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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 11 



up to the present time, and having never seen any 

 remedy lor or against the black weevil, which 

 has proved so destructive to the wheat crops after 

 they have been housed or garnered, in this section 

 of country, and I suppose generally throujih the 

 whole of the v/heat growing countries, I would 

 state for the benefit of those whom it may con- 

 cern, that I have found out a sure remedy, so fur 

 as my e.xpcrience has gone, (say tor the last five 

 or six years,) which is simply this : Take, I would 

 say, one sack of Liverpool blown salt, and have 

 it properly mixed with one thousand bushels of 

 wheat; or a half bushel of salt will be a sufficient 

 quantity lor one hundred bushels, if well intermix- 

 ed. Since I lell upon this plan, I have not seen a 

 black weevil in my crop of wheat, or houses 

 where it is stowed away, although kept until it 

 was very old. Eelbre using the salt among my 

 wheat, it was very often cut to pieces and spoiled, 

 by the weevil, so that it was neither fit lor bread nor 

 market. I think the rice dealers or planters would 

 do well to try the retnedy, as well as the wheat 

 growers, &c. I do not consider that any person 

 would ever find their wheat or rice the worse, or 

 injured with so small a quantity of salt to such a 

 large bulk of wheat or rice. In fact, it is not to be 

 perceived in the wheat or flour, either as it respects 

 flavor or taste. If you think the above of any 

 service to the public, or v/orthy of a place in your 

 Register, you are at liberty to publish it with my 

 own proper name. 



JOHN P. WEBB. 



For llie Fanners' Register. 

 SUBSTITUTE FOR HOP YEAST. 



Take of wheat bran one quart — water, three 

 quarts — two or three sprigs of common hore- 

 hound — boil down to one quart — strain, bottle and 

 sweeten in the usual way, and you have a fine 

 yeast. 



As I put but little confidence in recipes not au- 

 thenticated by the proper name of the giver, I 

 send mine, with the assurance that delightful loaf 

 bread, made with this yeast, was used in my fami- 

 ly more than a montli or two. 



S. G. T. COULTER. 



New Kent. 



From the Gardener's Magazine. 

 PROPAGATING THE PEACH. 



1st. We gather the stones in the fiill, which we 

 bury about an inch under ground, (high and early 

 ground is preferred, as the pits will sprout earlier 

 in the spring,) spreading them singly, but as 

 closely as you can, in order that the frost may 

 have its full efl'ect upon them. The best time for 

 putting them in the ground, is the last of October, 

 but any time in October or November will do. 



2d. Preparing Vie groand for the young trees. — 

 Select a rich and middling dry piece of ground, 

 which, if very rich, will do without manuring, but 

 if not, manuring is indispensable. Sliort and old 

 manure is the best, and if some rich dirt be mixed 

 therewith, I think all the better. The manure 

 should be spread along the furrows, which should 

 be made with a plough, four feet apart. If any 

 other manure be added after, I would recommend 

 lime or ashes. The ground should be ploughed 

 as well as harrowed well, in the first place. 



3d. Transplanting. — This should be done as 

 soon as the pits begin to sprout in the spring, by 

 dropping them in the rows already prepared for 

 them, about eight or nine inches apart, and covered 

 about an inch or more deep. Some nurserymen 

 let the young sprouts grow six or eight inches 

 high befi)re Ihey transplant them, but the former 

 way, I think, the best. The young trees shouKl 

 be planted and hoed as often as necessary, in order 

 to keep them free from weeds and grass, say three 

 or four times each, the last just belbre budding, 

 and not afterwards that season. 



4th. Budding. — Select from the healthiest trees 

 the scions of the kinds you wish to propagate, cut 

 oflT the leaves and keep them in water, at least, 

 the butt ends, (those buds which have three leaves 

 on, are the best.) They may be kept in this man- 

 ner three or four days. Then take the scion in 

 your left hand, holding the butt end downwards, 

 enter your knife about half an inch below the bud, 

 and cut upwards about a quarter of an inch above 

 the bud, taking the wood with it, and then cut 

 across the twig deep enough for the bud to come 

 00'; then with die point of your knile take out the 

 wood from the bud ; then make a transverse cut 

 in the stock to be budded, about three or four inch- 

 es above the ground, (first trimming oflfthe leaves 

 and limbs about six inches above the ground ;) 

 from the middle of this cut, make a slit about half 

 an inch downwards, then, with the point of your 

 knife, open the bark on each side of the slit, by the 

 transverse cut; enter the lower end of the bud 

 therein, bearing it down with your thumb and fin- 

 ger, till the top side of the bud comes just below 

 the first transverse cut; then with bark or yarn, 

 wind above and below the bud, in order to Keep 

 close to the wood. In twelve or fourteen days, the 

 bandages may be removed. The time of budding 

 may be from the 20ih of August to the 20lh of 

 September, perhaps later sometimes. In the fol- 

 lowing spring, when the buds grow three or four 

 inches long, the old staik should be cut off about 

 an inch above the bud. In the following fall or 

 spring, you may set out your orchard, putting 

 the trees about twenty feet apart. Tlie ground 

 should be rich and dry — not springy. Manuring is 

 indispensable, unless the ground be very rich. 

 Corn or potatoes may be planted among the trees, 

 with: benefit to them for three or four years. 



BEET SUGAR. 



Notice has been officially given in the New 

 York papers, that an a|)plication will be made to 

 the legislature, at the next session, for an act of 

 incorporation for a company for the manufiiclure 

 of suji'ar from the beet root, with a capital of 

 ^500,000. 



From tlie Genesee Farmer. 



COMPARATIVE WEIGHTS OF GREEN AND DRY 

 GRASSICS. 



A great number of accurate experiments show 

 that on an average — 



100 lbs. green red clover makes 27 lbs. of hay. 

 100 " " herds grass ^ " 40 " " 



100 " " li-esh meadow " 38 " " 



100 " "■ salt grass " 39 •' " 



100 " " rovvenor2dcrop" 19 " " 



100 " " cornstalks " 25" dry stalks. 



