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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



NEW EIVGLANI) FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, St.PT. 12,1828. 



so justly aniiMadverted on, might lieietofore fiml 

 ail apology in the want of tliose means of infor- 

 mation, vvliich this hook is calculated to supply ; 

 and knowledge as well as charity to be most use- 

 fid should begin at home. 



LUCERNE. 



Mr. David Real of Kirgstoii, Ms. informs ii 



that he sowed two lbs. of Lucerne ill the spring of i _ •»,„ v j i 



I '^97 ,<,l.lnl, , ■;..], lo.i I :, .1 .. c I • Mr. I-ESSENDEN— I enclose to voii a recipe for 



ts^/, wlucli yielded linn two lieavy crops tie first ' ^7,,,,^ „..,, . ,, ... • , , . ' 



season. It was sowed with oats, and red to,,.- " '''"f «!'^ ''"'■«'' ^ 1""'"' ^ '^f v^'l whilst on a 



In 1828 it was mowed on the 20th of J„,,e-Lon ^'h /on r 'T" '" "' *'"'-^'"'"; 



'which you can, if you please, insert in your useful 



tiie ilth of .hily the second crop was cut, when it !•,,,.„„] ,. , , . .- ,., 



was 21 inches high, having grown 1 inch per day, i'!""'"'''- ^ '"'''^.''^'' ''"■"^"'" '" "^^ " '"^*" "'« 

 since the first mowing. It grew rapidly for the 



third croj), and was in Hower, vvlieii circumstances 

 obliged him to turn the field into pasture. Horses, 

 Cows, and all kinds of stock give it a decided 

 jirefcrcnce to other grasses. 



last summer, and can recommend it (as the best 

 and CHEAPEST paint that can be used) to those 

 fanners who wish to preserve their buildings at a 

 smaii expense. 



Respectfully your obedient servant, 



C. THORN DIKE. 



TAINTING IN i^HLK. 



Skimmed Milk four pounds, or lialf sidloii. 

 Liuie, 7ieicly slacked, six ouiues. 

 Linseed Oil. or Neal'slooi Oil, four ounces, or one gill. 

 Spanish Brown 1 and a liall lb. Venfiian Rfd i ,ind a half lb. 

 Put the lime into an earthen ve.ssel, or into a 



TURNIP ROOTED CABBAGE. 



Mr. Cornelius Cowing, of Roxbury, has left 

 at the New England Farmer office a root of the 

 Arabian Kohl Rabi, or Turnip Rooted Cabbage, 

 which lias a solid bulb 17 inches in circumference. 

 This curious variety of cabbage is a native of 

 Gerinanj , where it is much cultivated. They take \ c'ean bucket, and having poured over it a suffi- 

 it up before the frost sets in, and protect it like •^•s"' fl"!>"t'ty of milk, add gradually the oil, stir- 

 potatos or turnips, for winter use. The produce ""» '''^ mixture with a wooden spatula; then 

 .js nearly the same as that of Syfedish turnips, and l^our in the remainder of the milk, and dilute the 

 the siiil that suits the one is equally good for the ''panish brown with a part of the milk, ftlilk 

 other. It may either be sown in drills, or raised skimmed in summer is often cunllcd, but this is of 

 in beds, and transplanieii like cabbages; in this "o consequence lor the present purpose, 

 case, the beds require to be made and sown the The milk must not be sour, becau.se m that case 

 preceding autumn. Two pounds of the seed will " would form with the lime an earthy salt, siis- 

 produce a siilficiency of jilants for one acre of cepiible of attracting the humidity of the atmos- 

 ground. The stem is sw.iln like a bulb, and when ' I'liere. The lime is slacked by immersing it in 

 divested of the leaves may easily be mistaken for \ vi'ater, from which it is taken that it may be suf- 

 oiie. Hares are so fond of it, that on farms where ; fered to effloresce in the air. The Spanish brown 

 these animals abound, the culture of this jilant is \ '* pounded, and carefully strewed over the surface 

 found to be impracticable. Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt i "*' *he liquid : it gradually becomes impregnated 

 first introduced kohl rabi into England from Ger- witii it, and IlIIs to the bottom ; consequently the 

 many. Messrs. Gibbs and Co., seedsmen to the mixture must be frequently stirred. 

 Jioard of Agriculture, raised in one year, one ton : This proccoa is applicable to any kind of paints 

 ami a quarter of the seed, and continue to supply made with chalk, or white argillaceous earths, 

 the demands of the public for it, and lor all other The above quantity will be sufficient for twenty 

 agricultural seeds of the' best quality. 64 dr. of fi^«' yards oi tlie first coating. Resinous painting 

 the bulb cfkoh! rabi afl'ord 10-5 grains of nutritive '" ""'k, for painting out door objects, add to the 

 matter. foregoing composition for painting in milk : 



Slacked Limo, 



Oil 



IVliitc Titi-pentine, 



Put the turpentine into the oil, which is to be 

 added to the liijuid milk and lime ; in cold weath- 

 er the milk and lime must be warmed. Any col- 



Each two ounces. 



SPOFFORD'S GAZETTEER. 

 We have taken a cursory view of a work re- 

 cently from the press of Charles Whipple, of New- 

 buryport, entitled Jl Gazetteer of Massachusetts ; 

 containing a Gcntrai yiew of the Slate, loith an 



Hislurical Sketch of the Principal Events from its o'' can be given by substituting whitening or any 

 Setiltment to Ove present time, and JVoticcs of the sev- '!'">' <"olors, chalk, ochres, &c. &c. for the Spanish 

 eral Towns, ulphabcficaUy arranged. Hy Jeremi- brown and Venetian red. 

 AH Spofford, Co-ansellor of the Massachusetts Med- 



ical Society. With a Map of the Stait. It ajipears 



WEEVIL IN WHEAT. 



to be the result of much labour and research, and 1 *''* Ffssksden— The season for sowing wheal is near, and 

 if rated by the scale of utilit}-, will be tound not ''"*' *'"'''<"' "•" *e country. Ij ing on the east shore of Lake 

 oiilv in the library of every man of letters, but on i *^''"'""''''''"' ''^^ ''*^™ """-■'' "^"l 'led ""'i ilie insect called the 

 the book shelf of every farmer and mechanic in ! l^'"'"'' " '"'"" """"■" '"""''' "''"'' ^"'^ '""' """ '"''■'"'' ■ -"'' 

 M a .,..l...of r, . Tl.o .■■.tl,,... 1, ... 11 1, J ■ ! "^' partially, aiKl in some cases wholly deslimrd pieces of 



ftl.,s-a. husetts^ The autho. has v., 11 observed m ,,heal. As we have no. been iroubled w,.h din before dm 

 Ins preface, bxccptmg the lew wno have met m ' reason, please, Sir, inform through .he medium of vour paper, 

 the Legislature, the ml.el.itants of^ Berkshire and Uhether wc shall be subject lo them .he nnxi season in conse- 

 BarnstaWe, or of Hampshire and Esyex have been iquenceof having had themlhis; or w heiher seed wheal which 

 less known to each other than the Inhabitants of j has some ol Ihem in it vvould be more liable to them than old 

 FAirope and America ; and it would be easier in I seed, which was laised before ihey came about, and any other 

 the eastern parts of the State to find persons, and I inlurmaiion which you may know oi them, which m.iy be use- 

 especially youth, who could describe with geo- '"''" '''"'^ ""'"■'l''*'""^'' "'''' 'lie '"see, and oblige 

 grai.bical accuracy, the Nile or the Ganges, than '''"""' "*"'' '""'''' ""^V^'^^ 



tliose who would give a tolerable account of the ^alhlmy , (Vt) Aug. 26, 1828. 



■tloosic or Ilonsatonic." This ignorance of the ' 



«ori)ograph>- oi" our own State and neighbwliood, j fiemarks l,y the Edilor.~We are happy to com 



HARVEY DEJn.\G 



Sept. 12, IS-JS. 



niuiiicate all the information we can at present 

 command on this subject ; and hope it will attract 

 the attention of those of oiir friends and corres- 

 pondents who may be able to jirescribe some rem. 

 edy against the ravages of the insect. 



The Weevil or Cornchafer, Curculio granarius 

 is " a species of insects bearing a resemblance to 

 oblong, soft worms. They are proviiled anterior- 

 ly with six scaly legs, and their head is likewise 

 covered with scales. Some species of these larvce 



i are dreaded for the niLschief they do in granaries ; 

 as they find means to introduce themselves, while 

 small, into grains of wheat, and there fix their 

 abode. It is very difiicult to discover them, for 

 they lie concealed within the grain, grow slowly, 

 and < niarge their habitatioa, in proportion to then- 

 size, .it the expense of the i.iterior meal, on which 

 they teed. 



" Corn-lofts are frequently laid waste by these 

 numerous insects, which devour immense quanti- 

 ties of grain. When the cornchafer, after having 

 consuiiicd all the meal, has attained its full size, it 

 rema n? within the grain, hiiles itself under the 

 empty husk, and .subsists alone ; there it under- 

 goes its transformation, and becomes a cbi-ysalis ; 

 nor does it leave the grain, till a perfect insect, 

 when it makes its way through tlie husk. 



"The Society of Meaux in France has invited 

 all tliose who may think proper to make use of 

 the following very simple method of preserVin" 

 grain from Weevils, and other insects, to commu- 

 nicate the result of those trials. 



" Soak cloths, made of~ flax, in water, wring 

 thein and cover your heaps of grain with them ; 

 in two hours time you will find all the weevils 

 u[>on the cloth, which must be carefully gathered 

 lip, that noi.'e of the insects may escape, and then 



j immersed in water to destroy them. — Domestic 



'Encyclopedia. 



I M Duhaniel has observed that a considerable 

 heat is necessary for hatching the eggs of the 

 weevil, and that this insect cannot breed in gran- 

 aries that are well ventilated. To prevent this he 

 made repeated experiments, the results of which 

 made it evident that this insect cannot multiply iu 

 grain that retains a proper degree of coolness 



j which it may be made to do by frequent veniilat- 



; ing. When grain is agitated in a sieve fine 



' enough to retain it, the weevils contract their Ic.s 

 and are, in that position, so nuicli smaller than the 

 grain, that they drop through the sieve. 



j The Fanner's As. istaiit observes that the wee- 



j vil is " a little black hug, very destru. five to wheat 

 cither in barns or granaries. On thrusting your 

 band into a bin of wheat infested witli them, con- 

 siderable warmih will be felt ; but as they are 

 u.^ually collected together, every jart of the heap, 

 or bin should be examined. 



" There are various ways of keeping wheat 

 clear of this insect, after it has been threshed out 

 and put in bins. Mr L. Hommedieu found that a 

 sprinkling of lime with wheat infe.--:ted with them 

 in his bin soon drove them away. The lime can 

 be afterwards winnowed out. 



" Sulphur or snuff jiut up in little papers or 

 b.igs, and properly distributed among the wheat 

 in the bin, will keej) them out, or drive thein out 

 when they have got possession. 



I " A plant of henbane has the same effect ; and 

 so have the leaves and wood of the Lonibardy 

 poplar. A bin made of the boards of this wood 

 will never have a weevil in it. 



" Take wet linen cloths, and lay them over a 



