No. 14. 



Sweet Mutton — Grafts. 



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Sweet Mutton. 



Isaac Newton, of Delaware county, has 

 brought to market during the past winter 

 about two hundred sheep which he fattened 

 upon sugar-beet, with some portion of corn. 

 This mutton has been pronounced by all our 

 friends, who have tasted it as fully equal to 

 any which they have ever obtained in our 

 market, being remarkably sweet and tender. 

 It has acquired so high a reputation, that Mr. 

 Newton has been unable to supply the de- 

 mand. It deservedly obtained an extra price ; 

 and when our market can be supplied with 

 mutton of this quality it will become an article 

 of general consumption, and be esteemed, as 

 in Europe, one of the most luxurious viands. 

 It is proper to add, that Mr. Newton's sheep 

 referred to above, were in part of the South 

 Down breed, so highly prized in England. 



DEAD ANIMALS. 



All animals which die on a farm should be 

 covered with mould or earth of any kind. 

 Each dead horse or any animal thus treated, 

 would throw out gass enough to impregnate 

 five loads of eartli with its fertalizing pro- 

 perties. To promote the speedy decompo- 

 sition of animal bodies, a few bushels of lime 

 should be thrown on them previously to be- 

 ing covered with earth or mould. After the 

 decomposition of the flesh, the bones should 

 be broken up and placed in the soil, where 

 they prove both an efficient and lasting manure 



Cutting and Scciiriiig of Grafts. 



Now is the proper time tor cutting scions 

 for grafting. The growth of the past season 

 should be taken, of wood plump and well 

 ripened; and it is better, it is said, to take 

 tliem from the extremities of the limbs, 

 rather than the sprouts which are pushed 

 from the trunk and from the large branches. 

 Some prefer cutting grafts in the spring im- 

 mediately before setting. This will answer 

 for some kinds, as the apple, if the buds are 

 not too forward ; but for others, as the plum 

 and cherry, it will not answer as well; the 

 cherry in particular, as I have found by ex- 

 perience. Grafts cut in the spring, after the 

 sap has begun to tlow freely, the vessels be- 

 come expanded and the buds much swollen, 

 are liable to shrink and perish. It is a com- 

 mon saying with nurserymen, that " the graft 

 should be a little hungry when set," to in- 

 sure its taking well ; that is, not too full of 

 sap; neither should it be too much dried and 

 shriveled. After grafts are cut, they should 

 be labelled by tying with fine wire a bit of| 

 pine stick with the name written on it with 

 a lead pencil, and buried in moist earth in the 

 cellar. Other materials than wire, such as 

 twine, bass-mat, &.c. are liable to rot, and the 

 labels thus to become displaced when the 

 Bcions are taken up. w. w. b. 



FURNISH YOUR BOYS WITH PAPERS. 



A subscriber observed the other day, that 

 his boys had rather disliked the business of 

 farming, and when he took a number of the 

 Yankee Farmer home to examine, the boys 

 read it very attentively, and observed that 

 they would do better if he would subscribe 

 for it. He subscribed for the paper, paid in 

 advance, and he says that his boys take more 

 interest in farming, do better and are highly 

 delighted in reading the Farmer. Many other 

 farmers may do likewise with the same ad- 

 vantaofe. 



SADDLE GALLS. 



Saddle Galls are generally occasioned By 

 an unequal pressure of the saddle, or by a 

 saddle being badly fitted to a horse's back, and 

 if neglected they grow into very ugly and trou- 

 blesome sores. When these inflamed tu- 

 mors are first discovered, cold water alone is 

 frequently sufficient to disperse and drive 

 them away, ifapplied as soon as the saddle is 

 pulled off; but when that will not have the 

 desired effect, by washing them twice a day 

 in the mixture I shall here recommend, the 

 cure will be readily performed. — Take of 

 sharp vinegar, one gill; spirits of any kind, 

 one gill; sweet oil or fresh butter, one table 

 spoonful; to be well mixed before used. 



Scalds and Burns. 



The following composition is said by a 

 Cincinnatti paper, to be an excellent remedy 

 for scalds and burns. Mix lime-water and 

 sweet oil together intimately ; the relative 

 proportions should be such as to produce a 

 compound about as near a perfect liquid as 

 cream. This substance is then to be applied 

 to the scald or burn, with a feather or soft 

 rag. Under the application, the pain of the 

 severest burn instantly subsides, and if only 

 renewed is an effectual cure. This applica- 

 tion is not generally known, and as we have 

 seen its efficacy frequently tested, can recom- 

 mend it as the speediest and safest that can 

 be used. 



0:5"The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Philadelphia Agricultural Society, will 

 be held at their room in the Philosophical 

 Hall, on the second floor, in Fifth below 

 Chesnut street, on the third Wednesday, the 

 21st of March, at 11 o'clock, A. M. A 

 punctual attendance of the members is re- 

 quested. Nomination of new members will 

 be received, 



0:CrThe regular monthly meeting of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, will 

 be held in the basement story of the Philoso- 

 phical Hall, at 7 o'clock, the preceding even- 

 ing, the 20th of March inst. 



