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iisR ; it occupies iiboiit IihU' tlic eioimd talicii u|i 

 liy a stiike nnd riiler fence. Five m six mils are 

 sufficient lor a piinel, riial<iiif; a iiatnlsoine li^Mice, 

 reseinliling a wave, at a distance. 1 pnt n|i some 

 myself for a trial ; 1 atn iiiiicli iilciised wiili it. — 

 Using yood chestnut mils, set on flat stones for 

 corners, renders snch a fence almost indestructi- 

 ble. W. PENN KINZEK. 



Application of Manures. 



Ill appl_vini( manures, it should he rcmctnher- 

 ed, that it will he entirely prohlcmatical whether 

 any imnicdiato effect is to be expected from lliem. 

 The time of liic year when applied, lln; kind of 

 bcason, the pievious stale of the ground, the kind 

 of mainne to he applied, and the kind of crop for 

 which it is intended, aru all to be taken into ac- 

 count. 



if manures iinfertnented ore applied dining the 

 hot weather of summer, the effect for that year 

 will har<lly he perceived, and is as likely to be 

 bad as good; or even if fermented or concentra- 

 ted mamu-es be used, the res(dl will be very sim- 

 ilar. They must be not oidy mixed with the soil, 

 but so incorporated widi it as to become a part of 

 itself, or the roots of most vegetables will not 

 lake them up. If they can be applied in a liquid 

 state, the difficulty woidd be in a measure obvia- 

 ted ; though even then it is doubted whether the 

 full effect would be realized. 



If the season be a (\vy one, the ini|)olicy of 

 fuuniier application.s will bo greatly incieased. 

 Continued rains are needed to work down the 

 partich s, and so intimately incorporate thorn as 

 to enrich the soil. Manures, if unferniented, in- 

 crease the tciiiperature of the soil ; and ue have 

 a snspicioj), that this is the effect of all such ap- 

 plications, whether fermenteilor not. They also 

 render it light and porou's — an effect, w lieu ex- 

 cessive, directly the reverse of that required at 

 that season. A roller would be a far better appli- 

 cation. 



It is sometimes desired to take a piece of land 

 which is too poor to produce a crop, and bring it 

 into fertility in the least possible lime. The best 

 mode of managing this is a question of gome dif- 

 ficuliy. From our own experience, we believe 

 the best course is to make a generous application 

 of matuires in the full of the year. The rains of 

 w inter and the action of frost conibine to mix the 

 fertilizing parliclcs far more efiicienlly than can 

 be ilone by any other agency. If the mauiue be 

 ploughed ill early, the spring rains tcml to the 

 same effect. But if the applicalion be delayed 

 till spring, ihe incorporation does not take place 

 i-liiutualiy during that season. 



Plaits differ very maieri.iily in their capacity to 

 take up manure. The difference seems lo bean- 

 alagous to that of animals — some bL'ing greedy 

 and ouinivoroiis, while others are delicate and 

 cii|nii'ji)ns in their ap|irlites. Small grains are 

 liiore delicate feeders than corn or pouitors. The 

 two lalter will thrive upon the coarsest and poor- 

 est <if unfermented snsienance, such as would be 

 certain death to a rose, a strawberry, or any one 

 of a hundred other plants. Strawberries, in par- 

 ticular, will have nothing to do with any but the 

 coolest and best subdiieil manures; and such, as 

 a rule, is the fact with all plants w hicli luive none 

 but long delicate fibres for roots. 



This appetite of plants is to bo consulted, or 

 the labor of the gardener, and sometimes that of 

 the farmer, will be thrown away. — Prairie Far- 

 mer. 



Great Profits and great Prodi;cts. — At a 

 late meeting of the Farmers' Cliih in tl-.e ciiy of 

 New York while the sulijnct of gardening was 

 under discussion, ]\Ir. Wakeman made some 

 statements encouraging to men who enter on 

 business with the resolution of success, lie said, 

 "the greatest produce of plants is best tested in 

 gardens. Blr. Lodge says he has paid in Eng- 

 land §250 a year rent per acre for a garden, and 

 lias [Moduced from the acr^SlSOO worth of veg- 

 etables a year. If we understood agriciilture, 

 popnhition could be greatly increased and sus- 

 tained better than now. !\lr. Hergeii of (jowaii- 

 us, has sold the raspberries raised on an acre ol 

 his farm, for fifteen himdred dollars a u;ar. In 

 New .lersey, ten thousand cabbages are raised on 

 nn acre ; which at four cents apiece, a reasona- 

 ble price, amounts to four hundred dollars; and 

 ihcy often sell for more at Ironiiis Smith's [ilace 

 in .\sloria, N. Y.; ou two and a lialj" acres there 



arc raised vegi'lidiles abundant lor thirteen in a 

 family. From his two cows S.i'J/ qiiarls of milk 

 a year, worth four cents a ipiarl, are obtained. — 

 From twenty-two hens, be had in a year ^870 

 OL'gs. lie has five hogs, and employs but one 

 man in all this work. At this rale of cultivation, 

 if it existed in Ireluiid, there would he no star- 

 ving there. I see that Kane in bis Irish Slatis- 

 lics, a work esteemed by the rulers of England, 

 stales the county of Armagh, which is almost 

 one-seventh lakes, to be so well cultivated, that 

 the people are not only well fed and clothed, but 

 export large amounts, and that if all Ireland was 

 as well cullivaled as Armagh, it could support 

 two and a half limes as many people as it now 

 does, and that under high cnllivatioii of which it 

 is capalile, it could sujiport thirty-live millions of 

 people. 



Recipes. 



PonsHi.NG Stoves. — Maken weak alum-water, 

 and mi.\' your " British lustre" with it — |>erha|i3 

 Hvo tca-spoonsfiill of "lustre" lo a gili of alum- 

 water. Let your stove be perfectly cold ; brnsli 

 it over with the mixture — then take a dry brnsb 

 ami dry " hn-.trc," commence where you began 

 first, and rub tlie stove till it is perfectly dry ; 

 should any part becotiie so dry, before |iolishing, 

 as to look grey, moisten it with the wet brush, 

 and proceed as above. 



An Excellent Cheap Pudding. — One pint 

 of rice; twelve apples of good size, and sour; 

 pare, core, and slice them : mix the rice and 

 sliced apples, and put all into a bag and boil for 

 half an hour. The hag must be large enough to 

 allow the rice to swell, and yet no larger than the 

 rice, when swelled, will fill. Eat with any sauce 

 that suits Ihe taste; butter and sugar are excel- 

 lent. 



French Coffee. — For every person in your 

 family lake a lable-P|ioonfiill of coffee : if you 

 have no eggs, slir it up with a little cold water. 

 .\dd a tea-ciipfull of boiling vvater lo every table- 

 spoonfull of coffee. Let it boil up ; then add two 

 tea-cu[isfull of milk (skimmed milk will do) to 

 every cup of water ; let it boil again, and it is 

 ready for the table. 



To CtRE A Burn. — Take a table-spoonfull 

 of lard, half a tahle-spoonfnll of spirits of lurpeii- 

 liiie, and a piece of rosin as big as a hickory nut, 

 and simmer them logethertill melted. It makes 

 a salve which may he applied to a linen cloth and 

 spread over the burn. 



A Fine Blle-Wash for Walls. — To two 



gallons of while-wash, add one pound of blue 

 vitriol dissolved ill hot water, and one pound of 

 dour, well mixed. 



Mr. Sears' Present to the Quceii. 



Our readers will recollect that a lew monihs 

 since wo alluded to the cratifying fad, that Mr. 

 Kohert ."^ears of New York cily, had forwarded 

 a complele set of all his inleresting pictorial 

 pnblicaiioiis lolhe Queen of England. The fol- 

 low ing aiticle respecting ihtir safe arrival and 

 prcseiilalion may prove inleresting lo our readers. 

 It is copied from the Loudon Patriot of Feb. 2'J: 



''American Present to the Queen. — .Many 

 in this country will he interested in learning llial 

 a present of books from America has recently 

 been made lo our Gracious Queen, by an emi- 

 nent piihlisher in New York. These works are 

 "The History of llie Bible," " Descriplioii of 

 Great Britain and Ireland," " Infornialion for the 

 People," &c., &c. They are profusi ly llluslra- 

 led with line engravings ou wood, primed in im- 

 perial octavo, siimpliiously hound in line TmUey 

 morocco, and very eleganlly gilded, cxhibiiing 

 adiuir.'ilile specimens of ihe progress that is be- 

 ing made in typograp'liical and anistical skill in 

 the Unilcd Blales. The present was sent from 

 America, lo the care of the Kev. Thomas Timji- 

 son, by whom it was lbrward(;d to ihe Bight Hon. 

 Sir George Grey, Bai I., the Home Secrelary, for 

 prcseiilalion lo the Queen. Sir George in a po- 

 lite letter, has assured Mr. Tiiiipsnn that he li.is 

 coiii|ilied with his request, and that her Majesty 

 had graciously accepted Ihe volumes. I!i tlect- 

 iiig on this gralilyins fact, and remembering that 

 the vast rcqiublic of Ihe New World possesses 

 our language, laws, literature, and religion, and 



our blood flowing in their veins, the patriot am. 

 ebiisliaii must feel delighted, and pray that a per- 

 fect cordiality and everlasting pea<:e may he en- 

 joyed between the two great nalions, thai ihis en- 

 terprise may be mulnally beneficial, and tlio 

 means of universal good to all the nalions upon 

 earth, especially in diffusing the Gospel of Jesua 

 Christ." 



rrom the NorUi Cnrnlina t^armer. 

 Oil the Maun^cracnt of Hogs. 



Mr. Lemay : It has ofien been a malter of great 

 astonishment to nie thai so liille allenlion is paid 

 lo raising so valuable an animal as the bog, in 

 North Carolina. Wv.rc we ought lo he pork icWf r* 

 and not buyers; but instead of this, thousands of 

 dollars arc annually ahstnicted from the pockets, 

 even of ouryfin/ters, Iw foreign pork! This is a 

 billing biisines.s, and it is a disgrace lo the State. 

 One reason of this is^tbat no provision is made 

 for raising swine, beyond the cullivalion of a kv/ 

 extra corn field peas and sweet potatoes, save the 

 scanty allowance of com which is occasionally 

 thrown lo them ou the grnmid ; and many for 

 nine months in the year don't even get this : w iih 

 them it is " root pig or die." This is absolutely 

 scandalous — it is unmerciful and sinful. 



As it will not do to undertake to raise cheap 

 pork on corn, peas and potatoes alone, or, as some 

 do ou nothing, I would recommend tiic following 

 method: 



1. Have small clover lots e.xpressly for the 

 hog.s. Cut and feed il lo ihem (and you may com- 

 mence early in the spring) or turn them ou the 

 clover an hour or two every day. 



2. Have a lot of early corn drilled, and cut and 

 feed il lo them, stalks and all, from the time it be- 

 gins to silk. 



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4. Raise plenty of apples, sweet and sour. Let 

 the lanes and corners of t!ie fences all over the 

 plantation bo set with trees. While these last' 

 ihe hogs will fallen. 



.'). Have a field of rye ready to turn them upon'' 

 to make a little pastry for their apple pies. 1 ' 



6. And be prepared lo give them a course < ' ' 

 artichokes and sweet (lotatoes after the apples ar i i 

 rye are gone. I i 



7. Raise beet.s, and carrots, and turnips, a' 

 pumpkins to help out your corn in winter. 



Let this be done ; and look lo keeping ihi 

 wiih frcquenl changes of bedding ; nibbing thi ' 

 legs occasionally with a com cob; giving tlif 

 plenty of charcoal dust ; feeding ihem at regit' 

 Inuirs : and they will be he. Iihy, prolific, tliri 

 and profitable. Grain will be saved aiidllie pt ^ 

 will be whiter and sweeter. An experienc ■ 

 farmer says: 



" When my sows are pregnant, they are k( ' 

 apart from oilier lii);;s ; al llie birlli of the v or 

 pigs, they are removed for a few hours from ' i 

 dam, as lliey are in danger of being injuied 

 her ii.olioiis. She is fed judiciously for llie fi j 

 five days, al'ler which she is allowed a full qui ■ 

 tiiiii of food three limes each day, but never ov 

 fed. Her troughs are cleaned after each mi 

 and her pen daily, after which it is littered w 

 fine broken straw. 



" The pigs are daily arcii.stomed to (i;cd . 

 milk mixed with bran, and at the age of t\ ! 

 months weaned. They are always kept in Co . 

 finement, coiiverling riibhish iiilo mannie. It. 

 second lirood of pigs are sent to the New Y'oi 

 market, and are sold to ihe packets as roaslers. 



"The slore hogs are wintered chiefly on snga 

 beets and carrots, occiisionally boiled polatoei. 

 and freqiienily charcoal diisl, ivliich keeps ilieni 

 in perfect lieallli ; their legs are often riihbed will 

 a corn cob, lo open llie tissues and cause the 

 blood lo lircnlale freely, otherwise staggers may 

 ensue. I fallened Iwo hogs year heliiie last en- 

 tirely ou sweet and sour apples, led allernately. 

 For three or four nionths they received no oilier 

 food, except occasionally itliaicoal; waicr even 

 was denifd ihem. 'i'hey weighed, \\\n'u killed, 

 two hundred and fifty pounds each; thewlioU 

 hog was covered willi a wry thick layer of fit, 

 perfectly while and firm ; the skin was thin, and 

 the pork [ironoimced by coiinoissenis exceeding- 

 ly fine and sweet ; ihe liiinis were not inferior to 

 NV'eslphiilia. 



"This last year, on the first of Octolier, I con- 

 fined sixteen hogs in an enclosure aliont sixty feet 

 square, in one corner of which I placed all my 

 pumice, after having oxiracted the cider, and per- 



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