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AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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BEIANS. 



Mr Hoi-MES : — Permit nie to suggest to my 

 brother flirmers, that as the price of beans have 

 been for several years past, there is no crop, (all 

 things considered) gives a greater profit than beans. 

 They ilo not need land in a high state of cultiva- 

 tion, if planted hy themselves, as they always 

 should be, when a variety not prone to rust is cul- 

 tivated. That variety called the peabean is very 

 prone to rust, but not so mui-.h so if a few kernels 

 of corn are planted on the north side of every hill 

 — let the bean crop be depended on more than 

 the corn. .Aside from their inclining to rust they 

 are too late a bean for our climate, and ought no 

 longer to be cultivated in Maine, since there are 

 several other varieties of white beans that mature 

 much earlier, and yield more, and are as valuable 

 for the table. Never plant a running bean, they 

 smother tliem.selves and every thing near them. 

 Many beans are taken into the wootls as supplies 

 for loggers — many more taken to sea, as they 

 are not injured by frost in winter. This is judi- 

 cious. Besides, they are more hearty, as we say, 

 and therefore evidently save meat and bread, and 

 one who dines on them is well sustained through 

 the remaining part of the day if he labors hard. 

 Let us raise more of them, and attend more to the 

 varieties we plant, and my word for it, so long as 

 people lumber and go to sea, the price will fully 

 reward us. A Farmer. 



Highly Important Invfntion. The life Spar. 

 Shortly after the destruction of the Royal Tar, we 

 alluded bri(^fly to the manifest importance of every 

 vessel's being abundantly provided with life pre- 

 servers, adding, that no traveller should venture 

 upon our seas or rivers, either in sail or steam- 

 boats, without being fcirnisked with one of these 

 sure aids in times of danger. We now publish, 

 with great pleasure, a new invention of greater 

 magnitude, viz: The Life Spar. Inconsequence 

 of the numerous accidents which are daily occur- 

 ring upon our waters, the inventor, S. T. .Arm- 

 strong, agent of the Ro.xhury India Rubber Com- 

 pany, was induced to offer this article to the pub. 

 lie. One of these will support and save twenty 

 four persons. It «m be inflated with very little 

 etfort and transported with the greatest ease. — 

 When a boat is leaky, two of these spars attached 

 to either side of the boat, will enable it to buffet 

 the most severe storm, after the vessel itself can 

 afford no chance of safety. 



The spar is twenty feet long and thirty-six in- 

 ches ill circumference, of a cylindrical form, corn- 

 posed of the strongest twine duck, and covered 

 between its lining and exterior with India Rub- 

 ber. It may now be seen at the Company's store 

 in Washington street, Boston, and Pearl street, 

 New York ; and it will amount to culpable neg- 

 ligence in captains and other persons, who are 

 subject to risks at sea, either of life or property, 

 not to give it a fair trial. We repeat, tli.it, in our 

 estimation, it is an invention of the highest impor- 

 tance, and we believe that in a short time owners 

 would as soon think of sending vessels to sea with- 

 out chart or cempass, as without these life spars 

 aud life preservers. — Boston Post. 



present summer and early frosts, have to a very 

 great extent, rendered th ; pro<lucts of the soil not 

 only unprofitable for consumption, but wholly un- 

 fit for seed. During the last few years, many los- 

 -ses have been sustained in the potato crop, in con- 

 sequence of usingunripe seed ; and if the greatest 

 care is not exercised in selecting and preserving 

 se(*(l lor the next season, failure must inevitably 

 follow, not only in potato fields, but also in those 

 sown with wheat, oats, and other white crops. 

 Let the ripest seed that can be obtained be se- 

 cured ; and those individuals whose crops were 

 inJMred by the early frosts, ought in no case to use 

 the products of their own farms for seed, if they 

 can possibly obtain seed of a better quality from 

 their neighbors. That these hints may lead to at- 

 tention on this subject is the desire of 



Melvillk. 



On SELECTiNa Seed. — No duty in the whole 

 course of husbandry should be more carelully at- 

 tended to than that of selecting seed. One rule 

 that ought always to guide the farmer in his se- 

 lociiug is, to select the best. The brevity of the 



Potatoes. — Every Englishman who goes to 

 the continent, eats potatoes a la maitre d'hotel. On 

 his return, he is desirous of having them at his 

 own table, a thingthat can seldom be accomplished, 

 though the process of preparing them is very sim- 

 ple. It is as follows: Boil the potatoes, and let 

 them become cold. Then cut them into rather 

 thick slices. Put a lump of fresh butter into a 

 stew pan, and add a little fiour, about a tea spoon- 

 ful fora middlingsized dish. When the flour has 

 boiled a little while in the butter, add by d 'grees 

 a cu[)ful of broth or water. When this has boiled 

 up, [JUt in the potatoes with chopped parsley, [)ep- 

 per and salt. Let the potatoes stew a few min- 

 utes, then take them from the Are, and when quite 

 off' the boil, aild the yolk of an egg, beat up^ with 

 a little leiiuin juice and a table spoonful of cold 

 water. As soon as the sauce bus set, the potatoes 

 may be dished up and sent to the table. — Maga- 

 zine of Economy. 



Preserving Seeds, &c. — Mr Thomas Short, 

 in the Horticultural Register, says in substance, 

 sugar, salt and paper have been used for (he pur- 

 pose of preserving seeds, but have provevi insuffi- 

 cient ; but the foliowing method will answer per- 

 fectly well : — Let the seeds which are to be pre- 

 served, be immersed in a strong solution of Gum 

 Arabic; then let them be carefully dried, and 

 without any further preparation, they will become 

 perfectly secureil against the injurious consequen- 

 ces of a humid and varialile atmosphere, and not 

 subject to mildew, and therefore enabled to retain 

 their vitality after the most protracted voyage. 



Cure of Lock-Jaw. — Among the horses ex- 

 hibited at the West Suffolk Agricultural Show on 

 Friday, was a fine cart mare, the projierty of Col. 

 Rushbrook, which was some time since seized 

 with lock-jaw, and was perfectly cured by pour- 

 ing cold water along the back from a watering 

 pot, without intermission, fora considerable time; 

 the a|<plication being recommended by an emi- 

 nent London verterinarian. This affection has 

 been generally considered incurable. — English 

 paper. 



Chilblains or frosted feet are cured by bath- 

 ing the feet in warm water until they are soft, 

 then place them in a basin of cold vinegar for 

 a few moments, and go to bed immediately, and 

 you will rise in the morning, freed from this 

 disagreeable and vexatious complaint. — JVew York 

 Star. 



Mansfield Coal. — A sp cimen of coal from 

 the Mansfield tnine, weighing 600 lbs., has been 

 placed for exhibition in the area of the City lloll. 

 The company after sinking a perpendicular shaft, 

 60 feet deep, opened a gallery 40 feet wide beiow 

 the out-croppingsof the coal, and proceeding hor- 

 izontally -22 feet — liave come to a stratum of coal, 

 of which the one exhibited is a specimen — five 

 feet 4 inches w ide, and have received new encour- 

 agement to proceed in the exploration — of the 

 successful result of which, we entertain no doubt. 

 Transcrijjt. 



Indian Bread. — We recently partook of some 

 most excellent Indian corn bread baked in large 

 loaves, and the following method of making it was 

 given. 



After the meal is prepared, pour some boilinjf 

 water on it, till'it is wet. Put in six steamed 

 sweet apples to a loaf, a little yeast, milk, ami 

 enough Cornell or middlings to render it capable 

 of being kneaded. Let it rise, and then bake it 

 three hours at least. 



New Furniture. — A New York Yankee ha8 

 invented an improved bee hive, which is said to 

 have the appearance of, and to be, in fact, a ma- 

 hogany side board, with drawers above, and a clo- 

 set below ; with glass doors, to be placed in the 

 chandler of a house, and to be connected with the 

 open air by a tube passing through the wall. The 

 operations of the bees are clearly seen through 

 the glass doors, and the honey is deposited in the 

 drawers. 



Taki; care of your Ashes ! — The Salem Ga- 

 zette says, " We are informed that three individ- 

 uals have been prosecuted and fined under the 

 late Ordinance for keeping ashes in wooden ves- 

 sels." Two thirds of the dwelling house fires, 

 probably proceed from this cause. It should be 

 remembered by families in this vicinity, that the 

 conditions of the Mutual Fire Insurance Compa- 

 ny, forbid that ashes sliou.d be put into wooden 

 vessels. 



Tooth Ache. — Creosote, we see by those of 

 the foreign medical journals, is highly recommen- 

 ded for this painful disease. First cleanse the 

 cavity of the effected tooth thoroughly, then ap- 

 ply the croesote with a fine camel's-hair brush, 

 and afterwards fill the cavity with a piece of cot- 

 ton. This substance has become quite a panacea 

 in Europe, and many important cures have been 

 effected by it. 



To SAVE Cucumbers from Bogs. — Sprinkle 

 on the vines at evening, (after cooled) tea grounds 

 as they are commonly left by families after use. 

 This done so often as two or three times a week, 

 will not only prevent injuries from bugs, but it 

 strengthens and invigorates the vines and causes 

 them to become exceedingly fruitful. 



A Great Crocodile.— A Crocodile, estimated to 

 be upwards of one hundred years old, measuring 

 12 feet 4 inches in length, and weighing 551 pounds 

 was killed in the Red river, near Natchitoches, La. 

 on the 2()th ult. His paws after being dissected 

 weighed 86 pounds— and the carcase yielded 11 gal- 

 lons of oil. 



Mr Green, the aeronaut, with two other English 

 gentlemen, performed a voyage in a large air bal- 

 loon, in 13 hours from Loudon to Welburg, in Ger- 

 many, 480 miles in 17 hours. 



