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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



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AND gardener's JOURNAL. 

 Boston, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 1S37. 



A WORD TO OUR Patrons. — At ihe coimncnceiiieiit »( 

 the presont volume, we unelosed in every puper n bill, 

 witli the amount due from each individual, for the p.nst 

 as well as for llie )car in advance, with a request that 

 it sliouIJ be remitted by mnil, if no other meiiUS of con- 

 veyance was at hand. Our priiici|ial nbject i^f writing 

 this notice, is to give our hearly tlianks for the substan- 

 tial and prompt manner in whicli our requests were gen- 

 eially noliced, and for the relief we experienced in our 

 pecuniary concerns, at a tirne when many other resour- 

 ces failed. While we thus spi;al<, v/e would remark, 

 that, although a niajorily of our subscribers are prompt, 

 there are some, if we may judge from their practice, 

 who verily believe that the publishing of a newspaper, 

 13 a work which can be carried on wiihoul means, as 

 paying seems to be out of the question. We attribute 

 it rather to forgctfulness, than lo wilful neglect, that 

 these small accounts remain unadjusted. It should be 

 remembered, however, that, although the amount due 

 from one or a dozen delinquents does nut make a large 

 sum, yet hundreds of them do, especially if they are of 

 a number of years standing. 



Poland — In Poland, the nobles are the proprietors of 

 the land, and the peasants are slaves. A recent trav- 

 eller says, — " I have travelled in every direction, and 

 never saw a wheaten loaf to the eastward o( the Rhine, 

 in any part of North Germany, Poland or Denmark." — 

 The common food of the peasantry of Poland, — the 

 " working men " — is rabbage and potatoes ; sometimes, 

 hut not generally, peas, black bread and soup, or rather 

 gruel, without Ihe addition of butter or meat. 



Austria. — The nol)les are the proprietors of the land, 

 and the peasants are compelled to work for their mas. 

 ters during the day, except Sunday. The cultivators of 

 the soil are in a state of bond.ige. 



Hungary. — The nobles own the land, do not work, 

 pay no taxes. The laboring classes are obliged to re- 

 pair all highways and bridges, are liable at all times lo 

 have soldiers quartered upon them, and are compelled 

 to pay one tenth of the produce of their labor to the 

 church, and one ninth to the lord whose land they oc- 

 cupy. 



France. — Of the people seven and a half millions do 

 not eat wheat or wheaten bread ; they live upon barley, 

 rye, buckwheat, chestnuts, and a few potatoes. The 

 common wages of the hired laborer in France, are $37 

 50 for a man, and $18 75 for a woman, annually. The 

 taxes upon them are equal to one fifth of its net product. 

 — JV. Y. Express. 



I have about 20 or 30 bushels of the size and quality 

 now sent you. The remainder, smaller sized ears, is 

 a'l as ripe as the sam{>Ie. R, J. 



Jfewhury, JVov. 25, 18;i7. 



" Let lis Live, while we Live." — What New Eng- 

 laader, that reads the following, will not thank his stars 

 that he lives in a country, where the common comforts 

 of life may be had in plenty ; where the husbandman 

 ever finds a recompense lor his labor ; and where the 

 sweat of the father's brow is sure to procure bread for 

 his children ? Yankees, prize high your priveleges, for 

 you hold in fee simple Ihe sod on which you tread,with- 

 out doing homage to upstart lotdlings. You pay no 

 tithe, hut from your own free will; and your governors 

 and rulers are of your own choice, and taken from among 

 yourselves. You arc all working Tnen, and are protid of 

 the title ; but, thanks to freedom and independence, you 

 are not yet cornered into so close quarters, as to be com- 

 pelled to support life on a conglomerated mass of cab- 

 bage and potato alone^ significantly jcleped stodge, or 

 on black bread and water gruel. No; hero the peasant 

 and the President filre equally alike upon the "fat of the 

 land." The yeoman of New England takes not his ox 

 nor his ass fur a chum ; nor is he obliged to use his hen 

 roost for a bed-chamber. Bondage he knows not ; he 

 sings at his labors, for he is sure of reward; and his 

 country's privileges are common to all, and free as air. 

 —Ed. 



JVoncay. — The peasantry live on bread and gruel, both 

 prepared of oatmeal, with an occasional intermixture of 

 dried fish. Meat is a luxury they rarely enjoy. 



Sweden. — The dress of peasantry is prescribed by law. 

 Their food consists of hard bread, fish and gruel, with- 

 out meal. 



Denmark — The peasantry are still held in bondage, 

 and are bought and sold together with the land on which 

 they labor. 



Russia — The nobles own all the land in the empire, 

 and the peasantry who reside upon it, are transferred 

 with the estates. A great majority have only cottages, 

 one portion of which is occupied by ihe family, while 

 the other is appropriated to domestic animals Few, if 

 any, have beds, but sleep upon hard boards, or upon 

 parts of immense stoves, by whiih their houses are 

 warmed. Their food consists of black bread, cabbage^ 

 and other vegetables, without the addition of butter. 



(Kortlie New England Farmer.) 



White Wash. — Mr Editor : A correspondent in the 

 far west has given you a recipe for white wash, in which 

 he uses the glue witli the lime, for, with the scraps 

 boiled, you can gel nothing but glue. It makes a wash 

 that adheres closely, but ihere is a strong oSjeclion to it, 

 at least in the South, where it has been used several 

 years, and that is, it turns yellow, and, if there is loo 

 much glue used, you find it difficult to get a second coat 

 to adhere. On this account, I have Inid irreat trouble 

 with a broad passage in my house, and would given 

 good deal if it were removed. 



If this fact is of any use, it is at your service. 

 Columbia, S. C. S. B. 



Great Ox, Olympus. — This noble animal, weighin, 

 3,500 \bi., is to be seen at ihe westend of Faneuil Hall, 

 from 8 o'clock, A. M., unlil 5, P. M., for a few days — 

 He WES raised on the banks of the Connecticut river, by 

 Isaac Hubbard, Esq.; is the largest and most splendid 

 looking ox ever raised in America; and a complete and 

 perfect model of his kind. He is now 5 years old, and 

 is said to have gained for the two last years, 1100 lbs. 

 He is of the Short-Horned Durham breed, and is cer- 

 tainly a very great curiosity. This nonesuch among the 

 beeves, we believe to be worthy the attention of all 

 those who take an interest in whatever pertains lo ag- 

 riculture. Cattle will ever compose a great part of a 

 farmer's stock, and the choicest breed, and the best mode 

 of rearing and nlanaging them, is oflhe liighest impor- 

 tance. All that is represented of this fine animal, we 

 lake for truth. The reputation of Rlr Hubbard, who 

 bred him, forbids that we should doubt its correctness. 

 He is a very lespectable gentleman, an agriculturist, and 

 an extensive landholder. That he is deserving of the 

 special thanks of the community, in this instance, no 

 one will gainsay. 



[ For Ibe New England Farmer.} 



Mr Joseph Breck,— Sj'r; I named to you sometime 

 ago, thai I had a pair of twin fiteers, which I thought 

 very nice, and gave you an inlimalion of letting you 

 hear from them again. I will now state that ihey were 

 2 years old, the 17th of March last, and weighed when 

 2 1-2 years old, 2561 lbs., and girt six feti four inches, 

 and look so much alike, that it is doubtful whether a 

 stranger could tell tliem apart, even the most practised 

 eye. Yours respectfully, Lovett Peters. 



IVestborough, JYov. 3, 1837. 



[Ij"A Correspondent informs us, that now is the pro- 

 per time to attend to the preservation of our trees in the 

 orchard, to prevent the depredation frequently commit- 

 ted by Ihe mice. The preventive consists simply in tying 

 a strip of sand-paper around the lower part oflhe body 

 of the tree, close down to the ground. The same sand- 

 paper will answer for seveial years, by carefully remov- 

 ing it in the spring, and laying it aside till it is wanted 

 in the autumn. 



[For tile New EiiglanJ Farmer.] 



Mr. R. Jaques' accouht or the Clark Corn, so 

 CALLED. — This corn was brought about 7 years since, 

 from Barnstead, N. Hampshire; therefore called OarA 

 Corn. 



I have planted of it 3 years. The land on which I 

 raised mv best corn this season, was grass land, 3-4thB 

 of an acre, broken up the 10th of May, about 7 inches 

 deep; harrowed and manured in the hills, with rotten 

 stable manure ; aboul 3000 hills lo the acre; a common 

 shovel full of manure in each hill, but it will answer to 

 put more hills on an acre. It was planted 12ih of May, 

 and was hoed twice. I put 6 kernels in each hill, with- 

 out soaking. Usually there were 9, 3, and some hills 

 had 4 oars on a stalk. The land was brown loam, south- 

 erly ascent, 5 or 8 degrees. 'J'he corn was ripe the first 

 pari of September, and might have been gathered by 

 the 25th. In good seasons, I ihink it would have yield- 

 ed 60 bushels to the acre. 



Flour Marauders. — If Ihere is any class of beings 

 more lo be abhoned than the sackcrs and plunderers of 

 flour stores, it is those liarpips who are prowling aboul 

 the country, forestalling and purchasing up large quan- 

 tities oflhe staff of life, in order to monopolize the mar- 

 ket. The Toledo (Ohio) Gazette of the 28lh ult. says: 

 A gentleman arrived here a few days since from Massil- 

 lon, on the Ohio Canal, who met with several of these 

 marauders, for we consider them but little better, lay- 

 ing hold of everything that came within their wake. — 

 Query, — whom do these gamblers obtain iheir money 

 from .' Is it possible that (he banks which were com- 

 pelled to suspend specie payments, have loaned to these 

 monopolists their paper lo distress the poor, yea, the 

 public at large .' From the price of produce liere and 

 elsewhere, we think il cannot be otherwise. We are! 

 advised flour is selling on the Ohio Canal at $6,50 pe» 

 bairel, at Cleveland $7,50, and is selling at this placf 

 from $9 to $10, other provisions in the same propo(» 

 tion. — Prov. Courier. 



gj=A Hog fatted by Major John Gushing, of AbingK 

 ton, seventeen months old, weighing seven hundred and 

 seventeen lbs., may be seen for a few days, at Denni- 

 son, Moses & Co.'s, Bromfield st. 



To Correspondents. — We have several comraunici' 

 tions under consideration. 



