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AND GARDEN P:R'S JOURNAL 



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and lall off l)y tlio ci-iiiiibling of the mortar. Tliis ui; will given 



tliiiiilili'-fiiU 



to every one who yvill 



diflioiihy is avoided hy the use of equal parts of call or send for them, unless our stock '.iccnirs 

 quick-litne and cement. Mortar of the same kind j exhausted, and that with good mau;- „yf,^gjj," ^^.jy 



may ho used to advantage in plastering walls, or ' o'-. ■■..■.► -^ ■■..-• i ■- ■■ ' 



for a second coat after the first of qiiickliine has 

 been roughened, when it will make an excellent 

 hard finish. H. VAN EPS. 



TUKNIP-ROOTKD CABBAGE BEL.O'IV GROUND. 



This long, awkward and apparently improper 

 name is given to a root which is raised in the 

 same manuer as the Ruta Baga or yellow Swed- 

 ish turnip, is used for the 'same purposes, and 

 when growing apjjoars very much like it. It Vs 

 white inside and out, the genuine Ruta IJa^a is 

 yellow; and is oval on the top and the leaves o_,g 

 >in a small bunch on the crown, the Tvuta 7ja„,, 

 'runs up considerably upon the groi'nd in ^ piked 

 ,form, which part is covered with lea-pg. j^ ^^^^^^ 

 better than the Ruta Baga, k-eepi::,g perfedy ^^od 

 either in the ground or i-.i a --^ool cellar till they 

 begin to grow in the ?prin.jr. We cultivated them 

 in rows hy the si-ie of the Ruta Baga and they 

 yielded 20 1 er cent; more. We were very exact 

 in our esnerimr-nt — each kind were set at the 

 ■same time hi alternate rows and the produce 

 ■weighed.: — These roots are very crisp, and many 

 that have eaten of them think they are equal in 

 quality to any turnip. When raw they look and 

 taste like the heart of a cabbage stump. When 

 cooked in the spring they can hardly bo distin- 

 guished from English turnips taken from the 

 ground while growing, and in their best condi- 

 tion. The plants are very hard ; we observed 

 that wliere transplanted in a dry time, they faded 

 less than the Ruta Baga. They required rich 

 mellow ground. They will grow well with or 

 without transplanting, on soil rather moist or tol- 

 erably dry. We have been most successful in 

 raising them on ground that was broken trp the 

 year before and planted with corn or potatoes. If 

 the ground has been ploughwi several years they 

 will be liable to be injured by lice, and the same 

 remark will apply to Ruta Baga. Though much 

 is said concerning the Ruta Baga, the turnip root- 

 ed cabbage is hardly named by agricultural writ- 

 ers. We think it is better of the two, as it yields 

 more, is more liardy, keeps better, is superior for 

 table use. Cattle are remarkably fond of them, 

 as they have a cabbage taste, and if the ground 

 freezes up befere they are harvested, they will 

 keep tiuou.sh the winter as well as a parsnip. Per- 

 haps we exaggerate as to the value of this vege- 

 table, but we do not intend it ; our opinion cor- 

 responds with that of others who have tried them. 



We have raised some that were very large 



one wejglied 15 lbs. We raised at the rate of 

 twelve liundred bushels to the acre ; on Jand that 

 was tolerable rich, planted with corn the year pre- 

 vious. The ground was ploughed and harrowed, 

 then we made drills about two feet apart, five or 



six inches deep, put in some old manure threw 



some earth on the manure, and then set out the 

 ])lants about ten inches apart, so that they might 

 not cry, lay further when they grew large. It 

 would be less work to sow the seeds, where the 

 plants are to stand, and when sowed rather late 

 they will produce more, as transplanting retards 

 their growth for a while. We advise all who cul- 

 tivate the Ruta Baga either for stock or for table 

 use, to try the turnip rooted cabbage below ground, 

 tvery farmer and gardener should try it, and if 

 any one is unwilling to pay 6 1-4 cents for seed, 



, ••;■'•' -els. They may 



the 20th o( Ju..-,, but the sootfer the 

 better. — 1 aniccc Far. 



be sowed til 



WeFo._3'^ Hoi.-.tf.s:— :\Iy brother 



permit ^le to remind them that 1 have 



not ."^ fy,y places the pernicious and 



WniTK 

 farmers will 

 noticei 



J^"""^''-^ ;'fg>ible, called White Weed or Bul.'s 

 - '■• '' nen discovered in small patches or pie- 

 ces o( ground, the most sure remedy is to take 

 '} noe and a basket and dig it up root and 

 , Dranch and burn it, or place it in a pond. It 

 has abundance of seed, and if left to cast it, it is 

 unaccountablo how soon it will overrun the whole 

 farm, destroying other grass or taking the place 

 of it. A farm thus overrun is not worth half 

 price. Indeed, no prudent man would piucliase 

 one thus contanjinatcid, nor ever buy hay from it. 

 Every farmer sho(dd spare no pains to search his 

 farm (or the nuisance and destroy it, if he finds 

 only a spear of it more or less, if he sets anything 

 by his domain Maine Far. 



ponse, of a Rail Road from Bangor to Portland, 

 crossing the Kennebec River at or near the head 

 of tide waters. An Engineer of experience and 

 cliaracter is expected to perform this service in the 

 course of the present season, and it is hoped that 

 ere hiug a continuous line of Rail Road may be in 

 operation from the extreme East to the Western 

 line of the State. — Augusta ..l^e. 



The Vapor Baths. — The medicated vapor 

 bath is one ot the greatest luxuries of life. Not 

 only so, but it is of the highest value in a great 

 variety of diseases. Among others, it is stated 

 upon high European authority, that this bath has 

 been successfully applied in cases of hydropho- 

 bia. To this point we quote the following para- 

 graph from an English paper. — .V. 1'. Com. 



lIiGHLV Important. — Dr Buisson is said to 

 have discovered an infallible remedy for hydro- 

 phobia, which he has communicated to the Acad- 

 euiie des Sciences in Paris. — He had no expecta- 

 tion of recovery, and went in to a vapor bath, 

 heated to fortytwo degrees Reaumur (126 Fahren- 

 heit) as the easiest means of suffocation. To his 

 astonishment the whole symptoms vanished at 

 once, and he has never since had the slightest re- 

 currence of this dreadful disease. By the same 

 means he has cured upwards of eighty patients 

 and he intends to try its efficacy in cases of chol- 

 era, i)lague, yellow fever and gout. 



Intep.nal Improvement in Maine. — The fol- 

 lowing Surveys and Reconnoissances were order- 

 dered by the Board of Internal Improvements at 

 their session lield the week past. 



1. A Survey of the River St. Croix and the 

 adjacent waters. The object of this survey is to 

 develope the resources of that interesting portion 

 of the State, and the cajiabilities for internal nav- 

 igation &c. of those extensive waters. The sur- 

 vey will be commenced in a few weeks by an ex- 

 perienced engineer under the direction of Hon. 

 Timothy Pillsburt, a member of the Board who 

 has b?en indefatigable in pressing upon the Board 

 not only the importance of the survey to the inter- 

 ests of the State, hut of its speedy accomplish- 

 ment. 



2. A Reconnoissance of the country between 

 the mouth of Sebasticook River and the Moose- 

 head waters, with a view of ascertaining theprac- 

 ticability of connecting those waters by a Cruial of 

 sufficient size for boats of the largest class. This 

 work will lie commenced as soon as an Engineer 



can III 



;ed for the |)urpose. 



3. A Reconnoissance, and estimate of the ex- 



Apprentices — The Mechanic Arts. — We are 

 all wrong in underrating the value of the mechan- 

 ical operations — we are all wrong in making all 

 our .sons Doctors, Lawyers, Divine.^, and Mer- 

 chants. Some branches of the family should bo 

 meclianics, and if when they are out of their lime, 

 we can give them some money to commence I)u5<i- 

 ness with, we at once set them < n the road to in- 

 de[)endence — to solid independence, weight and 

 influence. Em|iloynicnt — labor, healthy, refresh- 

 ing, constant labor is the grand secret to keep 

 boys correct and moral, to keep them out of vice 

 in every shajie, to make good sons and goo<l citi- 

 zens of them. 



We have often wondered that so few sons of 

 gentlemen of fortune offer as apprentices to some 

 mechanical pursuit, for examjile to the Printing 

 business — a business which is light and agreea- 

 ble, and combines so many advantages. It may 

 be asked what are the benefits of this branch of 

 the Mechanic Arts. The sons of persons in easy 

 circumstances who can board and lodge them 

 without cost until they are out of their times — 

 who will superintend their comforts and morals ; 

 and feel an interest in their advancement, may re- 

 alize the following advantages: — 



1st. They learn a business which ranks high 

 in the cultivation of the human mind — a business 

 by which they it once become familiar with the 

 moral and political condition of the country — the 

 advance:nent of the mechanic arts — the progress 

 of internal improvements — a business which made 

 Doctor Franklin the great man he is by the whole 

 world allowed to have been. 



2d. The Printing business includes a knowl- 

 edge of proof reading — some accpiaintance with 

 the art of paper making — and in a newspaper 

 office where a boy is intelligent, quick, ambitious 

 to excel, he becomes familiar with editorial pur- 

 suits — and when out of his time becomes jiro- 

 prietor of a city or country paper, and if prudent, 

 temperate and iiuhistrious, may become a conspic- 

 uous politician, and may fill any of the high ofii- 

 ces of the country, as we see at present in behold- 

 ing Printers Senators in Congress and members 

 of the House of Representatives. So much for 

 our own profession, but there are many noble me- 

 chanical pursuits, which should be cultivated by 

 young men of good family and education. 



The Builder, which includes the beautiful sci- 

 ence of architecture. The Ship Builder, a first ' 

 rate and most respectable calling. Workers in 

 gold, silver, copper and other metals. Cabinet 

 Making. In short we could name fifty occupa- 

 tions — more valuable — more enduring — more 

 healthy — more positively independent, than the 

 range of professional callings and the sickly, pov- 

 erty stricken labor of the midnight lamp. 



By this course we shall bring into the line of 

 mechanics an intelligent, well educated, highly re- 

 spectable class of American citizens, fiee from 

 radicalism, combinations, unjust extortions or dis- 

 reputable associations. — A*. 1'. Star. 



