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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Great Dairy Farm. — One of the greatest dai- 

 ries, in our country, is that of Col. Mkacham of 

 Pulaski, N. Y. His farm consists of 1000 acres, 

 300 of which are devoted to jjrass ; and he keeps 

 one hundred head of cattle, and ninety-seven cows. 

 In one year he made 30,000 lbs. of cheese, 20,o00 

 Ihs. of which sold at one time, in New- York, for 

 from 64 to 7 cents per pound. He feeds his cows 

 mostly on hay and carrots ; of the latter, he raises 

 2000 bushels, and j^ives each cow half a bushel 

 per day. And besides the benefit derived from his 

 j^rass for liis stock, he gathers not less than 300 

 bushels of grass seed. Report of U. S. Patent 

 Office. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Grafting GrApes. — Simeon Folsom, (Lowell,) 

 will find full directions for grafting grapes in our 

 work on Fruit and Fruit Trees. 



CuRCULio. — j1. B. C, We cannot recommend to 

 you any certain mode of getting good crops of 

 plums in your sandy soil, but that of making a 

 plum-yard adjoining your hog-pen, and allowing 

 the hogs to have free run in it, (first protecting the 

 trunks of the trees.) from the time the blossoms 

 open till the fruit commences to ripen. This is an 

 effectual mode, and the only one on a large scale 

 that we know. /. F. — The curculio commences 

 its attacks, usually, directly after the blossoms 

 drop, and from that time till the fruit is as large 

 as a hazlenut ; but mostly while it is quite small. 



Peach Trees. ^Gco. Jagues, (Worcester.) In 

 budding peach trees, the single buds are preferred, 

 (those being wood or growing buds ;) the double 

 buds are usually blossom buds ; the triple ones eon- 

 tain both blossom and growing buds. The last will 

 answer, but the first are the best. 



Anthracite Coai.. — Brown, (New London.) 

 Anthracite dust or screenings are of little or no 

 value for orchards, except mechanically, i. e., to 

 make heavy soils light. You had better mix it with 

 brush or faggots, and use the whole to burn clay or 

 sods, when the whole will make a most fertilizing 

 compost. The ashes of anthracite coai have proved 

 especially valuable as a top-dressing for the cherry 

 tree. 



Strawberries — W. G. W., (Centre county. 

 Pa.) The onlj' superiority of the first runners of 

 strawberry plants for new plantations is that they 

 iSi'e usuallj the strongest. The firmest strawberry, 



and therefore one of the most profitable for market 

 culture, is the Hudson. 



Drying Fruits. — W. G. W. You will find an 

 account of the best mode of drying fruits, and espe- 

 cially plums, in our work on Fruits. We shall 

 soon translate and republish an interesting article 

 on this subject, from a new German work. 



Hedges. — M. J. S., (Boston.) The berberry 

 will make a good hedge if regularly sheared. You 

 will see a good specimen of it in the grounds of 

 Horace Gray, Esq., Nonantura Hill, near New- 

 town. Wm. Johnson, (Baltimore.) The Osage 

 Orange is our favorite hedge plant for all parts of 

 the Union, where the winters are mild, or even 

 where the thermometer does not sink lower than 5° 

 below zero. Plants may now be had in most of the 

 nurseries at low prices, by the thousand. 



Transplanting Trees. — E. Bidivell, (Charles- 

 ton.) You will be much more successful in taking 

 trees from the north in November than at any other 

 season. Shorten the heads one-half when you plant 

 them. J. W., (Burlington.) Raise a mound or 

 hillock round your trees, a foot high, and let it re- 

 main till the spring opens. This will not only pro- 

 tect the roots from frost, but will keep the tree 

 steady. j1. R. P., (Newport.) Evergreens suc- 

 ceed best in spring planting ; but they may be 

 transplanted, with perfect success, at any season, 

 if you preserve a ball of earth about the roots. 

 The hemlock likes best a cool damp soil, though it 

 will grow on one perfectly dry. The European 

 holly will not stand your winters. 



Selections OF Fruits. — /. Williams. The best 

 three peaches for your garden are Early York, 

 George the Fourth, and Oldmixon Freestone. E. 

 P. R. The Cherry Currant may be had of Par- 

 sons & Co., and other nurserymen ; see catalogues. 

 j1 Young Orchardist. Roxbury Russett and Bald- 

 win are the two most profitable orchard apples for 

 New-England. The Newtown Pippin does not 

 suit the climate. 



Pruning Yines. —jln Amateur, (Trenton, New- 

 Jersey.) We prefer autumn pruning, directly af- 

 ter the leaves drop, to that done in February or 

 March, for all hardy vines. 



*^* Correspondents who are subscribers, will 

 hereafter find replies to any questions on subjects 

 within the scope of this journal, in this depart- 

 ment, (unless otherwise requt^sted) — and all que- 

 ries put in a brief shape, and sent to us free of 'post' 

 age, shall receive attention, Ed. 



