'VOL. XVin. NO. 4 9- 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



409 



evenini;!'. F.irnicrs liave jrenerally availed them- 

 selves of the fine season to plant potatoes, and we 

 have soiveil durinq; thfi week carrots, parsnips, beets, 

 peas and beans, anti liave planted a dozen hills of 

 <:anleleupos and watermelons. We have also fin- 

 ished transplanting strawberries, the old beds of 

 which are blossoming freely, and have staked and 

 tied up the raspberries, which are very heavy witli 

 foliage. Early potatoes planted on the l>th April 

 are all up distinctly upon the rows, while chenan- 

 goes planted at the same time, are just breaking 

 ground. Blossoms upon fruit trees are most pro- 

 fuse : the apples in particular, present dense mas- 

 ses of flowers, and several of the smaller kinds, as 

 plums and cherries, ar'; already setting their fruit, 

 of which there is at present the prospect of great 

 profusion. The vines in the grapery have grown 

 surprisingly within the last three days, and I have 

 tied down the greater part of the spurs, both upon 

 the back wall and rafters. Thus far the Rose 

 Chasselas has made the strongest growth, ne.Kt the 

 Hamburgs and Sweetwaters, and lastly the Zinfin- 

 dal, whicli has always pushed slowly with me, and 

 requires a long season to perfectly mature its fruit. 



May 23. On Sunday and ."Monday last, the weath- 

 er was intensely hot. Mr Ives's therr.iometer, in 

 an exposure similar to that of the late Dr Holyoke's, 

 which was considered fur so many years as stan- 

 dard authority, indicated 94° at one o'clock on Mon- 

 day. Such a great degree of heat induced neces- 

 sarily a rapid and vigorous progress in vegetation ; 

 but since Tuesday morning, the sky has been the 

 greater portion of tlie time overcast, the wind has 

 blown raw and cold E.N. E., producing what has 

 been familiarly termed " a dry storm." The sea- 

 son of blossoms has nearly or quite passed away, 

 fruit of all kinds having set most abundantly, and if 

 our trees are spared from the ravages of the canker- 

 worm and the caterpillar, we shall be tavored v/ith 

 a most abundant harvest. The yellow locust trees 

 are just leafing out, and mountain ash trees are 

 blossoming beautifully. Canteleupcs planted on 

 the 9th inst. under the hand glasses, are all up fine- 

 ly, but have already suffered some from the attack 

 of the melon fly, and we have this evening sprinkled 

 them Ireely with dry sulphur, having first watered 

 them copiously, I have generally lound this ap- 

 plication very effectual in ridding the vines of bugs 

 and insects of every kind, and have sometimes fan- 

 cied that it has a tendency to promote the growth 

 of plants. During the week we have hoed our 

 early peas and early potatoes, and have planted 

 mangel wurtzel, beans, melons, squashes and pump- 

 kins. Early corn planted on the 8th, and peas 

 and beans planted on the 1 Ith inst., arc all up fine- 

 ly upon the rows. The display of tulips has been 

 very magnificent during the week in the gardens of 

 amateurs. Mr Cabot's bed, containing 1470 bulbs, 

 was at its height of beauty yesterday, and some few 

 of the earliest are partially faded today. 



May 30. Since Sunday last, which was a cold 

 easterly day, on which we were obliged to kindle 

 fire.s both morning ami evening, the weather has 

 been remarkably warm, reminding one more of " In- 

 dependent" than .if "Election " week. Vegeta- 

 tion of all kinds lias advanced most lapidly under 

 the influence of a scorching sun, which has been, 

 however, too powerful lor light soils, which begin 

 in many places to teel the effect of drought, so 

 much so, that at Elfinglen we have found it neces- 

 sary to use water freely upon the grape border, and 

 upon ne«ly transplanted trees. The season ot 

 blossoms has quite passed away, and fruit trees have 



set very full and strong, with the e.vception of pears, 

 the fruit of which is apparently much injured by a 

 mildew or blight, similar to that which frequently 

 appears upon gooseberries. Some persons attribute 

 it to the intense heat of iMonday, 18th inst., while 

 others fancy it may be caused by the sudden chan- 

 ges from heat to cold, which however have not been 

 so great as in former years, the entire month of 

 May having been remarkably free from frost. The 

 crop of apples will apparently be most abundant. 

 The fine weather has been most favorable to the 

 growth of the vines, and the Isabellas on the back 

 of the house are in perfect blossom, perfuming the 

 grapery with a delioluful fragrance. The opera- 

 tions of thinning the bunches, of which I have cut 

 out two out of three, of shortening in the fruit spurs, 

 and of training the new wood for another season, 

 has furnished me constant employment each morn- 

 ing and evening during the week, and if we can 

 preserve the vines from mildew, the crop will be 

 very fine. We have hoed for the second time, all 

 our early potatoes, which never promised better at 

 this season ; have hoed our early corn, which is up 

 three or four inches, looking very healthy and 

 green, and have pricked out our celery plants from 

 the frame to be transplanted to the trenches early 

 in July. Peas planted on the 6th April are in per- 

 fect blossom. Potatoes planted on the 8th, and 

 beans planted on the lUh inst are all up finely, 

 and we need only a rainy day or two, to enable us 

 to rank this as the most favorable season for vege- 

 tation that we have enjoyed for several years. 



ON STRIPPING COWS. 



Winter Product of a Devon Cow. 



Every milkmaid has been cautioned that the last 

 milk yielded by the cow at any one milking, is rich- 

 er than that which is first obtained — but this is not 

 the only consideration which shows the importance 

 of thorough milking. The more there is left in the 

 udder, the less will the cow give at subsequent 

 times, and the sooner will she "go dry." After 

 once going through the cow-pen, the milk-woman 

 or man, (for in New England the men iniik the 

 cows,) ought to be compelled to go round again 

 and completely strip each cow. 



The imptirtance of this will be better understood 

 if there be truth in the statement wiiich we have 

 lately read, apparently on good authoriiy. We 

 confess we were not prepared to believe that the 

 difference was so great as there stated, between the 

 first and last portion of the one milking, The 

 statement is that 



"Several large cofl'ee cups having been succes- 

 sively filled from one cow, till she was quite dry, 

 the following results ,-ippeared, great care having 

 been taken to weigh the cups when filled, to ascer- 

 tain that they held exactly the same quantity. 



In every case the quantity of cream was found to 

 increase in proportion as the process of milking ad- 

 vanced. In diflTsrent cows the proportion varied, 

 but in the great nuudier, the excess of cream in the 

 last cup as compared with the first, was as sixlten 

 to one ! In some it was not so considerablo, there- 

 fore as an -'ivcrage it may be called as ten or twelve 

 to one 



The difference in quality of the two sorts of 

 cream was no less striking; the cream given by the 

 first drawn milk was thin, white and without con- 

 sistence ; while that furnished by the list was 

 thick, buttery, and of a rich color." 



In the Philad"!phia Farmers' Cabinet, we have 



the winter produce of a Devon cow : " .\braham P. 

 lioldrich, of Spenccrtown, Pa., had un accurate 

 memoraiulum kept of the butter made from a Dev- 

 onshire cow, which calvi'd last autuuui. The re- 

 sult was, that from the lOth December to the 10th 

 January, including both days, there was made from 

 her milk ,56 pounds of well worked butter — nearly 

 equal to two pounds a day 'I'he cow was fed with 

 roots, hay and buckwhe.t bran. Estimating it at 

 2,5 cents a jmund, the butler made in thp depth of 

 winter was worth .$14, and if we consider this the 

 average pmduct of eight jnonths in the year, the 

 aggregate amount for that period would be .$112." 

 This shows the importance of keeping a good 

 breed, and of keeping it welli like cultivating rich 

 land instead of poor, it takes no more labor to milk 

 and take care of a good cow thana bad one. — Jlmcri- 

 can Farmer. 



From the All any Cultivator. 



SUCCESSFUL FARMING. 

 JMessra Gaylord S,- Turker — I think I have been 

 very successful iu farming the last year, and will 

 give you an account of the different crops I have 

 raised and their product from !i9 acres of lisiestone 

 land. I do not mean to boast of raising more from 

 an acre than other farmers, or of having raised any 

 very superior crops; but on the contrary I am aware 

 of having committed many errors in my system of 

 farming, and am convinced that my crops last year 

 ought to have been one fourth heavier, and that in 

 future I shall increase the product from year to 

 year above what I have raised last year. 



4 acres of barley, 180 bush. 

 7 do do 280 do 



5 do do 225 do 



685 bushels at 70c. .$479 .50 



4 acres It. spring wheat, 125 bu. at $1 10, 137 12 



5 1-2 acres of rye, 244 bush, at 75c. 18J 00 

 10 do of clear timothy, 20 tons, ,$15, 300 00 



2 do liicer.oo:-^ and red clover, fed 



T^aenjior soiling, cut three 

 v..n$n and valued at 60 00 



11-2 acre it. potatoes and cabbages, 105 



busli potatoes at 25c. 26 3S 



700 heads of cabb:!g§jp^$.3u. 81 00 



$1,206 87 

 i'ours, respectfully, 



FREDERICK SEITZ, 

 Kaston, Pa., March, 1840. 



Dry rot may ofieii times be prevented in living 

 trees if the wounds are carefully covered with a 

 cotnposition made of rogin, tallow, bees wax, and 

 ochre melted ; and mixed well together — and 

 where it is. necessary, for want of time in the 

 spring, to resort to winter trimming, this method of 

 prevention should be resorted to. It is cheap, 

 simple, and adheres to the wi/nd excUtiliiig irioisturc 

 until it is healed oyer. 



Every persoti "ho has anything to do with cook- 

 ing ought to know, that wheti water is once made 

 to boil all that is further neoossary, is just to keep 

 it up to that temperature ; any additional fuel add- 

 pd is wasted, for water heated in an ordinary culi- 

 nary vessel, cannot be ni:idc tnore than boiling 

 hot. 



