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N D n RT I C Ll 1. T C !' A i. 



jv 1-: G I S r E R 



Ml 



it- |)ps 'rit siru itiiMi whi're it h hi i-x ■(?! 



till- pl-i'l-eiS, (111 Illl' I liM.-ljlIc llllt 11 (-XCCSS IS ilS 



lii.l ;is M (I -ti.: ciiry ..I' liir, I'oi liliziiij" i|U ililv in " 

 Sdil, wo iii:ili'' liiitli jMiitlniis iiiil.-ll UMU'l-. 



riirr.- IS mil ii'i>- tunc in >t:ilP lli.' ulri::;\ ml firls 



ll i"( si :iiij vvliii;li jiniv.' ill'.' lir(i|) 'Slioii tli I 



1 ,-,,|l,|l(ISt — W'lli-il IS lllSiV, |IIMt (ll'CI>'ll|Mi-f(l 



iiii.Vf'l «llli^" ,M.- |ioilii.ii uf stiilil." iii:ii.iirc, is 



.(iw.tI'ii! a in inure iiinl :i.s |)i-.ilUilile as sl.ihio 



(•xri'|.|, |i.M-li:i|)S, biino iiia- 



aii'l M'l! knO'V many far- 



V n 

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811. 



ns 



my 



ml 1)V <lii'iiitlty (if i-m:pIIi'IiI inaniire. "ilii «liicli I" Imti 

 lizi- mir nplaii'ls, anil an impinvcn imiI nl'iiiir pi'aty, 

 1) i_'£;y swamp-, "tiicli liivi; lierrlcifiiu! only bi'eii 

 a icnnr ami useless. 



\ .iir roimniltei- wi.uld (l.--irn tii (Ml! irjc npnn 



lliis I'lct anil ni nlve cniiinius illnilralions. 'l"/ii-y 



must ciintriit. tlinmselvps witli tn-n remarks: 1st, 



tliat liy the prnppr altnntinii 1o lireeii, &.c.., wliicli 



we hive in'ntiniieil in tin' tni-inor pait nf the report, 



|iiiir lings will pa V for their licepiiiir hy their pork, 



nn,... pounelle ami nrite, ami we Kno.v many rar- ; tl.iis leaving all [lie niamire they h .ve inaile as^lh. 



P.i.rs ; l,„ inneli prefer .1 us an ecnnn.nic:,! niam.re, f mner's profit. '1 here are «.nrOS of ianmn* n 



,o thns,. 1 ilt.r sni.stanees. \ Mi.hllescx "ho-e experience, wl.o.e acenrale kep- 



'l-i,M .loes not rc.-t mi Hieorv. K.vimine many ; "econnt hook.s, prove this asseitmi, b. yoinl the 



f,,-.,i'swhirharein onr conn'v ami ihir „inn .re. ' shailuw of a ,ion!,t. -i,!. That we fin.l all our most 



b,.,lsan,l compost h:.aps. Itnol the ysis of , snccessfnl fanners in tins r.-,on keepm.^r a larjre 



„,.„. an I remarks on peat compost, hv His. D.iiu. ; ""."her of nns-s-be.stowin- innch care on then- 

 ami I.ckson. Real tie A,nirnltiM-.l Reports of mann.r.mient anJ mannlaclunn- m.mnre in the 

 h,. .mmissioner^ of Mussaehn.s-tls. Mnne ami i way wo have mentione.l. The only w.nuler .s thai 



facls winch .ire cx-ithfir notorious example has ii.it been ni.Te {reiier- 



,„.' opini.m. Voiirially followed; as it is now a truth ih.it wherever 



wi'.h a siii^rlu ' )"" fil'l =' '•ir;ie piiT^-ery, yo'i find a proilnctive, 



to he correct, j profitable faii... There is much truth in that nlil 



I'lV Ihe entreaties of a ilislini/ili-hed che.nist and 



cnltiiiist, a firine.- ill illiole Islaml wis indue. 



fi<mi injiiriiitr the bark. 'J'he troii;:hs o'it;lil not to 

 bo vniUd to the tmes, but >\i "hi be snpporlt.d by 



„ (uw « ;en wedges, diivoii h. tween ihom -<!nd 



tm- trnnks. Iv.eiy peison whose iiei'saie i xpo.-ed 

 to the iilt.icks of canker worn s. if he neyleet.s to 

 use these sni.ple and coinjiaral.vely idieap means 

 to ymiril them IVoili injury, i.-' almo.-t as rnlpahle aa 

 he «ho slionid kinJIe :i trreal lire on lii> own pre- 

 niises, when he kiioAS thai by .so doiivj he will mn 

 the ri-k of desiroyin;: his neisilibor's pmperiy. 



In the h.ipe that this geasunable hint will havo 

 its due iiillnence, 



I remain, very truly, vonr frioml, 



T. WILLIAM MAURIS. 



C,tnibnJ;rc,M<iss., OA. -iCi, 1640. 



the O mimis: 



RlMile Island. C illect all th.. 

 i.-lm^-. iml vo'i ninsi h ivn the ; 

 C'lLimitl'M; will ronient themsHives 

 stile. nenl of a fiet which they know 



a_ 



cillomike trial of this compost. He pidcceiied 

 as r.llow.--. Ill iln. spniij; he j;(ot out his peat innd, 

 wli.ch was of a !i""'l '!"■''''>■' ^"'' i"i^''' ' 't- "ith 

 c.i ii:noii stihli mairire, in the pro.oili 

 lo i(N of the innd t^) two of llie in iniire, pnllinjr in 

 tie- heifij'tst li.ne enough t.i make the whole 

 n;..iit and .lecooipose. In pr.iper lime 

 wovlic.l ov.'r twice. Ft was applied in llie manii- j 

 rin:; of .1 field of corn, wliicli liolil wis of til.' s.iine j 

 elevation, the siine expo.siire, and the 

 of s..il ihronjhmit. The genll.Miiaii wiili this ina- 

 nu'v 1 111 <e|ii ll ipi intiti.'s and in the siime fishion 

 as lie' nst of the pie.e ofirro'iml, a few rows riin- 

 luir.' tiironjh the ceiiire ol the field, each way, so 

 thr lii ."y f.irioed a cros.^. The rest of th." piece 

 ri'ieive.l ■.'O.nl >tibU.. eoinposl. When the corn 

 Wiis settiii;; Us drs, you could stand, (in the words 

 of ihe firmer.) a <iu irier of a mile off, and distin- 

 jrui-lt these piriicnlar rons tVoin the others by IheiT 

 preater heiiiht ami ile per color. .-Xt the liirvest 

 in_r. tliesc s.une rows produced som-'tliin;r like a 

 (| larler more corn than any equal portion of any 

 other part of the field. The exp"riinenl was re 

 par. led in th i' m'lijhhorhooJ as imist wondeifnl and 

 entirely decisive. 



^'our com .liitec slate tliD preat value of peat 

 compost as a fict. 'J'ney heliove lli.it it is to be 

 the re'reneratiny a^enl of all onr sterile fields. But 

 thev ask no one to bn'ieve likewise on the coni- 

 miltee's anthorily. They only desire lull exanii- 

 nalion iif the subject. 



.Assume it however, as a truth, and of how preat 

 inip'iruince becomes the knowledge of the best 

 w lys of reducing their substance to a manure ! It 

 niiy be done in two wuys — by the use of lime, or 

 b-. the ajrency of the pii'-sty. N.iw lime with us. 

 is rather an expensive arli.de, and although we hid 

 betier use it thin n .t have onr compost; yet if we 

 cm piO'luc" its eilects without any null ly of mo- 

 ney, on our own niom-, why, nci ordinLr lo P.ior 

 Richard, we shill h ive iloii'-the best. Now swine, 

 the workin.' lioijs of tiie |nifjrery, are lli s a;.'. .111. 



Tiie peat d may he enlireiy and peifectly de- 



ro npi!-ed, hv beinir ihrown iiitti the 

 b 



t; 



I 



cd by 



..laxini which we have all lieanl, wl.ich says, 'show 

 me a man's lioir pen, and I will tell you what sort 



ofa man he is.' 



In leaving ihis hiohly im|)ortant siihjeit, which 



your coinmittee felt cnslraine.l to briinr to the at- 



of funr ' teniion of ihe farmers of .Middlesex, a hook by II. 



W. Ellsworth, published in Bistni about a year 



fpr- Isiiiee, [by Weeks, .Imdan & C.)-,] eiililied "The 



this was! American S.vine Breeder, a Pra.-lical Treatise on 



the Selection, Rearing' and Fiitlrninjr of Swine." 



It contains a miss of valuable inf n-mitinn, which 



s-inie nature i ■''■"' ^^' "^ "'"^ know, can he f uml no wheio else. — 



No pnrchisir will .'vnr reare! lis pii cha-e money. 



Respectfully snbiniitel, hv 



A. il NKLSO.X, 

 for the Committee. 



Eaisi.t Wintkh..— Good old fithiu- Winti-r called 

 here on his way lo the North, early in this week. 

 So(m after muiiii^ht en Momh.y, a norih easl siorin 

 coiimi'.neeil wilh all the rij^or of a December I' ni- 

 pest. By inornin!: lijiht the fields wcie covered 

 with snow to the deplh of fioir or five niches, and 

 those who at eveii'np walked aimmp live riistlmjj 

 leaxes wliicli strewed the woo.l-' where aoliimn had 

 spreail her robe of many jcdors, I'onnd them-elves 

 siuUieirly ainonp liie sienery of deen winter. 



Such a tempest falliii;; ainono the bri..'ht and sun- 

 ny days of October is rare, and Ins not olleu oc- 

 curred before. From th" new-mpers we learn 

 that il was attended alon^' the sea co'ist with vivid 

 liylrninjr, and in soine places with neavy hail. — • 



From the li.ision Conrier. 



THE CANKER WORM. 

 To the F..!it(.r 111 thi! </oii-ier : 



Will yon do me the favor to pive the foil ovinp 

 coinmiinicalion an early insertion in voiir paper. 



Ever since the recent hard frosts, I have been 

 looking for the coming' of the parents of the c in- 

 ker worm, and discovere.l them f u- the fir-t time 

 Ihis se.ison, on the aflernoo 1 of the '^J.'id instant. — 

 A few of the winirless fem.iles were seen also 

 crawlmL' lip the iriinks of the apple and elm trees 

 on the 2Uh; hut I believe that no m.i;e h ive risen 

 from the earth since the evening of tint d ly. — 

 Should mild weather follow the uiiso.isouablo snow 

 storm of this niorninir, these insects m ly be expec- 

 ted to ri.-e in jjr.'at niinibers; lor the e.iriii will 

 then bo in the most f.iv.u-ablo condition foi- their 

 escMpo from it. I beg leave, therelore, to uri;e all 

 persons whose gnunds are expo-ud to the destruc- 

 tive visit itions of these insects, iniinediaiely lo 

 irnard their apple, cherry, plum and elm trees, from 

 the ascent of ilie wingless lem.iles, or grubs, as 

 they are sometimes called, by surrounding the 

 trunks with a belt of clay mortar, or a strip of old 

 canva.is, lo rec ive a coal of hot tar on every mild 

 day durins; the antiinin an I begininnL'' of spring; 

 or, by fixinsT around the trees lin oT leadt n tnuiirhs. 

 to be filled with s.ime cheap kind of 



Work kok tiik S .vso.v. — There is no part of 

 the year in whicn the firmer sh .uhl be idle. Im- 

 orovenients aboni a farm miu'lit be endless, and yet 

 all of Ihem important. Fences sh.on.d be righted, 

 and new ones made where needed, and the corners 

 of all well cle.ined imu. il is now llie most favora- 

 ble season for tighteniiiir ihe rools of your houses. 

 Stable.s, barns, sheds, and corn houses, sliould be 

 put in order. He who neglects having i-ondorta- 

 ble houses ami shell, rs liir his hor.ses, call le, sheep, 

 and even lio_;s for wiiiier, may exj'ect t.i sustain 

 lo-s. It IS an established point, that stock will 

 keep fit .'U much less food when housed, linn if 

 exp .sed to the severilies of the weather. Indeed, 

 I should have said, il is impo-sible to keep slock in 

 tine health and condition without piotectioii from 

 cold and .-.lorms. Mi:(:h hss food, loo, is required, 

 when animals are reguarly fed, watered and at- 

 tended Kcnlacl:j Fur. 



Planti.ng Fruit Treks. — Now is the season 

 for those who intend to plant onl fruit trees lo ex- 

 ert themselves. It is much better lo do it now 

 than to p. It It off till spring. Not only is it belter 

 for the trees, as they are thusenibled to establisfi 

 themselves in their new situation before the spring 

 opens, and thi'v bnd out — Ihe fill and winter rains 

 sett fug the earth firmly about ihe roots, which are 

 bv no n,eans idle duriig the long winter months — 

 but the farmer has more leisure now than in the 

 hurry nf spring work. At this season of the year, 

 too, th •- nurseries aie well slocked; the handsome, 

 hnaltliy looKing plants havo not been culled imt, 

 h-aving generally but a poor cti.'ieo for those who 

 If the have neglected planliny till sprin::. If some fresh 



•o i,n.>^ed, hv hem.' ihrown ml., the p-sr p-n, by I to be nile.l wiiu some cneap i oi on. .. ."^ "■,-,.- >-" - ■• -•- — , , ■,- ' • 



,o,r w.ek^d over by the indn.slrnms .M:cnpant , latlcr method is eaiploved, ,t wilMie best previous- light niouidtrom the woods or ro.ul sides be put 

 •lerc-.f andni.x dwitlitli"ur,ne,.nJ wishof lh..|lvlocoyer the trunks, helo v the Iroutrhs, with in the hole |..r the reception of the t,ee, ,t ,s thought 



' kmiwnaiistooreMiltth.t we have ..ttain- ' while wash or clay paim, to absorb ihe oil that to act benehcnlly in giving the young roots a start. 



;d by this? An inceased, greatly increased may be blown out of the tioughs, and' prevent a . —h eslun I'ar. i, OarJ, 



