1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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to l)c removed as soon as wet. This will keep the 

 calf from belnff lousy, and increase the compost 

 heap rapidly. Feed green clover, corn, or anything 

 else that is raised for cows, and better calves than 

 are usually raised on new milk will be the result. 

 If the skimmed milk of one cow is insufficient, sell 

 one calf and give the milk of two cows to one calf, 

 and it will l)e worth more than two if not well fed. 

 Calves have been raised in this way with satisfac- 

 tor.y success. Who will try it, and report ? Don't 

 be afraid to give a little niilk after the calves are 

 "old enough to wean." They must have some- 

 thing to eat at all times of life, and nothing is bet- 

 ter suited to their natures than milk. 



A few quarts of milk each day fed to a colt dur- 

 ing the first winter of his life, will increase its size 

 and consequently its value, much more than the 

 cost of the milk. Those who are afraid to feed 

 colls with grain, need not fear any injury from 

 skimmed milk, which is better for the growth of 

 the colt than grain. Will some one try this, and 

 report ? Zenas. 



New Hampshire, March, 1867. 



TRANSPLANTING APPLE TREES. 



In the weekly Farmer of March 30, a subscri- 

 ber desires information in relation to setting an 

 orchard this spring. By experience in this region 

 we tind the better way is to set the trees, if not 

 quite large, three and a half or four feet apart in 

 a well fenced nursery, tirst having the ground 

 deeply tilled and suitably manured. Thus set, 

 you will more easily take care of them and more 

 successfully fight the different kinds of worms and 

 insects. The trees will do much better there than 

 in an orchard, exposed to injury from teams when 

 tilling the land, and from the browsings of the 

 stock when in pasture. When the trees have at- 

 tained a proper size, have the holes well dug and 

 prepared, then take them up carefully and set 

 them out with as little exposure as is convenient, 

 pruning the top and roots properly, and they will 

 do much better, and come into bearing two or 

 three years sooner. 



I think the following the best kinds for this lat- 

 . itude, for lionic consumption or market : For 

 winter, — Newton Pippin, Esopus Spitzenburg, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Northern Spy, Tolman 

 Sweeting and Sweet Greening. For fall use, — 

 Twenty-ounce-appJc, Fall Strawberry, Holland 

 Pippin, Williams Favorite, and Fall and Winter 

 Pippins. For summer use, — Red Astracan. Ger- 

 man Bough, Tart Bough, Harvest, King Sweet 

 Large Sweet Bough. J. "King. 



Eagle Bridge, N. T., April, 1867. 



LIST OF PEARS. 



Having been called upon somewhat frequently 

 to advise in the selection of sorts, and having had 

 occasion to observe some of the errors which have 

 been committed by the inexperienced, I beg leave 

 to offer a few brief suggestions, which may benefit 

 those inexperienced in fruit growing. 



ISIost people grow too many sorts. I have been 

 sorry to sec persons of small grounds and smaller 

 means, search through the entire catalogue to find 

 some sort which they had not already planted, 

 rather than set more than a single tree of the very 

 best, well-known sorts, which will succeed well 

 under all circumstances. Applying my remarks 

 more directly to pears — a fruit most desirable 

 for small homesteads, both on account of the 

 less room which they occupy, and of the supe- 

 riority of the fruit — it may be safely affirmed that 

 eight of the best sorts will furnish a family 

 with a better supply of fruit than twenty-five se- 

 lected with reference to novelty and fancy. Doubt- 

 less our distinguished pomological friends, Messrs. 



Wilder, Hovcy, and others arc conferring a great 

 benefit upon the public l)y the cultivation and cx- 

 hiT)ition of two hundred varieties, but we who 

 grow for profit must remember that the benefit is 

 to be derived from the cultivation of the fcio sorts 

 which have proved themselves worthy of a placo 

 beside the Bartlctt and the Louise Bonne de Jersey 

 rather than the many which are entirely worthless 

 for any other purpose than to fill up the tables at 

 the annual exhibition. 



Among the first requisites are a thrift}' growth 

 of wood, and early and constant bearing. Some 

 sorts which have for a long period been considered 

 standard by expert cultivators, have never given 

 any satisfaction to people in general. 



Of this class is the Winter Nelis, which will not 

 make a good tree without extra cultivation ; and 

 the Dix and Urbaniste. which exhaust the patience 

 of the novice by their tardiness in coming into 

 bearing. Some have been obliged to walk Ijy faith 

 and not by sight from twenty to tliirty years be- 

 fore discovering a single fruit upon their magnifi- 

 cent Dix trees. 



Other sorts have been highly recommended for 

 what they have done in certain localities, while in 

 other places they have entirely failed. The Bcurre 

 Die! is an instance. But without occujiying too 

 much space in the already crowded columns of the 

 t"ARMER, I beg leave to submit the following list 

 of pears for general cultivation, on village home- 

 steads, believing that the sorts recommended are 

 such as will prove successfal in the hands of those 

 least acquainted with pear culture. 



On Pear Stock : — Bartlctt, Buffiim, Sheldon, Para- 

 dise d'Automnc, Beurre d'Anjou, Lawrence. 



On Quince Stock: — Beurre Gilford, L. B. de Jer- 

 sey, Duchess de Angouleme, Doyenne Boussouck, 

 Vicar of Winklield. • g. h, 



Worcester, Mass., March 25, 1867. 



OATS, CORN AND LINSEED COMPARED. 



Please inform me through the columns of the 

 Farmer, what amount of nutriment is contained 

 in a bushel of oats, Indian corn, cotton seed and 

 linseed, and where linseed can be obtained, and at 

 what price for 100 pounds ? 



Which of the four named seeds is the best feed 

 for milch cov/s, for producing the greatest flow of 

 milk, and which the best for calves and lambs ? 



J. D. BOYDEN. 



Corneal/, Mass., March 18, 1867. 



Remarks. — According to statements made by 

 different persons, in different countries, it is sup- 

 posed that in 100 pounds of oats there is from 5 to 

 8 pounds of oil ; in same amount of Indian corn 

 there is 5 to 9 pounds, in linseed, 30 to 35 pounds. 

 This is an index of their respective values, only in 

 gart, because their other nutritive qualities may 

 be more favorable to one or the other. 



Linseed cake maybe purchased at the agricultu- 

 ral stores in Boston, at from $60 to $80 per ton. 

 Linseed cake produces a great flow of milk. For 

 calves and lambs we should prefer oats, carrots, 

 beets, or other roots. 



PULLING WOOL — TICKS — CATARRH 



My sheep pull their wool out in strings. What 

 is tlie remedy for that, and running at the nose ? 

 What is the best remedy for ticks ? 



West Campton, N. H., 1867. w. 



Remarks. — Pulling wool out may possibly be 

 traced back to feeding too late on frost-bitten grass 

 last fall, or it may be caused by ticks. If by the 



