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with a strong solution of s;ilt in wiitcr; and iil- 

 tliOM^Ii lir; uns leaifMl llip \v.i.«li iniuhl In' too 

 |:i)ut;rl'iil, jrt lie had llio .salisliicticin ol'soon lind- 

 iiifj lli.nt ihu wound lit^;!an to hr.'d, and the ciuikei' 

 niatt-rially checked. Dnriiif,' the next .i|iiiiii.' Ik; 

 cut (Jilt «liat remained (d' the disease, and auain 

 a|i{>lii'd the salt wa.^h, ami the uciiind <>radnally 

 closed over and the |iart restored to a healths con- 

 ilition. No n|i|'eaiaiice ot the disease has heeii 

 since sepii, lint it has been washi^d once or twice 

 every season since, with ilie same. 



In the S(>riii{5 of IS-lCi, he (diserves that the wnrt 

 made its iipiiearance on some yoiiiip damson 

 trees. It a|>|ieare(l iijion some (d° the small linilis, 

 and he ihonght he uonid M|i|ily ilie salt wash di- 

 recily to the wart itself. He iiccordinily aliixed 

 a porons snhslance to the excrescences and Ui|it it 

 ei)m|delely lilhd with the liquor. In .a few weeks 

 the warts \^ere conipletcly destroyed and crock- 

 ed so as to he easily peeled ofK IMr. Owen has 

 !d.<iO nsed wlial is called salt ley, the liquor which 

 is left In ilie soap-hoili'r's kettle after the removal 

 ol' the soap, whicli he (imls useful. Onrreadeis 

 must ohserve thai this is not the kiiul of liquor 

 which is made use id" in the common domestic 

 jirocess of making std'tsoap, hut of the hard soap, 

 in which thi; salts of .^oda are used. 



]t would he worth while to tiy the use of this 

 application on the cherry tree. 'J'lie phiin seems 

 to Ic'Ve more afiinily for salt than the cherry, and 

 seems to he at home ill a sod that contains a por- 

 tion of iniuiatc of soda. We do not know how 

 this will urtecl the cherry from any experiments 

 that we have tried. It would he an easy thing to 

 try it. — Maine Farmer. 



He liberal with the grass seed. — Grass is 

 prtdiahly the most valnahlc crop that ue raise in 

 Maine, and fiiriners mipht very easily not only 

 increase the nuiiiher of acres to liear j;rass — that 

 is, reclaim them from the dominion of hushes 

 and wild weeds — hot also douhle the quantity 

 now raised per acie. Some! of onr farmers are 

 not liheral eiioujih vvitli sei-d when l.iyiiif; down 

 their tields to jirass. It is true that the seed is a 

 cai-h article and comes hi;:h, hat when once pot 

 onto the soil it is not lost, and it will sliow itself 

 whenever n good chaiice ntfers. In laying; <lown 

 to clover, the more .seed you apply tin; finer will 

 he the growth <m- Halk. Some put on from 15 to 

 20 Ih.s. of clover seed to the acre. This will 

 in.ikc u thick inal and fine stalk. We have loniid 

 ten lbs. of clover an<' a peck of herds-firass p'er 

 aciR a very good |Hoporliou. — .Maine Farmer. 



Remarks on tba.nspla.ntino Trees. — No work 

 is more carelessly or heeiUessly perlbrmed, liy in- 

 dividuals in general, than planting trees. Few 

 persons seem to he aware that a tree is a living 

 object. To exjicct success, therefore, in trans- 

 planting them, some care must he taken in per- 

 forming the operation, 'i'he following brief rides 

 may be of sonii; guide to those who have not had 

 much experience m setting out trees: 



1st. Never pl.mt a tree uiile.-s the ground has 

 been previously well pulverized and broken fine. 

 To plant trees in holes, as too many persons do, 

 is almost fatal to their fnliire growth. 



2il. Deep planting is one of the greatest er- 

 rors in this country, and mon; particularly in 

 those soils in this vicinity; and the probability is 

 that more trees die from this cause than any oth- 

 Kr; if they thrive for a year or two, ihey soon 

 languish and die, apiiarenlly without any cause. 

 In cohl, clayey soils this is frequently the case. 

 Avoid by all means ihi.s error in this viciniiy. 

 The stirliice roots should never Ije more than two 

 inches belosv the soil. 



;5d. When the tree ir f.ll ready for S(;ttiiig out, 

 commence planting liy taking out the earth to the 

 depth of a fool or more, ami ol' a width to admit 

 the roots easily wiihmit bending or breaking. If 

 the soil is naturally very poor, some good rich 

 compost is necessary to (ill in among the roots 

 with the earlli. 



4tli. Before planting, prune off all bruised or 

 decayed [.ortions ol' the mots, shorten such as 

 ure too long ; if the roots are thick anil matted, 

 they should be thinned out. Avoid cutting oi- in- 

 juring any of the small fibres, for those are in- 

 dispensably necessary in the tiist stage (A' its 

 growth. 



.^th. The most important rule to he observed 

 an .getting out trees, and one that slionid iii vcr be 

 oveo-iooked, is to till the earth firmly around and 



nnumg the roots, so that no hollows or crevices 

 may leuiaiu. To perl'orm this operation success- 

 fully, the earth and compost siKiiild be moder- 

 ately dry ; the soil shonhl he Ihrowii in sparing- 

 ly and not in too lar^e (]uaiitities at once, so as to 

 give the plainer sudicient time to arrange the soil 

 among the fihioiis roots. -Avoid jerking the tree 

 up .and down — give it a few taps at the bottom, 

 with your hand ; a pail or two of wat(;r may lie 

 given to each tree, by a water-pot, which as soon 

 as it is settled among the roots,sliould be eartlieil 

 over to avoid evaporation. If the trees are 

 crooked, they should hi- carefully staked, and they 

 will soon grow slrai^'lit. 



(illi. I>o not ni'/jlcct the trees \^ien they are set 

 out. Keep the ;;r(mnil continn.ilfv loose around 

 the trees; set; that no insect attacks them; look 

 afier the growth of the wood, and coninience 

 with Slimmer pruning in July, when all very ra|)- 

 id growing shoots shonhl be shortened; in each 

 winter (iriming cut out all unnecessary wood, iiiiil 

 give the tree a washing with a solution of whale 

 oil, soap and potash. No crop should he plant- 

 ed within six feet of the tree. 



Strict attention to these rules will amply repay 

 the cultivator for his labors — while wiihoiit this, 

 no success can be exjiected. J. [1. VVIHTIO. 

 — Banitor Courier. 



Wash for Fruit Trees. — A new subscriber 

 in Norlhamplon wishes to know w hat is the best 

 wash for young fruit trees, uiid the best time for 

 putting it on. 



L\e that will licar an egg will kill all the ver- 

 min and the moss that gathers on young trees. 

 Apply it ill iMay or .Fune, w hen the vermin are to 

 he seen. It will do more service than in cold 

 weather. 



One pound of potash, dissolveil in one gallon 

 of water, v\ill form a lye that will be strong 

 enough for the vermin and not injurious to the 

 bark. — Ploughman. 



Grain Crop of the Umted States. — The 

 Commissioner of Patents li;is published an esii- 



mate of tin; harvest of Whe;it and Indian Coin, 

 ill the various Stales, fur the l;ist two yeai>-. As 

 ilie Commissioner has access to many intelligent 



individuals in various palls of the connlry, it is 

 probable his estimate is as near an iipproxinia- 

 tion to ucciiracy as can be made: 



H'heat. Corn. 



Oiiio, 13,573,000 57,600,000 



Peniis\lvania, 12.580.000 17,12(!,0C0 



Indiana, 7,044,000 30.62.5,000 



Illinois, 4,563,000 25,584,000 



New Vork, 16,200,000 13,250,000 



Virginia, J 1,88.5,000 27,272,000 



Tennessee. 8,340,000 70,62.5,000 



Ki'iiiiicky, 4,76!t.()00 54,625,000 



iMichi:.'an, 7,061,000 4,94.5,000 



iMiii-ylaiid, 4.884,000 3,273,000 



Noith Car.diiia, l,!l6il,0('0 14.887,000 



South Carolina, J.ir,8,000 8,184,000 



Maine, 502,000 1,<»12,000 



New llam|>shire, 647,000 1,828,000 



,Massacliuselts, 241,000 3,0!I8,000 



Rhode Island, .5,000 731,000 



Conneciiciit, 114,000 2,649,000 



Vermont, S.54,000 1,728,000 



New Jersey, 1,0.50,000 7,314,000 



Delaware, 440,000 5l(i,000 



Georgia, 1,.571,100 2,7)3,000 



Alabama, 980,900 16,650.000 



Mississippi, 378,000 2,167,000 



.Missouri, 1,525,000 15,62,5,000 



Arkansas. 2,427,000 8,250,000 



Florida, 733.000 



Wisconsin, 971,0CO 072,000 



lowti, 793,000 2,028,000 



District of Columbia, 1,5,000 3,5,000 



106,548,000 417,89<),000 



The crop of 1844 was estimated at 9.5,607,000 

 hnshels of wheal and 421,fl53,0CO bushels of corn. 

 There was a material deficiency in the crop of 

 wheat in the Slate of Ohio hist year, over the 

 preceding year ; but in almost every oilier State, 

 except the (.arolinas, Georiiia and Alabama, there 

 was a considerable increase. In the corn crop 

 lla're was a falling off of one-third iu New York 

 and South Carolina, one-fairth in Marylanil, nne- 

 Ihiid in Virginia, one-third in Norlli Carolina, 

 mie-fointh in Al,il;ania, and a considerable in- 

 crease ill all the olher Slates except Mississippi. 



Clover Fields.— All fields in clover should 

 have a bushel of plaster, per acre, sown thereon 

 as soon as practicable, a moist dav to be selected 

 lor tbeoperiition. liy allending to this hint ten 

 times the valm; of the plaster will be added to 

 the product of hay, w liih.; tin; soil itself will be 

 clothed with an absorbent that will continuo 

 through the season to draw from the atmosphere 

 whatever th(;re may be (loating in it that is cal- 

 culated to enrii'h the soil or fnriiish pabnluin to 

 the plants; fiir of a truth, it is ihus that plaster 

 acts, or so small a quantity as does, could not 

 |irodiicc the astonishing results which arc so 

 gratilyiiifily witnessed by the observing (armer, 

 .'iiiil which contribnie so largely to the sustenance 

 and comfort of bis stock, objects w hieli we are 

 sure are dear to the pride tiiid hearts of every 

 good mail.— .4mcnOT?i Farmer for March. 



BlESTINGS, OR THE FIKST DRAWN MILK. — Mr. 



R. II. Chandler, of Andover, writes that he has 

 known cases where l(;tting the cow drink her 

 first milk proved injurious to her. His brother 

 had an extra cow fifteen years ago, when she 

 calved she gave a full pail of milk— she drinked 

 it according to custom ; but she was cloyed and 

 soon pined away, hut she recovered afiera num- 

 ber of weeks. 



He thinks a pailful would hurt any cow, but as 

 few cows give ihat quantity the best cows are in 

 the greaK'St danger. He says he has never ven- 

 tured to give a cow tier own milk since that 

 time. 



He farther says he thinks there is another sub- 

 ject of greater importance — it is the drink that 

 liirmers use for themselves. The habit of indul- 

 ging in intoxicating drinks he says is bard to be 

 rid of He formerly made use of it, as others 

 did ; bill he has entirely ahandonecl it, and he 

 luqies others will do the same. — Mass. Ploiigh- 

 mnn. 



Note. — Many fanners believe that if this kind 

 of milk be given to sows with pig it will bring on 

 abortion. 



We once gave some to one and it had this 

 effect. Whether it was owing to this cause or 

 not we arc not sure, it being an ex[)eiiment that 

 we have never repeated. — Ed. Me. Farmer. 



How to laj- Planks on Rridges. — The com- 

 mon mode of planking, placing the planksacross 

 the travelled way, is liable to great objections. 

 The planks will not last so long, they make a 

 very rough way when partly worn, and when 

 their central parts are worn thin the jilanks must 

 all be taken up and new ones supplied. 



Lay your planks lengthwise, in the line of trav- 

 el, and the horses' shoes will not cut them out 

 half so fiisl as when yon lay them crosswise ; the 

 way will conliiiiie conip.-iratively smooth as long 

 as the planks last; and when those that are most 

 travelled on are worn thin, they may be replaced 

 without meddling with the side planks that are 

 not half so much worn, and that may last as long 

 as ihe new ones where the principal travel is. — 

 Mass. Ploughman. 



Silk Clliurf, i.n New England. — We ex- 

 tract from an account of the American Agricul- 

 tural Association in the last iinmher of the Am. 

 .•\^ricnllmisi, the folhiwing iteiii.«. 



The iiniiiber of pounds of cocoons raised in 

 Maine in 1844, was 851 



New llaiiijishire, ],1G0 



Vermont, 10,990 



Massachuseit,--, 37,690 



Rliodi; Island, 1,140 



Conneciiciit, 176^210 



Coiineciieut raises the most of any State in the 

 Union. Peniisylvaniii slaiuls next— 33,110 lbs. 

 were raised iu this State in 1844. 



A great Farmer.— Martin Smiili, of Wheat- 

 land, with tueiity acres (d' land, has sustained, 

 the last year, a family of thirte"n children, and 

 had money on band to assist his neighbors who 

 had two liuMdr<d acres. J!y his good maiiaae- 

 ment and perseverance he was eimbled to hold 

 on to his crop three yeais (or an improved mar- 

 ket. Tin; coinmiiiee on liirms of the Monroe 

 Agricnltnr.il Socieiy, awarded liini a pieinium of 

 .■1 diploma, framed and glazed. The secret of his 

 success. We understand, is his snperifU' method 

 of cultivation. He should l.'e made a professor. 

 The last Gencssee Farmer contains a letter from 



