particu- 

 lar locality ; these will be more likely to prove prof- 

 itable than trees would brought from other distant 

 places. The Baldwin is still a favorite ; so are the 

 Roxbury Russet, the Hunt Russet, Rhode Island 

 Greening, the River, Williams' Early Red, Morri- 

 son's Red, Red Russet, Tolman's Sweeting, &c. 

 Avoid the common mistake of setting too many 

 varieties. 



THE WAY TO RAISE THE CALVES. 



Do not let the calf go the cow more than twice 

 to suck ; keep it entirely away from her until it is 

 two weeks old, and then you may turn it out with 

 her and he sure it will nut trouble her. Feed the 

 calf with the cow's milk as it is milked, until you 

 wish to use the milk for butter, then skim the milk 

 when it is sweet, warm it and give it to the calf. 

 After the calf is four weeks old give it your sour 

 milk or whey, and a little scalded meal, not more 

 than a gill at a time to commence with. The calf 

 will follow you to the pasture and back again at 

 night as readily as your <l()g. A Farmer. 



lloyalston, Mass., March 19, 1867. 



— Judge Robertson, of Louisiana, has recently 

 made an elaborate report on the resources of that 

 State, in which he expresses the conviction that 

 her soil and climate are well adapted to the growth 

 of wheat. 



A CONVENIENT AND CHEAP MICRO- 

 SCOPE. 



The engraving shows a complete microscope, 

 full size and exact form, constructed and pa- 

 tented by O. N. Chase, No. 9 Lagrange St., 

 Boston, Mass. It is a handy instrument, use- 

 ful in aiding the detection of counterfeits, in 

 discovering the texture and character of fab- 

 rics, and in exploring the wonders of nature. 

 The microscrope is one of the most useful in- 

 struments. It has been extensively employed 

 of late years in detecting adulterations in food 

 and other substances which could not be easily 

 discovered by chemical analysis. To the farm- 

 er it is useful in ascertaining the quality of 

 seed bought, and in studying the structure and 

 habits of insects injurious to vegetation. To 

 the merchant and business man it is an aid in 

 testing the genuineness of bank notes, the 

 quality of cloths, etc., and to all it is a source 

 of elevating and instructive amusement. 



This little instrument, although perfect in 

 every part, is retailed at the low pi-ice of one 

 dollar. See advertisement on another page. 



The Western Wheat Crop. — A writer 

 in the St. Louis Democrat makes some obser- 

 vations on the coining wheat crop of St. Louis 

 county which, as the weather has been similar, 

 will probably apply throughout the ^Vest. He 

 says : — 



"Wheat was sown throughout the county to 

 a larger extent tlian in any previous year. In 

 the moist and warm ground it germinated and 

 sprouted within four or five days, and contin- 

 ued growing until the frosts of the latter part 

 of November, when it sliowed a robust stand, 

 such as has not been seen for many a (all. The 

 thick coat of snow (also grumbled at as a mat- 



