NEW ENGLAND FARxMER. 



233 



-rhT dwarf mulberries put forth their lea.es from olher sonrce. £15,000, "^'^l^f^'^^'^^l 

 earlier, a vah.ahle qnalMy, as the more early £135,000. 01 lh,s ...m one lourlh .« I" ^e 

 tl worL are pro.l'ced .1,; better. 4.h. Dw.rt p.id over to Upper ^-^"f^' -^f "=„ ,i l";:! 

 trees will Miccee.l in situations in which stnnd- , .lecision of (he arbitrators nn.ler the prov s.ons 

 arrJ,! no o.h. Tl.eir leave, are quite as of the Canada Trade Act. .bus leavmg.o lowe 

 gooVa those of -he others, but the le'aves of ! Canada about £100,000. ;i;h-;--''"; ,;-7, I 

 ^oung plants should be given to newly hatched 'cleared (romlhe P"rt of Quebec ,n the UA 

 worms, and those of the older to the more ma- summer, was S83, measurinc; 2 2,.,0- '"ns anrt 

 7,re ' Imnnned by 9,684 men. Si.My-one new vessel* j 



This very brief sketch is all whlcli we have , have been built and have gone to sea during' 

 roon, for at present. Should the culture be ex- the year. Both the imports^ and ';'<P'";<^J"-« } 



■ ■■ ■ said 10 exceed considerably those ol last year.— ; 



In A'^bes, it is Ihougbl, there will bo nearly 40,- ; 

 000 cwt. more; in Wheat, owing to the late 



[Feb. ]" 



tensive we shall be moie full iu our extracts. 

 nirORTA^-T LWENTIOX. 



IMiUuiAAi li\ V b.\ i lu.-.. ULiu I.U1. iiKMc, ... , r. I 



i;s:-;* '":;;",:'.;r;r:;'j,5;;^ ~i";i |"r '. ;w i„,„.L ■, ,„ ,„. ex, ,,«,«,.. , 



ill Imcn mauulacture, and to give this country -'\- 1- Obsovei. 



ndvantagus in that luaMUiacUne, which it has 



not hilherto possessed. We are not acquainted 



with the particulars of Mr Kay's iiivenlion, but 



we are iulorined, on very good aulhorily, that, 



from an interior description of llax, and with 



very little hacklin?, be is enabled to spin 200"s 



varn wiliiout diiiicuily. Some idea may be 



"formed oi the value of this discovery , when it is 



known that ihe price of linen yarn of this 



.ie- 



ANECDOTE OF BONAP.^RTE. 

 At a ball, given by the city of Paris, lo Bona-] 

 parte, was a Madame Cardon. The Corsican, ; 

 in general, was not very fond of people who ^ 

 bad become rich by any means but his own la- i 

 vour. lie had never seen Madame Cardon, 

 whose name be had never known belore ; but 

 had been lold, that her husband was possessed ol i 



gree of tioenesj,, in the neighliorliood of Valen- |^,,grtl „,ealth. He walked towards her with 

 "ciennes, where it is used lor the manufacture lj,pg^i^f, ^oit of air. and said lo her very abruiit 

 of the linesl thread lace, 1* abonl 12U0 francs, or iy_; Are you Madame Cardon?' She made a 

 nearly 50/. sterling, per pouml weight. We ■ ■ ' - " "''° 



understand that, instead of hai'.kling hts tlax, Mr 



Kay sleeps it in a liquid that disolves the glu 



tinous malter by which the tii'res are connected 



together, and liins, wilhoul injuring Ihe slrenglh 



lit the tlax, gives it a degree ol fineness which 



is not allainable tiy any utuer pn'cess. Me has, 



we believe, seemed bis invention by a patent ; 



tiod several cotton .«piniiers at Preston, have 



piiid considerable sums for the privileges ol 



«:xercisi,'ig it. — Muncki'sur Giiardiun. 



profound curtesy to his question. Bonaparte 

 continued bis discourse— ' You are very rich . 

 _' Yes Sir,' she replied ' 1 have ten children. 

 Bonaparte, struck with the delicate force of this 

 reply, walked away quickly. 



:S E \V ENiiL A N D FARMEK. 



ACADEMY OP TlUi ARTS OF DESIGN. 



The Artists of this city have recently organi; 



pd themselves into a .Society under the n.nne o( 



KRIUAY, FEBRUARY 17, \iiil 6. 



D1SE.A.SES OF VEGETABLES. 



Distnscs are corrupt affections of the vegela- 

 ;iMe body, arising fiom a vitiated state ol its 

 The Artists of Ihiscity have recently organiz- 1 j„ices, and tending to injure the habitual f'P'\l''' 

 rJ themselves into a .Society under the n.nne ofu.jihgp of the whole or a part ol the plant. Ihe 

 "'Ihe National Academy of the Arts ol J). sign." diseases that occur the most trequenlly among 

 upon Ihe plan ol the U,iyal Academy of London; L.^getables are the following: blight, smut, mil- 

 intended to elevate and "improve the character ,i,.„^ honey dews, dropsy, llux ol juices, gau- 

 and condition of the liberal arts in our country. I g|.p„e, etii.latiou, sufi'ocalion, consumption. 



The want of such ;ui institution, it is correct- , /J/,V/if.— .Much has been written on the nature , 

 Iv remarked in the Prospectus ol the Acndemy | of blight, and in proportion as words have been 

 now before us, has long ben fell ; and almost, „p,|,,iiea on the subject, the 'i'''"'""',;''" " 'l',^' , I i 

 Ihe whole bodv ol the prol'essionofarlisis in this ,„j, ;,,. solution have increased. 1 ne bliglitj 



■ or blast was well known lo the ancient Greeks,, 



who were, however, totally ignorant ol the 

 ranse. reijardmg it merely as a bl.ist liom heav-j 

 en, indicating the wrath of the olfended deities, 

 and ntterly incapable of prevention orcure. It 

 was known also lo the llomans under Ihe de- 

 nomination of rtibl^n, who regarded it in the 

 same light as the Greeks, and even believed it 

 10 be under the direction of a particnl.ir deity. 

 Kubigus, v\hom Ihey solemnly invokeil that 

 blight might be kept from corn and trees. It 

 is still well known from its effects lo every one 

 ihavin? the least knowledge of husbandry or 

 'o-ardening ; bul it has been very ditlerenlly ac- 



citv, have concentrated their elforls toils estab- 

 lishment. As lo ils menus of sup|)ort, the mem- 

 bers look 10 the revenue derived from txlnln- 

 tions and kctun-s. They remark that from ihf' 

 experience of other academies, they have Ihe 

 fullest confidence that this revenue will, wilh- 

 ont any other aid, be amply sullicieni lor ail 

 exigencies; and the only enroiiragenient asked 

 from the public at prese'nt, is, their attendance 

 on the exhibitions and lectures, notice ot which 

 will be gi\en as soon as arrangements can be 

 made. 



For ourselves, it appears to us that Ibis Acad- 

 emy, will) reqiisite encouiagemi^nt. Cannot tail „;„,,^.,„,,„ ^ „ _ ^ 



of ultimalelv promoting the desirable object I conntod for. And, perhaps there is no cause 



which the immbLTs have iu view.-A. P. /X'/'- i 'I'at will account for all the different cases ol 



!— =^ iblisjhl. or disease going by the name o! blight ; 



COMMERCE OF qUF^-BEC. | though they have been supposed 4o have all the 



The revenue accruing at Ciuebec, for the year I same origin. If we 7''^. "'/.'"j;'-;'" I'-I^S^d^^ 



_^ IP-C, from the cnston.s, isabout £rJO,OUO, ami ; geneial acceptr.tion, 1 thin. U «i.l uiciuae 



least three distinct .species— blight originating' 

 in cold and frosty winds, blight originating in a 

 sort of sultrv and pesiilenlial vapour, and l)light 

 originating in the immoderate propagation of 

 small and parasitical fungus. 



Blight oriaitialhm iv cold nnrl frosiij tii)irf.«. is 

 often occasioned by the cold and easterly winds 

 of spring, which nip and destroy the tender^ 

 [shoots of the plant, by stopping the current of 

 ' the juices. The leaves which are thus depriv- 

 ed (it their due nourishment wither ar.d tall, and 

 the juices that are now slopped in their passage 

 swell .ind burst the vessel*, and become the food 

 of innumerable little insects that soon make 

 their appearance. Hence they are often mis- 

 taken for the cause of the disease ilselt ; the 

 farmer supposing Ihev are walled to him on the 

 east wind. whileT they are only generated m ihe 

 extravasated juices, as forming a proper nidus 

 for their effgs. Their niuliiplicaiion will no 

 doubt contribute to the spreading of the disor- 

 der, as they always breed fast where they have 

 plenty of food. But a similar disease is often 

 occasioned by Ihe early frost of spring. It the 

 weather is prematurely mild the blossom is pie- 

 miturely protracted, which though it is viewed 

 by Ihe unexperienced with delight, yet it is 

 viewed by the ju.licious with tear. For it very 

 often happens that this premature blossom is to- 

 tally destroyed by subsequent liosis, as well as 

 both Ihe le'aves and shoots which consequently 

 wither and fall, and injure if ihej do not acluai- 

 \ ly kill the plant. 'J'he evil is otien augmented 

 ' by the unskillul ffardener, even in attempting 

 lo prevent it ; that is by m.itling up the trees 

 loo closelv, or by keeping them (.o\ered in the 

 course of "the day. and thus rendering the shoots 

 so lender that they can scarcely fail to be des- 

 1 Iroyed by Ihe next frost. 



Blight nriginuting in sultry and pcstilrntidl va- 

 'noi/r, generally happens in the summer when 

 I the grain has attained toils full growth, and 

 when there are no cold winds or frosts to occa- 

 sion it. Such was the blight thai used to dam- 

 age the vineyards of ancient Italy, and which is 

 yet found to damage our hop plantations and 

 wheat crops. The Romans had observed that 

 it generally happened alter short but heavy 

 sho^wers occurrmg about noon, and followed by 

 clear sunshine about the seasim of ripening the 

 grapes, and that the middle of the vineyard suf- 

 fered most. This corresponds pretl_\ nearly to 

 what is generally called in England the lire blast 

 among hiq>s, which has been observed to lake 

 place, most cmnmonly about Ihe end of .luly, 

 when there has been rain with a ho\ gleam < f 

 sun shine immediately alter; the middle of the 

 hop ground is also the most alfecled whether 

 the blight IS general or partial, and is almost al- 

 ways the point III which ilonginales. In a par- 

 ticular c.ise, which was minutely observed, the 

 damage happened a lillle belore noon, and the 

 blisht ran in a line lornimg a right angle Willi 

 llie'siin beams at the lime ol Ihe day. There 

 was but littb' wind, uhich was however in the 

 line of the blight. {Hale's Body of Hudundiy.) 

 Wheat is also allected with a similar sort ol 

 blisfht, and about the same season of the year, 

 wh'ich totally destroys the crop. In the summer 

 of 1809, a field of wheat, on rather a light aiitl 

 sandy soil, came up with every appearance ol 

 beailh, and also into ear wilh a tair prospect oi 

 ni'ening weli. About the beginuing of July ii 



