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THE t'ARMfiUS' REGISTER. 



alone have prevented its appearance, in the last 

 month's number, evfn if an engraving could have 

 been procured in a few days— which is impossi- 

 ble in our inconvenient locality. As soon as cir- 

 cumstances have permiited, the publication is 

 made. For articles designed for a particular 

 time of publiCHtioii, i; is jjenerally necessary ihai 

 they should be in hnnd as early as the 20ih ot 

 each month ; and if an engravinir is rt-quired, 

 several more weeks of previous time will be re- 

 quired. 



Though not able to judge of the superior ad- 

 vantages of the particular operation described 

 above, not having seen the operation or the uten- 

 sil, we have long known that the general princi- 

 ple was correct ; that is, that the same laborer 

 should cut the stalk with some light utensil, 

 worked by one hand only, and hold and dispose 

 of the stalk of corn with the other hand. Such 

 a course was described fully in our first volume, 

 by Major Steger, of Amelia, his utensil being a 

 email hoe, with a short handle. And this we 

 tried, and were satisfied of the benefit ; but could 

 not persuade overseers and negroes of the pro- 

 priety of changing the old plan for the new — and 

 the small hoes were soon laid aside, and the old 

 plan resumed. Fiom our trial, we should prelcr 

 a small hoe to the new utensil ; but ihat is proba- 

 bly because of our want of acquaimance with 

 ihe latter.— Ed. F. R. 



STRAWBERRY JAM. 



From the Southern Agriculturist. 



Put the fruit into a jar, and stand this in a pan of 

 boiling water over the fire. As the boiling pro- 

 ceeds, keep mashing the strawberries with a wood- 

 en spatula until they are all bruised to a pulp. 

 Then put them into a preserving pan, and to 

 every pound add three quarters of a pound of 

 sugar clarified in half a pint of water. Boil the 

 whole until of due consistence, which will occupy 

 more than half an hour ; keeping ihe jam in con- 

 stant agitation, lest the bottom should bum. 

 When done enough, take it off the fire and put it 

 into pots. 



CRAB APPLE JAM. 



From the Magazine of Domestic Economy. 



Pare the crab apples when quite ripe. Put 

 them into a stone jar, cover it well and put it in a 

 pan of boiling water lor an hour and a half 

 Then prepare the syrup wiih two pounds ot sugar 

 in half a pint of water, fir every pound of the ap- 

 |)lee. Clarily the syrup. Then put the apples 

 jnt(» it, and boil ihe who'e lo a jan). 



PROTECTION OF WRENS, AND THEIR USE- 

 FULNESS. 



Tiie wren, I had always supposed, was a de- 

 stroyer of bees, until I was told, a short time since, 

 by a very imeiligent lady from the city of New 

 York, that her /iiiher used to encourage their build- 

 ing about his hives, by putting out all the horse 

 skulls ihat he could obtain. She said that her 

 lather raised his hives about two inches, by means 

 of small blocks under the corners, that the wrens 

 nii^hl go under to clear the hives from moths, 

 worms and dead bees, which they did effectually 

 wiihout disiurbing the bees. — Union .^gricult. 



BERMUDA GRASS. 



To the Editor of the Karmers' Register. 



Dear sir: — In perusing the July number of 

 your Register, my attention was called to an arti- 

 cle upon the subject of the *' Bermuda grass," 

 exiracied from the Milledgeville Recorder, and I 

 beg leave, tiirough your publication, to add my 

 fiieble testimony to the great value of this grass 

 to our southern states. Where our lands have 

 become exhausted Irom long cultivation, and im- 

 proper management, and where there is nothing 

 ieli us but our barren clay hills, this grass has 

 proved to be the only one that can withstand the 

 excessive droughts that of late we occasionally 

 have, and which are becoming more frequent and 

 ol longer duration. It is emphatically a sun grass, 

 and will flau ish wherever the rays of the sun 

 can freely reach it. There is no grass which 

 spreads so rapidly, and I believe none so easily 

 eradicated when required. It soon perishes in the 

 shade ; and I believe when the surface of the 

 ground can be protected from the sun for one 

 summer ii would be destroyed, but this is only an 

 opinion, not derived li-om any actual experiment, 

 but merely from observation. 



But niy principal object is to call your attention 

 to one very important error, which I think the 

 writer of the article above referred to is laboring 

 under — that is, in regard to its bearing seed. He 

 states that it does not bear seed. Now, sir, this is 

 a great mistake, or the grass which has for years 

 in this slate borne that name is entirely a differ- 

 ent grass. But I believe he is wrong, and that 

 the Bermuda grass does bear seed; and moreover I 

 believe every grass, loithout any exception, does the 

 same. To convince you of the truth of my asser- 

 tion in legard to this particular grass, I send 

 you enclosed a lew sprigs of it, some of them 

 pulled when in bloom, and others pulled when 

 quite matured, and let you examine lor yourself. 



At the same time, I believe this grass does not 

 go to seed, when closely grazed, and think the 

 writer ol the article relerred to above, who signs 

 himsell a 'Clodhopper,' must have been deceived 

 in this manner. He also states as another fact, 

 which also conflicts with my experience on the 

 subject, that this grass is never spread from place 

 to olace by ptod'. I will merely state a fact which 

 'J .iiink \viii suffice to show that this is also an 

 error. The Bermuda grass was introduced into 

 this neighborhood some 8 or 10 years since by a 

 neighbor of mine, who is in the habit of riding to 

 our villtige, 7 miles distant, occasionally, and whose 



