Vi.l.Vll.— No.1'2. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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I'm il in » till or eartlieru 

 uttcutiou to the raising of Mennoes ana proc-ur- j agcmeiu oi n u.u ....... ---■^-—■;^ -•; | - ^;,,i ^,.,,i, ;„ ,iio oven tliree liour... It cats 



i„. the best ratris from our -"t^^e"!' iJ'^' """^ '''""'*'•' ''''?':'.^^^' \^Toma, without, but bettor with u lump of butter. 



raising of Merinoes, ana proc-ur- 1 agemeiit of a bed h. hi. father's .?^'-'l<='\;:'''''^'' hl".'^''„>;°" ^"^^ ';'': 



Ihou.'ht that the Agrieuhural So-iety of Naz, of . tmues very piOductive 



which am a member, mi.ht open wit!, the Ame- s,,uare perches-and the pro.ent season twenty 

 ricans a comnumication beneficial to both. I do , quarts were gatliered in a iiiornu-g, and stravv- 

 notwirh however, to proceed in tlie subject, with- berries measuring three inciies and three-fonrths 

 Hiking you, my dear colleague, whom so round, were frequently found. Tiie n.aniier 



Cure for the Ttller-wonn. — Take a lump of rock 

 •'^ salt, size of a common hickory nut ; the same 

 '" ■ luantity of alum and copperas— burn them scpa- 



from the friendslii,. with which yon honor me ;- decay. The strawberry vines will shoo througn 

 and amons which there is one which I would this covering, and there will be no farther labor 

 pronounce; but for the fear of appearing presump- necessary, but to keep the runmng vn.es cut ott 

 mous, the finest ram in Europe. Permit me to prevent their taking root twelve inches square 

 therefore, to ask vour advice on the subject of was the distance at wh.ch the pi nits of the above 

 this design, and to" solicit, if you think it pracliea- described b ed were planted —?^.'y-<jre Hecord. 

 ble, your assistance in carrying it into execution. • Painthig houses.— A writer for the New Eng- 

 Accept, I pray you, my thanks in advance,^ and j^^j^] pyj-^er, whose commi.nieal; .n was publish- 

 ed vol. i. page 314, says, "1 believe it is a genera! 

 practice for people to do their painting sometime 

 i during, the three summer month's ; but repeated \ 



|)ardon jne for imiiosing so much upon your kind 

 ness. Be as.-<ured, my dear calleague, of my re 

 spectful aftcction. " GIROD DE L' ' "' 



AIN. 



Potato onions.— One of our neighbors, (says the 

 Seneca KepuMican) showed u.s the other day. 

 some onions, raised in his garden, of the kind cal- 

 led m!(«yj/i/i(i,g, ur potato onion ; from one of which 

 (planted in tbe spring) he has got the astonisliing 

 product of twenty-eight fine onions. 



"W E W E N G if-- A N» FARM E R. 

 BOSTON, FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 1828.. 



The samples may be seen at the office of the 



\merican Farmer; and the Editor wishes a few 



samples of the /ne«/ wool froTU sheep .!/c'"!e£^ onrf I a^ lo„g. ^^ one painted in warm weather. The 

 reared in America. Any gentleman possessing j |.pjjjj^,j^;^ ^(,^,if,„^_ f„,. ,vl„.,, paints aie applied in 

 sheep yielding wool of extraordinary fineness, will \ ^^^ weather, the oil wnli .ther iii-^redients, form 

 oblige us by small specimens, with memoranila | ^ j^^j.^f cevient on the surface of the clap-boards, 

 as to the origin of the original stock. The siieci- 

 tnens will be sent to M. Ga-od, and will, perhaiis, 

 shew him, that whilst \\q are grateful for his good 

 wishes, we have now got individuals from which 

 to propagate a race equal to any in Europe ; we 

 say perhaps, for that must depend on the samiiles 

 W'e can su|)|)l''. The longer xbe stock of t'lc sheep 

 li-om which such samples may be selected hao 

 been in the country, the better lliey will serve to 

 exhibit the influence of our climate and the suc- 

 cess of our management. 



Editors of papers who may see proiier to copy 

 ihe above, will enable us the more fully to recip- 

 rocate the proffered interchange of good offices. 

 Philosophy and benevolence are of no conntxy, 

 und know no boundaries in their desire to pro- 

 mote useful knowledge 

 so c let v. 



To destroti gruki, icire-worms, and other insects. — 



experiments have been inaae wiiinn a few years, j ^,^^ followin"- ariicle was pnbhshed some time 



lich prove that a house painted late '" a""""" ^i,,;^ , ^1,^ Highland Society :-"The following 



in the winter, will hold the paint more than tmce ../jj^,, j^ ,,;„„,,,. rc-ommcnded as a valuable 



1 _.-:.-*.~.l I>->iirni>t->> ^■iTiinlllCH- Illfll'I '. .. •._ 



which '•annot easily be erased : whereas, a build- 

 ing painted (as usual) in the heat of summer will 

 soon need a new eoat ; for the heat causes the 

 oiV to penetrate into the wood, and leaves tlie 

 other component p.-.rts dry, which will soon crum- 

 ble off." 



Hop shoots.— 'Chf.av are seei) in spring through- 

 out the month of April in the Belgian markets in 

 great abundance on every vegetable-stall, being 

 etdtivated as a regular garden product. From 

 their whiteness, without any tinge of green, tliey 

 should seem to be procured, as in the case of chi- 

 cory, by removing the earth into which they shoot, 

 and breaking them tliem off before they have ap- 

 reil above ground ; and the same [dan is pro- 



usnal- 



pear 



and the well being of '"i>'l.v ^''•''l'»^'J "i"' ^'le asparagus, which is 

 ' [leriec!' ' -■ - 



Mortar 



ly perfectly w'.Mc. —Gardemrs Jilag. 



-The use of lime in mortar, is to fill up 

 It is mentioned in a Haverhill paper, that •^hc-Ljjg jjoHuw spaces or vacuities between the grains 

 liffBartlett has attempted the cultivation of the . ^j- ^j^,,,;^ ^,^1 ,j, cement them together, thereby 

 sweet potato, or yam. In a garden in this town, I j-pj.,.j^j|.i„ ^ |^j„j] ^f artificial stone. To add more 

 Ave have seen this plant llourishiitg with as much : jj^^p jj;..|, j^. j;|,g^(.ip,,t to fill ui) these spaces seems 

 ■ligor as if it spread beneath asniitherii sky. The ^^ 1^^ useless, and to add raucn more must weak- 

 leaf resembles that of the common garden bean-— | g,j ^i^g ,„,,rtar; but if too little lime be used, there 



and the vine extends on the ground to the dis- 

 tance of several feet from the root, sending out 

 little fibres at short distances to confine and nour- 

 ish. The prospect of a good crop is at present 

 fair. The riches of our soil, the resources of our 

 climate, and the power of vegetable accommoda- 

 tion to both, have as yet been imperfectly exjilor- 

 ed. The spirit of iinprovemeni might sjiread the 

 pur]ile clusters of the grape over the hills, orna- 

 ment our gardens with the graceful stalks of the 

 cotton, and the magnificent foliage of the tobacco, 

 and give to the table those fruits which have here- 

 tofiire been the luxuries of southern climates. — 

 fi'orcester .Effi's. 



will be cavities left between some of the grains of 

 sand, and the mortar will conse<pieiuly be short 

 or brittle ; therefore, when we cannot ascertain 

 the best proportions of lime and sand, it is better 

 to use too much lime than too little. 



A very extraordinary cowslip has been ])icked 

 in the garden of Mr. Sheriff Hornby, in Stockton- 

 lane, near York. The stem, which has the ap- 

 pearance of six stalks grown into one, supports a 

 head of flowers, coni|iri.sing on? h.undred ami four- 

 teen pips. The stem itself was ;d)ovc eight inch- 

 es in length. Several other cowslips of unusual 

 size -were also :frowing from the same root. 



Strawberries. — I have been induced to make the 

 (iiesent communication, from having been inform- 

 ed by a youug man from near Salem, of the man- 



To mukt an Indian pudding— f'iCiM two quarts 

 of skim milk — stir in one jnnt of Indian meal, or 

 enoufih to make very thiu mush, and a little salt. 



■ pa 

 remedy to vai.quisli, if not eniirely to exterminate 

 all the" tribe of vermin that prove so injurious to 

 the industry of those wiio ciTltifate the suil : 



Take tobacco leaves, cut thcni small, and make 

 a strong infusion of them, by pouring hot water 

 upon tiiein in a tub. The infusion must not be 

 hoileil as that would carry off by steam a great 

 part of tlie moot valuable principle, the essential 

 oil of the tobacco. When this infusion is cold, 

 diss<dve in it one or two pounds of common gum 

 ai-abic ; and when the latter is dissolved, a pound 

 or more of flour of sulphur may be added ; par- 

 ticularly if it is intended to give a smart washing 

 lo wall' fruit trees, it is conceived that from Jan- 

 uary to March (if the weather be mild) is the best 

 time for the application of the above infusion to 

 wall fruit trees, and to all kinds of gooseberry 

 and currant bushes, previously ]iruning them, and 

 weeding dean round their stems. Some days 

 .•Ifter the first washing, which may be dc:ie wtb 

 a watering pot or garden engine, it will bo bene- 

 ficial to prepare a jiorlion of the infusion with an 

 additional quantity of gum arable, to be applied 

 with a bruah to the stems of the bushes, at leasl^ 

 for a foot or more above the ground. The air of 

 the atmosphere will generally keep the gum moi.st, 

 and any vermin that may' rise fioni the earth in 

 the course of tiie spring will be arrested by the 

 gum, and the tobacco will kill them effectually. 

 There is one species of grub that never quits the 

 yround until it becomes a butterfly. This species 

 destroys cabbages and cauliflowers by attacking 

 the roots about an inch below the surface of the 

 earth. It will, therefore, be necessary before 

 these \egetables are earthed up, to give a small 

 portion of the infusion to each plant from a water- 

 ing pot ; and it is farther recommended, when 

 these plants are taken up to he transplanted, that 

 the routs be iiut hjto the infusion for a few min- 

 utes before they are di'^l/icd into the earth. It is 

 wonderful how much thia infusion promotes the 

 vitt'or of vegetation, when it gets to the root of any 

 ])laiit. Vipers, which are common in gardens in 

 England and the south of Scotland, will soon for- 

 sake the garden in which this infusion is used 



a tea-cup full of ginger, or a httle of any othor freely. The essential oU of tobacco, il applied to 



