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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



the sod was pressed dowu witli the fork or hoe to 

 prevent a lot-.s by birds, S(iuirrels, Sac, and all 

 stock was kept from the enclosure. Mr Welles 

 sajs, the trees liave to be sure vegetated, but they 

 seem quite initlirifty in the toiigh grass-sward, 

 ivith which they feebly contend, and there appears 

 at present little j-ooiii jbriiiiich expectation from 

 ibis mode. 



Forest trees are exceedingly tender in their 



early growth, and the land iii which they are 



planted, tnust be well prepared and for a long time 



ciiJtivated, in order to raise trees fvom tlie seed. 



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Sheep Husbandry — We take the following 

 observations on Slr.ep Husbandry from Silliman's 

 Journal, 18-24. It is contained in a " Notice of an 

 excursion among the White Mountains of New 

 Hampshire, &c. with miscellaneous remarks, by 

 James Pierce." 



"From their elevation and latitude, the grazino- 

 lands situated in the northern part of New Eng° 

 land, are best adapted for shee]). The great con- 

 sumption of fodder incident to long winters, so 

 objectionable to the raising of cattle, is more than 

 ■ojiipensatcd to the merino sheep proprietor, bv 

 m improvement in the quantity and quality o"f 

 ^'ool, which is much affected by climate. In 



ropical countries, sheep are dressed with hair in 



nore temperate, the wool is generally short and 

 oarse, but longer and finer in cold regions. In 

 ipain, two and a half pounds of wool is the ave- 

 age product of their merinos, and of a quality 

 iferior to ours — in the middle States, and valley 

 f the Hudson, the same ; on the elevated ground 

 1 the western part of Connecticut and 3Iassachu- 

 ■tts — three, and in some flocks, ftiir pounds. Iji 

 le southern and middle i)art of Vermont, from 

 'ur to four and a half. In Maine the average is 

 k-e; and in a few choice flock.s, .six i>ounds'the 

 leep. The best merino wool of Europe, is from 

 e bleak mountains of Saxony. The quantitv 

 id quality of wool is also considerably affected 

 r the food, management and selection of flocks 

 nature bountifully provides a dress for all ani- 

 als according to their wants. Furs are found 

 be good, and the staple long, in proportion to 

 Jdness of climate. 



"The northern parts of the United States and 

 nada, in addition to climate, have for the rais- 

 ', of wool, an important advantage over En"- 

 d, and the south of Europe, in cheapness of 

 1 — much laud being required for the support of 

 :ep. The fee simple of good sheep farms in 

 lerica, can be procured with the amount of the 

 iiual rent and taxes of the same quality of 

 lund in England." 



towered above it could be seen than about the 

 size of a bird ; volumes of water being in the 

 mean time thrown forth like a deluge from the 

 crater, sweeping away whatever they encounter- 

 ed in their coiu-se. The Ora3fa itself then broke 

 forth, hurling large masses of ice to a great dis- 

 tance ; fire burst out in every directiou from its 

 sides, the sky was darkened by the smoke and 

 ashes so that the day conld hardly lie distinguish- 

 ed from night. This scene of horror continued 

 for more than three days, during which time the 

 whole region was converted into utter desolation. 

 JVorth American Review. 



loLCANo IN Iceland — The Ora^fa mountain 

 lot only the loftiest in Iceland, but has been 

 dered rctnarkable by its eruption about a cen- 

 y ago. Nothing can be more striking than the 

 ounts of this calamity given by John Thorol- 

 on, the aged minister of the neighboring par- 

 He was in the midst of his sWvice on the 

 ibath, when the agitation of the earth gave 

 •ning that some alarming event was to follow. 

 >hing from the church, he saw apeak of the 

 jhboring mountain alternately heaving up and 

 :ing; and the next day this portion of the 

 intain ran down the plain like melted metal 

 n a crucible, filling it to such a height, that, as 

 ays, no more of a mountain which formerly 



Green Vegetable Ma.ndre. — The value of 

 green vegetables as manure was strikingly proved 

 by me in the spring of 1S33. I had a trench 

 oi)ened of suflicient length to receive six sets of 

 potatoes ; under three of these sets I placed 

 green cabbage leaves, but the other three had 

 nothing but the soil. When the crop was dug up 

 the plants over the cabbage leaves yielded about 

 double the produce of the other.— 7. D. Parks, 

 Dartford M'ursery, January, 1835. 



The Late Winter.— The winter has been 

 unusually severe— the mercury in the thermome- 

 ter being oftener below zero, than during any win- 

 ter for many years past ; the sleighing has been 

 good for four months in succession, whh the ex- 

 ception of a few days, when the roads were block- 

 ed up with snow drifts. We had a most violent 

 snow storm on the 22d March, wind N. E.— from 

 14 to 16 inches snow fell. The wind has contin- 

 ued easterly ever since, witli snow and rain oc- 

 casionally.— In consequence of the long contin- 

 uance of severe weather, hay has become very 

 scarce, and the cattle are literally dying for want. 

 It is said by good judges, that there will be want- 

 ed 200 tons of hay more than there is now in the 

 county of Washington and its vicinity, to keep the 

 stock alive — and if there is not a large quantity 

 brought here from the westward, great numbers 

 of the cattle must v^nsh.—Eastport (Me.) Sent. 



Take Care of vocr Feet. — The circum- 

 stances in which wet feet and cold feet are most 

 apt to cause disease, are where the person re- 

 mains inactive, and where consequently, there is 

 nothing to counterbalance the unequal flow of 

 blood which then takes place towards the internal 

 parts, — for it is well known that a person in ordi- 

 nary health may walk about or work in the open 

 air with wet feet for hours together without injury 

 provided he put on dry stockings and shoes im- 

 mediately on coming home. It is, therefore, not 

 the mere state of wetness that causes the evil, 

 but the check to perspiration, and the unequal 

 distribution of blood to which tlie accompanying 

 coldness gives rise.— Comic's Physiology applied 

 to health. 



A starch merchant lately died in England, Wav- 

 ing a fortune of a million to each of his six chil- 

 dren. The secret of his gain consisted in feeding 

 some 3 or 400 hogs yearly upon the refuse of his 

 manufactory, which is generally thrown away for 

 Its offensiveness, but which consists chiefly of the 

 gluten or most nutritious portion of vegetable 

 matter. 



The London papers state that a perfect* substi- 

 for indigo has been discovered, and a company 

 formed for the purpose of manufa.cturing and 

 bringing it into use. 



A letter from Brownvillc, Penobscot county, 

 Me., dated 26th ult. says—" We havejust had a 

 snow storm here — the snow fell 20 inches. We 

 have now five feet of snow on the ground ; and 

 back in the woods the snow is at least six feel 

 deep .'" 



At Nashville, Tenn., on tlie 4th iilt there were 

 seven inches of snow on the ground, with the 

 mercury at 7 bi low zero ! 



The Allotment Systeji — Frederick Harris, 

 of Sherbourne, an agricultural jobbing laborer, 

 obtained la.st harvest from a piece of ground of 

 rather more than a quarter of an acre, the extra- 

 ordinary quantity of sixteen bushels and a quarter 

 of wheat. This was the result of spade husban- 

 dry, and certainly aflibrds a striking proof of the 

 advantages to be derived from that mode of 

 tillage. — fVarwickshirc Advertiser. 



All plants, whether in the garden, field, or for- 

 ests, if in rows, should be placed in the direction 

 of north and south, in order to admit the sun's 



rays every day equally to both sides of the row. 



Gardener's .Magazine. 



It is ascertained that the deplorable afiliction of 

 being born deaf and dumb runs in particular fam- 

 ilies. In one fariiily, near London, out of ten 

 children seven are in this state. The proportion 

 of 20 families was found lately to be 90 out 

 of 159. 



Six Acre Factory. — The Messrs Behrens of 

 Manchester, (England) are erecting a huge power- 

 loom mill at Preston in Lancashire, which will 

 cover six acres of ground. It will be but one 

 story high, and is to be called the " Six Acre Fac- 

 tory." 



A cutler, at Lyons, is said to have succeeded in 

 perfecting a mode of tempering steel, to such a 

 degree, that he can with a knife so tempered, cut 

 through a two sous piece without the edge being 

 turned ! 



Rail Road Meeting. — We understand the 

 Convention held at Hardwick, on Wednesday la.st, 

 according to previous notice, to take into consid- 

 eration the project of constructing a Rail Road 

 from Springfield to Worcester, to pass through the 

 towns nf Ware, Hardwick, New Braintree, this 

 town, and along the valley of the Ware River 

 through Holdcv) to Worcester, was very largely 

 and respectably .atended. Sundry spirited reso- 

 lutions were passed, and many sound arguments 

 adduced to show that the contemplated northern 

 route is far preferable so the southern one. — Far- 

 mer's Gazette. 



Value of Marl. — A farm within six miles of 

 this place, says the Monmouth (N. J.) Enquirer, 

 purchased a few years since, tor fourteen shillings 

 an acre, has recently been sold for $31 an acre. 

 This enhancement of value has been produced 

 entirely by the use of Marl. — Cour. S,- Enq, 



A Noble Cheese. — The Editor of the BufiFa- 

 lo, N. Y. Journal, describes a cheese which was to 

 be seen (perhaps nibbled) in that city, manufactu- 

 red by Clark Dart, and David Camp of Hamburgh 

 and weighed three hundred pounds. ; being eight 

 feet three inches in circumference.. 



The rarity of the dropsy in Scotland is held out 

 as a proof that the use of oatmeal is a soveceiga 

 preveutative of that disease. 



