vol. VVI. NO. «9. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



able counsel. WeKhoul.l breuk down the hamcr 

 to every speeics of industry, mid liy leaving every 

 man to enjoy the fruits of liis ovCn l.ihor, iindi- 

 niiiii.shcd by the exaction of a rapacious jjovern- 

 inent. Let these principles be tlie immovable 

 basis of our political economy. Our commerce 

 and our manufactures should be defended and 

 cherished like the sacred .-ioil of our Ropuhlir. 

 With means so ample ami unembarrassed, we 

 should give more enterprise and extension to 

 works of domestic improvement. A taste for ag- 

 ricultural pursuits should be inspired, and new 

 impulse given to public spirit. liistilutions 

 should be established, which, by assimilating the 

 feelings of our citizens, njay slrengtlien that union 

 which is the bulwark of ..ur national independ- 

 ence. Already the influence of oiir character 

 far e.Yceeds that of our strength, and our claims 

 to the rank of a primary power, are admitted by 

 the whole world, whose attention daily becomes 

 more and more fixed upon our conduct. A great 

 example is wanted by mcnkind— Irorn us they 

 demand it — and the cause of universal 

 interwoven in our actions. 



1 have the honor to be, verv respeclfully, your 

 devoted servant. D. JAY BROVVNE. 



us 

 liberty 



(For the N. E. I'armer.j 

 Mr Editor — I read 



with interest in your pa- 

 per of the 9th insl., Air Kenrick's account of Dr 

 Joel Burnett's ingenious device to destroy the 

 Curenlio. fn this region our plums have been 

 entirely cut off by this fell destroyer. 



The trees bloom and the young fruits appear in 

 due time in great abundance. But by the time 

 they arrive to the size of a common black cherry 

 of a sudden every one of them will show a small 

 drop of colorless fluid, oozing from the most de- 

 pending part. In a little time they will begin to 

 drop otf and ere they arrive to maturity not one 

 remains on the trees. Having two fine green 

 gage and one chickasaw plum-trees in my garden, 

 I had seen my hopes blasted from year to year. 

 I commenced at last picking np the plums as 

 soon as they fell and at the same time puiting 

 them into the fire or otherwise destroying them 

 but I found t'.'is to be a tedious and almost hope-' 

 less undertaking, for if I destroyed in this way the 

 futin-e jirogeny about my own trees, my neigh- 

 bors trees would sotm furnish a fresh colony of 

 invaders. Not knowing what expedient the in- 

 visible enemy took to make the attack, whether 

 by the wing or by crawling np the body of the 

 trees, but hoping it migiit be by the latter way, I 

 had my trees tinned ami the trem-hes of the" tin 

 channel ;;roiind the trees, J filled with water and 

 1 little lam[) oil to float on its surface. The lea- 

 lers of your valuable paper ujaysee a description 

 )f tins, the form and manner <d' applying iliern, in 

 Vo. 10 of the present volume of the N. E. Ear- 

 ner. Since the application of tins to my trees 

 'ley have borne abundantly, and the last season 

 gathered 1 1-2 bushels of delicious plums from 

 ny two green gage trees. 



The same application to apple trees is lound 

 ffectual in preventing the ascent of the canker 

 iform, and is well wmth the trial on pluni trees, 

 lid it is believed will prove equally eflicacious in 

 estroying the Ciirculio. The cost for each tree 

 /ill not exueed 25 cts. 



Yours, &c. L. W. BRIGGS. 



Bristol, R. I. May 12, 1838. 



^RACK HEATH PLOUGH. 



" The plate introduces to public notice, what 

 in my humble estitnaiion promises to be one of 

 the most useful inventions ever exhibited to the 

 farmer, whetlier of sharp ^hiys or stift" gravels ; 

 and when I say this, I do not mean in the slight- 

 est degree to dispaiage the subsoil plough of Mr 

 Smith. 1 would rather include his implement in 

 my encomium ; because the objects of ea(di being 

 the same, viz: loosening not turnins; up the sub- 

 soil, I do not see why each invention should not 

 have occurred simultaneously, without either of 



the authors being chargeable with plagiarism. 



The one is afoot, the other a wheel plough. The 

 public must decide which is best." 



"Sir Edward Stracey says, he inv^'iited his 

 plough in the year 1833. He adds, I have broken 

 up nearly 500 acres of heath lan<l with this plough ; 

 (ny crops have been nearly doubled ; the wheat 

 produced on the laud so broken up has been fine 

 plump grain, weighing about 63 1-2 lbs. to the 

 imperial bushel ; anil it has fetched the best price 

 in the market, when before the deep plougliiu" 

 the land scarcely produced the seed ; the wheat 

 was poor and shrivelled ; and as I had no manure 

 to lay on the ground I can ascribe the goodness 

 of the crop to nothing but the deep ploughing." 



" For planting trees this plough far exceeds 

 diggiuif, as, by (iroper management, the soil may 

 he broken two feet deep all around ; instead of the 

 young trees being crammed into a little hols, 

 where they have no room to breathe ; and the 

 whole may be done at a fourth of the expense of 

 trenching. Some of my neighbors are getting 

 iliese (iloughs for the express purpose of plant- 

 ing. — Biitisk Farmer's Magazine, Jor Jul)/ 1837. 



On the greatest quantity of Sugar made fiom 

 beets, grown in 1S3S, on not less than 1 acre 

 sample to be exhibited at the annual iVIarch me«t- 

 ing, 1839, 8 7 6 6 4 



On the greatest l»ngth and best arranged hedge 

 (or fence, not less than 50 rods, IQ, 6, 4, 



On the greatest number of Yellow Locust 'trees' 

 which shall be grown in 1838, for the purpose of 

 tmiber trees, and on which a premium has never 

 been awarded, 10 " ^ 



On the greatest number of Yellow Loc'ust 

 trees, which shall be raised from seed sown in 

 1838, 6 5 3 



On the greatest quantity of sound Corn raised 

 on one acre of land in 1S3S, with a written de- 

 seription of the mode of cultivation, the quantity 

 of manure u.sed and mode of application, together 

 with the whole cost and expense attending the 

 cullivalion, and such further remarks by each of 

 the claimants for premiums ofl"eivd on the fore- 

 gomg, as they may judge to be of importance to 

 the community, 8,7,6,5,4, 



Premiums on Silk and Mulberry do not apply 

 to Corporations, yet it would be gratifying to have 

 samples of their manufacture presented at the an- 

 nual exhibition. 



SILK AND BEET SUGAR. 



Silk and Beet Premiums, to be awanled, March 

 1839, by the Hampshire, Hampden and Frank- 

 lin Agricultural Society. 



On the greatest quantity of Raw Silk, the 

 growth of 1838, samples to be exhibited at the 

 annual March meeting, 1839, $5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 



On the greatest quantity of Silk, being the 

 growth of 1838, and manufactured into sewing 

 silk or articles of apparel, samples to be exhil.iied 

 March 1839, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 



Anti-Co.mbustio.v Discovered. We have 



now before us a piece of muslin, which, on being 

 put into the flame of a candle, or thrown into the 

 fire, merely carbonises, without inflaming ; so that 

 any woman dressed in materials so prepared can- 

 not be burnt by any of those accidents by which 

 both young and aged too often suffer the most 

 painful deaths. The finest colors are not affected 

 by the process. It is equally applicable to every 

 substance, from the canvass of a ship of war to 

 the finest lace, for the curtains of beds, the furni- 

 ture of rooms, the coverings of sofas, anil nil those 

 materials which ot'ten cause conflagration. It 

 also prevents ihe attacks of mildew. Papers sub- 

 jected to great heat only carbonise, and leave the 

 writing, or the numbi rs and value of bank notes 

 legible. 'I'he general utility of this discovery will 

 command attention. We understand that a for- 

 eign Government has commanded its use, and 

 that a company is forming here for its immediate 

 in^roductiou. — London Lit. Gaz. 



