vol.. XIH. TIO. 13. 



AND HOIITICULTLJIAL JOURNAL. 



101 



•w« think ii((t lielter lli.ui :it the last show, 

 sliecp tli«re wns not so nmiiy. 



Till"! iHiitiber <if piiaiiiiliu-tiiri^il iinii-h's vvjis not 

 so »:r«'.it as wo wusht-il to sti;. VVhiit wi'irj cxhihi- 

 t«(l <li<l credit iii ifeiii'i'.-il to ihe iiiaiiiiriictiirii', liiii 

 we re^n-et to see so little iiilerest tiikeii in lliis de- 

 |<,ii-tJ4ient. Perhaps the Society wonld do well to 

 itestown little more eiieouraijeineiit upon such ar- 

 ticles. Some fiiic'ly loriiied aM<l well made plonglis 

 were upon the <.'rouiid, oCwhicli we noticed lljose 

 made hy Col, Stone, Gardiiicr, were partictdarly 

 iieatly made. 



Articles from the Dairy, Cell short hoth as it re- 

 gards tjiiarttity <ind (piaiiiy. We do not wish to 

 say that the butter and cheese exliil)ite<l was iioi 

 jrood, lull there was not eiioti^di ol' it, neither was 

 jt perfect. Oir Dairywomen must rouse np. Ii 

 will never do to he so Cur in the hack j:romid. 

 -\ndiCthe Society caii adopt some tnode to in- 

 •crease the interi'st in these tiiinj^s, it will not ln' 

 lost. Had there lieen an alumdance oC these urti- 

 ■cles of first rate qiialily, tliey would have sold 

 well nj.>oii the spot. 



The <liniier was served hy A. M. Shaw, with 

 Itis usual skill and good Care. Specimens oCgrapes, 

 iiieloiis, peaches and pears, were sent up hy the 

 iarnier's old uiidtrivd Criend, Mr. Belijjuniii Vaiigli- 

 «n, of IJallowell. They excited renewed and live- 

 ly scHtiments of respect for oiie who will he held 

 in hifili reffard while living, anil whose memory 

 will lie cherished with gratitude and veneration 

 liereafter. 



On Thursday the ploii;.'hin>r match took place, 

 which e\cited niiic:h interest and animation, and 

 the work was done np in good style; after which 

 Xlie Society repaired to the nieeliug Irouire and 

 listened with deep interest to an able and very ap- 

 j.ropriate address from the Rov. Mr. Thmston, 

 when the several reports were rea<l. 



The Choir performed their part with spirit, and 

 to the no small satisfaction of the audience. 



On the whole th«re were many things to call 

 forth feelings of satisfaction anil gratilmie, and 

 iiut few for animadversion. Those few we hope 

 !n>t to see again. 



appeare<l like a blood sucker. j\ow what 1 wish 

 to know is, whether a wart on an aninml bear the 

 same relation to it as a jiarasite to a tree, fen- so it 

 appeared, and what is tlje best method to get rid 

 of them. If some of your seientitic correspon- 

 dents will give us an a<;oouni of the warl, and 

 how to eradicate it, they will confer u henelit on 

 many farmers. '|' |j_ 



We 



pre- 

 now ar- 



Froni the Getiiisee Farmer, 

 ■\VAKTS IN CATTt,E. 



As 1 observe in your last nundier that the sub- 

 ject of the <lisesses of Sheep and Cattle is taken 

 up, I will give yflu a few injfierfect hints, hoping 

 .some one more able will continue it for the bene- 

 fit of your readers. 



I had it steer which had a number of warts 

 •with one on the neck as large as a man's fist. Some 

 said that if I cut it oQ\ he would bleed to death, 

 wliich I was fearful of, thinking it probably pro- 

 ceeded from a lockage of some blood vess'el. I 

 found he .lid not thrive, and the warts were com- 

 ing out thick on him, and I concluded to try cord- 

 ing the largest, and then cut it off. It bled none 

 ^f consequence, and all the rest disappeared with- 

 out my help, to my great surprise, and much to 

 the look* and advantage of the steer, for be imme- 

 [liattly began to thrive. This was a year ago last 

 spring. I had a heifer, afflicted in the same way, 

 with a number of warts of considerable size. J 

 liad her fastened np, with the intention of cutting 

 '.hem all off, without the trouble of cording. In 

 |loing this, I took hold of one, and by a sudden 

 lerk of the animal, I found the wart in my hand, 

 levered from the skin, and uo blood scarcely com- 



t'ruiii tlte ijifiinsKe Farmer, 

 THE SECKEl, PEAR. 

 reed with our respected correspondent, 

 immediately on reading his letter at page 193 oC 

 oin- oiMient volume, that " the name of the gen- 

 tleman who fiist cultivated the fruit," was also the 

 true name of tills noted pear; and consequently 

 that his uniform practice of spelling his own name 

 must he staiiuard ortbograj)hy. Unwilling to de- 

 pend solely on our own recollections, however, 

 ihoiigh very distinct — and desirous that the point 

 in ditierence should be speedily brought to a close, 

 we wrote without delay to our obliging and intel- 

 ligent li-iemi, Daniel Longstreth, of Hucks Co. for 

 more particular and positive inliirniation. liis 

 knowieilge of the city well qualified him for the 

 task, and tliongh unexpected circumstances 

 vented an immediate answer, yet it bus 

 rived, and we present it herewith : 



" The land on which the original tree stands 

 belonged to Lawrence Seckel, a distinguished and 

 public spirited merchant of Philadelphia. His 

 store was in Market sireet. For many years he 

 was one of the managersof the Pennsylvania Hos- 

 pital. He owned a row of houses on tlie west 

 side of Eighth street, from Mulberry to Filbert 

 street, known by the name of Seckel's Row ; and 

 a street in that city still bears the name of Seckel. 

 It is well known that Lawrence Seckel always 

 spelt his name in this manner." 



From the same source we also learn that about 

 two years ago, Joshua Longstreth of Philadeljihia, 

 a merchant of great respectability and distinciiou 

 in company with the Secretary of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, paid a visit to the orig- 

 iiud tree. It stands in " the Neck" about 5 miles 

 below the city, and about one mile above the con- 

 duence of the Delaware ami Schuylkill rivers, on 

 alluvial soil. One side of the trunk was decayed 

 and gone, but the other part appeared healthy, 

 with vigorous branches well loaded with fruit. It 

 had every mark of an ancient tree. 



From Lawrence Seckel this projierty passed in- 

 to the posseesion of the late Stephen Girard and 

 it is now held by the corporation of Philadelphia. 



V. 



ihan it has when just out of the oven. It not oidy 

 has more nutriment, but imparts a much greater 

 .legr^e iif cheerfulness. He that eats old ripe 

 bread will have a much greater flow of animal 

 spirits than he would if he were to eat unripe 

 broad. 



Dread as bef(u-e observed, discharges carbon and 

 iiidiibes oxygen. One thing in connection with 

 ibis thought should be particularly noticed by all 

 hou.sewives. It is, to let the bread ripen where it 

 can inhale the oxygen in a pure state. Bread will 

 always taste <if ilie air that siirroumls it while ri- 

 pening — hence it should ripen where the i.ir is 

 pure. It sboiild never ripen in a clelar, nor in a 

 close cnpboaid, nor in a bed-room. The noxious 

 vafiors of a cellar or a cupboard never should enter 

 into and form a part of the bread we eat. The 

 writer of this article has often eaten bread of this 

 kind, and has felt strongly dispnsed to lecture the 

 mistress of the liouse on the subject of keepin'^ 

 bread in a pure atmosphere. Everyman and wo- 

 man ought 10 know that nii:ch of health and com- 

 fort depends upon the melhoil of preparing their 

 fooil. Bread should he light, well baked and prop- 

 trbj ripened, before it should be eaten. 



Medicus. 



/ roin the O'awsee Fanner. 

 SWEET AND SOUR APPIE. 



I OBSERVE some of your readers are puzzled in 

 regard to the productiou of the half sweet and half 

 sour apple. The writer of this has often, not only 

 seen, but handled, fruit of this description. An 

 amateur neighbor has olieii sported with dame 

 Nature in this way. He takes half of a bud, cut 

 petijietidiroJarly from two sorts of apple trees, and 

 uiiiling thrill as if they were one, ihey are well in- 

 serted, and tlie work is done. If I should succeed 

 on my reuirn home from my travels, in findin" 

 them as rendily when sought as when unlocked for , 

 1 will endeavor lo send you one that you also may 

 taste and satisfy the doubters. A Travelleii. 



ug out o( the pkce where it stuck 



RIPE BREAD. 



Bread made of wheat flour, when taken out of 

 the oven or skillet is unprepared lor the stomach. 

 It should go through a change, or ripen before it 

 is eaten. Young persons, or persons in the en- 

 joyment of vigorous health, may eat bread imme- 

 diately after being baked without any sensible in- 

 jury from it, but weakly and aged persons cauiiot, 

 and none can eat such without doing barm to the 

 digestive organs. Bread after being baked goes 

 through a change similar to the change in newly 

 brewed beer, or newly churned butter-milk nei- 

 ther being healthy until after the change. During 

 the change in bread it sends off a large portion of 

 carbon, or unhealthy gas, and imbibes a large por- 

 tion of oxygen, or healthy gas. Bread has accord- 

 ing to the computation of the physicians in Lon- 

 ou, for so it|dou, one-fifth more nutriment in it when ripe, 



A SOBER CALCULATION. 



A YOUNG man who earns from six to eiglit or 

 ten dollars per week, and spends but three or four 

 of it in boarding, and what besides is necessary 

 tor comfort and convenience, may lay up from one 

 lo two linndred dollars yearly toward setting up 

 lor himself at a proper time. If the capital re- 

 (jniivd be not large, in three or four years he may 

 <'alculate upon being a master instead of a jour- 

 neyman. This is one view — obvious to be sure 

 hut not Ihe less important. 



Another view is, and one which too often pre- 

 sents itself — if a young man, instead of thus laying 

 up the chief part of his wages, spends it all, or 

 nearly so, in idle Sunday excursions and frivolous 

 evening balks — or billiard-playing, or any other vi- 

 cious or imprudent pursuit, he may calculate upon 

 remaining a journeyman through life ; and if not 

 brought through evil communication to the state 

 prison or the gallows will in all probability termi- 

 nate his mortal career in some poor house unpitied 

 anil des|)ised. This is another view of the case 

 equally obvious as the last; and yet how often are 

 hoth of them lost sight of to the ruin of youth. 



To lure to the one, let the other be kept sight 

 of But from every vicious course, youth will find 

 no surer protection than religion. If they seek 

 and find that, all temporal safety and properity will 

 follow, and eternal happiness be the glorious issue. 

 Piety is the parent of every virtue, itnpiety of ev~ 

 ery vice. 



