NEW EMCJL.ANB FARMER. 



Published by 



volTYi. 



dbv JouN B. Rdsskll, of A^o. 52 .Voi-tk Market Street, (over the Agricullmal fVarchouse).— Thomas G. Fessenoen, Editor. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST J^4,_1827. 



No. 5. 



AGiUCULTURE.^ 



[r.V THE EDITOR.] 

 WORMS I.V THE HEAD OF SHEKP. 



! do jjood to the asparagus roots liy jirotc'ciing tliom 

 ! from the sun, vvliilo tlio tall steins of the aspar- 

 i <f us afford a shelter to the leaves of the gourds. 

 j Last summer's (182.1) drought, hud burned up, on 

 I liis' gravelly soil, the cabbages, pons, turnips &c. 

 A sort of tly which naturalists call Oestrus Ovis, ^^ ^^^^ begining of August, and had he not been 

 about \.h\s time in the year, attacks sheep, and de- p,.o^,i,|gJ ^'^.it|, "gourds as a substitute, the family 

 posits its eggs in the nostrils of those animals ^^^^^ 1^^^^^ li^^^j recourse to market. The servants 

 producing worms, which froquomly destroy thorn. | jjgi||.j,j them at first, but soon came to like them 

 A fricnd°has assured us that the following is an j 1^^^^^,^. jj^^^jj gyjj_jjipr cabbage. He therefore re- 

 infallible preventive of any bad effects ffom j ^^^^^^^^^^^3^ g5p(,(,ja]ly „ljeje the soil is liable to 

 that insect. Smear the nostrils of the sheep with , ^^ burnt up in summer, planting the vegetable 



over them • and ho considers that the large leaves knees, spring up to day and run about with thr 



flock. 



tar ; iipp'y it before the fly makes Us appearance 

 and continue the application till its departure. 

 The tar should be applied two or three times a 

 week, or often enough to keep the nose continu- 

 ally blackened with that substance. Perhaps if 

 the tar were placed under cover, so that the sheep 

 could have access to it, and mixed with a little fine 

 salt, the sheep v.'ould make the requisite applica- 

 tion. The tar will prove useful not only as an an- j ^[^jj^^ ^j^g j.^„ ^e got." 

 tidote against the troublesome and dangerous in- 1 



marrow and other Cucurbitaceffi [plants of the 

 melon and gourd species] as a reserve crop. 



iVIr Loudon adds in a note that '• the tender tops 

 of all the edible species of cucurbitacoae, boiled 

 as greens or spinage, are a more delicate vegeta- 

 ble than the fruit. It must be worth something to 

 ("■ardeners and cooks to know that either or both 

 may be used for this purpose, when scarcely any- 



member of the Religious Society denominated 

 Shakers, of Canterbury, N.Hampshire. It was 

 published in the 2d vol. of the N. E. Farmer, but 

 is now repeated for the benefit of recent subscri- 

 bers. 



AN EASY JIETHOD TO MAKE GOOD SOAP. 



The vats or vessels containing it are to be si- 



sect above referred to, but is an excellent remedy The following Receipt was communicated to 

 awainst cough, rot, and consumption of the lungs. ,|o„ J, Prince, Esq. by Francis VVinkley, a 

 U^'promotes and confirms the health of the animal, ' 

 and would be useful to sheep, in a high degree if 

 the Oestrus Ovis were not in existence. 



early onions. 

 Jilr. James Smith, an English Gardener, in the 

 Transactions of the London Horticultural Society, 

 (rives the following " directions for forcing on- 

 Tons to produce bulbs in clusters at an early sea- 1 tuated in the rays of the sun ; and at the same 

 son." He sows the seed in April, thickly in a', time sheltered from the rain. 

 bed, and does not afterwards thin the plants which To one barrel of good lye sufficiently strong to 

 corne up; this causes them to remain small; a bear ap an egg about six gallons of clean melted 

 cart of them are used for pickling, and the re- grease, and thus in proportion for any other quan- 

 mainder being about the size of walnuts are pl.int-tity.* Stir the mixture well together, and re- 

 ed in January or Febni'^ry [as soon as the frost peat tie operation twice daily, till it becomes so 

 will permit in this country] pressing each onion thick aid stiff as to render stirring impracticable, 

 ■nto the earth so deep as to just cover it. As soon Let it stand in this situation through the summer; 

 the seed stalks appear he breaks them off, and or till ieeded for use, adding a little weak lye oc- 



It is necessary, however, to examine the con- 

 valescent daily, and repeat the liquid application, 

 and if any excessive heat is discovered in a foot, 

 it proves that the first operation has not succeeded 

 and a second cutting must take place v.ithout do- 

 lay. 



" Tlie caustic remedies which I h.'ivc found most 

 effectual, are diluted oil of vitro! and aqua coeru- 

 lea. The latter in the state in v/hich il is found 

 at the apothecaries without any addition. The 

 oil of vitriol I mix with three times its quantity of 

 water or for cases of not long standing v;ith some 

 thing more. 



Mr R. H. Parkinson's receipt for the cure of Foot 

 Rot. 

 A speedy and easy remedy for both prevention 

 and cure. To prevent it, take lime from the kiln, 

 spread it on the floor of a barn two or three in- 

 ches thick, or in some convenient house, large 

 enough to hold the flock likely to be affected, 

 first cleansing the feet by paring the superfluous 

 hoof,and with a sponge or old rag dipped in cham- 

 ber lye, wash the foot clean, then let the sheep 

 stand on the lime six or seven hours, if twelve the 

 better. The cure, the same as above, but the 

 parts affected, after paring and being waslied with 

 chamber lye, should have lime applied to the 

 quick or wounded parts, rubbing it on, and leaving 

 as much,on the hollow or fore part as it will con- 

 tain then let the sheep stand on the lime as direc- 

 ted above. 



casion;lly as the soap dries away. 



With due respect, your friend, 



FRANCIS WINKLEY. 



and instead of making any effort to form new 

 ones, the onions begin to form young bulbs round 

 the old ones. By this process onions may be ob- 

 tained two or three inches in circumference, fit 

 for the kitchen early in Spring, at a time when 

 spring sown onions are not larger than quills. — 



Onions thus thrown into clusters will be full 



grown by the end of June, and fit to take up then, 



but they do not keep well." 



A process similar to the above is familiar to A- 



nierican gardeners ; and is thus alluded to in 



Deane's New En.rlaud Farmer. " If onions fail to 



have go6d bottoms the first year, and chance to 



escape rottins till spring ; they may perhaps get 



themby being transplanted. Even an onion that 



is partly rotten will produce two, three, or four 



good ones, if the seed stems be taken off as soon 



as they appear They ripen earlier than young 

 ones, have the name of rare-ripes, and will sell at 

 a higher price. 



GOURDS AND P0MPI0N9. 



A writer for Loudon's Magazine says that a Mr'arate clean stable 

 Grey plants Gourds and Pompions in the paths u it is surprising to see animals thus treated 

 ■between asparagus beds, and lets the vines runi^ho were yesterday hobbling about on theit 



* O' add as much grease as the lye will absorb, 

 or eat up. 



FOOT ROT IN SHEEP. 



A friend informs us that this disease is very 

 pre'alent among flocks of sheep in many parts of 

 the country. In the New England Farmer vol. 

 V. lage 233 we gave some remarks on this disease, 

 trmslated from a letter received by Mr Thomas 

 Siarle, of Boston from a correspondent at Leip 

 7tr. The following is an extract: "Cut away 

 \rith a sharp Surgeon's knife not only superfluous 

 loof, but also all the diseased flesh under it. — 

 ''his may be distinguished from the healthy flesh 

 ly its greyish colour Being well satisfied that 

 nothing unsound remains in the foot, I then ap- 

 ply with a brush to the fresh wound some caustic 

 liquor and immediately place the patient in a sep- 



lATTENING SWJNE, &C. 



We are informed by Judge Peters of Pennsylva^ 

 nia, formerly President of the Philadelphia Agri 

 cultural Society, in a communication which ap- 

 peared in the Philadelphia American Daily Adver 

 tiser, that " sour food is the most grateful and ali- 

 mentary to swine. One gallon of sour wash goes 

 farther than two of sweet. I mean the wash acid- 

 ulated to the degree required for distillation, not 

 acetous. 



Dry rotten wood" [kept constantly in styes for 

 fatting hogs to eat at pleasure] is a good thing; 

 but I will take the liberty to mention what I thin^ 

 a better, we have th ee blacksmiths in this town ; 

 and my hogs eat up all the ashes or cinders they 

 make ; we haul it into the pens by cart loads, and 

 the hogs will devour this at times with more avid- 

 ity than their ordinary food. 



Charcoal it has been said will answer a similar 

 if not more valuable purpose than either cindere 

 or rotten wood." If swine are supplied with « 

 small quantity of coals, (according to a statement 

 by an Ohio farmer,) say two pieces a day to each, 

 about the size of an hen's egg, they will discon- 

 tinue rooting, remain more quiet and fatten faster 

 than they will otherwise. Charcoal will operate 

 on the human frame as a cathartic, and, probably 

 may have the same effect on the animal we are 

 treating of. If so it may supersede the necessity 

 of using brimstone, antimony and other drugs with 

 which hogs are often dosed. At any rate it will 

 cost but little to give them a constant acceaa ^ 

 coals, which may bo sifted or raked from yourfirf 

 place, and they will be induced by instinct to C9]^° 



