vol,. XIV. NO. 11. 



AND G A R D E iN E R ' S .JOURNAL. 



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CATTLE SHOW. 



The Cominittofi of AiiaiifieiiKiits for tlie Cattle 

 Show nuH Exhihition of Mumifaclun-s, hy the 

 Worcester County Agrii-ultiiral Society, on the 

 7th day of October next, would remind all of their 

 follow-citizeiis who propose to heconie competi- 

 tors for the Society's honors, of the i)ropriety of 

 hv'ing prepared for tliat intcrestiiij,' occasion ; and 

 particularly those who intend to coni|)ete in the 

 Plongliing-iMatch, of the necessity of causing their 

 entries to be made with Charles G. Pr<?ntiss, Esq., 

 Secretary of tlie Society, before the 28th day of 

 September, inst. as the several Committees will 

 require a strict compliance with the rules publish- 

 ed. The attention of all interested is requested to 

 the bills of the Society, which may be found in 

 each town of the county, or may be obtained by 

 application to the Secretary. In consequence of 

 the increased ficilities of intercommunication be- 

 tween this town and other parts of the Common- 

 wealth, it is expected that an unusual number of 

 strangers will attend the exhibition ; and tliev trust 

 that their agricultural brethren will see that the 

 Iiigli character of the county is fully sustained. 

 The committee regret that their hall, for several 

 years past, has not furnished evidence of the im- 

 proved state of manufactures in our county. They 

 hope that the manufacturers will this year aid in 

 making our Exhibition interesting, and satisfy 

 those of other sections of the state, not only of the 

 importance, but also of the variety and excellence 

 of the manufactures of fhe county of Worcester. 

 The Society have heretofore been greatly in- 

 debted to their female friends for many specimens 

 of their handy work, with which they have deco- 

 rated their hall. The committee would solicit 

 from them a continuance of their favors. The 

 committee are desirous of obtaining from one of 

 the neighboring towns, an exhibition of a team of 

 working oxen, to consist of not less than fifty yokes, 

 of such cattle as shall meet the approbation of the 

 committee on that description of stock. And for 

 this purpose, they aie authorized to offer a gratu- 

 ity of fifty dollars. 



The Committee have the pleasure to announce 

 that the address will he delivered by Stephen Sal- 

 isbury, Esq. 



John W. Lincoln, ^ 

 Isaac Southgate, | Commit- 

 IsAAC Davis, I 



Nathan Heard, | tee of 



Fred. W. Paine, J> 



Stephen Salisbury, | .irrange- 

 Ephraim Mower, I 



.ToNA. Harrington, | 7nents. 

 Lewis Bigelow, j 



Sept. 16, 1S35. 



AGRICriiTURAIj IMPIiEMENTS. 



Many a farmer and gardener loses much of his 

 time for want of suitable implements. Great im- 

 provements in the construction of farming utensils 

 have been made within the last twenty years, and 

 many new ones have been invented. Yet there 

 are many who have never availed themselves of 

 the advantages thus offered, and who still toil on 

 after the old fashion, with only half tools enough 

 to answer their purpose, and these often of a heavy 

 and clumsy construction, A farmer who never 

 attends the meetings of agricultural societies, nor 

 unites with his neighbors in t'le investigation of 

 new modes of tillage, new implements for saving, 

 expediting, or lightening labor, — nor ever reads the 



newsptipeis, — must he at least half a century bc- 

 hiuil the age in which he lives. — Boston Courier. 

 The Phong, or Potato Hoe, is one of the most 

 useful, simple and improved implements that is 

 emi)loyed. It was invented and used in the lirst 

 instance for digging potatoes — it was afterwards 

 found as useful for iilanting as for digging them 

 — and likewise is used for ahnost every jiurpose 

 for which a hoe has been used, and they are em- 

 ployed to the greatest possible advantage in stony 

 or rocky lands, and in planting new land ; they 

 are likewise used as a ganlen hoc, behig one of 

 the best implements a gardener can have in use, 

 or in working between rows of vegetables, digging 

 round young trees, loosening the ground, &c. 



Willis's Imiu-ovcd Seed Sower is a machine, 

 which wasdesigned in the first instance for sow- 

 ing small seed in gardens, is found in using to sow 

 large as well as small seed to advantage, and proves 

 to he one of the best field and garden implements 

 in use. It is particularly adai)ted for sowing ruta 

 baga, turnip, &e. 



The saving of seed in the use of this implement 

 is quite siiflicient to pay the cost of it in one sea- 

 son, and the seed is sown more regular and even. 



Neglect of the inuLBEaay We regret to dis- 

 cover the manifestation of a disposition, in many 

 places, to neglect the cultivation of the white mul. 

 berry. There is no doubt the foliage of the Chi- 

 nese mulberry is altogether su])erior to that of the 

 white, and that the tree is to be preferred, on all 

 accounts, provided it will endure the severity of 

 the climate. That this will ultimately be the case 

 by acclimation, we hope and believe ; but we can 

 not say that we are without our fears. The ex- 

 tensive destruction of the Chinese mulberry the 

 last winter, we do not consider as deciding the 

 question against its ability to withstand our ordi- 

 nary winters. The last winter was uncommonly 

 severe, and many of our most hardy indigenous 

 trees and shrubs were destroyed root and branch. 

 But notwithstanding the extreme cold, some of 

 this variety of the mulberry survived it even in lo- 

 cations peculiarly unfavorable. We hope, there- 

 fore, it will finally succeed ; hut it is a dictate of 

 common sense not to exchange certainties for un- 

 certiinties. We know from the experience of 

 half a century, that the white iTsulberry is adapted 

 to our climate, and that from its foliage silk of an 

 excellent quality and liberal product may be made, 

 and it is certainly the dict.ate botli of wisdom and 

 economy, to hold it in reserve should the Chinese 

 fail. 



Our plan, as practical culturists, is to multiply 

 the white mulberry as fast as possible, and at the 

 same time endeavor to acclimate the Chinese. 

 Should we succeed, and render our white mul- 

 berries unnecessary for foliage, the/ will still be 

 valuable for timber and fuel. But, on the contra- 

 ry, should we be disappointed in our hopes and 

 expectations with resjiect to the Chinese, we shall 

 still be enabled to prosecute the culture of silk 

 with success and profit. We hope, therefore, the 

 most sanguine believer in the Chinese variety v/ill 

 not neglect to cultivate the white, until the ques- 

 tion is settled beyond the possibility of a doubt. 

 It appears to us that the success of the whole en- 

 terprise would be jeoparded by any other course 

 of procedure; and as we ardently desire its suc- 

 cess, wo would earnestly entreat our fellow cultu- 

 rists to guard against such a residt. 



The Morl's Alra, or White Italia.n Mul- 

 iiF.RRY.— Thc^ Baltimore Farmer and Gardener 

 states, that 'in order to make assurance doubly 

 sin-e, he would recommend to persons who have 

 sown seed of this tree, the present season, to cover 

 their plant beds as soon as winter sets in, eitlier 

 with straw or long stable manure, to be confined 

 by a slight covering of small brush-wood, which 

 should be permitted to remain on the beds until 

 about the middle of April, when it should be 

 gradually removed, so as not to expose the plants 

 too suddeidy to the changes of the weather at 

 that unsettled season of the year. This precaution 

 will not he necessary after the first winter.' 

 'Hie seed of this mulberry may be had of Robert 

 Sinclair, Jr. in Baltimore, which the editors of the 

 F. and G. recommend 'as being fresh, having seen 

 some of it tried, and sprouted in about 36 hours.' 

 Hampshire Gazette. 



Profits of the mulberry. — A gentleman in 

 New York, who has devoted much time and at- 

 tention to the planting of mulberiy trees, gives a 

 statement from two acres, which divided, will gi^ « 

 the following for one acre. 

 One acre of ground fenced by mulberry 



hedges and set out with trees, . . $260 00 

 Interest and additional expense during five 



years, 187 60 



$437 50 

 The acre will then produce — 

 From 5 to 10 years, 10 per cent. 



" 10 to 15 " 47 



" 15 to 20 " 112 " 

 averaging nearly 45 per cent, for the first 20 years, 

 and continue at 112 per cent, afterwards. The 

 culture of silk is becoming so profitable that it 

 would seem advantageous for farmers generally, 

 to give it their attentiou.^JV. Bed. Gaz. 



Truf. economy. — If $100,000 are required to 

 complete a thing: the expenditure of $99,999 is 

 a dead waste, if you add not the other' one. It 

 is leaving up the last plank of a magnificent 

 bridge. British capitalists pay more regard to r'n- 

 terest than principal — a pun that every body ca- 

 pable of such a thing has made in his life, I dare 

 say — but in this particular case, a compliment: 

 for the fact is that the British invest bravely, where 

 there is a reasonable certainty- of regular and small 

 interest ; we, timidly, unless we have a chance 

 for a failure at one slap. — JVewburyport Herald. 



Mildew o.n grapes. — A gentleman says, the 

 last year he discovered that his grapes began to 

 mildew badly, that he had formerly tried sulphur 

 and other remedies without success, and that he 

 made the experiment of applying strong soap suds 

 with a syringe to a few hunches, and these came 

 to maturity, plump, smooth and fair, all the rest 

 upon the same vine were so badly mildewed as to 

 be unfit for use. — Sag Harbor Watchman. 



Buckwheat. — We understand that the crop of 

 buckwheat promises to be very abundant in this 

 county the present season. 3Iuch more than 

 usual has been sowed and it has grown well. 

 This will be welcome news to the numerous lov- 

 ers of those excellent articles, buckwheat cakes. — 

 Poughkeepsie Eagle. 



The spirits of turpentine applied to milkweed, 

 burdock and Canada thistle, the quantity of a tea- 

 spoonful at a time, will run down and destroy them 

 to the ground ; if not at once, repeat it. 



