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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



No. 8 



case, was 2J feet fron) Lhe ground,) leaving the 

 bram h 20 in. long; 1 tiien collected four barrow- 

 Joad? of fresh cow-dutiir, and laid it rovmd tiie 

 stem to the (lislaiice of 4 teet on every side, and 

 rising conicall}' 6 inches above where, the trunk 

 was cut oif ; and, in order to conceal liie unsight- 

 ly appearance of the ii-hiu^, I covered it, with sand 

 2 Indies ihicl^-. This was done in February ; and 

 in due time the live buds of the branch broke, 

 and grew ;tpace. During the heat of summer, 

 the surliice of the dung became finely pulverised ; 

 and, on examination, 1 tbnnd liiat stronir healthy 

 roots had issued Irom the bottom of the liranch 

 which was lelf, and haii spread throuirh the vvhole 

 mass ol' dung whicii enveloped it. The loliovving 

 spring, I gave il another coaling of the same, e.\- 

 tending to the distance of 6 leet ; repeating it the 

 third year, and occasionally since. The result w-as, 

 that the tree grew so rapidly, that I was soon en- 

 abled to form a handsome, well-regulated, liui- 

 ehaped head, which fills the whole space ol" its 

 original allotmenf, and has borne, lor these eight 

 years past, excellent and abundant crops. 



This is a mode that may salely be adopted with 

 all old fruit trees that are worthy of preservation, 

 whether cut down or not. In the latter case, I 

 would recommend that the soil be removed to the 

 distance of 4 or 5 leet Irom the bole, to the depth 

 of the strong leadinij roots, and a layer of li^esh 

 cow-dung, 6 inches thick, spread on them and co- 

 vered with sand, and left lor one season to the influ- 

 ence of the Sim and air. It will soon be discover- 

 ed whether the cow-dung acts beneficially, by the 

 renewed vigor ol the tree, and its sendmg Ibrih 

 younir wood. In this case, a judicious pruning of 

 the old wood is necessary ; and in lhes|irin<j, ano- 

 ther and more extended layer of dung should be 

 added. 



Where vines are planted on the outsiile of for- 

 cing-houses, and the roots have got inio improper 

 subsoil, the removal of the soil from the stem, and 

 a barrovvful ol fresh cow-diaig laid round them, 

 never liuls to cause the protrusion of strong vigo- 

 rous roots : but it is advisable not to begin forcing 

 etirly, when it is applied, as the moisture, in very 

 cold weather, may prevent the due circulation of 

 the sap. 



From llie Augusta Chronicle. 

 QUICK AVORK. 



3Iessrs. Editors: — I attended a cotton packing, 

 at the plantation of Col. James H. Haainiond, 

 Silver Blufi', on Saturday, the 24ih of September, 

 and as the achievement liir exceeded any thin"" ol 

 the kind ever before performed, I send you an ac- 

 count of it for puf)lication. 



Without changing the hands, or mules, 40 bales, 

 averairing between 320 and 330 in weight, were 

 packed lielbre 12 o'clock. A respite of an hour 

 ami ji half was given, when the packing was re- 

 commenced ; and before half past 4 o'clock, they 

 completed the 60lh bale ! During the afternoon, 

 when it may be reasonably supposed that the 

 hands were fatigued and less active than in the 

 inorninir, they turned out a bale in the unprece- 

 dented lime of G^- miimtes! As 10 and 15 bales is 

 an ordinary days work, and 30 bales the largest 

 number ever before pa(;ked in a day, (at leasT in 

 thii section of count ryj it may be as well to m- 



form planters what can be done, by an active and 



industrious overseer, in command of efficient ope- 

 ratives. It is true that the screw is nut an inferi- 

 or one, )'et it admiis of numerous improvements; 

 and when they are made, I do not hesitate to say. 

 that one hundred bales can be packed in a day, 

 without difTicult\^ 



H. 



TOP-DUESSING GRASS LAJfDS. 



An important fact in regard to this matter, has 

 been communicated to us by an intelligent visitor, 

 viz : that lhe same quantity of manure is twice or 

 thrice as bencjicial on youxg as it is on old viea- 

 dow. Plants, like animals, if stinted or half starv- 

 eti when young, seldom acquire great vigor or 

 luxuriance afterwards; the organs of nutrition be- 

 come adapted to the early supjly cf liiod, and can- 

 not be readily enlarged, on its bein*! increased in 

 advanced age. Hence the advantage of employ- 

 ini>- rich soils lor nurseries — ofkeej ing ijuung\\\r\w 

 stock well — and of applying manures to young 

 grass. A gentleman top-dressed some grass lands 

 at one, two, and three years old, and he Ibund the 

 benefit to the first, double what it was th^- second, 

 and treble that shown by the third. The hint is one 

 of some importance to husbandry, and we liopeit 

 will be im|!roved upon. The rule does hold good 

 in recard to animals. — Cultivator. 



From lire Genesee Farmer. 

 SKIXLESS OATS. 



Two years since I sent to Albany and obtained 

 a small quaniity of skinless oats. I sowed them 

 in the siirinir, and lhe yield equalled my expecta- 

 tions, but I observed there were more smut heads' 

 among them than I had been accustomed to see in 

 common oats. I had enough this season to sow 

 an acre, and they were got in early considering 

 the season, and on a promising piece of irrourid, 

 as I wished to give them a fair chance. Though 

 much injured by the heavy rains that fell soon af- 

 ter ihey were sown, they grew very well, but 

 when they came to ear out, it seemeil as if they 

 were two-thii\ls at least smut, and such they ap- 

 peared at culling. I have not threshed them yet, 

 but the (juaniiiy oi' oats cannot be large. A neigh- 

 bor of" mine, who obtained some lhe same jear, 

 assures me that his are similarly afi'ected, the ears 

 being a very large proportion of" tiiem smut. As 

 they were extensively scattered over the country 

 from Albany the same season, it would be well if 

 the results could be communicated to the public, 

 since if they have in general smutted as bad as 

 those in this neighborhood, it would render the 

 propriety of continuino- their culture very doubtful, 

 as they must be much superior indeeil to the ordi- 

 nary oat, to bear the liability to such an occasional 

 drawback in the shape of" smut. I hope those 

 who have sown the skinless oat will lay before the 

 readers ol the Farmer the result of the experi- 

 ment. 



W. G. 



RlCtiaiOXn FLOUR MARKKT. 



The extent of"lhe failure of the wheat crop may 

 be ascertained by reference to the quarterly returns 



