The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-17 00:00:00

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Till et API 01 101 Clgoloi.,—Tbe following la ttio
Pardsorri COrgiels report of the etats of the °rope in
this wont? lw.Wllditi goi Wilangillt7Pl•ll 11111171
berley, tether under average I ONO. rs • m,ar everegto
beans, not mush grown peas, very p turnips, lafr ,
WIWI worse', left I Mei, geed ovetage distrait general)
August I It, Demob, Iltwelieeter.--Wheat, average p
l:r.ybarley,o he
joi_iimfolfehiviturtil o.VoilliaritViONlO4l4l 1011111:,,insnovitiongeutvironlii.
iIIX IW. J. Pope, Ilrldport,— neat, good barley,
ro 1111, 1119 d 1 /11111111 144141 rill, 1111414
mina, good mengel MOW , goua limit.
short j -harvest general, August 161 J. RU 00
Ileanuittilter,-.Whiat, avenge) Utley,. averflp I °Mai
over average beaus, intddliug peas, Wighted 1 Mobil*,
hurt by tiy mensal tweet, geed j hail average, well
tothebarveet general, Auguit W. J. Voss, Osri
To TIN AtiIitULTUSIWN or 01111aT 11111TAM.—Th1
following has been sent to no tea i.uhlkation .—"Gen•
tleinen,—The season has eosin, &Mewl when the about
of " Herveet Home *1 retetberatee through the lend.
Providenee has again smiled upon us and given ill abun..
dance, and It $5 701? prlvilep to rejtdoertt:44neeeselon,
mid your duty to dispose el it with ral . Scrip-
ture requires yod shottld " Nonout the with your
suhstause, and wAth the first fruits dell you inortese,"
and declares " There is that leattereth and yet in-
oreaeeth, and there is that wlthholdeth more then Is
meet audit tendeth to poverty." If there is one time
in the year more than another, when our thankfulness
should take a public and definite form, purely it is now,
while the "berm are filled with plepty, and the presses
flowing forth with new wine." Will you, then, join In a
thenksgiwing fund, and it lead oontributs some trite in
token ,of gratitude to Hint who ha, thin "crowned the
your with -His goodness," and made "the valleys shout
aluud for joy; —and as the beat object of your benevo-
lence, will you listen to the plea, of the widow and the
fatherless, as presented by the Orphan Working School?
Tl.e chanty has been in existence 100 years, and has he-
nefitted nearly 2,000 Ihlldren. It now clothes, maintains.
MOO ednuates 200, and is seeking to obtain sufficient
funds to enlarge its operations, so.. to take 400 ander •
Ito constant care. Already upwards of £5,000 have been
contributed, and could another £5,000 be ebtained, it
will be done et once. Here, then, is an opporteuity of
grateful expression and lasting good, and it la hoped our
country friends will unite heart cud hand in the good
work, end that when times and seasons are ended, it
may be said by the Master, " Inasmuch as ye did it to
the least of thew, ye did it unto inc." All particulars
relative to the above charity may be obtained at the
altos, where any contributions will be most thankfully
received, as also any suggestions relative to this special
thanksgiving fund, and its appropriation. Office, 32,
Ludgate-hill London, E.O T. Cluirtier, chairman of
Centenary &enmities. P.S. There are children in the
school from all parte of the United Kingdom.
WHEN TO CUT Tillaga.—Never in winter, but al-
ways in summer. It should be out during the most
rapid season of growth, and while that season is drawing
toward a close. The same Tale aliould be followed that
skilful nurserymen observe in performing the operation
of budding—that is, just as the tera.inal bud on each
branch begins to form—as soon salt is first evident that
the growth of the branch is about to terminate, but Is
still in active progress. Experieimed tree-propagators
have found that much earlier than this the Junes of the
tree are in too thin or liquid • state to form • good
adhesion between the bud and the peeled surface. From
the moment that the Lark separates freely from the
wood, these juices continue to thicken, until growth
mown altogether and the new wood is oompletely
formed; and when this new wood is in the 'tat, of a
thick paste or cement, then is the time that the bud
will adhere most leafectly. Title is the period when
the bark may be peeled from a tree without destroying
its vitality, And this Is the time for (tutting timber.
Early in spring, the tree is full of sap, which is little
else than pure water, and which has been gradually
eroumulatiug throughout the winter by the absorption
of the roots, with DO outlet for its escape, as there is in
summer through myriads of leaves. While the tree is
thus replete with water, it is in the worst condition to
be cut. But towards iwideummer, when a portion of
this water has jawed off through the leaves, and the
rat has been much thickesed by conversion into
material for wood, the ONO is very different; for while
the watery sap promotes only dew, the thlokened
juices soon dry and hir.len, and asi.lst in the preserva-
tion of the wood. We have reeently Weil furnished
with a number of food, In eorroburetion of this opinion,
by Isaac Hathaway, uf Fartuingtou, Ontario county,
N. YI an old and enterprisiug settler, a close and eaten-
tire observer, Mal who Walnut' experience in connexion
with saw-mills end timber erections. All Ills oluervatione
tend to show the great difference between winter and
summer cut timber, PAW induce thu to think that out
at the best period, will last under the average of sir-
OUlllelelleell WIN thues a. Wog as when felled In winter.
In one instance, • lanai consisting of winter-out mate-
rials, a part si lit Into rails, and a portion in round pole.,
of beseh, mspde, iNIIIIOOII, basswood, kn., lied completely
decayed In 15 years, and none of that was even at for
iire•wood. In another ores, a quentlty of basswood
rolls were out in summer, end spill from the brown or
heart portion of the true. This was done about 80 years
ago 1 310 years afterwards the fence war quite sound, and
even nos Nome of the seine rails remoin undeonyed,
although mush worn away by the weather. Winter
saw-loge, left uvor use smellier at the infil, are usually
much decayed for several Moho' towards the interior I
situitneveut loge, which have lain a like perial, ere
always mound. is has cut hickory for ase•helves p ii
done in winter decay soon ownuaneet, end the worm,
which loves this wood, often wholly destroys its value.
Suainnerout, lie has never known it to be attooked by
the inmost, and Indeed It seems too hard for them to
penetrate. He has lad ooeuion to examine several old
frame. of buildings, and in every instance where the
period of tutting oould be determined, the same
striking differenee in durability was oonspicuous.
He related several experiniente on the durability of
poste, one of which is worthy of repetition, In a gra,
velly soil, whore the water never remains, a stone
bottom a few inches thick wee laid In the poet-hole, on
which the post was set, and was then surrounded with
stens *lonely rammed in on every side. As • amts.
queries, the water never remains long enough in rem-
taot with the post to soak its interior, as would be the
case If damp earth pressed its outer surface. Such
posts consequently give promise of remaining sound,
after some years' trial, at least twice the period of those
simply peeked in mirth. He also duds that posts of
what is termed the White Cedar In western New York
(the American Arbor.vito) last wuoli longer when set
green with the bark on, tlian if sawed and seasoned,
which he attributes to the protection afforded by the
durable bark whist the vieloaitudei of rain and drought,
and the air and weather generally. Now that the
season is approaching best adapted for timber cutting,
as indicated in the preceding remarks, we hope those
Interested will at least satisfy theineelves on the subject
by a fair and careful triaL —The Country Gentleman,
Albany, New York.