310 



Take care of your Implements. — Fruit Trees. Vol. XII. 



several times by his neighbour to go and see 

 upwards of 100 bushels of corn grown, some 

 said 110 bushels, by estimation. I did not 

 go to see it, but a few weeks since, Mr. 

 Whitaker told me, that he took between 

 2300 and 2500 bushels from 25 acres. 



J. Jones. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Take care of your Implements. 



Mr. Editor, — Nothing affords me greater 

 pleasure, than the annual agricultural meet- 

 ings which take place around us, " topped 

 off", as they are," — as my friend Tomlmgs 

 says — "with an appropriate address, by some 

 veteran in the cause." Many of these I 

 make it my duty to attend ; and perhaps one 

 of the best speeches ever delivered on such 

 an occasion, was that by Dr. Darlington, at 

 the meeting of the Philadelphia Agricultu- 

 ral Society, at the Rismg-Sun, four years 

 ago. It may be found at page 124, of the 

 ninth vol. ot the Cabinet; and to it, I often 

 turn for re-perusal, my establishment bearing 

 witness, that such "labour is not in vain." 

 It is concise and plain, and coming home, as 

 it does, to every man's business, the lessons 

 that it teaches are easily remembered, and 

 as easily practiced; the leading feature being 

 the proper use and necessary care of our 

 tools and implemenls. For a considerable 

 time after its delivery, I could perceive its 

 beneficial effects, in the general manage- 

 ment of my neighbours' establishments; and 

 I would add, in my own, in particular, to the 

 present hour. I well remember, the first 

 thing I did after it, was to repair my outer 

 gate, which, for years had been swinging in 

 the blast, but never shutting; and the next, 

 to build a shed, both wind and water-tight, 

 for the bestowal of my implements, suffi- 

 ciently large to afford "a place for every 

 thing." Here, every tool is kept fit for use, 

 out of the way of the droppings of the poul- 

 try-roost, by which so many of our imple- 

 ments, and even our carts and market wag- 

 ons are disfigured ; and especially our ploughs 

 and harrows, which are generally left thus 

 exposed for many months together, unless 

 they are snugly packed away under the 

 fence of the Held last ploughed, and shel- 

 tered by a growth of weeds five feet in 

 •height! Now I calculate that my savings 

 in the wear and tear of tools, since the de- 

 livery of that speech, have not been less 

 than ^50 per annum ; while I put down the 

 time gained by having "everything in its 

 place" and fit for use, worth as much more — 

 a very pleasant mode of adding $100 a year 

 to one's income, on the faith of the old 

 .adage, " A penny saved is a penny got." 



Travelling, some time since, through New 

 Jersey, I noticed a large roller, on the frame 

 of which had been erected a high roof, as a 

 protection against injury from sun and rain; 

 and seeing, the other day, a large and very 

 expensively constructed double implement 

 of this description, lying on Arch street 

 wharf, with the name "Dr. Noble, Dela- 

 ware City," on it, I would take the liberty 

 of recommending the Dr. to follow the ex- 

 ample, adding a seat for the driver; the oxen 

 being easily guided, by a line from the tip of 

 the left horn of the near ox, to that of the 

 right horn of his companion. With this 

 care, and housing it when out of use, such 

 an implement would last a young man his 

 life time. T. C. S. 



P. S. Since writing the above, I have had 

 occasion to visit a friend, when, on enquiry 

 for a sight of his plough, he reflected a mo- 

 ment, and said, " Let me see, where did we 

 use it last? Oh, I remember, it was in the 

 upper field, last wheat sowing;" and there 

 we found it, safe, but not sound, and in a 

 condition not easy to be imagined. 



On the Principles of Vitality and Lou« 

 gevity in Fruit Trees. 



BY PROFESSOR TURNER, ILLINOIS COLLEGE. 



I HAVE read with much interest, the vari- 

 ous discussions on fruit trees and their dis- 

 eases, in the several numbers of the Horti- 

 culturist. I have delayed the correspondence 

 which I sometime since promised, partly for 

 want of time, and partly in order to avail 

 myself of the advantage of a tour through 

 northern Illinois and Iowa, to examine nur- 

 series and converse with practical nursery- 

 men and fruit growers, so as either to con- 

 firm my theory by facts, or reject it. The 

 result is, that my views, derived 1st, from 

 the necessary laws of vegetable physiology, 

 and 2nd, from the results of some ten years 

 experimenting on those principles in my 

 own garden and grounds, have been entirely 

 confirmed, by the experience of intelligent 

 practical observers with whom I have con- 

 versed, that I am willing to suggest them 

 for the serious consideration of the editor 

 and readers of the Horticulturist. I may, 

 indeed, still be in the wrong; but if so, how 

 shall I become right unless through the light 

 illuminated by the editor and able corres- 

 pondents of the Horticulturist. Meantime 

 your readers will allow me to write with the 

 the positiveness of one fully convinced in 

 his own mind, even though those convictions 

 may rest on a frail foundation. 



My great object will be to prove that the 

 jacknife and handsaw of the nurseryman, 



