W. V No. 30. 



NlOW l.NCa.AlM) 1 AIMVIEK. 



d tlie melon on tiie brioiiy, the result of It vean-lales quicker in tlie spriiii; tliati any other 



1 n«s, fruit of the si/G of a citron, very sweet, giiiss : it resists the olVccts of droui;lit3 ; it ni.ny 



*''k ;rticl>ok(.' he grafted on the cardoon ; the cau- bo cut four or five tiiiios in tho course of tlio seas- 



er on csbbasre ; love-apples on potatoes; and on, and will ondiire from ten to twelve ye;irs with- 



. — .Inn. dr. /V/gr. Frai'.e. out renewing. Of all other gras-ses, it is the most 



atoes. Voltaire, it seems, was the first to call prolilable for soiling;. lam fully of opinion, that 



ttentiou of the French to this valuable tubes, one acre properly yot in, would be more than suf- 



77 ; and after hitn, rarmcntier and Cadet de ficient to maintain at least si.\ licad of cattle, fiom 



i tho lirst of May until frost sets in ; for before it 



fsert'inu Potatoes in a dried state. Wdsh can be cut down in this way, the first part will 



cut them in pieces ; steep them forty-eight attain be ready for the scythe. English writers 



in lime water, then forty-eight hours in fresh have recommended the drill system for this arti- 



; dry them in an oven. One hundred parts cle, but in this climate, I have foand this is entirc- 



esh potatoes will give thirty, so prepared and iy fallacious. The proper mode is, to have your 



In thi.9 st;tte they may be kept for years, or land properly prepared, to sow the sceti broad cast, 



nd ttt once into flour. This flour, mixed with and to get it in during the month of April, or in 



rd p«rt of that of rye, is said to make an ex- the early part of M,-.y. Fall sowing will not ana 



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To destiDi/ BuX'i. 

 Take of the hi)f host rectified spirits of wine, 

 (viz. lamp spirits,) that will burn away dry, and 

 leave not the least moisture behind, half a pint ; 

 new distilled oil, or spirit,- of turpentine, half a 

 pint; mi.t them together, and break into it, in 

 small hits, half an ounce of camplior, which wil! _ 

 dissolve it in ii (ow minutes; slinkc them W'ell to- 

 gether and with a sponge or a brush, dipt in some 

 of it, wet very well the bed, or furniture wlierein 

 these vermin harbour and breed, and it will infal- 

 libly kill and destroy both them and their nilj, al- 

 though they swarm ever so much. But then i\,,) 

 bod or furniture must be well and Ihorougi;!,- v.oi, 

 with it ; (the dust upon them being first brusiied 

 and shaken oft") by which means it will neither 

 stain, soil, or in the least hurt the finest siiif or 



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nt bread. The same author proposes to mois- wer, for like clover, when sowed late, it is found I damask bed that is. The quantity liere ordered 

 otaloes dried as above with olive oil, and then , not to resist the winter's frost. It may be sowed of this curious, neat, white mixture, which costs 

 [rind them and use them as coflce. | by itself or with spring rye, barley, or oats ; hut about a shilling, will rid any one bed whatever, 



i>u/rt Sircnsts. This plant is greatly prized in the Inst case, I would recommend the oots to j though it swarms with bugs. Do but touch a live 

 ranee and in the Netherlands, where, under , be cut green, and before getting into seed by which bug with a drJ-p of it, and^you will find it die un- 

 protection ot glass, without fire heat, it flow- ! means, an early feed for cattle may be obtained, mediately ; if any should happen to appear, after 



theory of the ascending and decending sap. 



I latter is arrested in its progress by the circu- 

 lincision, as is proved by the thick edge which 

 les place on the upper margin of the wound, 

 11 bv the diameter of the shoot, which, in the 



most abundantly ihe whole year Annai. de jaiid the soil will not be so much (if any) impover 



'ot. Linn, dc Paris, Mars, 182.5. lished. But the mode I would most confidently re- 



ingivg Fiuil Trees. A pamphlet has been pub- ; commend, would be to sow with the Lucerne 

 d on this subject by M. C. Bailley, of Paris ; about half a bushel of common or winter rye. — 

 in two parts; the first trestiag of the effect , The effect of this is, that the rye, which vegetates 

 'inging on fruit trees in general, and the second .quickly, serves as a nur.".e to the young grass, 

 he effect of ringing the vine. against the heat of the scorching sun ; and by 



t. Ringing increases the diameter of the parts [ the time the grass attains streuji th ; to protect it- 

 lees, but not their length ; a fact explained by itself the rye withers and apparently dies. It 



will, however, come forth in tbe spring, and mixed 

 with the Lucerne, prove a most excellent feed for 

 cattle, and also add much to the quantity of fodder. 

 The rye will admit of being cut green in this way, 

 before getting into seed, two or three times be- 

 e in particular, acquires double tJie thickness i fore it decays. 



ve the w ound that it iroes below it But ■in pro- The quantity of seed I would recommend to be 



tion as the shoots are benefitted by ringing, the , sowed to the acre, would be from 15 to 20 lb. The 



3ts are injnved by the want of the regular circu- ^ kind of soil most suitable for this culture, is a dry 



ion of tho descending sap ; the great art, there- : mellow loam, but a sandy or clay loam will also 



re, is to adjust the dimension of the incision to answer, provided they are not wet. In a favoura- 



e degree of sufterance which the system of the Jble season, the Lucerne may be kept the ensuing 



ots can undergo, without material injury. 2d. ' fall after sowing. After the first season, you may 



be effect of ringing vines which have lij;neous generally begin to cut green for cattle by the ist 



ms, is similar to that produced on fruit tiees in | of May, which sav«s your young pastures, and is in 



jneral ; and, therefore, M. Bailley confines him- 1 every respect a great convenience, as hogs, .Tiid 



If to the eft'ect of ringing those vines which are j every description of animals, devour it with equel 



nnually cut down to lower shoots, as is the case [ avidity. It produces a great quantity of seed, and 



most of the vineyards of France. To vines of] is much more easily threshed out than Clover 



lis description, he considers the practice disad 

 antageous, as w cakening the root ; but he ex- 

 epts certain cases, in which, as in provines, the 

 hoots are annually laid down and covered with 

 arth ; and says, if it could be so contrived as to 

 ourish the young shoots from the fibres produced 

 the incision, when it is buried in the soil, and 



Slus dispense with the large ramorse shoots often 

 nfurnished with fibres, and which only serves to 

 onsume the sap prepared by the leaves, it would 

 be of great advantage. 



The second and third crops are the most produc- 

 tive of seed. Yours, &c. J.PATRICK. 

 Perth Amhoy, (.Y.J.) July 10, 1823. 



Gentlemen — Last year I sowed one pound of 

 your French Clover seed, (Lucerne). I sowed it 

 (as an experiment) with my oats, in April of the 

 same year. It yielded fine pasture after the oats 

 were cut ; and last spring, when my red clover be- 

 gan to make its appearance, the Lucerne was full 

 three inches above the ground. On the 11th of 

 May I began to soil it, daily cutting enough to 

 serve my three horses in my stable, and with very 

 little help from other grass, I have continued the 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF 

 LUCERNE. 

 Messrs. G. Thorblrn a.vu Son. — Having been : soiling until this day. My horses have kept in good 

 for eight or ten years in the successful practice of j order through the whole season, and I have not 

 tiie culture of Lucerne, I think it may beneficially : fed them ten busliels of oats, or any other grain, 

 promote the interests of Agriculture, to offer to i j„ring the whole time. It was richly manured 

 you a few remarks on that subject. This article j with compost. I mowed it five times, notwithstand- 

 (frequently denominated French Clover) I have , jng the severe drought. Respectfully, yours, 

 found from experience, to be not only the most con- j THOMAS STORM, 



venient, but also the most profitable of all grasses. | /^jp'^ £ay, near TVetc- Fort, JVovember 7, 182C. 



once using, it will only be for want of well wet- 

 ting the lacing, &c. of the bod, or the foldings of 

 the linings or curtains near the rings, or the joints 

 or holes in and about the bed or head-board 

 wherein the nits nestle and breed, and then their 

 being well wet altogether again with more of the 

 same mixture, v,hieh dries in as fast .as you use it, 

 pouring some of it into the joints or holes where 

 the sponge or brush cannot reach, will never fail 

 absolutely to destroy them all. Some beds that 

 have much wood work, can hardly be thoroughly 

 cleaned without first being taken down; but others 

 that can be drawn out, or that you can get well 

 behind to be done as it should be, may. 



.Yole. — Thii smell that this mixture occasions 

 will be goae in two or three days, which is yet 

 very wholesome, and to many people agreeable. — 

 You must remember always to shake the liquor to- 

 gether very well whenever you use it, which must 

 be in the daytime,not by candlelight, lest the mix- 

 ture should catch the flame, as you are using it 

 and occasion damage. 



Effects oj" frost in rijicning Grain, fyc. 

 It is believed in Scotland th,".t even the frosty 

 nights of autumn contribute to ripen the late crops 

 in that inclement climate, which some have as- 

 cribed to the moonlight, but what I have indeed 

 suspected, that the frost may in some measure ef- 

 fect, by converting the mucilage of the grain soon- 

 er into starch. This I was induced to imagine by 

 having observed that book-binder's paste, made by 

 boiling wheat flour in water, lost its adhesion af- 

 ter having been frozen ; and also from a culinary 

 observation, that when ice or snow is mixed with 

 flour instead of water in making pancakes that it 

 much improves them, the truth of which I have 

 heard boldly asserted, but never witnessed the ex- 

 periment. [Darwin's Phytologia.] 



There is a kind of grape, which grows sponta- 

 neously in many parts of New England, called 

 Fro.it-!;rape, from the circumstance of its never 

 coming to maturity till ripened by the frosts of 

 autumn. Frost, also, not only converts mucilage 



into starch, but starch into saccharine matter 



Thus the freezing of potatoes gives them a sweet 

 and cugary taste, probably by converting the 

 starch which they contain into sugar. 



[Ed. N. E. Parmer] 



