THE FARxMERS' REGISTER. 



695 



no other species ot" the cat (It-lis) in Maine. 

 We have what are called Fisher cat and black 

 cat, but these are not of the cat genus. 



TOBACCO A REMEDY FOR ARSENIC. 



From Silliman's Journr.l. 

 A young lady in New-Hampshire fell into the 

 mistake, so often committed, of eating a portion ol 

 arsenic which had been prepared liar the destruc- 

 tion of rats. Painful symptoms soon led to the 

 inquiry : and her misiake was discovered. An 

 elderly lady who was present advised thai she 

 should be made to vomit as speedily as possible ; 

 as she had always felt a perlect loathing for tobac- 

 co in every shape, it was supposed that this would 

 at once etieci the purpose. A pipe was used, but 

 without producing nausea. She next chewed 

 a large portion of strong tobacco, and swallowed 



With the exception of the common domestic , be a source of real saiis!aclion, and of honest pride, 

 cat and the lynx, or loup ccrvicr, we have seen to every cultivator of natural ecirnce, however 



irifling his contiibiitions may be to the general 

 slock ol'in'orinaiion. 



Unimportant as insects may ai)[)ear to the 

 casual observer, they often prove awful visitations 

 when employed by the Creator as his armies to 

 I'ullil his ends. No one sufiers more from these 

 hosts than the agriculturist ; it is iherelbre impos- 

 t:ible that he can remain an indrilerenl spectator 

 vvhils! it may be in his own power lo palliate, if not 

 10 avert, the evil. 1 tliereloie hojie that these 

 memoirs, by calling the atleniion of ilie Itirnier to 

 so iniporiant a subject, may lead him lo useful and 

 profitable results ; and !^llould he derive as n)uch 

 advantage Irom their perusal as 1 aniici|)ate of 

 pleasure in tlieir detail, it will prove to ine a source 

 of unfeigned gratification. 



I am aware that one of the greatest difficulties 

 ihe larmer has to contend with is, that invariable 

 law of nature which compels him lo change his 

 crops, from the exhausMon of certain elementary 

 pans of the sod, which are absorbed or neuiraliz< d 



the juice, and that even without a seneation of I by the vegetable that is produced ; and with all 



disgust 



A strong decoction was then made of hot water, 

 of which she drank, perhaps, half a pint. Siill 

 there was neither nausea nor dizziness, nor did it 

 operate at all, either as an emetic or cathartic. 

 The painful sensations at her stomach however 

 subsided, and she began to leel well. On the ar- 

 rival of physicians, an emetic of blue vitriol was 

 administered, and produced one operation. One 

 or two days after there was a discharge of a dark 

 green color, approaching to black. No ill conse- 

 quences Ibliowed. 



Another case occurred in the same place a few 

 years subsequently, in which arsenic was taken 

 through mistake, by a sick person, and she em- 

 ployed tobacco with the same success. She, too. 



his art in selecting manure and resting the land, it 

 will become tired at last, and by deirrees refuse to 

 |)rnduce certain crops nearly alioirether : it is even 

 asserted of the turnip, that it certainly does not 

 grow so vigorously nor so readily as it did several 

 years ago. It is natural to suppose that as this 

 period approaches, the crops will become, from 

 ieebleness, more susceptible of disease ; and as 

 insects are intimately connected with this subject, 

 contributing in no small degree to the dissolution 

 of vegetables, and the failure of our crops being 

 frequently very justly attributed to them, this is a 

 matter well deserving of our attention, and in pur- 

 suance of this object we will first consider those 

 insects which attack the turnip, a root of the 

 greatest importance lo us all ; (or without turnips 



had always loathed the article, but now chewed it our sheep and cattle would be deprived of one 

 and swallowed the saliva, without producing sick- 1 great resource, so that we should be almost unable 



ness to the stomach. No emetic was administer- 

 ed nor any other remedy. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL, HISTORY 

 AND ECONOMY OF THE DIFFERENT INSECTS 

 AFFECTING THE TURNIP CROP. 



to procure fresh meat in winter, most essential to 

 the health of man : and the land again would lose 

 thai fertility which in feeding ofl the turnip we 

 secure for the succeeding crops. 



No crop is subject to the attacks of a greater 



number of noxious insects, &c., than the turnip. 



First, the ants run ofT with an incredible quan'ity 



of the seeds; then come two sorls of turnip-fly, 



» T, n 4- jT-z-e 4 the striped and the brassy, which destroy the ten- 



Ify John Vurtis, J^.I..:^., etc. ^^^ Ig^j^eg j^g g^^^ ^g ,|^^,y b^jrst from the ground ; 



fFrom the Journal of llie Eoyal Agricultural Seciety of; at the same time we have the maggot of a fly and 



England.) ,l,g vvire-vvorm, both living upon the young roots ; 



Unless we collect facts on good anthorily, and [ and also a large caterpillar or grub, when they are 



conduct experiments with care and perseverance, ' more advanced ; then Ibllow armies of black caler- 



our labor will be lost in studying the economy o: pillars, reducing the leaves to skeletons, and the 



the insect tribes ; for in tlie investigation of such 

 living atoms, as they ofien are, the slightest error 

 may lead us far from the truth. It is not to be 

 expected that a taste for such studies will be uni- 

 versal, though all who can appreciate the value of 

 a good harvest will take, it may fairly be presumed, 

 an interest in our researches. Such a taste, how- 

 ever, where it does exist, is easily improved ; and 

 it is a truth admitted by all who have indulged in 

 such pursuits, that they never repented of the time 

 that had been given up to these laudable objects ; 

 and independently of the amusement to be derived 

 from the investigation of nature, any benefits con- 

 ferred on man by such knowledge ought ever lo 



blight of the plant-louse, together with a minute 

 moth ; we may add also two weevils, which cause 

 the lumps or excrescences on the bulbs ; with 

 sluers, snails, and mildew brinamg up the rear. 



Before entering upon iheir history, it vvdl be 

 necessary to make a few observations relative to 

 the economy of insects, which [ beg may be borne 

 in mind in the perusal ol these |)apers, as they will 

 be of service in the investigations I propose, and 

 in which I hope every practical man will lend me 

 a hand ; they will also smooth the road lo those 

 who have not a scientific knowledge of insects, 

 and are not skilled in 'he study of entomology. 



Insects have been divided into large luasBCS, 



