VOL,. XIX, NO. 39. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER 



THERMO.VIETRICAL. 



Reported lor the New Kn^kmH Farmer. 

 R;i i;>!nf ihe Tliermoiiipler nl llip (i.inieiiof the proprii'toT 

 aC tlif .\pw CnglHiid , Fanner, Bri>;l4l,)ti, Miisa. in a «J 

 lVorilielvPX|iiMiire, week emlin? MhicIi 28. 



Mardi , 1841. | 7A.M. | 12, M. | 6,P..VI. | \V iii.4. 



Monday, 

 Tiiesdjy, 

 Wedn ''iday, 

 Thi'.>day, 

 Friilay, 

 Sal ir.iay, 

 Sui day, 



WILLIS'S LATKST IMPUOVEUSEKD SDWEU. 



CLi'VUK & RED TOP. 



50 Ijcrees and l!!0 hhls. Prime Clover. 

 -'HO Hugs Kedlop, new seed. 



Herds Grass prime quality, for sale hy 



J. BUECK & Co. 



r.o l,bl 

 March 24 



iproved Seed .Sower, invDiiied the last sea- 

 son ; one nf the most pel feci machin, s ever inlru.lu-ed for 

 the pnrpose. In usin? this machine, the (armer niai he eer- 

 .\{ Market 400 Beef Cattle, 30 yoke ot Working lain Ihat hi« ,seej is put into the croun.l, and at the same 

 Oxen, 3.5 Cows and Calves, .'.CO Sheep, and 3100 swine, j ',",']■'" ",' ■ "' l"'5^''''e manner. There has l.=?n a "reat 

 About 75 Beef Cattle and liOO Swine unsold. | diHieuky in muehines lor sovvnij earden seeds; ihev are 



I'lK ► s- lieef Caltla -Former nrice.s were no! »„«. I )'"\ "''■, '" '''"S "!'• »'".' "'S' '"rmcr micht si 



BKKiUTON MARKt;T.—Mo^^.AT, March 29, 1H41. 



Reported for the .New Knchiiiil F'lriiiHr. 



400 Beef Cattle, 30 yoke ot Working 



Willis's latest Imp 



PAK.U WAIVTED. 



Wanted lo purchase on credit or hire on a lease of five or 

 leii years, a small Ij'jI i^ood (arm in the vicinity of Boston — 

 1 he advertiser is enaaijed in rearing swine and make. larM 

 quantilics ol manure and has it in his power lo keep a farm 

 iM a hioh slate ol cultivation. Any person havmo a place 

 10 dispose of or rent at a reasonahle price may hear ofa ten- 

 ant l.y addressing JOHN GREY, 

 '^''"'■'''""- Neponscl Village, Dorclicster. 



■ Heef fault! — Fiirmer prices were no; sus- 

 tained and we reduce our quotations, viz extra $1} ."lO a 

 B 75. First quality $ti 00 a 6 25. Second quality 

 $5 50 a 5 75.— Thi'rd quality, $5 00 a 5 ^5, 



It'orking Oan — Sah'S were noticed at .f 70, $75 

 $85, U'J.J, $100 and$l«. 



Co^rs and CVi/oes— Sales $20, $25, $28, $33, $40 

 and $60. 



Wcc/;.- Lots ot $2 50, 3 50, 4 25 and a few extra G 00 

 each. 



Swine. —More than two thousand were sold. Lots to 

 peddle were sold mostly at 4 for sows, and 5 Hir barrows. 

 A few lots at 4 1-8 and 4 1-4 and 5 1-8 and 5 1-4. At 

 retail from i 1-4 to 6. 



over an acre of 



WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. 



Corrected with great care, weekly. 

 SEEDS. Herds Grass, very little in market. Red Top, 

 new seed by the hag 60— old 55 c. Clover— Northern, very 

 little in Market. — Southern, plenty, 9 to 10 c. P'lax Seed, 

 $1, 37 to 1 50 bu. Lucerne, 2.5 c. per lb. 



FLOUR. Howard Street S5 37— Genesee S5 31- Ohio 

 $5 13. 



GRAIN. Corn— Northern Yellow none —Round Yel- 

 low 51 to 51— Southern Flat Yellow 50— White 48 — 

 Rye— Northern 60 lo 65— Southern 50 to 65. Oats— South- 

 ern 30 to 31— Northern 35 to 40. 



PROVI.SIO-\S. Beef-Mess SlO 50 to 11 00— Prime 

 86 50— No. 1 «9 00. Pork— Extra— 15 00— Clear 14 50— 

 Mess SI3 00. Hams— Norlherii 9 c. per lb— Southern, 

 none. Lard — Boston 9 c per lb. — Southern, 8 to 8 1-2. 

 Butter— Lump 18 to 22— Firliin 12 to IS— Shipping 8 to 14. 

 Whole Hogs 5 1-2 to 6 c — Pigs 6 c. 

 HAY, per ton, Sl7 to 17 50— Eastern Screwed SI 3 lo 14 

 CHH.ESE-Old 11 c— News. 

 EGGS. 16. 



WOOL— The market for this article has not experienced 

 any change of late. Pulled Wool is rather scarce, and there 

 is but a limited supply of low Fleeces, and ol fine Fleeces the 

 slock is also moderate. Prime or Saxony Fleeces, washed, 

 lb. 50 to 55 c. — American full Mood, washed, 47 lo 50 — Do. 

 3 4 blond, washed, 44 to 46 — Do. 1-2 blood, washed, 36 to 

 40— 1-4 and common do, 35 to 37— Smyrna Sheep, washed, 

 20 to 23— Do. unwashed, 10 lo 14— Bengasi Sheep, 8 to 10— 

 Buenos Ayres unpicked, 7 to 10— Superfine Northern pulled 

 lamb 43 to 46— No. 1 do. do. 37 to 42— No 2 do do 26 lo 30 

 —No 3 do do IS 10 20. 



Inn, I and noi sow a single seed ; but not so with ibis , ,.„,„ 

 conslructed that it cannot possibly clog. In n-.in-. this sow- ' 

 er, the farmer can save one half of li:s seed, and d'o the w<,rk 

 at l.ss Ihan one quarter the expense of ihe common way of 

 so .vmg seeds, and hav: it done in a mu.-h heller mann.T • 

 11 ni.eiis the furrow, drops the seed, and covers it over and' 

 rolls them down. It will sow almost anc kind of Garden 

 Seeds; say Ruta Baga, Mangel VVurtj^el, Ti 

 Beets, Parsnips, Onions. It is higidv 

 a great number of persons who used It the past .season 

 (•or sale at i.'^e N. E. Agricultjr.il Warehouse and Seed 



^^°'^ ''y JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



March 31. 



of 



Bkighton, near Boston, 



Silualed on the line of the Boston and Worcester Rail 

 Road,— 6 miles from the city. 

 The Proprietors of this extensive nursery beg 

 F leave to inform their friends and the public that 

 they are ready to furnish orders to any amount 

 for Forest Trees, indigenuous and exotic ' 



,. L '^™,'' ''"'■^ss, including all the varieties 

 Pears, Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Cherries, &c. &c 

 Vines— Shrubs, Green House Plants, &c. 

 Catalogues'^ niay be obtained by applying at the Nursery, 

 trees carefully packed, to ensure safely m long voyages 

 Orders left at the New England .Seed Store of J. Bheck & 

 u 'j r^' ='"'^''2, North Market street, will be delivered 

 the day following, and left at any part of the city, free of 

 expense. 

 Letters containing orders, addressed to the subscribers 



r. u ,VT . „ J. & F. WINSHIP. 



Brighton Nurseries, March 24, 1841. 



PKl'lT AND ORJV.VMENTAL TKEES, ifcc. 



.NUHSERV OF V.MLLIAM KENKICK. 



12 1)011 Pear and Plum Trees.— Large and new 



additions (,l I'.ar and Plum Trees have lately 



been received, many kinds of which are alike 



new to our country, and very extraordinary. 



Siuh have been Uie seleclioiis which have been 



made by the subscriber in Europe, and in person durin" the 



last AntuMHi, where all have been proved; those kinds 



already well known amougst us being identified by him br 



the wood and the leaf. 



irniDs, Carrots, j A new Descriptive Catalogue of all the^e fruits will soon 

 rerominended by be ready, and will be sent to all who apply. 



Of the few following fine kinds extra large numbers have 

 b!en provided hir sale ; all being very productive kmds. and 

 most of ihi'm prodigious bearers, and are therelbre calculated 

 (or cidiiy.Uion to great profit, on a great and extensive scale. 

 I hese ripen in succession in the order named : 



AGRICU1,TURAI. IMPLEMB.VTS, <fcc. 



The Proprietors of the New England Agricultural Ware- 

 house and Seed Store No. 51 and 52 North Market street, 

 would inliirm their enslnmers and the public generally that 

 they have on hand the most extensive assortment of A^ri- 

 culluial and Horticultural Tools lo be found in the United 

 Stales. Part of which are the following : 



Jargonelle, Aug. 



Summer Francreal, Aug. 



Sept. 

 Barllell or Williams' B. 



Chrct, Aug. Sept. 



Beurre D'Amaulis, Sept. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 



Ducbesse D'Angouleme, 



Oct. Nov. 



Gloux Morceau or the 

 D'Aremberg of the 

 French, Nov. to Feb. 



Easter Beurre, Dec. lo Apr. 



Clion, or LeOtire, very 

 large, for cooking 

 only, a prodigious 

 liearer, Bourgmestre 

 of Boston. " Winter. 



SITUATION WANTED. 



A praclical Gardener, of whom good references can be 

 given, wiih a wife and one child, wishes a situation. 

 March 31. 2wis 



BEDFOKD OATS. 



Just received CO bushels of superior Beilford Oats. This 

 rariety is highly recommended, it not being bable to blast, 

 iDd very productive. For sale by 

 ^March il. JOS. BRECK & CO. 



SUPERIOR SEC'D BARLEV. 



100 liushels of extra heavy and clean Seed Barley. Also 

 10 bushels CHEVALIER BARLEY, a new and superior 

 arielv, for sale by JOS. BRECK & CO. 



March 31. 



BLACK SEA WHEAT. 



Received from Vermont, 30 bushels Black Sea Wheat. 

 Uso, 20 bushels Italian Spring Wheat, raised in Warren 

 •■f. H. For sale by JOS. BRECK & CO. 



March 31. 



AN OX WA6(»N 



Nearly new, for sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO , In- 

 uire at No. 62 North Market Street, or at their Farm in 

 Irighlon. Feb. 24. 



1000 Howard's Patent Cast 



Iron Ploughs 

 300 Common do. do. 

 200 Cultivators. 

 100 (Greene's Straw Cutters 

 60 Willis' do. do. 

 too Common do. do. 

 100 Willis' Patent Corn 



Shellers. 

 50 Common do do. 

 2o0 Willis' Seed Sowers. 

 60 " Vegetable Cutters 

 50 Common do. do 



200 Hand Corn Mills. 

 200 Grain Cradles. 

 100 Ox Yokes. 

 1500 Doz. Scythe Stones. 

 3000 '■ Austin's Rifles. 

 March 17. 



100 doz. Cast Steel Shovels. 



do. 



Common 



Spades. 



Grass Scythes. 



Patent Snaiths. 



Common do. 



Hay Rakes. 



Garden do. 



Manure Forks. 



Hay do. 

 500 Pair Trace Chains. 

 100 " Truck do. 

 100 Draft do. 



600 Tie up do. 



50 doz. Halter do. 

 1000 yards Fence do. 

 25 Grind Stones on rollers. 



150 

 100 

 500 

 300 

 200 

 500 

 200 

 200 

 300 



Napoleon, 

 Louise Bonne 



D'Avrancbes, Oct. 



Marie Louise, Oct. Nov 



Passe Colmar, Nov. lo Feb. | 



All orders addressed to the subscriber, or left with Joseph 

 Breck & Co., New England Farmer vjffice, will be promptly 

 attended lo, and Trees, when so ordered, will be securely 

 packed for safe transportation to distant places. 



N. B. A few trees of" Van iVIons' Leon le Clerc Pears," 

 supposed lo be the best in the world ; also, " Pitt's prolific 

 Marie." or " Surpasse Marie Louise." The.se cost high— 

 these Pears alone must, therefore be charged at extra pr'Ices 

 or S2,50 for ihe former, i nd S2,00 for the latter. ' 



WILLIAM KENRICK. 



Nonantum Hill, Newton, near Boston, March 2. 



PEAR, PLUM, GRAPE VINES, &C. 



3000 Pear Trees, of the most approved kinds. 



2000 Plum Trees, of the most approved kinds 

 and extra size— many of them have borne ibis 

 season. 



,— App'e, Cherry and Peach Trees, of difl^erent 



kinds. 



500 Quince Trees. 



40U0 Isabella and Catawba Grape Vines, from 6 lo 15 feet 

 high ; most of them have borne fruit. Black Hambur" 

 bweetwaler. Pond's. "' 



30,000 Grant Asparagus Roots. 



Gooseberry, Currants, Raspberries, of good kinds. 



5000 Wilmot's Early Rhubarb or Pie Plants, lately intro- 

 duced. 



20OO Cherry and Pear Slocks; 1000 Plums; Roses &c of 

 all kinds. 



All orders sent to the subscriber at Cambridgeport will 

 meet with immediate attention. ' 



Cambridgeport, Mass., Feb. 24. 



SAMUEL POND. 



CORN SHELLER. 



CAUTION, the public are hereby informed that the sub- 

 scriber has tellers Patent for his improved CORN SHEL- 

 LER, and all infringements on the same will he prosecuted 

 The above machines are for sale 



vari,.ty of Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Peach ^nd f'-'' ''"'-•' "^ ""^ "'"• =' ""'' '' ^""'^ Market_stree,, Bos- 



March 14th. 



C. WILLIS. 



PRl'IT TREES ANO SCIOWS FOR SALE 



The subscriber, at the Pomological Garden, | ^o'lbi ^xiet'iTof ihelaw': 

 Salem, oners lor > ale a very choice and exten: ' 



f, Plum, Cherry, Peach and ton 

 Apricot Trees, Grape Vines, Gooseberries, Red 

 and White Dutch Currants, and Red and While 

 Anlw?rp Raspberries, 



Also, Scions of all the European and American Fruits A SMALL FARM FOR SALE, 



which have been proved; all from Iruit bearing Trees, pack- Situated in Brainlree, ten miles from Boston with 

 ed in boxes with moss, and can be transported wiih safety ; Dwelling House and large Cider mill thereon 'The fiT,.,, 

 to any part of this country or Europe. I contains about 20 acres. Inquire of ' "='a"n 



«, „ ,, ,-„ ROBERT MANNING, j NATHANIEL FAXON, 



Salem, March 2, ld4I. tMayl I Feb. 24. No. 03 North Market Street. 



