Litchfield enquirer., 1833-07-25

I "HtCu we nave SeieFfeo prOtec1s some Dlr0:
 at certain seasons of inc year among oth.
 CTS, the rObins who lives on insects and
 worms, and has 10 taste for vegetable diet
 and'the lark, who is extremely useful in his
 way. The only wonder is, that it should
 have been bought expedient to allow them
 to be shot. in any seas0D. The quail.
 another oflhe privileged class, has no title
 to be named in company wiih the others ;
 in the planting time, he makes more havoc
 Ihan a regiment of crows, wiLi,oul atoning
 for his ntisdeeds by demOlishing a single
 grub. Nor is the partridge much more
 scrnpulous respector of the rights of prop-
 cr'y; though, as he lives in comparative 'e''rement. lie succeeds in preserving a
 better name fer honesty. .
 There are some of our most familiar birds, ot which word may here be said.
 Evcry body ltas seen the little goldGnch on the thistle by the way-side, and won dered, perhaps, that his taste should lead
 him to so thorny d luxury but he is all the while engaged in devuuring the seeds,
 which but for him would overrun the grounds of every farmer. Even the bobo'-
 link, q mostconceited coxcpmb, who steals
 with all imaginable grace, destroys millions fthe insects which annoy the farmer most. 1 All the little birds, in fact, which are seen about the blossoms of the trees, are doing
 us the same service in their own way.
 Perhaps there is no bird which is con- sidered more decidedly wanting in princi- pie, than the wood-pcckcr; and, certainly, so Tar as man is concerned, there is none more conscientious. So long as dead tree can be found for her nest, he will not Trouble himself to bore into living one :; whatever wounds he makes upon the live Tug, are considered by foreign gardeners us an advantage to the tree.. The sound tree IS not the subject-he is in pursuit of in- sec's and their laryae. In South CaToli- nae and Georgia, forests to large extent ] have been destroyed by an inscc, which ! would seem as capable of lifting a tree, as ot destroying it. The people were alarm- eu oy the visitation, and sagaciously laid the mlschietto tue wood-pecker, until they tound that they had confounded the baliff with the hief.-Boston Pat.
 soUR soIL-AGRIcUlrURAL SCIENCE.
 M. EditoP:--f will mention an incident, by way of exhibiting the importance, to tl.e farmer. of an acquaintance with the gene- raI Rrincinles> ,G>s,l,stmgg a.u' HHuFe IaHlt in 1 economy than skill in invention. ' have largo piece of meadow, ,levei and handsome, which might be supposed capable of pros ducing three tons to tEe acre, and yet IS so cold and spur, as we call it, that hardly | got one ton. | have manured tt ID the mos, lavish manner; but to very little pur- pose. IL was too wet to produce any o'h- CT crop, even potatoes consequently there would be little use in breaking t up, and seeding down anew. So c0ncluded to look upon -n,y meadow as ] would upon COW with two teats, and be conien,ed with my ton ,o the acre. My eldest boy is what they call scllolar, so ! sent him to cole lcge. The second year he came home in the spring, and heard me speak of my sour meadow. He examined it, and asked why did not spread upon it quantity of lime or plaster. [" and thus by n chemical pro- cess. expel the acidi,y 2" " Got College. with your iargon v said l :: but the boy talked, ,ill l. for she first time in my lite, resolved 10 .ry an experiment.. And ! tri- ed in s.fiis way: As soon as the grass began
 to start, (I set apart about an acre of the noorcst for the " "chemical process. - Spreading ihinly upon it quantity of plas- ter of .,aris, waited 10 mark the result. The benefits derived from the process were
 soon too obvious not to be discovcred.- The grass looked fresh and thrifty. and
 could soon be distinguished from the rest of tho field. When cut, it was not only of better quality, but nearly n third more in amoInt, than tho produce. of any other acre in the whole field. | tried the same ex- perimcDt on the remainder, with the addi- ton "f } liberal and judicious application of manure, and the result was the same~as
 " by saying that an acid and e ae 1'Hs,Er slkai;
 whrn\ mingled together, produced . far.
 men''Son which boil. werc neutraJ;zed ara e ~ Vi eI '.Sa'.'' \ \, : 500 boxes Timed Plates, of the comniDss the sxtsa brands.
 nsse qO. 900 lbs of common and superior TX ras,s WIRE, all numbers.fOr tin plate work ooe. eluck- -m,akrrs, and other mechanics. .ven e An assortment of Brass Wire.
 ,;o. 800 casks of CUT NAILS. assOrted. :. .e.6. Sd, Sd. rcd. English fns drawn, rose . ,h;o. Wrought Naiis. '"s 50 boxes Collins 6 Cas- Cast Steel A a ."s' And general assortment g !" ~ % so HARDWARE GOOD ,., All of which gre offered for sale. Gt sehol ,hiok in confornsity to New-York priees. AA