Vol. I X.— No. 6. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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itrengtii of tlie soil; and then cliangc of crops 

 fjenerally do best, excepting onions, carrots, 

 nd lioMi|). 



4. Kvery plant derives from the eartli for its 

 ;rowtIi, sucli properties as are peculiar to itself; 

 his plant, when followed successively for two or 

 iioro years, upon the same ground, will exhaust 



e soil of those properties peculiar to itself, vvith- 

 ut lessening its powers to produce some other 

 lants : this fact is most striking in the article of 

 lax, which will not bear to be repeated oftener 

 lau once in seven years, and is common to all 

 rops, with the exception of those mentioned 

 hove. 



5. To avoid this evil, arrange your farm into such 

 visions as will enable you to improve all the va- 

 ety of crops your lands may require, in such 



jular succession, as to form a routine of five, six, 

 seven years, according to the nature, quality, 

 d situation of your farm. 



6. This njctliod will make poor land good, 

 id good land better. Try and see. — Monlgom- 

 y Co. Free Press. 



Food for Cattle. Every traveller who pas- 

 s Alsfelt, a little town between Frankfurt and 



eimer, remarks the beauty of the oxen employ- 

 in agriculture in that neighborhood, and yet 

 ey are only fed on straw and roots, straw being 

 e only fodder raised in that part of the coun- 

 It is prepared as follows: 



The straw is cut very small by the chaffcutter : 

 is then put into a cauldron, mixed with potatoes 



d carrots, and boiled till it forms a kind of jelly, 

 lis mixed with a sufficient quantity of water, 



served in due portion to the blasts. The an- 



als so fed require no water, and so well do 

 ey thrive on tliis mess, that they are, notwith- 



iiding the summer labor, ready for the butcher 



the end of the year. 



your, de Soe. Agric. Practiq. 



From the Palladium. 



Tomatos. — We see, by the papers, that the 

 iladelphia Market is already abundantly sup- 

 ed with this delicious and healthy vegetable, 

 e hnve been sorry to learn, from our Horti- 

 turists, that they do not bring the Tomato into 

 rket so early as they mig'ht, for the reason 

 t there is here so little demand for it. Of all 

 >etahles, the Tomato is, for the summer, the 



t healthful, palatable, and refreshing. On the 

 rbary coast, in the South of Europe, and in all 



Southern States they are prized above all 

 er summer vegetables. Its culture has not, 



within a few years past, been generally intro- 



ed into the gardens of Pennsylvania and New 

 •sey, but it now receives much attention there, 

 1 has become a great favorite at every table. 

 |)iogress in public favor, in New England, is 



no means commensurate with its merits; 

 ugh it can be raised in as great perfection 

 I abimdance here as anywhere. The maxim 



he Romans, in regard to another vegetable, 

 »etter applicable to tlie Tomato : 



Cur morialxtr homo, cui crescit in horto. 



ToMATHM ?' 



Cheap suhstitute for Malt. — The Mechanics' 

 gazine (London) announces the roots known 

 the name of Mangel-wurtzel, as a chea|) substi- 

 ! for Malt in the preparation of Beer. The 

 ner in which they should be used is this : 



cleanse well the roots, cut them into slices, and 

 put them into a boiler in which as much water 

 will b(! placed as will siiflice to cover them, lay 

 a weight on them to press them down ; let them 

 be taken out and pressed ; the liquor so extracted 

 from the roots is to be, with the water in which 

 the tools were Itoiled, again set over the fire and 

 reduced, by boiling, to such strength as suits the 

 palate ; then add so much Hops as may !)e con- 

 sidered necessary; let the extracted matter be again 

 set on the fire for one hour; when taken up, lei 

 the liquor be cooled as quickly as possible, and a 

 sufficient quantity of yeast to work, it is gen- 

 erally done with ale. The expense does not ex- 

 ceed 7 English shillings for 16 gallons. There- 

 fuse left from the press is an excellent food for 

 pigs- 



Remedy for Burns and Scalds. — From the num- 

 ber of accidents which have lately taken place, and 

 by which several persons have been so dreadfully 

 burned as to cause death, we recommend the fol- 

 lowing simple remedy, by which the pain from 

 either a burn or scald is instantly relieved ; let 

 clarified honey be applied on a linen rag, and in 

 one moment the pain will cease. This remedy 

 has been tried several times, and it always reliev- 

 ed the moment the honey was applied. — J^eieark 

 Times. 



Corn Cobs. — It has been pretty accurately as- 

 certained that thirteen bushels of Indian Corn in 

 the ear, ground up corn and cobs together, afford 

 at least as much nutriment in feeding cattle, as 

 nine bushels- of corn wiihout the col>s. The dif- 

 ference "is owing to the great quantity of saccha- 

 rine matter coutaiiled in the col)s, as well as in 

 the additional stimulus of distention afforded by the 

 food, which is all important for graminivorous an- 

 imals. — Columbia [Penn.) Spy. 



TEMPERANCE AND PATRIOTISM. 



The Anniversary of American Indepfcn<lence 

 was celebrated on the 5th ult. at Putney, Vt. 

 Some very spirited toasts were drank wiihout the 

 aid of artificial stimulus, so common on such occa- 

 sions ; 'forming' (says the Bellows Falls Int.) 'a 

 new era in the celebration of the illustrious day, 

 and ad<linga new article to the declaration of In- 

 dependence that we are, and of right ought to be, 

 free and independent' of and from the slavery of 

 ardent Spii-its. 



Salt is usually sent to market too soon after it 

 is removed from the salt works. The Hon. Josiah 

 Q,uincy, who is largely concerned in the u:anu- 

 facture, expressed it as the result of his experience 

 that salt ought to remain in store at least si.\" 

 months before it is fit for market. This is little 

 time enough for salt to drain and become suffi- 

 ciently dry for use, and we think our manufacturers 

 would find it for their profit to' keep their salt on 

 hand a longer time than is nAw'usual, and the 

 consumer would be beltei»«alisfied with the do- 

 mestic article. • 



An extensive swamp or marsh in the southern 

 part of Whately, has been drained by cutting a 

 channel to the Connecticut — in some jilaces to the 

 depth of 20 or 25 feet. We are informed that 

 some interesting vegetable remains were found 

 twenty feet below the surface — larire stumps on 

 which marks of the axe were visible, &c. • 



Hampshire Gazette. 



From all quarters of tlje couniry we have ac- 

 counts of abundant harvests of wheat, and that 

 the quality is very superior. The weather in our 

 immediate neighborhood is most favorable for 

 corn, as far as hot sun and frequent showers can 

 insure a good crop. Farmers who are out of 

 debt, may keep so by observing econmny and sim- 

 plicity in their household and mode of living, but 

 estates are rapidly crumbling to pieces, and fam- 

 ilies falling into poveity by frequent, legal and vol- 

 untary divisions. Those whose mothers rode in 

 carriages must ride on horseback, and the daugh- 

 ters of those who rode on horseback will have to 

 walk. This general [irogress of things may be 

 retarded by restricting our labor and maiiuie to 

 smaller spaces, and by great economy and great 

 saving, by giving away old horses if you can find 

 any body fools enough to take them, and substi- 

 tuting oxen and mules for young ones, as fast as 

 possible ; by driving idle sons fi-om the parental 

 roof, as the hen does her chickens, when they can 

 |)rovide for themselves, in short, by kvieping no 

 dead capital, and feeding no idle mouihs ; and by 



regarding as the first objects of ambition to be 



out of debt — with a clean conscience and a clran 

 shirt. — American Farmer. 



Cure for the Ringworm . — Tnkti the root of the 

 common yellow, or wild dock; wash it clean, 

 bruise it, or cut it in very thin slices ; put it in a 

 cup, or other small ves.-:el, and aild vinegar suffi- 

 cient to cover it. Let it stand a day or t«o, then 

 apply the mixture to the ringworm, by rubbing 

 it with a piece of the root, two or three times 

 a day, for a few successive days. This, it is said, 

 will effiict an entire cure. 



Cure for the Croup. — The Croup, one of the 

 most dangerous and rapid of diseases, ;iiav be 

 eti^ecliially checked by the external a|)plication to 

 the throat of eipial parts of camphor, spirits of 

 wine and hartshorn well mixed together. Hun- 

 terdon Gazette. 



Ardent Spirits. — Pr Porter, of Portland, in re- 

 ply to the question how much ardent spirits a per- 

 son may use as a meilicine in case of sickness, 

 gives a short and decisive answer as a result of 

 nearly sixty years' exp^ience in the profession. — 

 His reply is 'None at all necessary. When the 

 Temperance Society in Portland w is formed, I dis- 

 liked the exception, as being totally nimecessary 

 and improper, giving unlimiied toleration to the « 

 use of ardent spirits under this pretext. ' 



According to the Marblehiftd Register, 36 !, 000 

 fish were carried into that port from the Orand 

 Bank within ten days, which, when ready fi)r tha 

 market, will be about 1 2000 qtls. 



Very Deaf. — One day last week a man wag 

 fishing in a pond near Chichester, when the owner 

 of it came up to him and ordered him off; tlie man, 

 playing the deaf ear, answered that the d — d fish 

 would not bite, and he did not think there was any- 

 thing in the pond hut carp. The owner was so en- 

 raged at the fellow's answer, that he threatened to 

 throw him into the pond ; upon this, the intruder offer- 

 ed to lend him one of his rods to fish with. Unable 

 to si.i|>press his anger, the proprietor ran up to him, 

 for the purpose of giving him a ducking, but, at 

 the moment, the deaf man hobbsd his head down, 

 and the incensed gentleman's foot slippin?, he fell 

 headlopn- into the water — a depth of six feet — and 

 v/as oliliged to call upon the deaf mnn to assist him 

 in getting out: who told him he did not expect to 

 catch such a large fish in that pond, or he would 

 have brought a stronger line. — Brighton Herald. 



