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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



AUGUST 5, 1835. 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1835. 



FARMEHS' WORK FOR AUGUST. 



Worms in the head of Sheep. — There exists in 

 some parts of the country a sort of a fly, called by nat- 

 uralists astrus ovis, of the same genus with that which 

 deposits eggs in the hair of horses, and causes j s 

 This fly attacks sheep from about the middle of August 

 to the middle of September, deposits its nits in the nos- 

 trils of the animal, and causes those loorms in the head, 

 which so frequently destroy sheep. To defend against 

 the assaults of an insect which sows the seeds of death 

 in the fleecy fViends of the cultivator, it is recommended 

 to keep their noses smirched with tar from the middle 

 of August to the latter part of September. In order to 

 effect this it is well to mix fine salt with tar, and place 

 it under cover, where the sheep can have access to it, 

 and they will smear their own noses with tar, in such a 

 manner that the fly will not assail them. 



Sowing RvE. — From the middle of August to the 

 middle of September is the best time for sowing winter 

 rye. By sowing early you provide green food for sheep 

 late in the fall and early in the spring, and by early sow- 

 ing and feeding in the fall the roots of the grain take 

 such firm and extensive hold of the soil that they are 

 less liable to be thrown out of the ground by frost W 

 winter killed. When sowed so early three pecks of seed 

 to an acre will be sufficient. 



[For the New England Karmer.j 

 FAL.I< PliOUGHING. 



Last Autumn I had three lots of banked meadow 

 land, about five acres in each, lying side by side, sepa- 

 rated only by a six feet ditch, and to all appearance no 

 difl^erence in any respect, that 1 intended to liave plough- 

 ed in the fall and planted with Indian corn in the spring 

 It so happened that only one of the lots was ploughed 

 last fall, the remaining two lots this spring. Where the 

 ground was ploughed last fall there is now growing a 

 very vigorous and healthy crop of corn. The otiier two 

 lots have been twice planted, and here and there are 

 growing a hill of corn, yellow and sickly in its appear- 

 ance, but almost destroyed by the cut worm. A. D. 



Mr Fessekden — The mention made in your last 

 paper of a Yucca superbumgloriosa in tiie garden of Mr 

 Winship, of Brighton, having two hundred flowers re- 

 sembling white Tulips or Lilies, induces me to inform 

 you that I have a plant of the same kind on which last 

 year were mare than 500 flowers of the size of small 

 Tulips, all of which were fully expanded at the same 

 time and made a magnificent appearance ; and that at 

 this time I have a Yucca filamentosa with 200 full blown 

 flowers of a parchment color, and of equal size with the 

 others. D. Waldo. 



Worcester, July 25. 



[For tlie New England Farmer.] 

 DESTRUCTION OF IJVSECTS. 



Mb Fessenden — Some three or four years since I 

 was induced to make an experiment on the effect of ani- 

 mal oil applied to the destruction of worms on trees 

 knowing the fact that oils are fatal to those insects 

 when applied directly, but the difficulty of givin" to each 

 a portion in due season was to be surmounted. I ac- 

 cordingly tried the vapor by heating about a quart in an 

 iron vessel, holding the vessel under the tree that the 

 fumes might arise into every part. This had the effect 



but the oil soon ceased to evaporate in consequence of 

 the loss of heat, I then heated it again and in this state 

 inflamed it. While it was still burning, by moving 

 round under each tree, slaying five or six minutes at each, 

 every worm was destroyed. I communicated this to 

 several gentlemen, who were induced to try it, and they 

 were much gratified with the result. Since my first, or 

 rather second attempt it has been tried in the same way 

 in Salem, New Bedford, and other places with perfect 

 success. If you think it worth a place in your paper 

 you are at liberty to place it there. 



Joseph Dixon. 

 Taunton, August 3, 1835. 



White Mulberries of a large size set out in the fall 

 are more likely to take well and thrive the ensuing sum- 

 mer than if set out in the spring, but on no account 

 should the Morus Multicaulis be set out in the fall. 



Another Railroad is proposed from Troy, through 

 Bratlleborough, Keene aad Lowell to Boston. The 

 survey to be commenced by the middle of August. Col. 

 Loammi Baldwin of Charlestown has been engaged as 

 engineer. 



Management of Pigs. — The following experiment 

 was made by a gentleman of Norfolk. Six pigs of the 

 Norfolk breed, and of nearly equal weight were put to 

 keeping at the same time, and treated the same as to 

 food and litter for about seven weeks. Three of them 

 were left to shift for themselves as to cleanliness ; the 

 other three were kept as clean as possible by a man em- 

 ployed for the purpose with a currycomb and brush. 

 The last consumed in seven weeks fewer peas by five 

 bushels, than the other three : yet they weighed more 

 when killed by two stone and four pounds (thirty.six 

 pounds) upon an average, or six stone twelve pounds 

 upon the whole. — Tlie Bee, Pictou, JV. Scotia. 



Farmers' Prospects.— The gloom and long faces so 

 manifest among this class of our fellow citizens, is, we 

 are happy to observe, rapidly passing off. Never was 

 there better weather for the crops of grass, corn, oats, 

 and potatoes, than we have had for a week or two past, 

 and these and most other kinds of crops now look very 

 promising. — Rutland Herald. 



During the late hurricane in Canton, 111. the wrecks 

 of houses, furniture, fences, &c. were hurled about in 

 the air. In one instance, a fence rail was driven 

 through an ox ! Torrents of rain fell, which soon 

 turned to hail. Some of the hail stones are said to 

 have been as large as a goose egg ! ! I The Sangamon 

 river overflowed in some places, to a width of four 

 miles. — St. LouisHcrald. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAI. SOCIETY. 



[The following lisla were not received in season for our last.] 

 Saturday, July 25, 1835. 



S.Walker. Dahlias; Queen of Dahlias, do. Tincta, 

 do. Dennisii, do. Romulus, do. Brown's Ophelia ; Pic- 

 otees ; White'and Scarlet, do. Yellow and Scarlet, Del- 

 phinium Grandifforum, do. do. pi. seedling; Monarda 

 atro purpurea, Phlox lenduflora alba, do do. purpurea, 

 and other ffowers. 



M.P. Wilder, Rosa macrophylla, Tigrida pavonia. 

 Dahlias ; Queen of Dahlias, Widnall's porfoction, Den- 

 nissi minor, Inwood's compacta, Picta formosissima, 

 Cicero, Duchess Richmond, Barrett's Susannah, Aurantia 

 speciosissima, Lovely's Early Grey, Maid of Si. Leon- 

 ards, Denniss coccinea, Lass of Richmond Hill, Fcronia, 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWFRS. 



Saturday, August I. 



The show continues to be attractive, the beautiful 

 specimens exhibited this day very justly merited the re- 

 iterated praise of the visitors, and the committee. 



M P. Wilder, Dorchester. — Dahlias — Queen of the 

 Dahlias, do. Dancer's Helen, do. Queen Bess, do. Anto- 

 nio, do. Maid of St. Leonards, do. Agrippina, do. Rosea 

 speciosa, do. Earl of Chicester, do. Belladonna, do. Ne- 

 gro boy, do. Brown's Opiielia, do. Inwood's compacta, do 

 Widnall's Aurora, do. Denniss coccinea, do. Cicero, &c. 



Samuel Walker, Roxbury.— Dahlias— Queen of Dah- 

 lias, do, Dennisii, do. Countess of Liverpool, do.. Bar- 

 rett's Susannah ; Phlox, tardiflora, purpurea; Monarda 

 Seedling scarlet, do. Mollis, do. purpurea; Picotees 

 White and scarlet ; Statice, tartarica ; Delphinium gran- 

 diflora pi. do. single, do. sinensis ; Campanula persicae- 

 fblia, pi. 



William Kenrick, Newton, Roses — Double Yellow 

 Lily, Var. Hollyhocks, Var. Phkx, Honeysuckles, Co- 

 reopsis, Helicanthus, Hypericum ascyroides,&c. 



■ R. Ward, Roxbury. Double Pomegranate, Globe 

 Thistle, Gilia coronopifolia. 



Messrs Hovey & Co., Cambridgepori. Fine Poppies, 

 and other flowers. 



Also were received from the conservatory of the . 

 Hon. John Lowell, elegant specimens of the Yucca glo- 

 riosa ; Erylhrina crista galli; do. Picta. 



For the Committee, Jona. Winship. 



FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



Messrs Winship. Pears ; Madeleine of the old Du- 

 hamel and Coxe, July or Sugar Top, Petit muscat. 



Apples. Roxbury Russells, the growth of 1834, very 

 fine from Richard Ward of Roxbury. 



Gooseberries, by Mr Wainwright of Roxbury. Spec- 

 imens of extraordinary size. Six of the largest weighed 

 two ounces and 11 dwts. 



By William Kenrick. Green Ocean, Champaigne, 

 Heart of Oak, Crown Bob, Rough Red, Green Myrtle, 

 Golden Yellow, Queen Sheba, Green Laurel. 



By Samuel Walker, fine specimens us usual. 



B. A. Houghton, Jr., of Lynn. A seedling from the 

 Prince Regent. Planted in 1830 and bore 6 quarts this 

 season. 



Vegetables. By Messrs Winship, specimens of the 

 Egg plant. 



For the committee. William Kenrick. 



An adjourned meeting of this Sooiety will be held at 

 thejr hall on Saturday next at 11 o'clock. A. M. 



E. Weston, Jr. Rec.Sec. 

 Monday, August 3. 



The weather is still unsettled and cool at nights. 

 During last week the thermometer must have been sev- 

 eral times very near freezing point. This has not been 

 very favorable to the grain crops, which have not ad- 

 vanced lately as rapidly as they did, and are generally in 

 much less healthy condition. Insects of several kinds 

 have also done them much injury and in many places 

 have almost destroyed the whole crops of cabbage, tur- 

 nips and even potatoes, extending their ravages to a very 

 large part of the production of gardens. The earliest 

 green peas, in very favorable positions, are now ready 

 for table. — Quebec Gazette, July 6. 



"To PREVENT Mdsquetoes. — Atttch apiece of flan- 

 nel or sponge to a thread made iiist to the top of the bed- 

 stead, wet the flannel or sponge with camphorated spirits 

 and the musquetoes will leave the room." 



