METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. 
BY BTOBRS BARROWS. 
An account of ram fallen monthly, from 
1863 to 1868— six years— at South Trenton, 
Oneida Co., N. Y.; and from January, 1869, 
to August , 1869 : 
PINCHING BACK-RASPBERRIES. J> ^ 
I notice on page 584 of the Rural New- 
Yorker, an article from F. H. W., of New — 
Brunswick, N. J., headed, “About Small METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. 
Fruit,” which, with my experience of nearly _ 
twenty years in growing small fruits, seems by storks barrows. 
to contain many errors, and will be likely- „^laien monthly, from 
to lead astray those who have had no c- ycnre _ at goullt Trenton, 
perienco. Oneida Co., N. Y.; and from January, 1869, 
gained by pinching back raspberries. First, to August, f >■ : _ 
by doing so they grow more stocky and rer 1|tso 4 . ! Iisog.[ tscr.'iscs.jisen. 
quire no staking (if properly done.) Second, __I I I 
the crop is larger and more uniform in size, |;^ $;&. S$j If Im 2 .«o| fIs 
Third, they are more easily cultivated—as it March.j you 3-jyi «$j| ['j; *;*| 
is impossible to pass through a plantation of mu, ... ! .j J* m | ; *;| i.ej| m Ml 
black-caps that are not kept within bounds; g* $ *1 
at least it is so on our soil; how it. would be fj,",,t,!inbor.'.‘!!!..!.. i..>o .i.oij 2 .s« h.ot ...is 7.15 ... 
on the old, worn out soil of New Jersey, 1 ilso 22:7 f 2 I!ss s.tu 4 ’.lit 
ennnot wty. Pcrlmp, they grow so slow «nd |,l§ 
1 :'iigli on that soil that they do not get lngb -*- . •- 
enough, in a season, to pinch back. From 1863 to 1869—six years 26 feet, 4 
He says be can show any person an acre inches and 91-100 of water has fallen; an 
of black-cans one ’year old, six feet high, (if average of 4 feet, 4 inches and 11-100 annu- 
MONTH. 
,T mi miry. 
Fehvunry. 
March. 
April. 
May. 
Jinn?. • 
Juiy. 
August.. ...... 
September_ 
October. 
November — 
December..... 
1863.11864. 1865. 1 1806. 1807., 1868. 1 1869. 
.' 2,12 8.11 5.70, 
. 3.13 4.08! 4.i5| 
., 1.01) 3.oil o..m 
.' 3.75 3.51 7.20 
.I 1.01 3.881 2.8.5, 
. 3.12 2.98 3.4o| 
. 3.88; 2.?.\| .1.77 
2.8.7 3.00 3,30 , 2.87 
5.75 0.0.' 2.60 4.55 
1,25 5.01 3.'.H) 4.87 
1.321 5.30 1.74 4.9t 
1.21 7.01 7.71 3.71 
7. M 5.30| 3.82 0.84 
1 i ' 
Aliniot.. . 5.12 7.95 1.22 U9 3.31 5.101 5.22 
September. 1.50 3.61 2.'.Hi 8.1)7 .5.18 1 T.I.i ... 
October . . .. 1.75 5.63 4.78 2.70 SM\ 2.111, ... . 
November. 4 . 5 (l| !.I3 2,42 1.85’ 3.91 4.41*1 .... 
December. . 1*51.1 4-24 3.72* 2.10 ti.iti . .... 
'XYitai. 17.12 39.12, 533 1 p i 50 19 19 67 17.::? 
From 1863 to 1869—six years—26 feet, 4 
inches and 91-100 of water has fallen; an 
destruction even when severe tires are raging. 
Utilizing Electricity on Railway *.—On the 
railroads in France electricity is taking the 
place of human watchfulness. On many 
lines there are contrivances where the pass¬ 
ing of a train is automatically announced to 
neighboring stations. The ears pass over 
connecting wires, and the train records itself 
before and behind, so that its progress and 
appearance are alike indicated. 
Utilising Waited Power. — A committee 
appointed by the French Academy ol 
Sciences have under consideration a commu¬ 
nication by M. Berthault. This gentleman 
suggests various means of utilizing the ex¬ 
cess force produced in working a locomotive. 
He shows that, it might be used in causing a 
st ronger adhesion of the wheels to the rails, so 
as to prevent the train from running off,and 
that it might likewise, he applied to the illumi¬ 
nation of the carriages by <%'Ctricity, and 
even to setting the telegraph in motion. 
they were set five to six feet apart, bow did 
he manage to cultivate them? for by grow¬ 
ing that height, they would grow all over the 
ground,) that yielded 1,500 quarts. From 
this he seems to base his argument for not 
pruning. Now, we claim that he has ruined 
his plantation for future fruiting, and that it 
will lie short-lived, just from this fact of its 
being allowed to yield such a crop and sup¬ 
port such an amount of wood the first, hear¬ 
ing season. 
"Well do we remember a plantation at ,l 
South Bend, Iud., of three acres of Doolittles p 
that was allowed to grow thus, and from 11 
which was harvested over seventy bushels h 
the first bearing season of as fine, raspberries 1 
as we ever saw; and the result, was that that !1 
plantation was ruined, and never yielded !l 
another crop that, paid a farthing; while >■ 
other plantations of the same sort, cut back ( ’ 
the first, year to within one foot of the s 
ground, lasted for a number of years, and < 
yielded large, paying crops every season. 
It stands to reason that, any fruit tree ' 
or plant must get well rooted before being f 
allowed to yield a full crop; and, too, it 
is an admit ted fact that, if any tree or plant 
is checked in its growth, it will throw out , ' 
stronger and more side branches, and grow 
much more stocky; consequently it, seems 
strange to me that, any person who has had 
any experience in growing fruits should argue 
against trimming hack raspberries. 
Now, we have simply practiced both plans, 
side by side, and know if they are not pruned 
they must be staked. The crop will not 
average half as much, the plant is but .short 
lived, and it is impossible to get among them 
to work them out as they should be if left 
unpruned ; while if cut. back the Jh'd season 
to within one foot of the ground, and after 
that three to four feet, (the new growth as it 
attains that height,,) they will lie long lived, 
and yield immense crops every season. 
Who that has ever rambled over the fields 
for wild raspberries and blackberries can¬ 
not remember what pickings were found on 
those bushes that had been broken off or 
checked by sheep or cattle, while those that, 
were growing tlieir full length bore shyly ' 
As to the black-caps yielding three to four 
times as much as the black raspberry, such 
is not our experience; for we have gathered 
as large crops, the past season, from a plan¬ 
tation of blacks as from any black-cap on 
our grounds. A. N. Purdy. 
Palmyra, N. V., I860. 
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0!iii> Stale Hurt, ami PomolOgteuJ Hocicty.— 
The annual meeting' of this Society in connec¬ 
tion with the State Fair wus held at the Court- 
House, when, in the absence of the President, 
Col. I). C. Richmond of Ki le county was called 
to the. Chair, with M. B. Rater am Secretary. 
The chief object ol the session Was to con¬ 
sider and discuss the merits of t he various fruits 
on exhibition at the Fair. 
Owing to the coincident, meeting of the 
National Society in Philadelphia, many promi¬ 
nent members were absent from this meeting; 
hut ihe attendance was fair, embracing growers 
from all sections of the State, and some two 
horn's were spent In the examination and dis¬ 
cussion of various samples of apples, pear?, 
peaches and grapes, with much interest and 
profit. 
On motion, it was resolved that the annual 
meeting be held at Dayton, to commence on the 
first Wednesday of December and continue 
three days. 
ally. From January, 1869, to August, 1869,3 
feet, 7 inches and 37-100 of water has fallen. 
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A POWERFUL EXPLOSIVE. 
The London Athenaeum describes some 
interesting experiments of gun-cotton at, the 
Woolwich arsenal. A palisade was built of 
oak timbers a foot thick, firmly fixed in the 
ground, and supported in the rear by strong 
trusses. Disks of gun-cotton were placed 
along the face of the palisade about a foot 
above the ground, and were fired by a battery 
in the usual way. Tbe palisade was literally 
Ibt (Mrtwmr. 
CALADIUMS. 
These plants are of tropical origin, being 
principally natives of the West Indies and 
the Sandwich Islands. Their native habitat, 
is most shady woods, which condition it is 
necessary to imitate in successful culture. 
With this in view, they should be started 
from their dormant condition in the green¬ 
house or hot-bed in May, and freely watered 
and partially shaded as they begin to grow. 
blown away amidst a deafening report, as if If grown as green-house or parlor ornaments 
the massive timbers offered no more resist¬ 
ance on one side of tbe gun-cotton than the 
atmosphere on the other. The disks require 
no fixing; merely laying them on is sufii- 
eient. Hoi Id blocks of iron and stone can be 
shivered into fragments by firing a disk laid 
on the top. In future sieges, if some despe¬ 
rate fellow can but get, to the gate or a thin 
part of the walls, and hang on a few disks of 
gun-cot ton, a. breach can be made by firing 
with a galvanic current from along distance. 
Henceforth, if a hole can be blown in the side 
of a ship, what will ho tint use of building 
vessels of war ? After all, cotton may prove 
to be king, in the shape of gun-cotton. 
LIGHTNING CALCULATORS. 
From t ime to time, persons arc born, whose 
powers of rapid calculation almost surpass 
belief. In tbe year 1839, some of the most, 
distinguished scientific men of France met, to 
test the powers of a Sicilian hoy, named Vito 
Mangramele. Thu examiners asked him such 
questions as “ What is the cube root, of 3,796,- 
416," and “ What, is the tenth root of 282,475,- 
249.” The first he answered in half a minute, 
and the second in three minutes. He was 
then asked the following by t he great, astrono¬ 
mer Arago:—“ What number complies with 
the following propositions, that if its cube be 
addqfl to five times its square, and then forty- 
two times the number, and the number forty- 
two he subtracted from the result, the num¬ 
ber is equal to 0 or zero ?” Arago repeated 
the question the second time, and just as he 
was finishing the last word, the boy answer¬ 
ed, “ The number is five.” 
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USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC ITEMS. 
they should he re-potted into pots of an inch 
or so more diameter, whenever the pot or 
crock in which they are growing becomes 
tilled with roots. Because they require par¬ 
tial shade, they arc well adapted tor parlor 
or window plants, as they grow much freer 
when not under the direct rays of the sun. 
Cakulinins are also well adapted as “ Bed¬ 
ding Plants” for moist, shady situations, 
where lew flowering plants will thrive, such a 
position being best suited to develop the beau¬ 
tiful markings of the leaves, 'Which, it will 
be. understood, is their exclusive attraction. 
Our engraving on first page represents a 
group of the leaves of nine varieties. 1 liesc 
of course are inadequately shown in black 
and white. The coloring and marking of 
many of the species are truly wonderful. 
We make an attempt, at. (f*V,nptiomHn give 
the reader who has not seen those cui ions 
plants an idea of what they are like : 
Ohantim , green ground, veined crimson, 
densely spotted with white. 
Marmorata, light green ground, large, ir 
regular while spots. 
tyrir/htu, green ground, thickly spotted 
with white and rose. 
8hs t w.tsianum, light green ground, marbled 
and spotted with pink and crimson. 
Aryyrite*, pure white ground, slightly 
marbled with green. 
Bdlamii , white ground, shaded with car¬ 
mine and green. 
Piclum , dark green, with large white 
blotch. 
Bicolor Pietum , green margin, with center 
feathered with crimson. 
Regale,, dark green, curiously spotted with 
white. 
ur grounds. ^ a. in. i urdy. Niagara, Crumbling In ,—A letter from 
Palmyra, N. v., 1809.^ ^ __ Niagara Falls states “ The change in the i 
Ohio state Hort. ami Pomotogleai Society.- Falls this spring is the greatest that has been 
he annual meeting- of this Society in cornice- witnessed, probably, by any one generation, 
on with the State Fair wus held at the Court- j u t j ie j[ orse Shoe Fall, where the green 
louse, when, in the absence of the President, wa|cr j g seen tll e rock has crumbled away 
ol D. C. Richmond of Erie county was called ’ . . „ » . 
o the. Chair, with M. B. Bateham Secretary. to the depth of about tlnrty-five feet, on th : 
The chief object oi the session was to con- side nearest Goat Island. The cb’cular ap- 
iderand discuss the merits of the various fruits pearance of the llorse Shoe is now changed, 
n exhibition at the Fair. . and is more in the shape of a triangle than 
Owing to the coincident, meeting of the _ . — 
factorial Society in Philladelphia, many promi- any thing else. The American Fall has a so 
lent members were absent from this meeting; met with some alteration, which old habitue* 
>ut the attendance was fair, embracing growers nol j ce (his season; more particularly it is 
i-om alt sections of the State, and some two S()(m Qn the , jde towarfl Luna Island, and 
iouiv woro spout Id the cxuniiruvtjou hiiu ills- , . , ,, . . » 
mssion of various samples of apples, pear?, were si pointed projection of rock to give 
icaeiies and grapes, with much interest and way, the appearance would he changed to 
profit. that of a Horse Shoe. It is estimated by 
On motion, it was resolved that the annual petent geologists that some one hundred 
meeting be held at Dayton, to commence on the * 6 e 
first Wednesday of December and continue and fifty tons of rock must have given way 
three days. from the Horse Shoe alone. The beauty of 
--- the Falls is not in the least marred, but, 
Western Triumph Blackberry.—In the last ra t.her enhanced, and old habit UC£ seem to 
Rural, page 584, in an article by Mr. Purdy, Falls this year much better than 
describing“A New Blackberry,” ho claims to „ 
have fruiting this season the Western Triumph. 
I doubt that; but if be has, he would confer a Protection of Wood from Fire. —In one of 
great favor on myself and others by giving the q lC collieries in Ibbenburen, Westphalia, the 
mode of cultivation by which he obtain? fruit dwork is protect ed from fire bv being 
the first season after planting, or on the present . , ... * e r 
season's growth. Tbe plants ho bought of mo painted with a mixture consisting of live 
last full. They were cut very short, say within partd of alum, seven parts of rye-meal paste; 
four to six inches of the ground; certainly and thirty parts of previously washed, i. e., 
below every lateral. I have planted hundreds divided, clay (this mixture is used Idi¬ 
ot such plants and some larger, but have never 111 V , 1 . . . n,. 
gnr trim from them the first season.—J ohn Mas- woodwork not exposed to open an;) bu 
teus, Waukegan, IU., $ept. 18. woodwork, so exposed, a mixture is used. 
-- - - consisting of two and a half parts of crystal- 
Gooseberrics at Ewjwmba, Mich.—I have two , , ammoniaC , One part Of white vitriol 
varieties which no one need be ashamed of—the J , . . ,. • , ( 
Houghton and the large English variety. They (commercial sulphate > . ,) f, 
never rail clew. If bushes ever grroun, these must joiners* glue, twenty parts ot zinc white, Him 
with their burden of fruit. The soil, or more dl jrty parts of water. These mixtures have 
properly the sand, in which they grow has never , ‘ f; , t nrevent w00 d bursting into 
been manured, except with a sprinkling of ° een IOLmu . . 1 . . „ . 1 p p, v 
ashes -s l flame on ignition, and to greatly delay its 
Keeping and Cooking Oyster l*lunt*.— In Rc- 
kai,, September 11th, Mrs. P, C., Canton, Ohio, 
asks, “Shouldoyster plants be dug and stored 
in the fall, or remain in the ground through the 
winter?” You reply that they should remain 
over winter, &c. I dig mine (also parsnips) lute 
in the fall, and, leaving tbe tops on, set them up¬ 
right, full depth of the root, in slightly moist 
Band, in a box in the cellar. In this way they 
can be got at when most needed, and will be 
good all winter and spring. A part might bo 
left out if thought best. In cooking the oyster 
plant, cook a long time; also add a little codfish 
picked up fine, which will bo found a great, im¬ 
provement, giving almost an exact oyster llavor. 
-M. A. G., Troy, Pa. 
Onions. —On a well manured, sandy soil, black 
seed onions maybe grown in any season; but 
on a calcareous clay loam, they need frequent 
showers. I this season got two bushels of large 
red onions from a bed six feet by ten; four 
times as large onions, and lour times as many In 
bulk, as I got last season with the same culture. 
They covered most of the surface, besides, one 
often grew over the other. Onions after onions, 
with hen manure, saved much weeding; but 
onions on an old, well-kept strawberry bed, isstill 
better, as the vegetable matter spaded in keeps 
the soil moist — a great desideratum to a tena¬ 
cious soil.—«. w. 
llame oil ignition, and to greatly delay its 
Garden Peas.— A clay soil should be trenched 
and manured in tho fall, and as soon us it thaws 
in tho spring level tho ridges and sow peas in 
drills six to eight feet apart, and Bet the main 
brush before the peas arc up. ft is bootless to 
sow peas late in our dry climate, as the vinos in 
a dry season die before the pods fill; and this 
showery season J une planted have mildewed and 
few pods h ive filled. To kill the bugs fit seed 
peas, put them in weU corked bottles with a lit¬ 
tle camphor, or else pour boiling water on them 
when shelled, In hull' a minute pour ott and dry 
thorn.— 8 . w. 
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Onions—A “ Subscriber,” AVatcrville, N. Y — 
Wo cannot determine, from the tops sent, what 
ails your onions. We suspect they arc ripe, 
however. 
iscussions. 
NEW YORK FARMERS' CLUB. „ c hi 
- erou 
This distinguished body met as usual last inen 
Tuesday, but we regret to say that the Gracious tilizi 
Commander was absent. The vitalizing infi '*■ cnov 
once of his beaming countenance, and the slim- cna 
ulus of liis ready tact and humor were missed. 0 t' l 
Feeding Ben*.—An Ohioan writes I hat the bees asso 
in his vicinity failed to gather honey enough to ents 
winter upon on account, of lute swarming. He thei 
asks If he can gel honey cheap in the New \ ork lun< 
market, with which to feed them. Members do com 
not know, but he Is variously advised to feed stiri 
his bees with sweetened water; honey iI it can Oth< 
be obtained. One member recommends dissolv- K 
lug refined sugar In water and feeding them. thit 
Bunding Paper. A eorrcspotulenl. asks if the mil 
Club know uugbt of the merits Of a kind ol foil 
paper which is recommended as a substitute lor ni’e. 
wood in building -especially with regard to Its bed 
utility for walls in place of lath. The Chairman Ous 
regards it difficult to substitute paper for wood reg 
with any sort of economy, but knows nothing eye 
of the material about which inquiry is made. P*‘" 
Potatoes. An Iowa lady wrote of a largo ® n< 
product of potatoes from the flatly Goodrich, ” 1 ' 
whereupon Mr. Eyman presented from some- ,ha 
body iti Vermont specimens of the "Green 
Mountain" potato, a. seedling of the Carter, P^ - 
which the sender said himself and friends he- - ,u 
liovotl to excel all other variei ies. It was a very ncr 
good looking potato, and tho specimens were m> 
taken by members to test. ^ 1 
rear Tree* Dying.- A correspondent from . 
West Roxbury, Mass., has ihrlfty pear trees 
(Winter Niles, Flemish Beauty and others) that __ 
are dying. Say? the trouble seems to be at. tho ■ 1 
root. A part of the oreliard Is planted on sandy t™ 
loam, with gravelly subsoil; ami a part on a lit- 1 ■' 
tlo heavier loam, on olay subsoil. The oreliard 
has boon uullivatod in mot crops. Trees arc 
planted twelve by six feet apart, every oilier do 
tree In a row being dwarfs- The dead trees had 
not borne fruit. They seemed to die with equal x '\ 
certainty on both kinds of soil. Mr. IOLLEit ‘ " 
said if tho trees that died were dwarfs, it. might u ' 
lie due to the borers; i I standards, t he ca use was j ’ 1 
probably pear blight.. If the borers caused the ai 
death of tbe trees, they should bo watched and 1 1 
destroyed; pour blight, rarely occurs on well P- 
drained soils. [Too late culture and the autumn 1 
may have induced too great, a growth of wood, 1X1 
which may have gone into the winter unuut- <)l 
tured, and the trees have been injured, inconse- j 
quenco, by cold weat her.'—E ds. HI'ual.J ( 
Early Ui>*.> Batting. -The West Roxbury, '' 
Mass., correspondent says he planted Early Rose ^ 
potatoes, and they have all rot ted. Mr. Fuller 
said ho did not know 1 hat any one had assumed ^ 
that the Early Rose would not rot; it may ml, ^ 
and we have testimony from some quarters that o 
' It. does. But, ugqln, there is no positive certain- f( 
t y that t his man has the Early Rose. Wo have fti 
had evidence from other quarters that other va- (| 
rietles of potatoes have been distributed as the )( 
Early lioso. q 
Herne Dlutempcr. — A Sonora. Co., Cal., cor- fl , 
? respondent purchased a horse which was run- c 
ning at the noscnud whose glands were swollen, j 
Tied with other horses, he communicated the H 
, same trouble to litem. Asks for name of ills- „ 
ease and remedy, and if it is tho glanders. No j 
one uuswoved. [It was probably catarrh, or what , 
is commonly known among farmers as “horse r 
distemper," which sometimes becomes an ©pi- i 
’ domic or epizootic. When the animal first shows t 
indications of this trouble, wo have given two 
1 ounces saltpeter and one ounce pulverized Ju- ( 
muieu ginger, mixed and divided Into eight, pow- . 
dors, giving one night and morning. II there is j 
y swelling tinder tho jaws, apply a flax-seed f 
poultice, and steam the nostrils well with boil- 
ing water poured upon bran. There are other 
remedies successfully applied, but for which wo ‘ 
have no space this week- Eos. Ritual,] 
Another Potato Enter. A. M. GREGORY Of i 
Wayne Co., Pa., was reported to have planted , 
ir one pound of seed each, ni Early Rose, <'Umax , 
and Brosee's King of tho Garlics potatoes. The 
, product from the Early Rose was IW\ pounds; , 
from Bresee’s King of tho Garlics, 1 lti pounds; 
from Climax, 136 pounds. Mr. Fuller lias a 
statement, that tho product of one-quarter of 
&- tt pound of tho Early Rosa amounted to «7>; 
°< pounds, grown in the field. Ho hopes those 
-'d experiments will teach farmers that they have 
10 been using much more seed than they need to. 
in They seem to prove that it loss seed is used, 
*0 mul better culture given, tho product will be 
p- | greater. Farmers have been wasting seed and 
;;l land. These large crops are not duo 1.0 the fact 
oy that the new varieties arc more productive than 
bt! tho old ones with the same caro and cult ivatiou. 
bo Mr. Lyman had been talking with a man who 
or grows potatoes for tho Philadelphia market, and 
8,1 found that ho cuts his seed into pieces contain- 
m- ing two eyes each, and plants two pieces (four 
31-. eyes,) in a hill, and gets from I wo hundred and 
fifty to three hundred bushels of potatoes per 
acre. Mr. IlnuEN had heretofore cut his pota- 
( . lc toes into two or three pieces, without much 
; ut regard fur the eyes. This year, however, ho 
, nt had found that one eye in a hill produced tho 
;,, 0 most and best potatoes, and that the eyes of tho 
mt- blossom (aids of the potatoes (which ho planted 
• in separate purposely,) produced the best, potatoes, 
re. New Jersey .Marl Again.- Mr. Buuen had 
>110 found mart to assist, his potatoes and corn won- 
113 , dcrfwlly, especially the potatoes, as they were 
3 ut larger and more of them. Dr. Tiumri.k was 
it ill glad to hear it. It was tho first gun from tho 
eps marl distributed by the Club last spring. Mr, 
na- Quinn bad discouraged tho use of marl, but this 
testimony goes to prove its virtue. Mr. Fuller 
did uot suppose there was any one who doubted 
the value of marl, but the question for cultiva- 
oetl tors is, will it pay to transport and use It as a 
1WS fertilizer—Is It cheaper and better than other 
5 obtainable manures? Solov Robinson once 
, said that it would not pay to draw barn-yard 
’ , M manure two miles. But. ho (Mr. Fuller) sakl 
, !l *• it will pay me to barrel it up hero in New 5 ork 
1 ' H City, pay fifty cents per barrel for it and pay 
, transportation to my place." Mr. Lyman su.d 
Mr. Quinn’s land is rich, and farmers in Middle 
Jersey admit that on land in high condition it. 
will not pay to use marl. On poor lands marl 
pays; beyond a certain limit in productiveness 
ir. does not- pay unless other essentials for plants 
are supplied in proportion. Land becomes what 
is called “ marl-sickthat is, t ho plant food con¬ 
tained in marl is supplied to the Mil until it is 
no longer needed. Mr. Buuen said that by the 
use of marl Hempstead Plains had been made 
wonderfully productive. Dr. Thimble doubts 
if lands over become “mail-sick." His expo- 
rienee and observation is that tho land become* , Yisl. 
more and more productive wherever it is ap- ('/[ £ 
plied; and that while, at first, on poor land 1 A 
light dressings of marl are given, as the land in- / S' 
0 reuses in production more marl Is applied with 7 
Increasing profit. You can put on these fer¬ 
tilizers to almost any extent. The land may get 
enough fora single season, but tho succeeding 
crops will profit by the surplus Tho Professor 
or Chemistry disagrees with Dr. Thimble, and 
assert* that certain proportions of tho constitu¬ 
ents of plants must be preserved in the soil. If 
tllCtO is more umrl than tho plant can use, tho 
land become* “marl-sick;" that Is, if any other 
constituent of the plant, is lacking iu the soli, 11 
surplus of marl dues not benefit so long us the 
other constituents are wanting. 
Effect of High Price* of Seed. Mr. GllEQORY 
(Rinks the high price id' seed Inis resulted in 
Improving the agriculture of tho country. It is 
found that, the amount of seed may bo less il 
greater pains aro used in preparing tho seed- 
lied and better cultivation is given. A small 
Cusco potato wbU.’h lie out up without especial 
regard to the eyes, (some of the pieces having no 
eyes in them,) lm put into a hot-bed. Every 
piece produced a plant, which was transplanted; 
and from that one potato ho obtained one 
bushel and half a peck of potatoes, which proves 
that a vast amount or labor, land and seed are 
wasted. Mr. Fuli.er said that fully twenty-five 
per cent, of the agricultural labor of the United 
States is wasted by farmers. Men go over ten 
acres of ground to get what they could produce. 
0,1 five acres; they put Hie manure on Lwciity- 
nve acres which they ought, to put on only ten ; 
they plow fifteen acres when they ought to 
plow but five, and plow it deeper. 
Deep v*. Shallow Flowing.—Mr. Fuller's allu¬ 
sion to deep plowing brought to his l'ect the 
champion of shallow plowing, Dr.T himble, who 
elaborated on tho advantages of shallow cul¬ 
ture. He asserted that. the. work of tho farmer 
would be wasted if ho turns his surface soil 
down eighteen inches; and “deep plowing, lie 
insisted, meant inverting 1 he soil. He laid been 
told 1 hat planters on the alluvial lands ol the 
South had failed l.o grow a cotton crop where, 
tliuy liiul abatuloncd tho oWl mode <d shallow 
; plowing for 1 hut. of deep. Mr. GREGORY said ho 
, knew planU*i;s on tho alluvial bottoms ol tho 
South who hud plowed three Inches, failed to get 
I paying crops, got mad, sent to England and got 
Fowler's steam plows, and plowed a loot deep, 
and were now getting three hogsheads Of sugai 
’ on lands where they used to got nearly one to 
(lie aero with shallow plowing. “That (to Dr. 
T.,) Is ullurtal *<ril. Doctor!" Mr. Lyman said 
corn and cotton require a different preparation 
’ of the soil. Cotton requires warmth for its 
" roots. It resists drouth,and t.lirlves best in dry, 
j hot weather oil shallow plowed soils. Three 
inohoB plowing is generally best for cotton. But 
’ corn, in the cotton regions, with the sumo kind 
1 of preparation. Of soil given to that intended 
for cotton, averages from six to 20 bushels pc 1 
*' aero. The corn crop dries out whore cotton 
L " thrive*; but. experiments show that corn thrives 
c beat in the South on tho deepest plowed lands. 
There has been a serious drouth in Middle Jer- 
'* soy, and the crops are diminished greatly in 
1 - consequence. One farmer win; plowed ten 
i- inches is getting sixty-five bushels of corn per 
e Here, while liis neighbors get far less. The foli- 
8 age of their corn has rolled when ids has not. 
o jq r> puller said notwithstanding the severity 
,f of tho drouth in Northern New Jersey, there is 
ib no corn upon land plowed six inches deep which 
i- has suffered from the dry Weather; while on 
is (be shallow plowed lands it Is all dried up. 
Garget la Cow*. A correspondent, asks for a 
ll ‘ remedy for this trouble. An eminent professor 
v ' informed tbe Flub Uni t ho had seen gargetcuml 
by Inserting a piece Of garget in the brisket of 
;' 1 the animal. Ho was asked what garget is, ami 
1 «uid it was poke-root. He was told that thoro 
t!l ' ;ir( . two kinds of poke - root, and wususked which 
ro Kind. He described the upland as tho kind used 
Phytolacca, tUcawh'ii, which is often called 
of “ garget." There was great, confusion among 
rd |i„. learned gentlemen as to which poke root, is 
1X a remedy for garget. 
lie Phytolacca dccanilva, the Poke or Poke-weed 
s; 0 ( (I,,, uplands, is an active emetic, and may he 
Is; a remedy for garget in cows. We have seen it, 
ft so asserted, but never saw it used. It is rocom- 
of mended to feed a small piece of the root to the 
W 0oW In a bran-mash. We have used, however, 
wo tin. Indian poke-root of the meadows and 
vo swamps, Vemtnm vtrtde, or American White 
to. Hellebore. This root, like that of P. ilccandra, 
2 d, is an emetic; ir. Is also a. stimulant; both aro 
be poisonous, and a very small piece tho size of a 
in 1 walnut—la enough for a cow at, ft food.—[Eds. 
act iujual.] 
ltxtl ||<>r*fi>ril'* Baking Powder*.—Mrs. L. E. LYMAN 
mi- writes tho Club: When tho first box of Prof. 
r|| o HousirORD ’8 preparation come into my house I 
ind US0( , iti foI . bread making, and followed (lie ( 11 - 
rectlong strictly. The broad produced was 
)UI * whiter than common* and perfectly nttenu, but 
xml wanted tho peculiar flavor of yeast-raised bread, 
P cr and some of my family complained of a pocu- 
>t,l ~ liar uuen-siness at tho pit of the stomach lor 
IK:h some hours, but. others who ate it had no such 
hb sensations, and no ill consequences followed. I 
tho then tried it in biscuit, io pound mid plum cake, 
tho , u1 d tn breakfast cukes, using milk in making 
1 ted tho dough. It works to perfection, and l am 
0t ' 3 - chunnod with It. Especially in corn breads of 
bad all sorts I prefer it to tiny other mode of secur- 
'on- ing a light sponge. Tho richer the article I 
arc make the better the Hereford powdors work 
was upon it. Something in the oil seems wholly to 
the neutralize the sharp tasto which was noticed m 
Mr. bread. It substitutes certainty for guess work 
this in my pantry, ami la as much superior to t ho 
,LF,R former way by soda, uml cream Uu ' tix \ “ 8 
bted best kerosene is better than the old tallow dip 
•iva- candle, 
as a Cranberry Culture.—A Connecticut corrcspon- 
ttmr dent, asks “ What kind of land is required to flow 
3 .ico for cranberries, and if it will pay to lay out #100 
yard to flow a half aero of the right kind t Mr- LY- 
sald man said that raising cranberries on a llir «?^uh; 
fork and with high profit, dependsonlourconditions 
pay ist Have you a deep black peat. Hour uml cold? 
said £ Have you a bank of sand bandy ? Tlu^and 
Iddle should bea? sterile as the shored th< unplant .1 
on it sea. 3d. Can you build a dam so ^ lt “ 
mail winter and keep tho side ditches hall lull a 
mesa summer? 4 th. Can yo» expend from *200 to 
I ants $400 per acre and He out of your money three 
what years? It Mr. Cummi mgs can answer these ques- 
con- tions in the affirmative, let him go in. He can 
it is have a cranberry garden iu that swamp worth 
r the $ 1,000 an acre. 
