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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



25! 



June 12, 1829. 



BEE WORM, OR MOTH. 



We have been told, (and indeed we are satis- 

 fied of tlie fact iioin personal observation) that the 

 bee worm or bee moth, has been very destructive 

 to the bees in this part of the country. We have 

 seen whole hives destroyed by them. Each cavi- 

 ty of the comb is found to be occupied by a round 

 black worm, about the size of a large bee's body : 

 some of them appear to us hke a winged insect, in 

 its chrysalis state ; the mouths of the cavities con- 

 taining th6 •rfoyms, are closed by a kind of web, 

 not uniike fiae cotton. We have seen a method 

 of destroying thc^e moths prescribed, whicli we 

 eubjoin : 



" Instinct teaches the bee moth to secrete her- 

 self during the day, in the corners of the hive. — 

 All, therefore, necessary to be done, is to take such 

 advantage of this fact as that this most pernicious 

 enemy shall rush to its own destruction. For this 

 purpose let the orifice of the hive be four inches 

 wide, and one inch high. At the commencement 

 of the season for the moth, place a shingle on the 

 bottom or floor of the hive. You will find in the 

 morning that almost every moth has taken refuge 

 under it. They are readily despatched. This is 

 the mode I have practised with my own bees, and 

 cot a single hive has been injured." — Western Car- 

 olinian. 



Best Method of Raising Radishes. — Most of our 

 garden grounds are too rich for the radish ; and 

 but few gardens are found that do not contain 

 more or less of the tcire worm. The radish is our 

 favorite. Hence we are induced to make experi- 

 ments until we have raised them at least semi- 

 transparent, and as brittle as glass. Our method 

 is, merely to mix two parts of sand with one part 

 of common garden earth, and add a small quanti- 

 ty of stable mnnure. Or, earth of a clayey na- 

 ture is preferable to the garden earth. Since 

 adopting the above method we have not failed in 

 a single instance of raising an abundance of 

 smooth, clear, and fine flavored radishes. — Hing- 

 ham Gaz. 



considered a moderate yield to the acre, at tie 

 three cuttings. The soil proper for this kind »f 

 grass is a mellow, rich loam, though any kind wll 

 answer well except a stiff" clay land, or land vejy 

 low and inclinitig to bake in summer. 



The land designed for this grass should be wel 

 prepared by two or three deep ploughings, an| 

 the manure ploughed in at the second ploughing^ 

 it should be sown with oats or barley, at the rats 

 of fifteen or twenty pounds to the acre. The see| 

 can always be had at the N. E. Farmer oflice, a) 

 from 38 to 50 cents the pound. \ 



Should you take it nito your head bye and bye\ 

 that it will be profitable to improve your breed ol 

 cows for the milk market, as you undoubtedly vviU, 

 this kind of grass will be a great acquisition in tic 

 furthering that object, as it is very esculent aiti 

 nutritive ; properties essential to the yield cf 

 milk. I 



Now by way of experiment, procure five poundl 

 of the seed, and select forty rods of your gooji 

 kind of land, such as yields a fair crop of corn, aid 

 proceed according to the directions above, and if 

 you repent of the undertaking in the summer of 

 1830, you may bring an action against me for 

 damage, which I promise to pay without litigi- 

 tion, through the medium of the Advocate offiqe. 



Taunton, May 20, 1 829. VERITAS, i 



From llie Taunton Advocate. 



Brother Ju.'^atham — I know your great an- 

 tipathy to everything new, or in the least savoiiiig 

 of improvement in agriculture — tlierefore I shall 

 venture on the present subject with but little con- 

 fidence of rousing your attention — for the subject 

 is improvement. Instead of making " two spears 

 of grass grow where one grew before," it is to 

 make three grow where one would hardly g.-ow 

 before. You must needs know that some half a 

 dozen years since, the Hon. John Lowell, of Rox- 

 bury, imported a small qiumtity of Lucerne seed 

 from Europe, with a view of testing its qualities as 

 a grass tor this climate — and after a lapse of this 

 term of time, which has included the warm win- 

 ters, and the cold winters — the hot, the cold, the 

 dry, and the wet sunnii'jr.<i — consequently includ- 

 ing the seasons and climates of the world — he 

 gives his unhesitating approbation of its value as 

 a valuable grass for this part of the country. It 

 appears to defy the extreme cold of winter, and 

 the wilting droughts of summer — its term of 

 health and vigor is from ten to twelve years, while 

 that of the common clover is but two or three 

 years ; and what is singular in this species of clo- 

 ver, it requires three cuttings, which will average 

 two and a half tons to the acre at a cutting. 



On good land, and well prepared, eight tons is 



to its composition in a medical journal. Mr 

 Swaim, then a book binder, procured the recipe, 

 changed one of the ingredients, disguised the 

 whole by the addition of the oil of winter green, 

 and then set forth the wonderlul properties of his 

 vegetable syrup, which he denominated " Swaini'a 

 Panacea." It sometimes cures, and sometimes ag- 

 gravates the disease for which it is given. Ml 

 Swaim has acquired immense wealth by the sale 

 of his nostrum. 



"■ Anderson'' s Cough Drops" were first ])reparefl 

 by a saddler in Connecticut, and consist of three 

 or four parts balsam of honey to one part lauda- 

 num, disguised, as are most quack preparationa^ 

 with the oil of winter green. He gave the name 

 of Anderson to his medicine, because Anderson's 

 pills had obtained a currency. 



The extent of the imposition practised upon the 

 community by quacks, and quack medicines, is 

 amazing ; but we are far from believing that 

 quackery is confined to " unlicensed practition* 

 crs." — Hamp. Gaz. 



MEDICINES. I 



A physician who should in all cases confine 

 himself to the use of " simples," tnight be justy 

 accounted a simple-ton. We believe, howevff, 

 tiiat most physicians prescribe medicines much 

 more sparingly than formerly, and would us 

 fewer still, were it not that some of their patienB 



will not be satisfied without frequent doses - 



There are people who would gladly swallow aboul 

 half a peck of medicines per week. 



There is, perhaps, no department of knowledg« 

 that has been so clogged with false facts and false 

 experience, as that which treats upon the virtuis 

 and properties of medicinal substances ; and tie 

 imccrtainty which attaches to the subj-ict has sf- 

 forded the designing imposter th« finest field fer 

 knavery and deception. Even where the physi-- 

 al properties of a substance are well understool, 

 a physician can seldom determine with certainty 

 what its direct effect and secondary consequences 

 will be, on the living body. The operation of a 

 medicine is very different in one individual fron 

 what it is in another, and it is even quite different 

 in the same individual at different times. The 

 state of the body is not only different in different 

 persons, but it is perpetually varying in ths same 

 l)erson. After millions of experiments, and two 

 thousand years experience, not a single specific or 



Ji JVoUe Example for Employers iti all trader 

 and occupations. — Mr Allaire, a builder of steam^ 

 engines and boilers, in New York, employs 200 

 hands, all hale, hearty, contented looking men — 

 On ono of the principal doors is the following nft- 

 tice in large letters : 



03^ " Any person that brings or drinks spirita- 

 ous liquors on my premises, will be discharged 

 without liny pay for the week. 



JAMES P. ALLAIRE." 



He has enforced this salutary regulation for 

 nine years, without difficulty. His workmen are 

 all temperate, industrious men, and take good cate 

 of their families. 



From Ibe Journal of the Franklin Institute. 



AMERICAN PATENTS GRANTED IN JAN- 

 UARY, 1829. 

 For a manner of Preparing White Lead Jot 

 Painting without grinding ; John Barney, New 

 Haven township, Huron county, Ohio, Janua- 



This is a process for rendering white lead mis- 

 cible with oil, without the trouble of grinding. — 

 The means prescribed are simple ; the paint ac- 

 cording to the declaration of the patentee, dries 

 with a finer surface than that from ground lead ; 

 whether it will stand equally well, requires the 

 test of time. Being a recipe, we do not publish it 

 without permission. 



For Drying Cut Tobacco, in tobacco factories ; 

 George Campbell, Schenectady, New York, Jan- 

 uary 7. 



The patentee states that it has, heretofore, been 

 alisohile remedy for a disease has been discover- 1 the practice of tobacconists to dry their cut tobao 

 od. The application of specific cures to diseases, co upon tables of the ordinary construction, which 

 without respect to the state of the patient, or pe-' in large establishments, demands a great deal of 



iliarities of each case, is the essence of quack 

 cry. The whole system of curing diseases by 

 printed directions, without regard to the causes of 

 symptoms, the history of the case, tha state, hab- 

 its, and constitution of the patient, is quackery. — 

 Of '.lie numerous quack medicines advertised in 

 the newspapers, some give relief in some ccses, 

 but are injurious in others ; some do very little 

 good or harm ; and some are pernicious in most 

 cases. 



About 18 years ago, Dr M'Nevin, of New York, 

 obtained from a French chemist, the recipe for a 

 syrup that was used in France, and gave publicity 



room, the want of which produces much delay. 

 The improvement for which the patent is obtain- 

 ed, is the use of a number of tables placed one 

 above the other, allowing an interval of five inches 

 between each. They may be variously construct- 

 ed, 80 as either tn be moveable, or stationarjr, with, 

 or without framed corner posts, &c. 



In the plan represented in the drawing, all the 

 tables are made to let or lower down, so as to lie 

 flat upon the lower table ; the upper one is then 

 covered with tobacco, and raised into its place, 

 and the whole in succession, changed in tlie same 

 way. 



