1825.] 



NEW ENGI.AND FARMER. 



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ed^in^ llie rpceiplifa Bpik«hirf Inrsp-raUp. I 

 and some Mat'-'irhnsclls piiifiit liny iind dun;,' j 

 fork?, whirl] hp and his J'ynciiltiir.il Crienil* cfin- i 

 sidcred v:iln:d)|p. hs improvemenls, for the gen- 

 eral use of Ihp coiinli V- j 



A Iptlpr from Mr. Wclhprill, Lpicp-tershirp, i 

 Kn^land, nr.knowlp(l2;in2: thp rpcpiiit of Ihe Soris- i 

 ty'.<= Memoir*, ;mri opposing Ihe y>rejndicp an-nin«l j 

 white colour in nc;it calllp. rPtinirini; ;in Imndrecl 

 and fiflv Cfiiinp;!'' lor :i ye^rlinsr hull. ! 



A letter from an old breeder in york'ii'rp, 

 England, condemnina; the prejndire aof.iin«t whtie | 

 cattio, convryinij hja npiiiioiw ho to form, &c. ijl i 

 Di'ihiey and Southdown sheep, and stating ih-il j 

 he had made a piirrh;t=e for Mr Pnwel. j 



A commnniea'ion on oy'le"" shell- a« mainre;! 

 prescril'in» the Ijpal modes ol [ireparing Ihpm, 

 b^ grindinrr when recent, l>y calcination when i g^.,.,. jq 



oid ; and ehewinw. that the farmer «!inold a«rpr-{ 



tain thp def.rienrie^ l.-fore he altempls to rem- ; KE'vVLY INVCKI'ED SiLK LOOM 



edv the delects nl his noil. | 



A commimicalion cm experiments made on; 

 large tield'^, provin!r Ihe advan'-ij^es of fresh 1 

 manure, over compost or rnlied d;inrj. ! 



A spprimen ot' cotton, cfrown in Roxhorons'i, ' 

 near Philadelphia, by Dr Tidymin ; and a par- . 

 eel of Carolina cow peas, grown in PetHisylva- ! 

 nia, by the same ^enllpman, were also exhihi- j 

 ted. and were considered, fnrm Ihe largeness ofi 



A loom has recently been made at Lyons for 

 siliv-weavin?, which has many advantages. It 

 is composed of live sta'jpes, and the mechanism, 

 which is simple, allows one man to weave live 

 (liecrs at the s.ime time. The loom has been 

 examined by Ihe Commis-ioneis tVom the Acad- 

 emy of Lynns, in cmrTpany with M. .Jacquart, 

 the inventor of that sort n"Mv in u^e, an<l which 



1 ■ I , 1 .1 , .1 TiU r J L:,k was imported into F.oslaiid wilh great husle. 



their prodnct, and Ilie stren<rlh ol the tood which I '•• ""^ "i ■ •• > ' ~ r, ,, , ■ 



- ,^_.i[jlg .j^^jjjp^jlendmg to proveils great advantage^. M. Jac- 



quart is of opinien that ihe new invention is ol 

 ' ?reat importance, and he has pointed out some 

 Short Horn Cow, was presented from Maj. R.uld 1 ™provements in it. Th. in.'entor is " 

 of Marlon Lodge, England, by Ihe Correspond- 1 ''r-"^■■^"'^ .'he Ac:j,dem_y intends to cooler a g.du 

 ing Secretary 



they afford, likely to become a val 



to our escnlent crops. ,11 ■ , \ , 



. , •, <■ 11 . J ■ . „ I '-I ,_i^ ' ?reat importance, and he has pointed out 



A portrait ol a celebrated imtiroved x)nrnam - ' . ' . -1, r 



I _ ■._.._.. lmr,r.^„Drr,or>lc jp i( ^ |n; 1 1 ] f p n 1 1 > T IS .Vl . L-P • 



An improved prohang for relieving hoven 

 cattle, and a Irochar as a snhstitiite lor a com- 

 mon knife in such ca.ses, were exhi(>Ued bv Mr 

 Powel. 



The premium hill for the annnal eshilution 

 of 1826 was adopted. — .\djot)ined. 

 [From the Minutes.) 



JOHN P. MILNOK. Rec. Sec. 



MULES. 



[Some weeks since, passing along Marlvet- 



street, our Hltentioii was arrested by several 



teams of extraoiiljmry mules, moving with 



Vteavy waggons and with a briskness at least 



medal on him. By this loom a saving will be 

 made ol foiir-lifths in Ihe expense of labour. 



Courier Francois 



FIRE BOARDS. 

 Three fires, two in Harlfonl and one in New 

 Haven, have happened from the following cause. 

 — tire boards placed in tire places not m'cA. 

 have taken lire. Those fire [dace", however. 

 were in chimneys that had other fire [daces in 

 them that ivere used. The soot, &c. that col- 

 lects m those chimnies, falls down and deposits 

 in the fire [daces not used, and in the course ol 

 a tew years a considerable quantity is collected. 

 Spiiier=, al.^o, here find a relreal, and sjiread 

 their nets tVom siile to side. This matter, (very 



equal to iiny horse teams. We could but stop | condiuslibie) is concpaled from view by the fiie 



to admire them, and having ascertaineil that 

 they belonsed to Gen. Charles Ridgely, of 

 [iam[)ton, tiie President of the Maryland A^rri- 

 culliiral Society, we took measure.s to ascert:r!n 

 ibe size of these valuable animals, and here 

 annex the statement, it has been long known 

 to us, that (or all ihe hard and heavy labour 

 connected with his turnaces and lorges, Gen. 

 Ridijely had substituted mules for horses. For 

 some lime he indulged an old servant in keep- 

 ing one horse leam, but it was found that the 

 mule teams periorined their days journey, 

 hauling equal weijfht, sooner than Ihe horses, 

 by one hour, ami the superior value of Ihe 

 mules has been so fully established that they 

 have altogether siippiseded horses, with entire 

 couviction, alter ample experience, o! the great 

 saving accomi'lished by the change.] 



The exact height of 30 mules, belonging to 

 Geo. Kidgely, o( Hampton, composing 5 teams, 

 altatbed to the Northampton Furnace, viz; 



hoard, and it is not known, or it is forgotten, tin 

 til after an accumulatiuu fur years, it is set on 

 fire from matter that falls down the chimney 

 from accident or design, or from the ordinary 

 falling of ignited mailer. Under these fire boards, 

 there is commonly a small crevice, so that the 

 air draws up strongly betwpfD llie hearlli and the 

 bottom o( the board, and thus a fire Js well [tan- 

 ned. Iron or tin, or brick and morter, instead 

 of boards, should be used to sto]) all such fire 

 places. 



TO CLEAR BARNS AND OUT HOUSES 



FROM MITES AND WEEVILS. 

 The following method is practised in Ger- 

 many, for granaries infected wilh miles and 

 weevils. Let the walls and lafters, above and 

 below, of such arranaries be covered complete- 

 ly with quick-lime, slacked in water, in which 

 trefoil wormwood, and hyssop, have been boil- 

 ed. This compositiou should be ajiplied as hoi 

 da possible. 



Improved Fluckct. — Wo have sppu an imi>rove' 

 ment in affixing bails to iMicki-te, foi drawing 

 water, which is entitled to notice. Could wc 

 name the inventor we should do it. The buck- 

 et is made as usual, but the bail is atlachfil to it 

 about one third of the distance from the to[) to 

 the bottom. The advantages are, the bucket 

 fills better ; not being so liable lo be entirely in- 

 verted, when dipjiing, and so by retaining ai 

 to exclude water — it is cm|)lied with less labor 

 the weight in the upper part, when hut little 

 inclined, operating to balance some of that in 

 the botlom — and the fingers in which the bail 

 is held, are allowed lo pa=s freely by the lo[i oi 

 the bucket. — Feiiubscot Gazdte. 



In the packet -^liip Algonquin, Capt. Dixey, 

 have arrived a Inill and a cow of the short horn, 

 Durham breed, and two South Down SheP|). — ■ 

 They were si Ipr.led by one of the most ex- 

 perienced graziers in England, and have been 

 iuijiorted at the ei[ipnse of John Hare Powel, 

 E*q. The exertions of this gentleman to im- 

 prove our breed of domestic animals, are be- 

 yond all praise. He spares no [lains and no ex- 

 I'onse. We are sfliry to state that Iwo Leices- 

 tershire sheep, which aho had been selected 

 with great care, lUeA on the passage. Phil. pai>. 



We are informed, that Cot. J. Hare Pov,rel, of 

 Powelton, (Ppimsylvania,) has recently traus- 

 niitled by the (lacket shi[i Florian, three valu- 

 able sheep of the Tunisian breed, which he has 

 [irnspnted to Mr Seabrnok, Col. J. Alston, and 

 Dr Tidyman, of this Stale. He has "also sent nn 

 to Dr Tidym m, a model of a Moveable Fence, 

 which may be seen at the odice ol Me s.^^rs Chis- 

 (ilm« and Taylor. Col. Powel has been uniform- 

 ly a zealous and devoted tViend lo th" Agricul- 

 Itire of his country ; equally di6lir)giii>h(-d for 

 his enterjirise and liberality, he stands urrival- 

 led as an enlightened Farmer. — ChnrUslcn Cou- 

 rier. ■ 



Mr Michael Barry of Swords, (Ireland) has 

 invented a machine simple in its construction 

 and principle, by which with two horses and 

 one attendant an acre of potatoes can be dug 

 out ill one hour; also, an acre of ground [irevi- 

 oiislv ploughed for oats or other grain, can be 

 harrowed liy it in an hour wilh two horses and 

 one attendant, thereby elTecting in the branch 

 of harrowing a saving, of upwards of 93 per 

 cent ; or in olhf r words, doing Ihe work of 32 

 horses and 16 altcndants with two horses and 

 one attendant. 



Prospects for Farmers in 1826. — It is pain- 

 ful to learn, by gentlemen arriving here Irom 

 different parts of the Slate lo attend tlie Con- 

 vention, that the pros[)ects for a grain crop next 

 year are more gloomy than they were almost 

 ever known to be atlliis season. Fields, which 

 it has been heretofore necessary to check f'y 

 feeding down, present scarcely a sign of vege- 

 tation; so intense and long continued have been 

 the drought and drying winds of autumn and 

 winter. — .American Fdrmcr. 



It is said that a farmer in Moravia has just 

 invented a new [ilough, which altliough drawn 

 by only one horse produces four furrows. The 

 Agricultural Society of that country has pre- 

 sented him with a gold medal 



