1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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cider vinegar, a little more than one-half pint of 

 molasses, and two tahlespoonfuls of whole mus- 

 tard, and a teaspoonf'ul of allspice, same of cloves, 

 and heat until it begins to boil. Then put in to- 

 matoes, onions and peppers, and let them boil ten 

 minutes. Pour them into a stone jar and seal 

 tight, and put them in a cool place for a fortnight ; 

 after which they will be ready for use and will 

 keep a year without scalding. Outis. 



A. COMPLIMENT TO THE FARMER FROM MAINE. 



I send enclosed two dollars and fifty cents for 

 your paper one year, in advance. I am the oldest 

 subscriber there is about here, and without boast- 

 ing, may say that I have done more to extend the 

 circulation of the Farmer than any man in town. 



The New England Farmer is the best paper 

 for farmers that was ever sent into this State. I 

 manage all of my farming and trading by its sug- 

 gestions, and would not do without it for $50 per 



Anson, Me., Atig. 23, 1867. 



CURE FOR STIFLE. 



Take white of one <^gg, one table spoonful honey, 

 one table spoonful fine salt, beat well together, 

 adding tea spoonful spirits of turpentine. Then 

 rub on thoroughly, and dry in with a hot shovel. 

 Hiram C. Driggs. 



Bradford, Vt., Sept. 9, 1867. 



GRAFTING GRAPE VINES. 



Your "New Subscriber" of Campello, inquires 

 about grafting grape vines, and you wish corres- 

 pondents to say something to meet his case. If 

 the following is considered of use to him you may 

 print it. 



The fruit growers of this neighborhood do not 

 succeed well in grafting the vine, and consider it 

 cheaper to l)iiy large, two or three year old vines 

 of the variety desired. The sap of the vine flows 

 BO rapidly immediately after the frost leaves the 

 ground in the spring, that in most, or nearly all 

 cases, the scion fails to unite with the stock, and 

 soon perishes. The most likely way to succeed is 

 to graft in the fall, as early as possible. Expose 

 the crown of the root, cut off the vine two inches 

 above, and "cleft graft" as we do an apple tree; 

 use a scion with two buds, and cover up with soil 

 to an inch above the first bud. Just before the 

 ground freezes up place an old box or laree flower 

 pot over it, and then soil and straw sufficient to 

 prevent the scion from freezing, and by spring, in 

 most eases, the union will be complete, or suffi- 

 ciently so to prevent the death of the scion by the 

 flowing of the sap in spring. John Fleming. 



Sherborn, Mass., Sept. 9, 1867. 



SALT AND lime FOR HAY. 



I have put in several tons of hay on the Metcalf 

 plan this season, and have also been informed that 

 the Shakers of Enfield, N. H., put in a barnful last 

 year with the lime alone, and that their hay came 

 out bright and nice. h. h. 



Corinth, Vt., Aug. 25, 1867. 



RINGING APPLE TREES. 



The accounts published in the Farmer last 

 spring of the result of ringing apple trees, induced 

 me to try the experiment on a young, thrifty tree 

 that never had borne but one apple, although it 

 had blossomed full several years. The bark was 

 removed when in full blossom 2\ inches in length 

 around one limb that was one inch in diameter. 

 The result is that there now are about fifty apples 

 on that limb, and only two on the whole of the 

 rest of the tree. Seeing that Mr. A. H. Wheeler, 



of the Concord Club, is cutting do\vn his orchard 

 because of its unfruitfulness, I would recommend 

 the experiment to his consideration. 



An Apology for a Farmer. 

 Wardsboro', Vt., Aug. 15, 1867. 



SOWING SPRING GRAIN IN THE FALL. 



Is there any kind of spring grain that can be 

 put into the ground in the fall of the year, and 

 bring a crop that will be profitable ? If so, please 

 inform me what it is and when to sow it. 



Roxbury, Vt., 1867. Young Farmer. 



Remarks. — Spring rye or spring wheat may be 

 made to become fall rye or fall wheat, by contin- 

 ually sowing the products of the same seed in the 

 fall, but the crop would not at once be profitable. 

 It would have to go through a change of habit be- 

 fore a paying crop would be produced. That is, 

 there would be no change in the nature of the 

 plant, but only in its habits. 



IMPLEMENT TRIAL AT UTICA. 

 The trial which was commenced at Utica on 

 the 11th of September, was an adjournment 

 from that held last spring in the rainy week. 

 The following are the entries, then made : — 



Plows. 



Class 1. — A sod plow for stiff soils. F. F. Hol- 

 brook, Boston. 



Class 2. — A plow for stubble land in stiff soils. 

 F. F. Holbrook, Boston, and Collins & Co.,N. Y. 



Class 3. — A sod plow for sandy soils and light 

 loams. A. L. Bradley & Co., Trenton, N. J. ; F. 

 F. Holbrook, Boston, Mass. 



Class 4. — A plow for stubble land, which will 

 cut a furrow twelve inches deep, with three horses, 

 which will raise the lowest soil to the surfiice of 

 the furrow. F. F. Holbrook, and Collins & Co. 



Class 5. — A Michigan soil and trench plow. 

 F. F. Holbrook, Boston. 



Class 6. — A sub-soil plow in connection with an 

 ordinary plow. R. J. Whcatley, Duquoin, 111. 



Class 7. — A ditching plow fur opening drains 

 A. P. Routt, Somerset, Va. 



Class 8. — A machine for excavating ditches for 

 undcrdraining. E. Heath, Flowerville, N. Y. 



Class 9. — A steel plow for alluvial and unctuous 

 lands. Collins & Co. 



Class 10. — A swing or side-hill plow. F. F. Hol- 

 brook, Boston, and L. D. Burch, Sherburne. 



Harrows and Cultivators. 

 \Vm. H. Burtis & Co., Watertown, N. Y., one in 

 each class; J. E. Morgan, Dccrficld, one; Fowlard 

 House, Oneonta, N. Y., two-horse Cultivator; N. 

 Nishwitz, Williamsburg, N. Y., Pulverizing Har- 

 row ; N. Houks, AppUton, Maine, one-horse Culti- 

 vator; Brown, Seirberling & Co., Massilon, Ohio, 

 a Shovel Plow and Cultivator combined; F. F. 

 Holbrook, Boston, Mass., a Cultivator; Alden & 

 Co., Auburn, N. Y., Cultivator. 



The small number of entries, and the com- 

 paratively little interest which the trial excited 

 is accounted for by the correspondent of the 

 Country Oentleman on the assumption that ' 'a 

 very small portion of the numerous excellent 

 plows, now made throughout the country, are 

 patented ; and the manufacturers would derive 

 but little benefit from premiums, as the higher 



