Vol. IX.— No 2. 



AND HOllTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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mowcu liay, but louiul the weeds so nbuiiil- 

 U tliat I tliouglit it expedient to cut tlieiti and 

 1st tlierii into my barn yard for taaiuire. The 



t summer I loiind my crop of hay excellent, 

 )th in quality and iiu;intity, and mowed two gooil 

 ■ops from it. — The last spring, I again manured 

 e land, and have now gathered the first crop ; 

 e result is as follows. 



From one hundred and eight rods of land, by 

 curate measurcnirnt. 1 found, wlien we had 

 ked it into heaps prepared for carting, thty 

 iiountcd to seventy ; and as the hay was of an 

 cellent quality and in fine order, I determined 

 ascertain, as near as could bo done without too 

 jch expense, the quantity of it. For this j)ar- 

 se, therefore, I selected two of the heaps, such 

 were thought by myself and ray men to pre- 

 at a fair average of the whole tract then mow- 



and found the average weight of them to be 

 e hundred and four pounds — which, con- 

 lueiitly would give me 7280 lbs. for the tract 



180 rods — and which at the same rate, will 

 e five tons and 78.5 pounds to the acre. 

 The expense of carrying the loam on to the 

 adow, as near as 1 could ascertain, was about 

 snty dollars per acre ; — and before this improve- 

 nt, the land probably yielded not more than a 

 1 to the acre, and that a very coarse and infe- 

 r quality. It ought perhaps to be stated that 



above calculations are all made in net weight, 

 I I believe the resiih fairly stated. 



Yours, &c. JAMES FOWLER. 

 Wesljidd, July, 3, 1830. 



SLEEP OF CHILDREN, 

 [nfants, from the time of their birth, should be 

 ■ouraged to sleep in the night in preference to 



day ; therefore, mothers and nurses ought to 

 love everything which may tend to disturb thsir 

 t, and not to attend to every call for taking 

 m up and giving food at improper periods, 

 ints cannot sleep too long ; when they enjoy a 

 Ti, long-continued rest, it is a favorable symp- 

 1. Until the tliird year, children generally re- 

 re a little sleep in the middle of the day ; for, 

 that age, half their time may safely be allotted 

 leep. Every succeeding year, the time ought 

 le shortened one hour ; so that a child seven 

 rs old may sleep about ten hours. Children 

 ht to rise at six o'clock in the sunmier, and 

 seven in the winter. It is extremely in- 

 icious to awaken children with a noise, or 

 ry titem immediately from a dark room into 



glaring light, or against a dazzling wall : the 

 den impression of light may debilitate the organs 

 vision, and lay the foundation of weak eyes, 

 t clothes or linen should never be allowed to 

 liung to dry in the bed-room, as an impure at- 

 5phere is attended with various and often fatal 

 sequences. — Banish (says Professor Hufeland) 

 her beds, as they are unnatural and debilitating 

 trivances. — The bedstead should not be placed 



low on the floor; and it it highly impro[M;r to 

 er childron to sleep on a couch which is made 

 hout a sufiicient elevation from the ground. — 

 )k of Htallh. 



A SISTER'S LOVE. 

 There is no purer feeling kindled upon the altar 

 luman affection, than a sister's pure, uncontam- 

 ted love for her brother. It is unlike all other 

 ction; so disconnected with selfish sensuality; 

 feminine in its developement ; so dignified, and 

 withal, so fond, so devoted. Nothing can al- 



ter it, nothing can suppress it. The world may 

 revolve, and its revolution effect changes in the 

 fortunes, in the character, and in the disposition of 

 her brother ; yet if he wants, whose hand will so 

 readily stretch out to supply him, as that of his 

 sister.' and if his character is maligned, whose 

 voice will so readily swell iii his advocacy ? Next 

 to a mother's unquenchable love, a sister's is pre- 

 eminent. It rests so exclusively on the tic of con- 

 sanguinity for its sustenance ; it is so wholly di- 

 vested of passion, and springs from sucli a deep 

 recess in the human bosom, that when a sister 

 once fondly and deeply regards her brother, that 

 affection is blended with her existence, and the 

 lamp that nourishes it expires oidy with that ex- 

 istence. In all the annals of crime, it is consid- 

 ered anomalous to find the hand of a sister raised 

 in anger against her brother, or her heart nurtu- 

 ring the seeds of hatred, envy or revenge in re- 

 gard to that brother. 



To clean the Teeth — Pulverized chalk is said to 

 to be the best application to remove the tartaron tiie 

 teeth, and powdered charcoal will prevent its forma- 

 tion. Vinegar or any other acid will injiu'e the 

 enamel. If the teeth and gun)s are brushed every 

 morning before breakfast with fine powdered 

 charcoal or soot, and a stiff brush, they will be 

 perfectly clean, and you will seldom if ever be 

 pained with the tooth ache. 



Fashionable Singing. — The' Editor of the Au- 

 gusta Courier, in remarking upon Mrs Plumer's 

 singing, says that he would as soon listen to a 

 steam boat letting off her steam, as to a fashiona- 

 ble singer who stands and cries ba — a — a — a for 

 a quarter of an hour atastretch. We agree with 

 him Camden Journal, 



TO PARENTS. 



[ The following is an extract from the ' Frugal House- 

 wife.'] 



' lu early childhood, yon lay the foundation of 

 poverty or riches, in the habits you give your chil- 

 dren. Teach them to save every thing, — not for 

 their own use, for that would make them selfish, — 

 but for same use. Teach them to share ■'every- 

 thing v/itli their play mates; but never allow 

 them to destroy any thing. 



' I once visited a family where the most exact 

 economy was observed ; yet nothing was mean, 

 or uncomfirtable. It is the character of true 

 economy to be as comfortable and genteel with a 

 little, as others can be with much. In this family 

 when the father brought home a package, the 

 older children woulil, of their own accord, put 

 away the paper and twine neatly, instead of throw- 

 ing them in the fire, or tearing them to pieces. 

 If the little one wanted a piece of twine to play 

 scratch-cradle, or sjiin a top, there it was in read- 

 iness; and when they threw it on the floor, the 

 older children had no need to be told to put it 

 again in its place. 



' Economy ia generally despised as a low vir- 

 tue, tending to make people ungenerous and sel- 

 fish. This is true of avarice ; but it is not so of 

 economy. The man who is economical, is laying 

 up for himself the permament power of being 

 useful and generous. He who thoughtlessly gives 

 away ten dollars, when he owes a hundred more 

 than he can pay, deserves no praise, — he obeys a 

 sudden impulse, more like instinct than reason ; it 

 would he real charity to check tliis feeling ; be- 

 cause the good he does may be doubtful, while 

 the injury he does his family and creditors is cer- 



tain. True economy is a careful treasure in the 

 service of benevoletice ; and where they are unit, 

 ed, respectability, prosperity, and peace will fol- 

 low.' 



[The following was addressed to a farmer, of 

 Perm, who brought a bottle of ine oil to Mary- 

 land — at a large dinner party on Elkridge of gen- 

 llem en from town and country, of whom we had 

 the pleasure to be one, the salad was dressed with 

 this sun flower oil. It was eaten, and pronounc- 

 ed to be excellenlly well dressed, no body sus- 

 pecting it not to be olive oil. When the Rriiish 

 treaty was made, cotton was deemed to be an exo- 

 tic product, unworthy of regard.] — American Far- 

 mer. 



TuE Sun Flower — its culture — product — proper- 

 ties, uses and value. 



The sun flower is cultivated like Indian corn, 

 planted in rows — the rows three feet apart and 

 stalks eighteen inches. 



Any land which produces corn will yield from 

 50 to 70 bushels per acre, and it is worth 75 cents 

 a bushel. 



The single headed kind is . preferable, and as 

 soon as ripe, which is known by its shattering — 

 the heads are taken off, carted to the barn floor, 

 and immediately threshed out with the flail, it 

 should be cleaned with the wind mill, [ or fan we 

 suppose,] and then spread out, and occasionally 

 turned or stirred to become dry, if left upon a 

 large heap it may mould. 



By an improved mode of extracting the oil, a 

 bushel of seed yields a gallon of oil — three quarts 

 cold pressed, and one quart by heating. The cake 

 when ground is very nutritive as cattle feed, and 

 will pay the expense of the miller. 



The oil used as a jjurgative appears to have the 

 same effect as castor oil, without the nausea. 



Of the bottles sent, one marked with a yellow 

 ribbon, was expressed about two months ago — the 

 three other bottles were expressed four weeks 

 since. The first is clearer, owing to the differ- 

 ence of the four weeks ; it clarifies without any 

 preparation. The three bottles are finer in their 

 titste than that marked, which is owing to an im- 

 provement in the machinery for making it. 



A bushel of seed will plant about 10 acres. I 

 can furnish any gentlemen disposed to cultivate it 

 with the best seed. I expect to raise about 500 

 bushels this season, and have engaged others in 

 raising probably as much more. 



CHAS. A BARNITZ, 



Tiie Paris Central Society of Agriculture, at its 

 last sitting, awarded the following prizes: — 2000 

 I'rancs to Messrs Flackat and Mulot, for their pro- 

 cess of boring for Artesian wells. Another, for 

 the same object, to Messrs. Fraisse and Poituvin ; 

 and also a gold medal to M. Favel. 1000 francs 

 to M. Payen for a memoir on the use which may 

 be made of the carcases of domestic animals 

 when dead ; and other prizes, of small amounts', 

 on different subjects, making altogether 7000 

 francs. Several gold and silver medals were also 

 presented. The prizes of next year are to be, 

 first, 1500 francs for the best treatise on the use 

 which may he made of the dead bodies of domes- 

 tic onimals : 1500 francs for the best treatise on 

 the blindness of horses: 3500 francs for the best 

 model of a threshing and winnowing machine 5 

 3000 francs for the best treatise on the mode of 

 boring for water : 1000 francs for the best treat.' 

 ise on the culture of the pink poppy. Three 

 prizes are also announced for 1834. 



