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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



PEA BUGS. 



Various remedies have been suggested to get rid 

 of the pea bug, such as scalding the seed, putting 

 it ill bottles hermetically sealed, &;c. The firr-t has 

 its objections, and the second retards the growth and 

 exit of the bug until after planting time, but does not 

 in all cases destroy it, unless more air is abstracted 

 from the bottles than can well be done without 

 apparatus. A certain way is, to gather in one j'car 

 your seed peas for two, put them in separate bottles, 

 and leave the bottles for the second year corked up 

 until you want the ])cas to plant. Peas lose none of 

 their vitality by being ko]it, (they have been found 

 to grow when taken out of an Egyptian mummy,) 

 and it is a question whether, like melon seed, they 

 are not all the better for keeping. A. H. 



Meadville, Penn., 1818. 



COVERING THE SOIL ABOUT FRUIT 

 TREES. 



I have noticed with interest the remarks of Mr. 

 Cleveland and others in this journal on the subject 

 of covering the sui-face of the soil with substances to 

 keep it of a uniform state of moisture, &c. 



I will add my mite in favor of this process. I 

 adopted the same plan last spring, covering the 

 ground with straw two inches deep, laying it down 

 smoothly and closely beneath the trees for a space as 

 large in diameter as the spread of the branches. 



The result has so far exceeded my expectations, 

 that I am tempted to believe that there must be some 

 stimulatinn; as well as protecting influence in the 

 Straw. I have gathered from a few quince and plum 

 trees (the only ones to which the application was 

 made) fruit of nearly double the size of that from 

 other trees in the same soil; and the plums held 

 their fruit better than I ever had any do before on 

 my premises. Yours, 



A CONSTANT READER. 



PniLADELPHiA, Jan. 1849. 

 — Doicninfs Ilorticulttirist. 



AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. 



At Mount Airy, seven miles from Philadelphia, 

 there is an agricultural institute, where agriculture 

 is thoroughly taught on an experimental farm of 

 seventy acres ; and in addition to agriculture, in- 

 struction is given, by competent instructors, in the 

 English elemcntar}' brandies, in mathematics and 

 physics, in elementary and analytical geology, in 

 botany, zo61ogj% and entomology. 



DOG POWER. 



The Scientific American contains a notice of a 

 dog power, consisting of a ^^■hccl eleven feet in 

 diameter, inside of which the dog works like a 

 squirrel in his cage. The gudgeons turn on friction 

 rollers. This power is applied to a cii-cular saw, a 

 lathe, and several other operations, siich as churning, 

 pumping, and washing. It is said to be much su- 

 perior to the old one so long in use for churning. 



BEWARE OF THE RING BONE. 



If colts stand on a plank, or any hard floor that is 

 not well littered, they will be subject to the ring 

 bone. When breeding horses, wo left the floor of 

 the colts' stables of the soil over which they were 

 built. If this should be a deep loam, or of a clayey 

 texture, then remove the soil about two feet deep. 



and replace it with sand, or the finest gravel to be 

 obtained. Colts should always be let out to exercise 

 in a yard, or open space, ever}' day, during the 

 winter, Avhen not particularly stormy ; and in this 

 yard there should not be older horses, or any horned 

 cattle which can do them injury. Being very play- 

 ful, they are more apt to provoke attacks upon them 

 than other animals. — American Agriculturist. 



For the Neic Enrjland Farmer. 



SPRING. 



Wake the glad echoes of i)leasure and mirth ! 

 Spring in her beauty revisits the earth ! 

 On hill side and valley her footsteps are seen ; 

 She spreads o'er earth's bosom a mantle of green. 

 'Tis Spring — glorious Spring. 



List ! v/hat sweet m.usic is filling the air ! 

 See the pure flowerets so fragrant and fair ! 

 Hear the glad voices of murmuring streams ! 

 See the bright sun with his radiant beams. 



'Tis Sirring — beautiful Spring. 



O, how my heart leaps in gladness to greet 

 Spring, Avith gay birds and fair blossoms replete : 

 With her soft, sighing winds and bright rivulets free, 

 There's no season so pleasant — so lovely to mo, 

 As Spring — glorious Spring. 

 Lebanon', Ct. E. C. L. 



THE OLIO. 



Cuuncii Psalmody. — For the benefit of many 

 choirs who habitually drawl or jam their words so as 

 to render them utterly unintelligible to the hearer, 

 we give them a specimen of a line we heard sung 

 once on a time. 



Read. " Life is a shadow ! — how it flies ! " 

 Sung. " Life is a shad — O, how it flies ! " 



" Wlicn I am dead," said Napoleon, " my soul 

 will return to France, and dwell in the hearts of the 

 French people, like thunder in the clouds of heaven, 

 and throb with ceaseless strife in new revolutions." 



The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old 

 age, payable with interest. 



A cheerful spirit makes labor light and sleep sweet, 

 and all around happy, which is much better than 

 being only rich. 



Profane language is to conversation what ten inch 

 spikes would bo to veneering — splitting, shivering, 

 and defacing it. It is in bad taste, oflensive to a 

 majority, and gratifying to none. 



In the space of 713 years, England and France 

 were at war 262 years. 



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 the state, or within 100 miles out of the state; and l.J 

 cents, or 3D cents a year, beyond those distances. 



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