Vol.VII.— Nn.22. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



ITS 



^vlncll volumes have been written, I know not his nervous grasp, ere PhoDbus shows her golden 

 v.liere to stop luy remarks, and can only hope toi face o'er the beachen forest ; for all the cold plod- 

 awaken the public interest on their own resources ding, head-working race of animals that sit in 

 and comfort. j their chimney corners, with their arms folded, ar- 



Ilaving made it an amusement this seven years i guing with sage presumption, the importance of 

 past, to inure some of the native grapes, 1 have our National Legislature, enacting laws to encour- 

 ohtaitied several very valuable varieties from my i age them in their labors." 



seedlings, and have also much improved others by — 



culture. The nursery which 1 have at present at ! LUMBER TRADE OF PROVIDENCE. 

 West Point, may enable me to plant two acres j The Providence American states, that 32.5 car- 

 next season. > goes of lumber arrived at that port during the last 



I wish it to be perfectly understood, that I am ! year, from Maine, and were disposed of for cash, 

 an advocate for some few of the varieties of the [The town of Worcester, which formerly obtained 

 European grape in our gardens only for the table, | its supply of Uimbcr from Boston, now receives it 



in addition to the Isabella and a few others of this 

 country, which not only are good for the table, 

 but are excellent to make wine. 

 Yours respectfully, 



THOMAS GIMBREDE. 



from Providence. The diversion of this impor- 

 tant trade from Boston will be severely felt in the 

 metropolis. If this city sleeps much longer she 

 will be shorn of all her strength. — Salem Observer. 



DEW IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE. 



We had a tent allotted to us for the night, and 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



, , , ,. . , The American Farmer gives a short history of 



although .t was double-hned, so copious are the ^j^;^ g^^;^ j^ ^.^^ incorporated in 1792, and a 



dews of E,gypt alter sunset, that the water ran '^.^^^ ^^^^ subscribed amounting to 3984 dollars, 

 plentifully down the tent-pole. The vegetation of ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ the comributors and 



l.."Vi)t, even the redundant produce ot the Uelta, „ „.,„ mnn in t» t .. r i < , 



'=•''' , , . ,' . , ■ r .,'; gave 1000 ilollars. Dr. I.ettsom, of London, tlie 



is not owing solely to partial inundation from the ^ ,,i,,,,^,^^, ,,ii,,„t|,,opist, gave ten guineas. The 

 Mle, or artihcial irrigation. W hen we hear that f,,^^ ^^,^^. ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ j^^^p j^„.^^^_ ^j_^ g^^.^_ 



ty receive from the State, 600 dollars annually. — 

 The amount of Premiums given by the Society, 

 since the establishment of Cattle Shows, have av- 



rain is unknown to the inhabitants, it must not be 

 sujiposed the land is on that account destitute of 

 water. From all the observations we made dur- 

 ing oiir siibseipient residence, it seemed doubtful 

 whether any other country has so regular a sup- 

 ply of moisture from above. Even the sands of 

 the desert partake largely of 'the dew of heaven,' 

 and in a certain degree of the ' fatness of the 

 earth.' Hence it is that we meet with such fre- 

 quent allusion to the copious dew distilled upon 

 <Jriental territories in the sacred writings. JJi-oth- 

 crly love is compared by David to 'the dews of 

 Hermon.' The goddess of Judah is described as 

 'dew' : 'The remnant of Jacob shall be,' it is said, 

 ' in the midst of many people as a dew fruin the 

 Lord.' — Tour in Epjpt. 



REMEDIES AGAINST SEA-SICKNESS. 



Sea-sickness has puzzled more grave doctors 

 than one. On the present occasion I had no oth- 

 er resource than to submit to fate, and much good 

 it did me. To the Countess, however, of whose 

 health I had taken charge, and who I understood, 

 suffered considerably from sea-sickness, I admin- 

 jslercd immediately before cmbarliing, forty drops 

 of Laudanum. She remained, during the whole 

 of the passage, in her carriage, and declare! to me 

 that not only she had not been ill, but that she had 

 not even e.tperienced the slightest of those api)al- 

 llii" qualms which rob the checks of the most 



stout-hearted of their bloom, and unman us all 



Assuming the state of the stomach during sea- 

 sickness to be one of irritability, this happy eflect 

 of opium can readily be understood. I again tried 

 it on my return to England and with the same suc- 

 .-Pss. — Dr. Grar.inlle^s travels to St. Peltrsbursh. 



eraged about 1200 dollars per year. In a notice 

 of the festival, given by the Society, it is stated, 

 that Mr. Dabney of Fayal, has for the last four 

 years presented, for the annual dinner, a quarter 

 cask of the best Pico wine which he could find on 

 the Island. — Salem Observer. 



The i>ofatoe was at first positively proscribed 

 in France. Baudin relates, that in his time, its 

 use was prohibited in Burgundy, because it was 

 supposed to generate leprosy ! It was chiefly 

 through the exertions of the celebrated chyuiist 

 Parmentier, that the prejudices of the French peo- 

 ple against it were removed, and that it was 

 brought into general use among them. Yet even, 

 as late as the revolutio.i, so little were the vulgar 

 reconciled to this species of food, that on Parmen- 

 tier being ]iroposed for some municipal office, one 

 of the voters furiously opposed him on account of 

 the share he had in their introduction — " He will 

 make us eat nothing but potatoes," said he " for 

 it was he who invented them." — Meehanic's Mag. 



RAIL ROAD FROM BOSTON. 



We copy the following remarks from the Ohio 

 Sun. 



" As much as has been said on the subject of 

 Internal Improvements, and Home Industiy, there 

 is still room left, if not for talking, at least for 

 DOING. We would not give one bright eyed, and 

 " brawny shouldered" fellow that is found whist- 

 ling in his fields with his axe or hoe swinging in 



2'lie potato trade. — We sometitnes find something 

 a little amusing, as well as much that is instruc- 

 tive, in the public documents. Thus, among our 

 articles of provisions exported from the United 

 States to Great Britain, in 1S27, we find two bush- 

 els of potatos, which must have been excellent 

 ones, as they brought us the liberal sum of two 

 dollars. On the other hand, we imported from 

 the dominions of Great Britain, (mostly we pre- 

 sume frotn Ireland,) no less a quantity than twen- 

 ty thousand eight hundred and ninety-two bushels 

 of potatos, of the average value of about forty 

 cents a bushel. Deducting the two bushels we 

 exported, for which we got two dollars, the bal- 

 ance of the potato trade is greatly against us — no 

 less, indeed, than twenty thousand eight hundred 

 and sixt>i bushels, equal to eight thousand four 

 hundred and ninety seven dollars. 



Brattleboro Messenger. 



Hand ejigines — On the ■Ith inst. the south wing 

 of the dwelling house of Josejih Strong, Esq. of 

 South Iladley, was discovered to he on fire ; the 

 inside of the kitchen was soon all in flumes, and a: 

 high wind blowing towards the main house, it 

 seemed impossible to save the buildings. Some 

 hand-pumps, or engine.s were then obtained and 

 put in operation, and by the use of these the fire 

 checked, and in a short time extinguished. These 

 small engines undoubtedly saved the whole range 

 of buildings from beuig destroyed by the devour- 

 ing element. The damage now sustained is only 

 two or three hundred dollars. 



The utility of hand-engines for extinguishing 

 fire has been fully demonstrated, and it would be 

 well to bring thera into more general use. They 

 can be managed by fenialee and children, and fire 

 within a building, or on the roof, maj' be overcome 

 in a few minutes by means of one of them and a 

 few pails of water. They are useful also for wa- 

 tering gardeuii, washing windows, &c. They are 

 made by Mr. Hollanil, of Belchertown, IMr. Hor- 

 ace Brainard, of Northampton, and probably by 

 other mechanics. — Hamp. Ga:::ctte. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER,. 

 BOSTON, FRIDAY, DEC. 19, 1828. 



ECONOMY IN FEEDING CATTLE. 



There is a remarkable difference in cattle's eat- 

 ing strav/ when fresh threshed, and when it has 

 been threshed several days. But if fresh thresh- 

 ed straw is cut and mixed with hay of pretty good 

 quality, and the whole sprinkled a little with a 

 (iietty strong solution of salt and water, and per- 

 mitted to lie in a heap for several days t!ie mix- 

 ture will improve in quality. 



Much chatV unit s-traw that is often thrown 

 away, may Mith u little pains be made good fod- 

 der for cattle, by being mixed with corn stalks 

 cut with a machino, and sprinkled with fine salt 

 atid water, if the mixture will bear wetting. The 

 sweetness of the stalks end hay is imbibed by the 

 chaff and straw, and the whole will make a com- 

 pound very agreeable to cattle. They should not 

 however, be confined wholly to salted food, but 

 have fresh messes a part of the time. ijgj 



When young animals are }iinched for food at 

 an early part of their growth, or fed with such as 

 is not of a sufliciently good quality, they never 

 thrive so well, nor make so good stock after- 

 wards. It is said in Young's Farmer's Calendar, 

 that "in the winter the yearlings should be fed 

 with hay and roots, either turnips, carrots, potatos, 

 mangel wurtzel, or ruta baga, and they should be 

 thoroughly well fed, and kept perfectly clean by 

 meanS)Of litier. At this age it is matter of great 

 consequence to keep such young cattle as well as 

 possible ; for the contrary jiractice will stop their 

 growth, which cannot be recovered by the best 

 sunniier food. If hay is not to be had, good sum- 

 mer straw must be substituted, but then the roots 

 must he given in greater jileiily and with move at- 

 tention. To steers and heifers two j'ears old, the 

 proper feed is hay, if cheap, or straw, with baits 

 of turnips, cabbages, jsotatos, &c. It is not right 

 to keep yearling calves and two years old togeth- 

 er, because in general the younger cattle are, the 

 better they must be fed." 



When a farmer is apprehensive that he -has too 

 much stock for his fodder, it is best not to stint 

 them in their allowance as much in the fore part 



