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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Jnn. 9, 1829. 



tnents, is mentioned by Mr Wliately, in his " Ob- 

 sprvations on Modern Gardening," as one of the 

 hapi)iest efforts of well-directed and appropriate 

 decoration. 



It is pleasing to reflect that Mr Pitt did not re- 

 linri'.iisli his fondness for these elegant recreations, 

 eveii when the weightiest affairs of the nation ! 

 were committed to his care. " He was once, j 

 whilst he was Secretary ol' State, directing the im- 1 

 provements lu the grounds of a friend near Lon- j 

 don, and was called to that city sooner than he | 

 expected, upon the arrival of some important des- i 

 patches. On receiving the .summons in the eve- 

 ning, he immediately sallied out, attended by all , 

 the servants he could get together, with lanterns, I 

 and planted stakes in the different places for which 

 he intended clumps and trees." 



Mr Haley, in the Memoirs lately published, 

 mentions the admirable taste of Lord Chatham in 

 selecting points of picturesque scenery — Seward's 

 Anecdotes. 



stock, &c. &.C. ought, all, to undergo his inspec- 

 tion, and be subject to his remarks, in their pro- 

 gress of effecting the object intended. 



Intercourse with those engaged in the same 

 pursuits is to he sougiit in every way that can af- 

 ford beneficial results. The interchange of civili- 

 ties, occupied in comparing our views on subjects 

 which engross our daily attention and conduce to 

 our support and comfort in the social family cir- 

 cle, arc to be encouraged, but those that embrace 

 whole connnunities are to receive our open coun- 

 tenance and zealous supjiort. 



Professional men, merchants, mechanics, and 

 even laborers of various descriptions, have their 

 societies, their celebrations, and e.xliibitions. Ag- 

 riculturists have occasionally adopted the same 

 system, and experience has pronounced its bene- 

 fits. — fVatertown (JV. Y.) Register. 



MR COBBETT'S INDIAN CORN. 



Mr Cobbett has addressed another letter to the 

 Morning Herald, on the subject of his Indian 

 Corn. After stating that he was about to begin 

 harvesting, he says — " But Sir, the subject on 

 ■which I am about to give you information, at 

 present, is, the capacity, or fitness, of the flour of 

 this corn for the making of bread. You had the 

 goodness to insert an account which I gave you 

 of bread having been made from this corn, mixed 

 •with wheat, and sold by Mr Sapsford, baker, cor 

 iier of Queen Anne and Wimpole streets. In 

 conse'pience of that publication, Mr Sapsford has 

 had many applications for the bread : and I have 

 received information fronr him that he intends to 

 continue to make it for sale. He has sent me a 

 loaf of one-third corn-fluur, and two-thirds wheat- 

 flour. This bread is very good, and very light. — 

 lie also informs me that Indian corn flour will, 

 weiailit for weight, make more Ijrcad than the best 

 of wheat flour." He adds — " There will he, no 

 doubt, various opinions as regards the goodness of 

 the bread. We differ in our tastes; some will 

 Lke this sort of bread better, and others not .so 

 well as bread made wholly of wheat. I have sold 

 the one pound loaves at 2^d. each, which is about 

 a half-penny in the pound less than that made of 

 the best wheat flour." [A gentleman of this city 

 has sent Mr Cobbett a box of our early Sioux 

 corn, which ripening earlier than the common 

 sort, may answer better in the climate of Eng- 

 land.] 



Doctor Mease, of this city, has just presented 

 the public with observations on the Penitentiary 

 System and Penal Code of Pennsylvania, with 

 suggestions for their improvement. 



A part of the pamphlet, which consists of near- 

 ly 100 l)ages, has been previously before the pub- 

 lic ; but as the subject upon which it treats is one 

 of particular interest at the present time, the phi- 

 lanthrophic author has, we think, been politic in 

 offering anew his ideas, with such additions as the 

 circumstances of the time, and his own extensive 

 inquiries might suggest. The Doctor recommends 

 solitary confinement, without labor, and a complete 

 fulfilment of the sentence of the court. , He also 

 renews his suggestion of transporting criminals, 

 under such modifications as the abuses and errors 

 of the English customs intimate. The work ap- 

 pears in good time, and will undoubtedly be read 

 witli interest JJ. S. Gazette. 



JVEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1829. 



FARMING. 



Agriculture, as practised in modern times, and 

 particularly in this country, embraces tnore ob- 

 jects, and requires the exercise of as much and 

 great variety of talents, as constant and persever- 

 ing attention as any pursuit in life. 



A good farmer must have a good garden, a 

 good orchard, good stock, good grain, good mead- 

 ows, good enclosures, and must know how to 

 keep them so. He must watch the state of the 

 market, and above all he must sec if others have 

 excelled him in their agricultural pursuits, and en- 

 deavor, if possible, to ascertain the cause, and 

 avail himself of their better skill. 



The preservation of manure, its application, the 

 effect of irrigation, of draining, a.ssorting, preserv- 

 ing and preparing seed, the manner and times of 

 ploughing, dragging, and sowing, taking care of 



MOODY'S PATENT PORTABLE OVEN. 



This apparatus with AVillis's improvement, is 

 one of the most useful articles of kitchen furni- 

 ture, which we have seen, or, we believe has been 

 introduced since the clsy furnace came in vogue. 

 Indeed, that very convenient implement can hard- 

 ly be considered as conjplete without Moody's and 

 Willis's addition ; as one of the most important 

 applications of heat for culinary purposes cannot 

 be made without the Oven. 



It consists of a cylindrical oven of tin or sheet 

 iron, ])laced over a common clay furnace, with 

 proper and simple means for retaining and regu- 

 lating heat, in such a manner that bread, meat, 

 pics, beans, peas, iScc. &:c. &c. may be baked wish 

 as little trouble, and ahnost as speedily as water 

 can be boiled in a common tea-kettle. 



We shall not attempt to describe this appara- 

 tus, because five minutes inspection will be better 

 than half an hour's description ; and those who 

 wish to reap any advantage from a really good 

 tiling, may call at the Agricidtural Warehouse, 

 No. 52 North Market street, and they will sec one 

 of the best which has been seen since the days of 

 Tubal Cain, or the time, when man first became, 

 as Burke said, "a Cooking Animal."; 



compose a part of the stock of cultivators in some 

 parts of tlie world, may be numbered the Hare, 

 lepus timidus. Mr Loudon says of this creatuia 

 " if taken young it may be tamed and domesticat- 

 ed, and has occasionally been nursed by a cat 



Sonnini, the naturalist, and Cowper, the poet, had 

 hares in a comidete state of domestication. As 

 the fur of this animal is of a greater value for hat- 

 making than that of the rabbit, it would be a very 

 desirable circiunstance if it could be substittited 

 for that animal in warrens. Its flesh would cer- 

 tainly be deemed preferable, and in general it is a 

 large animal. It lives on the same sort of food 

 as the rabbit, produces, generally, three young 

 ones at a time, and breeds, at least, three times a 

 year. It is not improbable that in some situations, 

 where the soil is dry and poor, a hare warren or 

 park might be found to answer ; the price in the 

 metropolis being never less than ten times that of 

 rabbits. 



" There is a hare warren nearBaustead Downs. 

 It contains about three acres of ground ; 200 

 brace are usually kept in it. They are fed in the 

 summer on clover, rape, &c. and in the winter on 

 hay. The warren is surrounded by a brick wall 

 about ten feet high, with openings at regular dis- 

 tances, within which are wire gratings on hinges : 

 these give way to the hares, when they enter the 

 warren ; and they are so constructed as to imme- 

 diately close after them, and so prevent their es- 

 cape." 



Dr Willicli says " The hare is distinguishable 

 from all other animals of its tribe by the ears be- 

 ing tipjied with black, and longer than the head ; 

 the hind legs being half as long as the bpdy, and 

 the tail short. 



" The fur of the hare forms an important arti- 

 cle in the manufacture of hats, and vast quanti- 

 ties of hare's skins are for this _ purpose brought 

 [into Great Britain] from Russia and Siberia. — 

 This is the chief use, which we make of them^ 

 but in some parts of the continent the fur is spun 

 and woven into a kind of cloth." 



The rabbit in a wild state is not uncommon in 

 I the woodlands of New England, but we believe 

 the hare has never been found in our forests. — 

 Might it not be well to import a few brace of 

 hares, and either raise them in warrens, or other 

 proper habitations for those animals, or suffer 

 jthem to run wild in pine ])lains, or shrub-oak bar- 

 rens, which are the most proper pastures for 

 hares as well as rabbits ? English writers say 

 that rabbits are more profitable stock than sheep, 

 and hares more valuable than rabbits. Our wa- 

 ters should be stocked with the best sorts of 

 fishes, and our woods with the moit valuable wild 

 animals. 



An objection to raising hares and rabbits may 



exist in their |)roj)ensity to injure young fruit trees 



by gnawing the bark from their stems. This, 



however, we believe they will not do, unless urged 



j by hunger, as they prefer other food. Sheep will 



I do the same in a similar case, and there is no ani- 



j rnal domesticated, which may not, in some cases, 



j commit depredations on the crops, or by other 



■ means prove injurious to the property of a farmer. 



* THE HARE. 



Among the animals, which are rarely domesti- 

 cated or rai.sed in this country, although they 



PRESERVATION OF WOOD LOTS. 



Wood should be felled or cut down between 

 the months of November and March. This cir- 

 cumstance renders it better fire wood, and, some 

 say, more durable timber. And wood which is 

 cut, when the sap is down, or in the roots, is most 



