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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Jan. 27- 



From the Hampshire Gazelle. 

 AGRICULTURAL ARTICLES. 



jof silk made from this burk lo the Linnaan So- 

 ciety of Paris. 



The silk exported fiooi Lombardy and V^en- 

 We have received 8 or 10 numbers of Ferus- 1 ice in Italy in seven years amounted to 420 mill- 

 sac's Bulletin Univcrsd (Its Sciences et de L'Indiis- : ions of livres ; in the same number of years, 

 tric,a work published monthly in Paris in 8 sec- { (from 1811 to 1817) the exports from Mexico 

 ' - -' - .-.--I 1 ._-i. to Europe were only 179 million- of livres ;" a 



tions, making in a year 17 volumes, and embrac 

 ing every department of knowledg;e. Of the 3 

 sections, one treats of natural hietory and geolo- 

 gy ; one o/' medicine, surgery, &.c. ; one of (he 

 mechanic arts, &c.; one of agriculture : one of 

 geography and statistics, k.c. We have trans- 

 lated and abridged a few articles from the agri- 

 cultural part of the vrork. 



Fi'cinccanil England. — The editors of the Bul- 

 letin admit that the agriculture of England is 

 much superior to that of France ; and that the 

 former country with an unfavorable climale, and 

 upon a soil not half so extensive as France, pos- 

 sesses 6 millions of sheep and 150,000 horned 

 * cattle, more than France. In England the soil 

 belongs exclusively lo 30,000 propriclors ; in 

 France there are four millions of proprietors. — 

 Some appear to consider llie small numljer of 

 proprietors in England as the princifial cause of 

 the agricultural prosperity of that country, but 

 the editors of the Bulletin think the cause may 

 be found in the liberty and industry of the body 

 of the nation, and in the favor and prolpclion 

 bestowed on agriculture, commerce, and manu- 

 factures, by the privileged class. Ignorance and 

 prejudice are formid,.inle obstacles to agricultu- 

 ral improvement in France, es|iecially in the 

 sou'hern departments. 



^ Hesse Daruisladt. — This dulchy posse'^es ag- 

 ricultural eslablishmenls rnore corr.plcle than 

 those of the rest of Europe. Tliere are three 

 establishments, [what are sometimes called pal- 

 tern-farms, we suppose,] of ivhich llic «.il :in<I 

 climale are different, which are devoted to the 

 best modes of agriculture, and lo the arts con- 

 nected wilh it, such as the distillation of grain, 

 potatoes and vegetables, and the making of vin- 

 egar and beer. 



Jimciica.—We find the following complimen- 

 tary remarks respecting the United Slates. — 

 " The United Stales of Amorica occupy an im- 

 portant place in this picture, [of agriculture.] — 

 There we see wilh what rapidity iiwricullure, 

 commcre^J'and the arls imd sc;ieii(;es advance in 

 a land of liberty. This progress has a general 

 and always increasing cause — educalion and in- 

 •'itruclion. In that part of ibe globe insliiulions 

 for insiruction are the most mulliplied. The 

 slavery of the blacks still exists in the United 

 Dtates, but elsewhere there are slaves of an- 

 other colour!'' [In another srrlinn of the Bnl 

 letiu it )•; stilted lliat the Russinn government 

 lately jmrduised some hinwlreds of peasants, and 

 set them to work upon a ciiurch at !\loscow.] 



Polatoe. — This vegetalde is cni.siderod as one 

 of the greatest benelils bcslowed on man. It 

 furnishes food in a variety of dishes, a sweel 

 sirup, sugar, vinegar, and iirandy. It serves lo 

 fatten a great luimber of animals 

 preservative against scarcitv. 



proof that the riches upon the surface of the 

 earth are greater than those within its bowels." 



Spain and South of France. — During the eight 

 centuries that the Moors or Arabs occupied 

 Spain, that was the best cullivatcd, the most 

 fertile, and most agreeable country in Europe. 

 The fields were watered by means of canals, 

 and covered with all the knoivn productions. — 

 Since the expulsion of the Moors, Spain has 

 Continually declined. The agricultural pros- 

 perity of Spain under Ihe Arabs was the conse- 

 quence of their knowledge and their religious 

 toleration. Ignorance and liigntry have destroy- 

 ed the benotils produced by their knowledge and 

 wisdom. The same causes will always produce 

 similar results. Let the system of irrigation in- 

 troduced by the Saracens be adopted in Ihe soulh 

 of France — let polilical and religious toleration 

 leave all coasciences at rest — let educalion dis- 

 sipate ignorance and bigotry, and the highest 

 agricultural prosperity will follow. 



Indian Corn and Fla.v. — M. IFadncr of Sasony 

 attributes Ihe exhaustion of the soil by Indian 

 corn lo Ihe roots after the crop is gathered. He 

 therefore plucks up the roots wilh Ihe plant, 

 and remarks that his cnrnfiidd is favourably dis- 

 tinguished from (hose which surround it. The 

 same gciilleman nijce sowed some tlax seed that 

 was 12 years old, and lo his aslonishment it 

 produced Ihe most beautiful tlax he ever saw. 



Sliecp. — The numlier of sheep in England is 

 osiimalod at 45 millions, in France 39 millions, 

 111 Spain only 1 4 millions. 



Corsica. — This French island, the native 

 cpnnlry of Bonaparte, is 50 leagues in breadth, 

 and al)out loin breadth. The number ofinhab- 



cd many centuries ago. There are large tracts 

 of land covered with bushes ; and forests of pine 

 and oak are numerous. The oaks are much 

 deformed and mutilated in consequence of the 

 inhabitants cutting off the branches in (he win- 

 ter, (liat tlieir cattle may feed upon the leaves. 

 Horses, asses, mules, horned catlle, sheep, goals 

 are numerous in Corsica, but all small and de- 

 graded. No care is taken of them ; there are 

 no stables, (bids, or barns ; all animals live at all 

 seasons in Ihe open fields or woods. The horses 

 and catlle are ill looking and lean ; they are so 

 accustomed to live upon vvhat tliey can pick up, 

 that they refuse hay when it is offered lo them. 

 The inhabitants mount these little horses, and 

 wilh no bridle but a cord round the nose, :iscend 

 and descend the steep hills and mountains. The 

 flesh of Ihe oxen is miserable. The cows have 

 but lillle milk ; cow's milk is used only in (he 

 cities, for in Ihe country it is all consumed by 

 the calves, which suck their dams until they are 

 dry. The sheep and goals are all of a black 

 colour ; wilh their milk, cheese is made, which 

 i< an im()ortanl article of food. The Corsicans 

 are clothed with coarse slufiTs made from Ihe 

 wool of the sheep and Ihe hair of Ihe goals. — 

 Wild boars are very common in Ihe island, and 

 there are many hogs ot a mixed breed, produc- 

 ed by the wild boar and the domestic sow. 



iifirsr^pt^M%:Rpsi 



DK A. G. HULL'S LATE l.MlTxOVEl) HINGE 

 TKU.'^S — Tlie efficacy of this Truss in llie cure of Her- 

 nia or Rupture, is no longer a suliject of doubt or es- 

 pcriment. The cures it has so frequently eft'ectcd, on 

 very ag-ed people, and so univfrsally on children, has 

 induced the mimhtrs of Ihe Oneida Medical Soeietj to 

 present Dr. Hull, through (he medium of one of its mem- 

 bers, the following certificate : 



VVt, the undersigned, members of the Medical Socie- 

 ty, otthe county of Oneida, sensible of the iiidefatig-a- 

 ilanls is 180,000, and the Bulletin describes fheni blc ej-rlions of our I'resldent, Pr. Hull, in inventing 

 as "undisciplined mountaineers, who think i ^"'' '-''""§'"?■ '"'" "^'^ bis valuable Truss, are happy to 



themselves free when they can assassinate ihoir i "'•'"^' "'=" "f "'™'^^'"»=<^"''<"- ''""''^'^'l l^J' ''^ "^'''O" 

 or,nn-,;oo , 1 K : I .1 .■ Very !«;cd peopl e withui OUT kuowlt d^c, render it m 



enem.es; and religious when ihey practice !„„, „;f„iJ^Jp,.,i„,. ,„.^„j. „,^ i„,^„;-j„^^.,, ;„ p,,,.^^^ 



nothing hut superstitions, and lor?e( Ihe princi- or .\mprica. We most sincerly congialulate Ihe pub- 

 pies of peace and chrislianity." Chains of gran- ' be on the discovery of an instrument so well calculatod 

 lie mountains occupy the greater pari of the i ''^ '' ''tve the distressed ; and from a regard to siiffer- 

 island, some of whose summits arc 8000 fopj i '"g humanity, we feel H our duty to recommend it in 

 i,:„l, .,„ 1 „ 1 .,1 , 1 rrii : (he strongest terms to public use. 



oigb and covered wilh perpetual snow. 1 he , ,,,.,,^ glair, V. President, 

 'Oil. [like that ol Pvew I'.nglarul] is silicious, be- ^ s,.th Peek, Sec'y. 



ing chiefly formed of dccompiised granite. It j Laurens Hull. Del. 



contains, iiowever, a considerable quantily of 

 animal and vegelalde matter, and is in some 

 places very fertile. Agriculture is in ils infancy; 

 (he Corsican plough is nothing but a piece ol 

 wood fioinled wilh iron, which merely scratch- 

 es the earth. The Corsicans are poor, lempe- 

 wite, and lazy. The soil is owned by the gov- 

 ernmrn(, communes, and individuals, and (he 

 want of eslabli-ihed limits between the proprie 



Marcus Hitchcock, 

 Seth Gapron, 

 Pewell Hopkins, 



Kzra Williams, i 

 Ch's Kabcock, S Cen. 

 F.lnathan .ludd.> 



.^e(h Hastings, Tr. 



Josiab Ji'oycs, Prof ofChem. 



Ham. Coll. 



(Other recommendadois in our next.) 



For saie by KDEXEZr.R WIGHT, Drv!!!;ifl, 



J'lillc-slrecf, (^opposite Federal-slrtcl.)Ec.ilon. 

 Where may be had a general assorlment of DRUGS 

 and MEDICliNES. Jan 27. 



s, and is Ihe best 



ERESH SEEDS.— For sale at this (Jffice, Man- 

 , . . , -., ■ , i gi I Wurlzel and Sugar Beet seeds, raised this season, 



tor,-, IS a continual source of disputes. Much ol j ^^ j„hn Prince. Esq. Roxburv. Also a few bushels of 

 the land is situated at a great distance from Ihe j genuine Orchard Grass seed', likewise raised by Mr. 

 villages (o which it belongs; Ihe territory of j Irince. .Ian. 27. 



Ahdherry Trees. — The silk-worm mulberry is j "no village is 30 miles dislanl. ' 



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- ---., , ,. A great portion i 



one ol the mo»t useful trees in France, Lnn-jof the inhabitants live upon Ihe |)ioduce of lboir| 

 guedoc and Provence are most propitious lo ilsisheep and goats, and haveiio other properlv ; 

 culture; in the other southern provinces ol; these lead a wandering life, like (ho Tartars. 

 France, the storms from the Pyreiioos ;ire fatal | Two or three districts, where agriculture is 

 to silkworms. The liaik of Ihe mulberry tree more advanced, produce wine, oil, tobacco. «ilk, 

 can be made into thread, paper, and silk. A ''■-". rai-ins, almonds, iic. There is a anurishiug 

 gentleman ol Lyons presented several samples ^--ruck colony at Cargcse, which was csldblish- 



