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SILK MANUAL, AND 



BOIVC BIANURE. 



Mr John R. Watson, of Perth Amboy, New- 

 Jersey, has communicated to the N. Y. Farmer, a 

 series of experiments which he has made with 

 bone dust as a manure, and which gave the 

 following results : 1st. That its good effects 

 are equally perceptible on a light, and on a heavy 

 loam : 2d. That two rows of corn, planted in 

 drills manured with it, proved better than 2 other 

 rows manured highly with hog-pen and yard ma- 

 nure, and two others with fish : 3d. That an acre 

 of grass with 25 bushels of it spread broad-cast, 

 proved superior to any other manured with any 

 other substance he had ever used, and was matur- 

 ed three weeks earlier than any other around it : 

 4th. 25 bushels of it sowed broad-cast on an acre 

 of oats, proved greatly superior to farm yard ma- 

 nure : and 5thly, he has found it an excellent ma- 

 nure for trees. 



In England, bone dust has been long and freely 

 used among agriculturists, and is highly approved 

 as a manure : but we doubt whether in this 

 country, where land is so plentj^ and cheap, it can 

 ever be found an object of general use. The dif- 

 ficulty of procuring it here, in suflicient " quanti- 

 ties, except in the immediate neighborhood of 

 large cities, must always operate to prevent its 

 introduction into general use, to any considerable 

 extent. In situations, however, favorable to full 

 supplies, we apprehend, ehiablishments for the col- 

 lection of bones, reduction into, and sale of the 

 dust, would prove highly beneficial and profitable. 

 Of the eminently invigorating quality of the pow- 

 der, there can be no doubt in the minds of those 

 who are aware of the elements of which bones 

 are composed. — Baltimore Farmer. 



Rose Leaf Spice. — The following method of 

 preserving rose leaves for use as a spice, was told 

 us the other day by a friend who is a good house- 

 wife, and withal a very intelligent and worthy 

 woman. She gathers the leaves when they are 

 fresh and in their prime, and presses them into a 

 jar — first a layer of leaves and then a layer of 

 sugar, thus alternating the leaves and sugar until 

 the jar is full, when a leather is tied over it tightly. 

 They will keep thus for a long time. But the 

 cheapest and best way is the following — Press 

 your leaves snugly in a decanter or bottle, and 

 when very nearly full, pour in a little spirit, suf- 

 ficient to use up and keep the air from the leaves ; 

 then stop the bottle tight. In this state, the leaves 

 may be kejjt good for any length of time, and 

 when wanted some of them may be taken out for 

 giving a flavor and perfume to sauces, puddings, 

 or anything else. Here now, good farmer's wives, 

 is an inducement for you to cultivate the rose, 

 even if you have no particular desire to cultivate 

 flowers, for there is a simple and practical use to 

 be made of them in a domestic line. It will no 



doubt make yourself and family more indepen- 

 dent, to raise your own spice on your own land 

 and at your own doors, than be trotting off every 

 month or two to the merchanVs to sivap away your 

 butter and eggs, for alspice and nutmegs. And 

 besides, the ornament of the hush, will raise the 

 value of your premises some few per cent in the 

 eyes of every person of taste. — Me. Farmer. 



In addition to the above preparation as a spice, 

 we have often found it a grateful preserve as a 

 medicine in diseases of the lungs. We ch^rful- 

 ly join with our old friend of the Maine Farmer, 

 in recommendation of the rose — economy and 

 benevolence both demand it. — Ed. Mec. 4* Far. 



A company has been formed in this town for 

 the purpose of manufacturing silk ; a farm has 

 been purchased, and a considerable number of 

 mulberry trees have been already planted. It has 

 been proved that the soil of this State is well 

 adapted to the cultivation of the mulberry, and we 

 have no doubt that our farmers would very much 

 enhance the value of their farms by planting the 

 trees. Silk may be manufactured from the 

 trees when they are four years old, and there is 

 scarcely any farm that would not admit of planting 

 a great number of them without injury to other 

 crops. — Concord, J^. H. Patriot. 



SELF CONTROIi. 



Washington seldom showed that he was much 

 elated or excited. He had very strong feelings 

 but generally suppressed them. When on his 

 way to take command of the American army at 

 Cambridge, the last of June, 1775, he met the 

 news of Bunker Hill battle; and he was so re- 

 joiced to learn, that the Militia would fight brave- 

 ly for the country, he took off his hat and gave 

 three cheers ; and said, " there is hope, — my 

 countrymen are brave." 



In 1777, the third year of the war, he was very 

 anxious to have the States raise troops for during 

 the war, or at least for three years, rather than for 

 one. A Committee of the General Court of Mas- 

 sachusetts waited on him to inform him, that they 

 had voted to raise the men he wanted, but only 

 for one year. He jumped from his chair, and said 

 " good God, gentleme^i, the country will be ruined 

 by such measures !" He then took his scat, and 

 was perfectly calm. But the men were raised for 

 during the war, or for three years. 



Dry Rot. — An effectual preventive is said to 

 have been lately discovered in England, of the 

 dry rot. Experiments have been made, and in 

 the opinion of both scientific and practical men of 

 those concerned in ship-building and navigation, 

 the proposed preventive is effectual and com- 

 plete. 



