The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-06-29
would not be laughed at by my neigh
bors for turning author. | am determin-
ed you shall have no signature but that
of A AllDDLESEX FARMER.
REMARKS BY THE EDITOR.

hEmAItho DI HE l1ORs
Our correspondent has contrived to
render a barren subject fertile in hu-
NOR; and if he handles his hoe, and
performs with his plough, as well as he
flourishes with his pen, he will eventu-
ally eradicate every pernicious plant
thai plaques his premises. We will
cheerfully enlist under his banners in a
war of determination against the vege-
table land pirates ofwhich he complains
1t is ycleped by the learned Chrysan-
themum Ieucahthemum. but has quite an
assortment Of vulgar names, and, like
sosr" ~ti,ur rOgues anu VdgauouuS, seenIs
to be accommodated with an alias for
every country. Ia some places it is
called white weed, in others may weed,
OK eye. &c. 10 poetry it sometimes
assumes the musical appellatiou of dai-
sy and may be made to rhyme with
lazy, or crazy, in any well written ard
we'll applied satire against those indo-
lent cultivaters who suffer it to eDcum-
Der their grounds. Ii is possessed OF
such detestable spirit of monopoly,
Gas intimated by our correspondent.
that, unless it meets with thorough
going opposition, ii appropriates the
fields in which il gets root-hold to lis
own exclusive use, and starves out IFS
more useful and creditable vegetable
neighbors with apparently as little COM
FUNCTION as good farmers feel in exter-
minatiug grub-worms or catterpillars.
Dr. Deane observed, see article
white weed. DeaDe's N. E. Farmer,
''that dunglng The ground is an enemy to
this weed; and it is said that pasturing
with sheep kills it. But to conquer II
effectually, there can be no better way
than to use the land in tillage FOR hoed
crops several years in succession" The
Farmers Assistant assures US that TOP
dressings of compost suitable to the sol
will destroy it. If pasturing with sheer
will effect its destruction, it will, in ma
ny cases, prove the easiest mode Of an
Initiating it. But if The farmer has ms
sheep, cannot we'll till the land infested
by it with hoed crops, and has no ma
nure or compost to spare, wherewith t.
doctor off his white weed, we shoult
think something might be done, to pref
ty good purpose. by constantly cutting
it down while yet so green that it may
be made into hay. If never permittst
TO ripen its seeds, it will at least lose it
vigor, will not claim patent right Il
the farmers real property, and will no
be able to use the I" wings Of the wind
in extending its dominions and taking ex
elusive possession of the territory ii
which it has unfortunately obtained ;
settlement.
Merino Ram.-On Wednesday las
Mr.. Wedsworth Wadsworth. of Durham
exhibited in this city his celebrated
Merino Ram. This remarkable ANNA
is. only six years old-weighs $40 lbs
has never been sheared, and possesse
the peculiar characte ristic of the meri
no breed. of never shedding its wool
The length of his fleece, by actua
measurement is II inches, and it
weight, estimated by competent judges
from 90 to 40 lbs. For fneness of tex
ture, length of staple, and beauty of ap
pearance, it is believed it has neve
been surpassed by any single fleece ii
the. country. This animal enjoys per
feet health, and it is said does not sufe
from the changes or extremes of climate
.Middleto-un Sentinel.