f826.] 



NEW ENGLAN13 FAHI^iER, 



271 



not the species of stock for short keej), however 

 small their size ; indeed they are said to be 

 great consumers. A party of us have an adage 

 in use " the Jess cattle eat, the more they pay." 

 To ivhich I beg leave to tack the following; 

 connterpart — it tnatter.i not hoio much cattle eat 

 provided they pay for it.* 



Ml'. Lawrence next proceeds to find fault with 

 the forms of " Holderness and other northern 

 short-horned bullocks." But, allerwards, in an 

 addition to the 2d edition, page C14, he apol- 

 ogises for having '• written incorrectly," with 

 regard to the northern short horns, k-C. We 

 shill, therefore, pass over that part, which the 

 author has pronounced to be incorrect, and pass 

 on to a part, which rennains unretracled. " 1 

 have been assured," says Mr Lawrence, " by a 

 friend, on whose intelligence I can rely, that an 

 eminent cow-keeper in London, purchased last 

 tnonth {.\prU 1803) fifty Holderness cows at Ihe 

 enormous price of 1,200/. [g5,333,33.] Only 

 one of these had a calf by her side, with which 

 my friend was accommodated at the price of 

 £27,10. [gl22,22.] Such cow5,before the war, 

 were to be [)urchased in lots at soraelhing less 

 lh:in twelve pounds a head." 



It can scarcely be supposed that a London 

 Cowkeeper, who it is to be presumed, was a 

 practical man, and paid a due regard to his own 

 interest, would give such prices lor cows, whose 

 reputation as milkers was not established. It is 

 probable, however, that in providing cows to 

 furnish milk for London market, more regard 

 would be paid to the quantity than to the quali- 

 ty of the milk they yielded. 



Il should seem that the preceding pas=age|, 

 quoted from Mr Lawre.nxe's Treatise, were 

 written previous to June 1803. This is to be 

 presumed from the circumstance of that author's 

 referring to Ihe purchase made by the London 

 cow-keeper, in " last month, April 1803." — 

 About five years aflerwnrd.s (as will appear by 

 a dale which follows) Mr Lawrence wrote the 

 following passages, which are taken from " Ad- 

 ditions to the second edition" of Lawrence's 

 Treatise, &c. pages 614, C15. 



" Northern Short Horns. On recollection, I 

 find I have written incorrectly, page 57, with 

 res|)ect to these varieties. The Teeswater and 

 Durham are doubtless settled and permanent 

 breed-, equally marked and distinguished as the 

 Holderness, and calculated for the production of 

 flesh, as the latter are for that of milk. Doubt- 

 less the fault 1 found with the form of the Hol- 

 derness oxen, ought in a great measure to he 

 attributed to the milkiness of the breed, or the 

 Alderney cross. In selected Durham oxen 1 

 have seen a union of the finest form with the 

 largest size. Whence that fineness of bone was 

 obtained, unless from Holderness crosses, ! am 

 uninformed. The short-horned cattle are in a 

 state of the highest improvement, from the ex- 

 ertions of various enoinent breeders in the 

 North, and 1 have been informed that a bull was 

 Jast year (1808) sold in Yorkshire, at the price 

 ol five hundred guineas." 



(To be continued.) 



Certain cure for the sting of a Wasp. — A few 

 days ago, happening to be in the country, we 

 witnessed the efficacy of the remedy for the 

 €ting of a wasp, mentioned in one of our late 



' Lawrence's Treatise on Cattle, page 58. 



publications. A little girl tvas stung severely, 

 and was in great torture until an Onion was ap- 

 plied to the part flfllicled. when the cure was 

 instantaneous. This important and simple reme- 

 dy cannot be too generally known, and we 

 pledge ourselves to the fact here stated. 



Liverpool Mercury. 



cronjjrrissfcnal proceedings. j 



SENATE. M.4RCH 3.— The bills, author- j 

 izing the President to sell at auction the Salt Springs, I 

 and reserved Lead Mines in iMissouri, were romautted. ' 

 — The Senate then went into the consideration of Ex- 

 ecutive business. 



MARCH C. — The bill from the House making ap- ; 

 propriatioDS for the support of Government for 1825} 

 was reported by the Committee of Finances, with sun- 1 

 dry amendments, which were agreed to. — Mr Cobb 

 made inquiry as to the expediency of continuing the 

 Salary of the Commissioners under certain articles of 

 the Ghent Treaty, as he understood the business of the 

 Commissioners had been suspended a long time. Af- 

 ter debate, a bill for that purpose was ordered to be 

 engrossed for a third reading. 



MARCH 7— A bill passed to appropriate $^0,000 to 

 defray the expense of treating with the Choetaw and 

 Chickasaw Nation* of Indians, Sec. 



March S — a written Message was received from 

 the President, containing documents relative to the 

 claim of the State of Maryland on the Government of 

 the United States for interest on certain expenditures, 

 during the late war. This Message was referred to a 

 Committee. 



ROUSE. MARCH 4— The bill to authorize 

 the treasury of the United States to subscrilie 5I30,f100 

 to the Stock of the Dismal Swamp Canal was discu.ss- 

 ed, but without coming to a deciainn. — Mr Hemphill 

 gave notice that he should, on the 9th inst. call up the , 

 bill making provision for Revolutionary Officers, and ; 

 moved that it be referred to the Commillee of the 

 Whole on the State of the Union, which was adopted. 



MARCH 6. — The report relative to the survey of! 

 Barnstable and Buzzard Bays, was referred to tlieCom- ! 

 mittee on Canals, and 3000 copies ordered to be print- ', 

 ed I 



MARCH 7— On motion of Mr. Lawrence of Peiin. : 

 3000 additional copies of the report relative to the ap- j 

 plication of part of the avails of the Public Lands for! 

 erecting a Public School Fund, was ordered to be print- ' 

 ed — A report to encourage Vaccination was read and 

 committed. 





FRUIT TREES.— Gendemen who wish to 

 be furnished with fruit tref.S, &c. the 

 present season, by sending their list of varie- 

 ffi-^ ^ _ ties to the subscriber, can be supplied from 

 his own Nursery, or from Mr. Prince, Flushing, Long 

 Island^ for whom he is appointed Agent. 



O. FISKE. 

 Worcester, March 17, 1826. 



TREES. — For sale by the subscriber, at his residence 

 in Roxbury, 



100 AMERICAN ELMS. 



200 AMERICAN PLANES, or BUTTONWOODS, 



140 APRICOTS. 

 They were raised from the seed, and the former are 

 from three to four, and the others three years old. Price 

 37i cents each. H. A. S. DEARBORN. 



4t March 17. 



GARDEN AND FIELD SKEDS.— Joseph Bridge, 

 No. 25 Court Street, has for sale, a general assortment 

 of GARDEN .iJ^D FIELD SEEDS ; 



among which are — early and late Peas, early and late 

 Beans, Cucumber, Lettuce, pot and sweet Herbs, Cel- 

 ery, Endive, Caulitlower, purple and cape Broccoli, 

 Salsafie, Ruta Baga, Mangel Wurlsel, Red Top, Foul 

 Meadow. Herds Grass, Red and White Clover, Millet, 

 &c. with a great variety of Ornamental Seeds, Garden 

 Tools, and Flower Pot?, 3t March 17, 



^ WM. PRINCF., Proprietor of 



j^S- tile Linnican Garden, near 

 ..f^v^fe New York, ofiers to the public 

 ■jgii^ijfciy^^^^ bis very extetsive collr-i tion of 

 i^t^^S.^^^ * the choicest f'riiils, wliicli have 

 been select d with the greatest, 

 care from the nio.st celebrated 

 establishments thioughout the 

 world, and to which veiy large 

 additions have recently been 

 (fj^^niade. The assortment of Or- 

 ^«irt~.J^:i^s namental Trees, Shrubs, and 

 Plants, is very extensive, .'ilso, Hyatinths, Tulifisand 

 other bulbous flowers. Above 1900 species of Green 

 House plants, comprising the noost rare and splendid 

 kinds, in the collection are above 500 vanities of 

 Roses, including 54 varieties of China Rosi-s, and 9 of 

 Moss Roses. Also, about 10,000 thrifty Grape Vines, 

 of the liaest European kinds- 'the new calalngues for 

 1825 may be obtained of JosKPH BiuBC.E, No. i;5 Court 

 Street, Boston, and orders thro' hiui will meet prompt 

 attention. 3t March 17. 



FAR.M LN' CHARLESIOWN to be Let.— A man, 

 who has a good character, and a small family, and 

 who is a practical farmer, can take on shares a Farm, 

 situated only three niilfs from Boston. Said farm con- 

 tains Ihe best of soil, and produces yearly a great vari- 

 ety of good fruit. If application i»>inade soon, it may 

 be had for a term of years, and on the most advantag- 

 eous conditions. Inquire at the Centinel Counting 

 Room. tf. March 17. 



NEW GARDEN SEEDS — Just opening, and for 

 sale by GEORGE MURDOCK, No. 14 Maiket square, 

 a complete assortment of imported and 



AMERICAN GARDEN SEEDS 

 of the last year's growth; consisting of all kinds of 

 early Pens and Beans; Earl( and Late Cauliflower j 

 Early Dutch, York and Battersea Cabbage ; large 

 winter and green Savoy do ; Early Cabbage Lettuce ; 

 green curled do ; large Cape do; Sweet -Marjorum ; 

 Thyme ; Summer Savory and Sage ; a variety of mel- 

 ons; Early Salmon and Turnip Radish ; red, while and 

 silver skin Onion ; Beet; Carrot; Parsley; green cur- 

 led Endive, ifewiih- every other SEEDS, suitable 

 for a kitchen garden. 



Lil^eicise, 10 bushels of the celebrated 40 day Peas ; 



10 do superior Dwarf Marrowfat Peas ; 60 lbs. Sugar 



Eeet ; 100 lbs Mangelwurtzel, Engli.sh and American; 



Rutabaga and While Clover ; GROCERIES !is usual. 



6t March 10. 



lMPORTt:D GARDEN SEEDS— Just received via 

 New York, and for sale at No. £2 Long Wharf, a pack- 

 age of SEEDS, consisting of Mangel Wurtzel, Blood 

 Beet, Early and Late Cauliflower, Purple and White 

 Brocoli, Early York, Early Dutch, Sugar Loaf, and fine 

 Red Cabbage. Sugar Peas, Flat, Y'ellow, and A\'hite 

 Turnips, Radish, ic. — All in prime order, ftlarch 10. 



THE AMERICAN ORCHARDIST, or a practi- 

 cal treatise on the culture & management of apple and 

 other Fruit Trees, with observations on the diseases to 

 which they are liable, and their remedies. To which 

 is added, the most approved method of manufacturing 

 and preserving Cider, and also wine from apple juice 

 and Currants. Adapted to the use of American Farm- 

 ers, and all lovers and cultivators of Fine Fruit. By 

 JAMES THACHER, M. D, Second edition, much 

 improved. For sale by CROCKER & BREWSTER, 

 No. 50 CornhiU. March 10. 



{)5=CRUDE ROCK SALT.— The Subscriber has 

 for sale at Nr>- 69 Broad Street, 



50 Tons Crude Rock Salt,— in large lumps for cat- 

 tle, or for sheep. 



This article deserves the attention of Farmers, both 

 for its economy and utility ; being lesa than half the 

 expense of the common salt, and lesa liable to waste. 



Feb. 24. 3m. F. WILBY. 



OC^-FRESH SEEDS.— "For sale at this OfBce, Sugar 

 Beet seed, raised this season, by John Prince, Esq. Rox- 

 bury. And a few bushels of genuine Orchard Grasf 

 seed, likewise raised by Mr. Prince.— Also Mangsl 

 Wurtzel seed, by John Kenrick, Esq. Newton. 



