VOL,. XI. NO. 40, 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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For the best plantation of Wliito Miiibeiry Trees, 

 not less than 150 m uuinher, which shall be in 

 the best thriving condition in the autumn of 1833, 

 $25, next best, 15. For the best specimen of silk, 

 not less than 3 lbs. $9, next best 7, next best, 4. 



Swine. For the best boar, $8, next best, 6. 

 Best breeding sow, $8, next best, 6, — the best 

 pigs, not less than 3, from 4 to 8 months old, S3, 

 next best, 3. 



All unsuccessful competitors for premiums of- 

 fered by the Society for stock and swine shall be 

 allowed from tht funds of the Society 8 cents per 

 mile for travel from their respective places of 

 abode to the town where the annual show is 

 holdeu. 



Domestic Manufactures. The articles for which 

 premiums are offered are broadcloth, plain cloth, 

 kerseymere, flannel, sole leather, harness leather, 

 neat's leather, calf skins, cowhide, pegged boots, 

 calf skin boots, men's shoes, Ladies' shoes. 



Household Manufactures. Carpeting, woollen 

 coverlet, woollen knit half hose, straw bonnets, 

 woollen blankets, hearth rug, butter, cider. 



Machines and tools. The person who shall pro- 

 duce at the show any agricultural implement of 

 his own invention, which shall deserve a reward 

 not exceeding $10. 



Forest 7'rees. White oak trees, white ash trees, 

 elm trees. 



Fruit trees. Apple orchard, engrafted pears. 

 Fruits, specimen of apples, pears, peaches, grapes 

 and other fruits to be used at the annual dinner of 

 the Society. Premiums will also be awarded for 

 the best specimens of vegetables. 



Farms. For the best cultivated farm, regard 

 being had to the quantity of produce, manner and 

 expense of cultivation, &c. $25, next best, 20, 

 next, 15 — 10. 



Ploughing Match. To consist of double and 

 single teams, five of each, premiums from $10 

 to 3. 



Trial of working oxen to take place immediate- 

 ly after the services at the meeting-house. 



The Society has reserved fifty dollars to be 

 awarded to such persons as shall exhibit any 

 article of utility for which no premium has been 

 offered. 



From the Genesee Farmer. 

 IMPROVED CATTLE. 



On the subject of cattle, I am decided in the 

 opinion that the 2>u)/inm, crossed with the Devons, 

 is a very great improvement in the latter, giving 

 them size and increasing their milking properties, 

 which I have fully proved by actual experiment. 



The improved short horned Durham cattle distinct 

 need no crossing, other than to obtain the fine ma- 

 hogany color of the Devon. In every other re- 

 spect they surpass any known breed I am fully 

 persuaded: — for instajice, in milking properties, 

 the cow owned by John Hare Powel, Esq. that 

 gave thirty-six quarts of rich milk daily, and 

 made rising of (i«en<^ pounds of butter per week; 

 also, the fine heifer raised by Charles H. Hall, 

 Esq., ofHarlaem, N Y. which at four years old 

 gave thirty four quarts of milk daily ; also, the cow 

 Princess, imported by G. W. Featherstonhaugh, 

 Esq., that gave thirty-six quarts of milk daily; and 

 several others that I could name, owned in Mas- 

 sachusetts and Connecticut, nearly equal. And 

 for the stall, the fine bull imi)orted by Charles H. 

 Hall, Esq.; also. Champion, imported by the Pat- 

 roon of Albany ; and Admiral, sent out from Eng- 



land byj^Sir Isaac Coffin. No finer animals could 

 he foimd in England than the ahove. They were 

 selected by the best judges in England without re- 

 gard to trouble or expense. From such animals, 

 with a little attention, great benefit may be derived 

 and our present stock of cattle much improved. 

 L. Jenki.ns. 

 Canandaigua, March 14, 1833. 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OP SWEET 

 POTATOES. 



(Convolvulus batatas.) 



The slips, as they are called, of sweet potatoes 

 should be placed in a hot-bed, to force out the 

 sprouts ; or, if no hot-bed is attached to the prem- 

 ises, the following simple method will answer : — 

 Dig a hole two or three feet deep, which should 

 be filled with horse manure and well pressed 

 down, to give a bottom heat ; on this place about 

 four inches of loam ; in the loam place the slips, 

 which in a few days will throw out numerous 

 sprouts. The slips should then be taken up and 

 planted out wherever wanted, in a light and rath- 

 er sandy soil — taking care to place them on the top 

 of the ground, and draw the earth over them. But 

 little care is requisite afterwards, excepting to keep 

 the weeds down, and occasionally give the vines, 

 which run like squash vines, a twist round the hill 

 to prevent them striking root at the several joints, 

 by which the size of the potatoes in the hill is in- 

 creased. 



Oy^The slips are so perishable in their nature 

 that they must be immediately placed in a hot-bed 

 as above directed, or they will soon be lost by rot- 



From the Aew York Farmer. 

 JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 



On most of our farms there are gullies and other 

 spots, inaccessible to the plough. If these were 

 planted with the Jerusalem Artichoke, and suffer- 

 ed to remain unmolested for three years, they 

 will furnish for many years after, a good range 

 for store hogs in winter. The rooting of the hogs 

 will serve to spread, not eradicate them, as the 

 smallest piece will grow, and the summer season 

 will recruit them for many years. 



ADVANTAGE OP AMBIGUITY. 



A Baltimore Editor says, he has lost three 

 subscribers, one because he supported Jackson, a 

 second because he supported Adams, and a third 

 because his paper was neutral — but what is most 

 remarkable, the displeasure of the three was ex- 

 cited by the same piece ! 



BOOT BLACKING. 



Put one gallon of vinegar into a stone jug, add 

 one pound ivory black well pulverized, half pound 

 loaf sugar, half ounce of oil vitriol, one ounce 

 sweet oil. The whole costs but 56 cents, and 

 will last a fanner years. — Genesee Farmer. 



To destroy Ants in Gardens. 0\ku their nests 

 with a hoe, and pour in boiling water from a tea 

 kettle. Or, pour a little spirits of turpentine into 

 their holes, from a vial, or the nose of a lamp filler. 

 Such as are not killed by coming in contact with 

 the spirits of turpentine, immediately take to their 

 heels. A few drops in a closet or pantry are Bufli- 

 cient security against ants. 



It is said ants will not climb over a chalk line, 

 even after sugar. Those who have faith in the 

 saying, may try the experiment. — lb. 



ITEMS OP ECONOMY, ARTS, &c. 



We have been shown a parcel of chasselas and 

 sweet-water grapes, the produce of the garden of 

 one of our most successful horticulturists, Mr. P. 

 Ay mar. No. 181 Wooster street. They were laid 

 down in sawdust on the 19th September last and 

 taken out this day, the 3d of April, in as perfect 

 preservation as when gathered. — .V. Y. Evening 

 Post. 



Toads. The society of toads should be culti.- 

 vated in gardens. They are not only perfectly 

 harmless, hut are very useful in extirpating bugs, 

 cockroaches, &c. Some recommend the placing 

 of a piece of bark, or a chip at intervals through- 

 out the inclosure, under which these animals may 

 secrete themselves during the day, and be ready 

 for business at the approach of night. — Southern 

 Planter. 



Cucumbers. A new way of raising cucumbers 

 is as follows ; Take an empty flour barrel, with 

 one head out; bore a hole through every stave 

 uearthe bottom; fill the barrel full of manure; dig 

 a hole in the ground and set it in, say half way 

 up ; make a bed of light soil all around it, and 

 plant the cucumber seeds outside of the barrel. 

 In a dry time pour a bucket of water every day 

 into the barrel, which will ooze out through the 

 holes you have bored in the staves, and thus reach 

 the roots carrying with it the strength of the ma 

 nure. The advantage of this mode is, that the 

 roots are kept sufficiently moist, without being too 

 wet, as happens when they are planted inside of 

 the barrel ; or without having the surface of the 

 ground crusted, as is the case when planted in hills 

 and sprinkled with a watering pot. — lb. 



Milk Powder. Fresh milk slowly evaporated 

 over a fire will produce a dry powder. This is to 

 be put in a bottle and closely corked. When 

 wished for use, a suitable quantity is dissolved in 

 water. It will, it is said, have th^ taste and all 

 the properties of milk. — D>. 



Mr. William Carver, one of the oldest and 

 most experienced farriers of this city, who has 

 written many newspaper articles and pamphlets 

 against cruelty to horses, says, " No horse is worth 

 so much by twenty-five per cent., with his tail cut 

 off"." — Phil, paper. 



To cure Founders. Col. B. Chambers, of Paris, 

 Ky., pounds and dissolves in water a lump of alum 

 of the size of a walnut. With this licjuid the 

 horse is drenched, when he is thrown into a pro- 

 fuse perspiration, and immediately relieved. — V. 

 Y. Farmer. 



Bed Bugs or Chinches may be destroyed by quick- 

 silver beat up with the white of an egg, and ap- 

 plied with a feather to cracks and crevices inves- 

 ted by them. Corrosive sublimate dissolved in 

 spirits will have the same effect. But as it is a 

 deadly poison, great caution is necessary. 



The best contrivance we have seen for ridding 

 houses (especially ceiled ones) of these disagreea- 

 ble vermin, is a small portable steamer, invented 

 we believe by John Schley of this state. Its cost 

 is not over two or three dollars. Travellers through 

 "tlie Nation" might find it greatly to their aomfort 

 to have one along with them. — lb. 



Silk Cocoons. Mrs. Parmentier has received a 

 diploma from the American Institute for the Mo- 

 rns MuUicaulis, exhibited at the Fair, in October 

 last, and her daughter a silver medal for her ex- 

 periment in raising cocoons fed on the morus mul- 

 ticaulis. — lb. 



