Vol.6.— No. 43. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



339 



wise, so thai It intiy have a covoring, one inch 

 thick, which extends to the bottom of tlie hole, 

 the hull eiiiis of the straw resting upon the 

 groiin.i at thp bottom ; bind this straw round the 

 tree with three bands, one near the top, one at 

 the miJ iU>, and '.lie third at the siirfncp of the 

 earth : then fill np the hole at the root, with 

 earth, an i press it closely round the straw. When 

 the white frosts ippear, the straw should be re- 

 moved, nnd the tree remain uncovered until the 

 blossoiriH put out in the sprint;;. 



By ti.is p'ocess the fly is prevented from depos- 

 iting its oa? within three feet of the root, and al 



The former premiums given by the Society for 

 the improvemout of this article, have, it is believed, | 

 caused greater care generally to be tak»n in tlie [ 



management of dairies multiplied ice houses j 



among the farmers, and e.xcited fair uompetition, I 

 as beneficial to them as it is aalutary to our citi- j 

 zens. Per order. 



J. ADRIANCE, Sec'y, pro tern. ' 



From CobbeU's American Gardener. 



TARRAGON. 



This is a very hot, peppery herb. It is used in 



., -^ u r ^oup and salads. It is perennial, and may be pro- 



though it m.iy place the egg above that distance, ( ^^^^^^^ from seed, or from offsetts, or slips, put 



the worm trivels so slow that it cannot reach the , ^^^ .^ ^^^.^^ j^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^p^ ^^^1^ .^^^ 



:„1 before frost, and therefore is killed before i ^^^^^_ j^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^ beef-steaks in company 



it is able to injure the tree 



with minced shalots. A man may live very well 



The troth of the principle is proved by the | ^^jthout it ; but, an Englishman once told me, that 

 followinff fact. I practised this method with a , ,^^ ^^j ^j^, ^^1^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ beef-steaks with 

 large number of peach trees, and they flourished g^^i^^^ ^^^ Tarragon, and that, " they voted 

 remark. biy, without any appearance oj^ 'nj'lfy , unanimously, that beef-.steaks never were so 



from tlie worm for several years, when I was in 

 duce- to discontinue the straw with about twenty 

 of them ^ill those which, are without the straw 

 have declined, while the others zvhich have had the 



, , ,, fp, p * ....' •" ** ^V. .-I....U. ^.u..l. ) ^. vpt^gUbWU .lull. 



«<;•«»., conliime as vigorous as ever. 1 hus tar ^^^^^ ^^ j.^^^ offsetts ; and sown, or planted, eit, er 



eaten !" It must be dried, like mint, for winter 

 use, — 



FENNEL. 

 This is a perennial plant ; propagated from 



Mr E. 



in spring or fall. The plants should stand about a 



" To guard against frost, plant the trees where f^^^ asunder. It is a tall plant with hairy leaves. 

 the water a ill run off, and procure the sweetest j^^ j^^^^g ^^.^ ^^^^^ j^ ^^j^^^^ ^^^ chopped up fine 

 an.l richest fruit, as the inferior qualities are more ^^ p^,j j^ ^^g^^j ^^^j^^ ^^^^^ ^^j^^ j5^l^ jj^^^ ^^^ 

 iDJured by cold. boiled with fish to give the fish a flavor, and, they 



'• The splitting of the tree at the forks, is guard- , ^^^ ^■^^ ,.„„„j mackerel, particularly, when these 

 e.l against by preserving as many upright branch- .j^g broiled. The French, who excel in the cook- 

 es as can be spared, by breaking off, in bearing -^^ ^f ^^j^^ ^^l^^.^y^ jo ^^^■^_ nnj^g ,g^^p^^ ^^^^ 

 years, more than half the quantity of fruit while broiled, become crisp; and, they are then of a 

 small, and by pruning almost the whole of every ^ ^^^^ ^,,3 q^^^^ I„ ,vinter, the seed, bruised, 

 branch beyond where the fruit is set, leaving onljr ^^^^ f,g,, j,^3 ^^^^ fla„„, ^^ j^e leaves do in sum- 

 a few buds on each of the succeeding year's fruit, j^^^ . ^^^j^ ^^ ^y j^^tg^ butter, seasoned with Fen- 

 The size of the fruit is by these means render- | ^^j^ ,g better than any of the fish sauces, bou-bt 



ed larger, more beautiful, and of a higher flavor, 

 and the growth of the tree is rendered more vig- 

 orous." — Domestic Encyclopedia. 



( To lie conlvmid.) 



BUTTER. 



The New York City Agricultural Society 

 have offered the following premiums to be award- 



at the shops. — It is a very hardy plant. Two 

 yards square will contain enough for any family ; 

 and, once in the ground, it will stand there for an 

 age, or ten ages, as far as I know. 



LAVENDER. 

 This is a beautiful little well-known shrub of 



fibres are sometimes broken. All sorts of antmale 

 and particularly horses, are liable to lameness by 

 strains. My designed brevity will not permit me 

 to treat fully on this subject. But let it be noted 

 that when a horse is lamed by straining, he should 

 be permitted to rest, and be secured from wet and 

 cold. Rest alone will sonu'times recover the lone 

 of the fibres, and complete the cure. But bad 

 strains should have some suitable applications to 

 the parts afft-clcd. Oily medicines are in general 

 to be avoided, on account of their relaxing quali- 

 ty. But oil of turpentine may be admitted. A 

 p;irt that is lamed by straining should be bathed 

 thrice a day, with hot verjuice or vinegar, in which 

 a small piece of soap may bo dissolved. 



Early in the disoiise, if the part be swelled, a 

 poultice should be applied after bathing. It should 

 be made of o.it meal, rye meal, or bran, boiled in 

 vinegar, strong beer, or red wine Ices, with lard 

 enough to prevent its growing stiff. After the 

 swelling is down, bathe with camphorated spirits 

 of wine, mixed with half as much oil of turpen- 

 tine. Or, instead of the oil, lake sharp vinegar, 

 and spirits of vitriol, in equal quantities. Keep 

 on a linen bandage, drawn pretty tight, if the 

 part affected will admit of it. But long resting 

 from labor, will in some cases be needful. For 

 further direction?, the reader may see Bartlet'g 

 Farriery. 



iMason's Farrier prescribes the following reme- 

 dies for strains. First, Take of sharp vinegar one 

 pint, spirits of any kind half a pint, camphor one 

 ounce ; mix them well together, and bathe the 

 part injured twice a day; a piece of flannel wet 

 with the mixture, and wrapped around the part, 

 will be very beneficial ; take from the neck vein 

 half a gallon of blood. Second, Take of opodel- 

 doc a piece the size of a marble, and rub it on 

 the strained part with the naked hand, until the 

 hand becomes dry, twice a day ; should the in- 

 jured part resist both of those remedies, you may 

 conclude the injury is a very serious one, which 

 nothing but time can relieve, and the horse must 

 be turned out upon grass a sufficient length of 

 time for nature herself to perform the great opqra-' 

 lion. — Deane. 



ed by a committee of the board of managers, for uses equally well known. Hundreds of acres are 

 the best specimens of eotter, which shall be ex- cultivated in England for the flowers to be used 

 hibited at the Fulton and Washington Markets, at {in distillation. Tt may be propagated from seed; 

 8 o'clock of the morning of the 25th day of June|but is easiest propagated from slips, taken off in 



I the spring, and planted in good moist ground in 

 $15 the shade. When planted out it should be in rows 

 10 I three feet apart, and two feet apart in the rows. 

 10 If the flowers be to be preserved, the flower-stalks 

 5 ! should be cut off before the blossoms begin to 

 •I 15 fade at all. — 



10 TOMATUM. 



10 This plant comes from the countries bordering 

 5 on the Mediterranean. In England it requires to 

 The regulations to be observed in awarding the be raised in artificial heat, and to be planted out 

 premiums will be ; against warm walls. Here it would require nei 



1. That candidai.es for the same, must be per- ther. It climbs up very high, and would require 

 sons who usually supply any of the city markets bushy sticks. It bears a sort of apple about as big 

 with summer butter. as a black walnut with its green husk on. This 



2. The article must be formed into rolls or i its fruit is used to thicken stews and soups, and 

 prints, of not less than one, nor more than two great quantities are sold in London. It is raised 

 pounds — the quantity offered by each exhibitor to from seed only, being an annual; and the seed 

 be not less than 12 lbs. j should be sown at a great distance, seeing that 



,^. Competitors in one market, are not to be the plants occupy a good deal of room 

 candidates for premiums in the other. 



next, viz. 

 .M the Fulton Market 1st premium, 



2d do 



3d do 



4th do 



At the Washington Market 1st premium, 

 2d do 

 3d do 

 4th do 



4. The style and neatness of the exhibition of 

 the article as well as its quality, will be taken 

 into consideration by the Committee. 



STRAIN, 



Vulgarly called sprain, a violent extension, or 

 stretching of the sinews, or tendons, by which the 



(][/^The correspondent of an English newspa- 

 per, recommends the keeping of blood hounds, to 

 facilitate the detection of sheep-stealers, murder- 

 ers, and other depredators. As a proof of the sa- 

 gacity of these animals, he relates the foUovving 

 instance : 



" About eighteen years ago, a Mr. Peaton, near 

 Lymington, Hants, had a sheep shot about one 

 o'clock in the morning, as the report of the gun 

 was heard about that time ; and in the morning the 

 sheep's paunch was found. A person was sent 

 for the hound to Mr. Edward Toomer, keeper of 

 the New Forest, and before the hound could be 

 brought to the spot it was about two o'clock in the 

 afternoon, a space of time of thirteen hours. He 

 was laid on, and he followed the scent, a very 

 crooked road, to the door of the culprit ; the prem- 

 ises were searched in vain for some time, but the 

 hound could not be prevailed on to quit. He at 

 last went into the fuel house, and then began 

 scratching. On removing the fuel a large stone 

 was found, which the hound scratched, on remov- 

 ing which, the mutton was discovered. A search 

 warrant was obtained, the man taken before a mag- 

 istrate, and sent to Winchester, had his trial, and 

 was transported." 



