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THE CULTIVATOR. 
nut and locust grow well for one or two years, and then get killed 
by the frost. L. KELSEY, Jr. 
Remark. —The only mode of succeeding in a plantation, under 
the difficulties above enumerated, seems to be, to begin on the west 
and north sides with some of the most hardy timber trees, as beech, 
birch, &c. and when so far advanced as to serve as shelter, to plant 
the more tender kinds on the leeward sides. This mode has suc¬ 
ceeded in south east Russia and in Scotland, and thus lands before 
waste, have been rendered fertile and productive. The beech is 
extensively used in Flanders for hedges. Are there no native thorns 
(craetagus ) in Illinois—is not the honey locust indigenous there! 
These are suitable for fences. The only mulberry that will be like¬ 
ly to withstand the prairie winds, we think, is the red or native 
American. 
Canada thistles may he exterminated , by being cut three times in 
a season, i. e. in June, July and August, just below the surface of 
the ground. I have ascertained this from practical experience. 
IRA ORMSBY. 
Mr. O. asks us, if ruta baga will do well, for several years on the 
same ground, providing it is well manured ! We' answer, it will 
do better on different pieces, provided the soil is dry, light and well 
manured. There is no crop, not even garden products, that does 
well, if repeated in consecutive seasons, upon the same field. 
CURE FOR THE HOVEN. 
Mr. John Daniels, of North Hartland, Vt. sends us the following 
directions for saving cattle that are choked, or hoven, by eating to ex¬ 
cess clover or other green food. It is worth trying, and we have little 
doubt will be found effectual. What particularly recommends it is, 
that it is not likely to do harm, while the remedy is within the reach 
of every farmer. 
“ To one pint of old sharp vinegar, add one half pound of hog’s 
lard, incorporate them together over a fire; add enough more vine¬ 
gar to reduce the heat, so that it will not bum; put into a bottle 
and turn down the animal’s neck. The above is a dose for an ox.” 
Cure for Hoven in Cattle. —Give to the animals rye straw, which it 
is said they will eat greedily.— Com. by W. Keese, Essex co. 
Cure for the Hom-ail. —Take of good vinegar and spirits of tur¬ 
pentine one gill each, of salt and pepper, red or black, half a gill 
each, simmer these together, and apply them as warm as your hand 
will bear between the horns, winding a cloth round the horns near 
the head, in order to retain as much of the compound as may be. 
One application is sufficient in ordinary cases; but where the case 
is obstinate, a repetition may be necessary. I have tried this often, 
and have never failed of performing a cure, and think it far prefera¬ 
ble to perforating the horn, as is the practice with many. 
IRA GRANT. 
SHORT HORN CATTLE. 
We are requested to advertise three short horn bulls and two 
calves, of approved pedigree; but as it does not comport with our 
custom to publish advertisements in this sheet, we barely state, that 
the cattle may be seen at the farm of A. Ferguson, Esq. three 
miles from Burlington Beach, Upper Canada, and that for terms, &c. 
address Mr. Ferguson, Nelson post-office, U. C. 
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Angle- worms. —The inquiry is made by two subscribers in Ap 
pling, Jefferson, “how they can destroy angle-worms in their gar 
den!” We were not aware that these worms preyed on any sort 
of vegetation, or that they were in any way injurious ; indeed we 
supposed they served a beneficial purpose: for Curtis, who has 
given us an excellent treatise upon grasses, remarks, that these 
worms, by “throwing up great quantities of earth, contribute great¬ 
ly, in meadow lands, to prevent the growth of moss, as well as af¬ 
ford fresh soil for the roots of plants to shoot into, and for seeds to 
vegetate in.” He calls them “the natural diggers and dungers of 
land; worm casts being nothing more than the dung of worms.”— 
But if our subscribers are determined to exterminate these “ diggers 
and dungers,” they can do it, it is believed, in the way that other 
ground worms are destroyed, that is, by sprinkling the ground suffi¬ 
ciently with soot, or salt, or brme; and probably lime or ashes may 
suffice—and a strong deeoction of walnut leaves is said to be cer¬ 
tain. We do not say this from experience, but on respectable au¬ 
thority. 
Artesian Wells. —We have had several inquiries as to the ex¬ 
pense of boring for water, of the augurs and implements, and where 
the latter can be purchased. The implements, we understand, may 
be had in this city. The expense of boring will very much depend 
upon the depth to which it is carried, and the material which is to 
be perforated—-the expense increasing the lower the augur is car¬ 
ried. The boring is continued to the depth, sometimes, of 500 to 
1000 feet. We have had no practical experience in the matter; 
but we find the process thus described:—The soil is to be perforat¬ 
ed with an iron borer; a wooden or metal pipe is then to be placed 
in "the hole, and driven down; after which the boring is continued, 
and as it progresses the pipe is driven further down. As the augur 
becomes filled with earth or pulverized rock, it is drawn up and 
emptied; so that, by the additions of fresh portions of the pipe, the 
boring may be carried to a- great extent under ground, and water is 
obtained, which generally rises to near the surface, and often flows 
over the top of the pipe in a continued stream. 
J. M’D. Matthews will find answers to his queries in the commu¬ 
nication of Mr. Petrie, Sic. except in relation to the corn crusher, 
as to which we can advise him no further than to say, that Taun¬ 
ton, to which he alludes, is in Massachusetts. 
The “ Good Samaritan,” of Hartford, Ct. will accept our thanks 
for the “ Winter Belmont apples,” grown in Ohio, and the grafts of 
the same, which he sent us. The fruit is beautful to the eye ; but, 
as we are bound to be ingenuous in these matters, we must say, to 
the taste it is below mediocrity—-perhaps owing to the defective 
state in which it came to us. 
Mr. E. Thompson, of Stanford, Dutchess, asks where he can pro¬ 
cure the potato oats! Will some gentleman, who has them to spare, 
favor us with his address, and note to us the price! 
A. C. Howard, of Thetford, Yt. is anxious to know if certain 
strata of earths which he describes, afford indications of marl! We 
are not qualfied to answer his question; but he can readily deter¬ 
mine if he has marl, by drying some of the earth supposed to con¬ 
tain carbonate of lime, and testing it with muriatic acid, or strong 
vinegar, either of which will show its presence, if effervescence 
takes place on the acid being turned upon the earth. “ I have made 
use of plaster of Paris,” adds Mr. H. “ and leached ashes, for a 
number of years, and find they have a good effect on corn, and po¬ 
tatoes and clover. I have practised upon the alternating system, 
till I have increased the products four-fold upon some of my poorest 
land, with the aid of plaster and a small quantity of animal manure.” 
A good result, and a worthy example. 
GLEASON’S PORTABLE HORSE POWER, 
Fig. 20. 
Of which we here present a drawing, may be had by applying to 
W. Thorburn, seedsman, in this city—price #1115. It appears, 
from a cursory examination, to be well constructed, not liable to get 
out of order, and possesses the advantage, as the proprietors allege, 
of driving more machinery, with less animal strength, and with 
fewer hands, than any machine of the kind now in use. Of this 
latter fact we do not feel competent to judge. The power we saw 
in operation was adapted to one horse, and might be applied to 
