VOL. TIV. NO. XT. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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indiii.' olose to tlio aniinal nt the time, exactly in 

 liat way this is !icromplishiMl,owingto the obscure 

 lor ami rapid motions ot'tlio fly, and tlie extreme 

 ;itntion of the sheep ; hut ti-i>in the motions of 

 e sheep afterwards, and the mode of defence it 

 ies to avoid it, there is little doubt that the egg 

 deposited in the inner margin of the nostril. 



'I he moment tlie fly touches this part of the 

 eop, they shake their heads violently, and heat 



ground with their feet, holding their noses at 



same time close to the earth, and running 

 ray, earnestly looking at every side to see if 



fly pursues : they also may sometimes be seen 

 filing to the grass as they go, lest one shouhl 

 in wait for tliem ; which if they observe, they 

 Hop back, or take some other direction. As 

 •annot, like horses, take refuge in the water 

 defend themselves from its attacks, they have 

 course to a rut, or dry dusty road, or gravel pits, 

 here they crowd together during the heat of the 

 y, with their noses held close to the groiuid, 

 lich renders it difficult for the fly, who makes 

 s attacks on the wing, to get at the nostril." 

 Keeping the noses of sheep constantly smirched 

 th tar from the middle of August to tlie latter 

 rt of September, has been recommended as a 

 eventive against the fly. Insects of all kinds 

 ve an aversion to all kinds of terebinthina;e 

 bstances, such as tar, turpentine, &c. The 

 are easily to accomplish the object, it has been 

 commended to mix a little fine salt with tar, and 

 ice it under cover, where the sheep can liave 

 icess to it, and they will keep their noses suffi- 

 mtly smirched with tar to jirevent the insects 

 im attacking ihcni. 



Spirits of tin-pentine to be injected into the nos- 

 Is of sheep have been before recommended ; but 

 has been supposed that the remedy is too harsh, 

 d that it is apt to destroy the sheep as well as 

 e worms. With regard to young lambs being 

 Tested with worms in the head, we can only saj', 

 before intimated, that the fact is new to us, and 

 speet that a disorder called the staggers may be 

 istaken for worms in the head. " Staggers," 

 ys Dr Willich, " is a species of apoplexy, arising 

 om too great fulness of blood. It principally 

 :acks young lambs, which fall down, and if not 

 nely relieved, speedily perish. The mode of 

 re generally adopted by shepherds, is to blood 

 e creatures, and to remove them to a coarse 

 isture to jirevent a relapse." 

 On the whole, we consider the communication 



■ Mr Allinson as highly valuable, and if he has 

 covered an infallible specific for a disease in 



■ eep which has proved so very destructive as 

 orms in the head, he will liave conferred a very 

 •eat benefit on the agricultural interest. 



.ISSACHTJSETTS HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETY 



SaturJay,Oct. 24. 

 EXHIBITION OF FROITS. 



S. P. Gardner, Esq. brown Buerre pears. 



John Heard, Esq., Marie Louise, and Duchess 

 Angouleme pears. 



Mr Gushing, several varieties of fine pears. 



William Kenrick, Buerre Diel, D'Aremberg, 

 loux Morceau, Passe Colmar and Burnet pears. 



Henry Gushing, Esq., of Hingham, Hinkley 

 jars, and one sort unnamed. 



Madame Dix, another basket of Dix pears, now 

 . perfect maturity ; very large, handsome and 

 }od. 



Ga|it. James Collier, of Cohasset, seedling sweet 

 apples. 



E. Vose, Esq., Marie Louise, Sylvanche Verte, 

 Wilkinson, and Uihanistc^ pears. 



B. V. Ereiu-h, E.sq. 'I'illiiigton pears, Al(>iston, 

 Boiirassa, and Fameuse apples : the two last of 

 Ganadiau origin. 



Mr I\Ianning, Beurre Golniar of Autumn, Beurre 

 Van Mariini, Wilkinson, Frederick of Prussia, 

 Princess of Orange, P<)[)c's Quaker and Henry 

 Fourth pears, Kilham Hill, Marquis, Cree.sy, and 

 Minister apples. 



W. Kenrick, Orange Sweeting, from Major 

 Leland, of Sherburne, very beautiful, sweet and 

 fine. 



The Burnet pears noticed above were raised by 

 Dr Burnet, of Southborough. It is surprising 

 that a native pear so large and so good, has not 

 been more extensively known : the Gominittee 

 would be pleased to learn more of its history. 



Several of the pears exhibited to-day were pre- 

 maturely ripe, and were calculated to produce an 

 nnfiivorahle opinion respectirig their (]uality. — 

 Am >ng those at perfect maturity, were tlie Dix, 

 Wilkinson and I'rbaniste, and may, with confi- 

 dence, be pronounced " eminently worthy of culti- 

 vation." The Committee, 



by Robert Manning. 



Economy and Comfort. — As the season has 

 arrived when every proprietor must procure shoes 

 for his slaves, we think it notamiss to publish the 

 following recipe for making an elastic paste with 

 which to saturate them. The tendency of which 

 is, first, to make them perfectly water jiroof; sec- 

 ondly, to make them last as long again as they 

 would without its use ; and, thirdly, to make the 

 hardest leather soft and pliant, and therefore more 

 easy and comfortable to the feet. We have said 

 that it will make the leather perfectly water proof, 

 and in so saying we speak from experience, hav- 

 ing gunned in a pair of boots saturated with this 

 mixture for years from early dawn till near night, 

 day in and day out, during each return of the 

 woodcock season, tlie better part of which time 

 we were half knee deep in mud and water, and 

 came out with our stockings as dry as when we 

 entered the willow bottom. The following pro- 

 portions will answer for fifty pairs of shoes. 



Take 3 oz. gum elastic, cut it up into fine shreds, 

 put it into a gallon jug, add to it 3 quarts of Sen- 

 eca oil, let it stand three or four days, when the 

 gum will have been dissolved, and the paste fit for 

 use. Stir before using; then rub the uppei-s and 

 soles of the boots or shoes well with it three or 

 four different times before the fire, whilever the 

 leather will absorb it. The degree of comfort 

 which this mixture will ensure to the wearer of 

 heavy shoes and boots can only be realized on trial. 

 It might be ijsed with an equally good etfect upon 

 the harness and gearing of work hor.ses, and we 

 have no doubt would make one pair last as long 

 as two. 



Having given this recijie we feel it due to can- 

 dor to say that the merit of its discovery belongs 

 to Mr Gideon B. Smith, of this city. — Ballimort 

 Farmer. 



Water Proof Glde. — Soak common glue in 

 cold water till it becomes completely soft without 

 changing its form ; then dissolve it in warm lin- 

 seed oil, and apply it as usual. It will dry quick- 

 ly. — Maine Recorder. 



Mammoth VisoiiTAm.Ks. — We noticed some- 

 time since n luamuioth cabbage raised by INntt 

 Siratson, Esq, of Fhi.shing, Long Island, wiughioR 

 23 1-2 lbs. besides four other cabliuges raised by 

 him, weighing together, 107 pounds, and sold at 

 New York Market, for 6 cents per lb. The 

 English papers spoke in boasting terms of about 

 half that weight. What will they say of a turnip 

 of gigantic dimensions raised by .ITr Richard 

 Tompkins, Poughkeepsi?, 2 feet 5 in. in circum- 

 ference and weighing 7 lbs. Does such luxuriance 

 in the vegetable kingdom, prove the degeneracy 

 of our climate alleged byRayual and other? — .V". 

 Y. Star. 



Snow stoeim. — A.friend writes us from Kill- 

 kenny, iii the nonheru section of the State, that 

 on the 30th of September the snow covered the 

 ground in that town to the depth of six inches — 

 and continues — " It was a singular [irospect to 

 behold the wheat thus imbedded, pressed down to 

 the earth, and the cattle driven to the. barns for 

 shelter. We have had a remarkable season — 

 snow having fallen on the White Mountains every 

 month. Still the frost has not yet injured vege- 

 tation. — JV. H. Patriot. 



A ScjOASH. — The N. H. Gazette says that a 

 squash of the Canada species, was raised in tlie 

 garden of Wm. Stinson of that town, this season, 

 that weighed two hundred povnds and was sold for 

 five dollars. Mr Stinson, adds the Gazette, 'S in 

 his own ]>erson, a tolerably decent edition of 

 Daniel Lambert — and we wonder not that every 

 thing about him thrives. 



Navigation of the Atlantic by steam. — 

 Application to the New York Legislature is con- 

 templated, for obtaining a charter ibr a company 

 to lie called "The Atlantic Steam packet Com- 

 pany," the object of which is to establish a line of 

 packets between New York and Liverpool. 



The Worcester (Mass.) Spy, says : — John Por- 

 ter, of Sterling, has this year gathered from a sin- 

 gle vine, twelve good ripe pumpkins, weighing, 

 in the aggi-egate, 286 pounds, averaging about 22 

 pounds each. The vine was of spontaneous 

 growth, and received no attention during the sea- 

 son. 



A Mr Van Horn, of New Egypt, N. J. has now 

 in his garden a radish, which has not yet attain- 

 ed its full growth, although it now measures thirty 

 inches in circumference, and thirtyeight inches in 

 length. 



"Poisoning with arsenic is the most expedient 

 inode of getting rid of ants, as the living will feed 

 on the dead, so that the whole nest (by devouring 

 one another) are thus killed." So says a writer 

 wlio signs himself i^oug'W^. 



Large Potatoes. — Mr William Bailv of Up- 

 per iMiddletown, left at our office last week, a po- 

 tato, which weighed 2 lbs. 11 oz. It is of the lo«g- 

 john kind, having six or eight branches. 



Still larger Mr William Birdsey raised on 



his farm, n Durham, two jiotatoes, of the piok- 

 eyed kind, which weighed 3 lbs. a piece. They 

 were single potatoes. These liave beat all the 

 others that we have heard of. — Middleton, (Con.) 

 Sent. 



Snow fell October 1, to the depth of lialf an 

 inch, in Montrose, Susquehanna county, Pennsyl- 

 vauia. 



