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NKW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Aug. 7, 1829. 



Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road — Tlic Ualtitiiore 

 American informs lliat tlic directors nru devoting 

 tbeir hp'-ciul ntli-niiun to llic completion of the 

 sectionB of the road now under contract, which 

 will become productive us noon as completed. It 

 is anticipated that the first sections of the road will 

 be completed licforc the instalment now culled in 

 becomes j)ayuble, viz. ibo first of November 

 next. 



A gentlemnn of science has been deputed from 

 one of the Western Slates to vi.sit the Kastem 

 Stutes to maks himself funiiliur with the most ap- 

 proved systems of instruction in our free schools, 

 in order that those in the new Slates who are in- 

 terested in the great cause of education may avail 

 themselves of llie advancement made in this sec- 

 tion of the countrv. — I^ncasler Oaz. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1829. 



AUG I ST. 



OMISSION. 



(The following remarks on the Culture of the 

 Strawberry, were intended to compose the 

 concluding pan of the excellent article on 

 that subject, written by Gen. Dkarborn, and 

 published in our last pai)er. They should have 

 been inserted immediately after the last paragraph 

 but one, page 10, column 3, but were omitted by 

 mistake. We regret the omission very much, as 

 it mutilates an essay calculated to be of great use 

 to the horticulturist.] 



The second season, soon after all the strawber- 

 ries have been gathered, the runners between the 

 rows, for ul least a foot in width, should be cut 

 up, and the space covered with manure, dug over 

 and raked level ; but if plants are required for 

 new beds, this labor may be post])oncd until Sep- 

 tember or October. The runners may be spaded 

 in with the manure ; but it is better to hoe tlicni 

 up, and trim the edges of the rows of the remain- 

 iug i)lants, thoroughly, before the manure is 

 spread, which may remain on the surface until 

 spring, or be then applied and dug in. 



Strawberry beds yield the greatest crop the 

 second season, after the runners have been set 

 out, and their vigor and jiroductivcness cannot be 

 relied upon for more than from three to five 

 yours ; new beds, therefore, sliouhl be prepared 

 every second or third year, to insure an ubuudunt 

 annual supply of superior fruit. When the new 

 bed is in full bearing, the old one should be 

 ploughed up, or dug anew, and planted with veg- 

 etables, which rer|uire to be well tilled until it is 

 nccessury to replant it with ruiuiers to succeed 

 the second bed, which is to he, in liu'n, destroyed, 

 and prepared by cultivation, for receiving the 

 plants for the fourth succeeding bed. 



To cultivate strawberries with success, the 

 ground must he devoid of trees, bountifully ma- 

 nure<l, ki'jtt entirely i'ycr, from weeds, the spaces 

 between the rows often dug over, und raked 

 level, und by nil means, copiously supplied loilh 

 ualtr, when " the windows of heaven are stopped, 

 and the rain restrained." 



Jj' 'l"'i« render li re<|uciiluil lo make Ihc Ibllowing correc- 

 tion* ill u very few eopiei, all on p»pe 10, nilddlo enlunin ; — 

 line 211 from um, lur/inr/mii, rend /ire Jinl—Vwr. 27 from ihc 

 botlum, for /k commencnt read //»• rrruinmtnded — tiele die 

 ronjm.i nlier Carmine, line 2V— intcri n eoninii ofier Old Scar- 

 let, «nnie line— in«en « comin.i nflcr Dukful Kmt'a, neil line- 

 lias I'.i, lor Baslack rc»d Bmiori— lino 17,ilio I' rolific and t'lat 

 arc vurieiio of (lie IIavtbuis clou. 



all sorts of trees. Wounds in trees do not bleed 

 nt this time of year as in spring and in autumn, 

 but they heal, and are in purl covered over with 

 bark, before the approach of winter. You will do 

 well to inspect with a critical eye your fruit trees, 

 as well as your garden vegetables, and if you find 

 them infested with plant lice, shower over them 

 decoctions of tobacco with a watering pot, or gar- 

 den engine. As soon as your harvesting is 

 through, plough in such parts of your richest stub- 

 ble fields as you intend for turnips ; dress your 

 turnip ground with plaster, live or leached ashes, 

 or well rotted manure, and sow and harrow in 

 your seed at the rate of one pound to an acre. 



Look over your fruit trees, which have lately 

 been budded or grafted, and permit no .-ihoots from 

 the stocks to remain, lest they rob the grafts of 

 their nourishment. Soaking corn for swine is a 

 useful practice ; grinding it is still better. If a wash 

 or mixture for swine be j)crmitted to ferment till 

 it becomes sweet, with a little acid, it will be the 

 better ; but it should not be jiermiited to become 

 very sour, much less tainted. A little charcoal 

 given to your swine while fattaning, is said to be 

 useful, and they will eat it eagerly. It corrects 

 the acidity of their stomach ; and prevents their 

 being u-oublcd with a certain genteel disorder, 

 called dyspepsia. 



a pamphlet containing the Constitution, By-La\ min 



This season answers perfectly well for pruning { list of Members, &.C. is published, and can be c 



tained gratis at the Society's Hall, or at I 

 Treasurer's office. No. 36 Broad street 



The Editor of the Amcricon Farmer strop; 

 recommends the cstublishnient of a State Ho 

 cultural Society in Maryland, and the format 

 of a Botanic Garden in or near Baltimore. 

 similar institution for South Curoliiiu is reco 

 mended in the Cliarleston ])aper>j. 



HORTICULTURAL. 



The show of flowers, and fruits, at the Hall of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, on Sat- 

 urday, August 1, exceeded that of any preceding 

 week. Among those most worthy of notice were 

 the following: 



From the garden of Gen. Dearborn, fine ripe 

 Apricots — and a variety of the Frejich cherry, 

 called the litllt et .Ma^iiifique, which from its size 

 and beauty, and ripening late, is worthy of culti- 

 vation ; — also the Hibiscus Palustris, a perennial 

 and indigenous i)lant, obtained from Nawshawn 

 Island, it is a beautiful plant, is found in the low 

 grounds of Dcdbain, and many other parts of the 

 country. 



From the garden of Joh.n Puince, Esq. speci- 

 mens of Lngcrstnrmia indica, Jlgapanthus umhella- 

 Itts, Vittca rosea alba, Gardenia Jhrida, Cterodcn- 

 dron fragrans, Bignonia radicans, and several fine 

 Dahlias. 



From Wi> surf's Nursery Phlor acuminata, Ceu- 

 taurca nmcricana, a very early Pear, (true name 

 unknown) und specimens of the Early Harvest 

 Apple — scions of which have been very generally 

 dis:ributcd through the liberality of Gorhabi Par- 

 son;, Esq. 



From Capt. D. Chandler, of Lexington, Sir 

 John Sinclair's New Beet, (see page 19 of this 

 day's Farmer) and Knight's Tall Marrow Peas. 



From the Cliarlestown Vineynrd, by Mr Ha- 

 0KR9T0.V, a specimen of the Snake Cucumlier,_/(iT 

 feet four inches long! — also, very beautiful spcci- 

 mens of the Schizanthus pinnata, .'Ijeraluvi merica- 

 na, t\ischia gracilis, (lallinsogea tribolata. Calen- 

 dula pluvialis, Coreopsis laneeolatn, Robinia hispi- 

 da, Pyrtthrum indinim, several varleiies of l)tl 

 phinium and Campanula, Alcotiana odorata, Verbas- 

 cum nigrum, Ltdum nwnstrosuni, two varieties of 

 [Anaria, Lantara cummara, Viola grandijl(ira,lliiris 

 odorata, Ijobvlia cardinalis, and very fine seedling 

 Carnalioni, Dahlias, and late Roses. 



(ly* Members of tlio Society arc informed that 



CULTURE OF SILK. 



We have received a handsome 8vo volume 

 112 pages, entitled "Practical Instructions 

 Silk Worm Nurseries, and for the Culture of 

 Mulberry Tree. Dedicated to the American 

 stitute of New York. By Felix Pascalis, M. 

 Honorary Member of the Linna:an Society 

 Paris; of the Horticultural Society of New Yo 

 and of the American Institute, etc." 



The plan of this work will be best explained 

 the following (juotatiou from remarks ajipendei 

 the first number. 



'• A superficial glance at the pages of the i 

 Culturist will show the reader that in many i 

 distant parts of the United Stales considerable 

 vances in the art of raising silk have already b^ 

 made ; and although often perhaps without 

 operation or mutual interchange of informal 

 often, too, carried on with very different gra 

 of instruction and success, yet always with intt 

 gence and industry. To elicit, therefore, and | 

 pagate all the desirable improvements ^\hich 

 pericnce may suegest to some few, before the 

 is attained by others, nothing seems wanting 

 a channel of communication, a circulating rcpe 

 ry of knowledge and practical matter among 

 culturists themselves, who would be benefited 

 an exchange of their observations, and by com) 

 ing the stateincnls of their operations and i 

 cessful results, &e. This is not all. The vi 

 and use of silk as a staple or produce of 

 country, or as a commercial article of manu 

 ture, cannot be well ascertained, save when tl T^^ 

 is a |)roi)cr and certain scale whereby to judgi 

 quantity and quality ; then it becomes a lang 

 ca()ital, readily disposable by those who po-si> 

 and are acquainled with the call and demand 

 it, and where or how to barter for it. 



" In these views we entertain much hope of 

 couragement from .American Silk Cultur 

 whose subscription is respectfully solicited, to 

 forwarded (po.st paid) to the publisher, W. B. 

 ley, 9 1 Broadway, or to the Editor 71 Lil 

 street, New York. Communications for the 

 also will be thankfully received, and advcrl 

 ments ijiserled. 



" The Second Quarterly No. of the Silk Ciil 

 ist will be issued wilh the second volume of 

 Practical Instructions, in October, 1S29, price 

 cents to the subscribers to the latter. The le 

 of subscription for a continued series will bo 

 poriiunale to its future extent and demanil." 



We hope this publication will succccil, 

 cannot better express our views of its uiility I 

 by utiaching lo this notice the following quota 

 from Jidinson's Kombler. 



" Boyle has observed, that the cxcellcnc 

 manufactures, and the facility of labor would 

 much promotcil if the various expedients and < 

 trivuncos which lay concealed in private ha 

 wore by reciprocal conmiunicalions made gent 



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