THE FARMEBS CABINET. 



VOL. I. 



and fikhy, oauscd by Uie sweat and writhing 

 of the victim of its rapacity. 



1 have been thus particular in noticing the 

 sircx, because, being a usurper of ihe abode 

 of itri foster parent, it has been falsely accu- 

 sed of being the mother of miscliietj instead 

 of a friendly ally, which should be patroni- 

 zed. Among others, the tSussex New Jer- 

 sey Register, liad, ubout six years ago, a bel- 

 ligerent article against this supposed enemy. 



Knowing that, even in a moderate degree, 

 heat proves fatal to the cut-worm, I was led to 

 try its eflect on the peach worm; having 

 placed several in the hollow of my hand, I 

 found thnt water not uncomfortable to my skin, 

 killed them. 1 thence commenced applying 

 boiling water from a watering poc, (without 

 the nose,) pouring it around tiie tree, about IS 

 inches above the ground in sufhcient quantity 

 to heat the bark ; the quantity was varied 

 according to the thickness of the bark and size 

 of the tree; this proved completely success- 

 ful \hr several years, and as long as it was 

 continued. 



The time for using the heat, was the last 

 of summer, and again the middle of the au- 

 tumn, lest some might have escaped or more 

 recently arrived. 



The Cut-worm. — This is the offspring of 

 the phularta devastator; wings horizontal ; 

 white with small dark spots; under wings 

 orange; conceals itself from the sun during 

 the day; lays its eggs near the root of grasses. 

 These worms are of a bluish color, and they 

 travel only in the night; they cut ofi' young 

 cabbages, beans and corn; the latter is injur- 

 ed, *iut not destroyed by them. 



To shun its depredations in gardens, be 

 careful to plant at a distance from any grass 

 plat or lawn. I have lost an entire crop of 

 late planted beans by them, by planting near 

 a grass plat. Frequent superficial hoeing, in 

 he middle of the day, by exposing to the sun, 

 proves fatal to many of them. 



Turnep Jly, is another familiar enemy. I 

 have witnessed many a crop of cabbage and 

 cauliflower plants, also melon and cucumbers 

 destroyed by these minute insects. To obvi- 

 ate this, on the first mentioned small seeds 

 being sown, I liave wetted the ground to the 

 d°i)tii of an inch or more with boiling hot wa- 

 ter; thus destroying the flies and their eggs, 

 and at the same time expediting the germi- 

 nation of the seed. For melons and cucum- 

 bers, I sow and rake radish or turnep seed, 

 on and around each hill; the flies are attracted 

 by these, their more favorite food, from the 

 melons, &c. Against the striped bug, another 

 destroyer of melons, a brood of young ciiickens 

 is a suflicient protection for a whole garden. 



Mr. EpiTOR. — I do not prosnmo to think 

 the abovfl the only or best means of abating 



the evils we suffer from insects ; my object 

 is rather to elicit from others the result of 

 their observation and experience; the subject, 

 in my view, is important. Has any one, 

 more fortunate than myself, -discovered the in- 

 sect, for insect it most probably is, that pro- 

 duces the deforming warts and threatened de- 

 struction of our plumb tree&l 



A knowledge of the agent might lead to the 

 meansof counteracting the influence. May we 

 not hope that some means may be discovered 

 for palliating the impending evils from the 

 wheat insect, by fire or smoke of some oftien- 

 sive kind, as of horns or hoots of animals, 

 made in the evening, at a particular stage of 

 the opening ear. Many remedies and some 

 of much practical utdity have been suggested 

 against the Hessian fly. We ought not to 

 submit to nor look ligtitly on these pests. — 

 Ants, insignificant as they appear in our view, 

 have been suttered to multiply to such an ex- 

 tent on the island of Granada, that a premi- 

 um of jC2,U01i sterling has been ofl^ered from 

 the public treasury, for the best plan for their 

 destruction. Poison and fires are employed. 



Let us exert our energies against the whole 

 race of these destructive insects,- let us devote' 

 a few hours each year to this warfare, and al- 

 though we may not gather laurels, we shall 

 assuredly reap a rich bounty. Senex. 



Kinderhooli, March, 1836. 



Milcli CoAvs. 



The attention of farmers is invited to the 

 consideration of the character and condition ^ 

 of our mdch cows. 



How much ought a cow to yield to be 

 worth her keeping' What is the average 

 time that our cows are in milk"! Is there 

 much if any waste of fodder among us by 

 keeping cattle that yield little or no return of 

 profit! Questions like these, and there are 

 many such, ought to be put and answered: 

 — it may turn out that our dairy stock is 

 extremely low in character, and its manage- 

 ment wasteful. 



If something like an average quality of 

 milch cows could be settled to atlbrd a stand- 

 ard, and it should be understood that no 

 good farmer would keep an animal for milk 

 that fell below it, all the cows in the coun- 

 try would soon come up to the standard ai«i 

 go beyond it. 



A milch cow of medium quality, in this 

 State, will give, it is supposed, 12 quarts of 

 milk per day for two months alter calving, 

 and 7 quarts per day on grass for the next 4 

 months, and 4 quarts per day for the follow- 

 ing 2 months, and perhaps twoqnarts 1 month 

 longer. Altogether la(IO (jts. in a year. 



It takes 9 quarts of milk to make a pound 

 of butter, and 4 quarts to yield a pound of 



