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NFAV ENGLAND FARMER, 



May 28, 1830. 



maine.l exposcl to the weather, except when they 

 rcturnea to their nest. There is at least a tliird 

 difference in weight in favor of iliose which are 

 house.l, their keeping having been the same.' 



^MTlTurW ON GRAl'KS. 

 At the re(iuest of several suhsi-ribcr!', we re- 

 publish from the New Englanil Tarnier r)r last 

 July, the suh^tance of Mr Tbince's remedy against 

 the mildew in Grapes: 



'Take a pint and a half of sul|)hur, and n lump 

 of the best unslacked lime of the size of the fist, 

 put these in a vessel of about seven gallons meas- 

 urement, let the sulphur be thrown in first, and 

 the lime over it, then pour in a pail of boiling wa- 

 ter, stir it well, and let it stand half an hour, then 

 fill the vessel with cold water, and after stirring 

 well again, allow the whole to settle — after it has 

 become settled dip out the clear liquid into a 

 barrel, and fill the barrel with cold water, and it is 

 then fit for use. You next proceed with a syringe 

 holding about a ]>int and a half, ^id throw the 

 li<iuid with it on the vines in every direction, so 

 as completely to cover foliage, fruit and wood; this 

 should be particularly done when the fruit is just 

 forming, anil about one third the size of a |)ea, 

 and may be continued twice or thrice a week for 

 two or tiirce weeks ; the whole process for one or 

 two hmidretl grape vines need not exceed iialf an 

 hour.' ^ 



dJ'Tha great sale of Colonel Powf.l's stock 

 will take place at Powelton, near Pliiladelphia, on 

 Wednesday, the 16th of June, instead of the 

 10th, as staled in the last New England Far- 

 mer. In alluding to this sale, the Editor of the 

 American Farmer remarks, ' the public will have 

 an opportunity, such as was never before present- 

 ed in America, of procuring imiiroved Short Horn 

 Cattle of the highest blood, and the most perfect 

 form. 



' From the care taken by Colonel Powel, with- 

 out reganl to trouble or expense, to get stock of 

 the purest blood, and from established strains of 

 good milkers, wc feel confident that there is not 

 in England a herd of cattle superior to those of 

 Powelton. All have been kept |>uro, though ju- 

 diciously crossed between different families of the 

 aame blood. All may be clearly traced to the 

 most distinguished of their respective families in 

 the English Stud-l5ook. The demand for these 

 cattle has steadily increased for a series of years, 

 and the sales of male calves at Powelton fi)r 

 some years have equalled from three to four thou- 

 sand dollars per annum. Colonel Powel has, in 

 moat cases, refused to sell the females.' 



At the exhibition of the Mnssaehusetls Horti- 

 cultural Society, on Saturday last, Mr Pcltoc, of 

 Newton, exhibited Wilmol's Superb Strswhcrries, 

 measuring 2.^ inches in circumference. 



gradually spring up ami become a beautiful tree, 

 bearing the best of fruit without lequirinj to be 

 grafted.' 



others whose intelligence will enable them to rii 

 above the operations of prejudice engendercil I 

 the force of habit, who will step forward and r 

 peat the expcrimenis which have been made I 

 others. We cannot think otherwise than il- 

 ihey will gain a reward for which ihey nci- 

 have striven in vain with other articles of prodiic 



The culture of silk, which has, within n fe^j 

 I years been urgently pressed upon the attention 

 the American pui)lic, might be made anoih 



SILK CULTURE. | 



We have seen several thousand Silk worms at | 

 theTremont House, where is a very interesting ex- 

 hibition of .-ilk in its different stages of preparation. | 

 We understand that the proprietor J. H. Cobb, 

 Esq. of Di-dham, intends to have the exhibition 



open at all hours in the day for showing the won- ";;^^;jl}''\Z/;;, „„ ^„,«.er. It requires, aft 

 dertul operation of the.. e vah.alde u.secls. In or- ^^^^ ^^^^^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^,^^^ ^^ ,,,^ ,nullH.-rry orchar , 



the attention of females and children only, ai 



der that a knowledge of thr business may be made 

 as cxtensiv<t as possible he informed us that he had 

 fixe<l the price of admission at 12J cents ; chil- 

 dren half price. 



From the Greenfield Gazette. 



RAISING APPLE TREES FROM CUTTINGS. 



Ma Fkhsknok.n— The fi>llowing paragraph I 

 have copi.Ml from an English Journal. I shoulil 

 be gla<l to know if the experiment his ever heiMi 

 ■uccesHfiilly tried in the Unite<l States: 



' A horticulturist in Hohetnia has a beautifiil 

 plantation of the best sort of apple trees whirh 

 liave neither sprung from seeds tior grafting. His 

 plan is to take shoots from ihu choicest sorts, in- 

 sert them into a potato, and plunge both into the 

 ground, leaving but an inch or two of the nliools 

 abovo the surface. TJie potato nourishes the 

 shoot whilst it pushes out roots, and the shoots 



CATTLE SHOW AT NORTHAMPTON. 



SILK A.Nn HEMr. 



The anniversary of the Hampshire, Franklin and 

 Hampden Agricultural Society, will be commem- 

 orated at Northampton, on Wednesday, October 

 27. In addition to the usual premiums, the So- 

 ciety tills year offer premiums on hemp and mul- 

 berry trees. The premiums we copy below. We 

 are glad these subjects have attracted the attention 

 of the Society, and hope their liberality will in- 

 duce some of our citizens to direct a portion of 

 their care and labor upon these articles of cultuiv. 

 The produce of the farms of this country can 

 hardly be said to be of such kind and quality, as, 

 in the present depressed state of the markets and 

 where the i)rice of labor is comparatively so high, 

 to yield a fair profit to the cultivator. Our peo- 

 ple cannot compete with those of N. Y. and oth- 

 er slates, in the articles of bread stuffs ; for the 

 facility of transportation posses.sed by them and 

 wanted by us, give them a decided advantage over 

 us; and hesi<les, wheat, the most important of 

 those articles is generally on our lands much light- 

 er than on the rich and new lands of the south 

 and west. If our farmers would become, we will 

 not say rich, but possesseil of a sufficient compe- 

 tency to secure them in their old age from the 

 unhappinesH and distress attendant upon pecunia- 

 ry embarrassments, or the necessity of iimcmit- 

 ing labor to procure a bare sustenance, it is ohvi- 

 I ous that they, or those of them who are not now 

 I iiiile|iendent, must devise some means of earning 

 money more productive than the cultivation upon 

 their lands of the usual profitless crops. In this 

 season of distress, the attention of the public has 

 been called to several articles never raised in this 

 region until recently, or raised to a very limited 

 extent. Among thrm are Hemp and Silk. The 

 most eminent practical agriculturists of our coun- 

 try concur in representing the Hemp crop as vast- 

 ly more profitable than any of the common crops, 

 and their opinions are not formed from speciilationi 

 based upon fancied positions, but they are found- 

 ed on the certain results of experience. The trs- 

 limony of Samuel Lathrop, and Judge Buol, is 

 alone sufficient to convince the rational mind of the 

 superior productiveness of this crop over others. 

 Long established habits, we know, whether of bo- 

 dy or mind, are of difficult eradication ; and as 

 Hemp has not fiirmerly been raised in these pans, 

 many will.'doubtinply, shake their heads, and ex- 

 claim ' I don't know about this ere hemp busi- 

 ness ; we can't rflise it so as to be any object; — 

 at any rate I'll slick to the old crops and let others 

 try the Hemp, ami see whether they burn their 

 fingers with it or not.' But wo hope there are 



herefore may be produced without at all interft 

 ng with other operations upon the farm. Tl 

 income from this source, is therfforc clear prol 

 Tiue, we have not the skill, nor the machinery, 

 reel ihesilk from the cocoons, properly ; but lliouj 

 it be not preparcil in the most proper manni 

 there is, and always will be a ready market fur 

 much as will be produced. 



The domestic demand for silk is already co 

 siderable, an(" will increase as the production of i 

 silk in. rers-s. One fringe-maker in Philadelph 

 consumes .*20, 000 worth annually. As soon 

 the culture of this material shall receive the atu 

 lion its importance deserves, filatures to reel the s 

 from the cocoons jvill undoubtedly be establish, 

 when a new impulse will be given to the demand, 

 American raw silk will then be used in the im 

 nfnclure of the finest silk fabrics, for which it ci 

 not now he enijiloyed on account of the iinperf 

 manner of reeling it. It would then find a rea 

 (narketin foreign parts, if not receive the deciii 

 preference of the manufacturers. We arc fu 

 persuaded that, with proper attention lo this si 

 ject. silk would become to the United State*' t 

 staple article of production and exportation. Th 

 is nothing in the world to prevent it. It is a sou 

 of wealth and independence within onr reach, i 

 if we strive for it with one half the energy i 

 perseverance with which other things, and ni 

 of them mere shailows, are pursued, we shall 

 fail to secure it. Let the people become acqiia 

 ed with tlie subject, and we feel persuaded t 

 will not neglect it as useless and unprofiia 

 When a single town can be cited w liich like M: 

 field, produces silk to the value of $25,000 yea 

 men of other towns should inquire if ihey can 

 imjirove their condition by the same means. T 

 sum would add materially too the prosperity of 

 counlrv town, and it is not to much lo sa\ 

 town may receive it if labor be directed into 

 proper channel. 



If the Hampshite. Franklin and Hampden 

 ricullnral Society, by the otVer of their prciiiit 

 shall accelerate the introduclion of the growl 

 silk in this region, ihcy will do a service wi 

 more than all the rest they have ever dune. . 

 this we say in the fiill conviction that iheir ctT 

 have been of incalculable advantage to the tl 

 counties. Whatever may be the result, the So 

 ly deserves ihe thanks of the community f 

 tractins notice to the subject with golden chat 

 The following are their premiums on the Mull 

 ry together with the inlroduciory remarks 



WIIITF. mi.nEBRY ORCUinl>. 



The following prriiiiums are offered forth* 

 •ouragcmeni of raising the While Mulberry. 1 

 miiinis, in some shape, will ho oflercil froi 

 to year, to encourage the culture of the mulb. 

 and mamifacture of silk. There are large qi 

 lilies of land within the limits of the Society 



