THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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To GKT KID OF Eats. — Mr. C. M. DzTON, of Sellers- 

 burgh, Ind., sajs the best way to disperse ruts from a build- 

 ing where they cannot be caught, is to jmt in their holes 

 Terr strong unslacked lime. This should be done in damp, 

 rainy weather. The lime will stick to their wet feet, and 

 produce an itching sensation which causes them to knaw 

 their feet, and passing through the lime only aggravates 

 the matter. They will soon vacate the premises, leaving 

 behind no offensive smell, as in ordinary method of 

 poisoning. 



BoiLDiNG Fenc»:s. — A correspondent says that if farm- 

 ers in building a fence, (a worm fence especially,) would 

 "begin down hill and work up, they would gain enough 

 in one year to make them life subscribers to the Gtneste 



Farmer." 



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To Catch Owls. — Raise a pole near the hen-roost, on 

 which the owl will alight to watch for his prey. Set a 

 trap on the top — and you have him. William Reno. 



Newcastle, Pa. 



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CuBiMQ Figs. — A correspondent wishes to know the 

 best mode of curing figs. Will some of our readers inform 

 him ? 



InijufruK anU anstofijff. 



Will you, or some of your correspondents, inform me in 

 regard to the foilowinsr queries : 



1. How can evergreen trees, say Arbor Vitse, Norway 

 Spruce, &c., be safely transported from a distance — say 

 from Rochester Nurseries to this place ? It is said that 

 even a very sliort exposure of the roots of evergreens is 

 fatal. 



2. What is the proper time to trim forest trees so that 

 they will sprout well ? I have reference to heavy trim- 

 ming. 



3. What is the difference between our White Cedar and 

 American Arbor Vitae ? 



4. What is the best grass seed for seeding down a lawn, 

 ■andy soil and among large evergreen trees ? 



5. Is coal tar the same as gas tar ? 



6. Will Osage Orange stand our cold winters, where 

 the murcury went down to — iO ^ this winter, and we get 

 frost nearly every month in the year, except June, July 

 and August? and what would be the next best hedge 

 plant for this latitude ? John Pakkt, — Argyle, Wis. 



1. Evergreen trees can be transported safely a great dis- 

 tance, if they are well packed with moss among and around 

 the roots. Our nurserymen here, send out large quanti- 

 ties every season, with as good results following their trans- 

 planting as that of fruit trees. 



2. The best time to prune trees so as to induce them to 

 •prout vigorously, is after they have shed their leaves in the 

 autumn, or early in the winter ; a plant continues during 

 the winter to absorb food from the earth, which is distri- 

 buted equally throughout its system, and if pruned early 

 the sap is stored up in the remaining parts, enabling them 

 in the spring to push with great vigcr; on the contrary, 

 when late pruning is had recourse to a large proportion 

 of the sap that has been accumulated during the winter, 

 will be thrown away. 



3. Cupressus thyoidies — White Cedar. This tree grows 

 from 70 to 80 feet high, and is rarely more than three feet 

 in diameter, and when growing in masses, the trunk is 

 straight, perpendicular, and destitute of branches to the 

 height of 50 to 60 feet ; it grows naturally only is low, wet 

 ground and marshes ; the wood, besides for other pur- 

 poses, is used in manufacturing shingles, pails, washtubs, 

 churns, &o. 



Thuja oecidentalis — American Arbor Vitas, is a tree 

 which attains a hight of 15 or 50 feet, with a diameter from 

 1 to 3 feet. " The full grown Arbor Vitit is easily distin- 

 guislied from all ether »rce», by its shape and loliage. The 

 trunk tapers rapidly from a very large base to a fcry slen- 

 der summit; and it is furnished with brahches for four- 

 fifths of its height. The principal limbs are widely dis- 

 tant from each other, placed at right angles with the trunk, 

 and have a great number of drooping, secondary branches." 

 It grows on the high banks of rivers, as well as in marshes; 

 we haveieenit flourishing on the bank* of the Hudson, 

 the Genesee, and the Niagara ; it abounds in the tract of 

 swampy land between Rome and Montezuma, in this State, 

 and in numerous other localities in the Northern States and 

 Canadss. 



4. Kentucky blue grass or red top. 



5. Coal tar and gas tar are the same. 



6. We have never seen or heard of the effects of a tem- 

 perature of — 40° on the Ossge Orange plant. Winter be- 

 fore last, in this vicinity ,the murcury went down to — 'Id ^ , 

 and this winter to — 20 ° without injuring the shoots, except 

 at their extremities. We are not prepared to advise any 

 oiher hedge plant for your locality, but if any of our read- 

 ers know of any that is suitable, we shall be happy to re- 

 ceive their report. 



(V. L. Collier, Jr., Gallatin, Tenn.,) Tou can get 

 the Earth Almond from Thorbukn & Co., New York. — 

 See advertisement in last number. We know but little of 

 the process by which the French make "bran from wheat 

 straw." One thing we do know, straw contains compar- 

 atively little nutritious matter, and no mere mechanical or 

 chemical process can make it as nutritious as good wheat 

 bran ; they may render the matter it contains more diges- 

 tible but they can create nothing. Scott & Hodges, of 

 Cincinnati manufacture a good mill for grinding corn in 

 the cob. 



(J. P.) Mad Itch IN Cattle. Give the animal affect- 

 ed, as much soot and salt as it will eat ; soon after give 

 half pound of sulphur, and eight hours afterwards, half a 

 pound of Epsom Salts. If the animal is large, from three 

 fourths to one pound of sulphur and salts, may be given. 

 We should be glad to hear from our correspondents who 

 have had experience with tbis fatal disease. 



(E. L., Toronto, Iowa.) Allen's Diseases of Domestic 

 Animals, Cole's Veterinary, Youatt and Martin on Cattle, 

 Dadd's American Cattle Doctor, are all good works. For 

 price, see advertisement on last page. 



(C. N. Howe, Homer, N. Y.) You will find an article 

 on Osage Orange Hedge, in the Rural Annual. See ad- 

 vertisement in this number, in regard to the Chinese Su- 

 jrar Cane. 



(D. K., Mt Healthy, Ohio.) For wheat we would sow 

 " tafew" broadcast. We have not much faith in it. See an 

 article " Facts about Nightsoil." in the April number of last 

 year. 



(H. I.) The Chinese Sugar Cane and the Sugar Millet, 

 are the same thing. For seed, see advertisement in this 

 number. 



( A Subscriber, Eden, N.Y.) The experiments which 

 have been made on the application of electricity to crops, 

 have not sustained the expectations that were entertained 

 on its first introduction, ^g 



