AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (AoaieuLTOBAi. Wabehoube.) 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 184^. 



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FARMER. 



From the Farmer's Caliiiiet. 



OBACCO AROUND PEACH TREES. 



Eduor — I liave read with interest in different 

 ers of llio Ciibi.u't. articles respecting- the 

 dations of the insect .^s;cria exitiosa, upon 

 each tree, and have seen various remedies 

 siJ. I, too, am induced to offer one, as sim- 

 s I believe il is effectual, viz: an application 

 lacco in the following manner. In the latter 

 >( si,.iii;,f or early part of Bunimor, scrape the 



from around the body of the tree, to the 



of one to three inches, being particularly 

 ul not to injure the crown of the roots ; fill 

 lasiii thus formed, with trash tobacco from the 

 I, and envelope the boll of the tree to the 

 lit of three or four inches, with the stems or 

 s. ! do lut offer this as a means to renovate 

 leased tree, but as a preventive, the effii;iency 

 lich has been tested for nineteen years, by 

 icl Wood, one of the most noted nurserymen 

 .'Xtensive fruit-growers in ihi^ section ofcoun- 

 and alno by other practical farmers with un- 

 or success. The efficacy of tobacco when ap- 



in tliis nianne-, appears to result in its nni- 

 il ru'HSsoiiii. ss. The place which tliis insect 

 ts fcr dopo, iiirg its ecrge, is the junction of 

 loll of the tree with tie surface of the ground, 

 findir.g there ii substance which is loathsome 

 , it clooses rather to wino its way to the or- 

 d of a less provident neighbor, than to consign 

 ggs, and consequently to trust the reproduction 

 :s species to a tree so fortified against its at- 

 s. I am aware that some may lie prejudiced 

 nst this remedy on account uf its simplicity ; 

 it II ^v be well to remember, that simple inven- 

 s and simple remedies are often the most valu- 



A I'uCKhVE Farsier. 

 mithjield, Ohio. 



lars, and I am sure the stock will appear far better 

 at the opening of the spring. 



You will perceive that ttie respective value of 

 vegetables for food is six cents a bu-fiel, while hay 

 is at ten, and straw at four. It may be said there 

 is some cost in preparing the vegct.ihle food, but 

 this is more than compensated, if properly done, by 

 the extra quantities of manure made." 



Thus it appears that 20 lbs. of straw and 8 Ib.f. 

 of roots mixed, are more valuable than 20 lbs. of 

 good hay, while the actual cost is much less. Four- 

 teen tons of roots are a moderate crop per acre, 

 while the average of hoy will fall considerably be- 

 low two tons to the acre. The advantage in fa- 

 vor of the turnip is thus perfectly apparent, and 

 the farmer who persists in mowing his twenty or 

 forty acres, which would furnish roots sufficient, if 

 mixed with the straw which might be grown on the 

 remainder, to l;eep his animals far better than the 

 hay, and leave the grain crop nearly a clear profit, 

 is clearly acting against his true interests. Again 

 we say to our farmers, you did well last year by 

 so extensively entering upon the culture of roots; 

 you will do better this year by greatly extending 

 their cultivation. — Ezch. pop. 



engorgement, I will not say ; but as you ore a doc- 

 tor, I will leave it to you to decide. J. L. 



TIME 



From llie Albany Culliratiir, 



METHOD OP 



ROOTS vs. HAY. 



Vc t:.l<e tli'j following from a rrport made to 

 Mossachupelts .Agricultural Society, by the 

 isrs. Colt, of Pillsfield, Berkshire Co. The 

 ;er says : 



Mv stock now consists of 1000 sheep, 8 young 

 n, t> cows, and 3 horses. I have raised this 

 3on for the use of my stock, 5.544 bushels of 

 etabio"*, all to be cut and fed out with cut 

 w. As to the respective value of the vegeta- 

 fooJ, tl.'O loUowing statement will perhaps best 

 ibii it. 



have commenced feeding and shall continue to 

 d, J 1 head of horned cattle wiili 2l) I'js. of cut 

 iw cell per day, 4 cts. for each 20 lbs., 5() cts. 

 ID to each, 8 lt>s. of roots gratod, mixed with 

 iw, 3 cents — 42 cts. And now allow 150 days 

 the season of feeding, at I'b cts., is .$147. The 

 ac slock would require 10 His. of hay each per 

 ' for l.'iO days ; they would consume 42,000 lbs., 

 lal to 21 tons; at the moderate price of .$10 per 

 , ,'*2I0. Bilance in favor of root feed, 0.3 dol- 



Froni the Maine Farmer. 



ACCIDENTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 

 Some years ago, I sowed about half an acre of 

 wheat near my barn ; my neighbors' hens came on 

 it and began their scratching, and as I did not 

 want to quarrel with my neighbors, I let them 

 scratch. But in despite of biddies' scratching, 

 (fur they scratched the piece nearly all over,) the 

 wheat came up well and grew thick and even, and 

 at harvest time I had some over 18 bu.<:hel.<. 



Last year, I sowed half of a bushel of wheat on 

 a part of the same ground above mentioned, and 

 my hens, and those of others, immediately went to 

 work and scratched it nearly or quite over ; they 

 followed this business daily for some lime, but the 

 wheat came up thick and grew well, and 1 had a 

 good crop for any year, considering how much the 

 apple trees shaded it. 



I sowed about four bushels of wheat besides, on 

 ground nearly or quite as favorable for a crop ; it 

 came up well, but soon after, tlio worms and fly 

 destroyed it so that I had more from the half bush- 

 el where th- hens scratched it over, than I had 

 from all the reinaiiuler. 



So, is it not a fact that hens save more spires of 

 wheat by destroying grubs and worms, itian they 

 destroy by picking up the grain ? — for all they get 

 is that which is so near the top of the ground, that, 

 if it ever comes up, when dry weather comes, the 

 roots (for grain roots are all lateral,) dry up, and 

 I have even seen the grain itself shriveled and dry, 

 and perhaps the next day, after a sliowur, the same 

 kernel would be swollen as though it was ready to 

 burst, and the roots were in a similar condition. 



Now, such wheat is always troubled with the 

 ytllows — whether the yellow jaundice or the yel- 

 lows from dyspepsia, brougfit on by abstinence and 



FOR CUTTING AND 

 CURING HAY. 



Having been requested to iniiku known tlie ex- 

 periments I have tried and fully tested, I now sub- 

 mit thein pro bono publico, witli ah due deference 

 to the opinions of my seniors in agriculture. 



My practice is to commence cutting when one- 

 third of the blossoms of clover have turned brown, 

 and the timothy just parting with its bloom. The 

 grass thus cut is drawn immediately into llie barn, 

 and one bushel of fine salt spread by hand ihinly 

 over each alternate layer composing a ton, as it is 

 slowed away in ihe mow. Tlie salt prevents mow 

 burning, moulding, &c., and the stock are induced 

 to eat it as greedily as ihey would new mown 

 nrass, which it nearly resembles, as its most nutri- 

 tious juices are preserved, being diffused through 

 the stem of the entire plant at that period of its 

 growth. If left on the ground until tlie seed ri- 

 pens, the saccharine juice of the plant is lost. 



The principal desire of ihe fanner should be to 

 preserve the green appearance of his hay, and at 

 the same time make it tender and palatable to his 

 slock. The fermentation which ensues after it is 

 housed, secures that object, and prevents tl e inevi- 

 table injury to his meadows which follows ipen- 

 ino- grasses. By early harvesting he obtain- a lux- 

 uriant growth of aftermath or rowen, almost as 

 nutricious as the first, and as much relished by 

 cattle, but peculiarly adapted to sheep. 

 Yours, respectful Iv, 



R. L. PELL. 

 Pelham, Ulster Co., M Y. 



Ciiution to Farmers. — On Thursday, 14 young 

 cattle, belonging to Mr Duinbell, near this town, 

 (Douglass, Isle of Man.) were suddenly seized nitfi 

 illness while grazing in a meadow, and in a few 

 hours three of them died. An experienced farrier 

 was sent for with haste. On his arrival, he in- 

 stantly set about ascertaining the cause of sickness 

 and consequent death. On examining the stom- 

 achs of the cattle that had died, each was found to 

 contain a qnautily of the roots of common Hem- 

 lock. He saved the other II animals by inimedi- 

 atc bleeding, and giving them pounded chalk and 

 other ingiedients in warm milk. Il appears that the 

 cause of the hemlock roots coming within the reach 

 of the animals, originated in the drains throughoDt 

 the meadow liaving been recently opened, and in 

 turning up the earth, brge i|uanlities of the roots 

 of this deadly poison tiad been dug up, and strewn 

 upon the surface. 1 his should operate as a cau- 

 tion to formers not to turn cattle into boggy pas- 

 tures while the operation of clearing drains is be- 

 in<T porforiued, as in such situations the presence 

 of this poisonous root may almost alwoys be sus- 

 pecteji. — English pap. 



Always plan before jou undertake a work. 



