MOORE^S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
models some of those old stone farm houses 
on the banks of the Hudson, or some of 
those -with the projecting roof, forming the 
stoop, so prevalent sixty years since in New 
Jersey? These were truly American, and 
far more comfortable, if not more picturesque, 
than the castles affd temples, and pagodos 
of other climes. 
INSECTS AND BIRDS. 
** Look round the world ! behold the chain of love 
Combining .nil below and all above- 
See pla.siic nature woiking to this end ; 
Atoms to atoms —clods to crystal tend. 
See dying vegetaMcs life sustain ; 
See life dissolving, vegetate ag.ain,— 
All setved, all serving, nothing stands alone. 
The chain holds on, and where it ends unknown.’ 
wonderM.y™ado .-.-Y a„Al,-™se a„d l^d tr„eckVreTel ttTnlfS 
nowerful Creator —to his grievous com- o o .1 • u j j. , • 
. . • * v- j 1 _ __ _ _ three inches deep and twenty inches across. 
plaints and bitter charges against ir s ana SURPRISE APPLE. Into this I poured twelve aallons of boiling 
insects “ designed,” as he says, “ along with 
^ life dissotving. yegemte ag.ain,— thoms and thistles, noxious wceds and rcp- There is an apple which many persons To my ^eat satisfaction the trees, instead 
'iI'e^ci?a?n’ho\'d?on:"md wher^^ it^ends unknown.’ tilcs, a curse to man.” By wliom thus curious in their collection, tolerate, although d dying, immediately pushed out vigorous 
“Thefearof Jehovah ia the beginning of knowledge designed, let US inquire ? Let N. G. ans- of very ordinary merits as an eating fruit— shoots, took a healthy appearance, and made 
For Fools despise wisdom and mstrucuon. e> ^ ^ ^ unc growth of wood, and have Since borne 
\fKssRs. Editors:— Your correspondent ^ -wise rea or. ease being of a sour, austere and wild flavor, of crops of delicious fruit. I experiment- 
three inches deep and twenty inches across. 
Into this I poured twelve gallons of boiling 
water. 
To my great satisfaction the trees, instead 
ofotherclimea Messrs. Editors :-Your correspondent wer.- oemg oi a sour, austere »..u nuvore. two crops of delicious fruit. I experiment- 
One thing, which we owe to the introduc- n. G., of Clyde, demonstrates in his com- complaining, then,—for, in the language of medium size, and good shape. Its pecnli- ed last year, again, with equal success, and 
tion of oU models Is the abolition of much manieations that he goes for the extermin- N- G„ " a failure in the design of the Ore- arity consists in its color; though green on now am ready, like old Dr. Sangrado, to 
of the glare and newness of white paint - ation of at least one other thing, or proper- f ’ » «»■“ '‘”3' f <=“ 7 , ‘ho Aoch is as red as a blood beet, *oi vater m all desperate casea 
so dazzUng to the eye, and so offensive to all ty. besides birds and insects; and that is, the « /"“oyy to. an All-wise Creator entirely to the core, which wA us has grv- --- 
principles of taste and appropriateness. A /„„■(,/ of the Queen’s English. He is en- ‘I’,'’ "Fn 70 of en it the name it at present bears. THE CUCUMBER. 
L ..irxtic eLnclfxa hv X- . 1 . ■..Lie rxffix.-h Trxxf what N. G. denominates curses—and must It was known to the Romans as the uRm- ^ . .. 
', 1 cicxcoLr cindfxd Lxr “x* 1 f 1 • xu'e xx-Liln xrof wliat N. G. denominates curses—and must it, .^yas known to tne xtomans as me ^u- ™ ^ . c 
pure white house, unless closelj shaded b} tirely successful in this effort, while it yet mnn’e i i?- ■ j r) n % +i xx n? Cucumber is a fruit of great anti- \ 
shrubbry. Is a nuisance which should be remains somewhat doubtful whether he has ® ow, i so ‘ , 1 , . , tm a, an liny ca si i a . quity, found wild in all warm countries, and > 
abated-should be .softened down to some succeeded in persuading any who are not as good and should, therefore, be patiently During the reign of the English Elizabeth cultivated to an amazing extent all over \ 
moresobertint—but still not too sombre, biirbarous in heart, as he is in style, that his . it was introduced into England and called theworld-asnrprising7t,whencontrasted 
or the influence will be gloomv and unpleas- -i„io„s eonceming the animal kingdom, are “ some httle experience as a the Queen Apple, in compliment to that ru- with its nourishing q^ities, few or none of 
. , r r xxi ...xri Myxixnvfni ‘ic if x'^ 1 1 • ” .1 hi xx 1 Vx r orryiiTYxonf farmcT, Bod whcther it is because we are ler. Maffet, a writer on the proper diets our culinary vegetables having less nutri- s 
ant, instead of lively and cheeiful, as it foundedinreasonandsustained by argument r -u xxo x l ui • xi •k’ ment it being of a cold and watery nature, \ 
, ,, , xi, ...„^Lxxi f,.xxrxx xxnn x- xT. • fricudly to tlic birds, or for somc othcr Tca- to preserve health, in describing the proper- = - , j j < 
should be. Many lia\c rushed trom one -vr ^ rtrocceds to arirue his cause on this ^ ^ . r n ^ k i and to persons of a weak and dehcate con- ) 
extreme to the other, forgetting that there • N fields have ties of fruit, mentions the Queen Apple as gtitution very indigestive. When dressed ) 
is about half-way “a goldeiUinean,” and , . , x . i k Tieither been ravaged by the lesser birds, being one produced by grafting on the with oil, vinegar, and pepper, it is freely 
that the character and style of the house “if. fn,,”v nor by the crows. We shared Mulberry; so little was the law, that like used to cool the Wings and sharpen 7 
orxxi cx,xn.nffnainrr«f.pryprv«hnnld hp Studied “^sccts—and A. Y. A cstimates tuc im cherries hitherto very cheerfully with must be grafted on like, understood at that appetite; hence the common saying, “as 
and surrounding scenery should be studied, mense amount that a single bird is capable , ,. . , xu i i i * Luxx -T • i x i. cool as a cucumber.” 
so that the color most pleasing and effective of destroying-then I ask, why were birds the birds, because ^ey le ped protec na pertod, that new roses were said to I>e pro- culture in the open air is of the 
may be employed, and art appear in unison made, or what is their use to man or beast? while maturing. Perhaps, if we had had duced by grafting with the beach, and the simplest character. Merely dig out a hole, i 
and harmony, and not incongruous and op- —and what link of the great economy of enthusiasm for the sweet harmonies of na- v?hite blossoming peach with the wiUow. about a foot wide and deep; fill it with rich, | 
TXised to Nature creation would be broken, if they should be- ^.ure, we too might prefer the music of q^bis apple is truly a curiosity. Most sandy soil; raise it above the surface about j 
For our own part, as in the selection of S orbWs'coS" S beff foffhe ‘’'"i P“P'*- *>“"8 i‘’‘“PP»*® tor mouth six ^hes; the hills should be six ; 
• xi lx * f * +■ fxx X • j 1 • j tlx 4- ‘ riads of feathered songsters. As it is we jg bleedinsr ■ and often afibrds much inno- 6nch way. Any time in May or June, sow ( 
compamons, and the choice of intimate destruction and keeping down the teeming ix +ix +v, v, x> Tr.iir«Vi nrof^r ^' x u ^ Isw seeds therein, and the result is certain, 
friends, a man can suit liimself best, so we productiveness of insect life, as a considera- enjoy both-though we much prefer the cent merriment among young persons, by 
think in the plan and style of his house, the ble share of them are not carmverous, but latter. the surprise of those attempting to eat, ^ ^ays; if the nights are cold, protect- 
farmer should follow his own taste and ^ conclude this somewhat protracted yjrho are unacquainted with its peculiarty of them. There is frequently a httle bug, 
^ . .X e e I A pei-foriD that office to any great extent, it aj-tide bv commending to our opponent, the color which preys upon the tender leaves; if so, 
carry ou is own i eas ^ or an ^^uld follow that it was a failure in the de- ’of ornithology and entomology-and There are also two red-fleshed peaches, soot and wood ashes or plaster sprinkled 
convcnicncG, rfttner tnsn to iniit&t6 the gipm Qf the Creator, h coroU&ry thst Cftnnot , , . *. ,1 .v 111 - 11 /^ 1*1 over them while wet with the dew* will re* 
villas and count^i residences of city nabobs, L^^dmitted.” ’.r."; the"ess of The deprSlr L 
or to copy from the architectural whimsies The reader will notice the first inquiry f kis pres^ “ d^ructivene^ vnU „amcd from the scarlet cap wom by those ^ 
affected by traveled gentlemen, or from contained in this extract: “Ifbirds were aim- soon learn that the “ All^se Creator did ecclesiastics—both of wh^ are blood red, leaves, mp the points off to make 
foreigners who honor the conntiy xvith created to destroy insects, then, why not make birds and mse^ lyain-nor for unpalatable, and only fit for preserves. branch out. They will fruit sooner by it. 
orxxxx.j'Cvxxxrxc x.r LxxUrUrx.xc of ixrxTvirx TlxrxnrvL A o,. wu * A * ixxxxxxfo R CUTSC, but foT high und iioblc cnds, Rs cou- The Surprise Apple, grafted on r limb Ihree vines to one hill is quite enough. 
or the influence will be gloomy and unpleas- opinions concerning the animal kingdom, are 
specimens of buildings at home. Though birds made ?” Why, to destroy insecte ^ ^ ^ 
guided b, a professional architect, unless his m be sure. Why were birds made if they wth man s well-being. x. y. z. of a white-fleshed tree, produces itself m 
means are veiy^ ample he cannot compete were created to destroy insects ? It seems WIEE'rEW perfMtion wtoh is a strong proof of the 
with the original, and would do far better the question answers itself, whatever .i . +i h h ^wtrme, a e ea 7 
to set himself to work, nmnfiuenced by „ew yon take of it; and to shows what ^ H ,, peculiarities of production in 
nrfteedent to build “his own DroDer mansion fTimi-nfilifir ic ViaiL Ia man and beasL’' ^ i-x^j _ k. P P 
Buist's Kitchen Gardener. 
WIRE FENCE. 
THE PEACH WORM. 
precedent to build “his own proper mansion their utility is, both to “ man and beast” completed yet only some thirty rods being P .. P P MJw 
and home, the seat of self-fruition, and inquires, “What link of the put up. But we are fully satisfied that it is ___ ‘ _ 
comfortablest part of his own life,” with economy of creation would be broken the cheapest and most durable fence that THE PEACH WORM. 
such decent “ delights and adornments” as if thev fthe birds 1 should become extinct can be made. We have put up five strands —- 
, X . • 1 j X X- It tney, [tne Diras,jsnouja oecome exiincc. f o- ryire the lowest 22 inches from Our readers will bear m mind, we hope, 
shdl suit his circumstances and stetion. existence 6,000 species of birds ground, the top 4 feet 7 inches. The that all peach trees suffering ; from the attacks 
These views of American Raral Archi- —«musical and happy sylphs,” whose pres- wire was not annealed, except the ends of of the peach worm, should be thoroughly WRIGHT’S CORN CULTIVATOR. 
tecture have already had an influence in cheers the solitude of inanimate na- some pieces, that would not bend without examined and cleared of these intruders^ Wright’s double pointed steel tooth 
mauy ^.ts of the oountry. _ Adaptation of zpring-time-rendered broatog before to e^ of to present ^ The represented above, is a de- 
WRIGHT’S CORN CULTIVATOR. 
I I Porn GuUiyator renresented above is a de- 
The fence is made over a very uneven exudation of gum at the surface of the • i i i ' i e 
_. I 1*1 *11 .1 . 1 __ . _1 1 -_ 1 _ r»»v*r»Kl/1 on/l lYOI-f 1/*11 1 o»«lir TIT/M*frMT AT 
simplicity, and propriety — in short, the 
3lO.CPxSV;A.ry 
implement by 
THE SEASON. 
principal Implement Stores throughout 
FOOD RAISED ON AN ACRE, 
The amount of human food that can be 
elegant, yet simple farm-house, wherfe every great economy of creation would be to put a post at intervals of about 6 rods, by a certain distinguished horticulturist in (.Q^sist in the superiority of its work, 
thing is appropriate and convenient, without “The human being who, amid and that is as near as is necessary. We Downi^'S Magazine, under the incog, o (I^ 2 .ability, light draft, freedom from clog- 
tawdry and ambitious ornament, or aftected gucii geenes and songs in seasons of rural igge +nrn tov n r.paf>L ging, and the trifling cost of new teeth when 
A fliwxcxxxrJrvxWQtlxTn nf Tnndpkonlvadanted • j j t i-x° xl -xu were driven m the post, as spaced off, and “You can do this-good tuin for a peach & t>’ • ° mi x xi At- 
and flimseyimitaUon of models only adapted serenity and delight, can pass them with .^j^e made fast One man took a coil, tree in five minutes, by lifting the soil around they are required. The teeth are made of 
toadifterantcountry and climate, but ramer indifference, and even contempt, is de- and passed along the line uncoiling, until it two or three inches deep, laying bare the rolled steel, having two points, and bolted 
suited to and characteristic of the American ggrving of deep sympathy and pity; for ab- the whole number of strands were laid along, stem just between wind and water, as the in the centre to a shank of wrought iron, 
farmer. u. must be that heart, callous the feelings, they were then drawn through the staples old sailors say. If all looks clean and smooth wjjgn Qjjg point is worn out, the teeth are 
Maple Hill, May, 1850. ^ denraved the taste, which, neither the at the opposite end, as taut as two men there, very well; replace the soil again. ^ If, reversed, thus eivincr new points—and 
-^ x xi, .xxxx xvx^izxzi .xf could conveniently draw them, and tempo- on the other hand, you see then look x xi ^ x-x 
TH E SEA SON. charms of nature, nor the sweet melody of fastened. The staples used, were out for the enemy. Scratch a moment with w.hennecessary,newteethcanbesubstitu- 
No better index of the backwardness of innocence, nor the voice of gratitude and de- as described in the last number, of your knife where the gum oozes out, and ted at a cost of only 25 cts. each, 
the season need be cited than the lateness votion, can reach.” No. 11 wire; with these the wire was fast- you will get on his trail; cut into the bark This Cultivator is manufactured and'sold 
of the Earlv Peas For several years past Nor do birds minister alone to the luxury ened to the posts. We shall improve upon till you find him—in the shape of a white wholesale and retail by P. D. Wright, 120 ! 
, x ’ 1 TU-X 1 Xi xx; 1 X f uox Tixxxxz oixt dxxx fav tlfis part SO fiir OS to gct malleable Hon stR- pTub, three-quarters of an inch long — and ax„xp ^x Rorbester—and can be had atthc 
to market gardeDcrs have exhibited their and amusement of life I hey md to far- j,,, t,,,. la,™ posts. The next step was then found, “ make no note of iV’ 6 nt sot- antoan he had a^e 
first samples from the 1st to the 5th of June, rner and gardener in defending the various jq gQj^e good sized hemlock stakes, tie his accounts as rapidly as you can. principa mp^men k. ores roug ou 
but this year they will not be in market vegetable productions from the destructive and setting them at intervals of about 15 This grub comes from an egg laid in the Wester n New York. _ 
much before the first of July, as the earliest depredations of insects which would other- feet, depending upon the length of the hot- summer, by the winged insect— FOOD EAISED^O^AN ACRE 
planted are only fairly in blossom. Straw- wise eat up every green thing. Their wan- tom board. A hole was first made with a Unless the creature is wonderfully abun- - 
Lrries are not entirely out of bloom, and ton destruction is, therefore, a crime and large iron bar, and the stakes driven well it contents iteelf with looking about The amount of human food that can be 
X 1 • 1 A 7 aar<t L 11 Lxx rxxxrxtcLfxd W 1 hp v^fatp flidboritips down by a heavy maul. Bottom boaids for the tender bark at the surface of the raised upon an-acre is worthy of great eon- 
we remember to have picked, some years should be punished by the State author ties, ^^g^g p^^t on 4 inches below the lowest wire, ground. On this account, it is a good plan gideration. One hundred bi^hels of Indian 
past, ripe fruit on the 31st of May. as it is in the Bay State. fi^ey were the relics of an old board ^ outwit the rascal by heaping up a litttle corn per acre is not an uncommon crop.— 
The first Curculio made its appearance “But, [says N. G.,] as they do not per- fence, there is no uniformity in the width, ggj^g or pile of wood ashes, tan or sand, say q^q peck per. week will not only sustain 
in this region, on the apricot, on the 4th form that office to any great extent, [that is which is not material, only as far as the inches high around the trunk. The solo ufe, but give a man strength to labor, if the 
inst Plums are not vet* large enough to xLp destruction of insects'! it would follow j object of this is to guard the soft place m gfomach is properly toned*to that amount of 
mst. i urns xje not yet ^ J the destruction ot insectoj it would loiiow ^ ^^^g g^nkes; but still it Wxanted a support the bark at the neck of the tree. On this food. Thisf then, would feed one man 400 
attract these depredators. The May Bug, that it was [is] a failure in the design of the this was obtained by dri^ ^gggnnt you must clear away the pile eveiy weeks, or almost eight years! 
is but rarely seen this year, (^ery as Creator,a corollary that cannot be admitted.” yigg in a short stake. It would be as well foi]^ so as to let the bark harden again. If Four hundred bushels of northern pota- 
their period of the larvse state of existence Here he admits that there is a Creator who to drive along one if you have them plenty, yg^ do not, but keep it there winter and toes can also be raised upon an acre. This 
is four years, why do they not observe that ig actuated by design. After “ creating making the space between the stakes only gammer, you will find that it does no more would give a bushel a week for the same 
Deriod of general appearance, in conformity every winged fowl after his kind,” the con- some 7 feet. A portion of the wire has good than blowing against the wind—for length of time; and the actual weight of an 
X xi I *1 xF xx.xxizx.rne locust 1 • ^A fxxHxxwc • « A nxl PoH eaw been coatcd With gRS tur, which Will make ^be very plain reason that the bark becomes acre of sweet potatoes is 21,344 pounds, 
to to law tot governs to ,eadz as follows. And God 7 and consequently tender at tlie top of to pile, instead of to ,„hich is not considered an extraordinary 
It has been quite too dry tor wo wee s ^^^at it was gOod.” Gen. 1: 21. Now jg j-ust. A quart will answer for 100 rods, gm-face of the ground, as before.” crop. This would feed a man six pounds a 
past. Wheat has not sufiered, but grass bear N. G.’s conclusion: “So, Mr. Editor, I and would cost 6 cents. As we have put q<be same eiaineiit writer gives us the day for 3557 days, or 9 -| years! 
lands, except those newly laid down, are am confirmed in my former assertion, [as- it up it will cost about 36 cents per rod; and results of an experiment in treating these To vary the diet we will occasionally give 
thin and light. On lands subject to heav- ^ertionn that the whole creation of birds is a good protection against animals. We bttle fellows with hot water; which however, rice. This lias been grown, at the rate of 
ing by frost a great portion of the timothy ^^d insects were [was] designed as a curse 80 »ds this se^mi and fo, general use, will not be found, quite so ninety-three bushels to the acre oyer aii en- 
mg uy 1 V-n 1 ... ^ ° c x > all our new fences will be built oi wire.— convenient for the worm, as the knife,— tire field. This, at forty-five lbs. to the 
and clover is winter kille . and infliction on man, or one of natures, Grower. x.t have satisfied myself by experiment, bushel, would be 4185 lbs.; or, at twenty- 
The species of blight that has attacked j-tbat is God’s,] redundancies, without rno- ----—- fthouo-h I am soriy I have not yet had time eight fts. to the bushel, when hulled, 2604 
the Button-wood for three or four years or design.” “A failure in the design Deei’Plowing uniformly increases the the ^Aeory,) that a good dose of lbs., which, at two pounds a day, would feed 
past, is again noticed this spring. It ap- ^be Creator,” says N. G., in the former quantity of grass, gram and root crops. It bot water is a means of bringing-to many a man 1302 days, or more than 3^ years! 
Lars to be a defect in the leaf bud, which quotation is “ a corollary that cannot be ^l^o tends to consolidate light soils, it has tbe ghost Upon reflection, it is not very wonderful 
S to open The trees recover again du- ALlg with N G in this.it been found that the heads ot gram, though pg,,ers; and if that so many non-producers are able to find 
Jnxr+VipLmmer admitted. ^ , , .. much fuller and heaviei, stand more up- xbere is life enough left, a good scalding at food, when we see how many mouths one 
The LLral coldness and lateness of the becomes utterly impossible to admit the right on such land as h^ been deeply plow- ^be neck seems to produce a reaction that laborer can fill.-^meman Agriculturist. 
scion may lead u! to expect a very light absurdly inconsistent assertion which he re- ed. This is attributable to the greater wonderful. ----- 
ewarminrr L bees and but little honey. iterates, as quoted above, at the conclusion strength of the roots, and the much greater pg^^^b If Husbandry is made as respectable, as 
In 1848 the different hardy varieties of bis long article. depth to which they penetrate, whenmvi ed ^ favorite apricot, that had been failing it ought to be, it will serve to check one of 
Roses bloomed from the 1st to the 4th of ^be “Birds and Insects” have a no to it by deep, thorough cultivation S ch ^ ggasons-although before the greatest evils that bears now heavily 
T L’xxL TxrxTir Vinrdlv show their buds. - , .v xi lx" soils, however, always require for perfecting . verv serviceable trees. They had upon the community,—the rush of our 
ThTite! Buri[pearSon the Olh in vast 7 “ 7*°! their pulveris^n, and fully developing their badly treated by the worm, to j young men into learned professions, which 
n,.mb^''on Si tL light lands in the lake and logic of N. G. they may put off the ai^tle qualities, to be well harrowed and be sure, but that had been attended to in are already filled to overflowing, especially 
region in 1848. time of their final extermination, at least, rolled. time., and the roots appeared to be in a very that of the law, which, under the present 
After occasional showers on Sunday, it outside of eternity’s outermost cycle. cultivation of flax and manufacture fair condition. Still, the trees dwindled, wretched course of legislation, of naaking 
commenced raining from the north and \Ve must pass hastily over what he says of linen is to be introduced into the South looked sickly, and bore little or no fruit.—- litigation c leap,is s arving iis once lonor 
» ^ . ,1 _5„x.:.xxx. xVxxx rxJxxLf nil vvemubipasox J . , I A., „ xixxovxxxx.,ixx vxxrviGxlir T vGcnteftdnnxatrial abe and most useful profession. 
convenient for the worm, as the knife:— tire field. This, at forty-five lbs. to the 
“I have satisfied myself by experiment, bushel, would be 4185 lbs.; or, at twenty- 
(thouo-h I am soriy I have not yet had time eight lbs. to the bushel, when hulled, 2604 
to gerup the theory,) that a good dose of lbs., which, at two pounds a day, would feed 
hot water is a means of bringing-to many a man 1302 days, or more than 3^ years! 
j a peach tree just about giving up the ghost Upon reflection, it is not very wonderful 
It seems to rouse the vital powers; and if that so many non-producers are able to find 
continued heavily during the night; quite worm—“ fearfully and | of Ireland, 
a sufficiency for all wants. • 
As a desperate remedy, I resolved on a trial' able and most useful profession. 
wretched course of legislation, of making 
litigation cheap, is starving this once honor- 
