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NEW ENGLAND FARiMER, 



April 16, 1830- 



ailver medal each to M. Lemon, of Delleville, and The following arc its advantages over the log Apricot, Nectarine, and Cherry trees, and tnatei 

 M Devrcde rue dc Montreuil, niaaler-gar<lener9, roller :— its cost is probahly ahout $25. As a raan, ' ally injured all the other trees to which I appli. 

 for fine (low'crH sent to the March.'- aux Flcurs ; h boy, an 1 one yoke of oxen will roll and pick up it. J lost in all about fifty trees tliiii had been s 

 toM David head-gardener of M. Hoursault, for j four acres in a day, I need not perhaps odd, that out three years, and were in fine health, an 

 fine exotic plants : to M. Fouche, gardener of the | the roller on farms as they^ average, wiU pay the f^rowing vigorously at the lime I applied^ the o 

 Count de Murinais, at his seat at I'ulais"-, for faith 



ful service in that family for 53 years without in- 

 terruption, and to M. Vallet de Villeiicuve, a rich 

 land-owner in the department of tlio \'ar, for the 

 Culture of the Palate on u largo f^cale, and the 

 discovery of a means for keeping that vegetable 

 good during the whole year. Three prizes given 

 by M. Hossange, sent to encourage Oic culture of 

 Indian corn in the departments round Paris, were 

 adjudged : — The first prize consisting of a copy 

 of Redoute's fine work on roses, to Baron Louis, 

 whose culture is under the direction of M. Thom- 

 as Berthier, son of M. Berthier of Uoville ; second 

 prize, a medal, to the Marchioness de Nicolai ; 

 third prize, M. Martin Godefroy, farnier at Vil- 

 Icneuvo le Roi. The third prize would have been 

 adju<<ged to M. Ternau.x, had not his being a Mem- 

 ber of tho Council of .\dministration excluded 

 him from being a candidate. 



nterest of $200, besides leaving the fields in a 1 would not have parted with the trees foi $20 a 

 better state than the loss of the small stones by The effect of the oil is, to fill up the pores of l 

 picking all off into heaps would. , hark of the tree, so as to exclude all nourishine 



When my land is of a character suitable for through that source from the atmosphere, ra 

 stocking down with a wheat crop, I have invaria- sun, &c. In about four week); after 1 applied t 

 bly for many of the last seasons, finished that oil, I perceived from the yellow, sickly appearan H"' 

 operation with the roller, afker the harrow ; thus 'of the leaf, that the work of destruction was fi 

 superceding the necessity of picking off but a ftw going on. I immediately caused the trees to 

 of the largest stones. The wlieat crop will stand , scraped with a knife, and had them thorougl 

 our severe drought belter, with the further advan- washed in strong soap suds, to get off the oi 

 ta''e of a smooth bottom for the cradle, in cutting ' save them if possible ; but all to no effect. Th 

 the grain, and the saving more straw. I continued to exhibit more and more of that sicl 



If you consider the above imperfect sketch will ! appearance, and the leaves all fell early in S« '' 

 in any way subserve the interests of Agriculture, tcmber, and by the next spring the bark becai 

 you arc at liberty to make what use of it you entirely dead and dry, and but one of the trc 

 please Yours, &c. which was a peach, sprung up from the re 



PAYSON WILLIAMS. 



ROLLER. 



Mr FtssENnK-v — I observe in No. 33 of the 

 New England Farmer, ' A Subscriber' makes some 

 inquiry for the best fashion for a field roller. — 

 Although thiv may much depend on the character 

 of tlic soil, yet for Worcester county, perhaps the 

 one I shall describe to you, considering the cost, 

 may answer the most valuable purpose. 



Having made use of the oak log, G feet by 20 

 inches, till within two years, the objection fre- 

 quently occurred, of its being not of sufficient 

 diameter ; or in other words, in passing over the 

 field, the stones and grass roots were carried /or- 

 teard and displaced, rather than pressed down in 

 a perpendicular direction, giving at the same time 

 too niiicli resislance to the cattle (one yoke of 

 oxen.) In order to obviate this, I took a pair «f 

 old wagon wheels,* (light) four feet in diameter, 

 the hoop tire being sufficiently strong to support 

 ihe rims, to which other felloes were bolted, rising 

 two inces, for the purpose of spiking the chesnut 

 plank, three inches in thickness, and six feet in 

 length. This, (which I shall call the Barrel Rol- 

 ler,) gave me a Roller (j feet in length, by 4 feet 

 10 inches diameter in the centre; the diameter 

 2 inches less at the ends by tajjcring each stave 

 an inch from the centre to the ends, giving the 

 roller an cliplicul or barrel form, in order to turn 

 more kindly at the ends of the field, and that any 

 unevenncss or hollows should have the desired ' 

 jiressurc. This being inclosed in a frame, with a I 

 box back and front, stones too largo to be pressed 

 in, can bo thrown in and carried off the field, or 

 for additional weight. 



It will bo seen that a circle of the above dimcn- ' 



Fitchburg, March 23, 183C. 



The tongue is firmly 

 framed into the box in 

 front. 



In the box behind is 

 left a hole H inches 

 square for the dirt to 

 fall through. 



The box«s made be- 

 velling, that the large 

 stones may be picked 

 out easier. Their di- 

 mensions are about one 

 foot six inches by six 

 feet. Staves 8 inches 

 in width, dowelled in 

 the centre : the roller 

 made in this way is 

 about the weight of an 

 ox cart : this may be 

 augmented at pleasure, 

 according to the state 

 of the land to be rolled. 



which I think is proof, from the best source po» 

 hie, Erperience, that you can hardly apply ai 

 thing more deleterious than Oil of any kind 

 fruit trees, as the effects of all kinds of oil uj 

 the bark of the tree must be nearly the same. 



I have for several years past used a wash mi 

 of diluted soft soap, which I have found of T 

 great service to all kinds of fruit trees, got 

 berry bushes, shruljbery, S:c. 1 apply it very frt 

 with a painter's brush, to the body and limbs 

 the tree as high as I can reach, that is, up to 

 fiuit buds, in May or June. 



I have been thuii particular, as far as my ej 

 rience goes, respecting the use of Oil on 1 

 tiees, for the information of horticulturists ; fi 

 siould regret exceedingly to have any of 

 Irethren suffer from such tzptritnet, as seve 

 ts I have. 



Respectfully, yours, &c. 



Springfeld, .Ipril 13. E. EDWARDS^"- 



a: 



»OR TH« NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



OIL, AS AN APPLICATION TO TREES, 

 INJURIOl'S. 

 Mr Editor — 1 see in your last paper a short 

 lions, will fall nearly pnrpendicular on small ob- 1 "rtide from the AVu' Monthly Magazine, rccom- 

 jects, and of course press them iimnediately into niemling Train, or Fish Oil, us being of great ser- 

 tho ground. Tho same weight of roller will also i vice to the gooseberry bush, preserving it from the 

 take much less power to move it forward, ami w ill ravages of the caterpillar, &cc ; slating also that 

 likewise leave the field much more even for the 

 scythe, and will not bruise. 



' I used the wlioiils liicaiiHc thoy were uncles for any 

 other purpofic. Two piere^ of plank 10 inches in width, 

 lappc'il or hidvcd together in the ceatre, at right angU-H 

 with a rim of the name material will an«w-err<)ually well 

 and perhaps better, a» the axle or pivots can be more 

 firmly atlachoj than to tho hub of the wheel. But any 

 way to gain a •ulSclont diaoietcr. 



it improved tho growth and productiveness of the 

 plum or tree. One object of the writer, it seems, 

 was, to have experiments tried on fruit Inis. I 

 have ha<l sad experience with Fish Oil on my fruit 

 trees. In conseipienco of seeing it highly recom- 

 mended in .some country newspaper, I was induced 

 to try it on my Peach, Apricot, Pear, Plum, Nec- 

 tarine, Apple, and Cherry trees, in July, lS2(i,and 

 tho roDuli wa.4, that it entirely killed all my Poach, 



From the [London] Gardener's Ua^zioe. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society This S 



cty was established in F'ebruary, 1829 : and 

 have just received a pamphlet, containing 

 charter, constitution, by-laws, &c, of the 1 

 tution, with a letter announcing of our b 

 elected an honorarj- member. For this h< 

 which we duly i)rire, we hope the present 

 knowledgment will be deemed satisfactory, 

 constitution of the Society is modeled a good 

 on that of London ; the by-laws, however, a 

 quite a different description : there is no gag 

 clause ; and there is an article which prot 

 that ' lecturers on botany and vegetable j)hys 

 gy, on entomology so far as it relates to hurt 

 turc, and on horticultural science, bhall be app 

 ed. They shall be nominated by the council 

 a stated meeting of the Society, and electc 

 that or a subseipient stated meeting, by a niaj 

 of votes.' There is something crand and refi 

 ing in the simple forjn of the .^cl of Incorj 

 lion, as compared with the highly aristocra 

 royal charters of the London, Paris, and B 

 Societies. In the printed letter, ho inlbrm: 

 that, for such favora of seeds, plants, scioni 

 trees, »» may be procured or transmitted to 

 Society, it will afford thorn ' great |)leasura K 

 ciprocate.' 



The White Cage. — Mr Samuel R. Johnso: 

 Charlestown, Ms. received in tho autumn of 1 



