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help. I anticipated this effect from what I saw last 
year, and reduced the quantity to one hundred and fifty 
bushels on all the land then marling. I have reduced 
it now to one hundred bushels, and shall hereafter marl 
at that rate. 1 prefer to go over it again after I have 
finished all, and give it what it may prove itself able 
to bear after resting once or thrice. 
The crop of this year has satisfied me perfectly that cot¬ 
ton will mature at least a fortnight earlier on marled 
than on unmarled land. 
Another unexpected effect of marl it may be worth 
while to state. I commenced in the spring of 1842 to 
put it in my stable, pretty freely for the purpose of im¬ 
proving my manure. I did not think of its having any 
material effect on the health of the mules. But I have 
had but little sickness among them, and have not 
lost one since, while previously I lost on the average 
four annually, and never in any year, less than two. I 
attribute this change in a great measure to the absorp¬ 
tion of noxious gases by the marl. 
I am now marling as actively as heretofore, and I es¬ 
teem it so beneficial that I have this summer marled a 
field of over two hundred acres, the average haul of 
which is three miles from my landing: and being tol¬ 
erable fresh land that has rested this year, and was 
sowed in oats last year, which were not cut but grazed 
down after ripening, I have put on a hundred and fifty 
bushels. 
Mode of Applying Guano. —1 . It should never be ap¬ 
plied in contact with seeds, as it kills them as soon as 
they begin to vegetate. 
2. It should be mixed as equally as possible with 
about four times its bulk of finely pulverized earth, or 
peat-ashes, (cold.) If sand is used, about twice its 
bulk will be sufficient. 
3. The quantity per acre may vary from two to four 
cwt., according to the nature and quality of the land. 
Recent experiments have shown that a quantity which 
proved highly beneficial in poor soil, became deleterious 
upon land previously rich. 
4. The best time for applying it is shortly after ve¬ 
getation has commenced, and immediately before rain, 
or during damp warm weather. 
5. The best mode of application is, to divide the 
quantity per acre into two or three equal parts, and sow 
them broadcast at intervals of about ten days or a 
fortnight. t 
6. For small allotments it may be more convenient 
to use it in a liquid state—in which case, mix 4 lbs. of 
guano with 12 gallons of water, and let it stand for 24 
hours before being used. The same guano will do for 
mixing again with the same quantity of water, after 
the first is drawn off.— London Gar. Chron. 
Great Fecundity. —A gentleman of this city, of the 
highest respectability, called at our office a few days 
since, and stated that a sow on his farm in the neigh¬ 
borhood had the evening before given birth to eleven 
fine full grown pigs, and that about twelve hours after, 
she produced another litter of ten, about three fourths 
matured—evidently the result of a second conception.— 
Southern Planter. 
To Preserve Eggs. —Take 1 bushel of quick lime, 2 
lbs. of salt, 8 oz. of cream of tartar, mix the salt with 
as much water as will reduce the composition to a con¬ 
sistency that an egg will swim in it when put in. Eggs 
are thus preserved two years.— Ellsworth’s Report. 
Simple Mode of Purifying Water. —It is not so gen¬ 
erally known as it ought to be, that pounded alum pos¬ 
sesses the property of purifying water. A tablespoon¬ 
ful of pulverized alum, sprinkled into a hogshead of 
water, (the water stirred at the time,) will after a 
lapse of a few hours, by precipitating to the bottom the 
impure particles, so purify it that it will be found to 
possess nearly all the freshness and clearness of the 
finest spring-water. A pailful, containing four gal¬ 
lons, may be purified by a single teaspoonful.— South¬ 
ern Planter. 
Prolectio7i of Peach-Trees from Worms. —Screenings 
of anthracite coal are a good protection of peach-trees 
against worms. Place around each tree, a box two 
feet square and six inches deep, and fill it with coal, 
and they will have no indications of worms around 
them.— Morristown Jerseyman. 
To Destroy Worms in Peach-Trees. —Scoop the earth 
from about the root of the tree, so as to form a bowl to 
be 18 to 24 inches from the tree; do this about the first 
of September; let it remain so until the first of Decem¬ 
ber ; then fill the bowl level with wood-ashes; I have 
used leached ashes with uniform success; I have no 
doubt that lime will do as well or better than ashes. 
By exposing the roots to the sun and air, the propaga¬ 
tion of the worm is checked.— Louisville Journal. 
The Chemical and Physiological Balance of 
Organic Nature. An Essay, by J. Dumas and J. B. 
Bousingault. Edited by D. P. Gardner, M. D., Lec¬ 
turer on Agricultural Chemistry, &c. From the third 
edition, with new documents. Published by Saxton &. 
Miles, 205 Broadway—price 50 cents.—The abore is a 
valuable little work of 174 pages, and is prefatory to a 
more detailed and elaborate treatise which is in press 
from the same authors, and will soon be published. 
We can not present a better idea of the one before 
us, than in an extract from the preface by M. Dumas. 
££ This essay presents a variety of new views, calcu¬ 
lated to supply general physiology, medicine, and ag¬ 
riculture, with grounds upon which the study of the 
chemical phenomena that take place in organized be¬ 
ings may be advantageously pursued.” Dr. Gardner 
has added a few notes, thereby much enhancing the 
value of the American edition. 
The Economy of Waste Manures : A Treatise 
on the Nature and Use of neglected Fertilizers, by 
John Hannam of Yorkshire, England. Carey & Hart, 
Philadelphia—price 25 cents. Here we find within the 
compass of 94 pages, where invaluable fertilizing ma¬ 
terials now usually going to waste may be had; such 
as liquid drainings from cattle-sheds and manure-heaps 
—sewerages of towns—waste of manufactures of wool¬ 
len, flax, soap, gas, sugar, tanning, &c., &c. Most of 
these substances have too long been considered mere 
nuisances, not only in England, but in this country, 
and the public should be obliged to the author of the 
above work for calling attention to their value for the 
farmer, in the clear forcible manner in which he has 
done it, for they are among the cheapest manures, and 
most highly-fertilizing materials that can be found, to 
enrich his lands and increase his crops. 
To Correspondents. —T. F. When you solicit a 
favor which is of no earthly interest to the person ad¬ 
dressed, and which gives him considerable trouble, it 
would be no more than fair at least to pay your postage. 
Our purse (we speak not of our time) is too often taxed 
in this way by correspondents, who will do well to re¬ 
member this, and consider it as a general hint to all 
concerned. We have inserted an advertisement, which 
is the best method we know of for effecting your ob¬ 
ject. There will be no charge for the same. 
Dear Mr. Tioga. As a member of one of the commit¬ 
tees in question, we had no confidence in our knowledge 
or ability to make a satisfactory report, and therefore 
forbore doing so. We presume others came to the 
same conclusion, as we have seen neither hide nor hair 
of said convention, nor any reports of its doings since i6 
adjourned in- this city last October. 
