Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-09-21
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Moscow IN. " Advertiser.


|of Smut in the harvest OF this year, in.
lduces me TO refer to some remarks sent
Iyou about two years since, and to add my
Subsequent experience. In the pursuit Of
1.-THE remedy proposed, my wheat has
been perfectly clear Of smut, both on new
land and pasture ley, where there was not
lsny scattering Of wheat the last year.
| lprepare my seed wheat as follows -
Towards evening take the quantity Of
wheat you intend to SOW Oh the morrow,
and place il in tubs or light vessels-poul
lover the wheat so much lye Of wood ashes
as will cover il, and somewhat more, Sc
THAT the swelling of the wheat over night
shall not leave the top exposed to the air.
10 the morning take out the wheat, put il
into a basket few minutes to drain.
then pour it Oh floor and silt on as mach
fine Stacked lime as will, when the whole
| is mixed up well, stick TO the seed, and
Isow ii as soon as convenient.
You will observe that after making
your first cast across the field, the white
colour Of the lined wheat as it lies on
1.-The ground becomes very useful to guide
lyou on your return, and enables you TO
lsow the whole very even.
II you cannot procure lime, still put up
a leach OF ashes and let the lye be just
strong enough TO bear an egg. Iftoo strong
reduce it.
My advice is not to wash your wheat,
however smutty it may be, as l think The
water prevents the good effect of the I've
and lime.
1t is known that lime greatly aids the
|fermenting Of heap Of manure and pre-
|pares it to support young plants, and |
conceive that something Of the same kind
takes place around the kernel of the
lined wheat, which gives the young shoots
additional nourisbment, and probably will
Increase the crop every year more than
the amount Of seed sown.
/ have no doubt from my own expert
Ience, that the above directions will pre-
vent the smut for one year--and the
method to be efiectual ought to be follow
led up each year.
IF am right in my idea, the import
ance Of the measure is such that / hope
my fellow citizens will excuse my insisting
la little further upon its benefits. Suppose
there are annually sown 10 the state oil
New York 100000 acres Of wheat, as
think we ought to SOW at least pecks to
the acre of fallow ground; and as think
lining gives an increase of quantity equal
to the seed, this alone would make l25,OO0
bushels. But add TO this that where
wheat is very smutty, there is loss Of
ten per cent in quantity, and further
loss Of ten per cent more in the price Of
wheat itself, and the difference becomes
a vast object.
Fellow citizens, ought we not TO be
awake to our interest--let us sow none but
pure and clean wheat--and rescue the
state from the reproach mentioned in the
Governors speech, that our flour is not
worth SO much by one dollar and fifty
|cents per barrel, as that of our southern
neighbours. PETER HOLLOWAY.
ONIONS.
The crops of this valuable esculent
root, have, we are informed, come in re-
markedly we'll this season; and what must
be equally gratifying TO the cultivators,
it bears considering the price of other
Iproduce) very high price. With the
exception Of the town Of Weathersfield,
where the onion is extensively cultivated,
very little attention is paid to the root
culturs in this state, although more profit
able than any other. The public in gen.
eral are little aware of the profits of this
crop. An ordinary crop is said to be
5000 lunches (of 81 lbs. each) to the
acre. At the present time they are sell.
ing at four dollars per hundred punches
or 40 dollars per thousand, making 800
dollars as the proceeds of single acre Of
ground. This is more than the ayails Of
ten acres of first rate Indian Corn; which
at 40 bushels per acre Gan extraordinary
crop) yields 400 bushels, which will mol
certainly, the present season, be worth
more than rs cents per bushel, making
800 dollars. We do not know what il
the comparative amount Of the Iabour in
the two cases; but when it is considered
that corn is the greatest exhauster in the
world, and that there is ten acres subject
TO its culture to one Of the other, il cannot
be difficult to determine the difference be.
tween the expense Of Improvement on the
soil 10 the two cases. Hartford Times.
To cleanse the Teeth and Improve tht
Breath.-To a ounces Of fresh prepared
lime water add | drachm of Peruvian
bark, and wash the teeth with this waite,
in the morning before breakfast and afte,
supper. 1t will effectually destroy the
tartar on the teeth, and remove the often
sive smell arising from those that are de-