AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (Aqbicdltuhal Warehouse.)— ALLEN PUTNAM, EDITOR. 



u. XXII.3 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1843. 



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N. E. FARMER, 



For the N. E. Farmer. 



THE BUTTONVVOOn DISEASE. 



iaving seen numerous stntemciits in re^'.iril to 



disease of the Buttonwoods, 1 give the fcjllow. 



nioiuoraniia, which I think goes to show that 



origin of the diseose is not generally placed 



Scicntly far back. 



n the latter part of May, or early in June, 1840, 

 jassing through a part of Delaware and Chester 

 inties, Penn., I noticed in several places that 

 buttonwood trees which had thrown out their 

 age as thick as usual, appeared as if they had 

 n surrounded to a certain height by some nox- 

 s vapor which had killed the leaves without in- 

 ng their texture or causing them to fall, 

 lat particularly attracted my attention, was the 

 crent heights to which different trees were af- 

 ted, and the well defined line to which the dis- 

 e or injury extended, in sonio cases being not 

 re than two to three feet of the lower branches, 

 ile in others, but little more than a tuft at the 

 of the tree remained green. In no case were 

 green and dead leaves intermixed, and in all 

 les the line of demarcation was horizontal. An 

 clligont farmer from the neighborhood, who was 

 h me at the time, said that it was the first sea- 

 1 he had seen any thing of the kind, and that he 

 s wholly at a loss to account fur it. Although 

 a ride of twelve miles we saw numerous cases 

 the disease, it was by no means universal. I 

 id you this by way of calling attention of the 

 ners of buttonwoods to the probability of their 

 »ing been affected in 1840, as it may throw 

 ne light on the disease. In the case I mention, 

 :loes not appear to have commenced until the 

 Jdle of May. VV. A. P. 



We know not whence the above communication 

 ne, or what importance to attach to it. Possibly 

 nay give a valuable suggestion to some of those 

 o are trying to ascertain the cause of the dis- 

 ie in the buttonwood. — En. N. E. F. 



Good Effects of Plaster on Fruit Trees. — Mr 

 j§soy states, in the Watertown Herald, that by 

 lending a fruit tree while in blossom in the 

 ring (if last year, and sprinkling plaster freely 

 on them, the tree bore 20 bushels of apples the 

 lowing fall, wliile it had never produced over 2 

 shels any previous year. It is said, also, that 

 ister is a good preventive to the blast. — ^Imer. 

 rficutt. 



Good Cow. — Mrs Samuel Buckley, of this vil- 

 je, made fortytwo pounds of excellent butter 

 im one cow in the month of June. The cow is 

 out 5 years old, of the common breed, and in ad- 

 .ion to the butter made, furnished a family of 

 ;en persons with the necessary supply ot milk 

 J cream. — fVatertowu Jefftrsonian. 



CATTLE SHOW, 

 Exhibition of Manufactures, and Plowing Match, 

 at lVeslhoro\ Oct. Mh, 1843. 

 The Agricultural Society of VVestboro' and vi- 

 cinity, will hold their third exhibition at VVestboro', 

 on Wednesday, the 4th dny of October next, and 

 will distribute as premium!--, agricultural and other 

 publications. Premiums will be awarded as fol- 

 lows : 



For the best Milch Cow ; 



" next best do. 



" best Bull, not less than 1 year old ; 



" best Bull Calf; 



'' best Heifer Calf; 



" best 3 year old Heifer ; 



" next best do. do. 



" best 2 year old do. 



" best 1 year old do. 



" best yoke of Working Oxen, not less 

 than 4 years old ; 



" next best do. do. 



" best 3 year old Steers ; 



" best 2 year old do. 



" best 1 year old do. 



" best Ox fntted for slaughter ; 



" best Boar ; 



" best breeding Sow ; 



" best fat Hog; 



" best weaned Pig or Pigs. 

 Regard will be had to the product of milk and 

 butter, manner of keeping, time of calving of the 

 cows, and the manner of raising, expense of keep- 

 ing, &c. other stock ; an account of which must 

 be given to the appropriate committees on the day 

 of the exhibition. 



Plotving Match. 

 For the best work with double team ; 

 " next best with do. 



" best work with single team ; 

 " next best with do. 



Domestic Manufactures. 

 For the best Butter, not less than 12 lbs. ; 

 " next best, " " 



" best lot of Cheese, not less than 50 ; 

 " next best do. " " 



The butter must he exhibited in boxes, and the 

 owners of butter and cheese must have a private 

 mark, and any public mark must bo so concealed 

 as not to be known by the committee. 



Grain and Potatoes. 

 For the greatest quantity of Corn on an acre; 

 " " " of Rye " 



" " " of Barley " 



" " " of Oats " 



" " '' of Potatoes on a half acre. 



Applicants will make known their intention to 

 the Conmiitlee on Farms, (of which Geo. Denny, 

 Esq., is chairman,) during the month of August, to 

 afford opportunity for the examination of the same 

 on the field. 



The exhibition of Manufactured Articles liore- 

 tofore, has added great interest to the Exhibition ; 



to the contributors of which (especially the ladies,) 

 the Society feel very grateful, and hope to see an 

 increased interest manifested at the approaching 

 exhibition. 



The Westborough Mechanic Association are al- 

 so entitled to high praise for the great interest 

 they have heretofore manifested in the Exhibition, 

 and are particularly invited to exhibit articles of 

 their skill and workmanship. 



A committee will examine all that may be offer- 

 ed, and gratuities will be di.-itributed to those who 

 may exhibit articles of skill and utility. 



LOVETT PETERS, President. 



Jabez G. Fisher, Sec'ry. 



From the Maine Farmer. 



PEACHES. 



Messrs. Editors — I was once in conversation 

 with Dr. Waterhouse, of Cambridge, Mass , at his 

 house, when he gave me some very good peaches 

 to eat. I observed to him, that we could have no 

 such luxury in Maine, where I lived. He said 

 that it was our ignorance of the manner of raising 

 the trees. Said he, •' Your winters are cold, and 

 your summers hot ; your peach trees grow bo fast 

 in summer that your severe frosts in winter kill 

 them. You have only to takeaway the soil wholly 

 down to the pan where you wish to locale your 

 trees : sow your peach stones in the fall or near 

 the setting in of winter : they will vegetate in the 

 next spring, and towards fall, if you perceive that 

 any branches have grown too much, so that the 

 winter will be likely to kill them, take away a lit- 

 tle of the top, stake around and keep your cattle 

 from them, and keep your ground poor — and in a 

 few years you may have plenty of fruit. They 

 are a short-lived tree, and you must sow or set out 

 young ones often." 



1 came home and planted the stones which he 

 gave me, exactly as he directed, and in a few 

 years I tfad a plenty of excellent peaches. After 

 having taken nflf many to eat and giveaway, I well 

 remember to have harvested a half bushel full from 

 one of the young trees. No care was afterwards 

 taken of the trees or grounds, I having left the 

 premises, of course all went to ruin. I name 

 this to show that there is no difficulty in our rais- 

 ing peaches, which I hope we shall do, as most 

 people like them and may have ihein if they are 

 not too lazy. S. WOOD. 



J} Cheerful Philosophy. — The following truthful 

 and pleasant passage occurs in one of Frederika 

 Bremer's books : 



"There is much goodness in the world, al- 

 though at a superficial glance one is so disposed 

 to doubt it. What is bad is noised abroad — is 

 echoed back from side to side, and newspapers and 

 social circles find much to say about it ; whilst 

 what is good, goes at best, like sunsiiine, quietly 

 through the world." 



Laziness travels slow and poverty thumps hia 

 heels. 



