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THE FARMEnS CABINET. 



VOL. 1. 



culty. We never crush tliem, but decapi- 

 tate them with the tiiuinb nail. The eggs 

 are commonly laid on the under side of the 

 leaves ; and unless destroyed, the plant is 

 soon poisoned by the new brood. 'I'he at- 

 tention of a few minutes, once in two or three 

 days has been sufficient to restrain their de- 

 predations in our gardens. 



AnthracUe Ashes. — It is beginning to bn 

 discovered that anthracite ashes, which were 

 formerly considered as only a nuisance, are 

 really worth something — nay, valuable — ?.s a 

 manure. Comparative experiments have 

 been tried with them on grass lands, and in 

 gardens and fields, and they are pronounced 

 to have produced better effects than the ma- 

 nure ordinarily in use. 



A new and colossal vegetable, to which 

 the high sounding name of "Tiie Waterloo 

 Cesarean Cow Cabbage" has been given, 

 has lately been introduced into England. It 

 is said to grow from nine to twelve feet in 

 height, and from fifteen to twenty in circum- 

 ference. Five of these ponderous cabbages 

 are said to have proved sufficient for 100 

 sheep, or 10 cows per day ; while its nutri 

 cious qualities are represented to be as great 

 as itself. 



§tarcS]. 



A little salt sprinkled in starch, while it is 

 boiling, tends to prevent it from sticking; it is 

 likewise good to stir it with a clean sperma 

 ceti candle. 



Superior JoSiuuy Cake. 



The following receipt will make a Johnny 

 cake fit for an alderman, a mayor, ad editor 

 or any otiier dignitary in the land : Take one 

 quart of milk,three eggs, one tea-spoonful sal- 

 eratus, one tea cup of wheat flour and Indian 

 meal, sufficient to make a batter to the con- 

 sistency of pancakes. Bake quick in pans 

 previously buttered, and eat warm with but- 

 ter or milk. The addition of wheat flour will 

 be found a great improvement in the art of 

 making these cakes. 



ISoiBc Mamaire. 

 Bone dust strewed lightly over the rows 

 where peas, beans, or any other seeds arc 

 sown, has been found to insure a fine and more 

 healthy plant than any other kind of manure. 

 It is also of great service in improving the 

 bloom of all kinds of flowers. 



A correspondent recommends the rubbing 

 of the limbs of the plumb with soft soap, to 

 prevent the black canker. Success attends it. 



Saving MantBre. 



One of the most important parts of farming, 

 consists in the saving, and proper application 

 of manures. With respect to the stiving of 

 manures, it can be effected in more ways than 

 are generally imagined. 'J'here is probably 

 no branch of agricultural economy, in which 

 there is fo much waste, as in this. Very 

 frequently nut half the quantity is saved 

 which might be, by a little more cost and 

 care; and the little that ni;iy chance to be sa- 

 ved, is perhaps sulfered to remain, before it is 

 applied to the land, exposed to the action of 

 rain and theatmofphere, till it has lost, by t!ie 

 process of leaching and evaporation, the 

 greater iialf of its fertilizing properties. 



In the first place, vv'iih a view to the saving 

 of manure, we should have our fiirms located 

 so as to secure the wash upon our cultivated 

 lands, instead of suffering it, as too many do, 

 to run oft' in the ditch of the highway, or upon 

 some uncultivated spot which does not derive 

 any benefit from it. The wash of the yard 

 should be conducted, by suitable ditches, to 

 those places where it is most needed. In 

 some situation!', with a very trifling expense, 

 it may be distributed over several acrer, 

 which will be thus rendered permanently 

 productive. If our buildings are not this 

 favorably located, we should by all means 

 make our yards dished, so as to collect the 

 wash in the centre, which should be liberally 

 supplied with litter, muck, or turf, which will 

 absorb the juices that contain a great portion 

 of the strength of the manure, and prevent 

 their waste by evapi.ration or otherwise. 

 Some farmers have a cistern in the centre of 

 the yard, to collect the wash, which may 

 thence be conveyed, in suitable casks, to the 

 lands where it will be most beneficial, and 

 will serve the double purpose of irrigation 

 and manure. This is doubtless one of the 

 most efficient modes in which manure can be 

 applied. I am aware, however, that few 

 farmers are snincicntly sensible of the impor- 

 tance of saving all that can be converted into 

 inanure to be thus particular. But would 

 not the interest of tlie farmer, and the good 

 of the community be promoted by a greater 

 attention to this subject ! Would not he re- 

 ceive a handsome profit on his capital and la- 

 bor? If we have not the means to make 

 those improvements and conveniences which 

 others po.-^sessing a larger capital can, wo 

 m:iv at least occasionally turn a furrow, to 

 i;()ii(iuct the wash of the higiuvny, of the l)arn 

 (;r of other buildings upon the fields, which 

 will in conspquence, assume a deeper green, 

 and wave with a richer verdure. 



Respecting the best way of appltjing ma- 

 nure, we may suggest some hints in a future 

 number. CINCINNATUS. 



