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1843: upon which a freight of $1.37 per barrel was 
charged, which increased its cost to $2,87 a barrel on the 
farm. In reply to inquiries made in relation to its ef¬ 
fects, the following answer is given, viz.: 
“ We took five acres of wheat-stubble which we sup¬ 
posed would yield, -without any manure , from 35 to 40 
bushels of corn to the acre; plowed and harrowed it 
once, the fore-part of May; then marked it out in rows 
four feet apart, but owing to the cold weather, did not 
plant until about the 16th of the month, when we drop¬ 
ped a handful of poudrette in each hill—or 14 barrels to 
the five acres—then planted it. After it came up, and be¬ 
fore the first hoeing , we put 4 barrels more upon about one 
halj of the field. The corn was hoed three times—and 
was ready to harvest a little earlier than our neighbors— 
but we could not perceive any material difference be¬ 
tween that part of the field where the four barrels were 
applied as a top dressing, and the part where it was ap¬ 
plied only on the hill. There was no other manure used 
than the poudrette. The average yield upon the five 
acres, was 80 bushels to the acre; but from one acre se¬ 
lected, we gathered 99 bushels and ]8 pounds. The 
freight on the 40 barrels sent by you this year, will not 
exceed what was paid last year, $26 on 19 barrels, 
owing to its being shipped near the close of navigation.” 
From this it will be seen that, by the use of 18 barrels 
of 72 bushels of poudrette on the five acres, the yield 
was increased from 35 or 40 bushels, to eighty bushels, 
per acre, or over 200 bushels on the field. 
Mr. Robert Henry, of Cranbury, N. J., says, under the 
date of Dec. 27th, 1844, that— 
“ For the last four or five years I have used poudrette 
with uniform success, on corn; and find it to answer on 
that crop, better than any other manure that I use. The 
corn, where it is used, is generally of a better color, 
and comes to maturity earlier, than where other manure 
is used. My mode of applying it, is in the hill; the 
ground being previously prepared with about 40 or 50 
bushels of lime to the acre. This is the only way in 
which I have used it; and last season the corn was on a 
dry soil—although the season was also dry—the crop of 
corn was good, where poudrette was used. I consider it 
a cheap and profitable manure .” 
Mr. Peter Hall, of Norwalk, Conn., informs me that 
he “ used poudrette in the fall of 1842, with barn-yard 
manure, on a field of wheat. The result was extraordi¬ 
nary—yielding thirty-two and a half bushels, weighing 
over 64 lbs. per bushel—to the acre. He also used it on 
corn the past year, 32 bushels, or 8 barrels, per acre. 
Part of it was put in the hill at planting, and the balance 
was spread on the surface previous to the second hoeing. 
The corn was planted a week later than his neighbors 
planted theirs, and was fit to harvest nearly two weeks 
earlier; and it was believed from the appearance, the 
produce was greater than upon any other field in the 
neighborhood. • 
On potatoes, also, its effects were remarked by every 
one who saw them. Those manured with poudrette 
could be distinguished from those treated with stable ma¬ 
nure, as they passed along the road; and on digging 
them, very few, if any, were found diseased.” 
The poudrette used by the gentleman whose reports 
are herewith given, was obtained from the New York 
Poudrette Company, and prepared in this city, by 
New York, February, 1845. D. K. Minor. 
Cement for earthen Pipes.— A mode of cementing 
earthen pipes for conveying hot water, is given by a cor¬ 
respondent of the London Gardener’s Chronicle, as fol¬ 
lows: Take one pint of sweet milk, nearly two pints of 
buttermilk, mix the milks, and put them on a slow fire 
till they turn into curd; then strain them and save the 
curds. Previously get some good roche lime, pound it 
fine, and sift through a fine sieve. Mix the lime with 
the curd well, until it is tough, and then dilute the joints 
of the pipe well with it; the pipes should be dry when 
the cement is applied. It will be sufficiently hard in a 
few hours, and it is said will not be affected by hot wa¬ 
ter. More cement than can be used in half an hour ought 
not to be made at a time, as it will get so hard as to be 
unfit for use. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Horticultural Items —Mr. Chas. Hamilton, of 
Canterbury informs us that Rhode Island greening tree 
in that village, produced in 1843, twenty barrels of ap¬ 
ples—that two trees, of which this is one, have for seve¬ 
ral seasons, produced twenty-two to twenty-three bar¬ 
rels suitable for market, besides what previously fell off. 
Mr. H. also informs us that the fruit of a single apricot 
tree, belonging to William T. Titus, of that village, sold 
in August last, for $12,55—being one cent each. The 
fruit of another tree belonging to Delaplain Gaunt, 
brought $17. 
Strings for tying buds, SfC. —Mr. Hamilton gives the 
following directions for preparing the bark of the Bass, 
or Linn tree, for this purpose—“ About the 20th of 
June, cut the bark in strips about four feet long, which 
will make three lengths. Tie it up in bundles, and place 
it in clear running water, with stones on it to keep it 
down. In about four weeks, from six to ten courses of 
the inside bark will readily strip up finely. Having ta¬ 
ken off this, put the rest back, and in three or four weeks 
more, it will again peel. The finest may be used for 
budding trees, and the coarser for tying trees to stakes, 
&c. The bark may be taken from the trees whenever 
they will peel.” 
In regard to the “ small brownish worm ,” which Mr. 
Hamilton speaks of having eaten the buds from his plum 
trees, we know nothing, and without seeing the insect, 
or obtaining a more definite description, we can give no 
information in regard to it. 
Proper depth of covering for Peas. —“Indicator” 
gives the result of an experiment which throws some 
light on this point. He plowed in some peas with a 
wheel attached to the plow, so regulated that the furrow 
was only three inches deep. Just before he had done 
plowing, the wheel came off, which permitted the plow 
to run the usual depth. He noticed that where he plow¬ 
ed after the wheel came off, the peas did not come up 
well—in some instances there would be a space of seve¬ 
ral yards without any. 
Correction—Preparation of Muck. —In our no¬ 
tice of Mr. Camp’s method of improving land, in the 
February number, it seems we made a mistake in substi¬ 
tuting the word “ if” for <c of.” Thus in the preparation 
jof peat or muck, Mr. Camp is made to say he would ad¬ 
vise mixing one bushel of lime, two bushels of ashes, 
four bushels of crushed charcoal, &c., with one load of 
peat: whereas it was only intended to recommend one of 
these articles in the quantity mentioned, instead of the 
whole of them. Mr. Camp says he does not suppose that 
all these ingredients would “hurt a load of muck,” but it 
was his aim to direct to a cheap, as well as good mode 
of improvement;” and he thinks “ if the peat or muck be 
thrown from the bed and well frozen through the winter 
the quantity mentioned of either of these ingredients will 
serve as corrective for one load.” In the note just re¬ 
ceived from Mr. Camp, he speaks of the use of “ char¬ 
red cobs” as follows:—“I have, for years made use of 
|charred cobs and find them to be one of the best absorb- 
lents, drinking in the dews and other liquids, and dispo¬ 
sing of them to the great benefit of plants. If I have 
oyster shells which I wish to char, I place a thick coat 
over the cobs, then cover well with dirt; this holds the 
gas while burning, and is a benefit to the whole. My 
kilns have generally been made partly of wood.” 
Agricultural Papers. —The following extract from 
a. letter received from a correspondent at East Hartford, 
iConn., sufficiently explains itself, and needs no comment: 
“ In perusing the December number of the Cultivator, I 
saw a notice requesting subscribers to act as agents, and 
being desirous to extend the circulation of so valuable a 
paper, I called on one of my neighbors and asked him to 
subscribe. He said “no, I cannot afford it—I’ve purcha¬ 
sed five hundred dollars worth of land this year, and every 
cent counts.’ Now if this man had spent his five hun¬ 
dred dollars in enriching what land he already had, I 
think he would have been better off. I next called on 
another neighbor, and while showing him the size and 
quantity of reading matter in a number, I heard a voice 
