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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Sept. 23, 



Farmer, to pay the diminutive sums necessary to bal" 

 ance said account!. " Many a little make? a mickle". 

 says the Scotch saw; many a mite makes a mountain, 

 many drops maltf a an ocean — " the great globe itself" 

 (according to the atomic theory) is composed of atom?. 

 Krom which premises the conclusion may be drairn. 

 (willioHt horses, oxen or mules) that the petty two dol- 

 lars and fifty cents, and three dollar debts due at this 

 ofiice are so many sint qua non.T, alias indi?pen3ables,to 

 the payment of the considerable suras, which we are 

 called on every now and then, to disburse to the paper 

 maker, ink manulacturer, compositor, and other per- 



look to his crops, to his acres, or a Bank, for the ; diction ivhat that nutnbor xcill be, lliirly yenTS 

 renewal of his — or, perhaps, what is worse, he j hence, ihc ordinary period of a mule's hi- 

 musl commence horse-Jockey nl »n early period. 1 hour, and which will then be some year? ie?<= 



The intense interest with which the pnblic i than a »«'«"/« century since the PRtsiE .mover and 

 mind is at present occupied on the subjecl of cii- guardi.in of (his stupendous undertaking, the pres- 

 nals now in operation and progress, encourages , ent Governor of i\cw-York, first saw the light 

 me to offer the mnle as an important auxiliary in , of heaven. 



the economy of their management ; as, I trust, | I cannot resist an impulse (o exhibit the vude 

 it will not be denied, that on the cheapness of: in one other point of view. For the movement 

 transportation on Ihem, depemls their 7((i/i<i/ n^.] of machinery, the employment of this animal, 

 Ivell as projit to the stockholders. The mule i when judiciously selected, has met with a most 

 seems so peculiarly adapted for the labour on decided preference, in comparison with (he 



canals, that com[.ared with the horse, he may | horse, independent of the ecouvmy in usmg I'im- 1 son^ges, whose goods, wares, and services are necessary 

 be considered almost equal to a locomotive porver] \nii if we consider the rapid, aiid probably pro-j ^^ ^^^^ identity of our establishment. 

 engine. Among the advantages we have etuimera- 1 gressivo increase of labour-saving machines, m „ at 



ted respecting his u«e in husbandry, the most ! every department where they can be made sub- 

 of which are applicable to canal "labour, that | servient lo ihe requirements of soc.oly, it is evi- [Extract of a Letter from Jame,A\Jufelaw, r,q. ot 



„ ,, , '■ . ,. ,. J , . , ',, . 1- M „ 1 RyPSa'fi V ermont, to the t.ditor of the ,Ntw Lngland 



of the much greater security (rom diseases and , dent that there will be a corresponding deman<l , p^i.^^^.^^ ,tj,,p(j August 15ih WMb.] 



casualties, which must necessarily require a great j for animal power, as well as for that, wore pn- ' ,, ^ ^^^^ disorde" has attacked the potatoes this year, 



number ot supernumerary horses, to prevent in- j /f„/, derived horn the elements; and "''h""gn ^.hich I have never heard of before. Where the land 



terruption in the line of passage, is not the least , the latter may raslly predominate, yet should the .^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ 



important; nor is the very Iritlino: evnense at horse bet employed, and his increase tor other . ,, ,, , j ,l ^ , 



, , , , , - , , ■ .L ' ' .- . , ■ ,u , , thou<rh not laro-er than pigeon s cgjrs ; aud though the 



which the mule can be supported durmg the ' jmrposes continue, as it now I'oes, in ttie ratio ' ° -^ r o i^o t, 



winter months, as he will bear being t.iicen off of population, the number, at no very distant ' =">l'<^ ''"' not dry, the potatoes have regelated for a 

 Jiis/eec/ till the boats are about to be launched period, may become as alarming in our own, j «<=^'^™P- I have this day sfen some w.th shoots above 

 in the spring, and in a few days can bo made til , as it i« at present in our 7H0.'//cr country. And »" ""-h long, and a new potatoe, as large as a bean on 

 for efficient duly — while a horse will require at notwithstanding we may feel secure, from the '"'^'^h sh°«*- I never before knew that a polatoe would 

 least half feed if he does nothing, or muM be fed extent of our territory and extreme diversity of vegetate t.ll it had lain over one winter. Should this 

 high for «ome time betbre he can resume \Ue soil and climate, but above all, frni7i being in [los- 

 labour demanded of him. The same advintages session ai' Indian corn, — the golden flei cb found 

 Diay be derived by his employnient on railn-ays. \ by our '■'■pilgriin fathers,''"' when they Hrsi landed j dents." 



In a communication, published in the f/liC(i ! on these shores; yet such ])eculiar advantages Bi) the Editor. — We do not know that this disorder 

 Observer, the IClh of .May insl., bv Henry Sey- | may nol insure us againslthe visitations ot one ; is a new thing nnder the sun; bnt we have never 

 mour, one of the canal coinmmissinners of New ' of the most distressing calamities that a teeling heard of it bi-fore. Asanything relating to that prime 

 York, it is stated that a packet boat on the Erie > community can po=siblv be subjected So. 

 Canal requires a team of three horses to tow six- B-i:jhion. .i/n.v.t. ./Vi.v -'7. tfi-Jn. 

 teen miles, — going eighty miles in Ihc t ^v n n I y - : iHE,'- • ^ '- TLL hi — J — '^^t ' ^^j!!^ '';^'- '■-!• '..'-'.i^iLJ — L!— 

 four hours, including sloppnges and detention at i !\i |iy^V ?^iSC>-I.iAND F A F? i*»l t^ J^. 



locks; the )-f/(7j/s demandin!; fifteen iiorses lor' — ■ ■ — ■ — 



each nautical day. If it takes live days for a! KRlLiAY, SKP i KMBKK ^3, l ii^o. 



boat to be lowed from Lnke Erie to tht' Hudson, ; 



disorder prevail in other parts of the country, you will 

 doulitless hear more of it from some of your correpson- 



vcgetable the potatoe is (in the neu-spapnriat style) 

 " my important'''' we hope if any of our correspondents 

 have taken notice of a -siraiiar aberration from the gen- 

 eral laws of nature, with regard to this root, (hev will 

 oblige us with some communications on the subject. 



seventy-fve horses will be required, I am not! 



To Cnrrespondcntt. — We have on hand valuable 

 communications from the Corresponding Secretary of 

 the I'eiinsylvaDia Agric. .Society,— from the Bristol 

 County Agric. Society, &c. which shall hjve an early 

 insertion. 



I Col. I'icKKKiso's Kss.ivs. No?. IX. X. and XI., the | 



, , . , , , : last of which concludes the series, have bet n received. ; 



certain but it maybe done in a tittle less tune, I „ , , . . , u ui . ui- u v 



, ■' , , 'I We regret that we have nol been able to publish >o. 



but as there must always be suiiernurneranes, , " , ., ■ ■ ^ 



, . .Ill .., ■[ 1 . ,■ . .1 , I\. this week, so as to preserve the succession uninter- 



kept, we shall be within bounds to eslinmle Iliat "^ . , , ' , , 



■^ 1 1 ,1 ,. ,, united. But the packet containing those numbers did 



number. In the s.itne Cfjiiimuiiicalioi!, tne ex-, ' ' 



pense of each horse is estimated at fifty rml, "ot come to hand till more than half of our paper was j 



])er day, 1 presume tor subsidence and oilier :'" 'yP*^- VVe shall resume their publication and con- | 



items only, without reference to interest or dnle- tuuie them till completed without further iutermissiou. i 



rioratiun of(-(ini(oL lor the object of the estimate I , ,. ,,. ,„ ,,.,ki;v.„.> a „• r. i i . .- .• 



, ' ,' ■' . , ,, M,ry Finr Ppnri loHMHk-ARn ir Vso ofthiscllv ^achuti Us to establish an Agricullural Institution or 



seems merely to show a compari.^on between the | -"J'-'-' ^""- •* e"'-' Jo"" Mi.ARn,.|r. f._q. tins cty .^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ ,.,^^ of agricultural pursuits. 



pacierftonrjand/rc/^'/i.'-iofKs.on a question of/)n;/;.' has sent us ?ome specimens ot large,beautilul and well .pj,^ p,^„-, (he roost laudable undertaking we have 



and loss ; as it is remarked, that "many couiinu'enl \ flavoured pears, which grewon bis farm in Watertown. s^en. Agriculture is a science, the most uselul.beallh- 



expenses might be added to both.'' The freight- ; They resemble in appearance and flavour those which ; iul and delightlul ol all the departmenU of human em- 



Loats require" but two horses, and allowing forlhi^ i we received of Mr BARTi.F.TT,of which we gave some i pl»y"'<^"t' and only requires to be taught in a scienlific 



time occupied ill taking in and discharging their | notice, page 63 of our present volume. Mr Hfard 



cargoes, with the other necessary detentions, av- 1 likewise left in our office some of the stems on which 



erage_/or.'_i/ »/i;7c.« |iRr day — which being doulde j his pears grew, which are of unusual size, and thus 



the time o( ihe (lackel-lioats, although they may | adapted to sustain the large fruit they produced. \Ve 



not require the s:\nie number o{ relays, tiie ex- ! are pl.a.pd with an opportunity to give notice of such 

 pence caunol materially differ. I'rom tiicse prem- j p,.odu ctions. Such notices in conjurction with other 

 ises we may conclude;, ihat for every boat naviu;a- { „^,.^„, n,,y ^ave a tendency to render Ihe best fruits 

 ting the grand Krte canal, there must be expend- ; t^e most common. 



ed severity fire dollars lor the subsisieiice of Ihe i 



hnrses, each lime they low her from the Lake toj .l^ncultvral Erhihilions At Brighton, Mass. inti, 



the U.ud-on and back. Now, it Ibis can be ilone a,„i ^oth of October. At Pawtuxel, R. I. on Ihe 19lh 

 as effeclually by mvUs lor one hall this sum. and j „, (,ctoter-At Worcester on the 13th of October.- At 

 ^^^\h■M^>■-X^<'^^^^onoUapltalJre.eoJ interest, fijleen. Northampton, on the 26th of October.-At Concord, 



^Agricultural College. — An attempt is making in Mas-' 



raanuer, to make it sought after with more avidity thiin 

 any other of the learned professions. — Hall. Pat. 



years longer llian that vesieil in horses, the ag- 

 greg.ile of Ibis imuii'use saving will appear by 

 ascsrtait>iug Ihe numbei- of 6oa;s at llu- present 

 time on the canal, But this is nut of my powei; 

 and t should, p'rhajis, lead the reader nearer //le 

 vtrge of incieduUlif, were 1 to olier my owu pre. 



J]g:rifullura! and other Memoranda. K rium h.n 

 been gathered in I'bitadelphia weighing 10 oi. 48 grs. 

 Another in Hartford weighing 10 oz. 35 grs. 



Mr ivEMiAi.i,, of Concord. Mass, owns an imported 

 Cow, lor wliii b he has paid $-,'110. Her weight 14191b 

 — girts 6 IV( ♦ Jf inches — Her horns are not more than 

 G or H inches long. 



A p< ar fri e iu Hampden ronnly has borne two crops 

 a year lor.lhe three lusl years. The first growth ripens 

 in .luly, the other in September, 'i he pear is the red 

 Muscadelle. 



Mass, on the 5th of October. 



To Pay or nol to Pay. — We would respeclfulTy re- 

 commend to our respectable subscribers, respectively, 

 as well as in the aggregate, if they happen to be in ar- 

 rear* iu their accouute at the ottice of the New England on well 



The trading company lately returning I'rom New 

 Mexiro, and who had been plundered liy the Osages 

 consi"!' d of 17 Ann lirans ami ','3 Mexicans. Among 

 the latter was a Member of the Mexirai. ( ongiess. on 

 a visit to \\ ashiijgton. The (Isages amounted lo 7u0; 

 who stole 140 mules and horses. 'U miles Iron, the 

 Missouri frontier they luct Ihe road coinDiissioueisgoiajp 



