vol.. XIV. NO. 51. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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o liijlit ns to shut out the air ; put hny or straw 

 iniigh in to form a nest, in wiiich you may jilace 

 hdut tliirteen eggs — put tlie lien in the box aiirl 

 iiy on the rover, witli a weight sufficient to pre- 

 .•:u her from i\nockin{; it ofl". You may confme 

 er without any inji:r}' for throe or four days, at 

 he expiration of whicli time you may tal<e oft'the 

 o\er| aiul leave her until she hatches — which, 

 liiiost every body knows, will be in exactly 

 wentyone days from the time of commence- 



I. The advantages of the large box are these : 

 t g yes room to move round without breaking 



■.■gs, and the little ones a chance of coming 



without the danger of their running away. 

 Vh.n hens set on the ground or in unprotected 



L'S, they are subject to be interrupted by ani- 

 nals, and when two or three chicks are strong 

 iiough to run they leave the nest, and the moth- 

 r, following them, leaves the half hatched to |)er- 

 sh. 'J'his is a great loss of time, eggs, and chick- 

 ns. 



As the warm season advances, always endeavor 

 o set three hens at exactly the same time — they 

 vill consequently hatch at the same time, and you 



then divide the chickens of the three between 

 wo, and they can generally take care of more 

 ban they can well hatch, if pioperly managed. 



Make as many moveable coops as you think 

 lecessary, with a shed roof and slats in front, 

 vhich i)lacj in some safe place from hogs in the 

 lun — the sun is very invigorating to young chick- 

 ns. '1 he hen and chickens should be fed with 

 orn meal wet with water or milk, three times a 

 lay, and watered at least once, 'llie hen should 

 le kept confined in this way, at least fijr a week, 

 o prevent her from hading them into the wet 

 ;rass in the morning, which is very prejuilicial to 

 heir well being. At the expiration of that time, 

 f the weather is good, you may place a block un- 

 ler one corner of the coop and let them out ; at 

 :ight they will return and take possession again, 

 ivlien you should take away the block, and keep 

 hem in again until the dew is off the grass. If 

 the weather is unpleasant keep them in all day. 



When the chickens acquire more size and 

 nrengtli, they should be fed in what is called a 

 chicken feeder,' which is a covered enclosure 

 ix or eight fl^et square, with slats just close 

 nough together to admit the chickens, and ex- 

 clude the older fowls. 



Each of my hens last year raised to perfec- 

 tion, on an average, at least twenty chickens. 

 They each raised two broods,and several hatch- 

 ed three times. 



When the chicks are taken frotn one hen and 

 given to another, the one from which they are ta- 

 jn should be confined for about a week, and then 

 set at liberty, when she will soon commence pro- 

 ducing another family. — Ohio Far. 



Grub oa Cut Worm. — The farming interests 

 of this country, have long and ineffectually sought 

 for some mode to arrest the depredations of this 

 Worm, so destructive to the prospects of our 

 Agricultiu-ists, in the staple article of Indian 

 Corn. 



The writer of this, is fully confident from anal- 

 ogy, that the following, if carefidly adopted, wi'l 

 perfectly secure the Corn against the influence 

 of any insect or worm accustomed to inju;e it, 

 viz : 



Take one gallon of conmion fat or slush, and 

 one quart of the spirits of Tm-pentine, let them be 

 put together in a tight barrel, (having one head 

 out) and being well stirred, add half a bushel of 

 unslacked lime. — In this condition, the lime 

 shoidd be carefully slacked, and intimately mixed 

 with the other ingredients, and water gradually 

 added, imtil the barrel is full. 



Ae soon as the corn makes its appearance above 

 ground, lei a portion of the mixture be ap|)lied by 

 means of a common watering pot, to the amount 

 of about a tea cuj) full to each hill of corn, and 

 there is scarcely a doubt but that the worms will 

 vacate the identical spot, from the abhorrence that 

 all kinds of svorms have to even the very smell of 

 Turpentine. — U. S, Gaz. 



French Hay. — Many of our readers, at least, 

 will be surprised to learn that Hay from France 

 has been imported into this country. A CvH'go 

 lately arrived at Charleston, (S. C.) and sold for 

 62 per hundved. A cargo of American Hay, 

 which arrived about the same time, from Port- 

 land, (Me.) sold for $2 per hundred. — Fredonia 

 Courier. 



Starch from Potatoes. — We are informed ihat 

 the manufacture of Starch from Potatoes has en- 

 gaged the attention of our enterprising neighbors 

 in Vermont, and already l)ecome an important ar- 

 ticle of conmierce, it being employed to a great 

 extent by the New England cotton manufticturers 

 and calico printers, with nmch success, as a substi- 

 tute for wheat starch for the purj^oses of sizing and 

 finishing cloths. Its superiority over wheat starch 

 is conceded, we learn, by many of the principial 

 manufacturing establishments. It gives to fabrics 

 a more brilliant and elastic finish, requires less in 

 quantity and bears a less price ; three important 

 considerations, which we should supjiose would 

 induce every manufacturer to try the experiment 

 of its use. The mode of preparation is similar to 

 that observed in wheat starch, except that it re- 

 qiiires a slight fermentation, which is produced by 

 exposing it to the air fot a short period. — Troy 

 fVhig. . 



JVashing Day. — The new method of washing 

 saves considerable labor: the following method 

 isajtproved and practised in our own family. 



Take 2 or 3 ounces of Sub-carbonate of Soda, 

 put it into 4 pails of soft water: when hot, |]Ut in 

 your white clothes, having first wet and carefully 

 soaped them. Boil them one horn-; take them 

 out and pound them in a barrel, or otherwise rub 

 to the same amount ; rinse them in 3 or four wa- 

 ters : an<l you will find your clothes well washed. 

 Hot rinse waters are better than cold ; either will 

 do. The rinse water answers well for washing 

 flannels and colored clothes. Collars and wrist- 

 bands may need a little rubbing after boiling, if 

 quite dirty. The above method saves the great- 

 est [lart of the hard rubbing, and the hard work of 

 washing. It is not necessary to be particular 

 about the quantity of Soda used, 2 or 4 ounces to 

 4 pails of water will do. The larger quantity is 

 better. — JV. H. Obs. 



A correspondent of the Richmonil Enquirer 

 speaks in glowing terms of the " golden prospects " 

 of Virginia, " We have conversed," he says, " with 

 a gentleman lately returned from an exploration 

 in part of the (Jold Region, anti on whose veracity 

 we can rely, who exhibited to our view several of 

 the richest specimens of ore obtained from differ- 

 ent mines — the supplies of which he describes 

 as t)oing inexhaustible. 'J'he mines of Hooker, 

 Eldridge, Morton, and Ayers, in Buckingham, 

 with those of Hughes, Busby, Moss, &-c. in Gooch- 

 land and Fluvanna, may vie for richness and ex- 

 tent with any in the known world ; joined to these, 

 ho has acquired information of the richest veins 

 of copper, iron, and marble, in the most eligible 

 situation for operating and transporting — only 

 requiring enterpiise, and a comp>aratively small 

 capital to render them available." — Alexandria 

 Gazette. 



Patent self-setting Saw-Mill Do^s. — Hardy and 

 Rich, of Lockport, New York, have invented pa- 

 tent self-setting saw-mill dogs, which are highly 

 spoken of. They are made of cast iron, fitted on 

 wood, and by no means complicated. When the 

 log is placed on the carriage, the thickness of the 

 board or plaidi is accurately cut to the required 

 width, entirely by the machine, which is strong 

 and simple. The boards are represented as being 

 sawed of a uniform thickness, leaving no stub-shot. 

 — Baltimore Far. 



The Cxit-fVorm. — We regret to learn that the 

 cut worm has discovered a keen relish for the 

 Chinese Mulberry, the superior quality of which 

 makes its introduction so desirable to our silk 

 growers. The Noithampton Courier says they 

 eat off the shoots of the young trees just at the 

 smfaceof the earth. Soot and ashes are preven- 

 tatives. — JVantucket Inq. 



Hot water is of great efficacy in removing |)ain 

 occasioned by crushing the finger, for instanc(!, in 

 hastily shutting a drawer or door. It a. so prevents 

 the nail from turning black. 



It is stated in papers in the northern parts of 

 France that large orders have arrived from the U. 

 S. for supplies of beet root sugar. 



The Crops. — All accounts]from Virginia, rep- 

 resent the wheat crop as being very unpromising. 

 Some fields will not yield half the usual qu.-uitity ; 

 others, perhaps tour bushels to the acre, and some 

 fields have been ploughed up. Similar accounts 

 come from Pennsylvania. Inthe Southern States 

 the great quantities of rain which have fallen, and 

 the rise of rivers,- havi' injured tli'^ crops material- 

 ly ; especially the cotton. Corn, also, seems by 

 accounts to look unfavorably in the Southern 

 States. The editor of the Boston Courier says, 

 so far as his observation extends in the vicini- 

 ty of Boston, there will be a lamentable de- 

 ficiency in die corn crop — very little that Is now 

 worth the ordinary hoeing. Grass, he thinks, 

 looks but a little better. In this vicinity, we should 

 think by observation, and we are inlormed, that it 

 bills fair for a good crop of grass. Corn must bo 

 somewhat light, as it has come up so scantily ; but 

 should the season hereafter be favorable, the crop 

 may not be much deficient. July and August are 

 the months for corn to grow. Still the prospect 

 is yet unfavorable. We would not cast a shadow 

 over the pros|)ects of the husbandman, or chill 

 the hopes of those who expect the products of the 

 earth to be cheajjer in the autumn, but we must 

 confess that appearances, all about the country, of 

 a good harvest are very gloomy. However, we 

 will hope for the best. — M'orlham.pton Gaz. 



A society was formed at N. Y. and the 9lh inst. 

 denominated "The Hibernian Temi.eianco Soci- 

 ety of the City of New York." 



