Vol. IX.— No. 11. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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iizette of tlie 2211 iiist. ohsirrves lliat ' ihc late 

 levcrc frosts Iiavo b«eii riestiiiclivu to garden 

 L'lUables, anil to many fields of Indian corn ami 

 roiirn corn, loc of considerable tlii. kncs-s was 

 hserved in many places on Saturday morning.' 

 ^hc Conricr printed at the same jjlaco says, 'Broom 

 'orn, Indian Corn, and I'eacli Trees, have lieen 

 ijiired in this country, it is estimated to the 

 mount of 1 or §15,600.' 



Messrs Daskam and Wood, Geneva, N. Y. have 

 l)tained a patent for the ' Franklin CrarUer Ma- 

 rine,' which rolls, presses, cuts, stamps and 

 nislies ready for the oven, at one operation, 

 ackers, pilot hread, &c. By it, two persons can 

 } as much in one day as ten liy the usual mode. 



Elder leaves, put around the roots of jieach 

 ees, is recommended as a perfect antidote forihe 

 jury arising from worms. — jV. Y. Fanner. 



Signs — .'\n old gentleman presented us with a 

 mdl'ul of ripe Strawberries of the secon<l growth 

 1 Thursday last, and inlbrnied us that they were 

 lite plenty in his neighborhooil. He alsoinforni- 

 us thai he had seen onions, beets, carrots, and 

 hbages, which were sown last spring, running 

 i to seed, and had no donlit hut it was ' a sign 

 something.' — Doulitless it is a sign, but we prc- 

 me a stopper was put on it last Friday night, 

 • en Satunlay morning all the vegetables in this 

 ighborliood were completely stiffened by a 

 illing frost.' 



The usual variety of mammoth jjumpkins, cab- 

 ges, squashes, &c, have been noticed by our 

 itemporaries this season, but we knosv of none 

 ■re marvellous than a remarkable growth of 

 ins, tlie product of our own garden. They 

 re planted aliout the first of June ; the vims 

 1 to the usual length, and the pods, which are 

 •y r.imierous, are front two to two and a half 

 t in length, containing from 20 to 30 good- 

 ed beans in each. For string beans this kind 

 inequalled, and no other [)reparation is necessary 

 n to pick and cut them to a proper length, 

 ne of these beans may be seen at onr office ; — 

 consider them a ' sign' that gardeners who 

 cure the same kind of seed can raise more and 

 ter beans than in any other way now known. 

 Williamstown Advocate. 



ENGLISH AGRICULTURE. 

 T'no English carry agriculture to great perfec- 

 Every spot of ground capable of cultivation 

 mproved. Wherever I have been, the fields 

 generally small, enclosed by hedges, and made 

 fectly SMiooih, by ineans of cast iron rollers, 

 merous trees are left to grow around the hedges, 

 1 scattered over the fields. These are so nicely 

 timed, as to add greatly to the beauty of the conn- 

 Not a weed is suffered to grow. The crops 

 look well, and are much more productive than 

 The cattlft and sheep feed on grass up to 

 ir knees, and look, as we should say, fit to kill. 

 The slight enclosures that keep th«>m in their 

 tnres, would be but a poor protection against 

 lean, half fed, unruly animals. Here the cattle 

 e no need to break fences. They have food 

 Relent within their own domains. I came here 

 ler the impression that the country was bare of 

 On the contrary, I find it better stoc^ked 

 his respect than the thick settlements of our 

 country. We wantonly destroy trees as if 

 ly were of no value : here they are planted and 



nur.^ed with as nnich care, as though they bore 

 choice fruit Extract from a Letter from England. 



Fratice and England. — The editors of the Bul- 

 letin des Sciences state, that the agrienltnre of 

 Eiiglaiid is nnich superior to that of Fnuiea ; anil 

 that the former country with an unfavorable cli- 

 mate, and upon a soil not half so extensive as 

 France, possesses 6 millions of sheep and 150,000 

 horned cattle, more than France. In England 

 tlif! soil belongs exclusively lo 30,000 proprietors; 

 in France there are four millions of proprietors. — 

 Some appear to consider the small number of pro- 

 prietors in England as the principal cause of the 

 agricultural prosperity of that country, but the 

 editors of the Bulletin think the cause may be 

 found in the liberty and industry of the body of 

 the nation, and in the favor and protection bestow- 

 ed on agricidture, commerce, and manufactures, 

 by the privileged class. Ignorance and prejudice 

 are nirniidable obstacles to agricullnral improve- 

 ment in France, especially in the southern depart- 

 ments. 



been dissolved, and 'vhitciicd vviili rye uieal, oat 

 meal, or the flower of buckwheat. 



Indian Corn and Flax. — M. Iladner of Saxony, 

 attiiliiites the exhaustion of the .soil by Indian 

 corn to the roots after the crop is gathered. Hi' 

 therefore plucks up the roots with the plant, and 

 remarks that his cornfield is favorably distinguish- 

 ed from those which surround it. The same 

 gentleman once sowed some flax seed that was 

 12 years old, and to his astonishment it produced 

 the most beautiful flax he ever saw. 



Sheep. — The number of sheep in England is 

 estimated at 45 millions, in France 36 millions, in 

 Spain only 14 millions. — Bull, des Sciences. 



In Cincinnati, a great number of cows graze on 

 a coin:iion where they eat some plant which poi- 

 sons them. Last year several died, and two per- 

 sons lost their lives by skinning them. This year, 

 about 50 valuable cows have died, and four per- 

 sons who skinned some of them. 



DUTCH DAIRIES. 



For the sake of cleanliness, the tails of the cows 

 are tied to the roof of the cow house with a cord 

 during the time of milking. The cow houses both 

 in Flanders and Holland are kept remarkable clean 

 and warm; so much so that a gentleman ' spoke' 

 to Redcliff' 'of having drank cofl^ee with a cow 

 keeper in the general stable in winter, without the 

 annoyance of cold, dirt, or any oflTensive smell.' — 

 The Dutch are particularly aveise in unfolding 

 the secrets of their dairy man.igement, and not- 

 withstanding the pointed queries of Sir John Sin- 

 clair on the subject, no satisfactory idea was given 

 him of their mode of manufacturing butter or 

 cheese. — Loudon. 



COW KEEPING. 



In Holland the food for one cow in winter for 

 twentyfour hours, is straw, eighteen |iounils ; tur- 

 nips, sixty pounds. Somef.irmers boil the turnips 

 fiir them ; others give them raw, chopping them 

 with the spade ; one or other operation is neces- 

 sary to obviate the risk of the animal being chok- 

 ed, where the turnips, which is usually the case in 

 Flanjers, are of too small a size. In lieu of tur- 

 nips, potatoes, carrots, and grains, are occasionally 

 given ; bean straw likewise, and uniforndy a 

 white drink, prepared both for cows and ho«es, 

 and consisting of water in which some oilcake nas 



Scratches in Horses. — This disorder or difficidty 

 is too well known to all who own these noble aui- 

 mals, or ileal in ihom,to need a particular descrip- 

 tion of it. The remedy is simple, safe, and cer- 

 tain, in all cases which have come to my knowl- 

 edge, however inveterate. It is only to mix white 

 lead and linseed oil in such proportions as will 

 render the application eonveuicnt, and I never have 

 known more than two or three applications ne- 

 cessary, to effiict a common cure. — Turf Reg. 



Product of the JVewport Alntshouse Farm, 1829. 

 — 30 tons hay ; 200 bushels corn ; 675 do pota- 

 toes; 379 do onions; 2232 bunches do; 58 

 bushels barley ; 75 do oats. 



The product of the farm exceeds that of any 

 other year, and is yearly improving in walls, 

 buildings, &c. About two acres for an orchard 

 have been walled in, in which trees will be set 

 this season. There is at present, 55 acres cultivat- 

 ed ; 57 J in meadow. 



Several persons have this week been convicted 

 for robbing an orchard in Bridge street, in Salem 

 and have been fined ten dollars for their offence 



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SOS TON, FRID.W, OCTOBER I, 1830. 



TO KEEP APPLES FOR WINTER'S USE. 

 Put them in casks or bins, in layers well cover- 

 ed with dry sand, each layer being covered. 

 This preserves them from the air, from moisture, 

 and from frost, it prevents their perishing by their 

 own perspiration, thiir moisture being absorbed 

 by the sand ; at the same time it preserves the 

 flavor of the apples, and prevents their wilting, — 

 Pippins have been kept in this manner sound and 

 fresh till midsummer ; and how much longer lliey 

 would have kept is not known. Any kind of 

 siand will answer, but it must be perfectly dry. 



BREEDING ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES. 



Dr Cooper, Editor of the last edition of Dr 

 Willich's Domestic Encyclopedia, observes, that 

 ' The whole art of breeding animals and vegeta- 

 bles for particular purposes may be included in 

 this direction : Choose those animals or vegeta- 

 bles to propagate from, that possess the qualities 

 you wish to pro|)agate in the greatest perfection.' 



ELDER KERRY SYRUP. 



Take of the juice of elder berry one quart; 

 boil to one pint ; strain and add two pounds of 

 double refined sugar ; again place it over the fire i 

 so soon as it shall have boiled remove it from the 

 fire ; and when cold bottle it for use, taking care 

 to have it well corked. Should a less quantity of 

 sugar be used there will be danger of ils becom- 

 ing mouldy. As a gentle purgative this syrup is 

 an excellent inedicine of very pleasant taste ; and 

 is particularly serviceable to children, who are 

 not inclined to take medicine. The dose fur an 

 adult is a wineglass full. 



Hints ti<ith regard to fattening sivine. — If your 

 object is merely profit in fattening your hogs, you 

 must take time for the jirocess, and make them 

 thoroughly fat. A farmer, stating the result of 

 some experiments in the Bath Society papers, vol. 



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