Litchfield enquirer., 1840-08-20

1 to grow some kinds of plants; whereas, to grow other kinds of plants upon the same soil, requires much manure. The best inder 10 the nature of soil, are the plants that grow upon it true, the chemist has it in his power to determine the nature of soils with out this natural indeT, yet every farmer, who knows the timber, under brush, and plants a soil spontaneously produces, decides at once upon it's value for cultivation.
 The principal soils are siliciG, sand or earth of f1n,s; lime, or calcariols earth 0Lumina, or clay; 8.agnesiG, mineral substance with these are blended vegetable and animal
 nutters in decomposed state, and saline, acid or alkaline combination.
 The nature of SiliciG, or sand, is dry and hot; aluman0, or clay, cold and wet--a pro- per miXtuFe of the two improves both--aif experience shows that nanuring sandy lands, with clay, or clay lands with sand, is best for grain or pulse. But it is not the best natural soil that the farmer ought to consider, but the depth of it, and what lies immediately under it. The farmer should never lose sight of these facts. For if the richest soil is only from four to six inches deep, and lies on a cold wet clay or stone, it will not be as fruit tul as poorer soil. that is deeper or lies upon q better under stratum. It is now generally agreed that gravel, if not compact is the best
 
 We shaIl now attempt plain description of the different kinds ofsoils by noticing their quality. We shall begin withthe best kinds of loams and natural eaths; these are ei-, ther of a bright brown or haZle color; hence sometimes called "hGzle loams." They cut smooth and tolerable easy without adhering, much either to the spade or to the plough share; are light, friable, (crumbling) and fall into small clods without cracking in dry weather, or turning into tough mortar when very wet. ,s.
 The next best are dark gray, or sometiHaes' called ' rusSet mould" But the worst of all natural soils are the light and dark colored. These clays may all be known by the sight. There is however another, and perhaps as equally sure test of good clays as that by sight-smeAing and feeling. The best kinds ot clay emit pleasant scent on being dug or ploughed up, especially after rain and be- ing Il just proportion ot sand and clay inti- mately. blended and mixed, will not stick much to the fingers on handling. We would, however, remark that the best soil m the world, may be impoverished and completely, worn out, by an injudicious succession ot crops, and especially if the ploughings arc not frequently repeated before the seed is' SOWn.
 As said before, plants are good i'ader to soils, for we find, if we examine tracts of land not cultivated, we may also find that time has adapted different kinds of plants to the most of the dstinguishable varieties of soils; and though some belonging to one may, from some cause or other, be found, on lands ot u different quality, they seldom thrive, or per- feet their seed so as to become general. The great care of the farmer ought, therefore, to be, by proper mixtures, to reduce this land, to that state and temperament, in which the extremes of hot and cold, wet and dry, are best concited by each other to give them every possible advantage flowing from the benign influences of sun and air; and to. adopt such kinds of plants as they afford, in this state, the greatest nourishment to; and. to renew their fertility by iudicious allow ancc "f the most proper manurcs. Where these things are done,, there are few spots so, unfriendly 10 cultivate as not to repay his expenses and labor with plentiful increase. But without these, the best of land will in time become a barren waste, or produce llt- tie but weeds."-P Practical Farmer.
 MEssRs. EDIToRs:-L saw n statement ila your last number, of an OK that was taken sick and died of the horn disease. Now, am not filrrier nor n farrer's son, but l learned forty years since how 10 cure the horn distcnper, and can do it without risk or iailure if applied to in season. have cured them when fat, and past standing, and in, winter when they were poor. You will ea- silly discover when it is the horn ail, by their dull, sunken eyes, dry nose, cold horns, and refusing to eat.
 The following is my remedy Take halfG tablespoonful each of spirits turpentine, camr phor, fine salt, and black pepper, made fine. and one gill of sharp vinegar. Mix them to- gether, warm them to blood heat, turn the animals head so that the car will be upper most take hold of the ear and put in us much as you can, hold it tight, and put it up several times {; then serve the other the same; do it once day for three or four days; split the tail if necessary and the cure will be effected. There is no mistake about 1t. '. Genesee Farmer. A. DIBBLE.
 From Me Bosfon Transcript.
 Winkers.--lt is quite fashionable to omit the winkers, or binders, on the headstall of gig carriages and stage harness. ln~ Eng land, they have long been disuscd, and, for q considerable time, at New York and at the South. We cannot divine, for the life on us, why So good fashion (when we copy so many bad ones) has rot, ere this, been universally adopted among us. The appearance of n showy horse, without this to us is grand Besides, it must add greatly to the comfort and ease of the noble animal, at the same time rendering him safer, from the liability of false step, q fall, and its consequences, which are, oc- casionally, broken limb, and, frequently, u wrecked vehicle. The only apology we ever heard for their use, was to prevent the horses from shying, on seeing objects us he passed.
 But horse is no more liahle fo this fnutt