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ulalion,if the same kind could in this wiiy be ob- 

 lained. There ;ire some kinds when raised 

 from the seed which are almost or quite snre to 

 produce the like or ihesame sort, nliile others 

 are cert>'iin to fail of producing fi uit like tliat 

 from which the seed was taken. I have a par- 

 ticular kind of peaches which I have cillivated 

 several jfears from the seed without tiie least 

 apparent change, either in looks or tante. 



The apple and pear seem to be somewhat 

 different in their nature, from some other spe- 

 cies of iVuit, as it respects their production (rom 

 the seed, the same kind seldom if ever being 

 produced as that from which the seed is taken. 

 It is said by some that trees raised from seed 

 taken from the best kind of apples, are much 

 more likely to produce those of a good quality 

 than such as are raised from seed taken from 

 apples of an ordinary or bad quality. One case 

 of the kind has fallen within the sphere of my 

 observation which goes to corroborate the as- 

 sertion. 



Near where I live Is an orchard which was 

 set out 100 years ago, by one of the first settlers 

 in this region. A son has frequently told roe 

 that his father took the trees from a nursery 

 planted from the best kind of apples that could 

 then be obtained, and the consequence was the 

 greater portion of them produced good apples, 

 and several of them were of an extraordinary 

 quality. 



If the theory advanced by Mr Knight, and 

 others respecting the duration and decline of 

 Iruit trees I* correct, it appears highly neces- 

 sary and expedient to propag.ite new varieties 

 of apples and pears from the seed as the most 

 valuable kinds now cultivated will ere long be- 

 come estiiicl. 



As it respects the idea of raising apple or 

 pear trees by planting the outlines I believe it 

 10 be altogether impracticable. There may be 

 solitary instances where liie attempt has suc- 

 ceeded ; but specimens of the kind are so rare 

 as not 10 afford the least encouragement to make 

 the trial with any hopes, or probability of suc- 

 cess. \V. L. 



Trom the Hampshire Gasetie. 



LAUREL. 



The .American Farmer says that raw eggs, 

 given to sheep and cattle poisoned by eating 

 laurel, will effect a speedy cure — dose, one egg 

 for a sheep or lour for a cow. 



The Mountain Laurel, erroneously called Ivy, 

 destroys thousands of sheep and lambs every 

 year, and is in ether respects one of the most 

 troublesoine plants we have in the counlrj'. — 

 It i« we believe, peculiar to America, and in the 

 United States it seMora occurs, except in those 

 regions which geologists denominate priiniiive. 

 It is abundant in some parts of New England, 

 and is frequent on the v^-hole range of the Al- 

 leghany R- untains as far south as Georgia, but 

 does not extend very far to the east or west of 

 these mountains. In some towns in this part of 

 the country it grows on the hills and in the 

 Tallies — on dry sandy soils and in low swamps ; 

 in the latter it sometimes attains the altitude of 

 a small tree. In the woods it forms an under- 

 brush, almost impenetrable by man or beast, and 

 makes ibe work of clearing land very laborious 

 iSnd ezpensive. The roots are extremely teoa- 



CULTURE OF HOPS. 

 A gentleiiian of a neighbouring town, informs 

 us, that a plat ol' ground ol' jive acres, which he 

 has cultivated will) Hops (or some time past, 

 (iroduced crops, iliat wore sold at the following' 

 rates:— in 1823, for <j5l;5.50— in 1824, for g70U 

 !i)2200 — total produce in three 

 The field from which he has 

 derived such enormous prolils. is composed of 

 an alluvial soil, and though not of the richest 



cious of life, as much so perhaps as tiiose <it i 

 the shrub oak of the pine plains, and after Ibe 

 land has been burnt over, diagj^ed and ploutjh- 

 ed, they shoot up again with renewed vigor. — 

 Tliere are thousands of acres of what is called 

 pasturing, that are half covered witli these vexa- 

 tious shrubs, and to eradicate them would cost ^ • ,„ 

 more than the land would be worth, especially! tfip'ni 



where it is rough and stony. The roots are " ' "' 

 proof against steel and fire — cut down the bush- 

 es and burn them on the snot — thev start up i. .. • u . - ,. . . . 

 again from the roots like hydras, and "gather!?""'"^' '! " "[b^". i"* g«"ep'lly termed good and 

 fresh strength from fresh opposition." The ' fr''^ "''"^ '"'^ "''.' ""^''''-'^^ ^'"'"^''^ ''^■' ='''■"• 



flowers are beautiful, and much admired by the I "" f"''f '"t"'"'?'^ '^ '." l''^'"' /''f" ''' '°"° "' 

 11 I , , ,u f .1 II 1 . • J I |*ossil>le after the rost is out of the srronnd, in 



ladies, but to the farmer the whole [)laut IS de- In ■ , ,■ . . ""^ "' m . a" ""u, lu 



jpg,.,fj|g ' I riills ej^/« leet apart, nearly 800 to the acre. — 



ft is said that the leaves of the laurel which P" '^"'"^ ^'•"'' f "^.'^ ^'\'h '^"'' P"""''.^ f " hiij. 

 are so destructive to sheep, are eaten by deeri '"''^ '"'^" f"''''""''' '""'^'"f >he net income of 

 withimpunitv; partridges also feed on the buds, °".f";^'%''' 'he pnce of hops the last year, 

 and their crops are sometimes filled with them! i '^.^"^ '" f ''^ P'"=«. "^ ih.s article is very <3uctu- 



Dn. 1 • u M r 1 o . ' ""'"ni and no certain ca cu ation can be made as 



r. Bigelow, in his Medical Botany, expresses , ,?' c. .■ .u • ,.■ . .,7 • 



,1 ■■ ,V . ,1 1 .1 1 , ■ I to the prohts of their cutivation. We are in- 



the opinion that the leaves are not deleterious i ,■ . f . ,• ,■ ,, , "• = ••■'= 



, ,1 u . Tj 111 ■ : clined to believe, from the observations of prac- 



to the human system. He savs "l have repeat- , , ,i . . ^ '"""""=' h"""" 



ji L J J 11 J " , ,. V-.i tical men on this sut>ject, that hops may be rais- 



edly chewed and swallowed a green leal of Ibe , ^ , •' ' " i = ■■> j "c 



1 . • ..L , • ■ .1, 1 . IT . I eu lor seven cents per pound as easy as corn at 



largest size without perceiving the least effect i • •■ . . r ', /^ "° '="-J' "' ''"'" "*• 



in consequence." — There are many substances 

 that are poisonous to some species of animals 

 and birds and not to others. Hedgehogs devour 

 Spanish flies (cantharides) the most noted of the 

 animal poisons, by hundreds, without inconveni- 

 ence, and Dr. Bigelow relates the account of an 

 eagle's swallowing a quantity of arsenic without 

 injury. 



VEGETATION IN THE EAST. 

 Finlayson, in his Journal of the British mis- 

 sion to Siam, notices a species of yam, whose 

 creeping stem, scarcely larger than a quill, 

 throws out such enormous masses, that one of 

 them was found to weigh 474 pounds, and to 

 measure nine feet and a half in circumference. 



one dullar per bushel. If this be the fact, farm- 

 ers may profitably devote more attention to 

 their cultivalioo than they now do. — Concord pa. 



SALE OF SHEEP. 

 The sale of Mr. Candler's Saxony sheep, 

 which have been advertised for some days past, 

 took place yesterday. The highest sale "was 

 that of of a buck, which was purchased by Mr. 

 Hurd, of Dutchess county, for ^350. The low- 

 est price brought by the bucks was gl60. The 

 ewes generally brought from 30 to 80 or 83 

 dollars. Mr. Hurlburt, of Winchester (Conn.) 

 ()urch3se<1 a very fine ewe for g60, for which 

 he was offered $160 before night. Mr. H. has 

 already some fine Saxonies at home, and such is 



New-Harmony, have risen from poverty to 

 wealth, on the principle of cooperative labour. 



,, ,. I , .. . . a ■ ■, i 'he rage for possessing this description of sheep. 



He mentions a plant that has a flowering spike , d.at he has, within a few weeks, sold a pair of 

 SIX feet high, covered with upwards of [00 ^ „,;„ i^^bs, before they were a fortnight old,for 

 flowers e,-,ch two inches across; and another j ^^oq and has been offered g200 for another, 

 plant that has a flower three feet in diameter. "j^^^^ Yorkmiper. 



JViirtemburg. — In this kingdom there aresev-l A number of associations, having for their 

 eral establishments for improving the breeds of) basis a communit}' of property', are about to be 

 domestic animals. The king has procured ! established in the city and vicinity of N. York, 

 horses from Arabia, Persia, Poland, England, j In one instance several farmers have united 

 &c. and is endeavoring to perfect one race for [their farms and commenced a society for the 

 the saddle, and another for drawing. In Janua- purpose of promoting their mutual welfare. — 

 ry, 1825, his stud was composed of 157 horses j ll is said that the disciples of BIr. Owen, at 

 of the eastern races — Arabian, Persian, Nubian, 

 and Egyptian; and 60 of the Yorkshire, Prus- 

 sian, Hungarian, and other European breeds. — 

 Most of the mares are kept at grass 4 or 5 

 months, and are fed with hay, oats, and'-straw, 

 the rest of the year. The stallions are kept 

 in the vast park of Monrepos until they are 5 

 years oi age. Individuals are allowed to pur- 

 chase tfaecn at fair prices. 



Clergy and Nohility in Catholic countries. — In 

 Spain there is one clergyman to 58 inhabitants ; 

 in Naples one to 50; in Sicily one to 23; in 

 Portugal one to 15. In the Greek church of 

 Russia there is one minister to 262 inhabitants. 



In Bohemia there is one noble to 662 inhabi- 

 tants ; in Moravia one to 909 ; in Lower Austria 

 one to 93 ; in Gallicia one to 66 ! in Transyl- 

 vania one to 32; in Hungary one to 21; in 

 Spain one to 10! The proportion of nobility in 

 Russia is large, being one to 96 inhabitants. 



Boileau, being frequently called upon by an 

 idle, ignorant person, who complained to him 

 that he did not return his visits. "Sir" said the 

 French satirist, " we are not upon equal terms ; 

 you call upon me merely to get rid of your time 

 --when 1 call upon you 1 lose mine !" 



IMPEDIMENTS OF SPEECH. 

 The N. Y. Com. Advertiser states that there 

 are two institutions in that city where the most 

 obdurate cases of stuttering and stammering are 

 cured in a few days or weeks at farthest. The 

 editor has examined some pupils who cotfid 

 hardly make themselves understood a few daj^ 

 since ; now they speak with the tstmost distiae*" 

 ness, ease and fluency. 



