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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



being iiiiileil lo it, .'uul were cfTcctuiil lor tlic time, 

 cnlirt'ly preventing tlie iiscent of tlie grill). Mr 

 Iloiigliioii's inetliod, of Lynn, as detailed in tlie 

 New Enj^lnnd Fanner, vol. vii. jjage 94, is very 

 ingenious, and agrees it is conceived, in every 

 parlicnlar, with that of Sir Irish, if we except the 

 material of wl.ieli it is constructed ; IVlr llongli- 

 ton's lieing made of stroi^g pasteboard, painted, 

 and made impervious to water. It must be evi- 

 dent from the form of their rmistrnction, they 

 must both fail in a year or two at most, on ac- 

 count of the growth of the tree to which tliey are 

 attached, and therefore beconie ineffectual. 



It is a well known fact, that the bodies of all 

 trees increase in size in a greater or less degree, 

 as they are more or less flourishing. Thus, paste- 

 boards, or wooden belts irn-ely adjusted to the 

 tree, as some have recommended, (whi di in all 

 cases cannot well be done on account of iiieipial- 

 ities or ridge.s.) will, in a short time, cease to be 

 an effectual barrier to the ascent of the euiiker- 

 worin. The method I am about to propose, is 

 not liable to these objections. I herewith send 

 you one for public insjiection. It is formed of 

 till, (the cheaper and [loorer qualities of this arti- 

 cle will answer the pur[iose for its ci.nstriietion.) 

 It is of a square form, and ought to be made at 

 least two inches larger evfry way, than the tree 

 to which is to be att^ached. But to be a little 

 more partii'ular, as all may riot see tMs model — 

 four pieces of tin plate 2 1-2 to 3 inches wide, of 

 a desired length,are doubled, so as tofoi m a trough, 

 o le and a quarter to one and a half inches liro^'fl 

 at the top. 'J'lie four pieces are to be eolderfd 

 together at their extremities, except one corner, 

 wliich is to be left open or slightly tacked. To 

 this, four pieces of tin about two inches in width 

 arc to be soldered, so as to form a cover set up 

 from, and projecting over the troiigli an inch or 

 more, the corresponding corner to be left open. 



When it is to he applied to the tree, the unfas- 

 teneil corner is to be separated, one part raised 

 and I lie other depressed, and thus put around the 

 body of the tree. The trough part, if not the cov- 

 er, is now to be soldered so as to be water tiirht. 

 Two narrow strips of board are to he horizontally 

 nailed to the tiee, parallel to ca(;h other, under 

 the tins, a sufficient distance from the ground to 

 be out of ihe way of swine, &.c , that may l)e suf- 

 fered to run in the orchard. Should the trees he 

 large, small strips of lathes or shingles may be 

 placed across the ends to keep the tins more stea- 

 dy. The interval between the tree and the tins 

 must now be carefully filled with swingling tow, 

 on which some small stones may he placed, to 

 keep the whole in its place. 



All that remains to be done, is to fill the trough 

 half or two thirds full of water, anf! to this add a 

 small quantity of common whale oil of the thin- 

 nest quality It is not certain but water alone will 

 be sullicient, so to enfeelile them as to prevent 

 their more difficult ascent after they have got 

 through it, but it is certain that the least contact 

 of their bodies lo the oil, at once kills them ; and 

 in the fall in particular, it is found always in a 

 prop(M- stale to impede their piogress, when the 

 temperature of the weather favors their ascent. — 

 It is veiy probable that a decoction of tobacco 

 leaves, would answer the purpose, where whale 

 •oil cannot readily be obtained. Mr E. Giflbrd of 

 this town was the first who adopted iliis plan, and 

 it lias been in operation two or three years, and 

 eucli has hccij the success attending it, as to si- 



lence the most sceptical. One gentleman, hav- 

 ing a young orchard in this town, of 350 trees, 

 (averaging 7 inches in diameter) for a few years, 

 in a bearingstate, (mind last s|iringlhat they were 

 attacked with the canker-worm. In the month 

 of October last, he had llieni all tinned in the 

 manner I have described. He informs me that 

 the whole expense for the 350 trees will not be 

 far from $75, a little exceeding 21 cents each. I 

 have pxamineil said orchard since it was tinned, 

 and was truly astonished at the" destruction of can- 

 ker-worms. Not one, it is confidently believed, 

 has gone up the trees since said operation. Now 

 should we reckon the cost of tar, the labor and 

 the time spent in the fall, through the frequent 

 thiiws of the winter, in which they have been 

 known to go up, and until late in the spring, when 

 they have done running, I think the expense can- 

 not be less than the above mentioned. And shoulil 

 we further consiiler that the most wary farmer 

 may inadvertently neglect lo tar some time, or, as 

 has been the case, when he was sure of success, 

 he has found in the spring, that many had depos- 

 ited their eggs beneath the tar, under the crevi- 

 ces sf the bark, cr on the grass or small twigs or 

 shoots near the tree, and their young progeny are 

 seen, when loo late, travellitig up ; and thus all 

 his hopes are blighted, and be has in the ensuing 

 autumn, to go thiongli his labor again. Now 

 should the expense of tinning, oil, &c., be thirty 

 seven and a half cents a tree, (the most it is thought 

 that it would cost for the largest,) still the farmer 

 will be amply conipensatej. Besides, after the 

 tins have remained on the trees, say two or three 

 years,-lh(y may be taken off, and laid up in a dry 

 place against time of need, or may become an ar- 

 ticle of traffic. Perhaps it would be well to paint 

 them in the first instance. The whole is submit- 

 ted to a candid |inblic. 



LEMUEL W. BRIGGS. 

 Bristol, R. L, Jan. 15, 1830. 



SEPT. 13. 1817. I 



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I For the N. E. Farmer.! ' 

 BADEN CORN. 



Brighton, Sept. 4, 1837. 

 T. G. Fessenden, Esq. — Dear Sir: You kindly 

 sent me, the 23d of March last, twentytwo kernels 

 of the corn you received from the Hon. Abbot 

 Lawrence, and his letter, together with a letter 

 from Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, and one also, from 

 Thomas Baden, in which he gives a very minute 

 and particular account of the corn to Mr Ells- 

 worth ; the three letters are published in the New 

 England Farmer of March 1st last. On the 19fh of 

 April last, the 22 kernels yon sent me, were plant- 

 ed in six p'Ot.s, and the pots plunged in a hot bed 

 of moderate heat ; every kernel vegetated and 

 grew well, was of a fine green color, and looked 

 healthy. The latter part of May, I put the corn 

 into six hills in a good situation, and, as I 1 bought, 

 a suitable soil. The corn was liirneil out of the 

 pots with care, never wilted after being put in the 

 open ground, and during the continuance of cool 

 nights, each hill was covered with a large flower 

 pot. For some lime it ajipeared almost station- 

 ary ; it then grew rapidly^ and now niejisiires on 

 an average, fourteen feet to the bottom of the 

 spindle — one or two fifteen feet — and six ears on 

 a stalk set; and silked, but very backward, more 

 so than my field corn, >y.bicli was not planted 

 when this corn was six inches in height, and 

 wants now ten days of corn weather to meet a 



frost and escape injury. The ears on the Badei 

 are in number, full equal to what is said in tin 

 letter, hut the lowest ear is set at five feet froi 

 the ground. I give you this account, which 1 be- 

 lieve correct, and should be glad to hear if it has 

 grown in like manner with others ; or if soil, sit. 

 nation, or any circumstances have had an effecl 

 on that you sent me. | 



1 am your friend and 



Obedient servant, 



GORHAM PARSONS. 



Mercury at sunrise, Sat. Sept. 2 — 44 by Fuh. 

 " " " 3—48 do. 



" " " 4—45 do. 



My Thermometer is considered accurate, aiii 

 has hung on the same nail in the shade at 

 north door, for thirtyseven years, and the above 

 account for three aiornings past, is accurately 

 marked ; too cool for corn ; the leaves change 

 color, as if touched iiy frost, but have not yet 

 heard of any in this neighborhood — have fears for 

 the crops of field corn. G. P. , 



By the Editor. — We are under great obligation 

 to Mr Parsons for the care and judgment he hag 

 bestowed in the culture of the mnall sample of 

 corn, which the patriotism of ihe Hon. A. 



Lawrence enabled me to entrust in his hands. , 



If this corn could once become acclimated, or in., 

 ured to our New England seasons, it would, no 

 doubt, be a valuable acquisition to this part of the 

 country, on account of its prolific qualities. Mr 

 Parsons proceeded very judiciously in forwarding 

 the plants in a hot I'ed, &c., but the season has 

 been remarkably unfavorable for the experiment. 

 Should that genllemati succeed in irocnring seed 

 corn, sufficiently ripe to germinate, from his pree- 

 ent growth of the Baden corn, the most difficult 

 step in the progress of its acclimation will be ac- 

 complished. We wish him that success which 

 is merited by the object in view, and the means 

 tiken for its attainment. 



Meteoric Scone. — A correspondent of the N.J 

 H. Patriot, states that a part of a meteoric stonej 

 weighing more than one hundred pounds, a shor 

 time since, fell near the house of Mr Moses Trus 

 sell in that State, and exploded on the ground 

 jarring it for a considerable distance ; the ontsid* 

 of the stone was a shell nearly an inch thicki 

 composed of finest sand cemented and baked into' 

 a stone with a covering of th • same substance, oi 

 one sixteenth part of an inch in thickness, hard 

 like pot metal blistered so tliat the surface was 

 somewhat uneven. The inside was of the saiii« 

 substance, but loose like sand, and there was near- 

 ly a bushel of it. Mr Tnissell put some on his' 

 fire and a sulphurous flame arose from it. 



French Flouf. — Among the other curious 



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things that have lately arrived among us, is the 

 article of French Flour, in barrels, as ground an(J 

 put up ir. Franco, lati ly imported at New York, 

 A friend has showed us a lot that he has for sale, 

 which appears lobe be equal in quality to the besi 

 wesK^rn flour, and in perfectly good condition 



.We have had presented us a Radish measurin 

 18 inches inches in length, and 16 inches In cir 

 ciimferonce, weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Ii 

 was raised in Mr Najiier's garden. — JVorthamptot 

 Courier, 



