Vol. IV. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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yards ea,ch, or 2500 yards per week, which finds a 

 market in preference to t'oroign ingrained carpet- 

 ing, at DO to 120 cents per yard. A little settle- 

 ment is naturally growing about the manufactory, 

 Messrs. II. having already brought 300 persons 

 from New-York to the place since their com- 

 mencement there. 



NEW YORK VEGETABLE MARKET. 



For several days past the prices of vegetables, 

 &c. in our markets have been as follows : — Pota- 

 toes 15 to 25 cents per half peck ; Peas, 25 to .37^ 

 per do ; Turnips, 13 to 18 cents per bunch of about 

 six ; Onions equal to 12.V cents per pound ; Cab- 

 bages containing three or four leaves without any 

 head, 10 to 15 cents each ; Beets, Radishes, Cu- 

 cumbers, &c. none ; Lettuce 4 to G cents per 

 head ; Cherries and Strawberries, scarce, dear, 

 and of poor quality. 



At these exorbitant rates, the market is not half 

 supplied, and every green thing it contains is bo't 

 up at an early hour in the morning. The truth is, 

 the long and severe drought has nearly destroyed 

 vegetation in the section of country from whicn 

 our market usually derives its supplies, and the 

 principal object of this statement is to itduce 

 farmers and gardeners at distant places, who have 

 been favoured, to forward us their surplus pro- 

 ducts. The shores of CoBnocticut, &c. can now 

 convey us their products as quick, and we believe 

 at as cheap a rate of transportation as they can be 

 brought from the neighboring towns on Long Is- 

 land and New Jersey, 



a better method backed by more substantial reas- 

 ons ? 



4. Have any implements of husbandry been re- 

 cently introduced among you ? — wliat kind, with 

 what success ? 



.'>. Have you any question you would propose for 

 the consideration of the members anotlier year ? 



•). Have you any suggestions you would make 

 for the benefit of the .Society .' 



Farmers in the town gcneralli/, although nol 

 members of the Society, may bo invited to attend 

 tlie above meetings. 



COW HOUSE. 



Tliore is now erecting at Edinburgh the most 

 splendid cow house in the world. The buildings 

 wliich compose the dairy, form an additional or- 

 nament even to the ' City of Palaaes.' They are 

 erected of tine white stone, and present a hand- 

 some front of three stories in llie centre, surmount- 

 ed witli a dome, and of two stories m wings. The 

 dome gives air and light to the cow house, which 

 is one hundred and twenty feet in lengtli, and six- 

 ty feet in breadth. The roof is twenty-one feet 

 m height, and is supported by two rows of cast 

 iron pillars. The whole is finished with as much 

 neatness as a chapel, and the light from the sides 

 is transmitted through handsome sashed windows, 

 which would not disgrace a fashionable drawing 

 room. At one end of this large apartment is a 

 gallery, frorn whence two hundred splendidly ac- 



commodated cows may be seen — and every ar- 

 Within a few days some rangement is such, tliat, instead of a dirty and dis- 

 small parcels of vegetables have been brought from gusting scene, it will be a very pleasant sight. 



Hartford, Con. and it is hoped the high prices they 

 commanded will induce the farmers to send more. 

 .V. Y. paper, June 17. 



HILLSBORO' AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Provision is made in the 8th Article of the Bye 



Laws of tliis Society, for convening the members, 



in their respective towns, for special purposes 



Meetinirs of the members for the discussion of 

 subjects relating to their occupation as farmers, 

 might be made useful to themselves and to the 

 community. The Sub-committee in each town, 

 has been instructed to call one or more such 

 meetings in the month of February and March, at 

 which times they have been directed to submit the 

 following questions for discussion and answers. 



QUESTIONS. 



1. What is the best mode of preparing lands for 

 tillage crops ? — the best season for breaking up, 

 spring or fall ? — deep or shallow .' 



2. Has trial ever been made of Plaster of Paris 

 among you ? On what soils ? For what crops ? 

 and with what success .' 



3. By the last report of the Viewing Committee 

 it appears, that the Gentlemen, who, last year and 

 the year before, obtained premiums for the best 

 cultivated farms, '■ plant land but one year in suc- 

 cession." Their reasons are, 



" First, That they do not manure so heavy as to 

 make their first crops lodge and be lost; second- 

 ly, it enables them to take their land up oftener, so 

 that they have not overgrown crops on one part 

 of their farm while the other is yielding much less: 

 thirdly, not keeping their land up long enough to 

 have it completely pulverized, it lays down lighter 

 and is not so subject to bake." 



Has the above method been adopted among you 

 hy Others, to any extent ? — Can you recommend a 



[They have a house in New York whicii con 

 tains 2 or 300 Cows, but mucli cannot be said of 

 its splendor I] [Palladium.] 



Use of Sulphur tn destroying Insects on Ptanis, 

 and its hencjit for vegetation. 



Tie up some flour sulphur in a piece of muslin 

 or fine linen, and with this the leaves of young 

 shoots of plants should be dusted, or it may be 

 thrown on tliem by means of a couunon swansdown 

 puft", or even a drodging-box. 



Fresh assurances have been received of the pow- 

 erful influence of sulphur against the whole tribe 

 of insects and worms which infest and prey upon 

 vegetables. Sulphur has also been found to pro- 

 mote the health of plants, on which it was sprink- 

 led; and that peach trees, in particular, were re- 

 markably improved by it. It has likewise been ob- 

 served, that the verdure, and other healthful ap- 

 pear.inces, were perceptibly increased ; for the 

 quantity of new shoots and leaves formed subse- 

 quently to the operation, and having no sulplmr 

 on their surfaces, served as a comparative index, 

 and pointed out distinctly the accumulation of 

 health. [Domestic Encyclopedia.] 



CULTIVATION OF THE VINE. 

 We learn from the Philadelphia Gazette, that 

 the vine is cultivated in Pennsylvania to an extent 

 of which few persons have had any idea. In the 

 immediate neighborhood of the borough of York, 

 there are one hundred and fifty acres of vineyard. 

 In Cumberland county there are many vineyards, 

 some on the tops of mountains, and some in the 

 bosoms of valleys. In Adam, and in Westmore- 

 land the culture of the vine is also attended to ; 

 and one gentleman in Chester has a vineyard cov- 

 ering thirty acres. Only a few days ago, a house 

 in Market street advertised for sale, wine manu- 

 factured in the neighborhood of Lancaster. 



NEW ROAD TO BOSTON. 



Tlie committee, appointed by the Legislature of 

 this State to lay out a road from the Court House 

 in Tolland to the border of the State, where it is 

 to meet the new centre turnpike from Needham 

 to Dudley, have made a report ; in which they sav 

 they have been successful beyond their expecta- 

 tions, in avoiding all the considerable hills. The 

 distance is twenty-seven and a quarter miles, not 

 more than one mile of which, will have a dcclivitv 

 exceeding tlirec degrees and not more than fifty 

 rods will bo equal to four and a half degrees, and 

 no part of it will have an ascent greater than four 

 and a half, or at farlherest five degrees. The dis- 

 tance from Hartford to Boston by this road is be- 

 tween ninety-six and ninety-seven miles. This 

 improvement will much facilitate the intercourse 

 between this place and Boston, and is one of verV 

 great public utility. [Hartford Times.] 



VALUABLE DISCOVERY. 

 One of the most simple and useful discoveries in 

 agriculture, is to mix layers of green or new cut 

 clover, with layers of straw in ricks or stacks ; 

 thus the strength of the clover is absorbed by the 

 straw, which, thus impregnated, both horses and 

 cattle eat greedily and the clover is dried and pre- 

 vented from heoiting. This practice is particularly 

 calculated for second crops of clover and grass. 



A New Hampshire writer says, no flour came 

 from the interior of N. York till the canal was 

 made — and that if we in New England had canals 

 we should have flour from the interior ; as the 

 people would be encouraged to extend the cu].. 

 tivation of wheat from the facility of getting th'* 

 and flour to market. "* 



DISTRESSES IN ENGLAND. 

 In Norwich. Eng. of a population of 60,000 — ■ 

 14,000 were relieved out of doors, of whom 700 

 worked on the roads at Is a day — 700 wero in the 

 workhouse, and 100 in the infirmary. Poor rates 

 10s. in the pound, and the prospect of trade bad. 

 At Macclesfield the lamentable demoralization 

 of the low'gr classes is mentioned. The streets 

 and taverns are said to be nightly thronged with 

 drunken idlers. 



At Bolton, disease is added to the other miseries 

 of the destitute Manufacturers. 



Subscriptions to the amount of eighteen thous- 

 and pounds were raised in one day in London, for 

 the benefit of the distressed operatives and manu- 

 facture rs. 



Two men handcufied, in a gig, and under es- 

 cort, were brought from the neighborhood of New- 

 port, Pagnell, to the county goal, charged with 

 stealing turnip tops ! 



According to one of the last London papers, the 

 termination of tlie Old Bailey Sessions presented 

 a most melancholy picture of the state of morals 

 in the metropolis and its environs. There were 

 about 440 prisoners in the calendar for trial, which 

 number !iad acc/imulated in little more than six 

 weeks. The convictions were numerous. 



There was some tumult at Manchester on the 

 3d of May — but the Military Body now there is 

 too strong for the rioters. 



The London Chronicle, says the Spitalfields Sillf 

 Weavers are in full employment. 



It has been ascertained, after a very minute 

 ralculation, that Chester contains one hundred and 

 one Old .Moi'lg more than any town of the same 

 size in the British Empire. — Lon.pa. 



