1837] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



4.5'.) 



unlike he might be expected to do, if he were 

 stuiiiiutuler the chin by a bee, whieli the writer 

 tiiouiflit WHS really the case when his attention 

 was lirst invited to this subject. The egg of this 

 is smaller, longer, and more oval-shaned, than thai 

 of the tly first'spoken of- as may be readily seen 

 by a comparison botwocn such as may at anytime 

 be taken from the throat of a horse and those ta- 

 ken from the knee or other pans of the body. 



Whether the larva> dilFcr in any thinii else, than 

 in being smaller, Irom those of the common oes- 

 trus, (lor that first described is by far the most nu- 

 merous and common variety,) must be determin- 

 ed by future and better opportunities for observa- 

 tion than have occurred to the writer of these 

 hints. It may be remarked, however, that the 

 greater sparcity of this smaller variety of the in- 

 sect most probably results from the peculiarity of 

 tlie situation in which it deposites its eggs; as the 

 contingency of their gettiuix into tlie horse's stom- 

 ach is certainly much greater than that of the oth- 

 er, and tnust defiend chiefly on accidental circum- 

 stances about the manger. 



S. of G. 



From the Farmer and Gardener. 



THK HOLLOW HORN. 



A writer in the ''Farmer's Cabinet," who signs 

 himself "A Montgomery County Farmer," sives 

 the follovvino; as a remedy for the disease in cattle 

 commonly called "hollow horn:" — 



About 9 years since, my cattle were afflicted 

 with the hollow horn, and it afflicted me very sore- 

 ly, I assure you, as several of them died; but I 

 bored AWiiy . One morning while engaged in this 

 business, I was accosted by an intelligent farmer, 

 recently Irom England — he was surprised at the 

 operation, 1 told him that it was the only way of 

 saving my cattle — that several had already died of 

 the hollow horn, and the others assuredly would, 

 unless bored. He absolutely laughed at me. I 

 felt provoked, but was still willing to hear him, as 

 I might get an original idea. He stated that the 

 "hollow horn" did not exist in England. That it 

 was not a disease of the horns, that hornless cat- 

 tle had all the symptoms, &c. He advised me to 

 desist boring. After much persuasion I did so; and 

 he recommended me to give each of my cows a 

 half a peck of potatoes twice a week, lor three or 

 four weeks in succession, and then occasionally, 

 as circumstances might require — and by all means 

 to keep my cattle well sheltered, and in good con- 

 dition. I obeyed his directions — and the conse- 

 quence is, that my cattle have not been troubled 

 with the hollow horn since that time. I have, 

 therefore, conte to the conclusion, that cattle well 

 housed in bad weather, and kept in good heart, at 

 all seasons, and properly attended to, stand in no 

 danger of hollow horn. 



From the Wilmington (Del.) Journal. 

 A PRODUCTIVE PEACH FAR3I. 



Mr. Jacob Ridge way has a farm near Dela- 

 ware city, in this country, on which he com- 

 menced planting a peach orchard in the year 1831. 

 A neio-hbor of Mr. R. gave us, a lew days since, 

 the Ibllowing accoant of the condition and product 



of the pe.ach plantation during the present year. 

 In the seven years which have elapsed since he 

 commenced the plantation, Mr. Ridgeway has 

 l)lanted 140 acres — 100 trees on the acre. The 

 produce of the present year is eslimated, by our 

 inli)rmant, at 100 baskets of peaches per acre, or 

 14,000 baskets of peaches. The peaches, of 

 which he presented us some sjiecimens, are of the 

 finest kind, large and of delicious flavor. Two 

 schooners are constantly employed in transporting 

 the fruit to the Philadelphia and New York mar- 

 kets : where we understand, it meets with ready 

 sale at ig;3, ^4, to jft'S per basket. It is eslimated 

 that his peach crop will yield a profit, during the 

 present year, of twenty thousand dollars ! We 

 add to this statement, that there is no part of our 

 country which is tuore favorable to the produc- 

 tion of this delicious fruit than the vicinity of Del- 

 aware city, and the whole district of country ly- 

 insr along the western sliore of the Delaware, and 

 extending frotn the Christiana down to Bombay 

 Hook. 



From (Loudon's) Gardener's Magazine. 

 ON THE FORCING OF EARLY CUCUMBERS. 



By John ff'ighton, Gardener to Lord Stafford 

 at Cossey Hall. 



One great complaint among the growers of 

 early cucumbers is, that the plants are often weak 

 and yellow. This is occasioned by the beds beins^ 

 kept too warm, and too much covering being 

 placed over them at night. The heat of the betla 

 causes the plants to grow too fast for the small 

 supply of light which they receive while the days 

 are short; and which are rendered shorter still by 

 the coverinss beinij put on so early in the even- 

 ings, and left on so long in the mornings. I have 

 always found that so much covering was rather in- 

 jurious than beneficial. My practice is to cover 

 up only in very cold weather, and then only with 

 a single mat. 



Crown glass should be used for very early for- 

 cing, and the surface should not be puttied. The 

 glass in old lights is, like horn, almost imper- 

 vious to the light. 



In mixing up the soil for cucumbers, fresh dung 

 should be used, and it should be allowed to rot in 

 the soil. The common method of employing rot- 

 ten manure is bad, because in that state the 

 streni^th of the dung is already exhausted. 



The old notion is still prevalent, that it is best to 

 sow old seed, because plants raised from new 

 grow too vigorously. There is no sense in such a 

 prejudice : my own invariable practice is to choose 

 new seed. 



The usual method of putting three plants into 

 one pot is also wrong. My plan is to out only 

 one, and one plant only under a light. One fjood 

 plant will fill the space of a light sooner than three 

 set together. 



It often happens that the plants are drawn up, 

 as it is termed; having long stems. This has 

 been attributed to the want of air, and to the plants 

 being too far from the jrlass. But it arises, in re- 

 ality, from there being too much heat in the bed 

 below; for the plants never grow so, however far 

 removed from the glass, and scantily supplied 

 with air, if there be not too much under-heat. 

 Cossey, Feb. 10, 1837. 



