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that trees would not grow fast enough for the wants 

 of the conuminity, and that even our common far- 

 iTiers would bo able to change their tow frocks for 

 silken robes, made perhaps after the fashion of the 

 Roman toga. Kut it was soon found that all this 

 had its nrigin and its end in the price of multicau- 

 lii and the sah; of mulberry trees. The actual 

 production of silk, destined, I confidently believe, 

 to become a most important and piofitable b:onch 

 of American husbandry, did not enter into the cal- 

 culations of most of these persons. Their elo- 

 quent eulogiums upon its culture were for another 

 end. 'J'he reiisonable gains of wholesome industry 

 united with systematic frugality, were disdained 

 under the dazzling expectations of sudden accu- 

 mulation. Men crowded around the mountain, 

 struggling up its ascent, and heedlessly thrusting 

 down, if necessary to their own success, all who 

 stood in their way, an if its glittering summits and 

 its brilliant glaciers were ol solid silver. The 

 terrible avalanche which has rolled down, tumbling 

 many from its giddy heights and crushing thou- 

 sands upon whom it fell, has taught the country a 

 lesson of rebuke and wisdom necessary to their 

 pride, and which, at least for a vvhil", must caltii the 

 insanity of an unbridled avarice and ambition. The 

 season of numtal and moral disease through which 

 the country has passed, and from the dreadful ef- 

 fects of v/hich it is now sutTeriug, will prove a sig- 

 nal blessing if it shall be instrumental in giving, 

 especially to the rising generation, more just views 

 of duty, happiness, and good ; if, in withdrawing 

 them from their hazardous and too often dishonest 

 and corrupting pursuits of gambling and specula- 

 tion, it shall reconcile and attach them to the pur- 

 suits of honest toil in cultivating the earth. Such 

 a pursuit is sure to bring with it a reasonable coui- 

 peteuce and the satisfactions of conscience, and at 

 the same time present the widest room for the cul- 

 tivation of the domestic affections, and the quiet 

 and delicious pleasures of this true philosophy of 

 life. I ceitainly would not encourage any extrava- 

 gant expectations, or represent agriculture as like- 

 ly, under the best circumstances, to yield enormous 

 profits. E.Npectations of that character are vain 

 and baseless, when applied to any of the business 

 of life. Large fortunes are sometimes suddenly 

 and une.\-pectedly made; but we must not be de- 

 luded by extraordinary examples. In the lottery 

 oFiife we are sure to hear of the few \vho draw the 

 highest prizes ; but nothing is said of the multi- 

 tudes, who draw only blanks. I do not mean to 

 compare agriculture to the operations of chance. 

 Trade partakes much more of chance than agricul- 

 ture. But I mean to say that the capital may of- 

 ten be invested in agricultural improvements so as 

 to meet all reasonable expectations of profit ; and 

 when the security of such investments is consider- 

 ed, they will be justified by the soundest discre- 

 tion." 



Ticks on Sheep. — An ointment made of gun- 

 powder and sulphur, equal parts, mixed with lard 

 and applied behind the necks of lambs and sheep 

 newly shorn, will tend to rid them of all kinds of 

 vermin. Ten cents worth may be sufficient for 

 a hundred sheep. — J^eui Havtn Farmer. 



The three great apostles of practical atheism, 

 that mike converts without persecution, and retain 

 them without preaching, are wealth, health, and 

 power. 



IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. 



We embrace the earliest moment, after the re- 

 ceipt of the following letter, to lay it before our 

 readers. The season is not yet so far advanced 

 that the process may not be beneficial to those who 

 put it in operation : — 



M. P. VViinF.R, Esq., President nf Ihe Massachusetts 

 Horticuttiirid Society ; 



Sir, — Having discovered a cheap and effectual 

 mode of destroying the Rose Slug, I wish to be- 

 come a competitor for the premium offered by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural SoeSety. After very 

 many satisfactory experiments with the following 

 substance, I am convinced it will destroy the above 

 insect, in either of the states in which it appears 

 on the plant, as the fly, when it is laying its eggs, 

 or as the slug, when it is committing its deperda- 

 tions on the foliage. 



WiiALK Oil Soap, dissohtd at ihe rale of two 

 pounds to fifteen gallons of water. I have used it 

 stronger wiihout injury to the plants, but find the 

 above mixture eftefctual in the destruction of the 

 insect. As I find, from experiments, there is a 

 difference in the strength of the soap, it will be 

 better for persons using it to try it diluted as above, 

 and if it does not kill the insect, add a little more 

 soap, with caution. In corresponding w ith Messrs. 

 Downer, Austin & Co., on the difference in its ap- 

 pearance, they say — " Whale Oil Soap varies much 

 in its relative strength, the article not being made 

 as soap, but being fi)rmed in our process of bleecli- 

 ing oil. When it is of very sharp taste, and dark 

 appearance, the alkali predominates, and when light 

 colored and flat taste, the grease predominates." 

 The former I have generally used, but have tried 

 the light colored, and find it equally eff'ectual, but 

 requiring a little more soap — say two pounds to 

 thirteen gallons of water. 



Mode of preparation. Take whatever quantity 

 of soap you wish to prepare, and dissolve it in 

 boiling water, about one quart to a pound; in this 

 way strain it through a fine wire or hair sieve, 

 which takes out the dirt, and prevents its stopping 

 the valves of the engine, or the nose of the syringe ; 

 then add cold water, to make it the proper strength ; 

 apply it to the rose-bush with a hand engine or 

 syringe, with as much force as practicable, and be 

 sure that every part of the leaves is well saturated 

 with the liquid. What falls to the ground in ap- 

 plication, will do good in destroying the worms 

 and enriching the soil, and from its trifling cost, it 

 can be used with profusion. A hogshead of ]3ti 

 gallons costs forty-five cents — not quite four mills 

 per gallon. Early in the morning, or in the even- 

 ing, is the proper time to apply it to the plants. 



As there are many other troublesome and de- 

 structive insects the above preparaticm will destroy, 

 as effectually as the rose slug, it may be of bene- 

 fit to the community to know the different kinds 

 upon which I have tried it with success. 



The Thrips, ofteH called the Vine Fretter, a 

 small, light-colored or spotted fly, quick in motion, 

 which in some places are making the rose bush 

 nearly as bad in appearance as the effects of the 

 slug, ^phis, or Plant Louse, under the name of 

 green or brown fly, an insect not quick in motion, 

 very abundant on, and destructive to, the young 

 shoots of the Rose, the Peach tree, and many other 

 plants. The ISlack Fly, a very troublesome and 

 destructive insect, that infests the young shoots of 

 the Cherry and the Snow-Ball tree. I have never 

 known any positive cure for the effects of this in- 



sect until this time. Two varieties of insects that 

 are destructive to, and very much disfigure Ever- 

 greens, the Balsam or Halm of Gilead Fir in par- 

 ticular, one an Aphis, the other very much like the 

 rose slug. The Acarns, or red spider, that well 

 known pest to gardeners. 



The Desease Mildeu' on the Gooseberry, Peach, 

 Grape Vine, iScc. &c., is checked and entirely de- 

 stroyed by a weak dressing of the solution. 



The above insects are generally all destroyed 

 by one application, if properly applied to all parts 

 of the foliage. The eggs of most insects continue 

 to hatch in rotation, during their season. To keep 

 the plants perfectly clean, it will be necessary to 

 dress them two or three times. 



The Canker fl'orm. As the trees on this place 

 are not troubled with this worm, I have not had an 

 opportunity of trying experiments by dressing the 

 trees, but have collected the worms, which are kill- 

 ed by being touched with the liquid. The ex- 

 pense of labor and engines for dressing large trees, 

 to be effectual, may be more than the application 

 of it will warrant; but I think by saturating the 

 ground under the trees with the liquid, about the 

 time the insect changes from the chrysalis state 

 and ascends the trees, will destroy them ; or, when 

 the moth is on the tree, before laying its eggs, 

 they may be destroyed without much labor ; in 

 either cose, the mixture may be applied much 

 stronger than when it comes in contact with the 

 foliage. Laying it on the trunk and branches of 

 the tree, at the consistency of thick paint, destroys 

 the brown, scaly insect on the bark, and gives the 

 tree a smooth, glossy, and healthy appearance. 

 I remain, sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



DAVID HAGGERSTON. 



JFalerloivn, June I'.Hh, 184J. 



RYE AND BARLEY. 

 Both of these articles are used as food for hogs ; 

 and their meal, like that of oats, may be frequent- 

 ly combined with other food advantageously. The 

 meal of the former is said to be particularly bene- 

 ficial to young pigs, and calculated to preserve a 

 healthy tone and action of the bowels. Barley has 

 long constituted one of the principal articles re- 

 sorted to, for feeding hogs in Europe, and is used 

 tor the same to a considerable extent in this coun- 

 try. We learn that the sole food employed by Mr 

 Paliison, while fattening hogs in stall pens, was 

 barley meal and water. One of the successful 

 modes of preparing swine for market in England 

 is, to commence with a mixture of two thirds of 

 boilded or steamed potatoes, and one third of peas 

 and barley, ground in equal quantities into meal ; 

 and as the process continues to diminish the for- 

 mer article, and add more to the latter. Malted 

 barley given whole, has been found extremely 

 beneficial in fattening hogs, as the quantity of 

 8«cet nutritions matter is greatly augmented. It 

 is a food, however, generally host adapted to the 

 elder class of pigs. The produce of barley in 

 flour, is 12 to 14 pounds of grain, end 1000 parts 

 of barley meal are found by chemical analysis to 

 contain 920 parts of soluble and nutritious matter, 

 i. 0. 790 of mucilage or starch, 70 of sugar, and 

 jo of gluten. — .-American Swine Breeder. 



Every fool knows liow often he has been a 

 rogue, but every rogue does not know how often 

 he has been a fool. 



