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Potatoes.- Souls, not Stations,

Raising Strawberries.- Don't shoot the Birds,

Morgan Horses-Our Garden,.

Eleventh Legislative Agricultural Meeting,

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Soiling Cattle,.

High Prices,

Legal Protection to Fruit Trees.- Greatest Grain Market in the World,.

A Mechanic's Garden.- Seed Sowers,.

Experiments with Potatoes,

Spare the Birds.— Vegetables best for Stock,

Country Farmers and City Mechanics,

Home.-Plows and Stone,.

Climbing Plants,.

All about Guano,.

How a Thriftless Farmer was Reformed,.

New Books.- About Guano and Super-phosphate,.

Cruelty to Animals.-Lecture on an Improved Fire System,.

Waste of Manures.- Muck.-Hops, ·

How to enrich a Garden.- Springs.- Live and dead weight of Cattle,

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Manny's Improved Mowing and Reaping Machines.- Prices and Weather in Iowa,.
Gravel Walls.- Gas Lime,.

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Transplanting Evergreens.- Profitable Culture." He never told a lie.-About Turkeys, 229

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A Sketch of Farm Life.- Muriate of Lime.- What is Respectable Society,.

Caterpillars.- Muck and Guano.- Potatoes.- Grass Seeds,.

Sucker Plum Trees.- Fertilizers.- Garget.- Extracts and Replies,
Profanity.-Domestic Recipes,..

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POSTAGE. The Postage on the Monthly Farmer to Subscribers, is now twelve cents a year, to be paid quarterly or yearly, in advance, at the office where it is received.

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DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE AND ITS KINDRED ARTS AND SCIENCES.

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CALENDAR FOR MAY.

"The blossomed Orchard and the Vine
Have too their charms for me;
The sweet Briar, and the Eglantine,
Again I joy to see.

These are the beauties of the Spring;
And while it doth remain,
Let all the graces dance and sing,
Till Winter come again."

AY-of all the months

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NO. 5.

FRED'K HOLBROOK, ASSOCIATE
HENRY F. FRENCH, EDITORS.

It is not

But there is another aspect for MAY. scorching summer, but stands between that and blustering winter, hangs out vernal suns, and lets us and the trees and grass and flowers, gradually down into the roasting season, acclimated and prepared for it. "Were a summer temperature immediately to succeed the cold of winter, many of our plants would be greatly injured, if in the year is often- not totally destroyed. Their delicate vessels and est spoken of with en- cells would burst by a too sudden expansion, and thusiasm, sometimes the bud, prematurely thrust forth into the light with passionate joy. and heat of day, would wither and fall off, or It has a revivifying remain an abortive excrescence on its parent influence upon all na- stem. We should also be deprived of the beauty ture, animate and in- and interest attached to the gradual development animate; on the trees of leaf and flower, were the great annual transiwhose forms have long appeared lifeless, the sap tion in the vegetable world effected instantanestarts, buds and blossoms expand, and flowers ously." Now, under the beautiful arrangement spread their delicate petals to the softly-kissing which exists, as the season advances, the temperawinds of the south; the earth is rapidly ver- ture increases, and plant after plant, according dure-covered, animals gambol, birds sing and to the sensibility of its buds, sends forth its insects hum about, intent on the purposes of tender shoots and leaves, in beautiful succession, their busy little life. There is reanimation in till every field and garden and grove is teeming all things; the air is soft and grateful, the spring-with beauty and perfume.

ing grass looks cheerful and the brooks appear May, on the farm, is crowded with important glad as they skip along. Man and the lower duties, and unless they are thoroughly disworld are sympathetic,-a grand symphony of charged, will show a neglect through all the harmonious feeling pervades all things. summer operations. "Drive your business, and Is it a wonder, then, that MAY is extolled? not let your business drive you," is a good old The sick praise it because its breath is soft and adage, and has more force than many are disbears upon it the perfume of the Heart's-ease, posed to allow it. Always to be able to hoe a Crown-imperial, Lily of the Valley and Apple- crop, for instance, at the moment it needs it, is blossoms; the lovers eulogize it because every a matter of considerable importance, saves labor thing is so gladsome about them and in unison and time, and undoubtedly increases the crop bewith themselves! The Farmer utters his daily yond what it would have been had the weeds heart-felt panegyric for southern breezes, genial luxuriated a few days longer. This is especially suns and fructifying rains; for springing corn, the case in harvesting the grain and grass crops and grass and grain. Then

Hail, bounteous May! that dost inspire
Mirth and youth and warm desire;
Woods and groves are of thy dressing;
Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing.

So said Master Shakspeare, and he understood
the secret workings of the human heart pretty|
well.

a delay of a day or two sometimes sadly affecting the quality of either. It is just as important for the farmer to be prompt and improve the favorable moment in his affairs, as it is for the smith to "strike while the iron is hot," the mariner to spread his sails to the favorable breeze, or the

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merchant to purchase when goods are low. MIDDLESEX COUNTY AGRICULTURAL

When plans are judiciously laid, so that each particular duty may be performed at the proper time, the work of the farm will go on pleasantly

PREMIUMS.

SHOW AT CONCORD, SEPT. 26, 1855.

STOCK.-CLASS 1.-BULLS.

the second best...............

and profitably, and afford a satisfaction unknown For the best native or mixed Bull..
to those who labor without system, and seldom
employ the head in conducting their affairs.

the third best...

the fourth best..

the best Ayrshire Bull...
the second best.

.........

the best Devon Bull........................
the second best...

the best Alderney Bull..
the second best..

the best Durham Bull.
the second best...

........

TREES.-If it was not done in April, make an
experiment with one old apple tree; graft, if it
needs it; dig, manure and pulverize the soil
about it; if mossy and bark-bound, scrape it, and
wash it with soap and water; do this twice the
coming summer, and once each succeeding spring
until the grafts come into bearing, keeping an For the best yoke of Working Oxen................
account of expenses. This will test the matter,
Wash
whether it is best to work over old trees.
your trees with soap-suds if not already done this
spring.

the best Bull Calf of any breed under one year old...6,00
the second best......

GRAFTING. It is better done in April or early in May before hot suns prevail. Where what

CLASS 2.-WORKING OXEN.

the second best.....
the third best............
the fourth best...

.$10,00

.8,00

..6,00

..5,00

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..8,00

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CLASS 3.-STEERS.
For the best three year old Steers,..
the second best...

the best two year old Steers..
CLASS 4.-MILCH COWS.

are called suckers come after the tree is grafted, For the best Milch Cow, native breed.....

do not cut them off until October-then cut off about half their length and allow them to grow the next year. Instead of diminishing, they will increase the growth of the young grafts, as their leaves will elaborate the sap and keep up a healthly action of the tree.

PLANTING CORN.-Plow deep, spread the manure liberally and cultivate it in three or four inches deep, pulverize thoroughly, and then if you desire to try specific manure, add a little superphosphate, bone dust, or guano to the hill, always remembering that the guano must not come in contact with the young germs of the corn. This will give it an early start, and get the ground covered and the plants ready for the hot suns of July.

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For the best Milch Heifer, under three years old......$7,00
the second best....

the third best..

the best two year old Heifer..
the second best..
the third best....

the best yearling Heifer...
the best Heifer Calf..

For the best yoke of Fat Oxen......
the second best....
the third best.
the fourth best...
the best fat Cow..

For the best Boar....
the second best.
the best breeding Sow..
the second best..

the best Pigs, not less than three in number, from
four to eight months old.....
the best porker, of any age. ..............................
the second best....

..6,00

.5,00

.7,00

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CLASS 6.-FAT CATTLE.

.10,00

.8,00

.6,00

.5,00

..6,00

CLASS 7.-SWINE.

.$6,00

..5,00

.6,00

..5,00

5.00

.5,00

.2,00

CLASS 8.-HORSES.

.$10,00

the second best..

.5,00

the best breeding Mare..........

..8,00

the second best.

..5,00

the best five year old Colt, broken to harness......
the best four year old Colt, broken to harness....
the best three year old Colt, broken to harness.....5,00
the best two year old Colt......
the best yearling Colt.........

..5,00

.5,00

..5,00 ..5,00

CLASS 9.-POULTRY.

For the best live Turkeys, not less than 5 in number...$3,00 the second best..

..2,00

the best live Geese, not less than 5 in number......3,00 the second best...

..2,00

the best live barn-yard Fowls, not less than 5 in
number..

.5,00

the best show of any Fowls..
the second best..

.3,00

.2,00

PLOWING.-All crops-even the grass cropsdepend greatly upon the manner in which this work has been done. Deep plowing is an antidote against drought. A light porous soil admits the air-the air is loaded with moisture, penetrates the light soil until it gets down where it is cool, and there the moisture is condensed, For the best Stud Horse...... taken up by the light particles of earth, and held So if you in reserve for the roots of the plants. plow deep and pulverize well, there is a perpetual watering going on, be the surface ever so dry. GARDEN VEGETABLES.-Put in seeds for garden vegetables early, and in a favorable spot. They will cover the table with palatable and wholesome edibles before the summer is over.

GARDEN FRUITS.-Add a few choice currants, raspberries, &c.

EARLY CORN.-Sprout it on a sod, transplant sod and all, and you gain a week or two.

The people of Hoboken, opposite New York, have decided in favor of being incorporated as a city.

Mildew stains are very difficult to remove from linen. The most effectual way is to rub soap on the spots, then chalk, and bleach the garment in the hot sun.

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