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out of Newni-k cider, it is not prcsiimeti that lliey 

 !ire idle in llif! iiiiuiiiliictiu'i! ol' oil.'" 'I'lie.v liiivc 

 only to purchase oUI flasks, hntth'salirl haskuts — 

 n leu- hogsheads oT ohvc oil iiiixfd with a lew of 

 lard oil, packed off and sold at three dolhirs and 

 n half pel- dozen hottles, yields a very fair profit, 

 und may he considered siitficiently pure for our 

 fiiinilies", hotels and ealinsr houses. Oil, like hnt- 

 ter, should ahvays he pure and sweet. We may 

 be sinjiular in our notions, hut uo prefer the oil 

 piesspd from the olive instead ol' the ho^', and 

 tliiiik the oil from Lucca is idwajs to he prefer- 

 red. 



HonTicui-TVK.ii. FACTS. — Fruit trees which 

 have had their roots iVozen in removal, may he 

 preserved hy hurvins them in the ground, I elore 

 they have iu the least ilegree thawed. The (Hjui- 

 inoii opinion that when the roots are once frozen, 

 the trees are destroyed, is disproven hy the tiicl 

 that trees are often successfully transplanted with 

 the roots comphMely frozen in n hall of earlh. 

 1'he roots of .small trees do not often extend fur- 

 ther downwards than ihe frost penelrates. When 

 the roots are thawed hy the air or sun, their de- 

 strnciion is certain. 



Scions for gruliin;; may he rut tiny time durin;j 

 winter, if they are piihser]uentiy kejit moist, 

 which is tiiqst easily and safely done hy burying 

 liiem in the ijroimd. 



To prevent yonii;; currant hushes from ha-. in-j 

 suckers, the cultiufjs, when put into the firoimd, 

 should iiave all theirhuds removed, except those 

 on the upper extremity. 



'I'he I.est lime in the year to transplant fruit 

 trees, is ^vlien it can he most easily done ; e.xeepl 

 hImii ilie lender trees, such as the apricot, nec- 

 tarine, and peach, are to he removed to a colder 

 rcfiion fif country, it is hcst to do it in thesiirin;;. 

 W hen, ho'.\ ever, il hccoiiies necessary to remove 

 such in autumn, they shouhl he proteried li'om 

 tlicelfecis of a colder climate in winter, liy bu- 

 rviii}: the roots and half the stems in a treiudi. 



Seeds \\hich are to he sent to any distance, tu'e 

 best preserved when put up in pulverised char- 

 coal. — Aniericun Farmer. 



lime with iriy cotripost, and plaster my corn, po- 

 tatoes and grass. 1 sort my potatoes before sale, 

 and liv that means save hail" a peck per iinshel, 

 whiidi would he lost to me if not sorted. Final- 

 ly, 1 cook every thing I give my ho^s, and feed 

 warm, and keep loarm. AVT. PERKINS. 



5I,i.F.. — The followiii"' exhibit of the luiiidier 

 of yHi<ls contaiiied in a mile iu dilTerent coun- 

 tries, will often prove a matter of useful relerciice 

 to readers. 



ftiile in Enj;land or America, 



" Russia, 



" Italy, 



" Scotland and Ireland, 



« Poland, 



" Spain, 



" Germany, 



" Sweden and Delimuik, 



" llunjiary, 

 Leasnio in F.nt;lantl or America, 



17G0 vds. 



1100 " 



Mt;7 " 



2a00 " 



4400 " 



5028 " 



586() " 



n-i-i " 



8800 " 



5280 " 



How TO MAKE AN UKPltODUCTIV F. FRCIT TrEF. 

 BEAR. — A lady of our ac(piaintanoe look us into 

 her yaiden a lew days ago, w here we were shown 

 an apple tree which, she informed ns, had been 

 planted for ten or more years, lint had never be- 

 ibre borne any fruit. In lookintc over an old vol- 

 ume, she ncciiientally met with what purported 

 to be a reuieily for this unproductiveness, which 

 was simply to cut from each limb, close to where 

 it diverges from the trunk, n piece of bark about 

 four inches round the limb, >\nd one inch in 

 width, and immediately replace it by tyiui;- il on 

 with n ra^ unli! it adhered ai;aiii. Early iii the 

 spring she tried Ihe experiment upon the tree 

 we sjieak of, leaving, however, two or three of 

 the limbs uuloucherl. Tlie result is, that it is 

 now tilled with ap|iles, which bid fair to rijieii 

 finely; but it is uoriby of remark, that only on 

 those limbs whieh hail been cutis the fruit to be 

 seen. The operation is very simple; and, as it 

 has proved successful in this instance, we have 

 no hesitation iu recommernling its trial ill simi- 

 lar cases. — Rendimr Ginelie. 



PRESERVAfl'tON FROM DROWMNG. — Take a silk 



handkerchief, and sprcadins it on the jironud, 

 place a hat on th.e centre, wilh the crown up- 

 ward in the ordinary position of wcarin;; ; and 

 gather up the corners, iiiviiig' them a tw ist to keep 

 them more securely togc'lber. The [icrson may 

 then venture into tlie water, without beinp in any 

 fear of the drowning person takinji hold of him, 

 as the quantity of jiir contained iu the hat is 

 stifticieiil to support two per.soi s ; or it ini^ht he 

 advisable to put the corners of the handkerchief 

 into the hand of the person drowniiif;, who 

 would be thus kept floating' and easily conveyed 

 to the shore. 



Disease in Potatoes. — Dr. G. B. Smith, a 

 I'aiue of weight in the agricultnral world, in a 

 letter to an editor iu Baltimore, suggests iu rela- 

 tion lo the present extensive rot in the potato, 

 (whitdi he sa_\s has destroyed large qiiamities of 

 Mercers and pink-eyes this season, in that sec- 

 tion of country,) that itis caused by *' hot, damp 

 Wi-ulher, as the potato is approaching maturity," 

 and that the disease is a ''ftuxgns belonging to 

 the same class of vegetable grouth as rust and 

 saint iu wheat, smut in corn, mould and mildew." 

 He says, "I would recommend that all diseased 

 potatoes he carefully taken out and thrown away, 

 that lime, either quick or air slaked, he sprinkled 

 among ihe healthy potatoes,just enough lo whi- 

 ten their surface slightly. The appearance of 

 the disease clearly indicates its characier, and 

 the remedy seems almost as clearly a matter of 

 course." 



We think these snggestloiis are important, and 

 hope lliey v\ill be acted u()on at onee, v.'here such 

 n retnedy is required. I'luit it was owing to mi- 

 us:ially hot and moist weather succeeding that 

 whii-h had been reiiiarkably dry as well as wniui, 

 . Bcems luiib.able ; and we hope the subject will not 

 ' he lost sight of, until the true character of this 

 forniididile disease is established, and, if possible, 

 some check to its sjireading discovered. — Mbnny 

 Call. 



From the Geneese l''ara!cr. 



Smalt. Prohlctivf. Farm. — I raised, the past 

 year, from 30 acres of land, 700 bushels of pota- 

 to(.=. 80 hnsliels of barley, 25 bushels of heels, 15 

 bushels of wheat, 10 bushels of beiins, 4 ions of 

 mowed oats, G tons of Euiilish hay, JO tons of 

 meadow bay, 40 bushels of corn, 20 bushels of 

 carrots, 75 ehiekens imd turkeys, and a great va- 

 liciy of garden sauce. 



I'have filled one hog, weighing 390 lb?., made 

 4C0 pounds of butter, kept three cows, a pair of 

 oxen, two iieilers, two steer.s, eiglit sheep .ind 4 

 hoL's. I iiave been on ihe place' but two years, 

 and have Laid six acres of land to grass; the laud 

 a chiy loam, easy to work. I hiive no conveuieiice 

 f(M my bogs to graze, nei'her do I believe it econ- 

 omy, lor the cxtin manure that can be made by 

 yarding them, will pay the extra feed. I nii.x 



Wonders of the Atmospheric Railway. — 

 The Loudon IMeehaiiics' Magazine for October, 

 ISI3, says : — '■Aiiolher trial of the atmospheric 

 railvvay,"which is now nearly completed between 

 Dublin and Dulkey,on ihe plan of IVJessrs. Clagg 

 and S.umila. took place last week, wljen ihe re- 

 sults obtained vvere even more surprising and 

 satisfai-tory than before. The speedallaiiied was 

 fully sixty miles an hour, and all the |iaits of the 

 marhinery worked with gre.-it exactness. It 

 would seem as if we might now almost venture 

 to ]n-onounce the riays of sleam railway as iintn- 

 hered. A Jpeeil of a mile a iriinute, is as great 

 a stride beyond the present railway speed, as that 

 was beytuid the stage coach rate twenty years 



Food and pastvrf. for Cows. — In the same 

 animal, says .Johnston in his Lectures, the quali- 

 liiy of milk is known to be greatly infinenced by 

 the kind of food. This is best understood in the 

 neighborhood of large tow nr., where the profit 

 of the dairy-mall is dependent upon the (pianti- 

 ty, rather than upon the quality of his milk. 

 Hence the value id' highly succulent foods — of 

 ihe grass of irrigated meadows — of mashed nr.d 

 steamed food — of brewer's grains — of lurnipf, 

 notatoes. and beets— -and of olher similar vegeta- 

 ble productions, which eoniaiti much w.ater, inti- 

 mately mixed with nulriiivi; iii.'ilter, and thus 

 tend both lo aid iu the production of milk, and to 

 increase its quantity. 



Things op importance. — To have your cel- 

 lar well secured against frost ; your windows and 

 tloors in good repair ; your wood house withal 

 least a year's stock of fuel cut and i)ih;dinit; 

 your yards warm and comfortable ; your stables 

 (dean and wt|| venlilated ; ynurfiirm implements 

 carefiilly cleaned, repairi d, and housed ; your 

 district schonl attended to, anil evi ry thing pro- 

 vided lo liieillt.-ite eduealion ; iisefid and instruc- 

 tive reading for long winter evenings ; a kind and 

 benevolent heart to the poor ; plenty of (bod for 

 your animtds; the receipt ol an agricultural jour- 

 nal ; and though last, not least, exemplion from 

 debt, and a conscience at peace with God and 

 man. 



To Protect Plants in Winter. — At a late 

 meeting of the llmiicidliual Socieiy in Paris, M. 

 Victor Paquet made an interesting commimic;i- 

 tion relative to a mode of protecting, ou the open 

 ground, delicate plants from frost in winler. — 

 'I'bo branches are lo lie tied together, and if ne- 

 cessary, two slicks are lo he placed ovin- the 

 mound as supporters. Some lilteris to be ]ilaced 

 over the ground round the plant, and a sack, or 

 other covering, i.s to be'plaeed over the whole. — 

 This covering is lo ha made thoroughly wet, so 

 that it may be frozen at the first frost. The fro- 

 zen siirfice, not admilling wiiliiu the interior, a 

 cold so intense as itself, the idaiit is in a compar- 

 atively wariri temperatnrc. 



Green and Dry Wood. — A cord of wood 

 whilst green, is saiil to contain 1443 pounds of 

 Water, or one hogshead and two barrel.s. Let 

 every fiunier who haiiLs wood to market, remem- 

 ber that when he transports it green, he is car- 

 rying that weight and (piantity of water on this 

 load, wbiidi, if he had sufi'ered his wood lo re- 

 main after it was cui lid it was suitably seasoned, 

 he might save from the burden of his oxen or 

 horses, or pile upon ihe top of it lliree-fourihs 

 of a cord of seasoned pine, and yet have no hea- 

 vier load tlian the green cord alone VM-ighed, — 

 Maine Cult. 



Something new. — A novel inveniion is noticed 

 by the Eastern (I'a.) Whig, which consists of a 

 light wagon so arraugetl thai if the horsi! look 

 fright, became fractious, or any other danger 

 ihreatened, the person iu the wagon could in an 

 instant, by simply pulling a strap, diseonnect him 

 (i-om the vehicle, which is supplied wlllTa break, 

 and stops on the s|iot. 



" Nest Eggs."- •" G. C. M." informs us thai he 

 mamitactu|-es "nest ei'gs" as follows: — '-Take 

 eggs and make holes in ihe large ends ah.oiit one 

 fourth of an inch iu diameier, and iu llie small 

 end make them the size ol' a pin ; hy blowing, 

 force out their conients. Then take r-alcii;eil 

 gypsum und Spanish white, about equal parts: 



To extract Oil or other Grease.— T.-dio 

 some coniiiion magnesia, — not the calcined, — 

 scrape off" a small (loiiiou, and riih it on the 

 grease spot. Let it rest half an hour, then brush 

 it lightly oft" iind rub on some fresh magnesia. 

 Repeat this several times till the grease disappcius 

 enlireb'. 



Liaves are the lungs of phuit.-- : ihcy t.akc oxy- 

 gen from the air and emil carbonic acid, which 

 is composed of oxygen ;md i-arbon. While t!ie 

 former goes oft', the latter remains and conveils 

 the sap into a kind of pulp, u part of which con- 

 sists of carbon. The pulp passes from ihe iip- 

 p(n- to the under side of the leaf. The cells where 

 the pulp lodges being yello.\', and the carbon of 

 a dark blue, they form,"togetlier, the green color 

 of the leaves and voiiiig bark. 



Match Making.— An inlelligent inantifacliiiTr 

 of matches, states that this business is now woitli 

 $1,000,000 to Ihe Eiiiled Stales. A (ew ye.i.rs 

 since ihey were all imported from Europe, prin- 

 cipally liom Geimany. Now we exp'ort lurgo 

 qnantllies to ihe West Indies and South Aircricn. 



