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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



APRIL 37, 18:i6. 



ar3sw.iis!'^2£.^s2ra)> i^^^EsssiSa 



BOSTON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APKIL T1, 1836. 



, FARMERS' WORK. 



Tlie way to preserve your Indian corn against the 

 wire worm and against birds, is to dissoire about a pound 

 and a half of copperas in warm water, pnou"li to sleep 

 •bout three pecl<s of corn, or in otlier words n.alse the 

 solution as strong as it can be made, put in as much cop. 

 poras as the water will dissolve, and soak your corn t be're- 

 m 4S hours before j„u plant it. The corn will th us be 

 .erured agamst the wire worm, which destroys the ker- 

 «el, while ,n the ground, but n<,t against the cut w orm, 

 which eats off the young .shoots, just below the su, face 

 «1 the soil. The remedy against the cut worm is the 

 application ofqmcklime, or unleached ashes 

 tureof both on the hill, soon after planlin, 

 solved in water in th 



4>otash to tM 



i nix 

 Potash, dis 

 e proportion of aboot one poiinri of 

 quarts of water, is said to make an excr-ll, >nt 

 wash f;,r fruit trees, destroying tl^ bark louse, and so, -ne 

 eay the borer. 



Cleanse your Cellars.-U you consider good heal th 



tS H "'\^'r' ""'='■ '^■"""■"^ """^ putrefaction „ 

 ..ther hose which are cattsed by the decmposition o f 

 .eg table or of animal substances. Rotting or r.ot.en 

 otatoes cabbages turnips, and other vegetables, as well 



e ofl""'' •""' '"""■' ""' '"'""^'^ -eats of any ..ort, 



d shou,r:r'T"^'' r^^^ "''"'""'' - '^p'- ^^ -^ 



ind hould, therefore, be removed in season to the 



'ost bed, and cOT-ered with earth, or otherw 



I, so YViBt they may not annoy the 



ir, in and about a farmer's premises 



the unripe tuber having been stopped, it starts more 

 readily, and with greater vigor when planted: the one 

 seems tudic, worn out with age, the olher.<eenis acciden- 

 tally to liavi: fallen asleep, and when awoke possesses an 

 unspent vigor and energy " 



A MEtV KIND OF PUMPKIN, 



We have been favored with a letter from the Hon. 

 Abbott Lawrknce, Member of Congress, enclosing 

 some Pumpkin Seeds, which promit:e fair to be the means 

 of introducing in this part of tlie Union a new and valu- 

 able article of culture. The seeds were presented to Mr 

 L.iwrence by the Hon. Mr Kennon, M. C. from Fenn. 

 together with a note, of which the following is a copy ; — 



" My dear Sir, — I hand you for some of your Eastern 

 friends, a few seeds of the seven years pumpkin, raised 

 in our county. Its ririncipal valuable property is the 

 great time it may be kept in a state of preservation. 



*' My correspondent says, one of his neighbors has one 

 which was pulled Lliree years since, and that it now is as 

 sound as it was the day it was taken from the vine. It 

 is said it may be preserved for seven years. 

 Yours, very respectfully, 



Th. M. J. Kennon. 



House of Representatives, Jipril 14, 1836." 



We are greatly indebted to the above-named gentle- 

 men for their favors as above, and lender them our 

 thanks, not only as an individual, but in behalf of the 

 whole company of cultivators who till the territory of 

 New England. 



CO m* 

 disposi ?d 

 nses, nor poison tl le 

 ., . . We iiave bee n 



'""•ed by pli;.'"'^'''ns of eminence, that they havereasoi . 

 « Vlieving that biliou? "' 'yphus fevers, of a malignant 

 fatal kind, have often originate.'' ft"'" sources oifthis 



eserjplion. 



Sen Sand as manure for Potatoes, tfC.—\ lette." frbm 

 Villiam Moody to the Hon. Josiali (iuiney, pL'alished , 

 1 the 4th volume of the Mass. Agr. aeposU.H-y, •p. -353, j 

 ■commends sea sand as an antid..te against tlie wire i 

 ,orm,and has qo doubt it would prove efficacious against j 

 ther insects which infest potatoes while growing. This 

 irritcr says,—" I am persuaded from experience, tliatsea 

 ;»nd, put under corn or potatoes with manure, or spread i 

 in the land, will go far, if not wholly, to the total de- 

 ilruclioH of those destructive worms on which nothing t 

 else seems to have any effect. It has a henefii-ial effect, , 

 spread on land before ploughing, or even after Imd is! 

 planted with corn or potaloes; not only W destroy the ^ 

 wiie worm and other insects, but to increase the c.-op. .j 

 With my neighbors a load of sea sand is considered pre- ^ 

 f«rable to a load of their best manure, to mix in with [ 

 oftmmon barn manure, or to. spread on their gardens and | 

 low flat land." 



Mr Moody likewise says in- the same letter, " late 

 planted potatoes, which are golliered in before ripe, are 

 r»r the best for seed the next year. If kept in a dry 

 warm place in a cellar, they will be much earlier, and 

 likely to produce more abundantly the next' year, and 

 will be IS good for use the following spring, though ihcy 

 may not be so good in the fall." 



Mr Moody's opinion relative to planting late or unripi 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULiTURAl. SOCIETY. 



Saturday, April 16. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



By Dr O. Fiske, Worcester, Easter Beurre pears — 

 arge and fine — some of them were considered first 



By William Oliver, Esq., Dorchester, L'Echasserie 

 pi lars of Duhamel, (Ambrette of Cox) — very fine, and 

 w ill probably continue in eating a month to come. 



By Mr Manning, Pennock's Red Winter Apples — 

 wi 'Uld have been better in March; also, Wellington 

 Ap pies, remarkable only for their name and auslerity. 



1 ly Mr J. A. Kenrick, (sent by Dr J. Burnett, of 

 Soi ithborough,) from the farm of Dea. Webster Johnson, 

 a la rge handsome seedling apple, rather past eating. 

 For the Coinmiitee. 



E. M. Ricu.tRDs. 



Saturday, April 23. 



At a meeting holden at the Society's Rooms, this day, 

 a CO aimunicalion was read from Gen J. Wingate, Jr. 

 accoi apanying some scions of a seedling Fear, politely 

 prese. oted by that gentleman to the Society ; the same 

 were . distributed among the members ; and, on motion, 

 it w<1s 



Vole i. That the thanks of the Society be presented to 

 Gen. V\ 'ingaie, for his attention in forwarding a new va- 

 riety of Pear scions to the Society, and that his letter in 

 relation to them be published in the N. E. Farmer. 



A com miinication was received from S. Walker, Esq. 

 The pola to therein referred to was of very fair size. 



C. M. HovEv, Sec' 1/ pro tern. 



General Wingate's Letter. 



Portland, ^pril 20, 1836. 



I Sir, — Acc-ompanying tliis, 1 have sent a small bundle 

 of the scions from a Pear tree, of which a sample of the 

 fruit was exhihited at the hall of the Massdchusells Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Oct. 22, 1831. 

 You will oblige me by having the parcels directed to 

 Messrs Kenrick and Mjtnning, delivered to those gentle- 



en, and those for the Society disposed of as you may 

 deem proper. 



All the information I have been able to procure re- 

 specting this Pear, was communicated in my letter to the 

 Presidentof your Society, dated Oct. 10, 1831, and which 

 was published in the lOtli vol. of N. E. Farmer, page 106. 

 I am, very respectfully, your obdt. ser't, 



J. Wingate, Jr. 



Mr Walker's Communication. 



The Potato herewith submitted, of this year's growth, 

 is out of a specimen of about half a peck presented at the 

 meeting of the New York Horticultural Society, on 

 Tuesday last, 19th inst. It was raised at Hyde Park, 

 the residence of E. Holbrook, Esq. by his gardener, Mr 

 Win Horrvell, who nt the same lime and place exhibited 

 four brace of cucumbers, from 12 to 14 inches in length. 

 This specimen was politely given to the subscriber by 

 the members of the New York Horticultural Society. ' 



Roxbury, .April 23. S. Walker. 



(I'orthe .New Krislaiid Kami. r.| 

 L,ECTURES ON GEOLOGY. 



Dr C. T.Jackson, of this city, has commenced a course 

 of lecliires on this useful science, two of which has been 

 delivered. They have been listened to with uncommon 

 inlerest by a large and respectable audience who univer. 

 sally speak in praise of this talented and scientific gen- 

 tleman. The four remaining lectures will be given at 

 the Odeon on the next Thursday and Monday evenings, 

 alternately, commencing at 7 1-2 o'clock — such of our 

 readers as reside in this vicinity will be richly repaid for 

 their trouble in attending. 



At the commencement of the course, the lecturer 

 addressed fiis audience in a clear and impressive manner 

 on the importance and utility of some knowledge of Ge- 

 ology to all human beings who have anythii.g todo with 

 inorganic mailer. After detailing its usefulness to the 

 miner, the engineer, the architect, and the man olscience, 

 he particularly pointed out its importance to the agri- 

 culturist, who would be enabled therrby to distinguish 

 the quality of his soils, and to render them more produc- 

 tive. He slated that there exists a great quantity of bar- 

 ren land in the vicinity of Boston, as well as in many 

 other parts of our country, which could be made fertile 

 by mixing lliem with substances situated direct'y by their 

 side. For example, much of the land at East Boston, 

 which is deficient in calcareous matter, and scarcely pro- 

 duces any vegetation at present, might be rendered very 

 proluctive b3' the addition of sea shells, myriads of which 

 surround its shores. The remainder of ihe lecture was 

 occupied by a description of the primitive and transition 

 rocks, illustrated by a great number of specimens and 

 diagrams. Tlie Doctor contends that the derangement of 

 the crusl of our globe was caused by internal fires, and 

 that the primary rocks were of igneous origin. In proof 

 of the latter, he said that granite never could have been 

 formed into its present aggregate, crystallized state by 

 aqueous deposits, as has been maintained by some geolo- 

 gists, for the aggregate pans of all rocks thus produced 

 would be nearly of the same specific gravity, whereas 

 those composing granite very materially differ in their 

 weight. To illustrate this, he took a quantity of small 

 shot, black sand, and pulverized inarWe, shook them 

 promiscuously tqgelher, and poured them into a glass 

 vessel of water. The shot, being the heaviest, immedi- 

 ately fell to the bottom, the sand being of the next great- 

 est weight was soon deposited on top of llio layer of 

 shot, and lastly, the powdered marble, which was of the 

 leasl specific gravity of the three, formed a stratum above, 

 the black sand 



The second lecture comprised a description of some of 

 the transition and secondary rocks, and treated pariicu- 



