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N F ^V E N G !. A N D FARMER, 



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gal ihu t;inly. I^jnciire a jiiccu (if wool! (roin a jirowin;; 

 ; of ilie saiue kind, wliether a|)|il(; or pear, cut il c:f a 

 siiitalilH length, split off a piece from one side of it, cut 

 the enils sinonth with a knife, being careful not to bruise 

 the biirk, fit it closely Into the place prepared in the side 

 of the tn;e, having the greatest proportion of the sap-flow 

 or line between the bnrk and the wood that can be.cotne 

 ritact. Proceed in the same way on different sides 

 Bin RETT, Proprietor of the New England Farmer, of tlie| of the tree, alter which bind the whole part with somej 



• srisw 52^^2£,^srs> m^^mm^a 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 23, 1836. 



OBITUARY NOTICE. 



Died, on the morning of the 20th insf. Geokge C. 



Seed Store connected with the Aew England Fartne 

 Ofl'ice, &c. 



k or strings made from flux, and cover the wlioli 

 arth, if it does not extend too fir up the tree Ifj 



ith 



MARCH 23, 1^.6. 



be, a dishonor to b, hi.ve hi,d. It is an easy 

 ■ollect a library that will meet the wants of the Asylum' 

 I Almost every one cm find among his volumes some t^j 

 Ilic of his juvenile days that will answer well the purpose 

 ISome book from their children's collection, who wonli 

 [gladly and proudly relinquish their claim to it, if toll 

 that it was inleiidi^d for the poor boys on the Farm Schoo 

 lslan<J, who have no father, or mother, or sister, or bro 

 ther, to buy books for them. Any donation of the kim 

 [will be thankfn'ly received, and may be left at this office 

 lor at Grant & Daniells' Store in Union street. 



Having been for several years intimately acquainted, wthe bark wa.s removed too far up to be convenient for] 

 as well as connected in business with the deceased, weacovering with earth; take some strips of cotton clot! 

 realize his loss with an intensity of feeling, which weHdip lliern in melted grafting wax, and wind them on in 

 have not power to express. Cut of}" in the morning ofjsiich a manner as to make the whole air light. If well 

 his days, at the comrnencemenl of a career of enterpriseldonc, the pieces will unite at both ends, and soon extend 

 and usefulness which promised not only honorable cmoI-Sso as to cover the wound. 



ument to himself, but very great benefit to the commu-| n ^^ ^.^^ observed in the Genesee Farmer as folio 

 nity.GEonoE C. Barrett h.is left a blank in society!,, ^wo years ago we had a brown beurre Pear tree 

 which is tho more to be deplored as we can scarcely 



th 



j»ope ever to see it adequately supplied. Honest indus 

 try, activity, and judicious enterprise were the primiinent 

 traits in his character, and caused success to attend what-: 

 over he attempted. 



The deceased, had he lived till the 28lh of May next 

 would have been 27 years of age. He has loft a disi 

 solate widow and a child; and of him it may truly be! 

 said that he lived usefully and respectably, and died pre 

 maturely and universally lamented 



which stood in a snow drift, and the mice gnawed off aM 

 the bark round it more than six inches in length. Some 

 lime in the spring, with a half inch chisel we cut th 

 grooves, equi distant, extending from the bark above, 

 downward, into the bark below, near the roots ; and 

 accurately fitted in three slips, which we took from an 

 otfier pear tree. All the slips grew fiist at the upper 

 ends, but only one at both ends. However, it has saved 

 the tree. 



" We tried a similar experiment on an apple tree 



many years ago, which proved unsuccessful ; but no 



grafting wax was then applied as it was in the othe 



case. We are now satisfied, however, that our treatment] 



of the pear tree might have been more skilful. The ends' 



Preventive fokthe Hollow Hokk. — Although late ." 

 in the season, some fine cows may be saved this spring; 

 by pouring about " half a gill of spirits of turpentine in 

 the cup or cavity on top of the head, just behind th( 

 junction of the horns; let it he repeated again in abotil 

 ten days, or two weeks, after the first application." 



The above recipe was furnished us by a gentleman iH 

 extensively engngerl as a breeder, who has scarcely evei 

 less than from 40 to 50 cattle, and from its highly re- 

 spectable source we fiel pleasure in giving it a place int ' 

 our columns. — Bait. Farmer. 



TREES BAREiED BY MICE 



Mr Fessenden: — Sir, Five years since, I imported 

 and set in my garden twenty apple trees of the most de 



fiirable varieties. They were planted near the fence,|of the slips ought to reach within the bark both abovelrpi^^ jjyj.( g^, ,7nyg''i.|j j,^j 1,'^ijlJ ^ ^^.^^ 1,^^^^ ^^ ^ ^,^^.11 

 which is a stone wall, and they have grown remarkably Sand below, not less than an inch; and particular carel|j^|.„p|.g|,^lp ^^j jj, (|,g mean time v^o will see about the 



Sebtoos Loss. — Messrs Winship, of Brighton, hare* 

 lost the beautiful Moss House, built by them last sum- 

 Jt was destroyed on Friday afternoon last by fire' 

 communicated from the locomotive on its passage to 

 Worcester. The pecuniary loss is inconsiderable, but 

 the house was a great curiosity and a great attraction, 

 and contained many articles which cannot be replaced 

 very easily : the old rustic chair fir insl^mce ; rare auto- 

 graphs; curious productions of India, &c. 



However, sighing and crying won't help tho matter. 



well. Passing near them the other day, since the snowSshnuld be taken that the line of separation of the ' 



[furniture. We know two or three useless old bachelorai 



has settled, I observed that one of them had been barkedffland the bark should in both stock and slip bp accurately! ([^^j ^^ mean to tax fiir the general benefit.— 7>a 

 by the common field mouse; and on further examina-gadjusted. We apprehend, that owing to some neglect] 



tion, found the bark gnawed from every tree, from thelof this kind the lower ends of the (hjo slips were not uni-H Freshet. — Tho Taunton Gazelle says, that it will 

 surface of the ground upwards from one to two feet, andated." Hcost from three lo four thousand dollars to rspair the 



apparently ruined. _ m II has also been recommended, when fruit trees hadBdamages done to roads and bridues in that town alone, in 



What can be done ? Can they be saved ? If you,Mbeen deprived of bark by calves turned into an orchard ,nconsequence of^the freshet caused by the rain on Thurs. 

 Sir, or any of your intelligent correspondents, have suf-Hto head down or cut off the stocks near the ground, andaday night, 

 fered injury in a similar way, and have been able, bvMto train the fairest and most thrifty from each slump for 



future trees. See N. E. Farmer, vol. ix., p. 213. 



jiny means, to save your treesj by stating in the N 

 England Farmer the method pursued in efl'ecting so desi-J 

 Table an object, you will confer a singular favor on 



A Subscriber. 



Marchn, 1836. 



Sy the Editor. — Goodsell's Farmer has the following 

 article : — 



" Barking Trees. — It often happens that fruit trees 

 more prrticiilarly apple and pear trees, are stripped ofj 

 their bark during the winter by sheep, rabbits, or mice 



Coughs and Colds. — Horse-radish cut into small 

 pieces, and chewed in the mouth, is an excellent remedy 

 fiir hoarseness, coughs, colds, and cases of incipient con- 

 sumption. — Far. Gaz. 



BOSTOIV ASYI.U9I AND FARM SCHOOL, 



We have been requested to call the attention of tlicj 

 jfriends of this most excellent institution, to aid in sup B A meeting of the citizens of New Hampshire for the 

 plying a deficiency, which now exists, viz. a library forBpurpose of taking measures relative to a Hospital for the 

 ihe use of the scholars. The want of a library is seri-HInsane, has been called at Portsmouth on the first Wed- 

 |ously felt. There ought to be one established. A judi-Bnesday in April 

 s collection of books to which the pupil could resort] 



n his moments of leisure, would conlribute in an essen- 

 When such accidents do happen, such trees should notitial d.igree to promote the usefulness of the Institution, 

 be looked upon as lost, but as soon as the sap begins toHln facl, we consider that such a collection, rightly man- 



circulale freely in the spring, they should be repaired,! 

 by fitting in pieces on every side, to keep up the 

 lion between the lop and the roots. 



" The following directions will enable those who shallj 

 be so un/cirtunate as to have their trees injured by mice, 

 or otherwise, to repair them, witJiout incurring any , 

 expense. 



" Where the bark has been taken from the bottom of^ 

 a tree, as soon ns it is discovered, it should be covered ui 

 to prevent the wood from becoming dry. Durin" tli< 



;ed — as it undoubtedly would be — will be a chief J 

 nstri;men1 in forwarding the benevolent design of its! 

 [founders and its friends, which is to rescue young minds 



We are infiiimed by the Lake Erie Observer that an 

 inexhaustable mine of rich bituminous coal has been dis- 

 Icovered directly on the route of the Beaver and Chenango 

 1 Canal. 



The New York Mirror slates that " the obstructions 



in the streets, in extra prices for carting goods, has cost 



[from the depthsof poverty and ignorance, from the haunts jlhe merchants alone, since November, the sum of on« 



of vice, and from wicked influence, lo raise them up to 

 'be useful members of society, to give them a moral edu- 

 cation, to fit them to " act well their parts " when they 

 shall become men. 



The success which has attended this institution exceeds 

 the most sanguine expectations. The system of instru 



month of May, uncover the wood, and with a chisel orltion and government pursued there is admirable, and 

 some other instrument cut off from the tree so muchlwell calculated to incite in the mind of the scholars a 

 wood as will leave a flat surface, equal in width to theispirit of emulation lo improvement. It is, and is fell to 

 fiiece to be inserted. Let this extend so far up and downj 

 UXocsach tl-e sound bark, and make the cut square in! 



hundred thousand dollars.' 



The Philadelphia papers speak in high terms of the 

 success of the ice boat constructed at thai place, in clear- 

 ing the Delaware in such a way as to liberale the ice- 

 bound vessels. 



•See N. E. Farmer, vol. xii., p. 301. 



[EFWe wish to call the attention of the lovers of good 

 fruit to a notice on our advertising page of the sale of a 

 choice collection of Fruit Trees on Saturday next, at the 

 office of Mr J. L. Cunningham, Milk street. 



