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Domestic Notices. 



part of saltpetre to from four to eiofht parts of comuion salt, and applies, 

 in a solid state, about half a pound of tJiis mixture to a beariuir tree. He 

 never disturbs the eartli about tlie tree. For a long' time he applied it 

 three times in tlie course of a year, thouirii he now thmks twice will an- 

 swer. Ho lias heretofore applied it in April. June, and tirst of Septem- 

 ber. Of 500 trees. 300 were treated with salt and nitre, and "200 left 

 without its use. Those around which tlie salt and nitre were put, were, 

 and still continue, entirely exempt from worms : of those lett without the 

 salt and saltpetre, not one escaped tJie ravages of tlie peach worm. — [.ivu 

 Farm. 1843.) 



Exptriment tcith Guano on Corn. — The great value of fjusiri*-^ i^ j'^^t 

 beg^inuing: to be fully appreciated in Great Britain. According to tlie latest 

 accounts, the price per ton had risen from Jl I to £'2 sterling, and farmers 

 were eag-er to lay in a supply. The discovery of tlie article on the Coast 

 of Africa, on tlie Itciiiboe Island, where it can be obtained without cost, 

 and of nearly or quite e<]ual value to the Peruvian, will tend to increase 

 tlie consumption of it, from the lessened price at whicli it can be bought- 

 Thousands of tons are daily arriving, and every cargo finds ready pur- 

 chasers. 



It will be. as it has been in England, some time before our farmers be- 

 come wise enough to make trial of this \-aluable manure. It is four or 

 five years since it was introduced to Great Britain in any quantity, and 

 until last season tlie sale of it has dragged heavily : and it was only by 

 the means of accurate experiments, tried under the care of scientitic and 

 influential agriculturalists, and given to the public through Uie medium of 

 Agricultural Journals, that even tlie British tarmers have at last become 

 convinced of its immense value. Small parcels have recently arrived in 

 Boston, and we are glad to learn that many individuals are now trying its 

 effects on various crops. That tliey will be satisfactory we are almost 

 certain. So far as we have tried it in garden culture we are satisfied 

 tliere is nothing like it : our only object is to convince otliers of its utili- 

 ty, that tliey may obtain results equally astonishing. By anotlier year we 

 hope hundreds of tons of guano will be received from Africa, and sold at 

 a price which will induce every tanner to test its value. 



The following experiment witli guano, in the cultivation of corn, was 

 made by our corresptwdent, Mr. Teschemacher. last season ; it tonus a 

 portion of his excellent address delivered before the American Institute, 

 in October lest, which has not yet been published: Me copy it now. that 

 those who wish may have an opportunity to give their crop a top dressing, 

 and note the results, as compared to that without it: — 



On the l"2th of May, this year, I sowed several hills of sweet corn on a 

 poor, exhausted, sandy soil, putting a tablespoonful of guano to each hill 

 of five seeds, witliout auy other manure. I feel sure that this quantity in 

 sowing is two-thirds too much ; one teasjx>oniul would sutHce : besides 

 which, it was not sutficiently stirred up with tlie soil, so that when tlie 

 young tender sprouts first genninaled, tliey came at once into contact 

 with Uiis most powertul manure, and were considerably injured, turning 

 yellow, and several dying away. Three or tour, however, in each hill 

 survived, and soon began to grow, of a dark green color. For the first 

 three weeks. I did not observe much difference between these and some 

 adjacent hills in tlie same soil, which I had sown also without manure, for 

 the purpose of comparison. When about one foot high, I stirred into each 



