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^^<:w England farmer. 



Nov. 



cent for an old one, and some show of profit 

 bet;idi.'S ; for unUiSs there is a fhance for a 

 profit it is of no use to carry the stock, but 

 submit to the present loss at once. 



How this can be done I think is most satis- 

 factorily shown in an article you gave us on 

 the Kltli ult. .written by S. L. Goodale, on Corn 

 vs. IJav. In my opinion it is the nio^t valua- 

 ble contribution the farmers of New England 

 have had plui/ed before them for a long time. 

 It tells them what to do and how to do what is 

 necessary to meet the present emergency in 

 their affairs. It is indeed difficult to conceive 

 how any thing more concise and yet embrac- 

 ing the whole question, could be set before us. 

 I would advise every one interested in feeding 

 stock to ponder its suggestions well and see if 

 they cannot lind it for their interest to carry 

 out some if not all its suggestions. 



As a supplement to Mr Goodale's article, I 

 ■would recouunend saving all the corn fodder 

 in good order, cutting it fine and feeding with 

 wheat bran, shorts or corn meal. 1 have 

 known large stocks to be wintered and also 

 carried through the spring in good order until 

 grass grew. 



For several years I used a hand ma- 

 chine, constructed on purpose for cutting 

 corn fodder, and found time on stormy days 

 to keep a supply on hand for use when the 

 weather allowed outdoor work to be done. 



Se2)t. 20, 1871. k. o. 



For the Xero EnglmuJ Furmer. 

 FRAMIWG-HAM FARM NOTES. — No. I. 



BY A. A. FORBES. 



This town has long been noted for its enter- 

 prising farmers, men of means and energy, 

 who spare no pains or expense in improv- 

 ing their farms and their stock. I propose to 

 send you a few notes of observations made 

 among them, which may be of interest to the 

 readers of your paper. 



Sturtevant Bro3. 



These gentlemen own a large farm situated 

 about half a mile south of the village of 

 South Framingham, which they have occupied 

 for six or seven years, and which they have 

 greatly improved in that time. Their barns 

 are large and convenient, and are furnished 

 ■with power for watering stock, cutting feed, 

 &c., by means of a windmill of the "Continen- 

 tal" pattern which works admirably. They 

 make the breeding of Ayrshire stock a spe- 

 cialty, — their large stock being entirely of that 

 breed, — most of them being imported within 

 the last two years. The specimens which they 

 exhibited at the late Fair of the JNliddlesex 

 South Society attracted much attention and re- 

 ceived most of the premiums awarded to this 

 breed at that show . 



The bull "Malcom," now eight years old, is 

 of most excellent stock and won himself hon- 

 or at the New England Fair, through a son 



and daughter there exhibited, — both sweep- 

 stake animals. He is dark brown and white, 

 has a head too large for beauty, though char- 

 at'teristic of the family, and skin of remarka- 

 ble clearness. His son McMalcom much re- 

 sembles him, and though the ])roperty of J. 

 R. Kendall of AVoburn, was bred by the 

 Messrs. Sturtevant, antl is now with them on 

 loan for a few months. 



Another bull "Imported Mains." is nearly 

 white. "Queen of Ayr," his dam, is red and 

 white, and is stated by the owners to have giv- 

 en 9014 pounds of milk the jear after her im- 

 portation. 



Of the eight cows exhibiteil at the late Fair, 

 seven were grazing in Scotch pastures a little 

 more than two years since, and they have all 

 the characteristics of choice Scotch animals. 

 It is well known that in the home of the Ayr- 

 shire, the udder is a chief point of interest. 

 It is required to be square, capacious, well 

 forward, and full, as looked upon from be- 

 hind. But this is not siifRcient, — the cow of 

 this dairy breed must not only sliow an udder 

 perfect in form, but a capability in the ani- 

 mal to fill it with a rich quality of milk. 



"Model of Perfection" (a name given in 

 Scotland under which she won many premi- 

 ums at home,) has the model udder, which 

 Ayrshire farmers admire. She cost Messrs. 

 S. $1,000, and this will give some idea of 

 their appreciation of her quality. 



The cow "(ieorgie," has different excel- 

 lences ; is more delicate of form, less symme- 

 try, but a certain air that makes manj prefer 

 her to "Model." 



The four other cows which I will not spe- 

 fflfy by name, are splendid animals, and credit- 

 able specimens of tiiis breed of "cattle. The 

 two-year-olds, yearlings and calves, of which 

 they possess a large number, are of good 

 promise. 



The herd of Messrs. S. are not in high con- 

 dition, but appear in just the state of flesh we 

 should expect to find in a herd occupying the 

 stalls of a good dairy farm. These animals 

 are considered by their owners too good to be 

 styled "fancy," and they dislike that term to 

 be applied to really useful stock. 



Though Sturtevant Bros, make a specialty 

 of Ayrshire, they by no means confine them- 

 selves to this branch of business. "Excel- 

 sior" is tlxMr motto in every department. 



The limits of this aiticle will not permit me 

 to speak at length of the other stock upon 

 their farm. 1 will only say that Messrs. S. 

 are extensively engaged in the Poultry busi- 

 ness, having a large number of the improved 

 kinds, and took the first premium at the late 

 Fair for the best ten coops of Fowls. 



— California boasts that she has the largest or- 

 chard in the world. It is located two miles south 

 of Yuba city, in Sutter county, and consists of over 

 400 acres. 



