Vol. VII.— No. 51. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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sun's rays, thiit the roots may be well ripened and 

 prepared to elioot vigorously in the spi-ing : and I 

 need not point out to you tliat this will be better 

 obtained by the plants growing in distant rows, 

 than wiieii ihwy are crowded in beds in the usual 

 way. I ain, sir, 



Your very humble servant, 



ANDREW DICKSON. 



Hemp. — Mr Stephen Boyington, of Hinesburgh, 

 iu this county, planted last season one quart of 

 hemp seed, after the fashion of planting broom 

 corn, on less than one-fourth of an acre of land. 

 The crop produced twenty bushels of good clean 

 hemp seed. One stalk at a fair distance fi-om the 

 ground, measured seven inches in circumference, 

 and ten feet in length. — JVorthtrn Sent. 



Recipe for the cure of an incipient cancer. — Take 

 half a pound of Pipsisawa, by some called winter 

 green ; it resembles the chickaherry leaf except 

 being notched on the edge — add one pound of the 

 oil of olives, and simmer them together in an 

 earthen vessel well glazed, till the leaves are 

 crispy, then strain it oft', and keep for use. With 

 this anoint the part affected three times a day ; 

 also make a decoction of the same herb, of which 

 let the patient drink a tea cup full morning and 

 evening. N. B. Drink no strong liquor while using 

 the above. 



The foregoing article was communicated for 

 publication by a respectable physician. — Brattle- 

 borough Reporter. 



Spots on the Sun. — In looking through a teles- 

 cope yesterday, we noticed at least a dozen 

 opaque spots on the Sun's disc. They are gener- 

 ally small and a good deal scattered. It is a cu- 

 rious question, and one which is not fully decided, 

 whether or not these spots have any connexion 

 with the coolness of the season. In some of the 

 coolest sunnners since the commencement of the 

 present century, similar spots have been observed 

 in considerable numbers, and son:e of them very 

 large. — JV. 1'. Jour, of Com. 



Hoto to maJce excellent Beer. — Take 20 drops 

 each of Oil of Spruce, Sassafras, and Wintergreen 

 — mix these thoroughly with l.i pints molasses — 

 then add 3 quarts hot water — stir them well to- 

 gether — after which add i pint of yeast, and 2 

 gallons of cold water. Shake the whole together, 

 and let it stand 12 hours — then bottle it, and in 

 three days it will be fit for use. 



The above recipe is highly approved by many 

 families in this vicinity, and deserves to be more 

 extensively known. — Hump. Gaz. 



Punishment of Immodesty. — A Chinese Judge in 

 passing through a narrow street, saw a poor 

 woman with her breast exposed, suckling a child, 

 at the door. For this want of modesty he order- 

 ed her immediately 30 slaps on the face ; and her 

 husband 40 blows for not having taught his wife 

 better manners ! Such are the doings even of 

 good men under a despotism. 



The charier of the East India Company will 

 expire in 1834. The renewal of these charters 

 is likely to give rise to much discussion in Eng- 

 land. 



One gentleman near Petersburg, Va. has 100, 

 000 silk wouns prepared to spin. 



A Mr Cobb, from Cuminington, recently sold 

 in this place a few bushels of fine russet apples, 

 which he had [)rcserved in dry sand, at $1,62 per 

 bushel. This may be a useful hint to farmers. — 

 Hamp. Gaz. 



Two tea spoonfuls of mustard mi,\ed with warm 

 water operates as an emetic. 



John Mix, of Waterbury, Con. has invented a 

 machine for weaving meal bags entire, without a 

 seam. The inventor states that he can weave 

 bags of any kind, or even twilled bed ticks, upon 

 the same principle. 



The Indiana Whig mentions a pleasant slaugh- 

 ter recently made among the serpents in that 

 neighborhood. About 420 rattlesnakes were 

 massacred iu three or four attacks. 



Millet Seed. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New England 

 Farmer, No. 5- Norlti Market street. 



50 bushels of Millet Seed, — clean, and of superior quality. 



Also, a vci-y extensive variety of Ornamental Flower Seeds, 

 in papers of G cts each, or 100 varieties^ one paper each, for 

 .4'.i,'IO. .^ 



To Correspondents. — We refer our corres- 

 pondent "Taunton" to the 5th volume of the 

 New England Farmer, pages 179, and 204. Sev- 

 eral interesting communications are on file. 



Greenwich Flower Garden. 



The subscriber has lately leceived 

 Iris annual importations of Garden 

 Seeds, Bulbous Flower Roots, &c, in 

 excellent preservation, of the growth 

 of 1S2S, from the well known houses 

 of Messrs Warner, Seaman & Warner, 

 and Mr Charlewood, London, and Mr 

 Van Eeden & Co., Harlaira, Holland, 

 who have guaranteed them p;ood and 

 genuine, and no doubt will give the 

 farmer, borticulluralist and florist, the same general satis- 

 faction that former importations have done. 



Also on hand, a choice collection of greenhouse and 

 hardy herbaceous plants, (many of which are very rare ;) 

 rose bushes and other shrubs, in great variety, fruit trees, 

 white mulberry, &c. Plants of artichoke, asparagus, sea 

 kale, early frame potatoes, mushroom spawn, &c, with 

 direclloDS for cultivation. The Hyacinthus, Crocus, Nar- 

 cissus, &.C, are in bloom, and will continue in succession 

 a great part of the year. Catalogues may be had at the 

 garden. Orders left at the garden, the post office, or with 

 Mr Molyneaux, corner of Broadway and Ann street, will 

 be strictly attended to. Gendemen supplied with expe- 

 rienced Gardeners. DANIEL KENNEY, 



Carmine and Varick streets. New Yoik. 

 OCt" The nearest route to the Garden, Greenhouses, and 

 Seed Store, is from Broadway, by St Thomas's Church, 

 along Houston street, or along Canal and Varick streets. 

 eopSw 



ROM.'VN— This elegant, full blondi'd horse, a Ijriyht bay, 

 with black legs, mane, and tail, of high spirit and good tem- 

 per, will stand at the farmof ]\lr Sieplien Williams, in North- 

 borough, Bis, at S'20 tlie season, to l)e paid belore the mares are 

 taken away. — See New England Farmer, May 15. 



Far»i for sale in Mdlon, of about 200 acres, remarkably well 

 watered, with evci-y variety of lands and fruits, goi,d substan- 

 tial buildings, and a large portion of valuable woodland. — Also, 

 (or sale, or to let, opposite tothe above named premises, alarge 

 dwelling house, wiiti a good bake house, very pleasantly situ- 

 ated. — For further particulars, see the New Knglaud Farmer 

 for May 15, or inquire of the publisher, or P. H. Pierce, 95 

 Slate St, or N. Tuclier, on the premises. 



May 2a, 1829. if _^__ 



Imported Horses. 

 Barefoot, and Cleveland, the two English horses, will stand 

 for the season at their stable in Brighton. Barefoot at $25, 

 and Cleveland al glO, with 5' '^^t- the groom. a24 



Heifers, Calves, Sheep, ^-c. 



For sale, two full blood Alderney Heifers, three years old this 

 spring, with call by a full blood bull of the Short Horn breed; 

 one Alderney Heifer calf, six months old, weaned, and turned 

 to grass; two full blood heifor calves of the Short Horn breed, 

 two months old, now at grass feed ; four of the Long Wc 4 

 Ewes, imported from the Netherlantls; a buck iamb from one 

 of the ewes, and a Devonshire Buck, a very fine animal, and 

 i four full blood .Saxony Bucks. For terms apply at this office. 



June 17, 1829. 



English Scythes. 

 James Cam's double prime grass scythes, wide and narrow, 

 a superior article, for sale at the Hardware Store of S. FES- 

 SENDEN, No. 80 Slate Street. 8l June 19 



Buckwheat, Sfc. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New Eng 

 land Farmer, No. 52 North Market Street, 



A few bushels of^ Buckwheat, growth of 1828. Also, a fur- 

 ther supply of Fowl Meadow Grass Seed, of superior qualit3*. 



JVeiD China Tea Sets, and light bine Dinner JVare. 

 Received, a great variety of the above ; which, with a com- 

 plete assortment of Crockery, China, and Glass Ware, are of- 

 fered for sale, low, at No. 4 Dock Square. 



Turnip Seed. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market street, 



200 lbs tine While Flat English Turnip Seed, growth of 

 1829 — also, several other approved varietiesfrom Scotland, and 

 London, among which the Early Dutch, Yellow Stone, and 

 Yellow Malta, have proved of very superior quality for the 

 table,— and the Yellow Aberdeen, (or Bullock,) and the Large 

 Norfolk Field Turnip for cattle. 



Gardener wants a Situatioii. 

 A gardener, who has a complete knowledge of his business, 

 and can produce recommendations from the Botanic Commit- 

 tee of the Dublin Royal Society, (^having been employed in 

 their Botanic Garden for two years,) and from many gentlemen 

 iu the vicinity of Dublin, wishes to procure a situation in this 

 country. Inquire at the New England Farmer office. 3t 



PKOVXSION MARKET. 



CORRECTED EVEKV WEEK BV MR. HJYWARD, 



{Cierk of FaiKiiil-kail ilarkel.) 



BEEF, best pieces, .... pound. 10 12 1-2 



PORK, fresh, best pieces, . ■' 7 10 



whole hogs, - - " 5 7 



VEAL, .... . " 6 12 



MUTTON. " 4 12 



I'OULTRY, " . 10 16 



BUTTER, keg and tub, ..." !0 15 



Lump, best, . - " 1-1 18 



EGGS, dozen. 11 13 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - . bushel. 100 



Indian, retail, ... .< 70 



POTATOS, .-..<< 50 



CIDER, [according to quality,] - barrel. 2 00 2 50 



