The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . nr Brook, Plainfield, N. J.,August eo, 1^41. Lime in Planting Trees* An English paper that a large planta-tion of trees, within the last few years, hashvm formed without the loss of a single tree,and this has been achieved by a simple pro-cess ; it is merely putting a small quantity oflime in the hole with the plant. About fourbushels of lime will suffice for an acre. Itmust he thoroughly mixed and incorporatedwith the mould before the plant is cifect of lime is to push on the growthof the plant in the first precarious state; n
The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . nr Brook, Plainfield, N. J.,August eo, 1^41. Lime in Planting Trees* An English paper that a large planta-tion of trees, within the last few years, hashvm formed without the loss of a single tree,and this has been achieved by a simple pro-cess ; it is merely putting a small quantity oflime in the hole with the plant. About fourbushels of lime will suffice for an acre. Itmust he thoroughly mixed and incorporatedwith the mould before the plant is cifect of lime is to push on the growthof the plant in the first precarious state; newfibres betjin to form and ramify from the tap-root, and not only is the safity insured, butits growth is advanced in double ratio. Thereexisted at first an apprehension that limingtiie plant would tierce it prematurely, but thisapprehension is proved to have been ground-less. The highest cultivation and the greatestinvestment of capital and labour upon a givenquantity of land, afford the greatest profit. No. 1. Leicester or Dishley Bull. 49. THE NEW LEICESTER OR DISHLEY Garrands beautiful Illustrations of British Cattle. This noble animal was the property of Mr. Honeyburn, the nephew and successor ofBakevvell, and may be considered a perfect representation of that peculiar breed of Lonof-horns, famous for their fine proportions, and a superior stock for the butcher. In Bakewellsopinion, everything depended upon breed,—the beauty and utility of the form, the quality ofthe flesh, the propensity to fatness — these four points demanded all his attention, and hewisely concluded, that the object might be better accomplished by uniting the superiorbranches of the same breed, than by any mixture of foreign ones, and on this new and judi-cious principle he started. Many years did not pass, before his stock was unrivalled for theroundness of its form, the smallness of its bone, and its aptitude to acquire external fat, whilethey were small consumers of food in proportion
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