12 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
ees.” He thinks farmers permit themselves to be ruled 
too much in pecuniary and political matters by a class of 
men whose interest it is to “keep down the price of ev¬ 
ery thing they consume,” and that as long as farmers con¬ 
tinue to be “ ruled and trodden down by them, tney me¬ 
rit the appellation of doughfaces.” He thinks the press¬ 
es and the banks are too much controlled by the class just 
mentioned, and observes that“ if a farmer has been so 
unfortunate as to get in debt, and wants the loan of a lit¬ 
tle money to save his property from being sacrificed, he 
cannot obtain a dollar, though he presents a note endor¬ 
sed by the best men in his county; while at the same time 
if a speculator wants money to bid off that same individ¬ 
ual’s property, he can get from the bank as much as he 
wants.” Unless there is an end put to this state of things, 
he says it is his “ honest conviction that the time is not 
far distant, when all the real estate will be owned by the 
wealthy land holders, and the present owners and their 
posterity will be only tenants and serfs.” He proposes as 
a remedy for these troubles, the adoption of what he calls 
“■ the farmer’s system ,” the outlines of which he gives as 
follows:—“Let every farmer provide himself with a 
store-house or granary, of sufficient dimensions to contain 
the products of his farm, and there secure them with bolts 
and bars, until he can obtain fair prices for them. Let 
there be an understanding among the farmers generally, 
throughout the country, and let them regulate their own 
prices. Let them establish newspapers at different points, 
which shall advocate the farmer’s cause, and let them be 
liberally sustained. Let lecturers be appointed to go 
through the country, and arouse the energies of the farm¬ 
ing population on subjects connected with agriculture and 
their interests.” “ We do not,” says our correspondent, 
“ wish to monopolize or tyrannize over other classes of 
the community; all we ask, is a fair compensation for 
our labor, and to be raised to our proper sphere in the 
scale of being. We do not want to be confined to unre¬ 
mitting toil, like a Russian serf, or a galley slave. We 
want some leisure to read and reflect, as intelligence is 
the life of liberty; and general information among all 
classes, is indispensable to qualify them for the discharge 
of the important duties of citizens of this republic.” 
Profitable Apple Tree. —We are informed by Mr. 
Ingalsbe, of South Hartford, in this state, that Mr. Seth 
Cooley of that town, gathered forty bushels of greening- 
apples, of a superior quality, from a single tree the past 
season, worth from 44 to 50 cents a bushel on the pre¬ 
mises. The tree was situated in rather a north-western 
exposure—soil, a deep loose gravel, well manured. 
“ There is many a two acre lot in this town,” says our 
informant, “ that yields less profit than the three square 
rods occupied by this tree.” 
Rapid Fattening of a Pig. —W. R. Gilkey, Esq. of 
Windsor, Yt., informs us that “Mr. T. B. Otis, of that 
place, bought a pig, April 24th, 1844—weight 93 lbs., 
said to be five weeks old.) He killed the same on the 
8th of Nov. It weighed, dressed, 350 lbs.; making an 
increase of pork , deducting the weight of the pig when 
bought, 3403 lbs * * n 208 days, it being 1 lb. 10 oz. per 
day. Blood not known. Feed, slops from the house, 
and corn meal. Beat this who can.” 
Tobacco for Glanders.— In answer to the inquiry 
of Mr. Clark, (vol. I., p. 336,) Mr. Cook of Demopolis, 
(Ala.,) says—“I regret to state it is out of my power to 
give to your correspondent, Mr. C. B. Clark, specific di¬ 
rections as to quantity or manner of giving, as I have to 
rely on impressions alone, long since made on my mind, 
and that too, but occasionally spoken of. The impres¬ 
sion is, the quantity given was considerable, and once a 
day for as much as eight or ten days, and given in the 
common form of a drench. My impressions as to quan¬ 
tity, strength, &c., result from what I have distinct re¬ 
collection of hearing my father say in relation to the 
case, that he treated him as a dead horse; having at the 
time, no thought of a cure; he gave something else at 
the time, but always spoke of tobacco, in his opinion, as 
the sole agent in the cure. The subsequent treatment of 
the horse I think was purely southern, corn and fodder, 
running on a poor grass pasture.” 
Tobacco for Consumption. --Mr. Cook farther says— 
“ I would submit it as a matter worthy of serious inqui¬ 
ry, whether an habitual tobacco chew er or smoker, has 
ever been known to die of pulmonary consumption.” 
Apples without Seed or Core —Mr. O. W. Owen 
of Buffalo, says—“ I find in a late number of the Cultiva¬ 
tor, an article on the absurdity of the existence of apple 
or pear trees bearing fruit without seeds or core. Will 
you please to state to your readers that the fruit can be 
produced perfectly free of seed or core, by the following 
process: Where the tree is sufficiently young to admit of 
bending or twisting without breaking, take the extreme 
top of a limb, or small tree, and bring it to the earth, bu¬ 
ry it, and when it shall have taken root, cut off 1 the other 
end of the limb or tree, and you will have thus reversed 
the order of things, the body or heavy part of the limb 
being uppermost. New limbs, leaves and blossoms, will 
put forth in due season, and the fruit will be free of seeds 
or core. The process was made known to me by a gen¬ 
tleman belonging to Ohio, at the time of presenting me 
with a specimen of the above fruit, which he raised as 
stated. I was also told that this transformation could not 
be produced in other than the apple or pear fruit.” 
INQUIRIES. 
Night Soil. —“ Franklin” is referred to pp. 174, 266 
and 381, of our last vol. for an answer to his inquiry as 
to the best mode of using this valuable manure. 
Steeping Seeds. —The same correspondent will find 
the information he asks for, on this subject, in the com¬ 
munication of Dr. Smith, p. 281 of our last vol., where 
it is given in a more simple form than in any other pa¬ 
per, which has fallen under our notice. The other mat¬ 
ters in Franklin’s letter shall be attended to hereafter. 
Cayuga Marshes. —In reference to the inquiry of 
Mr. Jason Smith of Tyre, relative to the quality of the 
muck from the Cayuga marshes, &c., we reply that we 
have conversed with Prof. Emmons, and also with Prof. 
Hall, on the subject. They both agree in the opinion 
that these marshes would become very productive, if 
they could be drained. If Mr. Smith will send a sample 
of the muck, Prof. Emmons will make an analysis of it. 
It would also be desirable to send in connexion with it, a 
specimen of the marl which it is understood is to be 
found below the muck. A few pounds of each will an¬ 
swer the purpose. 
Locust Trees. —A writer with the signature “M.,” in 
the Providence Transcript, inquires of us whether the 
locust tree, when set. in wood lots, &c., as mentioned in 
an article in our Nov. number, escapes the attack of the 
borer. To which we reply, that in western New-York, 
and we believe in the west generally, the ravages of the 
borer are mostly confined to locusts which are cultivated 
by themselves, or such as stand singly, in rows, or small 
clumps; and we have generally noticed that those were 
most attacked, which stand in villages or towns. We 
know this is particularly the case in many parts of Ohio, 
though in the country or in forests, the tree is entirely 
free from the insect. Why the borer should confine it¬ 
self in this manner to trees in towns or open grounds, we 
are unable to say. No successful mode of preventing its 
attacks, has yet been discovered, so far as we have learned. 
Melons —A correspondent, “ W.” at Troy, inquires 
whether there is a species or variety of the Musk-melon, 
adapted to this climate, called “ pomegranate ”—and also 
if citron melons are valuable for any other purpose than 
preserving. We do not know of any melon by the name 
of pomegranate—If any of our subscribers know such an 
one, we would thank them to inform us. The common 
citron melon, of the water-melon tribe, is not, that we 
are aware, useful for anything but making sweet-meats; 
but we have seen a fruit of the wwsfc-melon tribe called 
a citron, which is very good to eat. There is an incon¬ 
sistency in giving the same name to two fruits of different 
species, and so opposite in their qualities. 
Inquiry. —We shall feel obliged if some of our cor¬ 
respondents will answer the following inquiry, proposed 
by Mr. W. J. Powell, of Marshall, Michigan. “ Our 
opening lands, which are a rich gravel loam, and are ad¬ 
mirably adapted to the growth of wheat and other grains, 9 
