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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Soj>! 



\H-29. 



SUCKING CALVES. 



A very intnlligcnt niiil pinctical farmer states 

 lliul lie considers notliing more conducive lo the 

 thriving of sucking rnlvcs than to ki'-p in tlieir 

 jioiis on ample, supply of dry yellow loam, of 

 whirli they arc nt liherty to cat n3 frerly as they 

 choose, 'i'liey will n.se it ea-j'erly, and ho regards 

 it a.s of more value for them than Indian meal. 

 There is no hotter evidence of it.s utility, than the 

 fact that no man's calves find a readier .sale, or 

 hring a hifihcr price in our market than his. The 

 philo.sophy of it \vc do not pretend to ex])lain. 



ScpUmbcr, 1829. S. X. 



CrUR.VNT WINK AND 1X>X GKAl'i: WI\E. 



Mr Skinner — I have made currant wine which 

 was so highly esteemed, that I have licen oflered 

 for it the best Madeira upon equal exchange. I 

 fill my casks about three fourth,«, that the matter 

 thrown up during the fermentation may not work 

 over ; when that process is fmished it sinks, and 

 ' carries down with it whatever would make the 

 li((uor turbid, and leaves it more perfectly fine than 

 the addition of any foreign matter could render 

 it. We have here several kinds of both the red and 

 black fox grape, and many hybrid.s from their 

 union with the several varieties of the summer 

 and winter grape. We have also the white fox 

 grope. 



Respectfully, your obedient servant, 



WILLIAM OWENS. 



Lynchburgh, Jlugust 14, 1829. 



Receipt for Fox Grape Jf'ine. — To every bushel 

 of grapes, add twenty-two (piarts of water, wash 

 the fruit and ])eriuit it to stand twenty-four hours, 

 then strain, and to every gallon of juioo add two 

 pounds of brown sugar ; fill the ca.'^k about three 

 fourths, let it stand open for fourteen days, then 

 close the bung. 



Jiallimore and Ohio Railroad — The National 

 Journal says, the progress of this work has hitlier- 

 lo equalled all reasonable e.xpectatiou. The mag- 

 nitucle of the work and the gigantic character of 

 the ojicrations necessary for the removal of natu- 

 ral obstructions, the extent of which can only be 

 known from personal inspection, forbid that rapid 

 perforation of tlie country which incxiierienced or 

 inconsiderate men might ex|iect ; but all which 

 labor and perseverance, aided by a competent 

 co|)ital, can perform, has been, and continues to be, 

 performed. 



Fruits and Frosts. — Prcsid(!nt Dwight, in his 

 "Travels in New Kngbinil," &e. says, the com- 

 mon opinion, that tender plants and fruit trees 

 ought to be placed ill u warm southern exposure, 

 to preserve them from frosts is erroneous. Mo ad- 

 duces many facts to jn-ove that fruit trees should 

 be planti;d on north-western, nortlirrn, or western 

 declivities, where they may be enposcd to the 

 north-west winds. A white frost being merely 

 frozen dew, the great object shoulil be to keep the 

 dew from ri;stiiig on the plants. This can bo ef- 

 fwctiially done only by <;xposing them to the free 

 access of the itortli-wcst winds, llio source of al- 

 most every while frost. I'lams from whieii the 

 dew is swept away by this wind will escape ; while 

 thrisr, which, Tiy brint' Khelti-re<l fium its current, 

 retain the diw, will be ileslroyed. Major While, 

 of Sonlli Ilailley, had nil orchard on the north- 

 western declivity of u hill, exposrd to the strong 

 winds thai blow through the gap between Mount 



Tom and .Mount llolyoke. The«e winds swept 

 the dew from this orchanl so eflcctiially that its 

 blossom.s regularly escaped the iijuries of such 

 late frosts in the S[iring as destroyed those of the 

 surrounding country. The inhabitants of South 

 lladlcy styled such a frost Major Jl'hile^s harvest, 

 because in such years his cider commanded a very 

 high price. A Mr Lyman of llockaiium, informed 

 President Dwight, that in his ganlen, which was 

 exposed to the north-west winds, the white frost 

 had never done any injury to the vegetables. — 

 Hamp. Gazette. 



Planting through Trees. — The gardeners of 

 Genoa, Florence, Venice, &c. choose an orange 

 tree, whieli they deprive of its branches, and then 

 perforate the trunk through its whole length, and 

 also through the roots to the ground beneath. 

 Young plants of the jessamine, the dwarf almond, 

 with double flowers, fig trees, rose trees, myrtles, 

 and other ornamental plants are selected, which 

 they arrange in twos or threes, according to fancy, 

 and the size of the aperture in the orange tree, and 

 plant them in the ground, or in a tub, according to 

 the climate, passing them tlirnugh the orange 

 tree, so that the plants may reach a short distance 

 above the upper end of the trunk ; the roots of the 

 tree are then covered willi earth, watered and 

 cultivated as if it were a tree just planted. The 

 tree and all the young plants then grow together, 

 and will live for ten or fifteen years. 



Remedy for Poisoned Sheep. — Put a tablespoon- 

 full of fino salt into the mouth of the poiso'ned 

 sheep or lamb, and hold the jaws together till a 

 sufficiency of it is swallowed ; or, the salt may be 

 dissolved in water and administered in the liquid 

 form. The cure is immediate and sure. A farmer, 

 who has tried this remedy for several years, has 

 never lost a sheep or Iamb since he first adopted 

 it. — Mass. Spy. 



Potatoes. — It is stated in a French Journal, 

 that potatoes may be preserved fftsh, firm and 

 well flavored for two years, by burying them 

 in the earth to the depth of three and a half feet! 



1,lfl 



nation from the Hon. Stephen \'un Ueii^ela *■ 

 President of the Institute, consisting of 



Sowcrby's .Mineral Coiichology, io 102 N 

 with 597 colored plat< s. AUo, 



.Michaiix's North American Sylvn, 2 vols 

 numerous plates — transmitted by William Marlu 

 Esq. to Mr Van Kcnselaer. 



We arc requested to mention, for the iiifom f'"" 

 tioii of tlienicmliers of the Institute, that the I 

 vue Encyclopcdique, from January to May 16 r. 

 inclusive, iias been received. 



A new JEra in Michigan. — This is the first year 

 of the agricultural indci)endence of this territory. 

 Heretofore, a large sum of money has been annu- 

 ally sent froui the country, to ])rocure thecommon 

 necessaries of life. This year there is a large 

 surplus, notwithsanding the emigration has been 

 considerable. It is believed by some, that there' 

 is from filly to a hundred thousand bushels of 

 wheat in the peninsula, over and above what will 

 be necessary for the subsistence of the inhabitants 

 and new comers. — Detroit Gazette. 



POTATO SEED. 



Early last spring in one of our agriculiur;;! 

 tides, we made a few observations on tbe I. 

 mode of cutting and managing potatoes, ine 

 for seed. We stated, that the very best»|)racii 

 agriculturists dilfercd widely as to the len^rtl 

 time the seed should be cut jirior to plauti 

 While some furmers think it benefited by Iv 

 cut six or eight days, others wish to have the c 

 ting and planting going on at the same time ; 

 a decided abvanlage results from taking the se^ 

 from the top end of the potatoes. On this s 

 ject a correspondent in the IJuinfries Courier, sa 

 — " We had an opportunity of making several 

 tcresting experiments in a garden of limited 

 tent situated on the fertile banksof the. Vnnan, i 

 we uniformly ascertained that plants cut from 

 top end of the i)arent potato, were fit for the 

 of the table about a fortnight earlier than th 

 cut from near the root, though both were plan 

 or. the same day, and had the same managcuu 

 The stems were much more healthy and visnru 

 and the crop always more luxuriant. Anot 

 circumstance deserving of notice, is, that wl 

 the root cud of the potato is plautaJ with 

 others, in the course of a few years a very ] 

 eeptible degeneracy ensues ; and hence arise, w 

 ill common phraseologj', ore called haslards. 

 this we have paid particular attention, chietlv 

 our fathers farm. When the first traces of 

 generacy appeared, we were led to examine 

 sets, and were always satisfied that it crigina 

 in the root. The first of this degeneracy is ca: 

 detected by a carefiil ob.server, from the pot 

 being of a smaller growth, and of a variega 

 color, commencing at the eyes, whence the stc 

 germinate, and diflering for the first year vi 

 little from genuine seed ; but in a few years, wl 

 these are again planted, the degencincy rapi 

 increases. Too much care cannot be taken by 

 farmer to preserve the original plant free fr 

 mixture. — Edinburgh Scotsinan. 



Valuable Application The scum from boiling 



molasses, sprea<l upon tar ledbrown paper, gives, 



we are desired to say l>y one who has recently 



tried it, efl"ectual and prompt relief to the most 



violent sprains. Our informant says that he met 



with so severe a sprain on Monday, in jumping . , ,■ r , ^', ■ , , ■ , , 



r 1 . .1 1 .• .1 . 1 ■ 11 . I the gcneralilv of those fish With which t 



from a vessel to the wharl, that he was unable to I ^ 



walk. Olid had the conl of his leg ond foot so 



drawn up, that he was fiir some time in the most 



excruciating pain. A friend suggested the above 



named application, which gave immedialc relief, 



and he was able yesterday to walk to his place of 



business A". I'. Mcr. Mr. 



The Librarian anil Curators of the .\lbnny In- 

 stitute, acknowledge the receipt of a splendid do- 



N'atv.ral means of storking Ponds on Hills n 

 Fish. — It has long been considered as a dillic 

 point to ascertain the means by which mount, 

 streams or ponds situated upon hills Iicco. 

 stocked with fish : for although it is well kno' 

 that the salmon has the means of making its w 

 U[i against rapid Water-falls by its powerful m 

 cular action, yet (his is by no means the case w 



e strca 

 and ]ionds thus circumstanced are filled. 

 Snclson, of the Western Literary Institution, 1 

 however, many ycai's since, nsccrtained the i 

 portant fact, that the large water beetle, which 

 in the habit of fiTiling upon the spft«n of |i 

 occasionally in the evening climbs up the stems 

 rushes, \"c. out of the water, sufticienily high 

 enable it lo take wing, nntl he has caught it 

 its flight, and putting it into water, found thai 



