i826.] 



?^EW ENr-LANB FAn.\rER. 



Corn.— The ulilily ol coin sl.ilks tov mnnart, slarllc some of these calciihuiiis |)rni)iiel(,i<= ; - I supplies of beef Croni .liM;int S('ctioiis of (lie 

 has (js-f-n demonslnileii upon si;i<julific prliici- ; but 1 h;ii:iirj litllu in sajiiig- I will coavinr.c N.oi.iilr}', wo mioht nn! only provide iibiindiiiicc 

 •.lo-, to nil extent !believ« not gener»lly ;i;j- : ihera of the fact. for om--olv(;.^, ir,jt inn.ish 'l;ugo (iu:uililios foi- 



prtheii.led. iOOO parts ol dry wheiit siraw ( All who are acquninlod with the marshes al- export and ihu siipjilv of iho.-e (.-tiiiiloyod in our 

 gave '13 parts ol i-.snes ; and 1000 |MrIs oi thp>,e l;,(Jed tu, know, lli.u ihev are mostly siluaied ! Usheries ; and ho-sde's this, greatly increase iho 

 a,hes atfordf^d 22 5of solnble mailer, 1000 parts several mdes from (heir owners,' residence, andj imporl^Mico and wealth of the towns in uhich 

 ol Iho stalks ol Indian curn (i,M m!H/s) gave 04, to get the crop of salt grass they must devote ! these lands are sitnaled. 



jjaris ot ashes; and 1000 parts of those asheslmore time in cutting it and makiofj the hay, ioj In a fnlnre paper, I uiii make some remarks 

 ;;rtorded 7i.'.5'o ol soluble matter. See Duvy, [>■ jcarlinjf it to scows for transportation to a iaiul-i on Ihe praclical.ilily of reconciling the intertsis 

 105. lience 100 pounds of stalks will allord ; ing where it may bo reloaded an<l taken to ilie | of the nomernus jiroprietors of Uiose marshes 

 iiiorulood-to vegetables Iha^f (300 !bs. of wheat; barn, than at a fair price lor labour, woiibl a- ^ which are undivid.l ; ,, oircumstanco which a^ 

 slraw. This is a matter ol moment to the far- \ mount to the value of all the produce.' And liie ' present eiTeciually desirous all alleiopts lo ren- 

 tnerwho dnly appreciates the importance o( i land, which is estimated at dOj'/S and 100 dol|.„s; der theai mure valuable. F 



manure, and affords a strong inducement lo ex- i per acre, because our farmers ihmk "Ihrf mn^l — _- 



tend iho cuUivation of this useful plant. Corn i have a lillle sail hay," is absoJuieU a damai^e' THi'. SCASO.^. 



takes less from the soil, and mure from the at- i to the owner. For instead ot bestowing ihei Last year a person in this town comtrienced 

 mosphere, in consequence ol Us large system of ii,„e occupied in the hibour jusi mentioned, npon ' Ihe sowmif of Iwenly acres of Spring Wheat, on 

 leaves, than wheat, and consequenlly is less (he swamps which are now claiming alteulion : f.Ionday, ijlh M.irch, and iinishe.l it that week 

 exhausUng. Its average product is three limes frum their superior produclive^l^:ss a depen-; —Ihe crop av er.iged more than lii'te.,, bushels 

 -RS great. It serves as lood lor all animals, lis, dance is placed on a jirecarions su|iply of sallj lo an acre. He is now engaged in sowing with 

 ordinary ,,rice in market is about one half the .'grass, which somelimns the raging of the sea ,' Spring Wheat an adjoining' field of tweniy acres, 

 pnce ol "heal. Both umv are jibout the same Ulestroys, and sometimes the scorching son con- j being about lorly days lafer. It must vegetate, 



'" " "' grow and ripen, in 90 days ihis year, instead of 



IJO tlial it had hssi year. Such is the difi'orence 

 in Ihe two se.isons. — Hanifi. Guz. April 21. 



price. ted with nnlermetUed mannre, and sum(;s ; and when nninjnred by any nnexpecl 

 planted on a clover lay, it is the most certain : ed casualty, the whole will nol (piit cost, 

 iii.d protitable gram crop ihai is grown. On! But at this lime there are several eKperiment« 

 poor wet ground, badly taken care ol, no crop j (,„ dyked marshes in progres.s, which promise 

 IS less prohlablc. We have corn soils and corn j , he most unqualified success. One tract of 5 

 disliicls, and soils and dislricls that will noljiicres, 1^ miles from this villa"-e, has been 

 produce II lo advantage. When we become | reclaimed four years. The lirst year Ihe crop 

 vyiser, every district will contme its culture lo I of salt hay was as valuable and ab.indanl as whan 

 the prodiicls io- - ' -"- ■• ■- ' -• --• — •- ■ '»- • - 



the products for which It is best adapted. We j Howod periodically— the second, Ihe native 

 sha I hereafter have our wheal dlslricts, oor |^rass began lo disappear-the thud a mi.'i.ure 

 barley districts, our corn districts, and our graz-j of salt and English hav, perhaps averagin- a 

 3ng districts ; and an inlerchaflge ol commodi- | ,o„ („ ^^^ ^.^^e, was cut-and the fourlh, .a moM 

 <les will laue place between them mulnally ad- luxuriant growth ot herdsgrass, yielding two and 

 vanlageous. Oui- great error consists in blend- ^ half tons per acre. And that it has no! reach- 

 ing all branches ol hn-^bandry, when our soil g,, u, highest product, is apparent from there 

 andlocatu,n are probably only well adapted to 1 being many spots where the cnllivated grasses 

 a single brancli. Iiavo not taken root. And at this moment it is 



\ 1 . 1 I'"' "crdant as the meadnws around it, which 

 Slrn-j.he.rry.—{fritganavesca.)—n has been j ^^^.g been constantly dressed, though the form 

 said that ihislruit has Ihe properly ot dissolving gr has not been manured at all 



the larUiieous encrustations u|)on the teeth; and 

 that hence, those who have been affected ivilh 

 She gout and nephritic diseases (stone, &c.) have 

 .'ound great relief by eating them freely. 



Fio:n Ihc .Veio Btdford Mercurjj. 



RECLAIMED MAKSHES. 



Messrs. Emtors — It is a matter of regret that 

 the community are so slow in following exam- 

 ples of improvemen!, when they deviate from 

 the track which all the generations which have 

 ffone before ihem liave walked in. And as an 

 apologv lor want ol «nergy and enterprise, 

 scepticism as lo the reality of Ihe improvement 

 is often pretended ; when in fact the doubt is 

 only another name for the/car of a little extra 

 expense, or a liltle extra labour. 



1 am induced to make this remark, by the 

 slow progress of conviction, on the minds of the 

 land proprietors in the southern pari of this 

 county, on the advantages lo be derived (rom 

 dyking their salt marshes. 



There are in the (owns of Dartmouth and 

 and Westport, hundreds of acres of marsh mea- 

 dow, bordering on small rivers and inlets, which 

 at a small expense mighl be reclaimed from the 

 s«a, and converted into (he finest meadows in 

 the world ; and the land, which at this moment 

 is not worth a single dollar per acre lo the own 



ers, would fatten a thousand head of neit cattle 



The idea that their marslies are worthless, majr prise and profit; and iugtead of drawiog our' 



manure( 



.'Another experiment may be seen at the west 

 of Little River, in Dartmouth, which has been 

 dyked only one summer ; it is now rapidly ad- 

 vancing to the perfection of the first, with gen- 

 eral admiration. 



Still the owners of vast tracts, which might be 

 reclaimed at less expense per acre by 1 to 4, 

 and in some instances even by I lo 20, are wait- 

 ing for further evidence of their loss by procras- 

 tinalion. 



Piy reclaiming these mar.5hcs, a more valua- 

 ble object would be gained, than merely con- 

 verting them to meadow — for Ihc distance which 

 it would be necessary lo transport the hay, 

 would present the same difliculties which al 

 ])resent render (he land worthless, thotjgh no! 

 16 so great an extent, as Ihe product would he 

 fourfold, and the labour by no means increased 

 in the same proportion. This would be ef- 

 fecled by appropriating them to grazing, and 

 large droves of cattle might annually be brought 

 lo market, fattened upon the finest pastures. — 

 Thai there is a peculiar excellence in the grass 

 thus produced, is evident from the tact, thai cat- 

 tle which have had- the range of several fine 

 meadows alter mowing, still preferred to feed 

 on the reclaimed lands, to the neglect of the 

 former., on which, from this cause, the grass 

 was more abundant. 



If must be seen, that attention to this object 

 would open to our farniers a new field of enler- 



IMPROVE.VJENTJ IN THE CONSTRUC- 

 TION OF CilUMN!E:i. 

 Perha]»3 in the construction of a house, there 

 is no p.iri more difficult or liable to so mniiy ob- 

 jections as llie formaliun uf the chimnies, nor is 

 there any part in which impediiiienis to com- 

 fort so frtqufciilly arise. There are a few who 

 have not cxjierienced the inconvenience ul'smokij 

 chimnies, and who have not been put to serious 

 expense — oflen ineflectually — to remedy the 

 evil. We are glad, hi.wevor, lo lind that a sci- 

 entific man has turned bis allention to the sub- 

 ject, and thai alter various experimenis, he lias 

 .It length Kucceded in suggesting a plan by 

 which all Ihe imperfections hitherto known lo 

 exist may be completely obviated. This plan 

 has been subuiilled to the judgement of some 

 of the best practical architects of the day, and 

 has received their un(iualified ai>probation ; and 

 it is now applied not only to all the chimnies 

 erecling in the new [)alaco it) St. James' Parkj 

 but to Ihe Post Office, and all olhef public build- 

 ings in progress. The public are indebted to 

 Mr Hiorl, the Chief Examiner in his Majesty's 

 Othce of Works, for this usel'vil invention ; and 

 this gentleman has devoted much of his time, 

 by evening lectures, to exjdain to builders the 

 advantage and simiilicily of hisjilan, wliich con- 

 sists in Ihe substitution of flues or tunnels of any 

 diameler, cap.ible of being incorporated ivilhiu 

 the usual thickness of walls, instead of the old 

 plan of square flues. Each flue is surroundej 

 in every d-reclion, from top lo bottom, by cavi- 

 ties commencing a! liie back of everj fire place, 

 and connecced with each other. The air con- 

 lined Hilhm these cavities is, by the heal of any 

 one lire, rendered sutiicienlly warm to prevent 

 condensation within all Ihe flues contained in 

 Ihe same slock of chimnies ; and what renders 

 the ne(y invention more important is the fact 

 that the flues may he carried in any direction 

 with as much facility as a leathern pipe, ivith- 

 out in the slightest degree, deviating from the 

 original circular form. It would be difEcultg 

 by mere verbal description, to convey an ade- 

 quale idea of the whole of the plan ; but n is 

 capable of being made clear to the comtBOu«Gt 

 capacity by a fevi/ miaiites' instruction. The 



