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AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



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GUINEA GRASS. 

 " BoCori! I coiicliuie the suliject of e.vperimenls, 

 I will lirre call your attention to one which I 

 stated t.vo or three years ago. It was niailo with 

 guinea arass which I neglected after two trials, 

 from a belief that it could not hero be acclimated. 

 In this I find myself mistaken, for a small spot 

 which was nut destroyed, has increased so much as 

 to become a thick mat of grass that reached this 

 year, a heiifht of at least five feet, in land by no 

 means rich, and ripened its seed. I can now cer- 

 tainly say of it, that you may cut it four, and in 

 good seasons five times, that in good Ian I, each 

 cutting will be about three feet hi«-h_ and that it 

 stands drought better than any other gra.ss I have 

 ever tried. It is best propagated by t.'ie roots, 

 which should be cut into pieces two or three inch- 

 es long, and plained about three inches deep, in 

 rows fiftfon inches by eight or nine apirt. Tlie 

 ground requires cultivation the first year. I can- 

 not say to what kind of soil it is best adapted, 

 iiaving tried it only in high land, the soil of which 

 is rather ligiit." 



'^ CLEAR AS MUD." 

 " My last experiment I have felt some scruples 

 in mentioning, lost I should e.xcito in my hearers, 

 the same very annoying reminiscences which the 

 bare word — Multicaulis, never fails to awaken in 

 my own mind. Hut the statement of unsuccessful 

 trials is as often useful to us, as of those which 

 succeed best ; and this fact encourages me to pro- 

 ceed. — Know then, my good friends, that having 

 been amonsr the atflicted with the .Multicaulis hum- 

 bug, I naturally sought to alleviate my sufleringsby 

 striving to make some use of those far-famed 

 treasure bearing bushes, which when the golden 

 harvest time came, that was to fill all our cofiers to 

 overflowing, 1 could neither sell, at any price what- 

 ever, nor even give away. The periodicals that 

 had been the chief speakers of the epidemic, set 

 to work, immediately after it had seized almost 

 every body, to cheer our drooping spirits, by prov- 

 ing, " us clear as mud," (if 1 may be pariloned for 

 using a vulgarism,) that to retrieve all our losses, 

 we need do nothing more, than forthwith to com- 

 mence raising silk worms. To this, therefore, 

 very many of us hastened, as to a last hope ; and 

 among the rest of the valetudinirians — your hum- 

 ble servant. One of my dauiihters persuaded me 

 to the undorlaking, and at it we went, certainly with 

 the honest piirpose of doing our best. — We bought 

 three ounces of egg.s of two or three of the best 

 varieties of the worms, which cost $17,.')() cents. 

 They hatched at the usual time ; began to spin 

 witliout any night feeding after :> o'clock, quite as 

 soon as any which the papers reported to have 

 been nursed night and day ; but were watched and 

 Fed with unremitted attention, fr,^ni day light until 

 bed time, so long as their precious health required 

 particular care ; indeed I never saw more bestow. 

 3d — even upcm the infant children of n.i fanvilv. 

 rhe produce of these three ounces ^f' eggs- was 

 jnly thirteen bushels of cocoons, for wliich I have 

 'ound no market at all, any where near me, 

 ilthough I have been tnld that I may possibly get 

 ;hree and a half or four dollars, if I will be at the 

 :rouble and expense of sending them, at my own 

 •isk, as for as Baltimore or Philadelphia. Now, 

 lupposing I could sell at the higliest price, which 

 s not probable, as our cocoons are only of medium 

 [uality, the balance, after deducting Ihe first cost, 

 »ould be $34,.50. This pittance would be the 



whole earnings of my daughter, and at least six- 

 other persons — constantly emoloyed, for seven or 

 eight weeks in this hopernl business of nursing silk 

 worms, and taking care of their cocoons. The 

 least profitable of all the employments thoy could 

 have pursued, would liave brought thoin in more 

 money. But then they would have lost the bril- 

 liant chance of taking rank among the disinterest- 

 ed and patriotic encoiiragors of "the silk cultute 

 in the United .States," who liave been so outrasre- 

 ously puffed from one end of the Union to the 

 other; although in fact, like all other orinin.itors 

 of new schemes to succeed in the old business of 

 making money, patriotism had no more to do with 

 their motives, tfian had any other honest pro|ect 

 solely for the promotion of their own individual in- 

 terests. A due regard to this is always laudable 

 in every body, and a.s such, well deserves to be 

 Commended ; but when we go so far as to ascribe 

 it Ui love of country, as has been done, most pro- 

 fusely, in this Multicaulis and silk worm business, 

 I must, for one, protest against any .such gross 



Kroin ll.c Allany Cullivalor. 



abuse of language Mr GarneU's Address. 



TO CURE THE CHOUC IN HORSES. 



Make and give him a drench composed of a ta- 

 ble spoonful of strong mustard, dissolved in a black 

 bottle of water. Having prescribed and dcscriberl 

 the drench, how is it most conveniently adminis- 

 tered ? Raise the horse's head high in the air, 

 and give the dose from a junk or black bottle. 

 For this purpose every farmer should have a bot- 

 tle at hand, (always kffpl in one and the same 

 place, and so with many other things) the neck of 

 which, to prevent its breaking in the horse's mouth, 

 should be well seized or wrapped round with 

 twine. If it be uncertain vvhen the horse was ta- 

 ken, as in that case there will be danger of inflam- 

 mation, on discovery of the disorder, breathe a vein 

 immcdiatehj. The remedy here described, is said 

 to be immediate and infallible. How apt most far- 

 mers are to wait until the case occurs, and life and 

 death hang on the issue of the moment, before thoy 

 inquire about the cure — and how many there are 

 who do not keep on hand the ingredients to fill up 

 the simple.st prescription. Beit then remembered 

 from this time forth — a table spoonful of mustard 

 for the worst cholic, and furthermore — keep always 



at hand a black bottle — strong mustard — sulphur ■ 



glaiibor salts — and phlemes to bleed with. To 

 make the horse swallow, when his head is thus ele- 

 vated, instead of choking him or squeezing his mul- 

 let or windpipe, from which inflauiination may 

 supervene, give him a smart slap on the lips, with 

 the open hand. 



P. S. — Some prudent farmers, keep at hand, with 

 which to give drenches most conveniently, a well 

 shaped cow's horn, with the little end sawed and 

 smoothed ofl^; through that pour down tlie dose 

 from the bottle. 



Good Medicine for Hogs. — When your hogs get 

 sick, you know not of what, give them ears of corn, 

 first dipped in tar, and then rolled in sulphur. 'Tis 

 ten to one but it arrests the disease. 



Remedy fur Foul JVuses in Sheep. — Make a small 



mop, by wrapping a rag about the end of a stick 



dip this in tar, taking up as much as will adhere to 

 it — roll this around in salt, and then thrusting it 

 into the sheep's mouth, hold it there until he is 

 forced to withdraw and swallow the tar and salt, 

 and your sheep will soon get good health and clean 

 noses. — American Farmer. 



TO MAKE HOME PLEASANT. 



The way to make a man's home more |deasant 

 than any other placi; is, that he should endeavor to 

 please his wife, and accommodate her with every 

 convenience, that she m.ay have his meals, &c. 

 prepared with the least possible attention and la- 

 bor. Tliere should be good water near at hand, 

 an article wanted every few minutes; a house well 

 planned, and every thing so arranged as to facili- 

 tate her operations ; hence the necessity of her 

 having every convenience to direct her servants in 

 this three-times-a-day business, of all others the 

 least animating, as it is never done; she will, as 

 she ought, enjoy her husband's smiles of approba- 

 tion for lier attention and good management, and 

 also partake with him of the good things prepared 

 by her care ; yet this is often her principal remu- 

 neration for a sameness in her employment which 

 continues through life. 



But the husband has many things to stimulate 

 him to e.xertion. Sometimes popularity, or a pros- 

 pect of gain. If a farmer, his growing crops ; the 

 increasing thriftiness of his stock; and more than 

 all, the amount of annual receipts arising from a 

 well conducted ftirin, al] combine to encourage 

 him and lighten his labors : his wife having her 

 household affairs well .arranged, is thereby enabled 

 to assist in the desp.-.veh of his business, by having 

 her part regularly performed, establishing a union 

 of interest, and consequently affection, which nev- 

 er fail to make home desirable. 



But as money alone will not make home plea- 

 sant, witho Jt a pniper expenditure of it, and as we 

 all have appetites and senses to please, the neces- 

 sity of planting around our dwelling a variety of 

 the best fruits, is obvious to every one — such as 

 will furnish the kitchen and table with a succession 

 all the year ; also a portion of the grounds should 

 be suitably planted' with ornamental trees, a part 

 evergreen and a part with deciduous shade trees ; 

 the former by their dome green leaves protect from 

 the north-western blast,and their lively apperrance 

 beguiles the gloomy aspect of winter, whilst the 

 broad leaves of the latter planted along the ave- 

 nues, afford a shade from the scorching sun. 



The yards and garden may be adorned with 

 flowers to bloom in succession all the season, but 

 to attain both profit and pleasure from fruits and 

 flowers, they should be planted in a soil somewhat 

 rich, and receive regularly during the summer sea- 

 son, sufficient cultivation to keep the ground mel- 

 low and free from weeds — these together with 

 good farm crops will render a man independent; 

 he visits his neighbors more from duty or necessity 

 than pleasure ; he enjoys more at home. A family 

 thus situated has great cause to be thankful to a 

 kind Providence f.)r blessings bestowed, and they 

 should be very cautious about selling a home thus 

 improved, if middle-aged or in the down-hill of 

 life; as many thereby unsettle and uufi.x tliemselves 

 at a time when rest and repose are desirable, and 

 disqualify themselves from answering the great end 

 of their creation. ROB' I' SINCLAIR, Sen. 



A Good Pig. — Mr Bailey Birge, of Norfolk, Ct., 

 lately butchered a pig 8 months and 21 divs old 

 which weighed when dressed, four hundred and 

 fortythree pounds. The pig was a half blood 

 Berkshire, crossed with some native breed. For 

 some time before it was butchered, it could not rise. 



