NO. 2. 



THE FARMERS CABINET. 



31 



To hoary cliff and mountain top, the eagle wings 



his flight, 

 Where the first beams of morning rest in floods 



of sparkhng light ; 

 Surveys the realms that lie below, the groves the 



flood.s the sea, 

 Realms of the fearless and the brave, sweet home 



of Liberty ! 



Come to the fields, the turf is green, the flowers 

 are springing bright. 



Dew drops are glittering on the buds and danc- 

 ing in the light ; 



Stern winter's step no more is heard, his storms 

 are far away, 



Warm gloas the sun, the air is balm, and glad 

 the livelong day. 



Come to the church-yard, here arc flowers that 



wave their petals light 

 Above the graves of those we loved when youth 



and hope were bright, 

 When life was budding fresh, and each spring 



was heard to saj', — 

 " Come, where each morn, each night is bliss; 



make haste and come away." 



Though the tall grass waves o'er the lowly bed. 



where the loved in silence sleep, 

 And the faded flowers lie on the spot where we 



knelt to pray and weep ; 

 Yet he who bids the opening rose in the breath 



of spring to live, 

 Will raise from death our dearest friends, and 



beauty immortal give ! 



W. GAYLORD. 

 Otisco, May, 1836. 



er is best for tliis purpose, because the sap 

 vessels will continue open longer, the sap 

 will be discharged, the roots weakened, and 

 eventually they will lose their power of pro- 

 ducing new shoots. Take a scrutinizing, 

 scientific survey of your fruit trees, and pick 

 uH' a part of the fruit from limbs which are 

 over loaded, or put props under tliem. 



Beet Root. 



We do not recollect any agricultural pro- 

 duct which has engaged so much attention 

 as the beet root, cultivated for the purpose of 

 making sugar. Reports of the interest 

 witli which this subject is regarded reach us 

 from almost every quarter of the union. The 

 seed of this plant cultivated in France, has 

 been distributed in the city of Washington, 

 and the experiment of raising it for the man- 

 ufacture of sugar will be tried in most of the 

 states. 



An agent it is well known has been des- 

 patched by some of our enterprising citizens, 

 from this city to France, lor the purpose of 

 obtaining information in regard to the culture 

 and the best process of fabricating tiie sugar. 

 Some of his reports have been published. — 

 In our next and succeeding numbers, we 

 shall endeavor to give a brief but comprehen- 

 sive view of this interesting business, avail- 

 ing ourselves of the information collected by 

 the agent above referred to, and other sources 

 entitled to credit. 



Seasonable Advice. 



Select the ripest and most plump seeds 

 from such plants as are most thrifty and vig- 

 orous, and you will improve your breeds of 

 vegetables as much as, and much as the same 

 manner that breeds of domestic animals are 

 improved by propagating e-\clusively from 

 the best specimeis of each species. Preserve 

 your sheep from the gad-fly, which causes 

 worms in the head, by keeping their noses 

 constantly smirched with tar from the middle 

 of August to the latter part of September. If 

 you mix a little salt with tar, and place it un- 

 der cover where your sheep can have access 

 to it, they will keep their noses sufficiently 

 smeared with tar to prevent the insect from 

 injuring them. 



Cut down or dig up the roots, of all useless 

 or obnoxious plants in good season, that is to 

 say, before their seeds are formed, or nearly 

 ripened, and either throw them to your swine, 

 or rake them into heaps, and bury them with 

 sods, mud, rich earth, &c. or dry them in the 

 sun for feeding cattle in the winter. This is the 

 right time of the year for destroying the bush- 

 es, which infest your pastures. Wet weath- 



]>cstroyiiig Insects. 



A friend of ours informs us, that a decoc- 

 tion of red peppers sprinkled or poured over 

 melon or cucumber plants, will efTectually 

 guard them against the striped bugs; and 

 another has applied quicklime to great advan- 

 tage. When the bugs are very numerous, 

 we think tliese applications would be useful ; 

 but our main dependence has been on our 

 own vigilance. The hills ought to be ex- 

 amined at least twice a day, mornings and 

 evenings, and we often visit them at noon 

 when we apprehend danger; but the bugs are 

 so very active when the weather is warm, 

 that many escape ; and we have sometimes 

 used the watering pot to check their activity. 



We arc not believers in the doctrines of 

 infinities as applied to insects. We know 

 that the numbers of many kinds are lim.ited ; 

 and we annually reduce the striped bugs so 

 much in a few days, that they occasion little 

 trouble afterwards. 



The large black bug which infests squash- 

 es and pumkins, is a formidable insect, al- 

 ways checking the growth and oflen destroy- 

 ing the whole plant. It very rarely attempts 

 to fly away, and may be caught without diffi- 



