V>>1L,. XVII IV •. 41. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



323 



Lexmston," giving a very particular description of 

 tills plough, which was highly gratifying to your 

 coiiHiiiltee. 



It has long been the wish of our farmers who 

 are in the practice of raising vegetables for con- 

 sumption by their stock, to procure a good sub-soil^ 

 pkiiifjh, loosening the ground between the rows of 

 ve':jetnbles to a greater depth than can be done by 

 tlie common plough. As the society have offered 

 tliu liberal premium of thirty dollars for the intro- 

 duction of an approved one, there can be no doubt 

 that the ingenuity of our mechanics will soon fur- 

 nish tliem such an one. 



To the gentleman who communicated a specifi- 

 .catlon and drawing of his patent for a bee-hive, the 

 committee are obliged, for his labor and desire of 

 usefulness, but they award no premium, first, be- 

 cause they are of opinion that the principles and 

 improvements for which his patent was procured, 

 were familiar and in use by those who had the man- 

 agement of bees, and also, because it has not been 

 usual to award a premium, (unless with some stip- 

 ulations) for any improvement or invention restrict- 

 ed in its use by a patent right. 



The machines offered by Mr Buckminster, at 

 the time of the e.xhibition, to the committee, were 

 incomplete, and those who exhibited them, stated 

 improvements which were suggested by the inven- 

 tor. The Committee, therefore, although gratified 

 by the., perfect simplicity, economy, and apparent 

 adaptation of these machines to their respective 

 purposes, and also having certificates of the suc- 

 cess of the corn and seed planter, did not award a 

 premium to implements not yet completed— when 

 finished and used, they may be the proper subjects 

 for premium as well as commendation. 



Several valuable implements were sent by Joseph 

 Brack & Co., from the New England Agricultural 

 Warehouse and Seed store, for exliibition only ; viz : 

 Willis' improved mill for grinding the sugar beet, 

 and also apples; Willis' Rotary Vegetable Cutter; 

 . Boynton's Rotary Cylinder Straw Cutter; Willis' 

 Improved Straw Cutter ; Willis' Improved Double 

 Wheel Seed Sower ; Willis' Improved Double Corn 

 Sheller ; Shaler's Improved Corn Sheller, and also, 

 Howard's Improved Cast Iron Plough. The com- 

 mittee were much pleasedwith these machines, and 

 recommend this establishment to the patronage of 

 the public. 



From the seed store of Messrs Ellis & Bosson, 

 several valuable articles were sent, for exhibition 

 only ; viz. : a green-sward plough, a side-hill or 

 swivel plough ; a Cultivator ; Partridge's Hay and 

 Manure forks ; a seed sower ; a vegetable cutter, 

 and a corn sheller. The committee thought well 

 of these articles, and would also recommend to the 

 patronage of the public, this new establishment. 



Could we persuade our farmers to bestow the 

 same 'skill and economy to obtain the greatest prod- 

 uct, upon the soundest principles, with the least la- 

 bor and the least waste, that is bestowed by our 

 manufacturers in their works ; could we persuade 

 them to bestow the same attention to the operations 

 of the principles of chemistry, and to hold the same 

 faith in those principles in selecting both manure 

 and seed for their adaptation to the soil in which 

 they are to be used, which is given to them in their 

 application to materials, by our manufacturers, the 

 result would be truly astonishing. 

 All which is respectfully submitted. 



E. HERSY DERBY. 



[Circular] 

 MANURES. 

 The attention of the public has recently been di- 

 rected to the use of Urate and Poudrdle. It has 

 long been known in France, as the most efficacious 

 of all manures, and the few experiments made the 

 last year, (1838) in the use of the Poudrettt, in and 

 around the city of New-York, has awakened the 

 attention of farmers and gardeners. The royal 

 academy of agriculture, in England, have caused 

 experiments to be made of the respective power of 

 the different manures, and upon the trials so made, 

 it appears beyond a doubt, the superiority of manure, 

 made from sinks and privies over any other produc- 

 tive agent for agricultural purposes. 



DiRF.CTioNS. — The following directions are giv- 

 en by Peter Barthelemy, (who was one of the first 

 discoverers, in France, of the present system of pre- 

 paring the articles,) how and in what manner it 

 should be applied, and who recently has introduced 

 its manufacture in the city of New-York. 



Vrale is the product of the liquid part, and Pou- 

 drdle of the substantial part of sinks, or privies, 

 both of them reduced by different process, to a dry 

 and inodorous^Sl^lBtance, and used as the best of 

 all manures known to the agriculturists or horticul- 

 turists ; beflSaan animal manure of the richest and 

 purest kindl^nd the most powerful of any applica- 

 tion that can be made to tbe earth. 



Urate.— The Urate may be used in its dry state 



by spreading it on the land, as you would lime or 

 ashes, or af'er having been dissolved in water, may 

 be used through a watering pot, or by a cask on 

 cart wheels, in the same manner as the streets in 

 the city of New-York are watered in summer. 



For "all kinds of small grains, such as wheat.rye, 

 oats, barley, flax, and others of a like kind, it may 

 be sowed dry, upon the soil in the proportion of 18 

 to 18 bushels per acre, according to the quality of 

 the land. , . 



For corn and potatoes, and such like, it is best 

 to mix the Urate in an equal quantity of dry soil, 

 and put in the hill about a giU.or handful, sprinkled 

 round the seed corn and potatoes, as is usually 

 done witb ashes. 



Urate, before planting or sowing it ; the corn or 

 grain will start sooner, be stronger, and less liable 

 to attack by worms or birds. 



PouDRF.TTE is to be used in the same manner as 

 Urate, with the following exceptions, namely ; the 

 quantity must vary from 18 tn 3.5 bushels per acre, 

 according to the quality of the land ; less than J8 

 bushels to the acre may not be very satisfactory, 

 and more than 35 is useless. 



Poudrette is never dissolved in water before be- 

 ing used, as is Urate, but in other respects it is 

 used in its dry state, or by mixing it with dry soil 

 in hills or drills, or sown in broad cast, as lime or 

 ashes. 



The difference of the season between spring and 

 autumn, and the state of the atmosphere, are to be 

 considered, before using either Urate or Poudrette ; 

 damp weather is always to be preferred. Neither 

 of tham contain any seed of weeds of any descrip- 

 tion ; an application of Urate or Poudrette once in 

 every three years is sufficient. 



Urate and Poudrette may be sent to any part of 

 the country in barrels or bags ; barrels to be pre- 

 ferred, when it is liable to get wet. Orders may 

 be .Jiven, post paid, directed to " The Xew York 

 Urate and Poudrdle Company," box No. 1211, post 

 office, New-York. 



The Urate and Poudrette made by this company, 

 is not confined to distribution among its stockhold- 

 ers only, and therefore farmers and gardeners may 

 I expect a supply in the order in which their appli- 

 cation is made, without any condition of becoming 

 a stockholder or advancing any more money than 

 may be sufficient to purchase what they need. 



The public should be on their guard in relation 

 to the use of the Poudrette, as it is feared it may 

 be brought into disrepute by other manufacturers of 

 the article, where quantity rather than quality, is 

 considered most desirable. 



It may be that on trial of Urate and Poudrette, 

 a different application may be found more desira- 

 ble; in such case it is hoped the experimenter will 

 make known to the public his discovery. 

 (1 o be continued.) 



ne witb ashes. Cure F^iTp^N^D SaEEP.-Bruise well the 



For beets, turnips, or other vegetables, sowed or ^^gg^ t^igg of white ash, boil them one hour m 

 __._j • ,]..;n .i,„ n,otn i« tn he nreoared in like ,.,„,„, o„„„„u fn cover them when pressed down 



water enough to cover them when pressed down 

 with a stone or some other weight. Two spoons 

 full of the decoction thus made, if administered 

 within twentyfuur hours after the sheep has eaten 

 the poison, will generally effect a cure within one 

 two hours. If administered at a later period 



The Legislature adjourned on Wednesday, after 

 .a session of one hundred days. 



planted in drill, the Urate is to be prepared in like 

 manner and sowed in the drill. 



For o-rape vines, fruit trees, forest trees, flower- 

 ing trees, flowers ; also for garden vegetables, such 

 as cauliflower, cabbage, melons, cucumbers, and 



the like Urate is dissolved in water, in the pro- ^j. ^■^,q nours. ii auunui=.oci^-« — 



portion of one pound to a gallon of water, and pour- ^^jn generally effect a cure but not so soon 

 edon the subject; one application is sufficient irf ^,_^ r«,«A^_Sir— The above is so c 

 and for articles not herein enumerated, it may be 

 sowed dry on the surface of the ground. 



Where the land retains water during the winter, 

 Urate must be used only in the spring, in order 

 that its salts may not be absorbed in too large a 

 quantity of water. 



Where the land is dry, or does not retain water, 

 during the winter. Urate may be used in the au- 

 tumn ; if, however, the sowing takes place shortly 

 before the hard frosts, it is better to use Urate on- 

 ly in the beginning of spring. 



As a general rule, more Urate is required upon 

 the same quantity and quality of land m autumn, 

 than in the spring ; if used in the spring, it is bet- 

 ter to apply the Urate in a damp day, or immedi- 

 ately after a heavy rain, if it cannot be applied 

 shortly before the rain. 



There is great advantage in soaking corn or oth- 

 er grain for one hour only, in a strong solution ot 



Mr Colman— Sir— The above is so certain a 

 cure for sheep poisoned with laurel, that it ought 

 to be .generally known. The season is now apt- 

 proachinT when sheep are most exposed, and a 

 publication in the Farmer, at this time, of the 

 above recipe, would probably confer a public ben- 



^ ^Worcester, Feb. 26, 1839. R- Newman. 



We are happy to insert the above as unquestion- 

 able ; and in many cases the recipe will prove 

 of great advantage. ■ • 



Perseverance.- Aman^cfsagacity and penetra- 

 tion, upon meeting with a few difficulties, does not 

 drop his pursuits, but if he cannot succeed in one 

 way he tries another. We are not acquainted with 

 the strength of our own minds till we exercise 

 them, nor do we know to what length our abilities 

 will carry us until we put them to the test. 



