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THE GENESEE FARMER 



December 3, 1831 



is not for me to determine ; but I certainly wish 

 success to the experiment. 



1 should think it much better for him to spend 

 three years in state prison for such a forgery, and 

 afterwards be restored to society and to his friends, 

 a temperate man, than to live the life and die the 

 death of a drunkard: X 



SELECTIONS. 



From Hi* New-England Farmer 



ON LIVE FENCES. 

 Mr Fessenden — In your paper of the 2d 

 November I noticed a communication from 

 Judge Buel of the Albany Nursery upon 

 live fences. It always, gives me such pleas- 

 ure to obtain any information from one who 

 so well unites the theory of holticulture .with 

 the practical results of his own experience. 

 In many of his statements 1 fully agree with 

 him. From long experience I am convin- 

 ced of the superiority of live fences, oth a* 

 regards efficacy and economy. I also highly 

 approve the manner of setting out the young 

 quicks, which he describes. I differ from 

 him only as to the material or plant of which 

 the hedge is made and as to the advantage 

 of splashing or asthe English call it plash- 

 ing 



For the last twenty years I have paid 

 great attention tnthissubject & willgive you 

 the result of my experience. The first hedge 

 Isetout (about 500 feet in length) was of the 

 English Hawthorn or Quickset. The re. 

 suit was decidedly unfavorable. The plant 

 is not adapted to this climate — it appears 

 better 1 suited to the moist atmosphere of Eng- 

 land ; our long summer drought, injures, it 

 itis peculiarly subject to the attacks of the 

 border, a species of mildew or blight almost 

 invaribly assails it early in August, by 

 which it loses its leaves and by the middle of 

 August or first of September assumes a win- 

 ter 1 , appearance 



The mode of cultivation is very simple — 

 it is set out either in the fall or spring in the 

 manner recommended by Judge Buehifin 

 the fall, it is (lipped the nest spring within 

 about nine inches "of the ground. Next 

 spring it is clipped again at the height of a- 

 bout two (eet. th third spring at about three 

 from the ground, with some side pruning. 

 The next summer yom h dge is complete 

 and you may keep it at the height and thick 

 ness desired at the expenesof a little prun- 

 ing. 



I have also tried plashing. Ill 1818 or 19 

 mv gardiner. whowas an Englishman, high- 

 lv recommended it and at last pursuaded me 

 to let him attempt it and upon a young and 

 thrifty hedge made of Crab apple. He did 

 it as it appeared to me very skilfully, but it 

 was a very long and tedious operation the 

 result was the hedge was mined. His mode 

 of operating I winch is I believe the common 

 onej was to suffer the main stem to remain 

 upright, while .ill the side ones were par- 

 tially cut and bent down nearly horizontally, 

 and so confined either by interlacing or by 

 staking them dow n ; they did not thrive how- 

 ever — they perished by degiees and I was al 

 last forced to prune away all the horizon- 

 tal branches, and lost at least four years 

 growth. 



With the Buck-thorn I have never found 

 plashing to he anv degree necessary or use- 

 ful. It managed in the nay I have de- 

 scribed, in three years the hedge will be com- 

 plete, requiring afterwards very little care 

 and nearly as thick, and quite as impervi- 

 ous below as above. 



Very sincerely y urs Sec, 



E. IIer v Derby. 

 m November 8, 1831. 



wanted to put down new pork tneie remain- 

 ed some of the old in the bottom of the cask. 

 In that case. 1 ponied off the pickle, took 

 out the undissolved salt, packed the fresh 

 pork on the to) ol the old, using the salt 

 which had been in the cask, with the addition 

 of fresh if necessary, and then poured on 

 the old pickle or water. In this way I have 

 had pork three or fouryears in the bottom 

 of mv pork barrel, and when used it was as 

 free from.rancidiiv ,i>n was three weeks af 

 ter it was put down. Indeed I seldom emp- 

 ty my pork barrel excepi whenii wants hoop- 

 ing. 1 believe that boiling pickle is useless 

 if not injurious. Pork ought not, il it car, 

 he prevented, be frozen before it is put 

 down. ('. 



Princeton, N. J. 



Fro. i. ilif New York Parmer. 

 CURING PORK. 

 Ma. Editor — In the Ne« York Farmer 

 I noticed a recipe for making '• Knicker- 

 My next experiment was with the [hi;ee|| backer pickle,"' for b rk. I will 



thorned acacia recommended by Judge Bu-j give mine, .which I ha i u twenty-six 

 el. The hedge wa^not more than fifty feet years with uniform success, audi will tell 

 in length, but was placed in excellent soil and how and w ere 1 got it. In August 1805, 1 

 carefully attended. I had supposed that the lodged from Saturday to' Monday with an inn- 

 long thorns with which rile plant is aimed keeper in Cherry Valley, N. Y., (whowas 

 would have made it peculiarly efficacious .is also a farmer.) On the table, foi Sunday's 

 a fence. The result was even more unfor- dinner, there "as a fine piece of pickled 



unate than before. Prune and clip it as 

 I would, I could never make il grow thick; 

 it appears to have a decided tendency to 

 shoot upwards rather than to spiead : the 

 thorns grow only upon or near the upper 

 branches, and below there »;e nothing but 

 the hare stem to serve as a fence. It would 

 often, too, lose as much during a hard win- 

 ter, as it had grown during the whole sum 

 mer. After a fair trial of near ten ye. u, I 

 dug up the whole andreplaced it « tih the V- 

 merican Buckthorn (Rhamnvs catharticus : j 

 with this I have been completely successful. 

 It has, (t is true, but few thorns, but it grows 

 naturally so thick as to he a complete pro- 

 tection to the land inclosed by it. Ii shoots 

 early in the spring and holds its verdure till 

 very late in the fall If properly managed, il 

 is soclose below that a lalut could scarci I) 

 work its way through, while above the strong 

 branches are so wattled and interlaced, thai 

 a man could not scale it, nor a bull force his 

 way through it. 



I have now in different places at hast half, 

 a mile of this hedge which] shall be verj 



pink, boiled the dav before. 1 tasted it. and 

 thought it the must delicious I ever ate. 1 

 sted " mine host" to give me his recipe 

 foi put ing poi k. He replii tl he would do 

 so with pleasure, and proceeded as foi 

 lows : — 



•• As soon as my ho dressed and cool 



enough to be cut, 1 pack the side pieces in a 

 barrel or cask, with plenty of salt on all 



shies ill each piece, nid when lll\ cask is full 



I immediately roll it to mv pump and I 

 pump in water until I can see the water 



c iase io sink in the vessel, or to moisten the 

 salt on top of the cask. I then lay a flat 

 stone, as large as the vessel "ill receive, on 

 the contents of the vessel, so as to keep the 

 pork always undei the salt or pickle. I put 



ii i j cellar, covered so as to , xclude tic 



dies, and there il remains until a piece is 

 wauled. Care must lie taken to keep the 

 meet under the pickle, otherwise it will 

 rust." 



Here is the w hole secret of making 



pickled pm k for family Use. I have used 



ihts method foi the tune above memiom d, 



happv to show to any of your correspondents! and 1 w anl no better, easier, or economii al 

 who may wish to see it. 'plan. It has often happened thai when I 



MANURE YOURGRASS GROUNDS. 



An intelligent and scientific cultivator, 

 who wrote a numbei of valuable articles, 

 which are incorporated into .Messis \\ ells &t 

 Lilly'sieditnn i f 'Dane's Geological Diction 

 ori/.' hi- given the following remarks mi 

 this subject, uudei tin- head ' Top Dressing,' 

 in that work. 



• There is scarcely any questoin, on which 

 farmers We more divided than asto the pol- 

 icy of applying manure as a top dressing to 

 grass lands, mi tie' s| ring or fall. The rea- 

 soning seems to he in fan ut ol spring dres- 

 sing, and it is si, ported by many excellent 

 m s. lint it ought to he known, that in- 

 telligent farmers, near the metropolis, most 

 generally dress their lands in autumn. Be- 

 sides the reason stated above, that grasslands 

 are less injured In carting ovei them in lie 

 fall ; it may be added, that il is a season i I 

 greater leisure : an.! although il is confident- 

 ly asserted, thai the m e is wasted by 



rains and shown, yel much one in to he allow 

 ed on the other side, for I he prott Ction allot 

 ded In the top dressing to the lendei roots ol 

 the | I nts during winter, and ought we not 

 to mid something for the low ti mperature ol 

 the atmosphere in winter, which prevent e- 

 vaporstion ? whati ver principles of fertility 

 exist in manure, are in winter carried down 

 into the soil. V. e are fully convinced that a 

 scorching sun, and drying air, are more pe- 

 nicious to manures, spread thinly over the 

 surface than an) drenching rains can he. 

 unless on declivities where top dressing 

 in qtiesti inabl) ol less value than on level 

 grounds. The fact that farmers who gum 

 rich In supplying the greal towns wnh ha) 



enei illy a'doi I 'he i rai lice of fall di 

 tin ii e,ass lands deserve weight.' — N. E. 

 Farnu r. 



Effects of Igricultural Societies. — Noom 

 can ride through the tow n of Winthtop with- 

 out ol, serving the greatei beauty of tin fauns 

 and the higher stale of cultivation, thai 

 \ nls general!) in 'hi' State. This has 

 in great measure effected i>v the Agricultur- 

 al Suciet) in that town ; but in connexion 

 with this there is another cans, fur a thrifty 



ilture, viz. a cotton factory \< 

 smile, i colli : the lactones ,,i (he Eastei n 



Slates have la en tile mil ellnc anil most , f. 



ficienl causes ,f agricultural improvement 



and the ineie ,se,l value of land. They h.iu 

 furnished the ready home market foi llu 

 wool, the hides' the fuel, timber, beef, pork, 

 hay, butter, cheese, apples, cider, potatoes, 



and a great nianv oihei vegetables, besides 



eggs, lamb, veal, and many oilier things. 



most of v Inch cannot he exported because of 



I their perishable nature, and for none re 



