The New England farmer . ectors, Samuel Haines and DavidKnox, of Palmer; J. S. Blair, of Brimfield; A. , of Monson; Silas Billings, of Ludlow;and J. B. Foster, E. N. Fay, and 0. M. Graves, ofMonson. Secretary and Treasurer, 0. P. Allen, ofPalmer. Delegate to the State Board of Agricul-ture, Hiram Converse, of Palmer. —A farmers club has been formed in Newport,Me. The Secretary, Sewall Pratt, makes the fol-lowing report in the Maine Farmer of wheat raisedthe past season by members of the club. JohnParkman raised one hundred and ten bushels fromfour and one-half acres; Samuel Marsh for
The New England farmer . ectors, Samuel Haines and DavidKnox, of Palmer; J. S. Blair, of Brimfield; A. , of Monson; Silas Billings, of Ludlow;and J. B. Foster, E. N. Fay, and 0. M. Graves, ofMonson. Secretary and Treasurer, 0. P. Allen, ofPalmer. Delegate to the State Board of Agricul-ture, Hiram Converse, of Palmer. —A farmers club has been formed in Newport,Me. The Secretary, Sewall Pratt, makes the fol-lowing report in the Maine Farmer of wheat raisedthe past season by members of the club. JohnParkman raised one hundred and ten bushels fromfour and one-half acres; Samuel Marsh forty-fourbushels from one acre and two bushels of sowing;S. S. Wedgewood from two bushels of sowing andone acre of ground, thirty-four bushels. I raisedtwenty-four bushels from one and three-fourthsbushels sowing, from one acre of ground. Marsh, who is a flourishing farmer, har-vested from two bushels and twenty quarts of sow-ing, eighty-three bushels of wheat from two acresof ground. 68 NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. Feb,. WINTER CAKE OF POULTRY. ANY persons complainthat they get no eggsfrom their fowls in thewinter, seem disap-pointed, and wonderwhat the matter is true in a largenumber of cases, evenamong farmers wholook to profits of thepoultry as an item ofconsiderable year, soon aftertwo or three weeksof cold weather have transpired, eggs arescarce, and sell readily at twice the price theybrought in September and October. Preciselythe same fowls that laid once liberally, haveceased entirely, or their product of eggs is ex-ceedingly moderate. Why is this ? the goodhousewife frequently asks, when the egg-basketin the store-room is empty, and none can bepurchased or borrowed in the a consolation to the anxious housekeeper,whose plans are thrown completely out of joint,the good man of the house informs her thathens cannot always lay,—they must havetime to rest, and by-and-by they will com-mence again. All this may be true, but hehas not gi
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