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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March 



over the Boston and Albany road, mast give a good 

 many people pure milk. I think there is not a more 

 hard working, industrious set of men in Boston than 

 the milkmen. They deserve to make money, and 

 some who are smart and tough enough to stand 

 the exposure and hard labor, get along well. No 

 doubt there is much impure milk sold in all cities, 

 but because these producers happened to stumble 

 on to milk which was one-quarter water, they 

 ought not to charge honest men with crime. 



W. P. Brigham. 

 Attleboro', Mass., Jan. 24, 1870. 



THE ■WINTER IN PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, C. W. 



Thus far we have had a rather singular winter. 

 Some snow fell early, and cold weather set in, 

 freezing apples and fastening many vegetables in 

 the ground. Stock came to the barn earlier than 

 usual ; but the crop of hay and of straw was so 

 great that there will probably be no scarcity of 

 fodder. The snow remained but a short time, and 

 we had but little sleighing before the close of 1869. 

 A great deal of rain fell last month, and the 2Sth 

 and 29th were thawing, so that the roads were 

 muddy. The depth of rain and melted snow in 

 the year 1869, at this place, was thirty-seven and 

 sixty-one hundredths inches. 



The tirst week in this year was colder, and some 

 snow fell making sleighing a few days. We have 

 had several heavy gales, but the damage was 

 chiefly in blowing down wood and timber. The 

 9th inst. the temperature was 10° below zero ; the 

 10th it was 30° above. On the morning of the 14th 

 it fell 12° below, and did not rise above zero until 

 near 9 o'clock,?. M. The 1.5th was very rainy, with 

 mercury as high as 38° above. Sleighing failed 

 here, and since that time wheeling has been good, 

 and the weather mild for winter. It is now, the 

 25lh, cold, and several inches of snow fell last 

 night, but it is drifted too much to make good 

 sleighing. Gkanite. 



Bloomjield, C. W., \st mo., 1870. 



GRUB IN THE HEAD OF SHEEP, 



In reply to Mr. Sowles' inquiry in Farmer of 

 January 8, about sheep diseased in the headal 

 would say that I have had considerable expCTi- 

 ence in such disease of sheep, and have never 

 known the following to fail of a cure. Turn the 

 sheep on the back, and put a teaspoonful of spirits 

 of turpentine in each nostril. It will not hurt 

 them. I call the disease worm in the head. I 

 wish to inquire if any one in this part of the State 

 has the White Leghorn hens. S. C. Ryder. 



North Bradford, Me., Jan. 14, 1870. 



FEED FOR YEANING EWES. 



What is the best kind of grain to feed sheep 

 that are to have lambs, — how much, and what is 

 the difference in prices between cotton seed meal 

 and other feeds ? Subscriber. 



SotUh Hadley, Mass., Jan. 19, 1870. 



Remarks. — In soliciting an answer to these in- 

 quiries from experienced sheep men, we will say 

 that while corn is perhaps the best grain for fat- 

 tening sheep, we do not think it as good as oats, 

 bran slops, roots and similar feed for the produc- 

 tion of milk. 



wheat in CONNECTICUT. 



Herewith I send you a small sample of Winter 

 wheat grown on our place the past season. It is 

 not as nice as what we have heretofore grown, yet 

 the yield was very fair, being thirteen busaels, 

 mill measure, from half an acre. Less than one 

 bushel of seed was sowu the last of September. 



The ground had been used for tobacco the season 

 of sowing. The soil a light sandy loam, with yel- 

 low subsoil. Tlie wheat is a red, bearded variety, 

 for which we paid $4.00 per bushel for seed two 

 years ago last fall. w. h. w. 



South Windsor, Conn., Jan. 26, 1870. 



Remarks. — The sample compares well with 

 specimens from other sections now in onr office. 



GREEN CORN FODDER. 



I have no doubt that Mr. Sheldon and Dr. 

 Loring are both right in their estimates of the 

 value of green corn fodder, if they feed South- 

 ern or Western corn, thickly planted, and not fed 

 until nearly grown. It took me but a short time 

 to learn that such fodder is very poor. I had 

 learned, too, before Dr. Nichols told us, that corn 

 planted too thick is not as good as that planted 

 so thin that it will ear some. I have fed green 

 corn, more or less, for fifteen years, to my cows 

 when making butter, and when selling milk ; be- 

 ginning the first of August, or not far from it, and 

 feeding until the first of October, giving in the 

 morning all they will eat of corn cut the night be- 

 fore, or in the morning, as most convenient. With 

 such feed my cows have always gained both in 

 flesh and milk. But I have fed very little South- 

 ern corn, and think I shall never feed any more. 

 Still, if I can raise Sweet or Narraganset com, I 

 shall continue feeding my cows all they will eat 

 three times a day, and when thev get so reduced 

 that they want helping up, then I shall stop. 



Westboro', Mass., Jan. 24, 1870. W. S. Grow. 



SICK PIGS, AND THE CAUSE. 



Having lost a valuable hog last summer, I have 

 noticed by accounts in the Farmer that others in 

 various places, as well as in my own town, have 

 been similarly unfortunate. I have carefully com- 

 pared the statements of others with my own expe- 

 rience and observation, and am fully of the opin- 

 ion that foul pens and improper food in hoc 

 weather are the principal procuring causes of the 

 the disease called hog cholera, and that producing 

 red or purple spots on the skin, which spread rap- 

 idly and terminate in death. Hence I believe ttat 

 wholesome food and pens free from foul stench 

 and bad air will be a pretty sure preventive of 

 such putrid diseases. R. Smith. 



Wilmington, Vt., Jan., 1870. 



sweet flag. 



Will some of the correspondents tell me how to 

 kill sweet flag in a wet meadow ? I have a place of 

 land that would be valuable if I could get rid of 

 this pest. A. B. 



Cambridgeport, Vt., Jan. 25, 1870. 



Remarks. — You have a tough customer. If 

 any one knows of any cheaper method than very 

 thorough drainage, and seeding with grass, let 

 him say so, for the benefit of our correspondent 

 and others. 



RICH MILK. 



The last of December a two-gallon jar full of the 

 milk of one of my cows produced four pounds 

 and seven ounces of good yellow butter. If any 

 one has a cow that gives better milk I should be 

 glad to hear of it. J. ii. m. 



Farmington, Me., Jan. 24, 1870. 



Remarks. — If you did not intend to say cream 

 instead of "milk," isn't that two-gallon jar of 

 yours an uncommonly big one of its size ? 



