Litchfield enquirer., 1829-09-17
SELECT SEED CORN.

1t is highly important that your seed
corn should be selected from the best sam
pies which can be obtained AS the offspring
whether vegetable or animal will in
great degree partake of the good or bad
qualities OF the parent. Tire following di-
rections on this subject are from scien-
tifc and practical agriculturalist
"Whcn the first ears are ripe enough
for seed, gather sufficient quantity for
early corn or replantng; and at the time
you would wish your corn to be ripe, gen.
orally, gather sufficient quantity for plan
,,aT.5c.J~r rcare to
take from stocks that are large ut the UUI-
tom, of a regular taper, not over tall, the
ears set low, and containing the greatest
number of good sizeable ears of the best
quality; let it dry speedily and from the
corn gathered as last described, plant your
main CROP and if any hills should be mis-
sing, replant from that first gathering,
which will cause the crop to ripen more
regularly than is common, which is great
benefit. The above mentioned I have
practised many years, and am satisfied it
has increased the quantity, and improved
the quality Of my crops beyond what any
person would imagine. who has not tried
the experiment"
DR.. Deane observed that "somc re-
commend gathering seed corn before the
harvest, being the ears that first ripen.-
But | think il would be better to mark
them and let them remain on the stalks,
till they become sapless. Whenever they
are taken in, they should be hung up by
their husks, in a dry place, secure from
early frost !; and they will be so hardened
as to be in no danger of injury from the
frost in winter" Farmer.
When cucumber is taken from the
vine let it be cut off with a knife, leaving
about the eighth of an inch of the cucum-
Der remaining to the stem upon which it
grew, then slit the stem with knife from
its end TO the vine, leaving particle of
the cucumber to each division, and as ma
ny Sits or divisions as are made in it there
will be new cucumbers, as large and as
fine as those that grow in the natural way.
| IntemperGnce.-COmmi have ascer-
tanned by careful inquiries Of all the re-
tailers and taverners in Troy, N. Y. that
Ia, $50 gallons Of ardent spirits are annu-
ally consumed in that city. the popula-
ton is about 1900. The number Of ha-
bitual drunkards and tipplers is 5S5, and
the number who have adopted the princi-
pie of entire abstinence is about the same.
The rest are women, children, and those
denOminated temperate men. The city
coroner states that in three years he has
holden an inquest over SO persons found
dead, and that 90 Of the SO were sudden
ly precipitated into eternity by intemper-
ance. The keeper Of the house Of Indus.
try reports that since October last, 224
persons have been received as inmates
and that 95 Of these are Incorporate, and
80 are children Of Incorporate parents.-
There are in the city about SO widows
and 500 orphans Of deceased drunkards.-
Wide spread as the evil is,an evident checl
has been effected in the city. Some PEG.
pie affect to believe that the pictures OF Oh.
evils Of intemperaDce are Overdrawn, bu
the truth is, that the half has not beer
told.-Hamp. GGz.
Deceive not your prince, sell not th'
laws, injure not the people, these arc tire,
, importaut rules for Mandarins.