160 



^[)t iTaviucr's iUontljliJ Visitor. 



To insure a plentiful supply of ojgs in winter, 

 let the fowls liave ii wain) lialiit:ilioi) in wliicli 

 they can leinuin tlnoii\'h the ilay in eoUl severe 

 storms, with room to move ahout. I'laee a 

 trougli about four ini'lies wide, and (()nr inches 

 (leeii, luifl lenjrth according to cin;nm3taiice!<, 

 uitliin the yard, with a roof so low a» to prevent 

 their getting into the trough ; keep this well snp- 

 plieil with feed, that they may have it liy them 

 constantly. In summer, let them out once or 

 twice a day to ramhle a while, if you have no 

 crops near enough to he injured hy theii' depre- 

 dations. As they are somewhat carnivorous, 

 some kind of fresh meat is necessary for them 

 once a day in winter, when they are not supplied 

 witli insects. 



No poultry is profitable to he kept after three 

 years old. Something depends however, on the 

 breed and the maimer in which they are kept. 

 The Poland top-knots are considered as the best 

 for eggs and are sometimes called everlasting 

 layers. They are more hardy than most kinds, 

 • for the extremes of weather. — Fanner's Gaz, 



A GREAT PRODUCT I.N A SMALL SPACE. Mr. 



' Levi Uutchins, on his plat of fifty sipiare rods in 

 the West Palish of this town, has this fall gath- 

 ered 275 bushels large measure of beantifnl car- 

 rots. Tlie labor of this garden is mainly done 

 with his own hands; and he is now, we believe, 

 in his eighty-fourth year — a revolutionary pen- 

 sion!;', rntninencing the service when a boy at 

 the time liis father (Col. Gordon llntchins) march- 

 ed the first company from this tow n to Massa- 

 chusetts in 1775 aftei- the battle of Lexington. 



Potatoes. — The editor of the Visitor has a 

 ])otaio ''■■■u;i his field — an old fashioned bine — 

 wliii!i wi. ighs two pounds and six ounces. If 

 any larmer has one of greater weight, will he 

 send it for exhibition.-' 



We observe by the Massachusetts Ploughman 

 of Oct. 28, that in the Boston market the com- 

 mon potatoes are 33 to 374 cents per bu.'ihel, 

 while the Blue Nose (Eastern and Nova Scotia) 

 |iotaloes are from 75 cents to a dollar a bushel. 

 Why can't we raise the Bine nose potatoes in 

 New Hampshire.' Our high hills turn out l!ie 

 best potatoes in the world; and we think we 

 have succeeded in raising very good potatoes, 

 avoiding the blight and rust, by planting between 

 the sods of turned over grass ground in our in- 

 tervales. A friend has engaged to send us a 

 barrel of the Blue Noses from Boston : we will 

 [jhirit more of these next year, could we be as- 

 sured that they will not suddenly deteriorate in 

 our climate. 



We have sold from the field between 500 and 

 COO bushels potatoes at 25 cents the bushel : this 

 is the price in Concord. The farmers in the 

 neighborhood of Hallowell, Me., shipped in one 

 week from the wharf in that town 12,000 bushels, 

 which solil at the averaiie of 25 cents the bushel. 



Winter Apples. — The market at Bosttm (ac- 

 cording to the Ploughiiian) begins with the " Por- 

 ter apples" at 3,.50 to .$4 per barrel: coMunon 

 grafted winter applesare from $2,50 lo $3. The 

 scarcity of apples this year has raised the jirice: 

 handsome winter apples retail at this place lor 

 one dollar a bushel. How well do these prices 

 reward those who are carelhl to cidtivate by 

 grafting or inocnl.-itioii the better kind of afi- 

 ples? Tliose who connnenced a few years ago 

 alreaily reap the rich fruit of their labors. 



It is found that not only apples, but peaches, 

 and even strawberries are sent abroad in a fine 

 state of preservation in the ice ships which go 

 liom Boston. Cargoes of ice from Fresh pond 

 and the Spy ponds in Cambridge and West Carn- 

 liridge are cuntinnally loading from the railroad 

 wharf at Charlcstown. A gentleman at the lat- 

 ter i)lace informed us that he sent out last sum- 

 mer to one of the West India islands either one 

 or two hundred boxes of ripe strawberries — that 

 on their arrival they opened as fresh and as tiur 

 as when they were fiist n.-ickerl, and they were 

 considered sogreata luxury that they command- 

 ed at once as high price as in conscience could 

 be asked. The same gentleman has an elegant 

 peach orchard : several hundred of his trees are 

 fresh from New Jersey, bearing well ufter being 

 transplanted two and three years. Of these he 

 raised this year some three or four hundred 

 bushels. Two hundred dozen of those first ri- 

 pened were sent in an ice shij) to go across the 

 ei|nator. 



For the rarmer's Monthly Visitor. 

 Mr. Editor: — I have taken nuicli interest and 

 pleasure in reading your useful and interesting 

 Visitor to Farmers ; but as I have never seen 

 anything upon llie subject of preserving Leather 

 from hardness and cracking, I wish you or some 

 of your contributors would give us Fanners, 

 some dissertations upon the subject of the best 

 mode of preserving our harnesses, carriage tops, 

 boots and shoes, &c. &c. 



One of your Subscribers and a Fanner. 



I.NCOMEUSTiBLE Thatch. — It has been proved 

 by repeated experiments that straw, saturated 

 with a solution of lime or common white-wash, 

 is incombustible. The fact is of great importance 

 to the rural population ; especially as lliatch is 

 not only rendered fire-proof, but more durable. 

 A s(diition of alum has been tried, but being so- 

 luble, the rain destroys its virtues. 



Commerce and Navigation. 



A Washington correspondent of the Journal of Com- 

 merce, lurnishes the annexed statements of the Commerce 

 and iSavig.itiun of the United States, for the year ending 

 September 30th lolS. 



Exports. — The exports during the year amounted to 

 S\0i.6in.5:U; of which Sya,909,996 were of domestic, 

 and S\l,1^2\.h38 of foreign articles. Of domestic articles 

 JJ[72,467,634 wore exported in .American vessels, and 5*^t- 

 .5()2,3()'2 in foreign vessels. Of the foreign articles ^8,- 

 4'25,3C9 were exported in .'Vmerican vessels, and ^3,296,- 

 J49 in foreign vessels. 



Imports. — The imports during the year amounted to 

 5100. IGi. 087. of which there was imported in American 

 vessels ;!tU3.724 .280. and in foreign vessels .'j 1 1 ,M7.C07. 

 One million live hundred and ten thousand, one hundred 

 and eleven tons of American shipping entered, and 1,536,- 

 -iol tons cleared from the ports of the United States. — 

 7.32,77o tfms of foreign shipping entered, and 740,497 tons 

 cleared during the same period. 



Tonnage of the United Statas, Sept. 30, 1843. 

 Registered 975,358 74 



Enrolled and licensed 1,045.73629 



Fibhing vessels 61,26851 



2,092.39069 

 Of the registered anil enrolled tonnage there were em- 

 ployed in the whale fishery 151.61274. 



Total tonnage of shipping built in the United States 

 during the year ending Sept. 30th 1842. 



Registered 54,532 14 



Enrolled 74,551 50 



129,083 64 



Of the (lon)estic articles exported there were of pro- 

 ducts of 



The Sea §2,823.010 



The Forest 5,518,292 



Agriculture (animal and veg.) 3,856,073 



Do. 11,903,652 



'J'obacco 9,510,755 



Cotton 47,503,464 



Manufactures 9,472,000 



THE MARKETS. 



Boston and New York Markets. 



From the Massachusetts Ploughman, Oct. 28, 1843. 

 [Wholesale Prices in Quincy AInrkel.] 



BF.KF— .\ew Mess per bbl. cash 7,75 a 800;Kavy Mess, 

 per bill. 6,25 a 7.0U ; Jso. 1 per bbl. 6,25 a 6,50; Boston 

 Extra Clear Pork. bbl. 15,00 a 15,60 ; Clear, bbl. 13,00 a 

 13..50; Lard, 7; Ohio F.xtra Clear Pork, bbl. 12,50 a 13,00 ; 

 Clear Pork. bbl. 12,50 a 13.00; Mess, 11.00 a 11,50; 

 Primp, 10,25 a 10,50; Lard in bbls. 6 a 6:^ ; Hams, per lb. 

 6 a 7 ; Boston do. do. 7^ a 7,^ ; Tongues, per bbl. 18,00 a 

 20,00; Tallow, tried, per lb. 7| a S ; Sheep, 500 weight, 

 3a 7; Lambs, do. do. 3a 5 ; Poultry, 500 do. 10 a 12; 



BUTTFK— Lump, per 100 lbs. 14 a 18; Firkin, best, 

 per ton 10 12 ; Butler, shipping ton, 8 a 10 ; Cheese, best, 

 per ton 5iJ a 6 ; common, ton 4 a 5 ; Eggs, 100 doz. 14 a 

 15. 



APPLES, Russets, per bbl. 2,50 a 3,00; Baldwin, do. 

 2,75 a 3,00; Peaches,' bushel, 3.50 a 4,00; Cranberries, 

 bushel, l,.50a 1,75; Quinces, bbl. 3,50 a 4,00 : Beets, bbl. 

 1,00 a 1,12; Carrots, bbl. 1,00; Pot.atoes, Cheiiangoes, 

 bbl. 75 a 1.00; Eastports, bbl. 1,37 a 1,50; Onions, bbl. 

 33; Squashes. Marrow. 100 lbs. 1.00: Pickles, 



bbl. 1,50 a 5.5U ; Pep|)ers, pickled, bbl. 6,00 a 7,00. 



II. VY — Country, per hundred 65 a 70 ; Eastern .Screwed, 

 per ton 10,00 a 11,00; Straw. 35 a 40. 



BosTo.v, Oct. 27. 



FLOLR. — The market has acquired moie Hrmness, 

 and no good brar.ds of Genesee in prime order can be liad 

 under 4 81 pen bbl ; a parcel of deck Flour,, otherwise 

 good, sold at4 77, cash. For Southern there is an in- 

 creased demand, chieHy for exportation. The sales of 

 the week amount to about 3500 bbls, various kinds. 



CRAIiS. — Since the last report the sales of Corn have 

 been large, comprising a large portion of the stored lots 

 and all that has arrived durnig the week — 20,000 bushels 

 sold at 51c and was resold by same purchaser at 52 a .55c ; 

 10.000 bushels yellow fiat, afloat, at 60c; OOOO do do 

 stored, a lilHe healed, at .66 a 58c. Sales. Northern Oats 

 alSOaSIc. 



From the i\. Y. Journal of Commerce. 



Oct. 24— 3 o'clock, P. SI. 



Cotton is still nuict. ^\'csIcrll Flour is workin:; up- 



ward. The price on "Change to ,§4 G24 for all good Gen- 

 esee brands, and gi 56 a 62 for Ohio and Michigan. For 

 500 bbia Troy, jjfi 56 is offered. Southern Flour, on the 

 contrary, (Iroops. Georgetown can be had to-dav at I 

 »4 50aG2^. ' ' 



_ Wheat is worth 95 a 100c. Rye 65 a 66o. Northern 

 Corn 55c. weight, sales ; Southern white handsome, 5Jc,| 

 sellers. 3.600 bushels Barley, a f lir article, but not prime,! 

 sold at 46c. bushel. Oats 27 a 23c. 



Lard — 200 bris prime sold at 6J eta, lb; Mess Pork 

 gllJaA; Prime 510. Sales Beef g3 75 a 88, and ^5 83 

 for country brands, of new. Whiskey is unchanged, 23A 

 a 25 cts. 



There are some sales of Hops at 6 a 8 cts. Whale Oil, 

 800 bbls at 40 cts. Ashes are in fair demand at ,'^4 50 for 

 Pots, and ;?5 25 a 31 for Pearls. Sterling Bills, 8^, not 

 brisk; Francs, ^^5 20^. 



P. S. Evening — Some 300 bales of Cotton make up the 

 sales of the day. 150 quintals Cod fish arrived and sold 

 at something over 52 37, the article is scarce ogaiii. 

 Mackarel remain heavy, sales at gl 75 and g9 50. 



I\10L,\SSES — Todi.y distillers came forward and swept 

 the market at 31c, 6 ms. Saturday and since the salei 

 embrace four cargoes, and about 300 hhds. Havana and 

 iMatanzas, at the above price. 



Brighton. Oct. 23. 



CATTLE A.\D .\IE.\T.— At Market 1500 Beef Cat- 

 tle, 1 100 Stores, 3800 Sheep, and 1750 Swine. 



Prices — Uerf Cattle — We quote to correspond with 

 last week, viz : a few extra, sold at460; first quality, 

 54a425; second quality 375; third quality, 2 50 a 3 30. 



Barrelling Cattle — We quote Mess, 3 25: No. 1,2 50 ; 

 N0.2, S2. ' ' 



Stores. — Two year old 58 a 12; three year old ,^11 a 



Sheep — Small lots were sold from 75e to 1 42. Weth- 

 ers from 1 45 to «t2. 



Swine — Prime lots to peddle 44 for Sows, and 5^ for 

 Barrows. Ohio Hogs large 3, 5i and 3J. At retail from 

 5 to GJc. 



New York, Oct. 23. 



.\t market, 1650 Beef Cattle. (350 from the South,) 30 

 Cows and Calves, and 2500 Sheep and Lambs. 500 Beef 

 Cattle remain unsold. 



Pricks — Beef Cattle — The prices obtained were about 

 the same as last week. We quote sales at 3 50 to So 50 

 the 100 lbs. 



Cows and Calves— \\l sold at from 5118, 25 to gaSJ. 



Sheep and Lambs— S^\es at g\ to 2 37A for Lambs, 

 and 1 26 to gS^ for Sheep. 2100 sold. 



Prices Current at the Concord Depot, Oct. 30. 



[Reported for the Farmer's Monthly Visitor.] 



SEEDS. — Herdsgrass, bush g262 



Clover, Northern, 



" Southern, , , 



GR.MN. — Corn Northern 62i a R,^ 



Southern, o7| a 60 



Rye, bushel 53 



Oats, •• 30 



Beans, " 75 a ^1,25 



FLOUR.— Genesee, best, bbl go 37.^ a 5 50 



Ohio, «5 25 a 5 37.i 



PORK.— In the hog 200 lbs., per lb ..54a5 



Extra clear per bbl «!4 



L.^RD. — Boston inspection per lb .', .7 



Country e/, 



H AM S.— Southern, g 



BUTTER. — f'ommon firkin, 6 a S 



Best dairy 10 a 12 



CHEF.Sl-^ — Extra new milk. 6 



Two and four meal, 3 



EGGS, per dozen, jo.^ 



LIME. — Tluimaston, per cask g\ 12| 



COD FISH, per quintal !,S2iO 



PLASTER. — Lump, per Ion go 00 



Ground, •• ,J8 00 



S.\LT.— Turk's Island, per hhd gi a 4 50 



Liverpool, ...gSM 



St. Ubcs |3 75 



MOL.ASSES. — West India, per gal 27 



Sugar house, 4o 



SUGAR. — Brown Havanna, lb 7^ a 8 



A. Loaf Sugar, 12..^ 



Loaf " common, ll 



COFFEE.— Java, 10 a 12 



St. Domingo,..,. 6^ 



TE.\. — Souchong 35 a 40 



Young Hvson, 38 a 50 



Old . - 624 



FARMS FOR Sa£r! 



A VALUABLE FAR.M for sale, situated in RVE, N. It. 

 and improved by .VI K.SI.MO.N HROVVN, conlaining about 

 122 acres, suitably divided into Wood, Pasture, Salt Marsh and 

 Tillai^e land. The above farm is under a high state of culti- 

 vation, and lyiiip within a half a mill: of the sea shore, from 

 which manure can be obtained in any quantity, renders it a 

 rare cliaiice for any one desirous of obtaining a very produt 

 ti\e farm. 



There arc on tile premises a large two slnry house, large barn, 

 cider house and shed. A plan of the land from a recent sur- 

 vey, may be seen at the Counting Room of the late Isaac 

 WAi-onoN, Esq. No. .6, Bow .street, Portsmouth, or at the store 

 of TAYLOR & WALDRO.V, .No. 59, Brn.ad street, Boston. 

 ,\t either place the terms of sale will lie made known. 



Also, fin sale, another FARM in Kye, situated near the 

 above, containing ahout 3L1J acres, l-'ur particulars apply as 

 above. 



.■^Iso, for salea P.4.RM in Barrinoton, being the late resi- 

 dence of Col. ISAAC VVALDRO.N', deceased. 



For a particular description of said farm, apply lo .Mr. JOH.N 

 II. WALDRON, on the prenii.sc.-. 



Rvc, .V. It., Oct. .^, 1313. 03 



