Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-05-15

July and September. l have about one acre
in another place among the rocks, which
NOW but once, allowing my cows to take the
second crop. This some of my towDsmen
think the best way, believing that it does
not hurt the land SO much for the cows to
gnaw it down to the roots, as it does to cut
it off with scythe but don't think SO.
L do it simply because my cows want some
thing more than they can get in the pasture
during the latter part of the season. On the
hay which grew on these three acres, l WIN
tered, in 1866, two COWS, a horee, and
four sheep, and kett two COWS six weeks.
The past winter, 1866, have kept 6 calf
in addition to the above stock, but am lit
tie short for hay, my second crop last year
was not more than half the ordinary yield.
These three acres usually produce fodder
enough for two cows a horse and four sheep.
In the northern country find that it takes
two and half three tons of hay, or its
equivalent, to winter a cow. About three
fourths of the apple trees have died out and
the half acre of land near the buildings, pro
duces at Leaf three tons of hay, as gooo as any
grown in the county. | have been in the
habit Of raising from thirty to fifty bushels
of carrots every year which many animals eat,
except few which sell for coloring butter.
The past wear. however, | raised about sixty
three bushels of carrots and mangel wurzes,
and feed all but eight or ten bushels These
raised in my garden on thirteen and one
half square rods; the mixed seed being sown
broadcast When harvested, had forty
three bushels of carrots and twenty of man
gel wur4cls. True. this is not quite as big
a story as was in the FARMER, April 2Oth,
where one man Is said to have raised sixteen
hundred. another twelve hundred bushels per
acre as mine comes little short OF eight
hundred. But do not manure 50 high as
some premium farmers. | weighed one man
gel wurzel that weighed five pounds and
another three pounds. Some Of them Will
measure near two feet in length.-A Sub
Scriber IN the N. E. Farmer, Visited, ",
Ap,H 25th, 1867.
VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES. As chairman
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's
Committee Fruits, j. r. c. Hyde, Esq.
gives the following brief review OF the pres
ent estimation in which the various kinds OF
strawberries are held by the practical cult
vators Of this fruit in the vicinity Of Bos-
ton
. Hovey's Seeding is still the best variety
Of its season. Jenny Lind is "A favorte early
sort La COnstante has been gaining friends
though We fear that for ordinary field culture
it Will not succeed. Brighton Pine still holds
its place. especially among market gardeners
rhe Buffalo Seeding and kussell's Prolific
are not valuable varieties. The French Seed
ling is soft and poor, and Of no value as q
market fruit. Some fine specimens Of the
Agricultural were shown by f. A. Bracket
of Winchester, who has been quite success
full with this variety. In point of quality
it is not up to our we'll known varieties, bu
may, like the " ilson, to which it is superior
be grown for market 1t is a good grower
and bearer. The Monitor is a soft anC
worthless variety. The Brooklyn Scarlet il
acid, small or medium size, and of poor quail
ity.''
ENGLISH SPARRows These welcome EN-
igrantS have been introduced into this coun
try by the Commissioners of the Contra
Park, New York, andiare rapidly increasing
: that may hope for their migration in
TO all part of the country. The New Yorl
" Ereieing Post says:
e Many thanks to the Commissioners Of tn
e Central Park for introducing this useful Dir
e into city four years ago The sparrow
i are daily fed and well provided for and the
have greatly increased in number. They ar
$ also fed daily in four other parks up town
where they are numerous and happy. but no
: a bird-house is visible on of the five hun
bred trees in Washington Park viii nc
: some lover Of birds to this at once, an
n have at least three hundred erected?
t FIocks of one thousand birds can often b
e seen in Central Park, and their pleasant chat
ter IS delightful. About fifty were seen i
o Fifth Avenue and Twenty-ninth Street on
morning this week. by an early equestrian
t they have been seen forty miles north {
n this city, and if gentleman would invite ther
to their residences in the country, let goo
: bird-boxes be placed in every prominent frui
l. or shade tree, with some oats, or corn meal
rice, &c, &c, in each compartment,
: will engage that the sparrows will rcpa,
their kind friends and abide permanently
j We have no other birds so destructive to tn
measuring worms, caterpillar race and insect
even, to the mosquitoes. Jersey City an
+ four Of our parks were kept clear Of worm
d last summer by these little stranger birds
: 1t is reported that the owls are making sa
Il havoc with the sparrows in Jersey City
y - Shoot the rascals.
I WOOD AsnEs FOR MANURE.-We recon
!, mend the farmer carefully to save for use il