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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Sept. 12, 1828. 



• A practical illustration of the ailvantages of bination of many. It will likewise be found, that 



cultivating the locust tree presented itself on the 

 farm of Dr. Nichols. Several acres, that were, a 

 few years since, barreri and gravelly pastures, are 

 uow covered with a good coat of grass, almost 

 Ciitiielj hy reason of planting and permitting a 

 growth of locust trees upon the land. This is 

 easily done, alter a few trees have taken root, 

 either from the seed, or by being transplanted, 

 and taking care that horned catile do not go upon 

 the land while the trees arc joung. In addition 

 to the mcrease of feed, the trees themselves are 

 well worthy of cultivation. No growth is more 

 rapid, and none more in demand, or of greater 

 S'alue when arrived at maturity. It may be dnid)t- 

 ed whether an acre of land can be made to yield 

 more in the course of twenty-five or thirty years, 

 without the application of any manure, tlian by 

 planting it with locust-trees. On a fair computa- 

 tion, the number of serviceable postti that might 

 be obtained in this time would be from three to 

 si.v hundred, worth from fifty cents to one dollar 

 each. The increase of feed and surplus wood 

 would fully pay the labor of cultivation ; so that 

 the proceeds of the timber would be the jtrofits of 

 the land. 



"An objection to the cultivation of the locust- 

 tree is often brought from the fact that they are 

 sometimes destroyed by wornjs. This is true; 



the Orchard Grass, from its more numerous^ nier 

 its, should substitute three parts of a mixture ol 

 grasses adapted for the purposes of Alternate Hus- 

 bandry. The different species most proper to 

 combine with Orchard Grass, are such as posisess 

 in a greater degree the properties of which tins 

 grass is deficient. Fcr this purpose, none appear 

 belter fitted than the Hard Fescue, Meadow Fes- 

 cue, Timothy or Herd's Grass, Rye-Gra.ss, and 

 White Clover, which should be in a smaller pro- 



REMEDY FOR WHOOPING COUGH. 



Take of dried colt'siocl leaves (that have not 

 been gathered more than a year) a good handful, 

 cut them small, and boil them in a pint of spring, 

 water, till half a pint is boiled away ; then take it 

 off the fire, and when it is almost cold, strain it 

 through a cloth, squeezing the herb dry as you 

 caUf and then throw it away. Dissolve in tljc 

 liquor an ounce of sugar candy, finely powderei!, 

 and to a child three or four years old give onr 

 spoonful of it, cold or warm as the season favoi.-. 



portion. A combination thus formed, of three i three or four times a day, or oftener if the fits of 

 parts Orchard Grass, and one part of these species ', coughing come frequently, till well. For older or 

 just mentioned, will secure the most productive younger persons, the quantity may be uicreased 



or iliminished, as tliought proper. 



This preparation is useful also in asthmas^ 



phthisic, shortness of breath, consunqjtions, &c. 



N. 15. — When sugar candy cannot conveniently 



' be had, perhaps honey or good clean brown sugaj' 



Sugar candy is, however, to bo 



Tourteile in his " Principles of Healtli," (a treatise 

 but the ravages of this insect are found to be [ pronounced by lluller, the best work on the pro- 

 greatest where the trees arc Cew and scattered.— \phi/laxis mnrbonim extant in his day,) says:— " The 

 In the grove on this farm, which extends over a j author of natm-e has caused fruit to grow in abttu- 

 number of acres, aud in the other groves in the 

 vicinity, but very few of the trees are at all injur- 

 ed by worms. Tiiis objection is by no means suf- 



and nutritive pasture in alternation with gram 

 crops, on soils of the best quality ; anil even on 

 soils of an inferior nature, under the circumstan- 

 ces of unfavorable seasons, will aflbrd nutriti\ej 

 licrbagc, when otherwise the land would have 

 been corajiaratively devoid of it, if one species of ; woidd answer, 

 grass only had been employed. j preferred. 



I ^inother. — Dissolve a scruple ol'salt of tartar in 

 FRUIT ^ S'" '*' water ; add ten grains of eochine<il, hne- 



» ., ., „„ „ ■; I Iv powdered : sweeten this with sugar. Give to 



As soon as the warm weather commences, eai- : • '. ,' . , ,. , . " , ,. 



. , ., • , -..In „*-ft.„;,o an infant the lourt i part of a table spoonful, four 



tors begin their caveats against the use of fruits, i . , e • i 



, ,■ c .1 • I • 1 '■ . 1 I , , ., „.„.. I times a dav ; and irom tour upv.ards, a spoonhil 



A lire udice of this kind existeu about two centu- i , ,-' ' ^, ,.,..' ,. ' ', , 



• . . , ,. •. ■ .1 , ,„ 1 ■' may be taken. Ihe rehet is nninediate, and the 



lies ago, but we bcheve it is entirely exploded in •> . .•,-.. ■ , 



., ,. .. ^^1 I ■ • c.i " , A ,. 1 cure m general efiected within five or SIX days, 



tlie estimation of tlie physicians of the present day. » ■' 



Accident by bees. — As Mr. Martin Lazarus, of 



ficieut to authorize the neglect of their cultivation 

 It certainly is of the higliest importance to the 

 farmers of Esse.x, to imjuiru hovytiiey can improve 

 ibeir pastures ; or, ratlier, how they can save 

 them from ruiii ; for it must be ol)viou.s to all, 

 that, as at present managed, tliey.arc constantly 

 growing worse, and many of them have already 

 become of very little value. If, by planting them 

 svith trees, by ploughing, by applying plaster, as 

 has been done, with gaod mccess, on the farm of 

 Mr, Bartlett, or in any other way, they can be rc- 

 olainied, it surely is worthy of the experiment." 



f V(w« Sind:(ir's Treatise on Grasses. 



ORCHARD GRASS. 

 This grass appears to have a greater variety cf 

 merits than almost any other grass. It soon ar- 

 rives at maturity ; it bears croppiTig well, is very 

 productive, and its nutritive powers are' considera- 

 ble. It is much less impoverishing to the soil than 

 rye-grass, and when ploughe.i in affords a greater 

 quantity of nutritive matter to the soiK It has 

 been objected to Orchard Grass, that it rises in 

 tufts, and is apt ro become coarse. But the ob- 

 jections will apply to every grass that is not sown 

 sufficietitly thick to occupy with plants every spot 

 ofthc 5'roimd, and that is not siifficientb, stocked 

 j.-i keep the surface in a succession of young leaves. 

 It is the practice of thin sowing, and t!ie strong 

 reproductive jiowers of the plant, that occasion it 

 fo appear a h.-issocky grass. If one species only is 

 ?liereibre thought [ireferable to several in the Al- 

 ternate Husbandry, there is scarcely a species to 

 be preferred to the Orchard Grass. 15nt with res- 

 pect to an early ami certain supply cf the most nu- 

 tritious herbage throughout the season, it will be 



dance in warm countries or irarm seasons, being 

 absolutely u.^eful to man. Hence it happeus that 

 a kind of instinct excites the human species to seek 

 them in preference to other aliments in these 

 countries and in these seasons, as well as in cases 

 where the humoral system tends strongly to be- 

 come bilious." 



It would rather become editors to caution their 

 rea.lers against the abuse of fruit than the use of 

 it. They would thus cease to create tuuiccessary 

 scruples in those who use fruit to the adv.aiitage 

 of tlueir health, and no longer interfere witli the 

 interests of the poor, wiio make a livelihood by 

 vending it Hunterdon, jV. J. Gazette. 



APOPLEXY. 



General blood letting should always be prefer- 

 red in the fir.- 1 instance to local, ftiid it should be 

 continued until decided effects are perceptible on 

 tin; system. 



BLEEDING FROM THE KOSE. 



In a very interesting case of this affection, cotn- 

 municated by the late Dr James Kent Piatt, to 

 his friend. Professor J. B. Beck, of this city, and 

 which threatened to terminate fatally, the aiTiision 

 of cold water, by pailsful over the head and shoul- 

 ders, [uovud almost immediately successful. 



Salisbury Township, (Lehigh count) ) was employ- 

 ed in hauling munure, in a three horse wagon, a 

 bee hap])eiied to light on the leader horse, whilst 

 passing the garden fence and stung him. This 

 started not only the leader, but also frightened the 

 the other two horses, and in endeavoring to stop 

 them, the wagon came in contact with the gar- 

 den fence, tore it away, and upset a whole row of 

 hives. The enraged bees all fell uj)on tlie horses 

 and men and stung two of the horses to death, 

 and very much injured the other, as well as Mr. 

 Lazarus, his son, and servant. The son, in par- 

 ticular, was seriously injured, having been throv, n 

 between the wagon and the fence post ; he is con- 

 siuered out of danger, however. 



Paper 7naking. — It is stated in a late London 

 paper, that a great improvement in the art of pa- 

 per making has been invented, and is about being 

 adopted in most of the large manufactories of 

 Great Britain, liis a powerful drung steam-ma- 

 chine, containing ibur large cylinders, through 

 which a web, in the tidiest sense ol the term, pass- 

 es, and obtains by the pressure a surface smooth 

 ami even in every part, aud is cut to any size. 



ECRXS. 



In cases of extensive injury from this cause, 

 one of the most successful applications, hitherto 

 resorted to, has been the oil of turpentine 

 the action which occurred in 1815, between the 

 U. S. friffate Guerriere and an Alg*rine frigate, 

 nearly fifty men belonging to the former were se- 

 verely burnt by the explosion of one of the large 

 lUDS. Some of these men were in a most jiitia- 

 ble condition, and suffered the most exquisite tor- 

 ments. They were taken down to the cockpit, 

 found a vain labor to look for it in one species of j and spirits of turpentine freely poured over their 

 arass, but where Nature has provided it, in a com- I naked wounds. Tiiey all did well. — ,4m. Farmer. 



Temperance. — Tiie frame of a new Presbyteri- 

 an Meeting House, was erected in Gorham, in thJN 

 county, on Tliursilay the ilst inst. without the a li 

 iofaroent s|iirits. The concourse of people wa- 

 ui:usually great, and yet such a degree ofconteir 

 meiit, sobriety, and activity, was exhibited, as i 

 be highly honorahie to our citizens. 



Otner buildings have been recentiy erected in 

 j„ I this vicinity, aud crops secured during the nio.-i 

 pres.siug seasons ol business, vvithoul the u^ e oi 

 intoxicating liquors ; and although no society has 

 yet been formed liere tor the suppression of inteiii- 

 lerance, our intelligent farmers of th^ir own ac- 



cord, seem to be makuig powerful eflbrts to banish 

 the monster from their borders. — Ontario Mepos. 



Jin important fact. — A proprietor in one of the 

 forwarding hnes on the canal, has just assured us 

 that their line has not brought more than one fifth 



