1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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to fail. But if thought too harsh a remedy, a grass 

 and gravel diet might be found to work a cure in 

 a s;hoit time. n. 



Stoughton, Mass., May, 1867. 



POKE ROOT FOR LICE ON CATTLE. 



Where this weed grows on the low wet parts of 

 the farm, there is no excuse but laziness for lousy 

 cattle. Boil four quarts of poke roots so as to 

 leave a pailful of liquor, with which wash the an- 

 imals thoroughly. It is a sure cure. 



St. Johmbury', Vt., May, 1867. 0. Brown. 



A good FLEECE. 



My buck "Romeo," was sheared April 27th, ten 

 days less than two years old. The fleece was the 

 gi'owth of seven days less than one year, and 

 weighed 2U lbs. He was sired by C. 0. Stowell's 

 old "Golden Fleece," out of a Victor Wright ewe. 

 V. M. Hubbard. 



Rochester, Vt., May 12, 1867. 



REMEDY FOR THE BORER. 



Scrape away the eai'th from the trunk down to 

 where the roots branch out, and apply with a brush 

 a very thin coat of warm petroleum tar, to about 

 six inches of the trunk and to the exposed roots. 

 One quart is sufficient for fifty trees. 



Marion, Mass., 1867. C. C. Allen. 



MY REMEDY FOR COWS SUCKING THEMSELVES. 



Besmear the bags and teats with the most offen- 

 sive grease that can be found about the premises. 

 Do this every morning for a few days, and the cure 

 is eti'cctcd. w. s. 



Athol, Mass., May, 1867. 



SALVE FOR SORE TEATS ON COWS. 



Take one pound the bark of the bitter-sweet or 

 yellow-root, and half a pound of lard ; simmer fif- 

 teen minutes ; strain and let it cool. Bathe twice 

 a day. H. Rounds. 



Ciiepachet, R. I., May 11, 1867. 



AGRICULTUBAL ITEMS, 

 — The Rural World says that until the 4th of 

 May there was no rain in the vicinity of St. Louis 

 during the entire spring. 



— The Fair of the New Hampshire State Agri- 

 cultural Society is to be held at Nashua, Sept. 10, 

 11, and 12. 



— If you intend to fight the curculios at all this 

 year, don't delay your operations until they have 

 stung nearly eveiy fruit. 



— The annual fair of the Indiana State Agricul- 

 tural Society, will be held at Terre Haute, com- 

 mencing September 30th. 



— Every seed contains three principles, the or- 

 gan of nourishment, the nascent plant or plumule, 

 and the nascent root or radicle. 



— In an article on docking lambs, in the Mirror 

 and Farmer, Dr. Boynton recommends searing the 

 bleeding arteries, not the whole stump, with a red 

 hot iron. • 



— J. HaiTis says, in his "Walks and Talks," 

 that while it is true that improved breeds of cattle 

 will not do so well on very little food as will the 



"natives," it is also true that the "natives" will 

 not stand high feeding as well as the improved 

 breeds. Those who want to feed high so as to get 

 a large quantity of rich milk must get cows with a 

 good share of improved blood. 



— A farm with shade and fruit trees set around 

 the house, will sell from $200 to $1000 more than 

 if there were none ; while the girls will have more 

 beaux, and the boys be less likely to get the mitten. 



— For spring wheat, fanners in Minnesota plow 

 the land in the fall, harrow in the seed in the. 

 spring, at the rate of two bushels per acre, and 

 generally harvest from twenty to twenty-five 

 bushels per acre. 



— A Wisconsin fai-mer writes to the New York 

 Fanners' Club, that if the spread of the Canada 

 thistle is not checked in its progress it will be but 

 a short time before the producers of wheat will be 

 driven from the great wheat fields of the West as 

 Adam was driven from the garden in the East. 



— At a sheep shearing in Hyde Park, Lamoille 

 county, Vt., Messrs. R. R. Wait, of Stowe, L. 

 Grout, of Elmore, O. H. Cook, S. Stone, H. Dodge, 

 and E. V. Hadley, of Morristown, were among 

 the owners of sheep to whom premiums were 

 awarded. 



— In the Sciota Valley, Ohio, the land is so rich 

 that for 40 years corn has been grown on the same 

 ground, and yet they who do the work are tenants, 

 and poor. In Northern Ohio, the land is so poor 

 it is constantly kept in grass, and yet they who do 

 the work are the owners, and are rich. 



— While admitting the success of pear raising 

 in city and village gardens and other sheltered 

 locations, the iliame i^arme?- speaks discouragingly 

 of attempts that have been made in that State to 

 raise this delicious fruit by ordinary orchard cul- 

 tivation. 



— A correspondent of the Rural American re- 

 commends the following as a sure cure for lice on 

 cattle : Take one dozen or more good-sized Irish 

 potatoes, pound them fine, then put them into two 

 gallons and a half of water, boil thoroughly, then 

 let it cool, and apply as a wash, to cows, calves, 

 mares and colts, and all other creatures that have 

 lice. 



— By planting 15 or 20 common beans in each 

 hill of his vines, a correspondent of the Country 

 Gentleman says he protects his plants from the 

 striped bug, which seems to know beans well 

 enough to keep away from them. The beans must 

 be pulled up or broken off as they begin to shade 

 the vines. 



— On his return from a late trip through Vu:- 

 ginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, 

 &c., Mr. Moore, of the Rural Neio Yorker, says, the 

 crops throughout the South are generally promis- 

 ing, and the people of all classes seem earnestly 

 endeavoring to reconstruct and augment the in- 

 dustry and productiveness of the country. 



