VOL. XIX, NO. 1. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



any vacancies vvliicli may occur upon the rows should 

 be till(!(l up with Rula Bagas, sowed for this purpose, 

 as ineiitioned above. We iiave also triitiuied tlie 

 Buc!<thorn hedges, of whicii we have upwards of one 

 thousand feet at Elfinglen. Some persons have objected 

 to the use of hedges to any great extent, on account of 

 the difficulty of pruning Iheni into a proper shape. Witii 

 the garden shears, whicli is the implement generally 

 used for this purpose, this is a long and tedious process ; 

 but the operation is performed with great neatness and 

 despatch with the hedge knile, with which an e.xperi- 

 enced hand will easily trim fifty rods of hedge in a day. 

 Grass upon the uplands is ripening rapidly, and farmers 

 in general arc intending to commence haying in gotul 

 earnest on Monday. 



REVOLVING HORSB KAKE:. 



BKI(;irrUi\ MARKK'I'.— Mo,M.At, July G, l>-40. 

 tteltirtf (1 ftirtlir ^fw Cn!.'l:iiiil l< inner 



Al M.irket 285 Beef Cattle, 18 Cows and Calves, 

 1325 Sheep and 125 Swine 40 Beet Cattle unsold. 



|*I,ICFS. — rteef Cattle — We quote to correspond with 

 last week. First quality, ^6 25. Second qualitv, ^5 75 

 a $G 00. Thinl quality, Jji5 00 a $5 75. 



Onrs and CWrcs.— Sales $22, $25, $28, $30, .$32, 

 and $40. 



SAee/J.— Dull. Lots were sold at $1 50, .$1 7.5. 

 $2 00, $2 25, $2 37, and .$2 G2. 



Swtne. — No lot.^ to peddle were sold. A few were re- 

 tailed at 4 1-2 a 7 



THER.MO.METRICAL. 



Ilepiirteil (or the New England I'armer. 

 Range of the Tlierinoinelerat the Garden of the proprietors 

 of the New England Farmer, Hrighlon, Mass. in a shaded 

 iVorlliprly exposure, weeks ending July 5. 



July, 1840. I 7A.M. I 12,M. I 5,P.M. I Wind. 



Mnmiay, 



Tue^ilay. 



Wednesdiiy, 



Thursday, 



Friday, 



Saturday, 



Sunlay, 



s 

 s. w. 



s. 



N. 

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S. E. 

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SrPERIOR SILK AVORitlS' EGGS. 



200 ounces While and Yellow Peanut, White PiedmoU' 

 lese, Milan, and Lyons Sdk Worms' Eggs, for s,i!e al S; 

 per ounce. Tbey can tie sent per mail. The hrst crop of 

 worms in the cocoonery of the subscribers have produced 

 the most beautiful snow white Cocoons and of remarkable 

 size and compactness. No worms have perished, and such 

 has been the general success attendant every where in the 

 Slate of New Y'ork and the adjoining States on this new 

 branch of business, thai there is already found a great ip- 

 sufficiency of foliage and SI per 100 lbs. is now offered for 

 leaves. WILLIAM PRINCE & SON. 



Flushing, Long Island, July 8. 21* 



SCVTHES, RAKES, &c. 



The subscribers offer f*'r sale a very extensive and com- 

 plete assorlment of Scythes, Rakes, &c. consisting in p.irt of 

 300 dozen Phillips, Messer and Colby's superior Scythes. 

 60 " MetcalPs do. do. 



50 " Taft's cast steel do. do. 



25 " English do. do. Grass do. 



10 " do. do. (to. Cradle do. 



10 '' do. do. do. * Border do. 



100 " Hall's Rakes, superior, 

 too " Wilder & Eddy's do. do. 

 200 *' Common do. do. 

 100 " Clapp's patent Scythe Snaiths. 

 50 " Baker's do. do. do. 

 100 " Conmion do do. do. 

 2500 " Austin's superior Rifles. 

 2000 " Common do. 



1000 " Scythe Stones, 

 too " Grain Cradles superior. 



They would respectfully call the attention of Dealers and 

 Agriculturists lo ihe above assorlment, which ccmsisls of 

 many of the best kinrls now in use, and which they are pre- 

 pared to sell at the very lowest prices. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 

 .Vnp England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 51 & 53 North Market Street. 

 May 20. 



NOTICE. 



The Rhode Island Society for the encouragement of Do- 

 mestic Industry, have procured copies of Dr Jackson's 

 Geological and Agricultural Report of Rhode Island, and will 

 deliver the members each a copy gratis, bv calling on B. 

 Cranston &. Co. al their Bookstore in Providence. 



WILLIAM RHODES, Treasurer. 



Rhode Island, June 24. 



WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. 



CORRECTED WITH GRE&T CARE, WEEKLY. 



The Revolving Rake, which has been in general use in 

 niost pans of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, is foued lo 

 be one ol ihe most useful and lalior saving machines now 

 in use. One man and horse, with a boy to lead, will rake 

 on an averai^e from 25 In :jO acres per day, wiih ease, and do 

 the woik well. They are coming into very general use in 

 all pans of the country, and will, no doubt, in a few years, 

 supersede the use of the common hand rake. Tliore is a 

 great advantage in this rake over all others, as the person 

 using it does not have lo stop the horse lo unload the rake. 



GRAIN CRADLES. 



The Grain Cradle is an article which is coming into very 

 general use in the New England Slates, where they were till 

 of late but little known, although ihey have been in very 

 general use in the southern and western States, for many 

 years, and which is lound to be decidedly Ihe be»t mode of 

 harvesting grain, as it is supposed one man will cradle five 

 acres in a day when he cannot reap more than one The 

 iblTerence in gathering a crop is so much in favor of cradling, 

 thai we must suppose that it will be the only mode adopted 

 hereallcr, and the grain cradle will become of as n:iuch use, 

 as an implemenl of husbandry, as the plough now is. 



There has been a very great improvement in the manufac- 

 turing of this article, they are now made on ihe most im- 

 proved plan ; ihe scythe is well secured and finished in a 

 superier manner and made of the best cast steel. 



OSTRICH FOWLS. 



For sale, a few pairs of this largest breed of domestic 

 poultry. The hens are good layers and the eggs of the 

 largest size. The male, of whicli these are the produce 

 weighs more than eight pounds in common condition, and 

 he is not quite a year old. This breed, as well as the Dork- 

 ing, makes good capons. Price S5 per pair. Apply to 



JOSEPH BRECK i'ii CO. 



June 24. if 



PURE BLOOi) BERKSHIRE PIGS. 



The Society of Shakers al Harvard, Mass , have for sale 

 the Pure Blood Beikshire Pigs. Also, a lol of Berkshire 

 crossed svilh other Breeds, on reasonable terms at their 

 Village 



Persons wishing to be sure of the clear Berkshire breed 

 may rely on those they offer for sale, as they are the proge- 

 ny of some of ilie latest imported from England. 



June 24. 



DORKING FO-WLS. 



For sale, a few pairs of pure Dorking Fowls. The slock, 

 of which these are ihe produce, were procured in Dorking, 

 County of Surrey, England. " Few breeds have a litle to boast 

 of so high and long coniinued a reputation as ihe Dorking. 

 Upwards of fiftyfive years have pa^sed, since, while resident 

 in Surrey, I sent to Dorking for my first regular breeding- 

 slock : Iney were then the ancient and superior five-clawed 

 breed of Surrey.'' — JMolchrai/ on Poultry, 7th Edition. 



This breed attains to a large size, and the hens are the 

 best of layers. Price S3 per pair. Apply lo 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



June 24. tf 



