THE FARMER.

PRESERVATION OF SEED CORN.
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A communication, IN the last New Eng
,ond E.rmer from a gentleman at Glouces-
.er gives an account Of successful expert
,nent made 10 preserve seed corn, from the
ravapes Of the wire worm and birds by soak
inc & in copperas water before planting,
which completely succeeded. He says


"The field which ! planted, the last year,
was more than half destroyed by worms and
birds. the last time it was planted about
years before, principally by the cut worms
and as many of them were discovered when
ploughing, expected nothing but should
be served the same; but much to my aston
ishment, ] had scarcely hill or even a
spire destroyed, which impute principally
to the copperas.


"The plan which pursued was as fol-
lows: / used about one and an halt pounds
of copperas in three pecks OF corn. ! made
the water warm, and soaked the corn full
as hours before planting, putting IN corn and
copperas as we Used i out.


CUTTING CIONS FOR GRATING


In cutting cions for grating, the follow
ing directions from Forsyth may prove use
ful. Select shoots of the former year; for
where they are older they never succeed
we'll. "Always take them from healthy
fruitful trees; for, if the trees from which
they are taken be sickly, the gratis very Of
ten partake so much Of the distemper as
rarely to get the better of it, at least tor
some years; and when they are taken from
youne luxuriant trees, whose vessels are
generally large, they will continue to pro-
duce luxuriant shoots, but are seldom SO
productive as those which are taken from
fruitful trees whose shoots are more compact
and the joints closer together, at least 1t wli
be great number of years before the lux
uriant gratis begin to produce fruit, even i
managed with the greatest skill. lol
should prefer those gratis which are takeT
from the lateral or horizontal branches, Z
those from the strong perpendicular shoots
for the reasons before given


"These gratis, or cons, should be cut OF
from the trees before their buds begin Il
swell, which is generally three weeks or {
month before the season for grating there
fore, when they are cut off they should b'
laid in the ground with the cut downwards
burrying them half their length, and cover
ing their tops with dry litter, to preven
their dying; if small Joint of the forme
years wood be cut off with the con, it viii
preserve it the better, and when they ar
grated, this may be cut off; for at the sam
time the cions must be cut oil to prope
length before they are inserted in the stock
but. till then, the shoots should remain c
their full length, as they were taken tror
the tree, which will better preserve ther
from shrinking: if these cions are to be ca,
ried to considerable distance, it Will b
proper to put their ends into lump of ella,
and to wrap them up in moss, which wi
preserve them fresh for month, or longe
but these should be cut off from the tree
earlier than those which are to be giraffe
near the,place where the trees are growing,