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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



OCT. 33, ISiJ 



(Selecteil forlbe New Eniiland Fnrnier.) 

 Skf.d Wheat. — Most ex|icri(nce<l fiiniicis prc- 

 dr :i chnnixe of seed, ti> tliiit prown I)y tlieiiiselves. 

 This is, iiideeil, more <;eii('ially considered desir- 

 aldo witli wheal, than any oilier speries of grain, 

 and some men look upon it as so imporlant that 

 they will make almost any sacrifice, rather tlian 

 not have a dilVerent kind from that prodiioed on 

 their own land. 



In order to jiidjre corrcctlij of thr sample, it shouUl 

 lie retained a minule or two in ihe closed hand, 

 and then passed f,'ciitly through it, to asi'ertain if 

 the grain he phimp, hard, dry and smooth, with a 

 certain sense cf mellow fnlness in the feel ; for, 

 if it handles roiifjli, and does not sli(i readily 

 thiough tlie fingers, it will he found thick-skin- 

 ned, damp and iinprofitahle to the miller. Of 

 whatever species it may be, it should also he care- 

 fully examined, to see that it he of a hright and 

 healthy appearance, the grains of nearly equal 

 size, and unmixed with the seeds of weeds, and 

 smutty or sprouted grain. The smell should like- 

 wise he noted ; for the least taint of its sweetness 

 is a sure sign of its having been either damp or 

 heated. 



gruel wilh a wine gla?s of hran<ly, and two talile- 

 sf)oons-full of sugar, and give the above mixture 

 once a day foi 3 days in succession. 



S. PoRTEK RhoADKS. 



The following comiiosition is very good to re- 

 move a swelling on horses. 



Hogs lard, oil vitrol, and spirits of turpentine, 

 mixed : sufficient oil of vitrol must be put in to 

 make the comiiosition a dark brown color, ami rub 

 the part afiected twice a day, with a small quan- 

 tity iU a time. 



'J'he above recipe I have not used myself, and 

 am only a'lle to recommend it from the rei)ort of 

 others. 



To make liquid opodeldoc. — Take two quarts of 

 whiskey or cider brandy, and put it in a kettle 

 and warm it, (be carefid it does not take fire,) 

 put in as much common soft soap as it will dis- 

 solve, then bottle it, and add one ounce of gum 

 camphor, one half ounce sal ammonia, two oun- 

 ces oil origanum, and one half ounce oil worm- 

 wood. S. P. Rhoadf.3. 



Preserving Roots. — Afl<T potatoes and other 

 roots are put into the cellar, they should he kept 

 from the light and air. Some cellars are provi- 

 ded with glass windows, by which tliey are kept 

 light thiough the wintci, lint roots of all kinds 

 will not keep so well in such cellars, unless they 

 are put in close casks, boxes, bins or pens, and 

 covered up closely. It there be a small quantity 

 of live earth with roots in general, when they are 

 put into iJie cellar, and they are kept in the same 

 condition as when taken out of the ground with- 

 out becoming dry, they will remain sweet and 

 good, but if they are dry, and exposed t<i light or 

 heat, they loose their life, sweetness and good 

 qualities. Last liill we put beets, carrots and tur- 

 nips in close casks, wilh earth, first a layer of 

 earth, then a layer of roots, and they kept per- 

 fectly well, and were as good in May as they witre 

 in the fiill. These roots were all such kinds as 

 do not usually keep well without some care. — 

 They were the early rooted beet, early horn car- 

 rot, and the common English early garden stone 

 turnip. We use<l jiure live earth, a foot or so 

 froin the surface, that it might be free from ma- 

 nure or other imjiuritios. — Yankee Farmer. 



A great number of horses die annually of the 

 scours. The following recipe, having been used 

 with success in a number of cases, 1 am induced 

 to send it to you for publication, and you will 

 please publish it with my signature attached, as 

 I am always fearful of recipes to which there is 

 not 5 i">"i") unless the editor will vouch for their 

 good qualities ; and J will also Send for publica- 

 tion a recipe, which 1 have used for makt'fg my 

 pwu oiiodeldoc. I am nut u farmer, but having 

 used this, ai,.l the opodeldoc of the Druggists, 1 

 give this the preference.— Gen- Far. 



Recipe for Scours in horses.— \( the horse is in 

 n good condition, take two or three (juarts of 

 blood, and then take one ounce each anise seed, 

 paraway seed, and grains of paradise in powder, 

 and one half ounce aromatic confection, and two 

 ounces balsam of sulphur ; beat the balsam of 

 .sidphur up with the yolk of an egg, then mix the 

 iiowdefs, and give the whole in u pint of warm 



PAIK OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



It is not only witli iiridc, hut with pleasure, we 

 are justified in saying that the coming exhibition, 

 which is to be opened next Monday morning, bids 

 fair to transcend all others which have gone be- 

 fore it, either in this or in any city of the Union. 

 Let us take a cursory view of the different fairs 

 which have been held within the last hall centu- 

 ry, in the eastern section of Ihe coun'ry, where 

 they originated. In the southern ami western 

 parts of the United States, with the exception of 

 the cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore, none 

 have taken place, at least so far as our knowledge 

 extends. In the former metropolis praiseworthy 

 efforts have been made by the Franklin Institute, 

 to introduce |iuhlic exhibitions of domestic manu- 

 factures, and every thirig connected vvi;h science 

 and the arts. These exhibitions have not been 

 crowned with the success which their projectors 

 anticipated, and which they in reality deserved. 

 The American Instilute extLiids to their future, as 

 it has to their former efforts, the right hand of 

 fellowship ; and whatever may be necessary to their 

 aid will he cheerfully awarded. In Baltimore, last 

 year, an eff'ort was made to introduce into that 

 ciiy a fair, hut we are informed that it proved an 

 unsuccessful one. The first fairs which came to 

 the knowledge of the writer, in ibis country, were 

 held in Londonderry, in New Hampshire. This 

 village was first settled near or quite a century 

 ago, by a party of highly respectable and intelli- 

 g(!nt pilgrims "from the west part of the Emerald 

 Isle ; and from that stock have arisen some of the 

 most eminent nien of whom we can boast. We 

 could name many of them, but one will answer 

 our purpose. We allude to the Rev. Joseph Mc- 

 Kcen, for seventeen years the learned and eloquent 

 past6r of the first church in Beverly, and after 

 ward the president of I'.owdoin College in Maine. 

 His fame was in all the churches, and his life was 

 one of usefulness and honor. The name of an 

 American 'Uerry Irisiiman passes as current in 

 the New England states, as u note of the hank of 

 the United Slates, previous to the removal of the 

 deposites. In Loudomlerry, or 'Deny, as it was 

 called in those days, there was held, a little ante- 

 cedent to "Thanksgiving," an annual fair, after 

 the manner of those of Enniskerry in Ireland, at 



which all the country flo(-ked to a focus, bringing 

 wilb them the products of their industry, and the 

 superfluity of their household goods, to be ex- 

 changed, bartered and sohl. These fairs lasted 

 three days, at the termination of which, the JrisJi 

 and the Yankee customs were gently interming- 

 led. The reel, the country dance, and all the 

 sjiorts incident to those jiortions of either coun- 

 try were introduced. Parties were given, suj)- 

 pers were served up, mutual acquaintances were 

 made, felicitations were leciprocated, lovers' vows 

 were exchanged, marriages took jilacc ; and the 

 results of these fairs were a stunly race of hus- 

 bandmen, whose superiors it would be difficult to 

 find. A word fartlier in relation to the fairs of 

 Londoiulerry. 'i'hey were established under n 

 statute law of New Hampshire. We believe they 

 are now discontinued. 'Ihe last we have any pos- 

 itive knowledge of, was in 1807, thirty years ago, 

 at which there were computed to be from 7000 to 

 10,000 persons present. There were in exhibi- 

 tion, besides numerous horses, sheep, &c., fivt 

 hundred head of neat csule. !n 1619, the first 

 field of pol.itoes raised in America, was planted 

 in Londonderry. In the same year, the foot liner 

 wheel was there likewi.se introduced. At thf 

 Londonderry fair.s, the first premium in this coun 

 try was awarded for an exhibition of merinc 

 sheep. After a long interval of time, durin; 

 which miniature fairs were extended in all [larti 

 of the Eastern States, but which were not atten 

 ded with any special benefit to the coinmunify 

 the MassachusBtts Agricultural Society 0|;ened ih' 

 great fair at Brighton, which was annually eele 

 hrated for nearly twenty years. It is not neces 

 sary to speak of the immense advantages to thii 

 and the neighboring states, which accrued fror 

 those fairs. They stand recorded as a proii 

 monument to their authors. ]f it were not invit! 

 ious to call by name the grand projector, xUefel 

 marshal, the life and soul of the great project, w 

 should say that the Hon. John Lowell, of Roxbt 

 ry, deserves more of his country, for his indefat 

 gable industry, his scientific, theoretic and [irac 

 tical knowledge, than all his compeers in th 

 premises. By his example, a stimulus was givei 

 which extended to all the practii-al yeomanry i 

 Massachusetts, cheerfully backed by the intell 

 gence and wealth of the counties of Suffolk, Ei 

 sex, Norfiilk, Middlesex, Worcester, &c. Sue 

 men as the venerible Pickering, the Parsonse 

 father and son, the Derby's, the Piinces, and 

 host of kindred spirits, lent their money, their ai 

 and their counsel to the cause ; and the benefici 

 effects arising therefiirm, are now fully develope 

 Massachusetts stands behind none in the exct 

 lence of all that pertains to agriculture. Ahno 

 simultaneously with the Brighton fairs, were he 

 others in that section of the country, among tl 

 most distinguished of whu;h, were those of Essn 

 county, and Rcckingham in New Hampshhe.- 

 They all tended to the same efiecl, and their r 

 suits were precisely what were expected and i 

 tended to follow. During the last month, a fa 

 on a different principle, has been lield in the o 

 cradle of liberty, in the ciiy of Boston. Stimu! 

 ted by the exertions and the success of the Ami 

 ican 'institute of New York, the inhabitants 

 that metropolis and the surroumling country iia 

 followed in its wake. Every nerve was strui 

 and every jiower of the artisan wis placed in i 

 quisition, to make the fair worthy the occasit 

 and the ancient metropolis. Nor did it fidl. 



