1826.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMKR. 



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w,i§ con<iHere(i ms exctMuluiif any llun;; exppi'lfd 

 Iroin .■inch a soil. A week aKeiwarHs a porlioii 

 of llie crop, on the east side of the lield, to llie 

 extent of several acres, his totally destroyed; 

 liemg shrunk and slirivclled u|) to less tliaii one 

 halt ol' the size of what It had formerly been, 

 atid so withered and hiasteil as not to a))|)ear to 

 belong to the same field. 'I'lie rest of tiie tieUi 

 produred a fair crop. 



Blight ori«inatiiig in fungi, att^icks the leaves 

 or sti'ms hotli of herhaceoiis an! ivoody plant", 

 but more generally grasses ; and particularly 

 our most nseliil grains, wheat, barley, and oats. 

 It generally assumes the a[ipeariinre of a rn'^ly 

 looking powder, that soils the lingers when 

 touched. In March 1007 some blades of wheal 

 w>;re examined by Keitli that were attacked 

 with this species of blight ; the appearance was 

 that of a number of rusly-looking spots or patch- 

 es dispersed over the surface of the leaf. Ujion 

 more minute inspection these patches were 

 found to consist of thousands of small globules 

 coiliicted into groups beneath the epi<lermis, 

 which Ihey raised up into a sort of blister and 

 at last burst. They were of a yellowisli or rusty 

 brown, and somewli.it transparent. But these 

 gi'oiipes of globules have been ascertained by 

 Mr J. Banks to be palrhes of a minute fungus, 

 the seeds of which, as Ihey float in the air, enter 

 the pores of the epidermis on tile leaf, parlicn- 

 laily if the plant is sickly; or they exist in the 

 manure or soil, and enter by the pores of tlie 

 roots. (^Sir J. Donks on Blight). 



Ths fungus has been ligured by Sowerby and 

 by F. B.iucr and Grew. It is known among 

 firmers by the name of Red Rust ; as it alVectsl 

 the stalks and leaves only, it dues not materially 

 i:ijure the crop. B;it there is another species ^ 

 ..i fungus known to the farmer by the name q1. 

 Red Gum, which ailacks the ear only, and is ' 

 pslreniely j)rejudicial. (n the aggregate it con- 1 

 sisis of minute globules interspersed with trans-' 

 parent fibres. The globules are tilled with a, 

 fine powder, which e.-jplodes when lliey are put i 

 into water. It is very generally accompa^iied | 

 v^ilh a inagnt of a yellow colour, that preys al 

 so upon the grain, anil increase.? the amount o 

 iijnry. The only meaiis of preventing or les 

 selling the effect of any of the diirerent varie 

 ties of blight mentioned, is proper culture. Pal- 

 liatives are to be found in topical applications,; 

 such as A.twr of su![ih;ir, and where the disease! 

 proceeds from or con-ists of innumerable minute 

 insects, it may occasionally be removed. Grisen-I 

 lluvaile conjectures that in many cases in which 

 the blight and mildew attack corn crops, it may 

 be for the want of the peculiar food requisite) 

 for perl'ecting the grain; it being known that j 

 the fruit or seeds of many plants contain primi- j 

 live principles not found in the rest of the plant. I 

 Thus the grain of wheat contains gluten and , 

 phosphate of lime, and w here these are wanting | 

 in the soil, that is in the manureu earths in '• 

 which the plant grows, it will be unable to per- i 

 feet its fruit, which of consequence becomes 

 more liable to disease. (^Louduns Eac. of Gard.) 



ConQiT.s.'jicnr.l Drotcrtiuss. 



S SIT ATS. FEB. 6— Mr. Marks preseiitpd a 

 resnliUi^'H oC thb Legislature ot' Pt-nn. provi^itj^ that 

 should the U. S. locate a National Armory in that 

 ttate, the places, &r. for the use of said Arinmy, shall 

 be vested in the U. 3. — Mr Mills reported a hill in fa- 

 vor of distributing a sum among the surviviu? officers 



ol the revolution, wlio were entillecl L)y lnw to hall pay 



lor llie. 



FKB. 8.— A Message was received from the I'resi- 



denl communicating sundry repoits and iloeiiuieiils ret 

 I alive to IpmH mines and sa t spiinj^s. — Mr Hirrien com- 

 I mnnir:(ted a proceeHing of the l,egi..lalnrc of firoi»-ia^ 



asserting the validity of ihe (leaty made wilh the Creek 



nation aad tht rii^lit of that blatu to lands, by said 



titay. 



HOtrSE. FEB. 6.-.^:r. M'Une from the 

 C>i;uini'l<-e of Ways and .Means inade an iniporlant re 

 port on the Finances, and tiOOO copies were ordered to 

 be printed. Likewise a report on the sums expended 

 lor support of the agency in Aliica, lor receiwn>; ne- 

 groes, ic. — Mr iiernpliiil rcporled a hill relative to a 

 canal from >t, Mary's tbrougl. f'loriila to conui tt Ihe 

 ^llaiili'j wi:h the Gulf of .Mexico, A-c — .Mr Tali:nf(rro 

 otff red.a hill relative to the more efficient organization 

 of the army, kc. which was referred to Ihe Military 

 • rmimillee. — A resolution passerl for purchasing for Ihe 

 j use of the House, lUU copies of Ingtrsoll's Abriclgenient 

 I of the .Acts of Coi.giess Uc. 



! FF.B. 8. — The House proceerlKl to tin rrsolntion for 

 jprornrioga Tortrait of CiLOIiflF, VV A;-Hl,\G'rON', 

 j which was referred to the Committee oi! the Library. 

 I — Resolutions for augmenting tlie dulv and levvin* 

 au excise oa spiiils Were lelerred to a Curniniltee. 



iSlassacfiusctts acQffilaturr. 



SEXTATE. FEB. 6. The resolves from Ihe 

 House ou the subject of the .Massa' husetts Claim were 

 discussed and referred to a committee. — The Fennfe 

 resolved itselfinto a Court of Impeachment ; and after 

 discussion the President announced that the judgine^'t 

 of the Court was that bauiuel lilagge, F.sq. had hei n 

 acijuitted of each and eveiy oi' the Articles of Impeach- 

 ment preferred against him by the Hon. House of Rep- 

 resentatives. 



FF.B. 9. Tlie committee on Roads and Canals was 

 inslrncttd to esaniine a model of a machine forraisiuij 

 and lowering boats ou canals, invented by S^ilas .'^mitb 

 of Buckland, whose genius and labour for several 

 mouths past have been employed to give aid by a saving 

 o/'e.>inence in accomi)lisliing the pi ject of openin" a 

 canal from Bcsinn to Albany. 



FK15. U). A Message received from the governor wa.a 

 read, which related to the Massachusetts Claims, which 

 was referred to the committee ou th..t subject. 'Ihe 

 additional bill to the attito regulate the Militia »vas 

 debated and recominilled. The Hon. Mr King pre- 

 sented a bill ou the subject of Manufacturing incorpo- 

 ration, which was read and ordered tohepiinled. 



FF.li. 11 — The Committee to whom was recommitted 

 the petition in favourof a new hriilge over Charlesiiv-" 

 er, made a report, with their reasons for a former re- 

 port, by which they gave the petitioners leave to with- 

 draw. — .Mr Mack announced Ihe death of Hon. Elilru 

 Lyman, and a committee was appointed to consider and 

 report measures to be adopted ou the nielaucholy occa- 

 sion. 



FF'.B. 14 — The question to pass the bill to he engros- 

 sed for eslablisliing a ^'^chooi of Agriculture at Uummer 

 Academy, was negatived. 



HOUSE. FEB. 8 — bi'ls reported and put among 

 the orders ol Ihe day: relative to the inspection of beet 

 and pork — ibr abolishing the punishment of whipping 

 — relating to the support and regulation of mills. A 

 number of bills passed to be engrossed, aud others were 

 advanced stages. 



Ft~B. 9 — 1 resolution was submitted to inquire into 

 the orijio of the impeacliment ofSnmuel Riagge. The 

 committee on Commerce was instructed to inquire into 

 the expediency of regulating the damages on foreign 

 bills ot^ exchange. 



!■ EB. 10 — A message was received from the Gover- 

 nor relative to repairs on Ihe S'ate House.— The flouse 

 refused to sustain Ihe motion to inquire into the origin 

 of Ihe Impeachment of Samuel Blagge. 



FEB. 11 — A n addilional act h r the promotion of good 

 education, was reported by Mr Wh< alun. — T weuly- 

 three hills passi d to be enacted. — The House adjourned 

 at au early hour, for the pur|)o-e of coTiciirring with the 

 -enate in testimonials of respect to the Hon. Mr Lyman 

 deceased. 



FF.B. I't— 'lliis day was <levoted to private and local 

 business. — A commiUte was ap|<uinli.d to a.-ceitaiu 

 what further busimssit is necessary the Legislature 

 should act uplift he present session, bud when lluy 

 may tiave a recess. 



Creeks. — .Measuns have been taken to reroncile the 

 ditfcrences between Ihe (reeks, and induce the oppos- 

 ing party to accept the tr.-aly. 



There is in the city of Baltimore a Cotton Factory, 

 wii.iked by 6'/t«7/t l'(iiv< 1.^ which employs ibO l.anUs. 



The force actual y at work on the Chesapeake and 

 Delaware Canal, txceeiis ioGO men. 



"A Snow Owl," measuring five feet six in<bfs, from 

 lip to tip of its wings, has been kilh d in Rochester, 

 Massnchuselts. It is a very scarce hird, and said tote 

 the first ever seen in that place. It belongs to the re- 

 gions muc^ further norlh. 



1 he Hon. Sahna Hale, of Keene, N. f L has obtained 

 the premium olTered by the .American Academy oiTian- 

 ' giiages and Belles Letters, in the city ufi\ew-Vork, 

 lor the best Hi.-toiy of the United Slates. 



The lair. CuUl wralhir. — In Saium, some thermome- 

 ters, on Wednesday morning, were as low as 17 de- 

 grees below 0; in Gloucester. 14; in Cb dnisford, 17; 

 Conco'd, N. H. 26 ; Hratllehorongh. Vt. £7 ; Bath, Me. 

 '.7; Brunswick, ".jg; Hallnwell.'" a); Plymouth, 13 ; 

 N. Bedford, 10: S[iringlield, li> ; btockuridgc, 16. 



The dwelling house of Pliny Merrick, Fsq. of Wor- 

 cester, very narrowly escaped cun/lagiation in the 

 night of the 1st insl. A peison in the lamily awoke 

 and was alarmed on finding the room full of smoke, and 

 tht air difficult of respiration. On searching, about 

 '25 bushels of coals in the cellar were found on fire, snp- 

 nosed to have been ignited by a box ol ashes, which 

 had been put the day belore by the side of that contain- 

 ing the coal. 'I he floor of the parlor had already be- 

 come heated, and the pitch frit d from the boards. A 

 few miauttts more would have been fatal. 



It is forbidden, after the 1st of January, 1S26 to intro- 

 duce into Spain any w'ork printed in a loieign coutdry, 

 in Ihe Spanish language, whatever may be the subject 

 olit. 



F.BRaTa*.^n ot>r -pat"'"- '''^ the-'current volurne, 

 page '.21,), 3d column, line 6 from the bottom, for " cus- 

 tom '' read culture ; page 2*21, 1st column lii.e 18 from 

 the top, lor" Park," read Parkin. 



S. HAS|'1\(.;>, la Congress-Street, keeps constant- 

 ly on band an e.steiisive assortment of Stationary and 

 Account Books, School Books, Bibles of all sizes, which 

 will be olfeied ?ery low for Ctnk, 



iJ-v-AIso, a few copies of Thacher's American Orch- 

 ardi7t. ^''fr. 17. 



The Full Blood Short Horned Bull Dishky. 

 FOR SALE. 



HE was imported from Fjngland, in the ship Magnet, 

 and arrived in iSew York, .May I6t1i, Ui'JS— was 3 

 years old last March — is a beautiful mahogany colour 

 with a few white spots — is a sure calf getter — has 

 earned over 600 dollars a year— calves by him from 

 native cows have been sold for over ll'O dollars each. 



Perlisrc. — He is of the short horned Durham hieid, 

 br> d by Mr William Smith of Dishley, Leicestershire, 

 England, was got by Lancaster, (who sold at Mr Rob- 

 ert t'ollings' sale, in the year 18 18, for 621 guineas) 

 out of Charry ; Cherry was got by a son of the cele- 

 brated bull Comet, (who sold at .Mr C. Colling's sale, 



the year 1810, for the sum of 1000 guineas,) dam by 

 Morsk ; Morsk was got by Favourite, the sire of Comet, 

 I ancasler was got by Wellington, Wellington by Com- 

 et, ic. &c. Lancaster's dam Mess Rose out of Red 

 Rose dy Kavourito, dam by Favourite, grand-dam by 

 Ben. great grand-dam by Foijambe, great-g'; eat-grand 

 dam Uubbock. — For further particulars see Herd Book. 

 JOHN BREi\T.\ALL. 



Rahway. N, J. Jan. 30, I8?C. 



PATENYHINGE.WVSS 



Dr. HULL'S Patent Tiussrs, (of which an account 

 may be found in the N. E. Farmer < f Feb. 4,) i ouslant- 

 ly for sale by E. WIGHT, Druggist and Apothecary— 

 Milk-street. 



