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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



rales upon the presumption, ihai a bushel of corn 

 in the ears, will turn out iiall' a bushel of shelled 

 corn. Where this is not ihe case, it can, how- 

 ever, be modified, and the true quantity ascer- 

 tained. The follovving is ihe process: Measure 

 off, accurately, ten or more level bushels oi' ear 

 corn, (the (rieater the quantity the smaller will be 

 the error) ; shell the same, and by correct mea- 

 surement, determine what proportion it bears to 

 the corn in the ears. Suppose, ibr instance, that 

 it is ascertained that the lot of corn turns out 22 

 quarts ol'shelled, to the bushel of ear corn.^ Fmd 

 the cubic contents in Ceet, by multiplying the 

 length, breadth and depth of the bulk to be mea- 

 sured, together; multiply the product by 8, and 

 cut oti' the right hand figure, (not the two right 

 hand figures, as slated by Mr. L.) At this period 

 of the operation, we have ascertained the num- 

 ber ofbushes ofear-corn, and the rule would apply 

 with perlect accuracy, in the measurement ol 

 wheal, rye, oats, or grain in bulk; the figures on 

 the left hand are the nuniber of bushels, that on 

 the right liand, the decimal of a bushel. To reduce 

 this quantity to shelled corn, we now make use of 

 the prof)orlion established above. Multiply the 

 figures on the lelt hand, (rejecting the decimal 

 as unimportant,) by 22, and divide by 32, the 

 xiumber or quarts in a bushel; the quoiient will 

 be !he number ol' bushels in the bulk. In a bulk 

 of ear corn which measures 12 feet in length, 11 

 in breadth, and 6 in depth, there will be Ibund, by 

 the above calculation, 633 bushels and 6 tfnths 

 ol'ear corn, or 435 bushels and 6 quarts ol'shelled 

 ^orn. 



JSxample. 



12 



11 



132 



6 



792 cubic feet. 



633.6. 

 22 



32 1 13926 



435 bushels, 6 quarts. 

 In this spciion of the country, the bushel of 

 ear corn will yield about half a bushel of shelled 

 corn; accordingly, adopt the rule given in Ihe 

 Southern Agriculturist. It is the same in princi- 

 ple as that given above, but is more expeditious 

 in practice, owing to our being able to arrive at 

 the result by simply mulliplying the cubic con- 

 tentSj when found, by the decimal 4. Thus, 



792 cubic leet, 

 4 



316.8 

 Three hundred and sixteen bushels and eight 

 tenths. VVm. M. Murray. 



out of certain refuse and waste animal substances. 

 He has established a manufactory near Vienna : 

 no part of ihe process is explained ; but it is 

 stated that the substance is at one stage in a stale 

 of fluidity, and may then be cast into boots, ghoeJ, 

 &c. — Bristol Mirror. 



LIQUID LEATHER. 



Dr. Beruland, of Larria, in Germany, is said 

 to have discovered a method of making leather 



A NEW AND SUCCESSFUL BIODE OF GUARDING 

 PEACH TREES FROM THE WOR3I. ^ 



To the Editor of tlic Farmers' Register. 



Fincastle, Va., Feb. 27th, 1S41. 



Although my name is not on the list of your 

 subscribers, I have had the satisliaction of reading 

 some of the valuable articles which appear in 

 your journal. Though unacquainted with 5'ou 

 personally, a^ I !eel some interest in your periodi- 

 cal, I will lake the liberty ol' introducing myself) 

 by giving a brief sketch of an experiment I have 

 made, with success, on the peach tree; and if you 

 deem it of any importance, or worthy the notice of 

 your readers, you can give publicity to it. 



As I consider the peach the most delicious fruit 

 of our latitude, I have long since thought it a de- 

 sideratum that it should be made independent of 

 the destructive worm which* kills the tree. 1 

 thought it practicable; and it occurred to me that 

 there was in reach an antidote for the enemy to 

 that luxurious growth. Having observed, in the 

 practice of medicine, that the cedar berry was a 

 powerful vermifuge, I transplanted cedar scions 

 and peach scions together six years since, in the 

 following manner: I set one of each in a hole, 

 with the roots entangled and set close together, 

 believing that Ihe strong odor peculiar to the 

 cedar would prove offensive and sickening to the 

 worm, and thereby prevent its approach to the 

 peach tree. Every circumstance seemed to con- 

 spire in favor of ihe experiment ; there was no 

 danger of the peach tree being choked by the 

 cedar, because the former is a rapid, whilst the 

 latter is of very slow growth. The peach scions 

 bore ihe second year, and have put forth iheir 

 leaves as black as a cloud every season, and bore 

 most luxuriantly every season, until Ihe last, which 

 was the sixth year. I have set out a number since, 

 in the same way, which are all flourishing. I 

 think a soil should be selected much mixed with 

 sand, in order to prove successful. 



VVm. N. Anderson. 



DRAINING. 



From tlie Farmers' Cabinet. 



iSiV; — A friend has put into my hands a pam- 

 phlet on draining, and deep ploughing, by- 

 Smith, of Deanston, the inventor ol the subsoil 

 plough. It is an interesting work, on subjects 

 that have, hitherto, shared but little of our regard, 

 but which are of the highest importance ; Ibr, if 

 we wish to better our condition, we must adopt 

 that mode of management by which England has 

 been enabled to support a population the increase 

 of which has been in the proportion of one third, 

 in a very short space of time, and without which 

 this never could have been accomplished. 



The work naturally divides itsell'inio two parts, 

 first, draining; second, subsoil ploughing; which, 

 although closely connected, in beneficial results, 



