FARMERS' REGISTER-RUST IN COTTON, &c. 



725 



is iin]irovc(l to sucli a degree, that there is more 

 than tliree times the return from it tlian what it 

 lormerl)- jjave, and [ shall now l)e enabled to kee|i 

 it in heart by the manure made iiy house-leediujr, 

 without any of the expenses lor lime which I 

 have been lormerly at." 



Mr. lJi<j:ger stated, that he held about fne Irish 

 aeres of land; that he ibrinerly kept but one cow, 

 and had barely tbod lor her. ' lie now kept three 

 and an ass; and part of the year a horse; and af- 

 ter all had clover to spare, to consume which he 

 had bought fourteen young pigs, some of Avhieh 

 he stdl had, and was teeding on potatoes; and had 

 besides sold off the same larni £10 worth of 

 wheat. 



Extract from tlie Southern Agriculturist. 

 RUST IN C OTTO IV. 



The cotton crop in this district of country has 

 not averaged more than 100 pounds of clean cot- 

 ton to the acre. The rust, that extraordinary and 

 increasing evil, has, apparently, taken hold of all 

 of our high lands. I have, lor many years, be- 

 lieved, and still believe, that (ire, passed over the 

 land, is the best preventive within our reach; 

 never having doubted that a great portion of the 

 injuries to which vegetable liiii is subject, owes its 

 origin to the insects that, in countless numbers, fill 

 the earth, the air, and the water, 1 have believed, 

 that in consuming by fire the vegetable matter upon 

 the surllice, something, at least, would be done to 

 lessen their multiplication. But some more effi- 

 cient remedy must be found. Where the lands 

 are low enough, I would cover them with -water 

 during the winter. When this is done, however, 

 it; must not be done by halves. The water must 

 be kept deep and long upon the lands. I am in a 

 coiu'se of experiment, at this time, upon this sub- 

 ject. I have 250 acres of low ground which have 

 been under waiter since the 1st of January — nor 

 shall I withdraw the water trom the land until the 

 1st of April; after which, I will, as speedily as pos- 

 sible, plant my corn and cotton in the ridges of the 

 previous year — in (he hope that the grass seeds 

 will, by this long immersion, be swollen and de- 

 stroyed, and that even the chrysalis of the cut- 

 worm, (the great enemy to cotton and corn in low 

 grounds under dry culture) may perish in this long 



flooding. 



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THOMAS SPALDIXG, 



Of Sapello Island, Daricn, Georgia. 



From the Ohio Fanner. 

 CULTIVATION OF THE ORANGE, LEMON, &C. 



This beautiful family of plants, embracing the 

 orange, lemon, shaddoc, citron, lime and their 

 congiers, is one of the richest ornaments of the 

 green-bouse. All the varieties are almost as 

 easily raised as the peach-tree, and being sufTi- 

 ciently hardy to withstand a slight freezing, if 

 rightly protected, can be secured, with a little trou- 

 . bie, during the severest winter weather. 



1. Stocks. 



The lemon furnishcf! the best stocks. Sow the 

 seeds of ripe firuit in crocks, fiUetl with a compost 



of new earth, from nnder rotten logs or stumps, 

 garden mould and decayed covv-duuir, each one 

 jjarl, \er3'fiuc and intimately mixed. These crocks 

 should he |,'lunged (olheir rims in the earth within 

 a well regulated hot bed, early in the spring, and 

 their contents be regularly watered. 



When the young plants are one inch high, (hey 

 should be thinned out and transplanted, one toa i)ot, 

 taking care to leave, undisturbed, one of the largest, 

 which is to remain for inoculating, during the pre- 

 sent season. 



Continue to water the seedlings daily, and afler 

 stir the earth about their roots with a knili-, or 

 spa(ula. When (hey are removed from the hot-bed 

 place them in a silualion protected from cold, 

 northern winds, and also from a full exposure to 

 the full blaze of the noon-day sun. 



2. B Lidding. 



There are hvo periods when this can he per- 

 formed successfully. To wit: During the first 

 growth of the stock in the month of .June, and 

 the second in the month of August. This state 

 can be detected by the absence of the terminal 

 buds on the ends of the limbs and the ease with 

 which the bark separates from the wood. 



The buds used for insertion during the former 

 period should be taken from the last growth of the 

 preceding year, and during the latter from the first 

 growth of the present season. 



Select the roundest and fullest buds, and if pos- 

 sible those that are not armed with a thorn or 

 spine from trees which are abundant bearers. 



Make choice of a smooth place, upon (he stock, 

 and proceed as in connnon inoculation, only place 

 the transverse incision below the perpendicular 

 one, so as to resemble the letter T inverted thus 

 j^, so that the bads when insL^rted shall be jiuslied 

 upwards instead of downwards. It may some- 

 times be convenient, with small stocks, to remove 

 the dirt about the root, and insert the bud below 

 the surfiice. Having made the transverse and 

 perpendicular incisions, cut oiit, immediately be- 

 low the latter, a semi-circular notch, thus x for 

 the purpose of facilitating the introduction of the 

 bud between the lips of the bark. Do not attempt 

 to separate the thin film of wood that adheres to 

 the inner surface of the bud. When the bud has 

 been carefully pushed into the perpendicular in- 

 cision, secure it there with a strip of Russia mat- 

 ting or linn bark that has been long macerated in 

 water: care not to pass it directly over the eye of 

 (he bud. 



The pots should then be placed entirely out of 

 the reach of the sun, but not underneath the eves 

 of a house or limbs of a tree. Water the ]ilants 

 dail}', but use special care not to ])ermit the water 

 to run down the stock, as it would destroy the in- 

 oculation. 



At the end of two or three weeks (he foot stalk 

 of the leaf of the bud will drop, and (he slock be- 

 ffin to swell above and below the ligature, which 

 shoidd now be removed or loosened. If it be in 

 the month of June, cut off the stock about three 

 inches above the inserted bud, and in a few days 

 the second growth will commence, and that bud 

 will burst forth with great vigor. If it be in Au- 

 gust, delay cutting off the stock until the ensuing 

 spring, unless there is an evident disi)ositioa to put 



