XXII. NU. 99. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER, 



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of their stocks, and sales of fleeci's have 

 been made to a very preat extent, at some 

 !ment in prices. Pulled Wool has also 

 n ffood request, and a ijreater advance has 



ace in this article than in Fleece. The 

 lion of the manufacture of coarse Wool, has 



a sfent demand for this article, and the 

 lupplios in market a few months since, have 

 ry much diminished. 



'e is now in operation from 2.') to 50 per 



ire of woollen machinery than thfre was a 



o. The effects of the tariff have bngun to 



rably felt, and the woollen business will, no 



JO pursued wiih its former vigor. 



improvements in the fabrics connected with 



anch of business, within a few years, have 



ry great. The manufacture of Mouseline 



les has been introduced, and is likely to be 



ly and extensively pursued. 



e is probably, much loss Wool now in the 



of the growers, than at any former period 



|iy years. The stocks of dealers, although 



lisually large, and sufficient to supply the 



|i for the present, and it is reasonable to ex- 



lore firmness in the market, even if prices 



not materially improve. — Boston Courier. 



some another ; some very large, others smaller; 

 one wants chennngoes, a second, mohawlts, a third 

 long reds, a fourth ladies' thumbs, n fifth pink-eyes, 

 and so on : now if we carry to market all kinds 

 and sizes mized up together, yon may be tolerably 

 sure to have pome that will suit all purchasers. — 

 EitUr .VeiM Lelter. 



WHY, AND BECAUSE. 



Why should Farmers let their cows and 

 attle lounge about the yard, street or fiolds, 

 he ground is frozen and covered with snow? 

 le it gives them a good appetite for a larger 

 y of food and they will not be so particular 

 the quality. Whereas a warm, battened 



apt to make them grow contented, fat and 

 hen lied up, becoming dainty, unless you 



extravagant as to allow them salt, if their 

 8 not been salted. 



Why should cattle-cards and curry-combs 

 ided and disused ? Because they cost mo- 

 ind besides how much lime it takes to use 

 in our oxen, cattle and swine. Is not time 

 ? What if it makes the cows grow and give 

 Tiilk — the oxen stronger to do more work, 

 e hogs fatten better. — Is it not making more 

 or the farmer and his family .■' 



Why should farmers sell all their best 

 hen they have a chance? Because their cat- 

 .\ eat almost any thing in cold weather if 

 ave plenty of air and exercise. 



Why should swiun have as much room 

 sible in cold weather, in which to race about 

 •ow largo ? Becau.se keeping them in warm 

 5, giving them charcoal, lime, salt, rotten 

 &.C., keeps them in health and causes them 

 en ([uickly, which is no object when pork 

 ;)mmand but six cents a pound. 

 . Why should we never keep poultry after 

 ound is covered with snow, and they have 

 r laying? Because every body knows that 

 le duty of hens to lay eggs, — and though 

 an 't do this without such means, shoulil they 

 lulged with warm coops, and furnished with 

 , lime and gravel to make shells for their 

 or animal food to mix witli their grain, to 

 im ? Why should Ihey not lay by a slock of 

 .hings for winter, when they ought to know 

 nuch lime it takes the girls and buys to do it 

 em ? 



Why should we never be at the trouble to 

 our potatoes in the winter for seed in the 

 ; ? Because some purchasers like one kind, 



SALTPETRE FOR PEACH TREES. 



The following is extracted from a letter of Lyt- 

 tletnn Physic, M. D., to John S. Skinner, Esq., 

 published in the American Farmer: 



"I wrote an article upon the use of salt and 

 saltpetre for fruit trees, which was published in the 

 Cultivator — I think it will be found in the number 

 for August, 1841. I use 1 part of saltpetre to 

 from 4 to 8 parts of common salt, and apply in its 

 solid state, about 1-2 lb. of this mixture to a bear- 

 ing tree, upon the surface of the ground, and in 

 close connection with the trunk ol the tree. I 

 never disturb the earth about the tree. For n long 

 time I applied it three times in the course of the 

 year, though twice, I now think, will answer. I 

 have heretofore applied it in April, June, and first 

 of September. 



Of 500 trees, 300 were treated with salt and ni- 

 tre, and 200 left without its use : these around 

 which the saltpetre and nitre were put, were and 

 sliil continue entirely exempt from worms ; of 

 those left without the salt and saltpetre, not one 

 escaped the ravages of the peach worm. 



In your address you speak of the practice of tak- 

 ing out the worms with a hooked wire. Allow me 

 to suggest the proper time for destroying them, 

 (which is from the 1.5th to the 25th of August, 

 with me,) when they have enveloped themselves in 

 a cocoon, or otherwise are in their chrysalis state. 

 The envelope of the aurelia is made up of the tree, 

 and resembles the outer bark in color, and will be 

 found lying under the gum, on the ground, near 

 the tree, or in connection with the tree. I have 

 taken in this way, as many as 39 of these worms 

 from one tree, and have sedulously watched them 

 building their cells for hours together. The great- 

 est distance I ever obtained one from the tree was 

 about 3 1-2 inches. 



It is generally believed that this worm causes 

 the yellows : this it may do ; but I do not believe 

 that such a case occurs once in a thousand : I have 

 perceived the yellows in young trees about which 

 there never was a peach worm, and upon taking 

 them up have examined them, but no trace of that 

 insect could be found." 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXIIIKITIOM OF FRUITS. 



S„li„;l,n/, Dec. 30. 1843. 



Fine speciincns of Bluck Gillinower, Fall Pip- 

 pin, Spitzcntierg, Roxhury Russet, Baldwins, Beau- 

 ty, Chandler, R. I. Greenin(x, Russet Pearmain, 

 Queening (?)niid two Viirielics of Apples unknown. 

 Also, two Apples, In appearance and laste much 

 like the U. I. Greening, lnk(;n from a branch and 

 spur bearing Roxhury Russet.o. Also, Pound Pears 

 — from L. P. Grosvenor. 



From E. M. Richards— While Colvilleand Min- 

 ister -Apples. Also, a fine spcnitnen of a liakiug 

 Pear, known as the Bicknpll. 



From Jacob Dean, of Mansfield — Sugar Cluster 

 Russets. This gentleman has exhibited at the 

 rooms many fine Apples worthy of a place in every 

 well selected orchard, but these were judged more 

 of a curiosity than otherwise, from their small size. 



From Joseph Breck — a fine specimen of Tolman 

 Sweeting, with its distinctive mark. 



For the Committee, B. V. FRENCH. 



IXHIBITIOH OF FRUITS. 



Saturday, Jan. 0, 18-14. 

 From the Piesiilent of the Society — Columbian 

 (very beautiful,) Easter Bergamot and Beurre d' 

 ! Aremburg Pears, 



From Joseph Ealch — a perfect specimen of llub- 

 bardston Nonsuch Apple. 



For the Committee, 



JOSEPH BRECK. 



Salting Hay for Slock. — Mr I. Cartwright states 

 in the Boston Cultivator, that he has found salted 

 hay very injurious to his horses : they became 

 " broken winded." He sold two tons to a neigh- 

 bor who kept a horae and cow, and by the lime 

 the hay had been expended, his neighbor's horse 

 was as badly affectud as his own. VVe have no 

 doubt that to oblige animals to eat more salt than 

 they would naturally choose, is productive of inju- 

 ry, and as a general practice, we would not advise 

 the curing of hay wuh salt. Sometimes it may 

 happen that a load is unavoidably put up with too 

 much dampness in it, and in such a case salt may 

 be properly used to prevent its being damaged ; 

 but animals should not be confined to hay so cured. 

 —J}lb. Cult. 



It is proposed thai the premiums on household 

 manufactures at our Fairs, be decided by ladies. 



REMEDY FOR HOLLOW HORN. 

 A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer says : 

 " For about 30 years my father kept a dairy of 

 from 20 to 40 cows in the city of New York. For 

 the hollow horn, we always used from one to two 

 table spoonsful of spirits of turpentine, poured into 

 the hollow on top of the head, between the horns ; 

 and cutting off enough of the end of the tail to 

 bleed, which may be done by turning the long hair 

 upwards and cutting ofT a quarter of an inch or 

 less. I have known some persons to split the tail, 

 put in salt and bind it up. All the good effected is 

 by bleeding — therefore the less wound the better. 

 I never knew my father to bore the horns until 

 he had first tried the spirits of turpentine and 

 bleeding : if this failed, he bored the horns on the 

 under side only — never on the top except when 

 the holes on the under side could not be kept from 

 closing up with matter. I have heard him say he 

 never lost hut one cow with the hollow horn, 

 whilst bis neighbors who were engaged in the 

 same business, lost many. His rule was, and my 

 practice has been, when a cow was observed with 

 a sunken eye ami a dry nose, (which are the sure 

 signs of the hollow horn,) to put on spirits of tur- 

 pentine and bleed at the tail, and have had unva- 

 ried success." 



D. Tomlinson, of Schenectady, informs ihe edi- 

 tors of the Albany Cultivator that two of his neigh- 

 bors having seen oil reconuiiciided to kill caterpil- 

 lars on fruit trees, a|i|died it for this purpose on 

 plum trees last spring, and all the trees dicilfrom 

 the oil. 



