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r-'TEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



corners of the whole design, so as occasionally I 

 to be fenced off. In lara^e orchiivds, care should 

 be taken that the slock of hogs is sufficient to] 

 eat up all the early fruit which falls, from May 

 until Aug-u^t. This precaution will he more es- 

 pecially necessary in larg:e peach orchards ; for, 

 otherwise, when the hotrs heconvj cloyed with 

 the pulp of the [leach, th'^y will let it fall out 

 of their mouths, and contrnt themselves with 

 the kernel, which they like the hetter : and 

 thus the Curculio, escaping from their jaws, may 

 hide under ground, until next spring. Solitary 

 trees of one fruit or another, remote I'rom the 

 orchard, should be regarded as nurseries of the 

 Curculio, and ought to be cut down or remov- 

 ed to the common enclosure. A young orchard 

 should not be planted in the place of, or adja- 

 cent to, an old one, that it may not be immedi- 

 ately infested with the Curculio. 



It is also apparent, from what has been said, 

 that great advantages might result from an as- 

 sociation or combination of the whole neighbor- 

 hoods ag.iinst this common enemy. Allhougl 

 an intelligent farmer may accomplish much, 

 by due attention, within his own territory, the 

 total extermination of the Curculio can hardly 

 be expected, hut by the concurrent efforts of 

 whole districts. 



SATURDAY, SEPTl'.MBER 27, 18i3. 



Q::^ Subscribers to the N. E. Farmer are rLcjHested 

 hot to pa/ any money to Ti-ayelliug; Agents, on account 

 of ttie paper, as .4sjents of tliis description are not au- 

 thorised to receive money on our account. Sept. 27. 



(^:^l7='Subscribers who liave not paid for the Jir.'it vol. 

 of the Farmer, are requested to forward us the amount 

 due immediately ; and those who wish to save 50 cents 

 must pay for tlie second vol. by (he lit of October,' 



REMARKS 

 On the Frothing; or Foaming of Horses at the Mouth, 



in the fall of the year, called " Sahtalion of Horses^''' 



" Salivari/ Defiuiinns of Horses,^'' or "■ Slavers of 



Morses*'''' 



Every farmer is acquainted with this disorder, and 

 therefore a description of its symptoms is not necessary. 

 Of its causes and cure very little is known, perhaps 

 nothing that can be relied on. Some have thought it 

 was caused by the Webs of spiders, some that it was a 

 ■poisonous plant called Lohtliti^ or Indian tobacco, and 

 a writer for the American Farmer, (Mr. Abel Seymour, 

 whose communication we republished, p. 19, vol. ii,) 

 thinks it is produced by " streaks of blue mould on the 

 grass." Mr. Lovett Peters (wdiose communication on 

 the subject is given p. 58) is of opinion that " the sla- 

 vers of horses is caused by their eating a kind of grass 

 of second growth, making its appearance in the fore 

 part of July, much resembling oats, which come up in 

 the fall after the crop has been taken ofl' the ground, 

 but has rather more of a brownish cast, and retains it; 

 green veiy late in the fall." 



The acknowledged importance of the subject has in- 

 duced us to give it such attention as our leisure and op- 

 portunities would admit of, and the result of our in- 

 quiry is an opinion that Mr. Peters is correct. In the 

 2d vol. of Memoirs of the Philadelphia Agricultural 

 Society, (page 3o0 to page o58) are published .two 

 CO nuunications " Ou the Salivary Defluxions in Hors- 

 es, written by the request of Mr. William Younjf, and 

 by him forwarded to the Society." Jlr. Abraham Pcr- 

 lee was the author of one of these communications, and 

 Mr. William Baldwin of the other. Mr. Perlee attri- 

 b'Jt-jj the di.orJor to a plaut called " spotted spirck, 



Euphorbia Maculata of Lianeus." He says " the fre- 

 quent occurrence of a profuse discharge of saliva from 

 horses, and its rapid production of great debility and 

 emaciation in that useful animal, had not only excited 

 the attention and surprise of many of the faamers, but 

 had also given rise to many conjectures as to the cause 

 of it. Many opinions were founded on no substantial 

 data, but originating only from conjecture ; by many 

 it was imputed to a peculiar quality inherent in the 

 second growth of clover, — its generally appearing first 

 when horses were put to pasture on the second crop, 

 and being almost exclusively produced by pasturing in 

 clover fields, were considered as corroborating eviden- 

 ces of the correctness of the hypothesis ; but its not 

 having occurred for many years after clover had been 

 extensivel.y cultivated, and not occurring at all in ma- 

 ny places, where horses are pastured almost altogeth- 

 er on clover, sufficiently proved that opinion to be er- 

 roneous. It was also imputed to the effects of gypsum 

 or plaistcr so frequently used to promote the growth of 

 clover, but the occurrence of it on many farms where 

 no plaister had been used, as well as its not occurring 

 on many where it had been used very copiously, prov- 

 ed this opinion equally incorrect with the former. 



" My friend. Dr. William Baldwin, of Wilmington, 

 informed me that a member of the Linnean Society of 

 Philadelphia had supposed, that the ptyalism, (saliva- 

 tion) was caused by a species of Euphorbia, [spurge.] 

 He also politely favored me with a specimen of the 

 species to which it was imputed, and gave me some 

 information on the Euphorbia Americana in general, 

 which extensive knowledge in Botany enabled him to 

 do. For the purpose of ascertaining the fact, I procur- 

 ed a small quantity of the Euphorbia maculata, and 

 gave it to my horse enveloped in a small quantity ot 

 clover, carefully gathering stem by stem, and perfectly 

 free from all other vegetable or any extraneous matter 

 whatever. A preternatural discharge of saliva took 

 place in less than half an hour. This experiment was 

 frequently repeated, and invariably with the same re- 

 sult. To prove that clover did not contribute towards 

 it, in some cases other grass was used as an envelope 

 with the same effect. And when the horse was per- 

 fectly free from ptyalism, a considerable quantity of 

 clover carefully gathered without the Euphorbia was 

 given to him, and no such elTect was produced. 



" These experiments I considered sufficient to prove 

 that the Euphorbia maculala could produce salivatiou. 

 And I am induced to think, for reasons that I shall 

 hereafter mention, that it is the general, if not the only 

 cause of it." [To be continued.] 



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Lime btlicred lo be an antidote against the If'orm or 

 drub, which destroys potatoes. 



We p iblished in vol. ii, page 54, some remarks on a 

 "large white worm with a red head," which attacks 

 and devours potatoes in the hill, and requested inform- 

 ation from our agricultural friends relative to the insect, 

 and the means of guarding against its ravages. Since 

 the publication of that article we have learnt that Mr. 

 Young, in AnnaU of Agriculture, has the following pas- 

 sago : 



'• I planted an acre with kidney potatoes, and two 

 days after ordered two bushels of fresh lime to be 

 thrown over the surface of the ground, leaving two 

 rows unlimed, to see if the experiment would have any 

 visible eflect on the crop. 



"The latter end of August following, I was surpris- 

 ed to find the rows which were left unlimed very much 

 grub eaten ; and the remainder a fine, clear and per- 

 fectly sound crop. I planted four acres in 178*, dres- 

 sing the whole with lime, and my crop was quite clear 

 1 from the grub; fourteen acri-s iu 1703 with the same 



success, when a land, net top dressed with lime, sutler 

 much, almost every plant being damaged." 



It will be perci:ived that the amount of the top d 

 sing in the iirst experiment mentioned was only abi 

 two bushels of lime to an acre, and if quick lime is 

 antidote against the grab that devours potatoes, it 

 probable that it may be eqnally effectual against 

 cut worm, wire worm, and other insects which so offe 

 destroy the hopes of the husbandman. 



AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



Oir The Cattle Show, Exhibition of Manufactur 

 Ploughing Match, and sale of Animals and Maniifs 

 tures, will be at Brighton, on the 15th and 16th Oi 

 No labor nor expense has been spared to increa 

 interest and extend the usefulness of this Farmers' a 

 Mechanics' Festival. Much is anticipated, but we 

 lieve expectation will not transctnd reality. At 

 o'clock, A.M. of Wednesday the 15th, the Membi 

 of the Massachusetts Society for promoting Agricultt 

 will meet in their Hall for the admission of membf^ 

 &c. At half past 9, a procession will be formed by t 

 Marshals, and proceed to the Meeting House, wh. 

 Prayers will be offered by Rev. Dr. Foster, and I 

 President will announce the arrangements, name: 

 the several Committees on Premiums, &c. 



The Worcester Cattle Sliow, k.c. as we have alrei 

 stated, will take place on the 8th of next month, 

 would nov/ add that the Ploughing Match will C( 

 mence at 9 o'clock, A. M. and immediately afterwaj 

 a procession will be formed and proceed to the Soi 

 Meeting House, where Prayers will be offered by 

 Chaplain of the day, and an Address will be deliver 

 by a member of the Board of Trustees. The arrai), 

 ments of this exhibition, as published in the Worcesi 

 papers, promise all that can be expected or desired 

 amuse, interest, gratify and improve. 



The Berks/lire Agricultural Society will hold t 

 Cattle Show and F"air on the 1st and 2d of Octoi 

 at Pillsfield. An Address will be delivered by a Mi 

 ber of the Society. 



The Middlesex Cattle Show and Exhibition of Mai 

 faCiures will be held at Concord on '1 hursday nej 

 I'rayers will be offered by the Chaplain, and an 

 dress delivered by Josiah Adams, Esq. of Framingh 



Pli/motith County. — The Exhibition will be at 

 Bridgewater, the 7th of October. Address by Hi 

 Kilborn \S'hitnian. 



The annual Show and Fair of the Hampshire, Fn 

 lin arid Huinfdnn Agricultural Society, will be on 

 22d and 23d of October, at Northampton. We un 

 stand an Address will be delivered by I. C. Bates, 



Cheshire Agricultural Society will meet at Wi 

 moreland, N. H. on the 1st day of October. Addi 

 by Mr. John Lancaster, of Acworth. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



Mr. EoiTon — If you or some of your corr 

 pendents would give some information, throii 

 the E'armpr, relative to the best manner of 

 tivating the Currant bush, a favor would be cd 

 ferred on one, and probably on several of yt 

 subscribers. — — 



Mr. Eoitor — If you have not published it; 

 your paper, 1 will thank you to publish an i 

 strnct of a law of this State, passed 12th Jul 

 1818, against " Trespasses in divers cases,"j 

 stealing fruit. Sic. from farms. A Subscribb 



By the Act alluded to it is enacted, Sect. 1. Iha 

 any person shall enter upon any grass land, orchaii 

 o-arden, without permission of the owner thereof, ' 

 intent to cut, destroy, take, or carry away, any 

 hay, fruit, or vegetables, with the intent lo iujur^ 

 defraud such owner ; each person so offendii 

 r.irfi it and pay, for eveiy such offence, a sum not ' 

 ihan two dollars nor more than ten dollars, lo the j 

 111' the Commonwealth, to be rtcovered on complj 

 lefore any Justice of the Peace of the county in 

 the offence shall be committed ; and the personjl 

 •offending shall also be liable hi damages to the pa 

 injured. 



Sect. 2. That if any person, having entered uji'« 



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