Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-05-12

should be covered with about two inches Of
earth.*
Jesse Buell. ESQ. of Albany, observed that
g Failures, and great inconvenience and loss
often result from the seed not vege tating
from its destruction by the wire worm and
grub, and from The depredations committed
upon the young plants by birds and SPUR
rels. As had never suffered in either Of
these respects, / will state my method Of
preparing the seed. | collect, in the first
place, quantity of roots of the black heIe-
bore, or itch weed, which abounds in swamps
grows with, and resembles in its habits
skunk's cabbage, except the leaves are mar
rover, longer, and grow upon the seed stock
these boil till obtain strong decoction'
| | then take out the roots, and add to the
liquor salt petre, in the proportion of four
ounces to three gallons, and put in my seed
corn while the liquor is yet warm. Thirty
six hours is the longest period it should be
suffered to steep, as the nltre may destroy
the negotiating principle of the grain. AS
further precaution, the liquor is again warm
| ed, and gill of tar stirred in, and the seed
immersed in it anew. Thus prepared ! have
not leg. twenty hills in four years. The
terminating process commences before the
corn is planted, and unless the ground is
too wet to grow the crop, (and itnever pays
the expense pf culture on soils that abound
in springs, OF that are naturally wet and
cold,) it will continue to progress. The
hellebore is poisonous, and though the
ground may partially extract the poison
neither birds nor squirrels will ever disturb
dozen hills, The tar impregnates the
seed and protects it from the worms. The
nitre and plaster, with which latter the seed
is mixed before planting, combine their fer
tilizing properties to give vigour and
strength to the young plants" .
Soaking seed corn in solution OF Geaub-
er's salts has been recommended as pre-
servative against insects and birds, and such
solution has likewise been thought to be val
liable for its stimulating and fertilizing
qualities. (See New England Farmer, vol
v. page 1857 Copperas dissolved in water
has likewise been highly recommended as q
steep for seed corn. A writer for the N. E.
Farmer (see vol iv.p. 2S4) states that he
" used about one and a half pounds of cop
peras in three pecks of corn. made the
water warm, and soaked the corn full As
hours before planting, putting in copperas
as we used it out. 1t is not easy to use too
much copperas. believe, the more the bet
ter" See likewise N. E. Farmer, vol. vi.
p. $50. This preparation for seed corn has
been much used, and, so far as we have
learned, with uniform success.
~. E. Farmer.
DAYTON, (OHIo.) April 81. CANAL
STEAM Boar. On Thursday last the
Steam Packet Enterprise arrived at this
place. Several attempts have heretofore
been made to navigate Canals by steam
boats, which have generally failed from
various causes, but principally on account
Of the injury done to the bank by the
commotion produced in the water. The
Enterprise has been constructed with a
view to avoid this objection, and in this
respect the experiment has completely
succeeded. Two narrow boats are plac.
ed side by side, with space of about four
feet between them, having one bow which
is so constructed as to allow the water to
pass into the space between the two boats
without obstruction. The furnace and
boiler are placed in the forepart, exactly
over the space between the two boats
so that the Goals passing through the
CRATES fall Immediately into the water
The paddle wheel is directly behind the
boiler, between the boats, and the piston
cylinder and crank are on one side and
the fly wheel on the other. The water
after having been acted npon by the pad
die wheel, which is rather forward of the
middle Of the boat, passes out to the stern
between the boats, and being thus con6n'
ed and smoothed before it is clear of the
stern, no waves of any considerable size
are formed. The agitation Of the water
when the boat was going at the rate o
four miles an hour, was less than iha
caused by horse boat going with muct
less speed. From the paddle wheel t.
the stern, platform is laid over botl
boats and the space between them, form
ing the floor of the cabin, which contains
81 births.
On account of the lowness Of the bridg
es, it was necessary that the chime,
should not be higher than the roof of tn,
boat. An ingenious machine is placed il
it for the purpose Of creating draft, be
ing kind of windmill running SO as t
draw the air out of the chimney, and turn
led by band from wheel attached t.
the machinery. Two cords of woos
were expended in the passage from Gin
i cinnaLl to Dayton. 4.
LEXINGTON, Ky April %. FAM
lily JARS. Pleasant NJ. Miller, leadin.
Jacksonian in Tennessee, has renounce,
the faith, and the Hero, and published hi
recantation at full length in the Nashville
papers. He charges the General with in
consistency in appointing to Office mem
bers Of Congress, Senators and Govern
ours, after having condemned sue. ap
|pointments by his predecessor. This MI
Miller was member of the Tennessee
Legislature in 1922, when Gen. Jackso
was first nominated for the Presidency
and in his speech on that occasion he uro