Vol.lX. — No.S. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



59 



CULTURE OF SILK. ' 



A visit ycslerilay. to J. H. Col)b, Esq. of Dcil- 

 lani, allbrdeil us much pleasure, as it enalilcd us 

 ) witness tlie ir.>grcss ho hail made in tlio cul- 

 ur.c i)f silk ami in the nice ])roc(,'ss of reeling ''• 

 He lias on hand a large (nianlity of the Silk 

 worm's eggs, as well of the silk cocoons. The 

 iroccss of reeling was performed on a machine 

 mproved by Mr Cobb, in a satisfactory manner. 

 We advise our agriculturists to call on Mr Cobb, 

 nd obtain the information to enable them to com- 

 nencc the culture of silk, which we believe is 

 leslined ere long to become an im|)ortant branch 

 )f New-England husbandry. The first thing to 

 )C done is to plant the white Rlulberry trees, in 

 ufficient numbers to supply food for the silk 

 ornis. After this has been done the rest of the 

 rocess is easy and within tire means of every 

 aniily. The work can all be done by females. 

 Id men and children, who arc uiiHt for the severe 

 ibors of husbandry. Considerable attention is 

 ow given to this subject in New-Hampshire and 

 3 the vicinity of Philadelphia. One town in 

 onnecticut produces, annually, silk to the amount 

 f 825,000. The climate of the United States 

 peculiarly adapted to its culture, so much so, as 

 J g'lvs superiority to the American unmanufac- 

 Jred article. It is not rash therefore to predict, 

 lat the |)roduction of silk may yet become one 

 f the great employments of American industry 

 nd a new source of national wealih. It is well 

 orth the attention of every intelligent agricul- 

 irist. — Boston Patriot. 



Bog Meadow. — Hon. James Fowler of West- 

 Id, in the spring of 182S, covered over 108 rods 

 Bog Meadow land with loam from adjoining 

 idand. The loam was spread about 6 inches 

 ep. The land was then sowed with herds 

 •ass seed, and the first year produced little but 

 eeds. — This year, however, it produced at the 

 ae of -5 tons 780lbs. of best hay per acre, and 

 ifore the putting on the loam the yield was not 

 ore than a ton per acre, and that of an inferior 

 ality. The expense of covering the land was 

 jout 20 dollars per acre. 



Horticultural. — We have this year cultivated a 

 iw kind of bean, the seed of which we procur- 



at Nantucket, which, for cooking pods, is cer- 

 inly the ne plus ultra of excellence. We do 

 it call it a string bean, because the pod is en- 

 lely stringkss, even when the beans are full 

 own, and are so tender that they require but 

 out half as much boiling as the common string 

 an. For richness they as much exceed other 

 ing beans as the Lima bean does the ordinary 

 ids of shell beans. We consider them a valu- 

 le acquisition. They are an early pole bean, 



not run very high, and are quite jjrolific. We 



nted twentyfive beans of this kind, from the 

 oduct of which we have had several good mes- 



for our family, and shall have some seed to 

 ire, which we intend shall be judiciously dis- 

 t)uted. — Mass. Spy. 



The aJomnint/e Tariff fotmd Castor Oil selli 

 at $10 a gallon in 181G, and has had the effect of 

 conqielling the consumer to pay .*!1 2.5 a gallon. 

 This is one article of hundreds o|)crated ujion in 

 the same manner. The domestic article being 

 fresh and of a better quality. — Warrenlon,J\!'.C.Gaz. 



A convention of delegates from the volunteers 

 and militia of Ne%v Jersey, was proposed to ho 

 belli in Trenton or New Brunswick, in the month 

 of August, for the purpose of devising a more 

 efficient military system. 



Doctor Absalom Thomson, of Talbot co. Md. 

 has communicated to the Easton papers, the case 

 of a boy ten or eleven years old, who became deli 

 rions and died in convulsions from eating water, 

 melon seed. 



American oaks and birch, ])articularly some 

 species, are represented as succeeding in France 

 better than those indigenous to that countiy. 



There is a second severe drought near Rich- 

 mond, Va. 



Joseph Rawson, of Victor, N. Y. recently exhi- 

 bited a bull in Canandaigua of two years old, which 

 weighed 1700 lbs. 



The Quarterly Review says that the people of 

 Encrland have, in the last year, consumed one 

 half more of candles, soap, stiarch, bricks, sugar, 

 brandy, and one third more of tea, than they did 

 only twelve years ago. 



Capt. Cofiin has given us the memorandum of 

 an extraordinary production raised on the Rock 

 Farm, this year, viz. a drumhead Cabbage w-eigh- 

 ing 18J lbs., and measuring, after the outside 

 leaves were removed, 43 inches in circumference ! 

 [This must have been of the bass-drum species.] 

 — JS''ewhuryport Herald. 



Essex Agncultural Society. — The annual Exhi- 

 bition of the Society will be at Andover, (North 

 Parish,) on Thursday, 30th Sept. inst., at which 

 time the annual Address will be delivered by 

 Col. James DuiVCan, of Haverhill. Much may 

 reasonably be anticipated from this gentleman. 



Observation and experience daily confirm the 

 truth of Dr Johnson's remark : ' You cannot teach 

 a woman toomuch Arithmetic,' and yet there is no 

 branch of female education so much neglected. — 

 You can scarcely find one in a hundred, if she 

 should be left a widow, who conceives herself ca- 

 pable, and who is actually capable, of su|)erin- 

 tending the settlement of her husband's affairs, 

 and especially if he were largely engaged in busi- 

 ness. A more helpless object cannot well be con- 

 ceived, than an amiable female suddenly placed 

 in this situation ; and although such objects are 

 daily presented to our view there has been but lit- 

 tle effort to remedy the evil. 



Premium Children. — .■^t an exhibition a year or 

 o since under the direction of the Agricultural 

 ciety at Schoharie, N. Y. a woman jjresented 

 •ee infant daughters that she had at one birth, 

 ere was no premium established, but a number 

 bachelors presented her with $5 "each, making 

 a handsome purse. 



The greatest beauty in female dress is that 

 which is the most simi)le, and at the same time 

 gracefully adapted to exhibit the natural beauty of 

 tie female form. This simplicity should be observ- 

 ed, even in color ; a profusion of tawdry and glar- 

 ing colors bespeaks a tasteless and vulgar mind, 

 even if the wearer were a Dutchess. Color 

 should always be adapted to complexion. Ladies 

 \ with delicate rosy complexions, bear white and 



light blue better than dark colors , while on the 

 contrary, sallow hues of complexion will not 

 bear these colors near them, and imperatively re- 

 qu'riihirk quiet colors to give them beauty: 

 yellow is the most trying and dangerous of all, 

 and can o:ily be worn by the rich-toned healthy 

 looking brunette. — Dublin Literary Gaz. 



How to avoid Dysentery. — Rules which the cel- 

 ebrated Dr Rush recommends for the prevention 

 of this disease : He advises that spices, and par- 

 ticularly Cayenne jiepper, and the red peppers of 

 our own country, should be taken with our daily 

 food. Mr Dewer, a British surgeon, informs us, 

 that the French, while in Egypt, frequently es- 

 caped the diseases of the country by carrying 

 pepper with them to eat with the fruits of tlie 

 land. Purging physic should also occasionally be 

 taken, as any medicine of a laxative nature by 

 preventing costiveness, will act as a preservative 

 from this disease. A militia Caiiiain in the year 

 1778, while stationed at Amboy, jireserved his 

 whole company from the dysentery which pre- 

 vailed in the army, by giving each of them a 

 purge of sea-salt ; and some years afterwards 

 saved his family and many of his neighbors from 

 the same disease, by distributing among them a 

 few pounds of purging salts. This disease was 

 also prevented in an Academy at Bordentown, 

 N. J. by giving molasses very plentifully to all the 

 scholars ; which had the effect of keeping their 

 bowels in a laxative state. 



, Another rule to be observed is to avoid expo- 

 sure to the dampness of the night air; and when 

 necessarily exposed, the bowels shoulil be more 

 carefully protected than other parts of the body. 

 The Egyptians, Mr Dewer, tells us, for this pur- 

 pose, tie a helt abovn their bowels, and with the 

 happiest eflcct. These directions emanate from a 

 high source, and deserve serious consideration. 

 The facts adduced are striking, and should induce 

 others to adopt similar measures for the preven- 

 tion of this destructive disease. — .Y. Y. Obs. 



Iron Pumps. — Agreeably to a resolution subriiit- 

 ted in the Common Council by Mr Engs, an iron 

 pump has been put down at the corner of William 

 and Cedar streets, which is believed to have many 

 advantages over the common wooden pump. It 

 takes much less room, is of greater strength, and 

 will endure for ages. Mr Thomas Brownwell, the 

 maker, states that it will greatly improve the water, 

 and will be much less liable to get out of order. 

 The expense is only 25 cents a foot more than the 

 wooden pump. — JV. Y. Daily Adv. 



Remedy for Poisoned Animals. — Raw eggs given 

 to sheep and cattle, which have been I'oisoned by 

 eating laurel or ivy leaves, it is said, will effect a 

 speedy cure. Ths dose is, one egg for a sheep 

 4 eggs for a cow. They can be administered by 

 simply breaking the shell and slipping the yolk and 

 as much of the white as is practicable, down the 

 animal's throat. 



It is said that of the 17,000 passengers who 

 have arrived in Canada this season, from Great 

 Britain, more than one half are paupers, and will 

 find their way immediately into the United States. 



Census. — Thirteen towns in Ohio give an in- 

 crease of .5000. It is supposed that Ohio will 

 have near 1,000,000 inhabitants by the new cen- 

 sus. 



