AND H O R T I CULTURAL RKGISTER 



405 



circ.MnMancos »itli winch ho ia giirruuiiile.l. [: y -Tlin llrv. Mr I uriu-r, ..r Virjjin.!,, ,.nll,..r ..f l.ur.llo ....t llio.,, ; foci ii|>..n il .vl,,.lo l.-nvpn or 



uist j.i.l;.'c of Ihis matter for liiiiiself. I will, lliu proco.hiijr nrticj.-, is ono of llio iimsl wiHy nnil Hiiialll.r.iu.l.on, aiut after one or two fcc.ln th.- 



i.vovor. just remark, tl.at wl.ilsm deficiency ox- ploasarit. mid willml om- of iho most H|.iritcd and w.,ro,s «nl all lie uliove tlie liurdlr ; llieii by lU 



t» in one point, tliere u commonly a siipcrnbnn pr.clical wril.-ri upon fiirniin^r that the counlrv two .ides remove it to a vacant «li«lf or on i« tlio 



ancont niollier; and that it requires but lilt'.- comains. Wo always welcome any thin- fr..m feedin- frnmo. When n-ccsanry to cimnee lliom 



|<ill so m conc-cnirnto one'b icsourccs as to make Ins pen and read it—lhonu'h wo do not ropy all, ngniii, phre over ti.em a duplirntc hordl.-, and feed 



em most available. | because his remarks are often suited only to far. na b-forc. After the wnrins have risen nhove the 



.Art.-r Iheatovcatatemenl, the reader will not mcrs fur aoulh of us. In the artirle nhov, lie hurdle a-ain, remove it, and all the stems &.c on 



surpri.eed «h,Mi I inform him that in my prnc- touches a principle of husbandry— lo/j/ion— which Iho first hurdle can be instantly removed.' After 



■e 1 rely but very l.tlie on any syelem of rotation is worthy of regard in every latitude and under the worms arc placed upon the fcedin" frame all 



hal.vcr In fact I rely scarcely uny on this every meridian. the excremenlitious matter, sick or dead worms, &c. 



urce to keep up the lorlility ot my lands, much We think he is mistaken in his position that will fall ihrouj;h the frame to the shelf below 



ss to increase lU My mam crop for market is nature does m.t re.sort to rotation. She begins When the worms are about to wind their cocoons 



.y, and every thing is conducted on my lillle with lichens and mosses passes to grasses of va- remove the hurdles from the frame then taking the 



rm u, make th.s crop as largo in amount, and us rious kinds, and nflerwnrds to shrubs and trees, shelf off the lower arm, place il on'tlie frnme above 



lod in quality, as I can. Tlio fields are, there- The intervals of her changes may bo long, but siie The frame has now been converted into winding 



re, continued in grass as long as they will pro- makes them. The hard wood growth un her farm chambers, the shelf forming the .overuiT and the 



ce a fair crop. When the field-, become sojn- follows that of soft, and the soft follows the hard— : sluts forming partitions. The hurdles'aro now 



ued with greensward and other filth as maleri- not inyariably, but generally— the rule is on that ' placed on llic shelf and the worms assisted in ri- 



-Nature teaches rotation. — Ed. N. E. P. 



ssen the crop — which is uniformly the 



se nn all the high lands in three years, and 



notimes in two — they are then plowed up, and a 



rn crop is resorted to, to cleanse thein. Some "^'^^ ^'^■"'^ GROWER.S. 



le agi.. when my lands were less fertile, one crop "The subscriber having had several years' c.vpc- 



corn was siitficieiil for this purpose. It now re- rience in rearing silk woruis, and knowing the 



ires two, and these in immediate succession. ,"■»'"'* '''"I '"''''i's "' 'he worms, has invented an iin- 



• system of alternation therefore is, two crops of, proved method of fitting up a cocoonery, with feed- 



n, one of oats, nnd three of grass: and this I i"? iVame.s nnd changing hurdles, on a plan which 



pt not with the view of improving or even keep- is helieved to be decidedly superior to any other 



up the fertility of the lands, hut simply be- i yet ''"""n ei'l"^'' '" Europe or Americi. It cnn- 

 ise I consider it as tJie best course in reference sists of a double row of feeding frames, two and a 

 tny main crop. i half feet wide and tweUe feet long. The frames 



(The reader will not, also, be surprised when I are supported by two upright posts of common sized 



hiin, that I never tolerate any grazing in any scantling — the posts framed into cross sills at bot- 

 d, or at any season of the year. I have seen '""i. "hen used in a plastered room ; or they can 



idea advanced, and that too by thrifty farmers, be nailed at the top when there are timbers over 

 I grazing was beneficial to the lands. I will , head. 'J'hrough each post is a mortise (at a suita- 



eve this when I am convinced that the right b'e distance above the floor, say 1(> or 18 inches, 

 / to keep lip strength is to take away all the and the same distance from that to the next, and 

 tenancc by which it is maintained. No one ' so on, one above another, as many tier as the 



ends that the removal of a crop adds any thing i height of (he room will admit,) eight inches long 

 he fertility of land. But what is the dilTcrence [ ""d on^ wide: thruui;li this mortise the arms are 



thcr it be removed by the carl or by the capa- ! P'»ssed to support the feeding frames and shelf to 

 lis stomachs of cattle.' But it will be said, I receive the litter. The arms are strips of boards 



in the latter instance it is again dropped on ! one inch thick. The upper arm four inches wide 

 land. True, but these droppings are so dis- snd the lower arm two ; length five feet four inches 

 led, and at intervals so wide apart, that every i — extending, of course, 2 l-"2 feet each side of the 



must see that they do but very little good. | posts On the top of the upper arn. are sawed 

 rre is one event, anil but one, in which I would Ifr^nes to receive the slats of the feeding frame. 

 rove of grazing, and that is where the farm is a | Both arms are put tlirnugh the same mortise, and 



separated two inches, and made fast in the mortise 



re one, the grass abundant, and the market too 



lole to carry the crop there in any other way. 



in this case, the animals should be penned 



■y night, and thus the manure concentred and 



e tvailiible. But it will be said that the hooj 



eccssary to the solidity and compactness espe- 



y of light lands, to make them produce wheat. 



I should think that the same, or even a greater 



unt of compactnes-", might be secured by a 



y roller, and thus save the fields from the so- 



scoiirge of the aniinil's tooth. A fall fallow, 



in the season, will ordinarily secure the suc- 



ling crop of corn from the depredations of 



us. iiut my paper is again too long. I thcre- 



merely throw out these few hints for the prc- 



At some future time I may resume the sub- 



The probability is that I may prepare one or 



more numbers, but at present I cinnotsay on 



t subjects. The fact is, the season of the year 



arrived when fanners ought to goto work, 



II f am much more ambitions for the fame of a 



P( irtg than of a writing farmer. 



J. H. TURNER. 



by two wedges driven between them, one on each 



side of the post. The arms and posts thus forming 



a cross. The ganes are two inches deep, half an 



inch wide, and two inches apart. The slats of tho 



feeding frame are sawed lath or strips of thin 



board, two inches wide, s\\\. oflT with a common 



slitting gage — so that on each arm two and a half 



feet long are fifteen slats. The hurdle has a frame 



on two sides only — four feet long, made also of 



thin boards, one inch >vide — holes made through 



them with a brad-awl ; a needle is then armed with 



twine and passed through each alternately, exactly 



like putting the cord through the two sides of a 



common bedstead ; the threads one inch apart. 



The hurdles are four feet long and two and a half 



feet wide, corresponding with the width of the I certainly lead to the inference that it will excel 



frame. The hurdles m»y be used without t/ie | "n.V that »e have siten The heat is in them most 



frame by those who may continue still to use solid : cfilectnally used up, and they contain an oven, 



shelves, as they save nine-tenths of the labor of i which is a very convenient appendage. — Eu. 



changing and cleaning the worms, at any age. ( 



To change the worms or to remove them from | D^^n with the weeds, farmers. Do n't permit 

 the hatching table to the feeding frames, place a ' g^en the smallest to live among your crops. 



sing to the cliamhers above them by any means 

 most convenient — perhaps pieces of shingle, ao 

 inch wide, or strips of paper attached at one end by 

 a little paste to Iho slats, and hanging down to the 

 worms. When the cocoons are ready for gather- 

 ing, remove the hurdles, litter, &c. &.C. from the 

 shelf; then raise up the shelf, turn it up-side down, 

 I and the cocoons are now all in view, either attach- 

 ed to the shelf or remaining in the winding boxes. 

 The floss is left perfectly clean, and the cocoons 

 may be gathered at the rate of a bushel per minute. 

 This apparatus is calculated not only for large 

 cocooneries, liut may be adapted to any unoccu- 

 pied room in a dwelling or out-house — as it may 

 bo put up or taken down in a few moments, and 

 costs little more than plain shelves ; and with it 

 one man may attend a million of worms in a sea- 

 son. 



Rights for making and using this apparatus are 

 now for Bale by the inventor. 



All letters of inquiry {post paid) will receive im- 

 mediate attention. Rights to use the hurdle alone, 

 two dollars ; for the whole apparatus, from five to 

 ten dollars, if sent by mail when rights arc applied 

 for. Address, A. SPA ULDING, M. D. 



MaritUa, Ohio. 



Jl^enl — J. Va.v Wiwki.k, Boston, Mass. 



N. B. — Printers who will give this notice one 

 or two insertions, and forward a copy to the inven- 

 tor, shall be entitled to a right. 



(TT'IOOO bushels of cocoons wanted in exchange 

 for rights. 



(jy*A model of the above described apparatus 

 may be seen at the New England Farmer oflice, 

 .51 and 5'i North Market street, and Mr J. Van 

 Winkle may be found at No. 4 Portland street. 



We have e.xainined this model, and think that 

 the apparatus will answer well the purposes for 

 which It is intended. It is certainly simple and 

 convenient. "It can be made by any one who 

 can use a handsaw and a hammer." 



Mr Van Winkle also is agent for a patentee of 

 a .'•tove, which is eaid to be superior, in saving fuel, 

 to the air-tight stove in use here. The principles 

 of this stove have been explained to us, and they 



