THE FARMERS CABINET. 



VOL. I. 



From Ihe Cultivator 



Value of Fruit 



Good fruit will be admitted by all, to be one 

 of the most indispenaable comforts of life. — 

 Then why do so many farmers neglect to pro- 

 cure it — wlien, with a \\il\cp 'ensure (I will 

 not call it trouble) in grafting and inocculating 

 it could be so easily etlected. Many farm- 

 ers live — or rather get along from year to 

 year, without making any effort to accomplish 

 so desirable an object. To such, these re- 

 marks are directed, (for to no others would 

 they apply) in order to stimulate them to ac- 

 tion. And as this month (May) is the season 

 for transplanting fruit trees, I presume none 

 will neglect to obtain a supply, and those of 

 the most approved kinds. 



We should always be well provided with 

 young trees, particularly the peach, — as this 

 is a short lived tree at longest, that as the old 

 ones decay, we may replace them, and thus 

 keep our stock good. I have noticed with re- 

 gret that many peach orchards are suffered 

 to decay, and some have entirely disappear- 

 ed, without a single effort of the proprietors 

 to replenish tl>em. Surely so delicious a 

 fruit is worth paying the utmost attention to. 

 What incalculable benefits may be derived 

 from a little attention — for instance — one in 

 inoculating, another in transplanting fruit 

 trees — how he is rewarded ten-fold for his la- 

 bor in beholding his efforts crowned with suc- 

 cess — to say nothing of the profits and enjoy- 

 ment to be derived therefrom. 



I am inclined to believe, that an orchard of 

 well selected fruit, where we are not contigu- 

 ous to a good market for it, might be made 

 profitable in fattening our pork. If farmers 

 would keep an accurate account of the ex- 

 pense of fattening their pork in the usual meth- 

 od of feeding corn, I thint they would readi- 

 ly find that they were losing money. Hence 

 the necessity of devising some cheaper meth- 

 od. I propose to make ai experiment with 

 boiled apples, mixed with a given quantity 

 of meal. 



Will some other farmers make some expe- 

 riments of this kind, and communicate the re- 

 sult. Respectfully, GEO. WfLLETS. 



Skaueateles, Onondaga Co, 



TSie Grub, or Cut-lVorin. 



The ravages of this insect last spring, par- 

 ticularly in our corn fields, give an import- 

 ance to every suggestion which may prom- 

 ise a preventive. The remedy suggested be- 

 low, has the sanction of philosophy as well 

 as experience, and promises the further bene- 

 fit of being decidedly beneficial to the growth 

 -of the corn. 



The labor and expense of making the np- 



i plication are comparatively trivial. It is 

 probably the caustic qualities of the alkali 

 afforded by tlie asiies and lime, that keep the 

 worm from the circle of its influence, or de- 

 stroy it. We copy the article from the Ten- 

 nessee Farmer. 



" As soon as the corn is covered with earth, 

 let a hand follow, having a bag at his side, 

 containing ashes and plaster mixed, one third 

 of the latter, and two thirds of tiie former, or 

 ashes alone, either bleached or unbleached. — 

 The latter would probably be preferable — 

 and let him drop a handful on each hill of 

 corn. We would recommend, where it can 

 be obtained, the partial substitution of lime 

 for ashes, in which case, to preserve the 

 hands of the dropper from injury, it will be 

 necessary for him to use a cup, shell, er 

 gourd, with which to take up the lime — each 

 bag should be large enough to contain as 

 much of the substance used as the dropper 

 can conveniently carry. 



We request our readers in this vicinity to 

 give the foregoing a fair trial, and to furnish 

 us with an accurate account of the result, 

 both as to its effects in preventing the rava- 

 ges of the Cut- Worm and in increasing the 

 crop. In our use of ashes and plaster, they 

 were dropped on the seed corn, and covered 

 with it. The effect on the crop was der.i- 

 dedly and greatly beneficial. For preventing 

 the ravages of the Cut-Worm, there is good 

 reason to believe tnat it would be best to de- 

 posit the ashes on the hill after the corn is 

 covered, and this mode will probably be 

 found nearly, if not quite as beneficial in in- 

 creasing the crop." 



Woodside^s Revolving Harrow — Depth of 

 Ploughing — Spirit of Agricultural Im- 

 provement. 



Sir. — 1 am attached to the office of the 

 Registry of tlie Treasury of the United States. 

 A portion of my duty as a clerk was to record 

 Inventions Patented. In doing which I per- 

 ceived many improvements offered in the 

 plough, &c. This led me to remark that no 

 improvement had been made in the Harrow ; 

 and having somewhat of a mechanical turn 

 of mind, I concluded there was much room 

 for improvement in that implement, and 

 accordingly set to work to devise a new 

 method of harrowing, or more properly speak- 

 ing, of pulverizing the earth. It affords 

 me pleasure to state that yourself and very 

 many others have borne testimony to the val- 

 uable improvement which I have made in that 

 implement. 



Atler having tested my improvement, and 

 giving it the name of Revolving Harrow, I 

 concluded I might also make some improve- 

 ! ment by sowing the grain from the cart to 



