L. SXII. N.>. 9. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER, 



69 



From the Boston Cultivator. 



FOR THE DYSPEPSrA. 



Mr EilUor — I s(?nd you the following recipe for 

 cure of a weak and debililateil stomacli, or 

 at is now fashionably known as the dyspepsia. 

 5uld you think it of any consoquence, you can 

 ert it in your valuable paper. 

 r»ke a tumbler of new tnilU, the yolk of a new 

 1 e^jT, well beaten up, a. teaspoonfnl of gintjer, 

 1 ditto of clean, unadulterated potato starch, up- 

 which boiling water lias previously been poured, 

 as to cause it to thicken, and two icaspoonsfull 

 iugar. Mix the whole well together, 

 rhis may be taken at meal time, with some 

 ad, or otherwise, as may best agree with the 

 dition of the stomach. 



riic above preparation, accompanied with tem- 

 ance in eating and drinking, though it may not 

 liii a place in the materia medica, will prove 

 :h more cfllcacious than a thousand of the usual 

 scriptions of [diysicians and apothecaries, 

 nstcad of the ginger, a teaspoonful of white, 

 rckftn mustard seed may be used, which, per- 

 s, in a very languid state of the stomoch, would 

 as well. Yours, with esteem, 



A. S. GRENVILLE. 

 lamhridgeport, July 7, 1843. 



MANUFACTORY OF SEWING SILK. 

 ,Iessrs. W. VV. B. Lindley & Co., at South VVo- 

 n, Mass, manufacture sewing silk ol a superior 

 lity, which is remarkable for its evenness and 

 ngth. They use the best material, make as- 

 ,ed sizes, and all the variety of colors that is 

 irable. They prefer American silk, and pay 

 25 per pound for raw reeled silk of a good 

 lity. They use about 35 pounds per day of 

 raw material. They sell to one firm in this 

 ', 500 dollars worth of sewing silk, 

 iilk manufactories will encourage the raising 

 :ilk, as they make a ready market at home for 

 raw material. Already the manufacture of 



e.xceeds its production here, and this should 

 ourage the silk growers to go on and supply 



demand which is constantly increasing Ibid. 



i Aeu) Churn. — It having been found by e.\pe- 

 ent, that the greatest quantity of the finest 

 lity of butter is fibtained from cream at a mean 

 iperature of 55'' Fahrenneit, Mr David Ritchie, 

 3dinburgh, has made a churn which seems well 

 culatcd to accomplish the object of keeping the 

 iperature of the cream at the desired point. It 

 isists of one cylinder placed concentric within 

 'tlier, so llint ivaler, cither cold or hot, aa the 

 e may requira, may be put into the outer cylin- 

 . — Amer. Far. 



Remedy for the Bols. — The Southern Cultivator 

 8, tliat strong tea made of common garden sage, 

 in effectual remedy for the bots. A branch of 

 e chopped into the feed of horses once a week, 

 I prevent the bots altogether Cenlral .V. Y. 



inothtr Remedy. — A strong decoction of tansey 

 — bruise and press out the juice, and drench 

 h a quart at a time. — lb. 



rho whole life of the hypocrite is a protracted 

 iehood. 



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THINGS THAT DO NOT LOOK WELL. 



It dops not look well to let the garden grow up 

 to weeds, and then say that a garden is good for 

 nothing. 



It does not look well to have a gato witliout 

 hinges, held up in the gateway by a prop in a 

 " slantindicular" position, leaving at the bottom an 

 aperture through which some hog with a conve- 

 nient snout, can get through into the garden or 

 field. 



It does not look well for a man to thump and 

 abuse his horse or oxen, just to try his whip ; or 

 to suffer his boys to do so. 



It does not look well to keep the horse in a sta- 

 ble not cleaned, till his hind feet are 45 degree.s 

 higher than his fore feet, so that he is obliged to 

 rear up to get himself on a level every time he 

 wishes to swallow a little hay or oats. 



It does not look well to have the women hang 

 out the clothes on rough and thorny bushes, and 

 tear them in getting them off, when a neat line 

 would save that trouble. 



It docs not look well for a man to keep two or 

 three hungry dogs, when he can liardly keep a 

 cow or pig ; and for no purpose but to worry the 

 neighbors' cattle and annoy the neighborhood with 

 continual barking. 



It docs not look well for farmers' daughters to 

 be drumming at a piano, while they do not know 

 of what butter is made, and pretend to suppose a 

 cow is a rhinoceros. 



It does not look well for any body's daughters 

 to walk the streets in kid slippers in December, 

 and lace themselves so cruelly that their voices 

 waste away, and their cheeks turn to the color of 

 moonlight. — Prairie Far. 



Prom the Mass. Ploughman. 



PEAT MEADOWS AND PEAT MANURE. 



Mr Editor — This is a subject that I feel very 

 much interested in : I love my own dear New Eng- 

 land, and want to see every foot of land brought 

 into the highest state of cultivation. 



I consider peat meadows the most valuable 

 lands in the world. I have for many years had a 

 high opinion of them, but since reading Dr. Dana's 

 Muck Manual, and having seen some e.vperimonts 

 made on his theory, it has been increased very 

 much. 



My son plowed up an acre of pasture land last 

 spring, two or three inches deeper than it ever 

 was plowed before. After plowing, there was 

 nothing to be seen but the yellow loam ; it was 

 then covered over with peat mud which was dug 

 out the fall before, and mi.xod with ashes according 

 to Dr. Dana's prescription — say si.xteen bushels to 

 a cord of peal mud. The corn planted on this 

 looks aa well as any I have seen this season. A 

 part of it is on a dry gravelly knoll ; notwithstand- 

 ing this it has not suffered by the drought. There 

 are a \'e\v rows by the side of this that were ma- 

 nured very highly with manure from the stable, 

 that are not more than two-thirds as large. 



Another experiment was on a piece of rye which 

 was sowed on a poor piece of land, dressed with 

 muck, and was intended for the purpose of turning 

 in as a green crop ; but it took so well that it was 

 left to ripen. I helped to reap it a few days since, 

 and a heavier piece of rye I never put a sickle 

 into. 



I will mention one more experiment. I set out 



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an orchard for my ;,son last spring, of apple and 

 peach trees. Some part of the land was very dry 

 and gravelly ; the holes were du" deep, and the 

 best of the soil mixed with peat mud, and the trees 

 have not needed watering but \\r.\c grown as well 

 as though they had remained in the nursery. They 

 have made from one to two feet of wood. By the 

 way, 1 washed them u few days since with strong 

 lye. It turned them dark colored at fir.'^t, and 

 some gentlemen were looking at them soon after 

 ihey were done, and thought the lye was too 

 strong ; but the trees are now coming up to a beau- 

 tiful color, and I can assure any one that they 

 need not be afraid to wash their trees with it, for 

 I have tried it for forty years, and have never seen 

 any bad effect, but on the contrary have always 

 found it a benefit. 



But to roturn. If we can turn peat mud into 

 manure which is as good as that which drops from 

 the cow, and Dr Dana says we can by adding 

 ashes, potash, or white ash, almost all our farmers 

 have the manure on hand to make their lands aa 

 rich as they wish, and instecd of appropriating ten 

 acres to pasturing a cow, which many of them do, 

 one acre will keep a cow the year round. 



And when they are getting out of this manure, 

 they can drain their meadows and convert these 

 unsightly receptacles for mud-tortoises, snakes, and 

 filthy vermin, into the most beautiful and fertile 

 fields. Yours, with respect, 



BENJ. WHEELER. 



Framingham, July 24, iSi'S. 



Reclaimed Meadoics. — The productive quality of 

 reclaimed meadows, with proper management, is 

 very durable. We saw, a short time ago, a mead- 

 ow on which there was a fine crop of grass. It 

 had been reclaimed ever since the commencement 

 of the revolutionary war, and 5 had produced good 

 crops ever since, with a top.fdres6ing occasionally. 

 The owner was then engaged in ditching, and 

 when he heard the news of the first battle, he left 

 ditching for the defence of his country, declaring 

 that he would dig no more til! he knew who would 

 own the soil. — East. Cult. 



Lightning. — Prof. Olmstead has kept an account 

 of the number of deaths by steam and lightning re- 

 spectively, which have been reported in the news- 

 papers during the last year. The result shows 

 that more lives are destroyed by lightning than by 

 accidents arising from the use of steam JVew Ha- 

 ven Herald. 



Poisoned. — We are informed, (.'■ays the Dover 

 piper,) that Mr Samuel Clark, of Parkman, Me., 

 was seriously poisoned on the 21st ult. , by the use 

 of Blue Flag Root in syrup. His life was despair- 

 ed of by himself and friends, for fortyeight hours. 



The N. II. Argus talks about a " spear" of grass 

 measuring "six feet twelve inches and a half." It 

 reminds us of a certain deacon's answer to "what's 

 the time ?"' after he had for the first time mounted 

 a new watch. "It wants," said he, "sixtythree 

 minutes of half past seven 1" — Barrt Oaz. <>■' I'^d) 



Potatoes. — A bronze statue is to bo erected in 

 France to the philosopher Parmenlier, who intro- 

 duced the culture of the potato into that country. 

 Every Irishman is a living monument, built of the 

 self-samo article — (not bronze but potatoes.) — Ibid. 



