t^ R A C T I C A L FARMER. 



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berry is cultivated in this manner in the form of 

 lenc,e ami field hedges. On the borders of fields 

 hedjres may be set out for the double purpose of 

 fnice and foliage, and the interior of fiehls is often* 

 covered with hcdj,a-s, at suitable distances from 

 each other to admit the passage of a hand cart or 

 one horse wagjjon, for the (lurposc of gathering 

 the foliage and transporting it to the cocoonery. 

 Tlie method of propagation is nnich the same in 

 both cases, ^ind is done either by transi)lanting the 

 ])lanls from the nursery, or sowing tiie seed where 

 it is intended to make a hedge. 



To make a hedge by transplanting from tlie 

 nursery, take plants one or two years old and set 

 them at the distance of eighteen inches a[)art, or, 

 if it be intended to make a thick set hedge, at the 

 tlistance of one foot. Cut off the toj)s at four or 

 six imfhes from the ground, leaving two buds oi)po- 

 site each other, and removing the rest. This cau- 

 ses the stock to have tvyfo vigorous branches the 

 first year. 'J'hc next s|)ring, cut one of these two 

 branches on the same side, at twelve inches from 

 the ground, in such mannsr that each plant may 

 have a long and a short one, but horizontally on 

 the same side also one after another, all the 

 branches, and fasten them with cords or witiies, so 

 that tl)ey may form a line parallel with the earth, 

 and leave the entire branches untouched. At the 

 conunencement of llie third year, the jjlants will 

 have branches to form a hedge. 



'j'he height, form, &c. of a hedge may be regu- 

 lated, according lo thh' taste or convenience of the 

 cultivator, by cutting off the brunches, wiien cov- 

 <;red with leaves, and feeding tiie silk worni. 

 Some cultivators are permitting standard trees to 

 grow u|) out of their hedges at the distance often 

 or twelve feet from each other. This is doul)tless 

 an im])rovetnent, as by cutting away the hedge, an 

 orchard of stan{'Hrd trees wou'd be left, should it 

 ever be found desirable so to do. Rai s might 

 also be inserted into the standards, and a good 

 fence easily made. To make a hedge from the 

 seed it is only necessary to sow the seed and then 

 treat the jtlants in the same manner as if transplan- 

 ted from the nursery. 



^V'ith regard to the inquiry of Mr Paige respect- 

 ing engaging the services of some person of expe- 

 rience in managing the silk worm, we can only 

 say that we have numerous applications of the 

 same kind, which as yat we are unable to supply. 

 But we will here take occasion to say to all such 

 persons, male or female, who may not be other- 

 wise engaged, that by making the fact known to 

 ns, we can refer them to gentlemen, who would 

 gladly avail themselves of their services the com- 

 ing silk season, at wages with which they wcnld 

 be satisfied. 



Albany, Jan. 4tb, 1836. 

 F.^ G. Comstock, Esq., 



Sir: — I have for the last four summers en- 

 gaged in the culture of the mulberry. My object 

 originally was, solely for the purpose of hedging; 

 and I shall continue it, but if eventually my hedges 

 can be turned to account, by the aid of the silk 

 worm, I shall not hesitate in making them contri- 

 bute to that object. I have already more than a 

 mile in hedge, and about two acres in nursery ; 

 and seedlings of last season, sufficient to ad<l at 

 least another acre to iny nursery.' In hedge and 

 nursery, of two, three, and four years old, 1 have 

 about 45,000. -if I could procure a female of suf- 

 ficient experience lo take charge of the silk worms, 

 I think I would make the exi)eriraent next sum- 

 mer, I think my trees would furnish food for 60 or 

 70 thousand worujs, perhaps more. There is no 

 one iu this part of the country who has any prac- 

 tical knowledge of the management of the worm. 



Blay I be permitted to ask, if you can refer me 

 to any one, whom I could probably emj)loy for 

 that purpose. 



Respectfully, Your 



Obedient Serv't. 



JiNO. Kf.yes PAiGt:. 



EFFECT OF BOKE MANURE ON CORN. 



To the Etiitor of the Farmer's Register ;— 



Brookficld, Henrico, JVov. 6, 1835. 



In a number of the last volume of your Regis- 

 ter, a correspondent describes an experiment made 

 by the application of bones as a manure for corn, 

 the result of which, as reported, seemed to prove 

 that corn derived very little benefit from their ap- 

 plication. From long experience in the use of 

 bones as a manure, and a knowledge of their 

 highly fertilizing jjroperties, I was induced to make 

 a similar experiment on -a small scale. During 

 tiie last winter, I got the negroes on the plantation, 

 for a small premium, to collect at their own con- 

 venience, a quantity of. bones from around the 

 neighborhood, and during wet or stormy weather, 

 had them broke in a wooden trough with pestles 

 shod with iron, into as small pieces as my time 

 would permit, a small proportion of them being 

 reduced to a powder. At the time of planting 

 the corn, I selected four rows, forming an inter- 

 mediate space between ground well manured from 

 the winter farm pen, and ground not manured. 

 On these selecte^l; rows, 1 apjilied the bones thus 

 pounded, depositing a small quantity of the bones 

 previous to planting the corn in each hill, after- 

 wards dropping the corn, and covering the whole 

 with the hoe, nat deeper than any other part of 

 the crop. At a very early stage of the growth of 

 the corn, it exhibited a superiority over that grow- 

 ing on either side, and maintained that appearance 



