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AND HORTICULTURAL R E G I S T E R 



LSI 



|orniy and inferior potaloca as icrrt tver tten. 



jfhy plant such ? llioy were brou|;lit on to tlie 

 )un>l bcTorc I a>w ilioin, and I tlion knew not 

 loro I could gft any otiiers — look next liino be- 



\rt i)Oii buy, said I to iiiysolf.) Also, I pUntod 



Ipccks of a new variety, fnrfctclicd, wliicli cost 

 per bbl. They were liocd twice — and now Uow 

 iny potatoes do you suppose I obtained from tliu 

 hole piece ? Why, about IhirUtn bushels ; and 

 etc about as good as I planted. 

 And DOW for the debt and credit : — 

 Dr. 



7 interest on 1-4 aero at $ii per acre, 

 Plowing and harrowing, 

 7 loads of manure (?) 

 4 l-'i bushels uf seed at &. 

 ~ 7 pecks do. 



Hoeing, 

 Harvesting, 



r....By 13 bushels, at -is. 



I us : wo have no wish to doer; husbandry — ws ore 

 i making no attempts to Jo it. Dot nur desire is 

 I that its merits should bo fairly and fully presented 



— let its discouragements and its hardships bo told 



in connsction with its profits and pleasures, for 

 I even then it will stind and command attention and 



respect. It will make its way bettor in the world 



for a full and frank account of itself. 

 1 The inipiiry of our correspondent relative to 

 j spring wheat, wo can give no satisfactory reply to, ] 



for wc know not how the soil and climate where | 

 j ho lives usually act upon that crop. Wc can only 



say that the bones will do the wheat no harm, but 



will probably bo of service to the crop. 

 ' If'arts. — Some English journal says that if a so- 

 j lution of alum be applied three or four times to 



warts on cattle, they will be removed. We know 

 j nothing of the value of this prescription Ed. N. 



E. Far. 



Loss, 



$6 73 



It would spoil a good story to state that a hail 



J orm shattered the vines of these potatoes into 



I ireds, and that they never recovered from the ef- 



-j eta of the pelting — and there may be no occasion 



say that the main object was to get the land 



imewhat mellowed and fitted for a crop the next 



lason. Were such things mentioned, the main 



iject of these statements might he defeated, which 



to show that though farmers of\cn get a large 



ofit from particular acres, they also are liable to 



sses on other parts of the farm ; and that their 



uincss, though a good and respectable one, is 



)t, on the whole, so lucrative as many may imag- 



e, who make their inferences only from such ac- 



lunta as appear in the papers, where writers gen- 



lly speak of those parts of the farm which have 



)ne well, and leave failures, blacksmith's bills, re- 



lira of fences, repairs of buildings, &.c. &c. un- 



Hiced. I could make out an account — and as 



irly too as many others are made — which would 



aow a farm 



Dr. 1841, about 



Cr. 1-2 bushel turnips sold, 



$500 (10 

 J2 



Loss, §4911 88 



nd yet it would require a statement of facts to 

 itisfy me that I have fared worse than many oth- 

 rs, who can give accounts of large and profitable 

 rops. 



An effort is making, and we rejoice at it, to 

 ring agriculture into more marked favor than it 

 as hitherto enjoyed. But partial and delusive 

 ;atements can never do this. Every man who is 

 llured into it to his cost, will bo likely afterwards 

 ) spoak of the pursuit in terms ot disapproijation 

 nd contempt. Unfairness will obstruct the ef- 

 3rt8 of those who would have farmers hold their 

 wn occupation in higher esteem. The unfairness 

 'e refer to, is not any that can be pointed out in 

 articular accounts, but it is necessarily found to 

 m through the ajricultural pre.-is, where no pains 



taken to keep the public informed ihat there is 

 Dother side to the picture. 



Remarks like these would be unnecessary were 

 iumers accustomed to give accounts of failures as 

 reely as they do of success : but this is hardly to 

 le expected of them. But do not inisundcrstand 



From ihc Albany Cultivalor. 



REMEDY FOR THE ROTS. 



I Messrs. Gaylord S,- Tucker — In my early days, 

 I my father, being fond of good horses, paid great 

 I attention to their health, and whenever ho appre- 

 hended that his horse was affected with the bots, 

 had recourse to strong salt water, generally brine 

 in which beef had been salted, and it appeared to 

 have a favorable effect on the animal. The brine 

 j was given first without any thing preceding it ; but 

 I after my neighbor made tho following experiments, 

 [ we changed our course ef practice. A two years 

 I old horse having died of the disease, our neighbor 

 opened him, and taking the oesophagus (or ozen, as 

 , it is perhaps more generally called,) from the sto- 

 mach, split it open, and exposed the grub to fair 

 view ; he found their heads deeply embedded in 

 the cellular substance ; ho then dropped a few 

 drops of brine on some of them, which induced 

 those that it touched to contract and adhere with 

 greater tenacity ; he then dropped on some others 

 some molasses, which instantly produced a diffe- 

 rent effect ; they appeared to expand and slacken 

 their hold ; on to these he then dropped some beef 

 brine as at first, which caused them immediately 

 to let go their hold and fly off from their former 

 station. lie found that by this course, he could 

 dislodge them whenever he pleased ; hence the ex- 

 pediency of administering something sweet and 

 agreeable before the brine is given, is clearly sug- 

 gested. As there is no doubt that the insect which 

 is called the bot bee, depositing the egg or nit on 

 the hair of the horse, produces the grub in the 

 stomach by being taken in at the nsouth, it is very 

 desirable to prevent their continn.ance on the horse 

 where he ;woiild be likely to take them into his 

 mouth by biting himself, which I have seen one 

 horse show great reluctance to '\n; he deliberately 

 viewed the part thickly covered w,ui nits, and af- 

 ter some hesitation contracting his lips with his 

 teeth, bit the part, and thoaas if to avoid all adhe- 

 sion of the nits, he gave a very sudden motion to 

 his lips. These little eggs or nits are easily re- 

 moved and destroyed, by rubbing on them almost 

 any kind of oil or greasy substance. 



AN AGRICULTURIST. 



Friim (lie Allony Cuhiralur. 



RELIEF OF CHOKED CATTLE. 



Having by nccid'^nt dmcovored a wiiy to relieve 

 cattle when choked by attempting to swallow too 

 large a piece of ruta baga, or utlicr rooto, I thought 

 I would coinmuoicatc the process of relief to the 

 Cultivator. Sumo two or three years ago, my bi;cf 

 cow got choked with n turnip, and having tried tho 

 usual mode of pouring soft soap down her throat 

 without the desired effect, I concluded to butcher 

 her before the turnip had done its work ; sho had 

 fallen down before I could get a knife roady ; bo I 

 took hold of the fore leg to turn her in o better po- 

 sition for opening the veins in the neck, when I 

 perceived that she was relieved, and soon got up. 

 I attributed it to drawing the fore leg forward and 

 out from the body. 



I have recommended the same process to my 

 neighbors, some of whom have tried it with com- 

 plete success. I would suggest that each fore leg 

 be pulled alternately. 



Yours, respectfully, 



DAVID F.LOTT. 



VEGETATION OF SEEDS. 



An article recently appeared in the Hartford 

 Courant, on the subject of the vegetation of the 

 seeds of plants, by being placed on the surface of 

 untilled ground. A correspondent says it reminds 

 him of a similar experiment made in Coventry, Ct., 

 some twenty five years ago, by the Rev. Abel Ab- 

 bott, as follows : 



He occupied a small rough farm, and having a 

 pasture very thickly covered with small bushes, 

 brakes, &c., he cut them down, and laid potatoes 

 on the surface, at suitable distances, and then the 

 bushes, &c. over them, adding some straw, enough 

 to cover them so thick as to keep them moist, and 

 did nothing more to them until autumn, when he 

 removed the covering and found a fine ciop of po- 

 tatoes on the surface of the ground, waiting only 

 to be picked up ! — Conn. Farmer's Gaz. 



Words are in this respect like water, that they 

 often take their taste, flavor, and character, from 

 the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water 

 from the channels through which itftows Lacon. 



GRAFTING WALNUTS. 



Mr Slorer — I noticed a communication in your 

 valuable journal of last week, by " A Subscriber," 

 who inquires "if walnuts can be grafted and culti- 

 vated like apples ; and what time to graft the same." 



In reply to your subscriber, and for the informa- 

 tion of your readers who may be desirous of culti- 

 vating that valuable fruit, the walnut, I can state 

 that it can be grafted in the same manner, and 

 with the same success as tho apple, the pear, and 

 other cultivated fruit trees. 



The best time for performing the operation is the 

 last of May or the first of June, or when the buds 

 begin to expand and take the leaf form. — Ibtd. 



'> Why is it that tho love of flowers takes such 

 deep hold of the heart ?" Why? Why it is be- 

 cause they are emblems of love. Show me one 

 who does not feel his own heart expand as he 

 watches the expanding beauties of some delicate 

 flower, and you will show me one who knows noth- 

 ing of that pure and perfect affection of the heart 

 which binds the human family together. — Leigh 

 Hunt. 



Tbe praise of the envious is far less creditable 

 than their censure. — Lacon. 



