VOL. XIV. 3VO. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



53 



KBIVRICK'S ORCHARDIST. 



[We copy the following notice of this truly valuable 

 work (torn tlm New York Farmer.] 



Tlii.s second pdition of Mr Kcrirlck's work i.s 

 very muclj eiilnrgoil and iin|>rovi;(l. The mo- 

 chanical part, in clmractcr willi llio !5oston press, 

 is very beaiitifni. 'i"li<^ title of the «'ork doiiotos 

 its conipreliciisivoiiess and probable usefulness ; 

 and au e.XMniination fully sustains its claim to ;)ub- 

 lic patrouago as a very convenient and valuable 

 publication — one that every fwiiier and gardener 

 will lind a very intportant and almost indispensa- 

 ble acqui|itiou to the library. VVe know of no 

 American work ou this subject that will coniiiare 

 witli it in the variety and value of the inforina- 

 tion, and in cheapness. 

 • Mr K. has taken the res.onsibility of a large 

 edition, luul we liope he will be reinnnerated. 

 The book can be had in tliis city at the seed store 

 in Barclay street, and probably at the others in 

 this city. 



On a future occasion we may probably give a 

 further notice. S. F. 



which it is capable of receiving. It is for the 

 Farmer's own interest to sustain establishments 

 wliicli throw in their way every facility. 



It has been said that, " he who does most ad- 

 vance the great interests of agriculture, will justly, 

 !:croafter be considered as his country's greatest 

 heneiactor." Surely, then, the proj)rietors of tlii.s 

 excellent csiablishment, so liappily adapted for the 

 Farm r's convenience, and which cost large ex- 

 penditures, and years of labor, to establish, on a 

 fniM basis, will have no small claim to this dis- 

 tinction. — Boston Courier. 



AGR1CUL.TURAI, WAREHOUSE, BOSTON. 



"Agriculture is the art of arts, without which 

 man must be a savage, and the world a wilder- 

 ness ;" therefore anything which tends to advance 

 n more jjcrfect knowledge of this art, or to devcl- 

 ope and distribute facilities which simplify and 

 render it more productive, is of general utility. 



The Agricidtural Warehouse, Boston, is an es- 

 tablishment extending from North Market street 

 to Ann street, containing four rooms, 90 feet by 

 40, and all filled with agricultmal iinplements, 

 seeds, and various patented articles; it is a com- 

 plete museum, in which is deposited every thing 

 that is new and useful to the cultivator, and which 

 every farmer ought to make it a point of visiting 

 whenever he happens to be in Boston'. 



This establishment has had a great influence 

 upon the state of agriculture in New England, in 

 helping to eradicate what was considered the al-' 

 most immovable prejudice of farmers in favor of 

 ■old customs, &c. Time was when you might as 

 well have umlertaken to overturn lUount Wash- 

 ington, as to convince the farmer that this inven- 

 tion or that improvement was of real utility ; or 

 in fact that any improvement was necessary or 

 could be made upon existing methods : cultivators 

 considering the very ultima Jhule of good farm- 

 ing to be a strict adherence to wliat their fathers 

 practised and performed ; beyoud this it was im- 

 possible to go. But instead of llie uncouth and 

 imperfect tools they i:?cd, their place is now sup- 

 plied by be:uitifully simple and easily ojierating 

 labor-saving implements, machines, &c. Among 

 the great variety of articles for sale at this estab- 

 lishment, many are found far superior in form and 

 construction, and better adapted to the purjioses 

 for which they are intended, than any which have 

 been in use in this country. Here is displayed 

 in every variety of form specimens of the invent- 

 ive genius of our countrymen ; and here is a grand 

 bank for the farmers, from which they may draw 

 deposites, without a check, of infinite value to 

 them. 



In this country, agriculture is still imperfect, 

 though much advanced, and we have yet to learn 

 some new j;ractices, adopt some new improve- 

 ments, ac';ustom ourselves to read and to observe, 

 before we bring it to that state of perfection, 



Remarks on the Horn Distemper. 



Animals of the forest, guided by the princi]dcs 

 of instinct, regulated by the dictates of nature, and 

 uncoiitroled by man in their food, air, rest, and 

 exercise, are seldom affected by disease, while do- 

 mestic animals of all countries and climates, more 

 <lirectly under the control and dominion of man, 

 are subject to a variety. There are but few in- 

 stances on record of prevailing diseases among the 

 different tribes of wild animals, while every ap- 

 propriate periodical informs us of diseases and 

 their remedies of the whole class of those tnore 

 immediately under the direction and government 

 of man. Having lately had a fine young cow «f 

 the short horn Durham breed, afflicted with the 

 disease called Horn Distemper, and she having 

 thoroughly recovered, 1 thought it would not be 

 improper to offer for publication in your valuable 

 journal a few remarks on the disease, and my 

 method of treatment. It is evident this distem- 

 per affects the internal substance of the horn, 

 usually called the pith, insensibly wastes it, and 

 eventually, if suffered to make its progress unmo- 

 lested, leaves the horn entirely hollow. 'J'he pith 

 is a porous, spongy boue, whose cells are covered 

 with an unctuous riiulter and filled with numerous 

 small blood vessels, is overspi-ead with a thin 

 membrane, appears firmly united to the head, and 

 in a healthy animal comiiletely fills the horn, 

 which only serves as a sheath. In horn distem- 

 per this bone is partly, at others wholly wasted, 

 commencing at the extremity of the pith. The 

 usual symptoms are a general dulness of the coun- 

 tenance, a tardiness in moving, a formation about 

 the eyes of a yellow viscous matter, failure of ap- 

 petite, a desire to lie down, a giddiness and fre- 

 quent tossing of the head, often a stiffness of the 

 limbs is observable, and in cows the milk fails. 

 Let the other symptoms be what they niay, there 

 is always a sudden wasting of the flesh. '\ he horn 

 always loses its natural heat, and a degree of 

 coldness is manifest to the hand by grasping it 

 firmly. When in one horn, as is ofien the case, 

 there will be a very si iisihie difference in the 

 feeling. If upon examination the horn is cold, 

 we need not doubt the presence of the malady, 

 yet without an .acquaintance with some of the pre- 

 ceding signs, w ; might not be induced to examine 

 the horn, or. suspect the evil. As soon as the dis- 

 covery is made, a hole with a ten-penny nail gim- 

 let should be immediatel}' bored underside the 

 horn, three or four inches from the head. If the 

 gimlet passes through the inside without resist- 

 ance, it may be bored as low as is judged the hol- 

 lowness extends; this, generally if done in sea- 

 son, is all that is necessary. These holes should, 

 however, be kej.t open, that a free discharge may 

 be encouraged, and a communication be kept up 

 with the air. Bubbles are continually forming at 



the orifice, through which a thin fluirl oozes after 

 the horn Is bored. This seems to indicate an in- 

 ternal fermentation. Putrid matt('r may be form- 

 ed on the periosteum, and entering into the inter- 

 Slices of the hone, may dissolve the oily substance, 

 and form a fluid so putrid and corrosive as to dis- 

 solve even the bone iiself. From the sensible 

 relief that an opening into the horn gives the beast, 

 it is more than probable that the di.stress mani- 

 fested aiiscs from compression, occasioned by the 

 expansion of the putrid and confined air within, 

 rather than from an effect produced on the blood 

 and juices. In aggravated cases the inside of the 

 horn should be thoroughly syringed two or three 

 times a day with salt and water, soajisuds, pepper 

 and vinegar, or any sifn[)le cleansing material, 

 (neverapply spirits of turpentine, as the manner of 

 some is.) if their appe;iis to be mnch uiflainina- 

 tion about the head, a niodcriite bleeding in the 

 neck would be beneficial. But when the distem- 

 per has communicated its effects to the brain so as 

 to produce a high degree of inflammation, it in 

 much to be doubted whether any mode of treat- 

 ment would afford effectual relief. 



Milch cows are more liable to attack than other 

 descriptions of horn cattle. It is not common 

 among oxen ; I never knew a bull to have it ; 

 steers and heifers are thought to be exempt from 

 it under three years of age. It cannot be consid- 

 ered as conttigious. Neat cattle are subject to a 

 disorder commonly culled Tail Sickness, which 

 is a wasting of the bony substance of the tail, 

 and if not cut off above where the defect reaches, 

 often proves fatal. It frequently accompanies 

 the horn distemper. — AT. Y. Farmer. 



"I'O DESTROY THE CaNADA ThiSTLE. Cut 



them off near the ground, when they are full in 

 the blow or a little past. This process I' have 

 tried for three years, and find that it entirely 

 eradicates them from the fields by once mowing. 

 I have noticed several modes of destroying this 

 noxious weed in the Cultivator, but find none at- 

 tended with so small expense as mine, which has 

 induced me to send you the above. — Cultivator. 

 Solomon W. Jewett. 

 m-tjbridge, Vt. July 2-5, 1845. 



jJemauk. — In confirmation of the above, We 

 can state, that in 183-1, we unexpectedly found a 

 quarter of an acre of rank thistles in a piece of 

 grass ground recently laid down. They were in 

 full bloom .when the grass was mown. The pre- 

 sent year, the number wiis apparently diminished 

 five sixths ."ind what remained were stunted dwarf 

 plants. The thistle spreads most in ploughed 

 ground and in highways, where they are rooted 

 among by the hogs, — Conductor. 



To DESTROY Ant-hills. — The Pismire [ants] 

 are becoming quite a detriment on some of our 

 valuable lands, especially meadows, by the raising 

 of mounds and destroying of crops. They, simi- 

 lar to the honey-bee, when too numerous in one 

 family, ejiiigrate to new grounds, and are thus 

 constantly multiplying their habitations. They 

 may be destroyed by taking out of the centre of 

 the mound, a block the width and depth of a 

 spade, just as winter sets in, or before the ground 

 freezes. S. W. Jewett. 



Weybridge, July 23, 1835. 



