FARMER'S ASSISTANT. Ui 



Spinage, sown in the Fall, affords a plentiful supply of 

 these : So will the common turnips, French turnips, kale, &c. 

 But the Farmer ought to supply himself, in addition ta 

 these, with at least one good bed of asparagus. 

 See that article. 



The plant which is commonly called pokeweed (fihyto- 

 lacca) is a very fine green, when it first starts up in the 

 Spring, and until it gets to be about a foot in height. It 

 might be well to keep a small patch of ground sown with 

 it, as, after it has once got into the ground, it will start up 

 every Spring from the roots. The same may be said of the 

 tops of the plant which is commonly called milkweed (a$* 

 clejiias) which are also very fine. 

 See MILKWEED. 



The caltha fiatustris^ or marsh-marygold, growing abund- 

 antly in marshy places, makes an excelent green in the 

 Spring of the year. 



GREEN SCOURING. A disease to which Sheep and 

 Bullocks are often subject. It is cured by verjuice: A, 

 Wineglass-full, lor a Sheep; a pint, for a Bullock. Ver- 

 juice is the juice of the English crapapple. Our crabapple 

 is of a different kind The juice, however, of sour unripe 

 apples, of the common kinds, may answer in place of ver* 

 juice. 



GRIPES. A disorder, of the cholic kind, with which 

 Horses and sometimes horned cattle are troubled. It gen- 

 erally proceeds from wind pent up in the stomach or 

 bowels, and is caused by a high state of costiveness. 

 Horses and horned cattle have been known to have the 

 dung within them so hard and dry, that it could not be 

 voided without assistance ; and this assistance is by clearing 

 it out by hand. After it has in this way been principally 

 cleared out, clysters are to be administered, which will open 

 the passage and of course give vent to the wind. 



See further, NEAT-CATTLE, for the particular treatment 

 of the disorder in them. 



GROVES. These are both ornamental and useful. To 

 plant heights of ground, the sides and tops of which are 

 generally not very good for tillage or pasture, adds much 

 to the beauty of a landscape ; and is at the same time 

 highly useful, as it regards the quantities of firewood which 

 may be produced from such spots. Planting rows of trees 

 along highways is also pleasant for shade to the Traveler, 

 and profitable to the Owner of the soil. The same may be 

 observed, in regard to lanes, and to passages from the high- 

 way to the mansionhouse. Sugarmaple-trees, planted round 



