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Sl)c jTarmcv's iHontl)lij bisitor. 



Lowell, Jan. W, 184S. 

 IIoii. Isaac Hill — Sir: — I notioed in one of 

 the niiDiliiirs of your valuable pnper something 

 in leiTiii'il 10 the ciihiv:ition of Peach trees. ] 

 wish to iiHiiiire llie best way of raising » peach 

 orchard IVom the seed^the time ami iiiniiner ol 

 plaiilim;, and also wlicre best lo transplant, and 

 likewi.se the kind of soil in which they will best 

 flourish. 



Please give the result of your experience about 

 it in the iie.\t Visiior. 



Vours respectfully, 



BROOKS SHATTUCK. 



We have no experience in this mailer that 

 could he useful to our rurre.spoiu'ent. VVe will 

 be pleasml to receive a full statement of the best 

 mode of cultivating the peach from any iViend 

 in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or the District of 

 Cohnnhia, where orchards have been cultivated 

 to the ureatest advantage. I\Ir. John Hill, of the 

 Boston Quincy market, lui^'ht fiu'iiish us an ac- 

 coiuit of successful peach cultivation in West 

 Caiulirid::e, Mass. that would be highly useful to 

 all such as desire to grow that excellent and 

 highly palatable fruit. 



A Largf. Crop. — Mr. Oliver Warner of Had- 

 ley, Mass., harvested the past season, from eigh- 

 teen acres, part meadow land, twenty-one hundred 

 wid si.vl;j-one bushels of corn. This was measined 

 after being husked. No more than his usual 

 labor was bestowed n|>on this crop. The ma- 

 nure was spread over the land and well ploughed 

 in. JMr. Warner is in favor of deep ploughing. — 

 A'orthampton Courier. 



The pioprietor of the Globe Mills, in Ken- 

 sington, Philadelphia, having fixed upon Wed- 

 nesday last, for resujuing operations, the ex- 

 tensive yard attached to the mills was filled early 

 in the morning by a mass of people numbering 

 considerably over a thousand, all anxious to ob- 

 tain employ'ient. Tiie foreman was obliged to 

 go to a window and call out the names of 400 of 

 those formerly employed, who were set to work 

 and the others disnnssed. 



Pretty coon Yield on a^ Acre. — Mr. Gid- 

 eon Uaws, of Foxi'ioft, has raised the past sea- 

 son, from one acre of land, fifty bushels of good 

 sound corn, ten bushels white beans, and six 

 loads pumpUins. Me estimates the value r)f the 

 w hole crop at S/ti, viz : 



Corn, 50 bushels, at -SI per bushel, $50 00 



Beans, 10 do. $1 do. 10 00 



Pumpkins, 00 



Corn Ibdder, 10 00 



-Piscataquis Herald. 



876 00 



Preservative Compositiom. — For a compo- 

 sition for coloring and preserving gates, roofs, 

 and timber generally, fi'om the weather, melt 

 twelve ounces of rosin in an iron pot or kettle, 

 add three gallons of train oil, and three or four 

 rolls of biiinstone ; when they are melted and 

 become ihin, adil as much Spanish brown, (or 

 rod or yellow ochre, or any other color you like, 

 ground as usual with oil,) as will give the whole 

 the .^liaile wanted. Then lay it on witli a brush 

 as hot and as thin as you can. Some days after 

 the fii'st coat is dried, lay on a second. It is 

 well attested that this will preserve plank for 

 years, ae.il prevent the we:;iher from driving 

 through brick work. 



Winter PtorGtii.xG — As ihere are many in- 

 tervals of weather through the winter, when ihe 

 frost is sufiiciently out of the eround to enable 

 you to have your stiff clays, intended for spring 

 culture, ploughed, let us advise you never to let 

 tiuoh an interval pa.ss v>iihinit putting evin-y plough 

 that you can spare lo work; and lo see that the 

 ploughmen do their work as deep as the strength 

 of yom- team will allow: don't be afraid of turn- 

 ing up the "/))":(•)!'' of the subsoil. 



Fencing and Lumber for Farm Pdrposes. 

 This is the season when you should get all your 

 post, mils anil other /H?ii6cr out, and when we need 

 scarce tell you that after it is cut. it should he 

 carted to the home enclosures, liir the conveni- 

 ence of employing the bands in working it up 



during such wet days as they cannot bo occupied 

 in out door work. From all such trees as may 

 be fl'lled f'or the purpose named, the bark should 

 be stript od" as it will fiicilitate the seasoning of 

 the limber, and prevent the ravages of the worm, 

 by depriving them of a hiding place. 



Important Facts. — Ploughing heavy soils 

 when wel, does more injury than it' the team 

 were standing idle. 



In ploughing green sward deeply, the furrows 

 must be always at least one half wider than 

 deep, else the sod will not turn well. 



All grain fields seeded to grass should be rolled. 



Muslij irrain is made sweet by putting it in 

 boiling water, (double the quantity of the grain) 

 letting it cool in the water, and tlien dry it well, 

 skim the water. 



A sins;le weed may draw out the nourishment 

 that would have given fulness to half-a-dozen 

 ears. To he free fiom taxes is far less important 

 than to be lice fiiun weeds. 



Barley seed may be freed from oats intermixed, 

 by ])ouriiig water ii|)on it, when the oats will 

 float, and may be skimmed ofl". 



Preserve leaehed or imleaclied ashes, which 

 have accnmulaled during the winter, to be applied 

 to corn in the hill or row. — Phila. Museum. 



Gates and Bars. — If every field on your farm 

 has not been already provided with a good sub- 

 stantial gale, have them made between now and 

 the opening of spring, so that you may banish 

 every pair of bars fiom off your place ; see that 

 your gales have good fasleidngs, that they open 

 freely and he closed securely. 



THE MARKETS. 



NEW YORK MARKET, Feb. 1 — Tliree days 

 prectding — ASHKS — Pots sell slowly at 55.50 lor brand 

 of 1843; nothing doing in Pearls. Beeswax — Small srilcs 

 good Southern at 'JSf, cash. Cofice — .Market very lirm, 

 with light stocks, except of Jova and .Sumatra, which are 

 plenty and dull. Sales Brazil at 7 a 85 ; Cuba, 7^ a 8; 

 Laguayra, ":}, 4 mos; St. Domingo, .5^ a 5^c cash, t'ot- 

 ton — .\n active demand for export. Holders, however 

 linve throughout evincoil a willingness to realize, and 

 sales of ordinary to middling I'nir have been made at a 

 decline of Jc per 11). Transactions embrace 4(J00 bales 

 flpland and Florida at 5 a 7Sc ; 1000 Mobile, 5^ a 5J ; 

 600 jNew Orle;tns, S.J a 7.J — together 1)200 bales, 



FLOUR — Market t'oi^ Western extremely dull, and 

 holders generally seem anxious to realise ; prices, how- 

 ever, are without iiarticular cliange, the very limited de- 

 mand ofTering no indiiceioent to accept lower rales. 



GRAIN— ^Northern Rye lower ; 3000 bu. taken yester- 

 dav for distilling atStc, ilelivered. iVorthern Oats have 

 declined a cent or two ; 800 bu. River afloat sold at 30c, 

 and they close very dull at that ; Canal 30c ; 2000 bu. Va. 

 brought 21.^ a 22, cash. Corn continues to decline. 



OILS — Market continues bare of Whale. Linseed 

 verv dull. Small sales .\m. at 76 a 7Sc. cash. English 

 held considerably above these rates. Of Olive, 300 bas- 

 kets small sized bottles sold at §3,12^, casd and 4 100s ; 

 and 130 do large size, §3,23 a 3,30, 4 mos. Provisions— 

 The same inactivity prevails in Beef and Pork before no- 

 ticed. 



Cincinnati, Jan. 28. — River Intelligence. — The river is 

 about en a stand . with sufficient water fur the largest boats. 

 .Miami CannI — lieceipts vesterdav 293 hbis Flour, 14lj do. 

 Whiskey. 137 do. Pork, lOO do. Lard, and 311 ,(508 lbs Bulk 

 Pork. Hogs — There is no change in the market — daily 

 sales at ,^2 20 a 2 50. Flour — The whole stock that has 

 arrived at the Canal has been taken at ^2 62. Whiskey 

 is in fair demand at 13|h. at which a large part of that at 

 the Canal was taken yesterday. 



BO.iTOj\ .1IARKKT.— FEBRLAiiY 4. 



ASHKS— Small sales of Pearls at 6ic, and PoU at 5 a 

 \c . and If'O casks for export at 5^c per lb. 



COTTON— The market has l)ccn very quiet through- 

 out the week, and the sales are small, butat no lower pri- 

 ces ; ahoot 630klules have sold. Mobile, 7.^ a Sc ; 200.do 

 Florida, 6j a l^c ; 200 do Uplands, ej a 7i ; and 150 do 

 New Orleans 74 a 7|c per lb.. 6 rnos. 



COKFEl'2 — 'ihe sales of St. Domingo have been con- 

 siderable, mostly for expert, say about 600<J bags, at 3.^ a 

 3|c — small parcels best grades 6c per lb. 6 inos. In other 

 descriptions the transactlons«re unimportant. 



FLOUR — Dull — Genesee, common brands, 4 55 a 4 63. 

 and fancy. 4 69 a 4 75 ; Ohio via New Orleans, 4 25 ; Fred- 

 ericksbuVg, 4 25, 4 mos, and Philadelphia, 4 25, cash. 



GRAIN — Sales Southern yellow flat Corn 48c; and 

 white 47c ; Southern Oats 2oc per bush. 



MOLASSES— Dull ; sales 600 hhds Havana sour ICJ a 

 16^0 per sal, 6 mos. 



SUGAR — The sales f re moderate at former prices ; 2 a 

 300 boxes Havana brown 6 J a 7c per lb, 6 mos. 



OIL— A sale of .300 bbls Crude Wliale Oil was made at 

 35c per gall, etpial to cash. Sales Linseed small, 78 a 

 30c. Asnle ol Palm has been made, but we did not learn 

 the amount or terms. Holders are a little tirmer. 



PROVISIONS — A mideiatc demand has been observed 

 for most articles, and prices remain without much change, 

 .\ sale bv auction was made of SO bbls. Western v,'!e.ir 



Pork 2f8 75 a 10 12^ per bbl ; 40 do do Mess g7 87 a S 12^ • 

 do do, cash. 



HIDES A.ND SKINS— For tanning, sales of 7000 

 Hiienos Ayres have been made, 23 a 24 lbs. at supposed 

 12c per 11). 6 iQos. credit. The shipments by first hands 

 during the past week, are about 20.000 Buenos Ayres and 

 Chili. Sales of Bulfilo, 40 bales, 7 a 8c per lb; 15 bales ' 

 green slaughtered Calcutta a J^'l each. 6 mos credit. ^ 



HOPS — The business done in this article since the last 

 weekly report has been by retail only. Stock on hand es- 

 timated 230 bales and about 100 bales remaining in hands 

 of growers. 



The following returns exhibit the quantity inspected 

 under the authority of the Commonwealth of Massachu- 

 setts for the last five years. 



First Sort. Second Sort. Refuse 



year. bags, weight. bags, weinlit. bags, weight. 

 1042. 1939 383,304 163 317428 24 4,014 



ICll. 1330 2,r2,0I2 210 42,210 07 11,877 



1840. 991 188.803 331 70,386 108 20,439 



1839, 585 107,907 528 99,182 150 26,312 



1838. 1087 208,109 623 119,049 175 32,834 ' 



Total. .\verage. 



bags, weight. price. value. 



1842. 2r28 4is:946 Sic J?3*,563 02 



1841. 1607 306,099 13^ 41.323 36 



1840. 1480 279,833 30 83,949 90 



1839. 1263 233.461 13 35.019 15 

 1838. 1885 339,992 15 53^98 8 J 



BRIGHTON MARKET— -MoNr,AV, Jan. 30, 1S13. 

 Reported for the ISo^lon Daily Advertiser. 



At market G2t) Beef C'attle, 1200 Sheep, and 70 Swine. 

 100 Beef Cattle unsold. 



Pkices — i>Y(^ Cattle — Last week's prices were not 

 sustained, and we reduce our quotations. .\ few extra at 

 Si 50. First quality S4a 4 23; second quality §3 50 a 

 3 75; thiid quality JJ3 23 a 3 30. 



Sheep — Sales from ,5 1 to 1 30. Wethers from g2 50 

 to ,J&3 73. 



Swine — No lots were sold to peddle. A few were re- 

 tailed^from 3(1 to .ic. 



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