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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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the better, provided the corn was of good quality, 

 and adapted to tlie seasons and soil ; with these 

 ■qualifications, fiir from having seen them too large, 

 1 have seldom thought them large enough, and 

 should be very unwilling to assign ' them a limit. 

 Indeed, I see not why the objections that can be 

 made to large ears of corn, should not be made to 

 large ears of i-ye or wheat, or to the large long 

 frames of » Improved Short Horns." But I may 

 be mistaken ; I may misapprehend the subject. 

 Youi-s respectfully, 



William Clark, Jr. 

 JVorthampton, May, 1835. 



[By the Editor.] 

 The above article cannot fill to prove of great 

 utility to the practical farmer, and we think that 

 Mr Clark has rendered important services to the 

 community of cultivators by making and publish- 

 ing the results of the experiments detailed above. 



[For the New England Fanner] 

 REMEDY AGAEVST CANKER-WORMS. 



Mr Fessenden, — Sir — Having, for three or 

 four years, deferred publishing what I believe an 

 effectual method of destroying that pest, the Can- 

 ker wonii, in order that the experiment'niight be 

 fblly tested, I can now with confidence recom- 

 mend to you and to the public a sure and easy 

 means of preserving the fruit trees from the rav- 

 ages of these destructive vermin. Several gentle- 

 men in Salem and New Bedford having, at my 

 suggestion, tried its efficacy to their satisfaction. 



As soon as the worm begins to appear on the 

 trees, a quantity of the cheapest whale oil, say a 

 quart, is put into an iron sauce-pan, or any other 

 convenient vessel with a long handle. The vessel 

 is then put over a quick fire, until tlie heat is raised 

 iufficient to inflame the oil. In this state it is 

 leld under the boughs of the trees, on which the 

 ivorm is seen, in such a manner as to allow the 

 umes of the burning oil to rise into every part of 

 he tree, but not allowing the flame nor too much 

 leat to reach any part. Five or six minutes is 

 ime enough to destroy every worm on a tree. 



Animal oil, being a most deadly poison to every 

 lescription of vermin, is by this means carried to 

 very part, in sufiicient quantity to destroy the in- 

 ect, without injuring the tree. 



I am, dear sir, with respect. 



Your obedient servant, 



Joseph Dix,orf. 

 Tannton, May 4, 1835. 



I-UCKY AND UNLUCKY DAY S. 



Soothsayers, wizards can you despise. 



And laugh at ghosts, at spooks, and prodigies ? 



So7nebody. 



Mr Tucker — I believe I am as little inclined as 



most other men to observe lucky and unlucky days. 



These old Astrological notions have long been of 



little influence with me, and I have generally sowed 



and reaped when I was ready without regard to the 



moon, stars or constellations ; yet I have observed 



that men who regarded these objects with religious 



exactness, usually succeeded and got rich, while 



thiir more unobservant neighbors often failed and 



grew poor by dint of pressing forward ; and I have 



accounted for it in this way. The man who can 



take time to observe the phases of the moon, stars 



and constellations, is usually more methodical, and 



often succeeds, when those who go by hop, skip and 



jump, often make more haste than speed. A friend 



of mine is very much in the habit of going by hop, 



skip and jump; he is always in trouble, has been 



frequently burnt out, and lost many cattle and hogs, 



while another, with one tenth part of his intellect 



and a great observer of the moon, has grown rich. 



I therefore conclude that « the race is not to the 



swift, nor the battle always to the strong." 



Yours, R. M. W. 



Genesee Farmer.] 



ble bushes and marshes of the sea-coast. These 

 animals live on crabs and roots ; they associate in 

 herds, are of a gray color, and smaller than the Eu- 

 ropean swine. At certain periods of the year they 

 swim in herds, consisting of sometimes a thousand, 

 from one side of the river Sink to the other, at its 

 mouth, where it is tliree or four miles broad, and 

 again return at stated times. This kind of passage 

 also takes place in the small islands, by their swim- 

 ming from one to the other. On these occasions 

 they are hunted by a tribe of the Malays who live 

 on the coasts of the kingdom of Siak,and are called 

 Salettaiis. During the passage the boars precede,, 

 and are followed by the females ainl the young, all 

 in regular rows, each resting its snout on the 

 rump of the preceding one. Swimming thus, in- 

 close rows, they form a suigular appearance.-- ==: 

 Domesticated Jinimals. 



[For the New England Farmer.] 



Mr Editor — I wish through your useful paper 

 could obtain some account of the cause and cure 

 f what is called Spring Halt, in horses. I see 

 1 the Farmer a great number of useful recipes 

 f almost every kind, but have been unable either 

 lere or elsewhere to find any retitedy for the 

 aring halt ; which I presume to be attributable 

 ) a general impression that it is no other injury 

 » a horse than the looks : but even on that ground 

 lone, a fact, ho\vever, I am unwilling to admit, I 

 loidd think it an object worth attention, and if 

 ossible, an effort to cure. I have, therefore, been 

 rompted to make this small communication, 

 oping that it may meet the eye of some of your 

 :ientific readers, who may be able and willing, 

 trough the medium of the Farmer, to favor me 

 id the i)ublic also, with the information asked 

 r, and thus very much oblige An Inquirer. 



Internal Improvement.— The cost of the nav- 

 igation of the Schuylkill in Pennsylvania, which 

 was several years in being completed, was nearly 

 three millions. For two or three years, the amount 

 of toll was quite small. In 1825, when the coal 

 trade began, the tolls amounted to $15,500 ; and in 

 1833, the business had so much increased, the sum 

 received was $335,000, of which $338,000 was for 

 conveyance of coal. Many viillages have grown up 

 in the vicinity of the coal mines and of the canal. 

 Here is a great speculation for the benefit both of 

 the proprietors and the people. 



In 1834, 90,000 tons of Lehigh coal were exca- 

 vated and sold ; being much larger than in any one 

 year before. The canals connected whh the coal 

 mines, and by which its conveyance to depots 

 where vessels take it is greatly facilitated, are to the 

 extent of two hundred and fifty miles. A rail-road 

 is also proposed from Wilksbarre to the Lehi<'h 

 about fourteen miles. At Mauch Chunk, real estate 

 has risen rapidly within twoyears.— American Mag- 

 azine, 



Another use for India RuEBER^-=*Aa we 

 said yesterday, the caoutchouc^businrss has spread 

 iiself rapidly. One manufacturer hasrcommenGedi 

 making India Rubber coffins. — Cowiw. 



We saw a few days smee, a coffin rftlie above 

 description at the India Rubber store of Mr S. C. 

 Smith, 68 Chatham street. Mr S. informed us 

 that he has manufitctured such to order for three 

 years past. The article is a substitute for the 

 lead coflins, and answers the sanie pnrpose, be-- 

 sides beuig cheaper, lighter, and moiie' speedily 

 prepared. — JV. Y. Paper. 



The Casco and Kennebec Corporation had their 

 meeting on Saturday last, organized and accepted 

 their charter. We understand the whole stock 

 (f 150,000) has been taken up. We can conceive 

 no more decisive evidence of the enterprise of our- 

 fellow citizens, than the readmess thus manifested 

 to give their aid to a work of great public utility^ 

 — Eastern Argus. 



Chalk.— Colonel Dodge, of the United States 

 Army, has lately found a quarry of Chalk near the 

 Missouri. The mineral had not before been discov- 

 ered in our country, though sought for and supposed 

 to exist ; except that Professor Nuttall detected some 

 a few years ago, in the western country, less pure 

 and of less extent tlian that discovered by Colonel 

 Dodge —It is probably known that Chalk is formed 

 by thecai-bonateof lime,and is a neutral or com- 

 pound salt ; but pure Chalk has not before been 

 found in the United States.— 76. 



Foot Race— A purse of $1300 was won by a 

 Yankee from old Connecticut, on the 24th ult. in 

 a pedal race over the Union Course^ Long Islands 

 Heni-y Stannard, the winner, run ten miles in fifty 

 nine nuuutes and fortyeight seconds. He was a 

 fi^irmer by occupation, six feet and one inch tall, 

 and weighed a hundred and sixtyfive pounds. 

 There were nine competitors, three of whom ac- 

 complished the whole distance. The Yankee, 

 before named, a Prussian, named George W^ 

 Glauer, in one hour and thirtyfour seconds, an 

 Irishman, Patrick Mahony, in one hour, twa 

 minutes and fifteen seconds. 



Sumatra IIog — In the Island of Sumatra there 

 is a variety of the hog, that frequents the impenetra- 



Pennstlvania and Ohio Canal This im-- 



provcment is one of the most important to Phil- 

 adelphia that ever has been projected. Thft 

 books for subscription to the capital stock, were 

 opened on the 97th at 10 o'clock, at the exchange, 

 and the com]>etitiou for access to the room was of 

 the most lively kind. The whole number of shares 

 offered, being 6000 in number were taken in less 

 than half an hour. When this canal is completed 

 the trade of the upper lakes beyond Cleveland^ 

 will have access to Philadelphia, one month be- 

 fore the Erie Canal is opened. Several weeka 

 ago the navigation of Lake Erie west of Cleve-. 

 land, was opened, and we have not yet learned 

 that the ice has left Buffalo haxhor.— Albany Dai. 

 Adv. ^ 



