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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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"occupy soil that would olhtrwise be idle.' 



VVe S113- ' 't 'S mentioned that one of the French frigates which 



.u . -t • f. . *i ,„.,.. „fii,„ ^..omatiiro ' '^'^'y f«'''cd IVom -Havti, lor France, took with her the 

 pect however that it IS olten the CBHie 01 the premature ) „ ,• , , . r.u i i ,, d i i- i 



,jt^L Ml .. r nrst instalment of the largess given by the RepMhlick 



failure of other grasses. We fear that white weed does 

 not always wait till clover, herd's grass, red top, &c. 

 die a uatural death, but intrudes itself among them 

 and starves or sutlocates the prior occupants. We tear 

 that it is ill part the cause of that barrenness, which it 

 partly remedies. Dr. Deane says, " when this weed 

 has got possession of the ground, no good grasses grow 

 with it, because, perhaps the roots bind the soil in such 

 a manner as to cramp other roots. Or being a stronj 

 feeder, it deprives other roots of their food." 



If required to sum up this case, as it now stands, viz 



for the atknowledgnietit of its Independence, aiuouu- 

 ting to five miUioua of dollars. Ctitltncl. 



Grand Island, in Niagara river, recently purchased 

 for the reception of a Jewish colony, contains I7,00f» 

 acns, principally covered with a valuable growth of 

 white oak timber. In the interior of the island is a 

 swamp of about 300 acres, which it is believed may be 

 easily drained. It is thought jjraclirable to connect 

 the island with the American .-^hore by a bridge ; and 

 its pro.ximity to the Erie Canal will render it a place of 

 I considerable trade, 



,1 Taking Ihe Veil. — A daughter of Capt Jacob Jones 



„ ,., ,■ n. u 11 wn •»« w'^^A ,„. of the iS'avy, an amiable interesting and lieautiful young 



Coinmonwea thol Massachusetts w. White Weed, we , v ■ j i i.- ■ ^ . 



^ 'lady, has immured hersell m a nunnery, and went 



should say that white weed is a toltrable grass on /loor through the ceremony of taking the veil, at the Con- 

 mowing land, a vile weed on good mowing land — that : vent in Georgetown, (V). C.) on the 15th insl. 

 it always does niischicf on pastures unless they are fed j Commf.nctmrnls. — M Uartmoi;th on the 24th inst. 

 with sheep — that it maybe borne with on poor soils j At Harvard and Amherst, on the 31st. At Williams, 

 where its antidotes manure and sheep feeding are not ! Brown, and Bowdoin, on the 7th Sept. At Yale, on the 

 easily obtained ; but should always be extirpated as 

 soon as possible by means of manur* and sheep feeding. 



And finally that its entire destruction would be a ben- 

 efit to most farmers in this part ol the country, but we 



14(h. 



Scythe Mcmufnclory. — There is an extensive scythe 

 manufactory in this place, owned by Oea. J. Farwell 

 and son. 'Ihey^-mploy from 10 to 12 hands, and manu- 

 factured last year upwards ol'70'i dozen scythes. They 



shall not object to its cultivation where nothing better i a|e now repairing theii- works ; and art- about inlrodu- 



, ... - r" 11 1 ij J ■ , «i,, ^«..« ! cinsr some patent marhinv rv by which muili hard la- 



can be cutivated. Finally we should .advise the coun- >• i ■ •' 



^'^ ■* . ! boiir will be saved all the work excepting a little at the 



scl for the culprit, if dissatisfied with this decision, ^«\y^,^.x and point of the scythe being performed by water 



power. \^'e believe that no scythes find so ready a 

 sale, or prove so good, as those manufactured by J. 



brin" the cause by appeal or othernise, before the 

 grand tribunal of Public Opinion. 



jDr Spaldivg^s Jlddress,vi\\ich we have concluded in 

 this day's paper, is a judicious, sound and practical ex- 

 position of many important principles in agriculture, 

 and will, donblKss, be very acceptable to such culti- 

 vators as may be willing to believe that sound theory 

 is a sure guide to correct and profitable practice. — 

 There is one assertion, however, in Dr Spalding's Ad- 

 dress, which does not exactly comport with (he tenets 

 of some very respectable writers. Dr Spalding says 

 (see page 34 of this day's paper) " Some suppose that 

 thg worst apples make the best cider. You mayjust 

 as «vell suppose that the worst grain will make the best 

 bread," fee. We fear that this paragraph may lead to 

 some mistakes. The Comphle Farmer^s DicHonari/, 

 an F.nglisb work of high authority, says "The worse 

 the apple is for the t ible, the better it is in general es- 

 teemed for cide-r, such as are harsh and crabbed to the 

 taste." We have, formerly, had some experience in 

 making cider, and know that harsh and hard apples as 

 far as our practice extended made much better cider 

 than those which were good table apples. The Vir- 

 ginia crab apple, and some other crab apples are pro- 

 verbial for their excellence as cider apples, but we nev- 

 ( r heard of their being offered or eaten at table. Per- 

 haps however, some good apples for the table may be 

 good cider apples. But we believe the distinction be- 

 tween good table apples, and good cider apples is not 

 "it'^D general sulficienlly attended to. 



Peaches. — This fine fruit has appeared in our mar- 

 ket in considerable abundance, and \ery cheap. In 

 New-York, they have the impudence to ask six shill- 

 ings per Dozen. Harlfurd Times. 



Extensive quarries of stone producing the first quali- 

 ty of the lime used to make water cement, have been 

 discovered along the proposed line of the Delaware a«id 

 Hudson canal, in Ulster county. 



new Tariff, requiring an additional duty ofthree per 

 cent, on all woollen manufactures, excepting blankets, 

 ■ff*at into operation on the 1st July. 



I'arvvell and son. Chelmsford Phomix, 



The last Portsmouth Commercial ^dv. gives a list 

 of the shipping of that place, amounting to 17.t sail 

 vi!^. 36 ships, 1 barque, 03 iin'gs. 104 schrs. and 11 

 sloops; the aggregate tonnage of which is 22,078. 



Lord Cechrane is going to assist the Greeks. 



The British King's Speech was read the 6th, on the 

 proroguation of Parliament. 



At Utica, N. Y. lately, a Mr. Williamson was rob- 

 bed of a portable desk containing $4000. But the 

 rogue did not discover the money, and the desk and 

 contents were recovered. 



Two men have recently been suffocated in the cis- 

 tern of a Distillery in New- York. 



A living Alligator about three feet long was taken 

 on Tuesday in our river near Peck's Wharf. He was 

 discovered lying on the bottom and caught in a net. — 

 How this stranger came here is not accounted for, as it 

 does not appear that he escaped from any vessel in (he 

 river. Providence Journal. 



The Capitol. — The Pilgrim, groupe for the eastern 

 portico of the Capitol in ^^'ashingtoll, executed by 

 Causici, has been completed and erected. The same 

 Artist is now employed in executing the design for the 

 western portico, which is taken from Smith's history of 

 Pocahontas; — The design of the south entrance, is a 

 combat between Col. Boon and two Indians; and that 

 for the North William Penn making his treaty with 

 the Indians. 



Convention of Virginia. — A committee of the Vir- 

 ginia Convention has reported, and the report has been 

 acceited, that it is expedient that a Convention be 

 formed which shou'd be authorized to prepare and sub- 

 mit to the people such amendments to the present con- 

 stitution, as might be deemed necessary to remedy its 

 present defects. 



The house of Dr. Levi Rartlett, of Kingston, N. H. 

 was struck with lightning on Sunday afternoon, the 

 31st ult. ; and the Doctor so much injured as to be ap- 

 parently lifeless for some time. He has revived, but 

 remains feeble. Two ladies were also struck but soon 

 recovered. The fluid struck and shattered a large elm 

 near the house, passed to (he chimney of the house, set 

 . ifire to some papers, which were extinguished, and 



.?. .1'""^' Gazette says that a provision of the jtdrp^ a -vvatch, which was hanging over the chimney. 



across the room, and melted a part of the chain and 

 case. There was a lightning rod on the house, within 

 a short distance of the tree that was ptruck. 



MINERAL bl'lUNGS. 



" A Traveller" st-.itesin a western paper, that a Min- 

 eral Sprhig, resembling that of liallslo' , has lecently 

 been iliscovered near (he btautilul and promising A ii- 

 lage of Weed's Fort, Cayuga County, (N. Y.) This 

 spring is less than hall a mile from the canal, and bulls 

 out of the top of a litlle mound thirty fed across, and 

 elevated five or six feet above the common level. The 

 water is pleasant to the fast' — very cold and remark- 

 ably clear, and is strongly impregnated with iron — 

 with a tincture of sulphui . The owner is already build- 

 ing a Dath and Shower House for the accommodation 

 of visiters. A pole fjflttn Icct long has bet n introduc- 

 ed perpendicularly its whole Kngth, and on drawing it 

 up, a root of considerable size in a state of petiificatioii 

 was found a((ach(-d to it. It is re<ommended to those 

 who are passing oy the canal not to omit visiting this 

 interesting spot. 



The Taunton Reporter after maling mention of a 

 mineral spring in Drookfield and another in Hoi'kinton, 

 notices one called *^ A\'oodward'3 Spring." which is sit- 

 uated in the north pait of 'i auiiton. This is said to 

 have been considerably resorted to by the lit ighboriiig 

 towns within the last year or two. 



(Xj'Svbscrwers to the A''ew England Farmer are 

 informed that they can liave their volniues neatly 

 bound and lettered at 75 cents, or half bound at 63 

 — fei/ sending them to this ojjice. 



PHh. 1..-1 



.l\\'(1;V PIM)I;( > i., i^c. 



I Revised and coriected every Iruiay.j 



APPLES, best, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, . - - 

 pearl do. . . - - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 

 cargo. No 1, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - - 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new, 

 CHEESE, new milk, - - . . 



skimed milk, - . - 



FLAX - 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 



Genesee, . - - 



Rye, best, ... 

 GRAIN, Rye 



Corn - - ... 



Barley - ... 



Oats - - . - - 

 HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northeri 

 PLAISTF.R PARIS retails at 

 PORK, Bone Middlings, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do.^ - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Gi-ass, - 



Clover ..... 

 WOOL, Merino, full bIood,wash 



do do mi washed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - - - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, Ist sort 



do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 CEEl', best pieces .... 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, . . - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, ...... 



BUTTER, keg & tub, - 



lump, best, . . - 



FGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, .... 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, ..... 



CIDER, liquor, .... 



HAY, ascordinj^ to quality, 



