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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



F'EIP. 88, I*:j; 



L.I will 



(ire lias only lo Uiin ilie H'>\<- 

 1(1 his lire 



CoiiMuiuii}:, (ill' lliiis 



()«i>iiii ill kiiiilliiii; 1 



cock :i I'ly » liii'it'fr ov otlicr iiiaiili 



ill a .l.-.'oii."! is ill readiiiiss H-r lii.iliiiy a Iv''"'''^ '"• 



iVyii.f; a Led' >-UnU, cither of uliirh it will <!o in 



n vriy lew iiiiiiiiU'5. 



iMr Clink, wlin Ims (Imi!; more than 

 Dcrs'in in ScniUinil to iinpiuNe ;;as il 



i.as .in iMli'Iilioti of taking n.it » paf.it, anil what j disc-nssingjlie Sul..Tre,,siiry llill, or ilie .-at R.vrm.- 



has jjornroiii-ly roin- jbill, of wliicli ue have before sp'^iu'ii ; mid wulioal any 



any iillii'i' 

 liiniinaliiiii, 



for whiili.as s ion as tin; flig is hiii>iril, ynu uannol 

 Kail liiiniheilsdf |iii.flii;alc|riipa. iiiiis, iiiipriiic^pieil vajiii- 

 biiiids, wlin are re^dy •' to toe tiie mark." In sii' li a 

 iri-is ,is lliis il is for every homsl man to look will lo 

 liiiiiself, to h.3 o; inioii, his words, and his actions, to 

 wli.n he dues, and ;ilso to wh.il liu iicgleirts or fails 

 lo do. 



'I he SK^■ATF. of the United States are engaged in 



Mr Hiirlbert, vvliii is re;iiirted to liava produced iliis 

 crop, is a re.sideiit in Great Banington, in that coiwiU'. 

 A coriespoiident from Hartford County, has liniiiind 

 us wiiii many inquiries on this subject. He di aires usj^ 

 to describe liie land on which Ibis crop was grown.; 

 where situated ; what was the kind of soil ; how ihe crofh 

 was colli iated ; wliat kind of seed w.js used ; how iiiiicl :l 

 seed to ihe acre ; and what was the weight of the crojji 



is :i iniracli; in lliese tunes, has jioi 

 iniinu-ateil the aUnc invalwaWe iliseoveiy lor llic 

 lieii.tit of the wi.rhl. VVn have rreqiRiilly ih- 

 ecrilnii }.'as eouking ni'p:""-""* '"' ''""* '■">>'"'" 

 iJiis is n vast iinprovuMient on iliat. — J\'tw iork 



Knqnii er. 



AND gardener's JOURNAL. 



BosTOS, Weu.sesdav, Kkb. 2S, iS38. 



SUMMARY OF THC WEEK. 



CoNciitss. Tiie main husmess ..f the week, in 

 , seems to have been an elToii lo pass a bill lo 

 froniier. Cou- 



Con^rrs 



prolerl our neutrality on Ibe norllierii 

 siderable hndies of men have been eolleelcd in the 

 neigbboihood otClevchiiid, Ohio, and.are moving round 

 Oi« hike shori'.s lo Delroit, with, as is jMetty w. II aseer- 

 tain. d, large quantili.s .d' arms an(l inuii.ti.nis ot war, 

 pa.ked ill boxes as merchaiidizn. 'l'h« obj. cl .■vi.l.tnlly 

 is to cross the line at or in the iieigl.boilio.id ol Uetr.nl, 

 Biid make a descent on Upper Caila.Ia. 'Ihe ..bjecl ..f 

 the iieuliaiity law is to give the g.,viinm.:nl power, 

 ivliich, under the present laws, they aie siip| osed not 

 ti poBs.ss, ol at once arresting by seizure and sear, h 

 tliP progies of such e.tpedilions. Most ceriainly they 

 arc atrocious in their character. The panics concerned, 

 with peib.-.ps In If a dozen exceptions, are all American 

 Citiz.ns. ily what pretext or reason or right can they 

 presume to embody themselves for the purpose of ma- 

 l.iiig a d..-cciit upon a neighboring, power, and carrying 

 llic irij. .lies, nn-eries, and horr..i8 of civil war into a 

 foreiiiu and fii.ndly territory .' 



'i'lie liiilli is, we have a great deal of fetid malter in 

 the coti.miinily, engcnileri-.l we will not say liow, lest 

 our fastidious readers should be ofrHiid.rd at the smell, 

 if we turned over this rotten, poliiical earea.se, and 

 U;ll us that ICC are not public scavengeis; wc have no 

 business to meddle with it. Now, wheii.\er the pot 

 boiis. wheihor it be a Texas exptdilion or a Canada 

 expedition, a slave.y mob, or even an election, from the 

 oleclion of a I'lesident d.iwn lo ihat of a lioj; consla- 

 l)le, up thisfillhy stuff comes to the surface, and shows 

 itself III all its gangiene and putrefaction. What is to 

 beC'inc of lis under th.-se eireuiiislances, it is not easy 

 to s.;e. il we can but ki;cp llic disorder upon the sur- 

 face, as the ilottors say, we may succeed to manage it; 

 hut tlicr.' is no small dang.T of the whole mass b.'coni- 

 In" ihoroughly d.seased ; and when the disorder strikes 

 to llie st.'ina. h and vital*, and it seems lo be spre.iding 

 and deepening, what is to sav.: us but such a purgaliori, 

 and such metcuriij treatment as will shake the whole 

 frame so that the pali.'nt may .lie under the operation. 

 To speak without a figure, the absolute, iindisgniswl, 

 unc incealeil, and unconcealable corruption, nniral cor- 

 ruption, in our ciMiimnnity is a subj.rct, which appals 

 every reflecting and viriunus mind. There is no expe- 

 dition in villany, tliere is no extravagance in fraud, 

 Ibeic is no violence in excitement and passion, there is 

 no defiance of authority, there is no violation of law. 



iininediate prospect of decision. Th.'re was, ior siiini: 

 lime, a skirmishing among the smallel delachincnts, 

 the light arniid troops ; the sharp shooltrs, and the 

 men- fuglers. Some of the solllers ..f the ciinp too, 

 we b lievp, have fired a few rouii.ls. The ihickest ami 

 holiest of the fighl has now arrive.l The emballle.l 

 elephants h.ive come into trenirnd..iis coHision, ami 

 Cl.iy and Calhoun have measured iruuks and l.isks willi 

 eai li other. Oilier huge animals arc growling an. I 

 shaking their manes, and flashing fire from their e)es. 

 Critienden, Webster, and olhers aie preparing lor lb.- 

 onset. Pennsylvania has withdrav.-n h.r dogs and sa\s 

 they shall not fight. The Mi.ssonri Buffalo Jias not jet 

 tossed his horns nor ult.red bis r.nir. lie may find it 

 not convenienl to fight wilh a gold ring in his nose. 

 What will be the issue of the baltle remains in d..ubl. 

 Su(.e.is we say to the bravest and llie most wonhy. 



Massachusetts.— The bill giving a hoiiniy on the 

 cultivation of Wiie.ii, which had passed the House, has 

 passed l)ic Senate also, unanimously, wiih some few 

 amendmenls, which will doubtless be concurred in by 

 the House. The amendments to the hill propose that 

 every claimant for a premium, should give a detailed 

 account of his cul.ivation This is a most important 

 provision. It is nut now to he settled thai we can rais.' 

 wh.at in Massachusetts; //taj has been delermined loiiL' 

 ag.i. 'J"he manner hoin it is to be done, how it ran lie 

 done, is a matter, winch experience, and that only, can 

 best determine, and which it will be worth more than 

 all llie Stiite will p.iy to know. 



A highly respei table fiirncr from Norfolk County, in 

 the Senate, has proposed an inquiry inl.) the expedi- 

 ency of giving a premium for the best Kssay on the . nl 

 livatio'i of Wheat, vvliieh shall be produc.d before tin; I 

 first of April. No order lias been passed. The Ijegis- 

 lature h ive likewise passed the bill for aiding the coii- 

 slruclion of the Western Railroad by the loan of ihe cre- 

 . lit of the State, redeeinable in forty years. This mag- 

 nificent project will now, in all human probubilily,he 

 accomplished. 



They iiave likewise passed a law appointing three 

 permanent Bank C.'niniissione.s lo examine all ihe 

 Bulks of the State, from lime to lime, with libeity to 

 slop the proicedings of any bank or banks, and bring 

 them to trial, in case of fault or wrong. If ihoy keep 

 all the Hanks in the Commonwealth honest, we shall 

 say. " they arc good fellows." Past experience |ire- 

 monishes ihem, that they will have some dirty subj.cts 

 to handle ; and that Cologne or Chloride .if Lim- may 

 sometimes he necessary. We hope they will perform 

 their duty like honest men. It is the highest degree 

 important to those Banking Institutions, which have eon- 

 ducted their affairs wilh honor and good faith, that ev- 

 ery fraudulent institution should bo doomed to the se- 

 verest awards of law and justice. 



per bushel ? All ihcse are reasonable inquiries, vvhie 



we should he hap|iy lo answer, if in our power. On 



only precise information is contained in the Berkshir' 



C.'urier. We assure our friend, however, that we sli.i 



take pains to get the information requested ; and whe 



obtained it shall be cominunicated. We add, only, iha 



if there be no error on the part of ihe Berkshire Couriei 



we presume there is none on the pait of Mr Hiirlberl 



Tli.:re are threii brothers, of this name, owning adjoir 



ing firms to the west of the village of Great Buirin^ 



lull, ..11 the banks of Green liiver, a beautiful littl 



stream, immortalized by our charming poet, I'ryent 



and ilir.-e heller (armers it would not be very easy i 



fiod in the Stale of JIassachusetts. The land on wliic 



their liirnis lie, is a gradual swell of deep loam, re-itin 



on a bed of lime stone; and with the exception 



.S"nie parts, which aio inclined to wetness and cold, 



well ailapled to all grain crops We presume that tl 



land previous to this crop was in corn, and well in 



niircd, f.r Ibis is the usual course there; and some 



ihe fanners, in that vicinity, are accustomed to sow a 



iiually a bushel of plast.r of Paris on all their eultivat 



hin.ls. But wli.'ther this was done or not, or what w 



done, we are n,.t able to say. Th.; oats are j.robab 



the ei.mmon oat of that part of the country, weighi 



32 lo 34 lbs. per bushel. Tliroughunt the stale oats, t 



last S'-as.tn, were highly productive .A Cf.ld season 



evidently highly favoraiiie t.i this crop, in the iii.'ir 



rai.le old season of 1816, the oat crop w.as uncommc 



ly heavy. 



We conliniie, In this d,T,y"s pajier, the Reports of 1 

 Fanners pre-enli-d t.i the .Agriculiural Society of RI 

 s.iehusetis for premium. We certainly mean no d 

 parageiiienl lo the g-iitlcmen who were honored by 

 bounty, when we s-iy that tlieie are hundreds of I 

 farmers in tli« state, who could come into honoral 

 eoinpetition wiih them; and who, we hope, will 

 slimulated, if not by the value nor the honor of the 

 ward, hy the far higher'mntive of regard to the pub 

 wellarc and the improvement of agriculture. Th. 

 iletaile.l and e.xact statements on the part of ollit 

 lead to carefulniss and ..bservaliou in our own mana 

 menl ; and careluliiess and exactness arc the first t 

 nients of success in every valuable :irt or business. 



In our last we gave a notice of an extraordinary crop 

 of oats, raised this past season in Berkshire County, of 

 91 bushels to the acre, on 9 acres of land. It was an 

 accidental omission, on our part, not to say thai this ac- 

 count was taken from the Berkshire Courier; and thai 



ij'The first report of the Commissioner of Agrie 

 inral Survey, on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, ( 

 bracing Kssex County in particular, we understand 

 in press; and will he issued with all practicable « 

 patch. The Survey of Berkshire, and other incidei 

 matters lehiling to Beet Su;ar, Silk and Wheat, 

 learn is in progress, and will follow with as litl.'e d« 

 as the case adnms of. 



BouNTV ON Bari.f.v ANn Rye. — In the Maine Le 

 lature, last week, the Cominiltec on Agiiciilture « 

 directed to consider and report on the ex|iediency 

 allowing a bounty on barley and rye, allowing ono ■ 

 lar fiir the first twenty bush..ls, and three cenlsfort 

 additional bushel, nut exceeding one hundred — Mt 

 t'urmtr. 



