FARMERS' REGISTER— FECUNDITY OF A EWE, &c. 



For tlip Fanners' Register. 

 FECUNDITY OF A EWE. 



I think it was on the 25th of Januarj-, 1833, that 

 tho only ewe Avith black wool in my Hock, (and 

 Avliich, therefore, could not be mistaken i'm- any 

 other,) liad a lamb. On the 20th of April, ibllow- 

 iniT, tliat lamb was killed, and eaten. On the 25th 

 oC"thc panic month and year, (the ewe running 

 upon a^^f"! clover field) the same ewe took the 

 ram — (a brdafT-rarl, isint,e, unfortimately, dead.) 

 On the IGth of July, the same ewe had a lamb, 

 as I was first in^prnied by one of my family, (the 

 slieep beino; then grazing in a lot around the 

 house,) and I Avent out and found it so. That 

 lamb was not killed, and is still living. From the 

 IGth to the 201 h of September, in the same clover 

 field, the ewe again took the ram; and during one 

 of those snoAvs, either in January or Februaiy, 

 last past, the boy that attends the sheep says, that 

 one morning ujjon going to the fodder staclfs, 

 - wliere the sheep Ave re kept, he found that this 

 same CAve had lost a lamb — making tAvo births 

 and a mlscai'riage in tAvelve or thirteen months. 

 Probably the miscarriage aa^us occasioned by some 

 hurt the eAve might have rcceiA^ed. 



HoAV long do ewes go Avith lamb"? I ha\'e be- 

 heved about f )ur months and tAvcnty days; if so 

 were not her births premature? I ask lor informa- 

 tion. OBSERVER. 



lOih ^pril, 1834. 



them in melted graiting Avax, and Avind them on 

 in such a manner as to make the Avhole air tight. 

 If Avell done the pieces will unite at both ends, and 

 soon extend so as to cover the Avound. 



BARKING TREES. 



From GoodscH's Goncspe Farmer. 



It often happens that fi'uit trees, more particu- 

 larly apple and pear trees, are stripped of their 

 l)ark during the Avinter by sheep, rabbits, or mice. 

 When such accidents do hap]ien, such trees should 

 not be looked upon as lost, but as soon as the sap 

 begins to circulate freely in the spring, they should 

 be repaired, by fitting in pieces, on eveiy side, to 

 keep up the circulation, betAvoen the top, and the 

 roots. 



The folloAving directions, AAnll enable those who 

 ■shall be so unfortunate as to ha\'e any of their 

 trees injured by mice, or otherwise, to repair them 

 Avithout incurring any great expense. 



Where the bark has been taken from the bottom 

 of a tree, as soon as it is discovered, it should be 

 coA'ered up to prevent the Avood from becoming 

 dry. During the month of INIay, uncover the 

 wood, and Avith a chisel, or some other instru- 

 ment, cut oil from the tree, so much Avood as aa'UI 

 leave a flat surface, equal in Width, to the piece 

 to be inserted. Let this extend so far up and doAA'n 

 as to reach the sound bark, and make the cut 

 Bfiuare in at the ends. Procure a piece of Avood 

 from a groAving tree of the same kind, Avhcther ap- 

 ple or pear, cut it of a suitable length, split off a 

 piece from one side of it, cut the ends smooth AA'ith 

 n knife, being careful not to bruise the bark, fit it 

 closely into the place prepared in the side of the 

 tree, having the greatest proportion of the sap 

 floAV, or line lietAvcen the bark and Avood, that can 

 be, come in contact. Proceed in the same Avay 

 on diflerent sides of the tree, after Avhich bind the 

 whole part Avith some bark-, or strings made from 

 flax, and cover the Avhole Avith earth, if it does not 

 extend too far up the tree. If the bark was re- 

 moA-cd too lar up, to be couA'cnient for coA^ering 

 with earth, take some strips of cotton cloth, dip 



WOOD SNAPPING ON THE FIRE. 



From the Genesee Farmer. 



I believe aa'C haA-e no wood in this countrj^ tliat 

 is more Avorthless tor fuel than the Butternut. A 

 f!3AV mis of this kind, howe\'er, about ten inches 

 in diameter, had been split in tAvo, left some Aveeks 

 to drj-, and then carried into my chandjer. On 

 placing one stick on the fire, it began to snap most 

 remai-kably: sometimes there were not less than 

 fitleen or twenty sparks on the carpet at once; and 

 the inconA'enience Avas serious. What Avas to be 

 done? I happened to recollect a paragraph in your 

 second volume, taken from some eastera paper, 

 stating that xoood snaps on the fire from the side 

 nearest to the heart. It Avas so in this case. I 

 just turned the log over, and at once the difficulty 

 Avas at an end; for though it continued to snap for 

 some time against the back plate, yet no more 

 sparks came into the room. 



When I put on the next log, I AA^as particular to 

 turn the heart baclcAvards, and I have had no 

 trouble from snapping since. Noav the knoAAdedge 

 of this thing is but a trifle indeed, but it may be 

 Avorth knoAving, for I liaA'e often seen the guests 

 round a parlor fire starting up to put out the sparks, 

 Avhen I presume nothing more Avas Avanting than 

 to turn over a stick. a farmer. 



LIVE HEDGES. 



Extracts from the New England Farmer. 



" For the last t.Aventy years I ha\-e paid great 

 attention to this subject, and A\"ill giA-e you the re- 

 sult of my experience. The first hedge I set out 

 (about 500 feet in length) Avas of the English haAV- 

 thorn or quickset. The result was decidedly un- 

 faA'orable. The plant is not adapted to this climate 

 — it appears better suited to the moist atmosphere 

 of England; our long summer drought injures it; 

 it is peculiarly subject to the attacks of the borer; 

 a species of mildcAV or blight almost inA^ariably 

 assails it early in August, by -which it loses its 

 leaves, and by the middle of August or first of 

 September assumes a Avintry appearance. 



"My next experiment AvasAvith the three thorn- 

 ed acacia, recommended by Judge Buel. The 

 hedge Avas not more than fifty feet in length, but 

 AA'as placed in exceftent soft and carefully attended. 

 I had supposed that the long thorns Avith Avhich 

 the plant is armed, Avould ha\'e made it peculiarly 

 efficacious as a fence. The result was eA-en more 

 unfortunate than before. Prune and clip it as I 

 Avould, I could never make it groAv thick; it ap- 

 pears to have a decided tendency to shoot upAvarda 

 rather than to spread; the thorns groAv only upon 

 or near the upper branches, and beloAv there w'as 

 nothing but the bare stems to serve as a fence. 

 It Avould often, too, lose as much during a hard 

 Avinter, as it had groAA'n during a Avhole summer. 

 After a trial of near ten years I dug up the Avhole 

 and replaced it Avith the American buckthorn, 

 (Rhamnus catharticus.) With this I have been 

 completely successful. It has, it is true, but feAV 

 thorns, but it groAvs naturally so thick as to be a 

 comjilete protection to the land enclosed by it. It 

 shoots early in the spring, and holds its A'erdure 

 till A'eiy late in the fall. li' properly managed, it 



