vol.. XIV. NO. 6. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



4'1 



THE SEASON. 



The early forebodinjis of the croakers in rela- 

 tion to the unfriiitfiihiess of tiio season, have, so 

 far, as they usually <lo, proved groundless. The 

 sraiii crop in some sections of the country is re- 

 presenti^l to he uiuisually large, in others mid- 

 <llinc, anil in very few places does it fall much 

 below tlie average yield, and tlie quality is every- 

 where represented as excellent ; so that, on the 

 whole, the crop may he considered a fair one. 

 Indian Corn, till within three weeks, was back- 

 ward and was considerably iiijin-ed by worms. 

 Otherwise it looked well. The favorable weather 

 of the last month has brought it forward with as- 

 tonishing rapidity, so that it is now nearly as for- 

 ward as usual, and its appearance is promising. 

 The hay crop, though rather light, has come in 

 much better than was expected, and has generally 

 been got in in such fine order, as, in a considerable 

 degree, to compensate for its deficiency in quan- 

 tity. Many farmers in this vicinity, consider their 

 crop full an average one. Berries and small fruit, 

 of almost every kind, are exceedingly abundant, 

 especially cherries, which never were plentier in 

 this vicinity than the present year. The apple 

 trees are heavily loaded and the fruit is fair. Pears 

 and plums, also, promise favorably. We have 

 never known the walnut and butternut trees fuller 

 than they now are. The chcsnut trees blossomed 

 late, but if the season should be favorable, they 

 will yield well. We are not much engaged in 

 horticulture, but judging from the appearance of 

 our market, gardens are doing well. — fVor. Spy. 



The appearance of tlie fields under cultivation 

 and the unbroken grounds, are truly melancholy. 

 We have not had sufl3cient rain to wet the ground 

 more than an inch down, since the last of May. 

 The pasturage lands in this vicinity and in a num- 

 ber of the towns below, appear in tlie habiliments 

 of December — scarcely a blade of green grass can 

 be discovered. Corn, potatoes and everything 

 else, on high dry lauds, is sear with the drought, 

 and in some instances, we have noticed the trees 

 were putting on a deathlike appearance, and some 

 actually dried up. Conversing with the oldest 

 men we have among us, we are told that since 

 their recollection the earth was never more parch- 

 ed. Within a few miles of us, rain has fallen 

 copiously, while here we have not had a drop. 

 The prospects of the husbandman are dishearten- 

 ing at this time, but he who has given us the 

 « former and latter rain " will cause the showers 

 to descend when his wisdom shall direct. — Barn- 

 stable Journal. 



A most valuable invention has lately been tnade 

 by James Hamilton, of New York, which will be 

 the means of saving an immensity of labor in this 

 country. It is a machine for felling trees. The 

 New York American gives from the New York 

 Mechanics' Magazine a description of it, accom- 

 panied by a drawing. This machine requires 

 very little more space for use than is required for 

 the swing of an axe, and may be used in almost 

 any situation in which a man can use an axe. It 

 may be moved from tree to tree by one man, who 

 can with it cut through a stem of two feet diame- 

 ter in five minutes ; two men will, however, work 

 it to more advantage. It is so constructed as to 

 admit of saws of different lengths accordin:; to the 

 size of the tree. A committee of the American 



Institute at New York, commend it in strong 

 terms. It cuts the stumps uniformly of an equal 

 height, and at least a foot nearer the ground than 

 is usual, whereby the most part of the timber is 

 saved, besides all the after labor of squaring the 

 end. The cost of the machine is about fifty dol- 

 lars, and it is believed that with it two men can 

 fi-ll as nuieh tindier in a given time as twenty can 

 with the ixxc.-^Jf'est Chester Herald. 



[From the Farmer's Journal.] 

 COIilC IN HORSES. 



It is a source of consolation to sensitive minds 

 to reflect that the diseases of the brute creation are 

 few and simple in their nature ; but at the same 

 time, it is mortifying to know that they are not 

 considered sufficiently important to require the 

 attention of men of science and ability. Too little 

 attention is generally dev^ited to a proper acquaint- 

 ance with these diseases, when their treatment 

 properly belongs to every husbandman. If each 

 farmer having .a knowledge of an approved rem- 

 edy fpr any disease would communicate it, the in- 

 formation would become as e.vtensive as the 

 Register is circulated — nor would I consider it 

 too heavy a taix upon its columns. These truths 

 being impressed upon my mind, I am disposed to 

 follow the humble manner of some of your corres- 

 pondents, and give a recipe I Jiave always found 

 singularly efficacious for coUc in horses. 



The causes of this disease pre numerous — bad 

 food, hard rides, constipated bowels, sudden tran- 

 sitions from heat to cold, and the reverse, bots, 

 and even customary food, when the system is 

 previously weakened by fatigue and joveraction. 

 To cure the disease produced from any of the 

 foregoing causes, I generally administer an otmce 

 of laudanum in a little water, which has invaria- 

 bly succeeded with me — but candor compels me 

 to acknowledge my veterinary practice is not ex- 

 tensive ; but I have used the above recipe suc- 

 cessfully, after the ineffectual administration of a 

 variety of other remedies, which entitles it to fur- 

 ther trial. 



Its mode of operation may be explained upon 

 philosophical princi^des. The various causes of 

 the disease generally destroy the equilibrium of 

 circulation and excitability. The blood flows 

 from the surface of the body towards the point 

 of diseased or weakened action, and congestion 

 ejisues in some part of the alimentary canal. So 

 long as this congestion exjsts, so long must nervous 

 initation and spasmodic action, aud consequently 

 the suffering of the auiuial contipue. But restore 

 this altered circulation and derangement, and ease 

 follows; a healthy and naUu-al condition of the 

 system innnediately supervenes. Now no remedy 

 promises so far to fulfil these healthy indications 

 as laudanum. It is a powerful qnti-irritant, . ^ijd 

 diffusible stimulant, as well as spasmodic. The 

 irritation being relieved by any remedy, the spasm 

 relaxed, and a cure follows as surely as light drives 

 away darkness. No danger need be apprehended 

 from its early administration; but if fever and in- 

 flammation were to exist, it would be certainly 

 be forbidden. This condition of the system re- 

 quires bleeding, purging, and clystering; and fre- 

 quently a use of cold water on the surface. 



R. H. 



Wit. — It is a sure sign of want of wit when 

 one is always attempting to show it. 



A WORD ABOUT HORTICUL.TURE. 



Who does not love fruit? — the juicy grape, the 

 luscious pear, the fragrant and dtdicious apple, and 

 all the great variety which Pomona ofiTcrs to regaic 

 the palate of man ? And yet how little good fruit 

 we have around us ! We are glad a taste is now 

 being awakened in our country for the cultivation 

 of this part of the bounty which a good Provi- 

 dence has placed within the reach of every one 

 who will take a little pains to preserve and cherish 

 it. It is not only a luxury, hut a source of health ; 

 we don't believe a word about ripe and good fruit 

 hurting any one. It is not those who eat good 

 and wholesome fruit, who are subjects of the dis- 

 eases of summer ; it is only those who eat that 

 which a four-footed epicure would almost "turn 

 up his nose at" in disdain, and which are hawked 

 about our streets, and eaten by children of a larger 

 as well as a smaller growth, with eagerness. This 

 it is which creates the outcry against fruit. But 

 we are not about to write an essay on the wllole- 

 someness of fruit — we only took our pen, at this 

 time, to recommend to all who love good fruit, to 

 suljBcribe for Mr Barrett's IIorticultukal Regis- 

 ter — the best thing in the country, of course, for 

 Mr Fessenden conducts it, assisted by an experi- 

 enced English gentleman, Mr Tescheniacher — the 

 cheapest, too ; for it is only two dollars a year, for 

 forty royal-octavo pages a month. 



Fair lady, have you a garden as large as our's? 

 — i. e. six feet by three. — it will tell you how to 

 make a multum in parvo of it — a great deal of fra- 

 grance and beauty in a small compass, for it telle 

 all about the culture of flowers. Noplace is more 

 adapted, for the amusement and recreation of a 

 lady, than amid the flowrets of the garden — em- 

 blems of maiden purity <ind beauty. Were we a 

 bachelor, we know of no place where our heart 

 would so soon become another's, as amid the pure 

 atmosphere of the flower-garden. — Boston Mirror. 



Sea-weed Manure, — Fleets of boats, to the 

 number of sixty or seventy, are daily arriving at 

 Galway, with sea-weed for manure, from Cunna- 

 mara, Artaii, and the County of Clare, which is 

 purchased with avidity, and conveyed on carts all 

 over the country, in various directions, oven to 

 the distance of forty or fifty miles into the inte- 

 rior. — Galway paper. 



Cobbett, in a letter to Mr Spring Rice,says, " In 

 no part of Ireland was I more cordially welcomed 

 than on the banks of the Shannon, where the lord 

 of the manor makes his wretched tenants pay him 

 eighteen pence a cart load for the sea-weed that 

 the tide casts on shore ! Mr Rice's estate is in 

 that district." 



More G.OA1.. — We learn that coal has been dis- 

 covered on the farm of Mr Samuel Look, in 

 Georgetown, a part of which has been bonded. 

 As far as we can learn the substance supposed to 

 be coal lies in a vein covered with loam and un- 

 connected with any other kind of rock. — Jf'^iscas- 

 set Intel. 



Large Radish. — A radish weighing 6 pounds 

 2 ounces, measuring 26 inches in length and 

 15i in circumference, has been sent to the editor 

 of the St Louis Republican as a relish tor his 

 breakfast. It was from the garden of Mr David 

 Haymaker, in Illinois. 



