Vol. VII.— No. 10. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



79 



-Capitalists, and master workmen of every 

 ];inti sliould refuse to employ as operatives or 

 iounipymen, all wlio are given to dnuikenness." 



Hampshire Gazette. 



Ei^nomical 6rcarf.— Only the course, flake bran 

 TO be removed from the flour ; of this take five 

 pounds, and boi! it in rather more than four gal- 



Our o!>irct has been to collect from every acc-essihie source 

 such infonnalioD as we hope will be found to be of the greatest 

 lU'hlj to ilic greatest number of those whoso use an agricultural 

 Almanack is more particularly calcuhited. liul. although this 

 'ittle Tablet of Time is specially intended forlhi benefit ot those 

 who arc actually and actively engaged in thr pursuits of Hus 

 bandry, yet it may, perhaps, prove in some de<rree interestini; 

 toother classe9 in the community. Agriculture is that all in 



IsUBSCRiPTION. 



For importing Gnipe Vine hoo's /roni. France, vi a moderate 

 price, and encouraging the iniroduclicni o/tlmt culture into the 



United S'ates. 



Mr Alphonsc Loubal, having considerably enlarged his Vine- 

 yard, on Long Island, wltere he now has, in liiH cuhivation; 

 thirty-five acics uf grounii, I'lntalning 72,000 Grape Vine 

 Uoois; having also the peculiar advaniage ot beino^ enabled to 

 pntoure the best sj./crimcns of r.ois from his falhei"s extensive 

 vineyards and nurseries, in the districts of fiordelais, r|prao. 



,1 . L 1 .1- 1 ui ,. I I „ „ „^,^„ .„ u„ I and LIuzet, dcpariments of Giroi.de and Lot and Garonne, in 



wiiliout which every thmg vauable would 3001I cease lo be. r, n-i^ rl, i ,. ^ . .i „ .„„ . r . . Ii 



•^ ° France. (-lo IN. Lai.} proposes to the numerous Iriends to the 



Ions of water ; so thai when peifectly smootll you j Though all mankind are not cultivators, yet all civilized hu- , cuhivation of tht* ffrapb vine in Hie United States, a subscrip. 

 may have three gallons and tliree quarts of bran- | man bc'ngs are consumers of the products of cultivation, and | tion wd; be opened on the fii::t vl August. Wiii. 



water clear. With this knead fifty-six pounds of have therefore a direct and paramount imprest in the art, to - * "' '" ' " "' 



flour, adding salt and yeast in the same way, and ; which this little duodecimo is devoted. 



in the same proportionas for other bin?ad. When The New England Farmer^s Almanack for 1829, it is thought 



ready to bake, divide it into loaves and bake them will be found to be considerably improved on that of li.e pre 



two hours and a Iialf | ^*^^'"= ^'^^^ ' ^"*' '^ enlarged by the addition of e-ghi pages. 



, It contains, besides the usual astronomical articles of an Alma 



Slap-jacks.— Mix one pint of Indian meal and ! '"fk, a eomplcle Calendar of llie Courts for each Siatc in New 

 r e \ ca ..;„.„ „.,o „...,,.f ^friour K.i;it. ' Enfrland, including the Probate Courls for Massachusetts, sun's 



four spoonfuls of flour into one quart or new milk ; " .' ,,,,,. , . r i. . j 



^ - ^ — . .... declination, a table o( Koads and distances from Isoston, and 



add four eggs and a little .alt. Bake on a griddle ^ ^^ Agricultural and Miscellaneous Articles, on 



as buck-wheat cakes, and serve hot, with f'-esh j „f^ fo,|„ J„g 3„^j„,„ .. On the Importance of a Good Garden 



butter. j — Hints to Mechanics — a Plough-cleaner, u-itk a drawing — 



, . '7~, Zl ^, ~~ rI\^ ■ on the Culture of the Yellow Locust Tree— on Working Bulls — 



Influence of the Moon on Plants* — 1 here is an ! 



impression very general ainnng gardeners, that 



the light of the moon lias an injurious effect on 



! on Working Cows — on Purifying Cellars. Apartments, ^•c. — on 



E.\tirpating Cock-roaches — on Preserving Smoked Meat — to 



! Protect Young Plants from Worms — ('heap Machine for rais- 



Mr A. L. will engage to iViriiish subscribers with the Grape 

 Vine Rents, before the tirsi of March next, and iorward tlieia 

 free of expense, to the diiTerent cities where subscriplinn lists 

 shall have been opened. 'J'iic roots vill be three years old. and 

 will produce considerable Iriitl the second year Irom the tune of 

 their being planted. 'I'hey will be careiully classed and packed 

 in boxes, v\iih some of the" original soil in which they have been 

 raisetl. which \vill greatly (aciliiale the thriving of the roots, 

 when transplanted. 



Orders will be punctually attended *o ; the subscribers desij»- 

 iiating the rjuantiiies and s[iocies ol" flic grape vine roots they 

 wish to have, 'i'hey will engage to pay tor ilJOO roots or more, 

 at the rate of 12 I-^ cents fir each root ; lor less than lOOU, at 

 the rale of 15 cents j and 2,'j rents per root f* r less than oO. — 

 Roots only uvo ycais ol.l. shall be paid tor at the rate o* 9 cents 

 each, for 10 or inore ; 1* 1-2 cents for less than tnie 1 ; and 

 18 cents for less than 50 roots. — Payment to be n.ade on deliv- 

 ery ol the roots. — L'iters ii'.t received unless post p.aid. 



Siibs(.ript»on li.sisarfropen at New York, wiili Alphonse Lou- 

 bal, b'5 Wall street— J'os'.on, K. Copeland, .Ir. — Albany. R. 

 M'iilichaH|.-l'hila'ielph'a, Van Aniringe— Baliinirrc. W'illard 



plants, especially in the months of April and | j^^ vVater, roil/i a rfrarcino-— on the Construction of Gates, by ; Rhuads-- Washington City. VVm. Pairo.—Kiihmiuid D.aven 

 May. M. Arago lias shown this notion to be er- Col. Pickering, mW a dranuVig-— on Elder— on Mears' Spring 

 roneous, but accounts for its general prevalence I Fastening for Horses, uith a dcairin^— Machine for Cutting 

 in a very natural way. [" ,/ln»uuire du Bureau \Gra\n, vUh a drmcing — an elaborate article on the Canker 

 des Long." 1827.) He has demonstrated that, i Worm— Hints on Fattening Swine— Directions for Gathering 

 though there can be no reason to suppose that , a"'' I'^^e^'ng H«'''"^> both for medical and culinary purposes 



on Lucerne — on Slillct — on the Culture of Sweet Potalos iii 



port, Allen& Co --Savannah. Hall .Shaptei it TupptT — Mew 

 Orleans. Foster & iluiton— Charleston. IS. C.) J. & .1. Sinet 

 ife Co. iSIr .\. J^o'ibat's book on the Culture ol the Grape Vinc- 

 anrl on the Making of Wine, may be found at the principal book. 



me U lilted 

 -^uliscribeis. 



latt-s ; and Ins agents will lurnisli theni 



the hght of the moon has any direct influence on 

 vegetation, it must follow from the well establish- 

 ed principles which govern the circulation of 

 beat, that during clear moonlight nights plants are 

 more liable to be nipped by cold, and turned 

 brown, (whence the name of tune roiisse, given by 

 the Freiicli to tlic moon which, beginning in A- 

 piil, becomes full either at the end of that month 

 or in May,) than when the nights arc dark and 

 cloudv. He refers to the iuvcstigations of our 



New England — on Orchard-grass, &.c. &c. 



[CT Country traders and others supplied on the most liheraj 

 terms. 



PRICES OF COUJ^TRY PRODUCE. 



Splendid Bulbous Roots. 



Just received at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 

 52 North Market Street, direct from Van F.eden Si. I'o. Harlem, 

 Holland, a large assortment of Bulbous Flower Roots, compris- 

 ing the finest \arieiies of 



HYAt'INTHS— -(donble and single,) dark blue, porcelain 

 blue, red and rosy coloured, pure while, white with yellow- eye, 

 while with ro.sy eye. and j'ellow with various eyes ; Jrom 25 cts. 



own countryman, Dr. Wells, oil Z>e!c, for the proof '°.l?,',i ,,"i2,^ , i- 1 ., , u „ . i • , i lo 



•' ' , , ,. . , ' TULIP.S — splendid variegaied, red, vellnw, audnu.ted, 12 



of the fact, that exposed bodies may frequently ju each, gt.OO per dozen. 

 have their temperatures reduced si.v, seven, and CROWN IMlT.RL-iLS-assoricd of t.ic most splendid col- 



, I 1 *i » e .1 1- , ours, and show v tlowers, large roots, 3!l CIS. each. 



degrees below that of the surrounding joNaUILLES-sweet scented, finest roots, ly els. each. 



even ten 



atmosphere by the effect of radiation alone ; but , 

 that when the heavens are obscured, radiation to 

 such an extent does not take place. Ife then ob- 

 serves, that, as the temperature in the months of 

 Ajiril and May is ofYen not more than four, five or 

 six degrees above the freezing point, it must fol- 

 low that, when the moon shines bright, and radi- 

 ation to its utmost possible extent takes place, the 



POLYANTHUS NARCISSUS— liag'-ant, white with yel- 

 low cups, and yellow with double whit© cups, extra siztid roots, 

 38 cts. each. 



U JUliLL N.\RCL-*SUS— fragrant, of all colors, IScts- each 



SPRLNU CROCUS— of all colours, C cts. each 50 cts. per 

 dozen. 



The above roots are from the same house, from weich we re- 

 ceived our supply last si ason, and which gave -such universal 

 satisfaction ; s6irre of die double Hyacinilis having produced 

 bells I inch and S Uthsm diameter. 



Purchasers are requested lo notice that the above roots am 



temperature of plants may, by thi.s means, be of- I no' pwdiased at iwrtion. and are all rcniarUable lor iheir size. 



.,-,., l<-.,.,„l,. (• .._ R „.. :J 1 1 7 .u and for the beauty anil delicacy of tint ol their fl.iweis. T liusi: 



ten brought (our, five or six degrees ieiow the j „,[,, ^i ,„<.,;„„ ,,■; generally the mere refuse o the most mierior 

 freezing point, whilst the circumambient air is | collections, good roots being worth at home leu times as much 

 above it. Of course, there need be no ^yonder, i "•*l'''^.^?'^'"'l'^">' ''•''' ''°'' "'- ''"''''°''' "'^ "'" '''■'"^'' ''■'' ''"'''"™^ 



that even in the genial month of May, plants 

 shouM sometimes exhibit all the withering influ- 

 ence of icy December. 



JVew England Farmer's Jilmanaek,for 1829. 



In press at the New England Farmer office, and « ill be pub- 

 lished Ui- morrow, the New Englavd Farmer's Almanack for 

 J829. By Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor of the New En"land 

 Fanner.- For sale, wholesale and retail, at the N. E. FiTrmer 

 office. No. 02 North Market street, by Bowles & Dearborn, .50 

 Wa.shinglon street, and by the booksellers and traders generally 

 Some copies interleaved wilh writing paper, which will be verv 

 set viceable to farmers, will be kept lor retail at the Farmer office. 



TO THE PUBLIC. 



The flailering receplion, and extensive circulation with which 

 -.lur first number has been honored, have induced the Edilor and 

 I'roprielor of the New Enoland Farmer's Al.uanack to 

 renovated exertfoas to render the present in some de"rce wor- 

 'hy of the approbation, which has crowned our diary of 1323. 



to diepriced catalogues of any respectable nuuse in Holland. 



A further supply of Lilies. Persian Fntellancs, Ins, Ixias, 

 Pffionies, Amaryllis, Star of Bethlehem, &iC. is daily e.ipecled. 



All orders faithfully e?.eculed. 



Spring Wheat. 

 Just received a few bushels of prime Gilman Spring \^'!ieat, 

 growth of 1823, raised in Souihborengli. ftJs. 



Seeds fur the West Indies. 

 Merchants, masters of vessels and others trading lo the West 

 Indies, can be furnished w itii h.-ises oi Seeds, assorted, suitable 

 for that market, at from ^4 lo ,^o per box. — Er.ch box cinilains 

 upwards of sixty difTerenl kinds of seeds, vegetable and orna- 

 mental, in quantities sufficient for a common kit<-hen garden. — 

 Likewise the grentest variety of see'ls lo Ik- (ruiid in New Eh*'- 

 land, by the pound or bushel, all ua.-raiiti'd p.uie,!iiid of the 

 growth, of 1827 . 



Bleaehing Salf'^. ' 



.fust received at the New Enghind F.irmer Seed Sioi-n, No. 



52 North Mailict Street, a further supply of Rleachiiio .Sails, or 



chloride ol Lime, an account of which may be seen by refeniu" 



lo page 401 of the sixth vel. of the New England Farmer. ° 



.1PPLES,bcst, . . - - 

 ASHES, pot, first sort. 



PenrI, first sort. - . - 

 BEANS, white, ... - 

 BEEF, mess, scarce - - - 



C'argo, No. 1 , - - 



Cargo, No. 2, - - 



BUTTER, insopcled No. 1. new, - 

 CHEESE, new' milk, 



.Skimmed milk, 



FLOUR, L:nltiinoie,Iioward-strecl, - 



Genesee, . , - . 



Rye, best, - - . - 



GRAIN, c;.rn, - . . . 



Rvc, - - . . 



Barlev. - . . . 



Onls.' .... 



HOGS LARD, first sort, new, 



LIME, 



PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, clear, .... 



Navy, rne.=s. 



Cargo, No. I. . . 



SEEDS. H.-rd's Grass. - 

 Orchard (^rass. 

 Fowl Meadow, . . - 

 K\'e Grass, 



Tall Meadow O.^ii Grasn, - 

 Bed Top . - . - • 

 I^u'erile, . - . - 

 While Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (norihern) 

 French Sugar Beet, - 

 Mangel Wiirizel, 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, w.nsh'd. - 

 Merino, full blood, uiiwawiierl, 

 Merino, three fourihs » ashed. 

 .Merino, half & quarter waslicv! 

 Native, washed, - 

 Pulled, Laiiib's,.first sort", 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second sort. 

 Pulled, for spinning, first sort. 



PRO VISION STARK ET. 

 P.EEr, best pieces, - 

 PORK, fiesh, best pieces, 



whole ho"^ 

 VEAL. . - - 

 MUTTON. - . - " - 



P'.M'LTRV 



BUTTER, l:e 



i..uii 

 ERGS. 

 iViF.AL, Rye, retail, . 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, new . 

 CIDER, [according lo quality ,1 



^ and tub, 

 lip, bcsl. 



