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ciently known, the most correct attention should' 

 "be given to the instruction of experience. Saili 

 must not be put to grasses except dciiing the j 

 stagnant state of their juices, :is between Octo- 

 ber and March, and every caution given should: 

 be attended to. In using salt with manure I . 

 would particularly recommend the trial of about | 

 12 or 15 bushels an acre to be spread by hand' 

 over part of a field, on which part let only halfi 

 or one third of the quantity of manure be sjiread, j 

 compared with the rest of the land, observing 

 not to put on the salt (ill after the miniire has 

 been ploughed in ; and if on grass land, not till 

 after it has been well harrowed. 



As authentic recent information respecting 

 the use of salt for any agricultural purpose will 

 be considered valuable by every farmer, 1 will 

 take this early opportunity to mention, that I 

 have just received a letter, dated the 15lh inst. 

 from a most res|)eclable innkeeper and farmer, 

 (Mr. Woods, of Ingaleslone, Essex,) in reply to 

 a letter addressed to him from this neighbor- 

 hood, for an information respecting the truth ol 

 his mixing salt with his hay in every slate when 

 getting into stack, and giving it to post horses 

 and all his slock. Mr. Woods says, 1 have used 

 salt to hay in unfavorable seasons, upwards oi 

 30 years, which hay has been regularly con- 

 sumed by all my stage, post, and farm horses, 

 and likewise by my cows, bullocks and sheep ; 

 and every description of stock has done well 

 with it. I generally keep about 70 horses, 12 

 cows, 10 or 12 bullocks, and 100 sheep, and 

 from the beneficial efl'ects experienced 1 now 

 do and shall continue using salt with my hay 

 whether the season prove foul or fair. My rule 

 is to mix about a peck to a load, keeping a boy 

 .sprinkling it while unloading. Mr. Wood adds 

 that last year he spread ten bushels of salt per 

 acre on some land sown with barley, and (hpt the 

 ])art salted was two shades lighter colour than 

 the unsalted, and produced an increase of lour 

 iiushels per acre ; and it should be remembered 

 lliat the beneficial elfecls from the salt do not 

 cease with the first crop. 



NtVV VARIETY OF POTATOES. 

 We are indebted io the politeness of R. H. Gardi- 

 ner, Esq. for the following letter, accompanying a 

 present of a quantity of fine potatoes of a new sort. — 

 We shall be happy to distribute them as seed to farm- 

 f is who wish to try a new variety the en.'iinng spring: 



T. G. Fessenden, Esq. 



Gardiner {Mc.) Oct. M, 1€23. 

 Sir — ! send you a barrel of chinango potatoes. 

 The seed ! brought origin.illy from Philadelphia, 

 but they have been continual, y improving since 

 1 have cultivated Ihcm. They are good bearers 

 in common seasons, but in a dry season, like the 

 past, from being early, give a better crop than 

 any other kind with which I am acquainted. — 

 Wlien cooked, they are mealy, even before they 

 are fully grown, and continue mealy till new po- 

 tatoes come again. Your ob't serv't, 



II. II. GArvDINEPx. 



Twenty sheep, belonging to two farmers in 



Stratford, N. II. have been killed by a very 



large wolf of the earns /i/y)ii» specie. Another 



of the animals supposed its mate, was surroimdcd 



in a wood and killed in Lunenburab, \'l. in 

 July last. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



S^liiscclianren.'s Xtnn.ti. 



The Gardiner Chronicle states that Profcsssor Deane 

 with the students of the first class, of the (Jardiner 

 Eyceuin, under his care, set out on their contemplated 

 tour on Tuesday last, and expected to he ab-ent one 

 week. We are pleased to learn iVom the same source, 



Oct. 21, 



Fiogress of Printing in the State tf JS'ev-Y'erk. — In a 

 district in that Plate, where, only fourteen years since 

 one small newspaper, could lind but a Irate support, 

 there are twenty two papers printed weekly. 



Mr. Thomas Drew, who is making a farm at Ma- 

 tawamkeag. about !.!0 miles northeasterly of Laiigor, 

 that a lour similar to this, is to be made once a year by ' gathered his seed corn tbis year ia jiiNETY days from 

 the first class. We think this will enhance the value the time his field was planted. 



of tiie Institution in the ey«s of the public, %vhile at 

 the same time it will be very beneficial to the students. 



The following toasts were drank at the l,\te Agricul- 

 tural Exhihiticu at Worcester ; 

 Tl'ool. — A few towns on Connecticut river will sell, | Jigriculture, Commerce and Manufactures. — The 

 the present y^ar, from 50,01)0 to 1110,000 dollars worth j three pillars which sustain the fabric of nur national 

 of Wool. The rearing of Merino sheep and the pro- | independence. If either hn prostrated, the splendid 



duction of wool, is a business that cannot be overdone, 

 any more than the culture of cotton in ihe Southern 

 States ; and if we dn not srealy err, it will be a busi- 

 ness which will yield ready money and wealth not less 

 to the farmer of the North than the cotton business 

 does to the planter of the South. — J\". H. Pat. 



The cultivation of Silk in Egypt, is going on upon 

 an extensive scale. 



^innlher large Pf.ar. — We have seen a Pear from 

 the larm of Mr. Smith, in this town, which weighs 

 THIRTY-FOUR, ounces, and measures 11 1-2 inches 

 ill circumference. — Hartford Times. 



edifice iiiust fall. 



The Tenants cf our great farm. — Independent in 

 their several divisions, ind protected in their immuiiitiet 

 — may Lhry not forfeit iheir title to & iffe lease by quav- 

 relliiig with the landlord. 



Our .Manufacturers. — May countless spmdlts, and 

 merry shuttles dance to the music of every waterlall in 

 our wide spread union. 



Invention and Industry, Theory and Practice. — Let 

 not the head say to the hand 1 have no need of thee — 

 nor the hand to the head I have no need of thee, for 

 they ai'e all members. 



Our Canal EngineiTs. — Skilful Anatomists, who im- 

 prove Ihe Constitution of Nature by furnishing new Ar- 



_,_..,£,., ,.., a- J (■ terits to the System. 



The British Society of Arts has offered a premium of ■' 



SOguincasfor the best mode of removing Ihe stumps i Brother Jonathan's Farming tools.— Courage and 



and ronts of trees. Machines for the purpose have i constancy, the flails to thrash his enemies— mteiprise 



been indented in New- York, Vermont, and Canada. j ^industry the sickles to reap the harvest of prosperity. 



^^^rr^ i Ihe Massachusells Society for proniOting Agricul- 



Snmething Rare.—K box of full grown ripe Rasp- , lure.— We honor their cfiortt— we rejoice in their suc- 



berries. picked in Newburyport, in an'open field, on the ; cess, and we desire Iheir continued iiifiuencc upon out 



I8ih inst. was forwarded to this city on Wedneday last, ] prospuity. 



in prime order. | Mr Derby, who with the Hon. Mr Welles attended as 



■ 1 Dehgates Irom the Society, reciprocated the compli- 



1 ui*fnt of the above notice, by proposing the following 

 sentiment: 



Gun Barrels. — \u Eng'ish sportsman asserts, from 

 his own experience, that th,? generally received opinion, 



i that the greater the length of the gim barrel, the great- 

 er the distance to which the shot wi 1 be thrown, is er- 



I toneous. lie cut 4 inches from the barrel of a fowling i 



' piece which was 2 feet 10 inches long, by which he j 



' fnind the force of the charge coiisi'lerably increased 1 



1 lie proceeded to shorten it, inch by inch, until he had 



' reduced it to 2 I'eet 2 Inches, and uniformly lound the ' 

 power of impulsion Increased. He tried the same ex- j 

 periment on two other fowling pieces with the same : p^^,^, ,^,^ ^^j expressed his ackuoivledg, meuts (or 



\ result, but del not ascertain how much larther the re- 



the flattering recoPection of the Society which he rep- 



The Massachusetts and the Worcester Agricultural 

 Societies. — Their interests are the same — the mother 

 \ih11 be the last to repine at the success of Ihe daughter. 

 '- rt is aH'iu the family." 



Success to the Hampshire, Franklin and Flampden 

 Agricultural Society. 'J'he good team of Old Hamp- 

 shire must work well, when it ivories together. 



Mr Bancroft, a Member and Delegate from the above 



propost a, to acKnowUtlge the gratr 

 in the reputation and success of this Institution. Mr 

 J'ancroft then jiroposed a complimentary stntiment, 

 " To the Head and the Heart of the Commonwealth." 

 A note was received by the President trom the Hon. 



Mr .Mills, of the county of Hampshire, who was in town 



The heat of the pres^ summer exceeded that of! "" '*•'! "-^f i""- regretting his detention from the din- 

 any vear since 17.10 Tin that year the mercury stood "" ^t : ^5"^'.'-^S*'»<;'>t' >" public business, and ofler- 

 •' ' ing; the following sentiment : 



A Swiss Journal states, that the King of Sardinia has 

 issued an ordinance prohibiting leading and writing to 

 be taught to any one who has not property to the 

 amount of 300 dollars. 



for two days at 110. 



A newly invented pump, called Ihe Marine Ilydrait- 

 lion, or safety box, has recently t'cen invented in Phi- 

 ladelphia. The papers of that city state, th;,! it is 

 calculated to discharge 130 gallons per minute. 



A new lithographic invention is announced at Brus- 

 sels, by which the French papers are to be copied and 

 reprinted within two hours after the arrival of the Mail. 

 The Brussels editors are alarmed at this, apprehending 

 ruin from the competition. 



On Tuesday evening of last week, five prisoners con- 

 fined in the jail of Montreal, made their escape through 

 the common sewer leading towards the river. 



Trade of Tcni.nton. — Two brigs, recently arrived at 

 Newport, R. I. from Russia, havs both full cargoes of 

 iron for Taunton, Mass. 



The Members of Ihe Jli^ricultural Society of the Coun- 

 ty of H'lircestcr. — May their hills he covered with 

 herds, and their vallies loaded with corn — may their 

 sheep bring f. ith by thousands, and their oxen be strong 

 to labour — may their wives be like fruitful i ines, and 

 their children like olive plants around their tables. 



The Essex Agricultural Society, and their venerable 

 President, who honors this occasion with his presence. 



Col. Pickering, in an impressive manner, expressed 

 his gratification in the exhibitions oi the da}', and the 

 attentions which he h.id personally received, and to the 

 Society over which he pre-ided. 



Farmers — May they take in good part, the sugges- 

 tions of their l!reth,en uiion their favorite lh< oiiej, 

 and when disposed for railing, apj'ly it to thtir own 

 oi-fences. 



Sjiinning .Jmnies. — In the matrimonial factory, tbejr 

 are seldom left to be spinsters. 



did Bachelors. — .\ one cattle tejihi, in noMing joorf, 

 and in some things gucrf for nothing f 



