1870. 



NEW EXGLAXD F.IE,:MER. 



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it contained. Mr. S. J. Sharpless, of Philadelphia, 

 who makes the splendid butter for which the Con- 

 tinental Hotel is famed, has made many experi- 

 ments, and finds that no two cows arc alike in the 

 time in which their cream turns to butter. He has 

 churned the cream of two good cows in the same 

 mess. One would turn to butter first. He took 

 that out and continued to churn, and a second 

 batch of butter was the result. He is satisfied that 

 butter is often thrown away in buttermilk when 

 the milk of different cows is churned together, and 

 says the best way is to churn each cow's milk by 

 itself till the characteristics of her milk are well 

 understood. When he would make a prize article 

 and get the best returns from his dairy he uses the 

 old-fashioned up-and-down churn, and takes the 

 cream from one cow only at a time. 



FAKMEKS' CLUBS IN MAINE. 

 The farmers of Maine appear to be organ- 

 izing clubs the present winter more generally 

 than those of any other State, in consequence 

 probably of the proviso attached by the legis- 

 lature to the law granting aid to county agri- 

 cultural societies, which requires them to ex- 

 pend a certain proportion of the money in 

 establishing these town clubs. We notice in 

 the last Maine Farmer a statement by Mr. 

 W. R. Wright, of Lewiston, that the Agri- 

 cultural Society of Androscoggin county had 

 employed Hon. J. B. Ham to visit every town 

 in the county, and that a club had been estab- 

 lished or an organization had been commenced 

 in each town. We have had the pleasure of 

 witnessing the spirit with which the farmers 

 in several towns have taken hold of the work. 

 In the last two numbers of the Maine Farmer 

 we find notices of the following clubs : — 



Toums, 

 Bowdoin, 

 Buekfport, 

 China, 



East Winthrop, 

 Exeter and Garland, 

 Farmlngton, 

 Fryeburg, 

 Gardiner, 

 KenduBkeag, 

 Levant, 



Madison Bridge, 

 Ml. Vernon & Vienna 

 Norridgi'wocki 

 North Anson, 

 North Auburn, 

 North Fairfield, 

 North Vassalboro', 

 North Ellswoflli, 

 Parkinan, 



Prospect !fe Stockton, 

 South China, 

 8 )uth Montville, 

 Stetson, 



Butnner St Hartford, 

 Webster, 

 West Wlnterport, 

 Wihon, 

 W^inthrop, 



Presidents. 

 J. L. Patten, 



A.H. Abbott, 

 W. H. Parlln, 



A. Buzzell, 



E.B. St.wkpole, 



A. ■Washburn, 

 ,E. Kemptou, 



Secretaries. 

 J, L Parrington. 

 J. A. L ■-wreuco. 

 H. B. WiDiams. 

 F. A. Fuller. 



D, L. Lamaon. 

 F D. Harmon. 

 W. E. Wood, 



8. W. Walker. 

 P. J. CogeweU, 



D. Moore, A. Moors. 



H. Dillingham, A, Briggs, 



B D. Howard, C. H. M;iyo. 



H. G. Abbott, T. Kowell. 



W. Maddocks, D. F. Maddocks. 



S. Works, J. W. Warren. 



J. M. Grant, I. T. Smith, 



H. B. Williams. 



J. C. Knowlton, W. B. PoUle. 



J. Thompson, 

 W. T. Kirby, 



L. P. Walker, 



H. O. Field. 

 J. W. MaxweU, 

 John York. 

 Enoch Wood, 



For the New England Farmer. 

 THE GARDEN FOR MARCH. 



If we wottld have a good gardr-n, we must 

 give it seasonable attention. And what is 

 seasonable attention? you may ask. I an- 

 swer, it is doing now, — to-day, — ^just the work 

 that needs to be done. If the ground is cov- 

 ered with snow or frozen it would not be 

 seasonable to plough or plant ; but there are 

 other things to do that are seasonable and 

 which will make ploughing, planting, &c., 

 much more easily done at the proper season. 

 It is not the province of these articles to point 

 out just the particular work applicable to each 

 month in all localities and circumstances, but 

 rather to make such remarks as will suggest to 

 each one such duties as may call to mind 

 things not definitely particularized, but aim- 

 ing to be as practical as possible. 



Occasionally a spring occurs when the 

 ground settles and spring work may be com- 

 menced in March, but generally April is as 

 soon as we, in New England, can plough and 

 plant any kind of seed. But while waiting 

 for the planting season, we can do ths ^^ clean- 

 ing up.'''' Clear up the yard about the house 

 and buildings. How much pleasanter a home 

 looks where the approaches and all the sur- 

 roundings are clean and neat. It is not neces- 

 sary that things should look stiff, formal or 

 expensive ; a plain ordinary house, with 

 everything arranged with neatness, will give 

 to the eye a more pleasing effect than a more 

 costly dwelling, without this neatness, and 

 order. Straighten up and repair the fences ; 

 remove everything from the yard that does 

 not belong there. In putting the walks in 

 order, do not leave them sunken below the 

 level of the ground, to be flooded with every 

 rain, but raise them a little, and make them 

 oval so that they may be passable at all times. 

 A few flowers planted in the borders of the 

 walk in front will add greatly to the attrac- 

 tiveness of the place. Flowering shrubs set 

 here and there, with a tree or two, v/ill add 

 much more to the salable value of a place 

 than the cost of planting and tending. 



Ashes. — Good wood ashes will be fotmd 

 very useful throughout the season for every 

 garden product. A supply should be saved, 

 or procured, and kept under cover in suitable 

 vessels. If unleached are not to be had, get 

 leached, they will be found almost as good 

 for many purposes. 



Cold Frames. — These will need suitable 

 protection on cold nights, and airing freely, 

 or removing the sash entirely, on mild, warm 

 days. Water the plants as they may seem to 

 need it, giving tepid water from a watering 

 pot with a fine rose sprinkler. Use every 

 pains to harden off the plants as rapidly as is 

 consistent with health. 



Cauliflower and Cabbage. — "Where de- 

 sired early, sow seeds of each in hot-bed. 

 Attention will be needed on the appearance 



