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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. D, 18-i? 



happiness of their fellow creatures. It will be ad- 

 viseable to visit this useful class of men as soon as 

 possible, anil to communicate to them such discov- 

 eries as have been made in tlie traveller's country 

 relative to the public good, and of which he should 

 have a very minute description on his setting out. 

 A traveller will see a manufacture to much more 

 advantage, and be enabled to ask more instructive 

 questions about the business carried on in it, if he 

 will he at the trouble, before hand, to read the 

 whole description of its worltmanship in some dic- 

 tionary of arts; by these means he will he prepar- 



Preserving JFood, 

 Dry rot in timber may be prevented by charring 

 the ends of the joints, and fixing them in anchor- 

 smith or foundry ashes, laid under the flooring. — 

 Leaving one of the boards of the floor loo.se, and 

 removing it at night, is sai 1 to prevent it. Paint- 

 ing wood before the sap is dry, hastens its decay. 

 [Gleanings of flusbandry. 



HORTICULTURAL ITExMR. 



From Loudon's Gardejier's Magazine 182G. 



ed for' its inspection,'and''rnow'''chiefl7whart'o i r, ^«"--^\°™ /^"^'l experiments made by Mr 

 look for, and wherein the greatest difficulty con- i ^'""w ? ,-.' u ,"l" "'^'^^'"g °' '^^ Bath 



and West of England Society, it appears that salt 

 is " not so valuable as manure, as in making corn 



look for, and wherein the greatest difficulty con 

 sists. [Count Berchtold's Ess.iy to direct and e.x 

 tend the inquiries of Patriotic Travellers, &c.] 



Chinese method of Propagating Fruit Trees. 

 The Chinese strip a ring of bark about an inch 

 in width from a bearing branch, surround the 

 place with a bale of fat earth, or loam bound fast 



[grainj ripen earlier than it would otherwise do, 

 that is, it is not a manure at all, but merely a stim- 

 ulant." 



[The contradictorv opinions as to the efficacy of,— , ,, ^ ■ ■ ' -- &-■ 



salt on the soil, lead to the conclusion, that its "'"' •;';'°""<^ 'he >nost poA-er/ul a^xnl for 

 utility cannot be depended on; and that the pros- 



prevent decay, by exhausting moisture. Pa' 

 timber which retains the natural sap, accel 

 rather tlian retards, putrefaction.] 



Dr Von Martins, who has travelled thK^ , 

 in Brazil, is publishing in two quarto volnines 

 plates, a description of 2000 new plants disrov' 

 by him in that country. 



Mulberries—The company for the prouiotio 

 silk in Ireland, imported, last sjinng, 'iOC.lHiO i 

 berry trees from the gulf of Lyons,''and J..l,l t 

 at cost, 4d. They are also cultivating an ex 

 sive nursery of the mulberry. 



A paper was read before the Horticultural 

 ciety on the Gth June, from Mr Sweet, on tlie 

 tivation of marsh plants, as canna, hydr:iii._f.a, 

 in pots filled with sp3gnum,or muss, which are'i 

 cessfully cultivated in this way. ',: 



Germination of Seeds —The presence of o.^j 

 gas being the princip.al requisite for gt:ri,,in;il 



to the branch with a piece of mattin.r ; over tliis t !'■' ,-", V- "^'"•'■""r ""' "■"" ""'"■ ""'' 1'™^- 



they suspend a pot, or horn, with wat"er, having a ' If f^ " "°' ""'^'"^'^t 'o counterbalance 



small hole in the bottom just sufficient to let the i ''^^^^•^.''"^'^•J . ^ . 



water drop, in order to keep the earth constantlv i r ^"'*'"'=, -y^' ondplanis in foreign eovntries.- 

 moist. The branch throws new roots into the ■ " ^ P,"™''"^' °" t'".^ ^''bject, prepared by Mr 

 earth just above the place where the ring of bark ' f^'"u ^^' ^°'' "'®'"'' ??'"' collectors of the Hor- 

 was stripped off. The operation is performed in i ^"^''""'^' ^"^"^^y- =^"'1 '^^^^'^ ^^"-■'' f'e following 

 ■^ directions are given : 



the spring, and the branch is sawn oft' and put into 

 the ground at the fall of the leaf. The following 

 year it will bear fruit. [Domestic Encyclopedia'] 



I. Seeds. In cold counlries, dry them well, and 

 place them in dry and airy parts of the ship. In 



tropical countries, keep the seed in the vessels or 



Directions to keep a varnished Coach clean. I P*"^^' ""'' ^'""^i' ^^^"^ '" ''O' paper; but clean seed's 

 Dip a sponge in clean water, and wash off all ; °^ '"^'""'^s, or eatable stone-fruits, from their pulp, 

 the mud immediately when the carria-re comes in ■ ' "*'"'' "'®'" '" P"'''^''' ""'''^^ *'"^>' ""^ "''y °^ 



then take a piece of woollen cloth, dtpned in rot- ^'"^".""r ,^* ^'"^ ""^ "'^^ "^''' ^"""^ '''""' '" •='•"'>'• 

 ten stone Jinely powdered, and passed throuo-h a i mango, of the guttiferK.raagnoliaces, 



fine sieve, and rub it pretty hard till the Hoss ^'"^'■"^'=^'^- =^'"""13 ^"'^ walnuts, may be thus con 



fine sieve, and rub it pretty hard till the gloss 

 comes out, then take a piece of soft flannel dipped 



in linseed oil, and rub over the pannel, and with °'^""[J"°^'' ' °'' sown in bo.xes of earth. " Scp5: 

 another piece dipped in fine flour, rub off the oil I ,"''''" ''^ =>l'owed to cross the equator, be 



another piece dipped in fine flour, rub off the oi,. 

 Care must be taken not to let the oil remnin too 

 long on the pannel. [Ibid.] 



veyed from hot countries much better than by any 

 o'her mode ; or sown in boxes of eartli. " Scptis 



cause the extreme heat and h,umidity of the equi- 

 noctial atmosphere universally prove destructive 

 to their vegetative powers." 



2. Cuttings of fruit frees.— In the winter season 

 stick their lower end in a potato, or lump of well 

 tempered moist clay, then pack in moss, &c. 



'I have received many cuttings from the London 



An improved method of making the Coffea Beverage. 



To an ounce of coflee add a common tea spoon- 

 ful of the best flour of mustard seed, previous to 



the boiling. To those unacquainted with the ,^' "''^ '"''"'^''^'""''"y cuttings from the London 

 method, it is inconceivable how much it imoroves ^'"''^'="''""1 Society, stuck in potatoes, packed in 

 the fragrancy,fineness, transparency, and grateful T' '""i ^°^'.''"^ ">»' ""^ °f t^em dead, though 

 ly quick flavour of the beverage and prob'kb'v too ° u? leaf buds bursting, and sometimes 



it adds to its wholesomeness. [Earn Rec BnoW 1 '",.'''°"«°™- Of twelve kinds of strawberries,with 



_ > ■ ■' a little dirt attached to their roots, and packed in 



To purify Lemon Juice. \ '"°^^> f™'" 'he same society, eight lived and did 



Add one ounce of pulverised, well burnt char- i ''^."' r „ , , 



coal, to a quart of lemon juice ; after standino- • .-.f ,f 'f '"'^'.'"- '-'^i^rous rooted plants.—Bty them 

 twelve hours, filter the juice throu<.h whitp mJ \ ' ^" , ^ "S'^ture in their outer coats is exhaust 



twelve hours, filter the juice through white blot- 

 ting paper ; it will keep good several years in a 

 cellar, in a bottle well corked : a thick crust will 

 form beneath the cork, and the mucilage will fall 

 to the bottom. [Ibid.] 



ed, and then treat them much in the same way as 

 seeds. 



4. Living shruhs, or herhaceous plants Plant 



them in square wooden boxes, and place these 

 close together in a large box, with a glass lid, as 

 described and figured in the Ency. of Gard. sect 

 1405. 



The compression oftirnher, by passing plank be- 



Best preparation of Hack lead for cleaning stoves. 



Mi.x powder of black lead with a little common I t';,^ . • r.-, . 



gin, or the dregs of red Port wine, and lay it on L compression of tvmher, by passing plank be- 



the stove with a piece of linen rj- then with . T''''*" ''°'i!"' ^""^ '^'^'y ^een made the subject of 

 clean, dry and close, but nut hard brush, dinned in i ''! ^""^Tu "IV'''' "''•"''' '" '*' P'-^^^^^tion from 



dried black lead powder, rub it to ^ J^^^-f;," ! f-'y '■.°'' ^y expelhng moisture and closing the in- 

 brightness. This will be found to produce a much i .t'^"^- , , , . ^ 



finer and richer black varnish on the cast iron^h^^n I , , ^ *"" "^'"'■'' '^P "'^ "'"''^' ''^°""^' '" ^'^S^t^- 

 either boiling the black lead with small besr and I ^'V'!"'"'^' '''r''' ^''""'^ ^^''^^' "^""^^^ fermentation 

 soap, or mixing it with white of eJ'Vcwbic ! Ti "'''™'''' '''''■ ''''"" ''"^ '^ expelled, by 

 are the methods commonly practised fDombstic ' '•"' ^^turation in water, and then drying,com- 

 Encyclopedia.] ' '' P''"S'on. charring, or a complete coat of paint,wiH 



ing this gas, it has been found that het 

 steeped in the chloric fluid, are accelerjti ' :a f 

 ^rermin.ition ; and that others that app. . le] 

 have lost their faculty of germination liavv rei 

 ered it by the same process. — Humboldt. 



Grafiing — M. Louis Noisette has publi.-lied 

 description of 137 modes of grafting. Most 

 them are the invention of the late Professor 1 

 tiiu, and described by him in the Musee Franc; 

 as well as exainplified in the Jardin des Plants 

 Employment of bones as manure. — The Tlie 

 i?r Maselet has addressed a letter to M. .i.t 

 de Dcmbaslo on this subject. In a late i-n 

 Sicotland, he found thom equally effecti^ , ■; 

 dy and clayey soils, and that their bei, 

 felt for thirty ye.irs. On humid and i: p, 

 soils they are of little use ; but on o-i-,,, ], 

 they areverv beneficial.— ^nnZ. de VAi^rir />, 

 -Vot'. 182.'). 



Three steam mills and a horse mill ha\p l,-i 

 been erected in the neighborhood of Liiicoln.I- 

 for gri.nding bones for agricultural purpo.^rs. ' 

 (ground bones are used a: the rate of from tc: 

 twenty bushels the acre, the most on poor soils 

 [Tbe use of bones as manure would cssentii 

 promote the interests of American husbMii.lrv 

 They might be collected in abundance in our la 

 cities, and beaten to pieces with hammers ; " 

 even buried whole, their beneficial eflccts 'v 

 be greatly prolonged ^ 



Advantages of runing fruit trees in summ.^ 

 The removal of shoots and leaves at this seal 

 according to M. Ilempel.removes also a niimbei 

 caterpillars and eggs of insects, conseqiien'Iv 

 birds devour a greater portion of what r.-i: ,i; 

 Ann. Pomolng. VAlten. 1824. We mav ;. ; I. ! 

 wounds heal more quickly in the summer seas 

 and that the cherry is apt to e.vude gum wi 

 pruned at any other season of the year.— Loun' 

 [Leaves elaborate the juices, mid prepare I 

 food for the plant. Too great a defoliation, the 

 fore, retards the growth of the plant, and n 

 sometimes induce disease and death.] 



Power nf vegetable life.— A branch of the d 

 delon coccinea was presented to Professor Gaz; 

 ri in Jan. 1824. Althouoh it had been separat 

 from the mother branch more than sixteen mon! 

 during which time it had been wrapped up in i 

 per, and set aside by accident in a dark, dry pla. 

 yet it was in full vegetation, aflnrding a strong 

 lustraticn of the vital power of some prants. 



Per. Ency. 23, p. ; 

 Brussels, Antwerp, and a number of surroundii 



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