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SIIEPIIEILDIA on BL'FFALO BERRY.
This is aniiuig the most hcautirul plants! for an ornarnciital hedge, and irit lachs thorns,
aniinuhi, it is like lnnstrplittlts used rer this purpose, prererred for
erniiinent, or a heautirul screen, rather than rer their protection again '
The sheplierdia is perrecily hardy and well adapted to this climittcg we have secn it in
a ttiiuiisliing state. uninjured by cold in the tlartlmrlt part or New England.
right growth, and when cultivated as it tree
rutltzlt llIt)YL'.
delic te silvery leaves.
This tree has the stitminlite and pistillnte organs on diircrent plants, hence they inuat
he set in pairs, 12 or to reel, or it less distance apart. ttithout a pair ’lllcre u-ill be no
e piatillaie tree. They rlrc a one Drlmmvnl, in a yard, cul-
ui is lienutirul, and also valuahle rnrjcllies, present , sic.-
wo kinds, stainiiiate and piatillnte, are easily distiiigiiished eithci by.thcir hails or
leaves. The pistillate plant having huds and leaves larger and sliiner. At
ernainenral gnideiis, in ttrightoii, are rare speciiueiis or tltc slieplierilin, lioth as trees and
fruit; and all the fruit is on
tit-atctl as trees, and the ft
in lindgcs.
stint-rt vii. Brinnu.
“ What time in the your is the host for
cutting Lrrinrs .”’ The history ofn fluid of
nine acres which had ror iiiany years been
greatly inrestetl ith the tall hrainble, c
lotv running vnrict i,
kind “lll furnish the bent
question 1 um ithle to give.
were used rur their eradication, nmon -e
which were cutting while in hlonni, cutting
in August, ploughing in autumn, ste.
In the full of 1844 it
was seeded down with wheat and timothy.
After the crop was reuioveil it was used as
u pasture for cattle nnd the hriars grew tllost
luxut-iantly. They were cut close t
ground in February 18-16, and a part or theiii
ttgztin in June, nnd the relnnirldcr in August
auccecding. This plan was highly recorn.
mtanded in it lctter published in the West-
ern Fitrtllcr in 13-11, hya Very intelligent
and enterprising fitrtttt-r in Kentucky.
inny soinetiines succeed, hut in this case the
briars seeiiicil, ifut all ulrectcd by it, to he
sprt:-utl iiiiire rapidly than heroic. lu sup-
lt‘,lttllt'l‘ a ilnclr nrslinep, aatlicicnt in iianiber
to keep the pasture short, was turned in, and
in a rew weeks the ytiung -hriars were cn.
tirely stripped ortheir leaves.
The sheep, (or the preservation or health
are frequently changed from one posture to
ztuuthcr, hut always returned to the l)Ylltl’5
when young shoots heguii to appear. This
course hits now been pursued roi iiearly rt
year, ttnd must ofthe brinrs are entirely dh-nd
tmd tht: fcw thttt yet cxhiltit symptoms of
life have not been permitted to lllrow up any
new ttlrnottt this yeitr. Now I would say to
those ultu tltt not wish to raise their own
hlitck berries, or to su ly their neighbors
with thrlt excellent fruit, let your fields be
seeded down with such grits: us you prefer
for pasture, then let all the tall hriurs at
leltst be cut and naked llllt) ltc-tips during the
two years, any briars are left, X zlm willing
to bear the respousibilty of having erred in
ntyjutigetnent upon this question. A far.
mer told me on yesterday “that he would
II he took possession ofhits fitrm it was
overrun with briari, but Lu he had been told
that they were easily ltillud‘hy cutting thorn
in the dark orthe union in Aug“. he did
not think that much of: tllsudvun”59i bill
The ratio or the tree is heautirul, as well -.is the plant in a hedge. it has
,not do with the scythe, aided hy the moon
ttcspcetrully y-ours,
r
st tl)IlfY)(llS.
it attainsa height of to or 12 reet, often
‘Vin-ltip’s
nrier tryingit rnr several y ais he round
llitljsclfithout “here he hour rt. Ilc tlton
procured a [lock or sheep, and what lieeouldy
waeaoon cirectcd hy his sheep. Aiintlier‘
ruriiier in this t:0IIttly,‘)'l'lI0 thinks the phi-
lnsophytif rarniingit cnrttuittcd in two words‘
(h-.irdworlr,)euts his briais close to the
ground us iirtea as they grow liiglt enough
to admit or it. the plans suceeeils rery well.
I. S. GALLOWAY.
Montgomery, 0. Aug. 27,1847.
Cultlvnliull or Tutaiiircu.
The culture of tobacco in the valley of
the Connecticut, has, within a few years,
lteculnc an object of coniiidt.-rtllllc impor-
ance. The variety here produced is liiiown
ill tht: ntnrket as “Connecticut Seed
and it usually hriiigs dnuhle the price, or
innre,ar the tnllitcco grown in Virginia or
Kentucky. To give a profitable crop it re.
ipiires prottyricli l-.itid-though the siiudy
snils, m.-inurctl at the rlitc or" ten or twenty
cotnrnon two horse or on loutls per acre,
produce well. with good nraiiiigt-iiiciit the
usual yield is t‘rotn1,t5u0 to 2,000 pounds
pcrttcre, of ntnrltctahlu tobacco, and the
- eragupriee may be said to he seven to
‘Veils tutti l’uuli Lntllrop, of South Hadley,
are eoitsiderahly engaged in the tehneeo
culture. The rnrnierlnid sevcntcen acres
the past lteusott. At the ab
yield and price, whit-li it will prohnhly equal,
it will give an average return til‘ $150 to
$150 per acre.
“With the course thnt is here pursued, to-
honor) is hy no rtmltnn nn injurious crop to
the sail; on the contrary it is tuuntl to he rtn
ameliorating one. The liberal niuniiring
Lind clcitn cultivation which it is necessary
to bestow on the tobacco, tits the soil ud-
ttiiruhly for other crops; nnd it is futtnd that
wheat and other grttin and grass tiunrislt
hcttci where tobacco rorina a part or the
rotation, than where that plant is not culti-
vnted. Messrs. Lnthrop mentioned un in-
stance of their having put $36 worth of ma-
nute on an new and a hundred rods of land,
which they plnuted with tobacco. They
got it ton of tobacco, which sold for $160.
Then sowctl the land to wheat und got so
buaheht. The next crop was hay, u
gave, at two cuttings, four tons.-[Albany
Cultivator.
Do not keep a horse too rat, or too leuu,
oirctiiiritn tiiuy be ;rI"lV'll it-t rtnitiitirct'riitu--iitiiitt size it rnt
unsu-ertti the qllestittn nneii ltsked,
“wlletltrr orchards ought to he plniighi-il 2"
we wtlulll reply tltnt it is an nld and pret-a. l
o
lt;t itt tht: dew ilntl air to tht-ir rtlttlri. All(l,l‘
tttthtlli-4 view, are dds llrlvc (lll(‘lI [tern
tilled riirpiitatnes, gritin,:tntl olltl-r t-r..ps,',..e..i, nt,;.t.l.ns
to it-hicli thine are two strihiag ubyi.-eiinii.-; ct. deit, tl
flrat,tllvy rctpiirc the light or the ruin, :utIl.iIs
tvilltlot tvttll tlourlslt under tlw sltlttle tit‘,
an eiperiincnt hail hi-i-ii iiiade iipnii n rnrin
in snuih l- ' '
Exnrrt I ‘
on the lzrh or septeiiihei, we et..teiltli.it
l
hire, in Iht- grouiiigiirrnnts,‘
, some it! (‘tlIIlIlt‘l‘- ‘
tlu-pntatn crnp, hnth in rl'g‘Irtl< the fdrrl
titer. and the [tIIllll(‘.
“H: haw tttttt tllt-
L the rtlsult or this Ptlllllls;
tnttttrtttl. u t-x-‘
expat itioii “U their rnriiud nr
sttt l
'l‘lielund oecitpiad hy tlli: (‘XxH‘I‘ltIl(‘lll,“'E l
trch nd,secuiid,that, he-lag U.tll.tlI:lInI-5lfiIl;tn(l,tlllcttrtvclllI(‘:t<IIl'A'llItJlllallIlI:lt'Ul)P0n
crops, they iiiipoverisli the soil, it lliclt i< so ‘y
fitrinjuriontttnthe sip ea, htlth in rpiantity
and quality, But the Jerusaletn urticliiihe,
(Hrlianllttts Tul7erI75m,) which is exteiul
sively cultivated on the banks uftllcllllinc,‘
l
drills nttt dislztncc of thirty int-hos lJt.'l“L’i3l'l
three acres, nae mntl, ..nd eiglituthrce,
y r
The land was itlifn in alternate
l
h, rirst a drill of potatoes (cups, as they
are enllrd,) and their a tlrll or su-ceitirlil
rather prerers the shade, and would therinyturncps; so that the potato tops in one drilli,
rote thrive well under the trees; and, so fdrytlitl not conic in contact it ith these or thel
rrniii exhausting the ltlnd, will, it is said, nextdrill or thcsniiiereots. The pntatiws,
in either diaipialihca him ror hard labor.
bearaliuiulaiitly rorten or more years in and the iurnnps thus grew together tllli
ii
succession, without manure, even upon poor
about the ttlitltllu ufl
iiiniith (l)ctoltor,)
soil. It hits ltecn further stzttrd that it does l ttiltrln the ]’I0litIl>t‘5, tvlriclt llntl llI‘(‘lI par-
not require tnuch tilllng after it hits once ti
heen panted; rot it iso
draw the tops out or the ground w hen ripe,.
the reniaiuing roots hciiig su ‘e ii to pro.
duce the nu.“ year‘! crops tvtthoutfrcsli
setting, and thus tltz-y continue from your tol
year until they die or old age. All these‘
properties iieeni tn reiider this plant suitable‘
rot orclinid., the pulling it up will open the!
ground, while the ndvoidance or diggiiig, nr. l
ter once set, will spare the roots ortlie trees‘
iiiany-.i wound. it also possesses the rare
property or ahsnrhiiig nitrogen largely tron.
the ’tl.lIlI‘nlI r l‘ l - I it,,i,n,,.,.s.,.,
or its thriving in well witlieut inniiure, nrtd
cnitseipiently iiiiprnves the uniidition or the
soil. It is planted in drills, sitttilar to polar-
tecs, and, hire thein, its roots are eiiiployed
fur reed rerinun and uuiinala. it has hoen
observed that orchnrds, when pluughud, or.
ten rapidly advance I’ a l‘t‘!I2lD ntut, and
then cease to nourish, hut this is believed
tu he caused hy planting the trees too near
eachuther, and, by ploughing between them.
hurries their routs towards each other, until
their interrercncc cliceha their ruture grow in.
The ehier objection to ploughing nu orchard
is, that, in n hilly country, liaviug n
easily carried on‘ hy water, such a soil, try
kept hare and loose, vtlll, in tune, bi-cerne
aensihlydiiniiiisliud, where horizttnttll rur.
rows are sullicicnt to remedy the evil.-
[American Agriculturist.
nraittrc-ctnttt nutd.
It will he of ndvitnlnge to rarriicrs,
nurses, and every-hudy else, we prcauini-, to
know that Sir William Burnett, oflirlglllnd
has discovered it very simple liquid which
has the property, when properly applied, in
destroy ing the diaagrci-.ilile uud snnietiiiies
dangerous rider or the ronrn.where the sick
are eoniined, ns well as wliere any putrid or
offensive malttlr is.
It hurt been etl'o:Iu:tl1y used in the lins-
lai hospital, iii the close stool or prttit-nth,’
iielt of dyseutery-in the water cloaets,niid
s pools, and also in the wards wltrrc the
air was tainted with purulent Bxpeclofhlltitl
or discharge from acres, with the effect
of immediately removing the offensive
dors
The substance used is merely the chloride‘
of st'iic,dissalt-ed in water. Arty chemist‘
or apothecury can prepare it easily. The
method of using it, as tltlopted in the above
named hos itul, i to supply the nurses with
it bottle of the diluted rvlulian, nnd direct
it to be used whenever ocee-ion rnuy re-
lllllfe, by spriiihliug it oi er the Hours.
In a concentrated state it is corrosive, but
when properly diliitcd, proportion or
one part to four of ttvatur, it has been up-
plied to foul ulcers with great advantage,
and wounds that had tleutt nnd rnurtirted
parts, separating nnd iloughing olr, have
been rid of their fetid odttr.
It hits been made useful invsssels, where
the bilge water is very ullen-ivei and it is
stated that it’ applied to my putrsryirtg
b y or tlesh, it arrests the ptrttgreu of pu-
trcfaction. In the wounds nud some dis-
snses or animals, upon the fnrln it must
oftentimes be very ll5Bl.llli<[.W[lllIl8 Fur-
turnlpi reniain in tht- giouuil, itnd are grow.l
Iv att.icl.tul hy the prcrailing ili.-ea
ly neccsstiry to wer'eiiiig up and hunt to the hlanetios -rl
inarhet, where they were said at l2shil-
lingi pi-r load or three liii.-liels; but the:
ing t-igorouslt-. t.‘1t(‘l1 drill liaviiig new twice ‘j
the accuatniaed ronin rnr lluuflilttlmlll and J
grewtli.
The rpiauiiiy or pntatnes prndiiceil prnicil i
In be as 1.2 llt:ttl< or large. to ltmtlu ofl
5 tuiuhihud. uititruducttie.
'rttt- lllflltlltli B): we llssvu .lat.d. are still in
thv ground. but trniii rliniratiuenriiti the
ciiiaiiiny tieitiu-tt- 1'v<ltltlltlNl at '0 tut -
e. 27:. our tun.
The ylehl or can rieiatites, an an Iv:-rllr‘ or
N till Itnul: lwr ttcrt‘. Ill 8 lHr‘t’-
rstrr ltlltrhrtr ls.
“little [lrld llntl
ltcutl Ad. with [Itllntots lI('rt'I’L’: lltt: QHl.llllI-
ta t wii have user. an lipids,
in .
cu-eev nr nrtnlllrt in int i tlItI)‘Bnr river 7
an averaie nr yt-nhi
tndependentort s g i. rriniicy, we
have heron practical security against the
rutnre rnilure orthe potato crop, or or Inn'-
iiig that riilurc iiinde up by the two crops
united. ltiiuy it proper to add rhiitthc
iiianure used in tltt- cultivation orthis held
wnasit llltrtllrml weight nrgiiano per acre,
it in -ll-ill, nrilie value ores. p r en
andthat the snilis inclniiiied peat earth,
8‘:I9ll
ripnlly iittriliiitahle in the separation nrthe
potato drills rroiii each ether, we see no
reason to itouht hut thatunder this system or
husliatidry the results would he euu ally- ra-
vorahle on any land suitable rnr the growth
ofthcst: ' ualilc roots. The risk ttfltn tut-
tritnent is very itlconsithtrnhlc; rind ue
rerointitrntl its atloptiovt, to a certain t-xtent
at least, in lung asilie country ah-all eurrer
under the visiutlion uftlte loss of one of the
inoet iniportant articles nrrnod ror the peo.
ple [Lceiln Ml.-rcur
r cnll Ft-can rtatii tin Emits-asst.
Considerable quantities or rresh carcase
park was carried to Liverpool in our pacltet
ships during the past winter, and sold at u
large prnrt in the rrcsh nteat niarhets urthat
city. hVhy could this not be made .1 good
wintur bulinell with our city butcherl, Ind
such grazlers as live in it i n the
railroads- The only objection to an eaten-
sive business or this liintl-ice and cttld
weather perriiitting-is tltc absence or the
t kind of uiitnrtll to send to English
mlIl(el:l. Such nieiita Ill pork, beer, nnd
ntttlton, saying nothing or poultry or which
up loo lend h
off, the expense or rrsight is n inero nine.
: have per centnge or their vnhte. But such
riteiita to be prontuhle must he good-better
in the heel‘ nnd tlltlltnn line Ihnn we are ac.
customed to see generally in our city mar-
.-i..nll,aiul 5 liiail.-nrdneny ml pDtlAlt)t's,ullltlI’i '
sold as rollaus :4 .
in ioiiiiiiii i-.n..
l‘.l lmttlx til‘ small in En.
httohtegss noitonlvQti”tf.
No. 4.
l tlieiii, and it only requires that the rarrnere
adopt the host llrtrtrdx of roreign cattle and
iltcep nuw plentlfully tic-attorett throughout
our enuntry, to ]trt>duN: as tine andili-sirnhle
ttwzlts M4 the Englitzlt tlit-mitt-Ives: can do.
In Plllllt‘, the Short-Horns, the llcrcfurdl
and the lti-vniis pols s all the hue qllallllt-V‘
rni railing pnrpnscsboing the best such in
the l:ngli.li ...nrhi-ts; whilt: in sheep, the
Suutlldtivtnn ‘Vlrlll Ihv most dESll’:llPlE rnut-
tnii. Thi-y are 4'tlIIl[l:llilIIYEly plenty in the
t'nited .<t..ti-s, and nteat-i-llant quality, and
nlingetlier rltenper lu-ii-. than in t:iigland.-
Indeed we do not linow til" l)L‘llI‘l' invest-
iiiniits rnr our ranneri in tliei-tteiuive gru-
itxg districts bordering on llnllronds iutd cu-
nnltt, than to obtain nnimizlls Ltfthesc Hill!!-
hlc hrecd. and go at once into breeding und
prnpnring thein rni the English iitnrhetn-
Atshznn stock, ir or the right kiltd, they may
he tmnsportt-tt tn the graziors in the tugb-
lmrhood ttf nnr r-itir-it tlurltlg Ihu full of tho
‘ -- , and then fed oli'fttr VAlltlL'I rnitrkct; or
if equitlly covonient, hotter fed and rattenetl
at hours, and in u later slaughtered and sent
by railroad tn the citit-ii ror exportation.
lie eaperinient or ex-piiitataiii has been
tried and found successful; land there will
be plenty or haycra who will eiiibarh the
necessary capital and go peruiauently into
tht'- liusttu‘. llut it will ht: useloss to send
pnnr lialrteil i i in l;iiglaiiil. The car.
casen niint he fat and in be prcfilahly red
tltry must be of such ltiintl lli will take on
heart kitltlly, fallen idly. and Hl’I(IW well
I hct. Sucl
at it round prerit, hut such too, we art: sorry
to any, in not etist either in our comitoit
ninerdean cattle or sheep. we niuiit resort
In the best for ' hloutl, ntld their crosses
on our uittlvc ate it, to .1 high degrcofurllut
pttrpiise. we hnptz to see this branch or
husbandry huceine extensively puraued.-
[.-tnieiicait Agricttlturist.
The Polinto not aa.Vit ve or vtrtrttstii.
Snare y rs ago, I had an opportunity to
read Gt-rard's lterhnl, (cditirtn or 1638,)
vtits ttwitrt: ttfltis uasertiun, before [saw the
Oxlrltct rclutive to the potato, in the lust
Cultivator, that he had “received root: here-
or iron. virgiiiiii." Probably lie believed
an; btttvt-ry iiiipriihaliletliat he did to. lie
ltaa neither natiied the person rrtlni whom,
not the ytzrtr in which, lllr rt- -ivcd then-ha
things scarcely to he omitted, if Ihoy had
hrcn ltruugltt to him directly frumtluttcoun-
tr
At it time wht-n newspapers were not
published to correct the idle rulnrtrs of the
day, his not Ruprising that the native coun-
try crthe pntaiii. idioiild he inistalteu; and
however crninaiit Gerard was an n herbalist,
his ignrtrrtrtco in some other ntulters, Wu
wry l’I‘IlliI!l(i’Il)l0. In his account tlftihc Afri-
htarigelil,
most ilt Africtt of themselves, front whence
we first had them, and that was when
Charles the nrlh, Emperor of Rome [:1
niadc a rainous t-onaucat nt"l'ultiI."
The author ttrlhc article on the Potato in
thc Lllalnlly orrzntertaining Knowledge, ev-
idently nii-tnnh “the wild l’ot:tto.” (.lpt'-
aa Tilbrt-am.) for the eornrntin potnto.(So-
Irtnum 'ritherosavi,) The would not hnvc
been the case, if lleriut, hnd nlso ducriht.-d
the common potato; nnd his not doing so.
proves conclusively to me that the early set-
tlers never found it there. Neither lnvo
any orour botanists.
DAVID Tnonsms.
(ircatlicld, 12 mo. 20. 1546.
[Albany cultivator.
Kill; Hirti.-His principal food consists
or bsctlea, crickets, graaal
ker worms ' r
nets. 1 have seen hirri rly ainoiig tbetu
nnd appear to catch something; Ind luvs
thereupon shot him. But on examining '
crop, i have never round any bees in ii. I
think this charge against hitu is not Inboun-
' He is the most insulting ll-id‘ in I
mulberry tree, that 1 ant acquainted with.
But he is a noble spirited hirdi" the huh
and crows can testify. I believe we ought
We uiay, however readily get inta
to let hlln live.-[l‘nnnsH' G-um.
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