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NEW ENGLAND 1 AIJMER, 



Sept. 26, 182b. 



cd in stables, seldom, if ever, have the staggers. 

 Therefore " it would be advisable for every per- 

 son, vtlioso situation \\ill arttnit of it, to contine 

 their liorsp.'j,)>articMjlarly at uif^iit, rhirins the spring 

 and fall months." — jY. Y. Daily MvfHistr. 



on the whole, been good ; and crops there are re- der that they may taste and decide for themsclve?. 



KOR THE NEW ENCI.AKD lARlUIin. 



ELDERBERRY SYRUP. 



Mk. Fesse>ben — I was pleased to see an arti- 

 ■le in your paper of the 19th inst. calling the at- 



pnrted to be abundant, more especially potatos. 

 The state of the weather has not of late diftered 

 in France from what it has been in tiiis country. 

 Rains liave been abundant in ahiiosl all its Prov- 

 inces. Neverlheles.s, the price of wheat had fal- 

 len in .some markets, and that of bread underwent 



the character of its fruit.--ED. N. E. Farmer, 



An acceptable present. — We had the pleasirre of 

 receiving this morning, (says the N. York States- 

 man) from Mr. Parmentier's beautiful garden, near 

 Brooklyn, clusters of grapes of four different kinds. 



it is stated that the harvest has not suffered the 

 damage which had been appre ended from the 

 bad weather ; the farmers, however, are repre- 



icution of your readcr.s to a more frequent use of rented as anxious for a suspension of the rain. 



Elder-berry. It is a little singular that the Syrup Some fears being entertained respecting the har- 



a decline in proi)ortion. From all parts of France namely :— the Imperial Tokay, of Hungary— the 



of Elder-borry has uot been used to a greater ex- 

 tent, when a family can have so valuable, and at 

 l!)e same time so innocent a medicine, always at 

 liand, which might often save the call of a physi- 

 cian. I have been in the habit •f making the 

 syrup of elder-berries for the las', seven or eight 

 years, and have never found-the least difficulty in , 

 keeping it. Accompanying this, you have a sam 

 pie of some made about three years since ; 

 looks as well as when first made. 



vest in the neighborhood of Paris, the metropoli- 

 tan Archbishop had ordered that prayers should 

 be offered u)) in all his parishes for the cessation 

 of the rain." 



Violet Muscat — the Black Murnier, and the Gold- 

 en Chasselas. We are glad to find that Mr. Par- 

 mentier has succeeded in producing, to perfection, 

 these rare varieties. The flavor of the fruit is 

 delicious. It is hoped public patronage will ade- 

 quately reward the exertions of the proprietor of 

 this garden, which has been made the repository 

 and nursery of so many rare productions. 



CATTLE snows AND AGRICULTURAL 

 EXHIBITIONS. 



At Worcester on the 8th day of October. Ad- 

 hich i dress by Wm. Hastings, Esq. of Mendon. 



The old Agricultural Society of Berkshire, will 



Plough- 



The following is the recipe for making syrup : ! exhibit on the 1st and 2nd days of Oct. 

 Take of the juice of elder-ljeny one quart ; boil I ing-match, 1st day, Address 2nd day. 

 to one i>int ; slvain, and add two jiounds double j The Essex Agricultural Society, (at Newbury,) 

 refined sugar ; again place it over the fire ; so soon I yesterday. — We have not been able to obtain an 

 as it shall have boiled, remove it from the fire ; j account of their proceedings for this day's paper ; 

 and when co;d. bottle it for use, taking care to i but we learn that appearances give promise of a 

 have it well orked. Shruld they neglect to put ffood exhibition 



in the above quantity of sugar, there will be dan- 

 ger of its becoming mouldy. As a gentle purga- 

 tive, this syrup is an excellent medicine, of very 

 pleasant taste ; and is particularly serviceable for 

 children who are difficult about taking medicine. 

 The dose for an adult is a wine irlass full. 



The Mass Agricultural Society, at Brighton, on 

 the 15th of October. 



The Hillsborough Agricultural Society, at Am- 

 herst, N. H. yesterday. Address by Rev. WiL- 

 1,1AM Bradford. 



Middlesex Society of Husbandry and Manufac- 

 tures, Stli of October, Address by Rev, Bernard 

 FRUIT LADDER, Whit.iian, of Waltham, A list of all the Com- 



A gentleman, who is friendly to the objects of 1 mittees, and the Premiums may be seen at the 

 our paper, has been so obligiug as to comnnmi- Farmer office. 



cate to us, verbally, the following description of a ^ 



ladder for gathering fruit, iiruning trees, &c- ! WINSHIP'S NURSERY, 



which he says is much used in some parts ol 



Maine 



It consists of two upright posts, from 7 to 10 

 feet long, (more or less, at the option of the con- 

 Stru<tor,) inclining towards each other, a'nout 4 

 feet apart at the bottom, and 1 foot at the top, — 

 The rounds of the ladder pass tlirongh these 

 posts, and are about a foot apart. They are made 



We commend to our readers in the country 

 and to those in town, if they have a patch of earth 

 on wliich to raise a tree or a shrub, the Nursery 

 of the Messrs. Winships in Brighton, a catalogue 

 of which has recently been jmblished. It con 

 tains about four hundred different fruit trees, or- 

 namental and flowering shrubs, herbaceous plants 



The Castine American states, that Samuel Up- 

 ton, Esq. of that tovvfn, has a bull calf, .seven 

 months old, measuring from the horns to the tail 

 six feet, and five feet girth. His weight is sup- 

 posed to be more, than si.x hundred. Mr. Otis 

 Little, Jr. in the same town, has a cluster of cu- 

 cumber.s, five in number, united at the stem end, 

 and of good size. [Mr. Little procured his seed 

 at the New England Farmer office. It is called 

 the Green Cluster Cucumber, an early and pro- 

 ductive sort.] 



INTEMPERANCE. 



The subject of intemperance has engaged 

 the attention of the Agricultural Society of 

 Hamilton comity, Ohio ; and at their request, 

 Dr. Daniel Drake, an eminent physician and 

 writer, recently delivered a discourse on the 

 desolating effects of intemperate drinking, and on 

 the means of staying this spreading pestilence, — 

 He recommends, among other things, that the use 

 of ardsnt spirits in famdies be discontinued, that 

 the absurd custom of offering them to visiters be 

 renoiuiced, that farmers and others should agree 

 not to distribute liquor among those they employ, 

 that the practice of drinking ardent spirits at all 

 public meetings should be denounced and abolish- 

 ed,and that drinking establishments be suppressed. 



Dr. Drake says, a too favorable opinion of tea 

 and coffee, as substitutes for ardent spirits, could 

 hardly be expressed. He admits that these infii- 

 sions sometimes occasion injuries in females and 

 sedentary young men, " but drunkenness is not of 

 He adds : " That their daily use, 



and bulbous roots. The proprietors state that, in „ 



sni.ipwint lTr.Tur in tho miildlp fhin at the nlacps addition to the plants and shrubs enumerated in ■ , , ' , /. . ., 



somen nat laiger m tne niiuoie man at ine piaxs i ,. particulariv the use of tea, contributes to the pre- 



where thev arc inserted into the Dosts to "ive the I ""^ catalogue, they have a further collection of ' ■'. ' ., , , 



wiicn luey aie nistitt u inio uit, posts, lo ^i\e tiit- , ^^ i ,■ . ^ ., . i i i i vention of intemperance, there cannot be a doubt, 



greater strength to the machine. A third post is i'"^" hundred and forty of the most splendid and ^ . „ »' 



added to these, through which the ,op round of , cboice kinds, recently selected from the N.York 

 the ladder i)a.ses, permitting the post last men- ! and Philadelphia nurseries, calculated to please 



of spirit and water to that delightful beverage,— 

 Of every known stimulus, tea seems, indeed, to 



tioned to turn thereon, so that its lower end may 

 be set at a greater or less distance from the other 

 two posts, or rather from a straight line drawn 

 between theni. This ladder may be made light 

 and portable, and [lossesses the advantage of sup- 

 porting itself without leaning on any other object. 



HARVEST IN ENGLAND, 



Many English papers are complaining of the 

 weather, the prospects or actual state of the bar 

 ve t 



have not often seen a tea drinker become a 



drunkard ; and quite as seldom known a man re- 



., . . , ,- ,. . f -c r main temperate who preferred an eveninsr draught 



the taste and fancy of connoisseurs, few if any of ^ . ., ' , . . ,, . j. ,:.,_,.., , * "a""- 



been cultivated in this vicinity. 



which have been cultivated in this vicinity. Vis- 

 iters, at all times, h.ave free access to the gardens, 

 which are sitiiated about four miles from Boston, 

 on the Mill Dam road to Watertowu — a pleasant 

 half hour's ride from the city, — Bostun Courier. 



iff' We are happy to see the attention of the 

 public called to the Messrs Winships' Nursery, 

 The fine taste of the Projirietors, their assiduous 



But the London World, of Aug. 20th says, i ornament, and estabUshing an extensive nursery 

 <'a;i acco.mts concur in asserting that the rorn I „f ,,3,^,^,^,^ f^„i, trees, are worthy the patronage 

 lias suffered, comparatively with the anticipation, 1 ^f ^^^^. public 



The Messrs Winships have jnomised to send 



raise in our faculties and feelings the pleasant- 

 est animation," Other substitutes mentioned by 

 Dr, D, are cider, table and family beer, lemon- 

 ade, &c, 



" Of cordials," says Dr, D. " I cannot speak 

 in terms of commendation. They abound in al- 

 cohol, rather mixed than chemically combined 

 exertions in collecting every indigenous plant for j with other ingredients ; and while the latter en- 

 tice us into excessive drinking, the former pro- 



very little ; and generally, there is an average pro 

 duce. The great loss has been in the hay; which 

 in many places, especially in low lands, has been 

 either carried off by floods, or rotted by long con- 

 Ofliled uioisture. In Ireland thr- M-cather has, up- 



to the Farmer office, next week, for public inspec 

 tion, specimens of all their grapes ; particularly 

 the Isabella, as there is some difference of opinion 

 aiicjiig horticulturists rcsjiecting its merits, in 01- 



duces almost every mischief that can flow from 

 ardent sj)irits," 



« Boys should not be placed as students, 

 apprentices, or clerks, with intemperate men, — 

 This restriction is called for, not less by a re- 

 gard to the inlerest of the boy, than the refor- 

 mation of the intemperate," 



