190 



Sl)c latma's ittoutl)lyJ)isitor. 



Tlicie should not lie too riiauj' in one enclosure ; 

 especially J'oiin^' pijjs fhoiiUI not sleep in crowds, 

 lor, altliougli tlu;y slee|) wairiier, lliuy "ill suficr 

 on that very account. Lying in ])iles, they get 

 sweaty ; the skin is much more sensitive to the 

 cold, anil coming out in the morninj; reeking and 

 smoking the keen air pierces them. In this way, 

 young pigs die oil" in the winter l>y being too 

 warm at night. — Indiana Faiiner. 



JUeteorological Observations at Concord, 



7WAo( ji{M lirjorc stin-nsr uttd 3 ti^chck P. M. 

 ISY A. CHASIOLBR. 



1845. 



.^ Characirr uf C?wk(7.*, etc. 



Curing Pork— A new method.— Two corre.s- 

 pondenLs of the Alhaiiy diliivator recoinrneiid a 



new mi'lhod of curing pcirk, and attest to its 

 merits rnini Ihcirown lepealed e.xperieiice. This 

 is to pack it, when the animal heat is e.xhaiisleil 

 with rock salt, and pour on (he brine boiling hot. 

 The pickle I'or hams is heated mid applied in the 

 same way. 15y this method the hrine is .said to 

 penetrate at once eipially, to lake IVom the meat 

 all stringy and lotigh ipialities, render it hriltle, 

 add much to ils flavor, and he withal, the safest 

 nir-thod. One of these v riters s;\ys it is almost 

 universally piacliced in his neighhorhood. Who 

 will try it ? The rock salt could not easily he 

 procured here, lint this, jirobahly, is not imlis- 

 pensahle. 



Ai.HA.NV Cultivator. — The proprietor of this 

 popular niag.-izine of agrieiillnre, announces in 

 the Dec. No., which closes the volume, that he 

 has re-engaged fiir the coming year the editorial 

 assistance of Sanlcird Howard and .). .1. Thomas, 

 Ksfjnrs. Both these gentlemen are known to us 

 as sound, prai-lical, ;\nd instrnelivo wrilcMs, and 

 iheir aliiliiies, in conjunction with the aid of ils 

 nnmernus conlrihiitors, are a sufficient guarantee 

 that " The Cullivalor " will not sulfer any diiiiin- 

 ntion in ihe popular cslimalion or patronage. — 

 M Ji. [''arrncr. 



CuRl^G liRKF. — A farmer at Ihe west says: 

 " 1 have used snliralm in place of stillpeire, and 1 

 never had Iniler Ui-ri'. — liall. Sun. 



O.vioNS. — i'or the past ten years from 30,000 

 to 60,000 Iiushels of onions have heen raised in 

 the single town of Paiivers, Mass. 



Fattenino Hogs. — The 

 consists in keeping them as 



latest improvement 

 clean as possible. 



Couiitiiig-lloiisc Aliiiaiiac, for 1846. 



• •t 5 



Si 12 



£l 19 

 ^ 26 



15 



7 

 14 

 20 21 



28 



3| 4 

 10 11 

 17 18 

 24 25 

 31 

 1 

 8 

 15 

 22 

 29 



22123 



3; 4 

 10 11 

 17 18 

 24 25 



29130 31 



PROSPECTUS OF THE 

 FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR, 



V O L l^ M E V I 1 I . 



COMMENCING JANUARY, 1840. (;onducted hy 

 ISA.Vi; HILL, and published by ISAAC HILL &. 

 SO.\S, Concord, N. H., to whom ail money for subscriptions, 

 and subscribers' names, must be hAdiessed^ jjn.^tage paid. 



The altemion of the agricultural public is resjiectfully invi- 

 ted to the following exceedingly low rates of subscriiilion 

 which, considering the size, frequency of publication, and 

 Hiiantily of maUer, fall far below those of a!iy other weekly 

 or moiiihiy paper published in the United States :— 



TEKMS.-rTo sinule subscribers, 50 cents per anrvuin. Ten 

 percent, will be allowed to any persoji wlio stiall send us 

 more llian one suhscrilier. 



{f^j- 7'ii clnb^^ or indifidutil.<, forwarfiivff us $-1, postage paid^ 



TWELVE eiiPlES WILL BE flE.NT FOR ONE YE.\B. Auy adllitiollUl 



uiiiober of copies will he furnished at the .same rate. The 

 pa\ nieiit in every ease iinisl be made iii attvance. 



in eoininenciug the piiblicaion of the eighth vcdiiine of the 

 iMcmlhly Visitor, the publi-.hers wullhl earneslly solicit their 

 present patrons, and such other gentlemen as may leel dispo- 

 ■d to patronize the only e.\clusively Agricultural newspaper 

 ..i either of the States of New Hampshire or Vermont, to lend 

 them a hel[)ing hand in increasing its circulation. Pining Ihe 

 first two years of its publication, tlic Visitor numbered about 

 50(10 subscribers. Since that time— our eltbrts to obtain sub- 

 .si riiitioiis having been necessarily diverted from it by a pres- 

 sure of other business— the number has yearly decreased, al- 

 though the rate of siih^criptKui has been reduced more than 

 tvvnty per cent. The present niiiiiber of our subscription 

 list, is alxiut 2500. At our presiiit subscription price, this 

 numlier, to ensure a ftiir prolil to the publishers, should be 

 donMcd : and if a foir compensation for the services of the edi- 

 tor is taken into consideration, it should be trebled. 



The Visitor was started, in IB39, as an experiment. Tor 

 four years, at least, after ils coininenceinent, at ihe original 

 price of subscription, it proved highly successful, Siibseiiuent- 

 1>' with a reduced subscription iirice — and until the last year — 

 It has afforded a profit only, if the services of the editor are 

 not nuisidered. We now appeal to the Fanners of New Eng 

 l;iii(l— and luirtieularlv to those of our own and the Slate of 

 Verninnl — til ilrcido whether il shall he fairly sustained ; and 

 we do so with the more assurance, inasmuch as fwe have al- 

 ready remarked) it is the only e.xolnsively asjricnlnirat p.aper iii 

 the two latter States, and because we furnish il nl a very iimd- 

 i-rate price. 



Every gentleman who receives this iiaper is especially re- 

 qilesleli to assist us bv his agency. If anyone shall lu.' loo 

 nnieli engaged otherwise to .attend to this, will he place Ihe 

 ]iap.r ill the hands of some Irusly friend of Agriculture, who 

 will remit to us the money and nuines ol such subscribi'is as 

 he can procure r 



IS.'VAC HILL i. SONS. 



Coiiioid, N. 11., Dec. 31, 1845. 



STATE.«ENT OF BRIGHTON MARKIT FuR 1- 

 46,910 lleef Cattle Sales estimated at 

 13,275 .■stores, " " " 



107,960 Sheep, " " " 



56,580 Swine, " " " 17 



31,6 



37,310 



4,136 



72,274 



52,740 



32,915 



10,605 

 98,820 

 43,000 



Beef Cattle, I 



Stores, ( 



Shei-p, 



Swine, 



Beef Cattle, 



Stores, 

 Sheep, 

 Swine, 



1844. 



:• Sales e^liiiialeil at 81,689,^ 



1843. 



Sales estimated at 



^. 



BOSTON MARKET— Der. 30. 



FLOUR— iloliler-; are asking about l^c ]^ bbl more today, 

 but there are no sak-s of importance. A few small patcelr 

 Gene.see, corninon brands, 5 87, cash. 



GRAIN— Corn dull, and saks li^hl ; Southern yellow '. 

 79c ; white 75 ® 7Gc f- bu. 



MOLASSES — The sales to-day and yesterday lu r 



amount to J80G hhds Cuba, sunr, taken by distillers, ai 'JO-.' ^ 

 gu>, G ni!^. Distillers now have some 700u hhds stock on nand. 

 Retailing; dull. 



CONCORD AVHOLESALE 



CASH PRICES CURRENT 



For West India Goods & Groceries, I^lour, Grain 

 DUcE, Iron Sc Steel, Plaster, Salt, Lime, &.C. &> 



Corrected weekly for Hill's .\. H. Patriot bycr 

 CLAPP, at Ihe Depot Store, Concord, .N 



Jan. I, 1846. 



ItUIUHTOM M.VIIKKT— iM.iNOAv, Dec. 29, I8li 

 liieported for the Haily .\dverliser & Patriot.) 



At Market, 72(1 lleef Cattle, 2liOU Sheep, and 50 Swine,— 

 31X1 lleefCattle nnscdd. 



Pbices,- Wri-/ CaH/r,— Last week's prices generally were not 

 sustained— a yoke or Iwoe.vlra $5 25 ; first qnalily 4 50 <(i> 5 00 ; 

 second .§ I M 4 25 ; third 3 25 ® $4. 



.^liircs. — No sales noticerl. 

 . SVo-f/L— Sales of small lots from SI 25 to §2 .50. 



Sictiie. — At retail from -I', to Oc. 



ASHES, Pots 4.1 



Pearls, 4.i 



ALU.M, 4 



BKI.^ISTONE, Roll, 3 



Sulphur, 4 



CAMPHOR. Refined,.... 75 



CANDLES, Mould, 10 



Sperm 32 



COFFEE, SL Domingo,.... 6 



Porto Rico, 8J 



Porto Cabi-llo, 8A 



Old Government Java,... ll 



COPPERAS, 2 



FISH, Bank, ^quintal, ..2,75 



Pollock 2,50 



Bav 3,00 



Old Dun 4,50 



N<i. 1 Salmon, !/>-bbl, 14,00 

 No. 1 Shad, ^ bill, 12,00 



Ton's t Sounds, ^hhl, 0,00 

 H.B.Fins,1phbl, 9,00 



FLOUR, Gene.see, 0,50 



Fancy brand, 7,00 



Ohio, Akron, 7,50 



Spanldlng, extra, 7,50 



J. II Beach, 7,50 



FRLTIT. Figs, 14 



Raisins, blue mark 8,50 



Black mark, 7,50 



Bo.\, bunch, 2,50 



FUSTlCK,Cuba,1(>ton,30,U0 



Tampico, 22,00 



Ground, \^ hund 1,75 



GLUE, Russian best 17 



American, II 



GRAl.N. Oals,50 cents (f* bit 



Corn, 87.J dodo bu 



Rye ^7A do dobii 



Beans, .'. .75(5) 1,75 



Pi-as, 501® 75 



GRIND.STONES, Isl qual- 

 it\ , liiiislii il,l,> hund. 2,25 

 Di.,'do. iiulinished 1,.5« 



HEKHINtJ.r ho-\. No. 1,...50 

 Scaled 75 



INDIGO, lii-ncal, .1,101® 1,75 

 Spanish float,,.. 1, 00 fffl 1,50 

 Manilla, 75iail,25 



IRON, Old Sable, 5 



EliL'lish, 4 



Ban ks, retined, 4i 



Knglish, sheet »! 



Rii.ssia,di ti<ffil3 



Old Sable nail rods, 5J 



Norwegian do ti 



Common do 4.\ 



English hoop, 5 



American do 4 



Shoe Shapes, vVin 1.^ 



Swedes, shoe shapes 4j 



LEATHER. New York 

 Sole Leather, Light, 14 (S> 16 



Do. lleavv, fi\r,ii 15 



LIMK, Thonmston, first 



quality, 1,50 



Ciimden, do 1,25 



LOIIWOOD, St, Domin- 

 go, II* ton, 22,00 



t'ani peachy, 27,00 



Ground, (J* hund 1,75 



MACKKIll'.L, No. 1, If 



bbl 11,00 



N„. 2 8,00 



No. 3, 0,00 



Miil.ASSKS, Havana, ....28 



Siirinain, 28 



Trinidad, 30 



Porto Rico 32 



Sugar House i....50 



.NAILS. Boston Iron Go's 



bianil, *i 



old Colduy do ,.41 



Wi-vinoiilli Iron Co 4$ 



.Mal.liu, -l 



PLAST1-;K, II"- ton 6,00 



Do, ground 10,00 



PROVISIONS. Pork l'.\- 



tra clear tt> bbl, 16,00 



Coiiinion do 14,00 



05 

 S3 



j8 

 99 



. .'■ 



.4 



Extra Mess, .'.I9,n< 



Cninmon do IU,i^ 



Builtr,^ lb, lOdilA 



Clieese, new milch,. . .7 (?? 8 



Four meal, 5i& o 



Dried apple, best, 4\<ii^ 



Lard, norlliern, 10 



Do. southern, i* 



Turkeys & Chickens, liesl,8 



Goslins, beJl, 5 



Round Ilnirs 4.^ '<. •"■ 



REDWOOD,' ground, **• 



hund 



Nicaragua, ^ ton,. . 



RICE, l^luind. best ,." 



ROSIiN, ^ bbl.... -»> 



SAL/ERATUS,fii 27 " 



SALT, St. Ibes, I 110 



Cadi/, ^ 30 



Bonaires, ^ 



Turks Island, ^ 



Liverpool, . 



Do. fine, Worthii. y 



brand, Jt* bag, ... 'I 



Do. otlitT brand?,. . , .' 



SALTPETRE, crude 

 Do. relined, J 



SEED. Clover, nor gj, 

 Do. soulliern, .... 

 Herds crass, ^ bu 



SIIEETL\GS,prim ^ 



SHINGLES, tirst c^ ^ 

 No. 1, pine, p- .\L..'^ 

 do. do. do. 5ipruce, ..'. ' 



SHIRTINGS, l^_)arrj4, 



SHOT, a-Jsorted,.... 1^5 



SHOVELS, cast si ' 



d<.z 



Stei^l pointed do.. 



Iron do. best, 



Do. rommun, 



SO AT, Castile, 



Whitt- Soap, best,.. 



llrown. No. 1, 



Family, 



Extra, 



SPICES. Cassia, in n 



Do. ground, 



Cloves, 



Ginger, pure, . . 

 Mace,^Ib,.... 

 Nutu'tfjts, best,. 

 Pimento, whole 

 Do. ground,... . 



Pepper, whole, 



Do. ground, 



STEEL, Swedes, best. . . 

 Sanderson, Brothers V 



Co. cast steel, 



Jessop At Son, do 



Gernmn, oest, 



Do. common, 



Coach sprinu, bebl, 



SUGARS. Brown Hava- 

 na, very best, 1. 



Do. <lo. prime, 



Do. do. fair, 



D.mblerefin. East B. loaf,. '■ 



Do. do. crushed, 



Do. do. powdered, »i 



Common loaf, II 



Porto R ico, best, ^\ 



Purified .Muscovado do ^. ) 



T.AR, If* bbl ....Joi) 



TE.VS. Gunpowder, he^ 



qualily, Jf* !*>» 



Im|)rriai, do 



Hyson, do «.^. 



Hyson Skin, do 



Young Hysou, common, 



Do. do. fair, 



l)o. do. good,..v *•■'»' 



Do. do. best, -i.^'"^ 



TOBACCO, coiumou keg...<i 



Good do 1** 



Common box, 9 



Unoddo 1 M 



Honey Dew, do. be!*I 18 



Cav.ndi-^h, '2^ '" 37i 



^1 

 '54 



.,.0 

 .:trt 

 .:« 



. 101 



