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XEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Jl LY ;49, IviiO 



DENNIS'S PATENT TROUGHS. 

 We extract the following from Dennis's Circu. 

 lar, which we presume will be acceptable to those 

 who design to protect their trees from the ravajres' 

 of the canker worm. Our correspimdcnt H. in this 

 (lay's paper, lias perhaps made ont his ca>e, proving 

 that Mr Dennis is not the original inventor of ihe 

 circular troughs, and that, conseiinently, he is not 

 entitled to a patent. Of this, however, we leave 

 our readers to judge and act accordingly. J. B. 



I main for years without further care, or until the 

 I tree grows so as to burst open the trough, w hen a 

 Ismail piece of lead may be soldered in at a trifling 

 I expense, and the trough will serve another term of 

 i years ; and thus the troughs may be increased in 

 I size as the trees grow, so long as there is any use 



for them, and v hen the lead is taken off", it is 

 ] worth two thirds of its original cost. There is not 



n.uch doubt but that the troughs will always be 

 i wanted, as the canker worms liive been in some 

 1 neighborhoods for the last fifty years, according to 



the aulhority of tin; oldest inhabitants. 



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CAUTIO.N NOT To USF. COTTON WASTE. 



Cotton waste has been sometimes used but is 



found to absorb the oil that niay get upon it, and 



' holds it against the bark of the tree, thereby de- 



'stroying tlie bark or greatly injuring it. Any 



peisons, having trees packed with cotton waste, 



hemp, or tow, would do well to examine them and 



I see that their trees do not become injured. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. i 



1, canker worms' f^gs ; 2, a full grown worin ; 3,1 

 chrysalis; 4, lemale ; 5, iiiali' ; ti, male with its wings I 

 spread — al the left hand llie section <»f u tree with a 

 trough upon it. 



The unparallelled success that has attended the i 

 application of the patent circular metallic troughs I 

 with roofs, in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con- j 

 necticut, New York, and Maryland, has won for 

 it the enviable reputation of being the cheapest 

 and most effectual, and more durable, requiring 

 less care and attention than any other method ever 

 discovered, — as the various certificates testify that 

 are signed by more than fifty persons, who have 

 used them successfully, — induces the subscriber to 

 ofl^er it to those suffering from the effects of the 

 canker worm, with icnewed confidence, as where 

 it has been applied in season, that is, previous to 

 the 20th of ninth month, (September) it has. In 

 many instances entirely destroyed them, so that 

 not one could be found upon the tree. 



DFSCRIPTION OK THF Taol'Gll. 



The patent circular troughs, with roofs, are 

 made of a strip of slieet load, about four inches 

 wide, bent in the fm-ni of the firgure 2 inverted, 

 with the fool cut off", thus forming a trough and 

 roof of one peice of metal and bending it around 

 the tree so as to conform to the S'lape of the tree. 

 It is made large enough to leave a space one inch 

 in width around the tree, between the trough and 

 the tree. The ends are then soldered together, 

 thus forming a trough completely round the tree, 

 with a roof over it. Tluee or more nails are tack- 

 ed into the tree to suppnrt the trough, and the space 

 between the trough and tree is filled with seaweed, 

 hay, straw, or any other substance that will prevent 

 the insects from ascending between the trough and 

 the tree. After the packing has been put in the 

 top, the ends should be daubed with a little tar to 

 stick them together, taking care not to let the tar 

 get upon the trough or the tree, and then it may re- 



I'-.XPK.RIMEiNT. 



The circular troughs were put upon three 

 orchards belonging to Jonathan Dennis, in Ports- 

 mouth, R. I., containing 115 trees, varying in size 

 (rom three inches to two feet and upwaids, at an 

 expense of thirtyfive cents per tree. • They were 

 packed with seaweed in 1837 and most of the 

 packing is in good order at present, and likely to 

 last several years more without renewing. Five 

 gallon) of cheap fish oil was sufficient for the 115 

 trees for one year. A very little oil was put into 

 these troughs the 20th of ninth month (Septem- 

 ber.) After it had remained several weeks a 

 little more oil was added, .and from the time the oil 

 was first put in, until the first of fifth month, (May) 

 following, there was a little oil put in twice, and 

 it also received two or three stirrings ; putting the 

 oil in three times, and stirring it, giving the trees 

 all the attention necessary, was less labor than it 

 would have been to have tarred the trees one 

 week. This apparatus destroyed the insects so 

 completely, (which, for a number of years previous, 

 had been so numerous us to destroy the fruit) that 

 it was difficult to find one upon the trees, and the 

 crop of apples was so large, as to render it neces- 

 to prop the trees. The value of the apples the 

 first year was equal to three tines the expense of 

 the troughs, oil, and attention. 



PF.OPF.R KIND OF OIL. 



Cod fish oil, or what is termed liver oil, by Ihe 

 dealers in the article is said to bo best to put in 

 the troughs, as it will remain the longest without 

 drying, and for that reason is never used for paint- 

 ing, and is about as cheap as any fish oil, being 

 fifty c{:nts per gallon. These troughs should not 

 be filled more than one-third or ono-foutth full of 

 oil. It is now well known, that a part of the can- 

 ker worms leave the ground in the autumn, begin- 

 ning about the last of the ninth month, (Septem- 

 ber) and ascend the trees and deposit their eggs. 

 Tliey continue to ascend the trees from the time 

 above mentioned, until the first or middle of the 

 fifth month, (May) following, whenever the weather 

 suits them and the gniuiid is thawed so that they 

 can escape. 



CF.RTiriCATKS. 



ll.iviiig an prcli.inl of rising 100 applf trees ;hat had 

 been h:iilly ealun by llio canUer wurins, fir a nunilier nf 

 yniiis, I did, in the tall of ICii'B, have one half guarded 

 with ihi: leaden rotif and tidugh invented by Jiin.'ithan 

 Dennis, Jr., r.C Purtsiiintnli, R. |,, imrt am satisfied tliBt 

 if properly done, and timely care and attcnticm paid to 



keep the troughs well supplied with oil, both fall and 

 spring, in the season of llie grubs ascension of the 

 Irees, it will prove a thorough remedy. At any rale, 

 I was so far pleased will) the result of the trial on the 

 first half of iny orchard, ihat 1 h;id tliu residue of my 

 trees furnished with lead in the tall of 133'.) The part 

 that was supplied the first, produced about 7.5 bushels 

 of apples; whereas the other part produced scarcely 

 any, liavinu' been eaten up very much by the worms, 

 while the pait secureil by the troughs was scarcely 

 eaten at ail. Uavid Buffum. 



Middtelown, R. /., 2mo 1 Ith, 1840. 



The undersigned having used i. Dennis. Jr 's p.itent 

 trntigh ami roof fir preventing canker worms or other 

 insects from ascending trees, liir tlie two years past, are 

 satisfied that it is the clieapest, and most effectual, and 

 uuire durable than any oilier ineihod wo liave any 

 knowledge of, and requires less care and attention ; and 

 we take pleasure in recommending it to ttie public. 



Geor^ze J. Bailey, David Buffum, James E. Bailey, 

 V\ illiam Bailey, Thomas B. Biitfuin, Middletown, R. 1. 



Henry Ht dley, Asa Sherman, Solomon lledley, Porls- 

 mnuth, R. 1. 



Charles S. HerrishofF, Bristol, R. 1. 



SCITHES, KAKES, <&.c. 



The suhscril-ers oiler fer sale a very extensive and com- 

 plete assortment of Scythes, Rakes, &c. consisting in part of 

 300 dozen Phillips. Mcsser and Colby's .superior Scythes. 

 50 " Melealf's do. do. 



50 " Tafl's cast steel do. do. 



25 " Enslishdo. do. Grass do. 



lU " do. do. ilo. Cradle do. 



in " do. do. do. Border do. 



too " Hall's Rakes, superior. 

 100 "■ Wilder & Eddy's do. i!o. 

 200 " Common do. do. 

 Hio " Clapp's jialent Scjthe Snailhs. 

 50 " Baker's do. do. do. 

 too " Coinmon do do. do. 

 2500 " Austin's superior Rifles. 

 2ii00 " Common do. 



1000 " Scythe Stones, 

 inn " Grain Cradles superior. 



They would respectfully call the attention of Dealers and 

 Agriculturisls lo ihc above assorlineiit, which consists of 

 many of the best kinds now in use, and which Ihey are pre- 

 pared to sell at the very lowest prices. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 

 NeiD England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 51 & 52 North Market Street. 

 May 20^ 



BONB MANURE. 



The subscriber informs his friends and line puhli:, thai 

 alter Icn years experience, he is fully convinced that ground 

 bones form the most powerful siiniulanl thai can he applied 

 lo Ihe earth as a manure. 



Oiders for Pone Manure or Oyster Shell Lime, left at the 

 Bone Mill, near Tremonl road, in Itoxhury, al Ihe New 

 England Agricultural Warehouse ami Seed Store, No 52 

 Norlh .Market Street, or llirongh the I'osl Offiro will meel 

 wilh prompl attention. 



March 4, 1840 NAHUM WARD. 



DOKKING FOWl,S. 



For sale, a few pairs of pure Dorking Fowls. The stock, 

 of which these are the produce, were precared in Dorking, 

 County of Surrey, England. " Few breeds have a title lo boast 

 nf so high and long continued a repulalion as ihe Dorking. 

 Upwards of lihyfive years have |)a>se(l, since, while resident 

 in Surrey, I sent to Durking for my first recular hreeiiing- 

 stock ; tiiey were then the ancient and superior five-clawed 

 breed nf Surrey." — Mowbray on Foulinj, Tth Edition. 



This breed attains lo a large size, and the hctis are the 

 best of layers. Price S3 per pair. Apply to 



JOSEPH BKECK &, CO. 



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GAIlD.'';NEItS' KNIVES. 



JOSEPH BRECK ^i. CO. have this season imported and 

 now offer for sale a few very superior Garden Knives, for 

 pruning. &c. maiiufacliired expressly for Ganleners, and 

 warranted superinr to any article of the kind before import- 

 ed. 



.Mso — a large a~,sor!mcnl nf Budding Knives, Grajie 

 Scissors, &c. &c. 



April 22 



TIIK NEW KNGI. VM> FAUMF.K 



Is piihiished every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per annini 

 payable al Ihe end of the year — hut those who pay williin 

 sixlydays from the tunc oi' subscribing ore entitled to a c'e- 

 ducliouof 50 cents. 



TITTIF. IIKNKITT AKD CHISIIOL.M, PRIMTFRb 



n .s(,:iii)oi s'luiKKT iui?'ro\ 



