VOL. XV. XO. :i4r. 



AND GAUDENER'S JOURNA L 



Southern fvood, .Iriemisia abrotitnum, wliirh he wishoii 

 ;o remove, he transplanted some round one of his apolo 

 irees c|Uile near to the trunk ; he very soon discovered 

 :hat the borers liad reased their depredations, wiiich in- 

 duced hiin lo adopt the same mode with liis other trees 

 ind ilie sa.ne result was produced— f/ic extirpation of 

 he borers— he lets the Southern rejnain ; last year his 

 ;rees proiluced very ahunduntly. I would merely sujr. 

 ;est whether Wormwood, Artemisia absinthum would 

 lot he equally etTieacious— would they not be worth the 

 rial to Quince, Pencil trees, Ac. 



ICa plant of easy culture should be discovered which 

 Ihould have the eflect of keeping off Canker worms, 

 ^urculio,&c would it not be very desirable ? it is hard- 

 y to be hoped ; it is possible that the above communi- 

 lalion may be the means of turning attention tothesub- 

 Ect, and with this view 1 submit it to your disposal. 



Be pleased to accept of the assurances of the sincere 

 egard of your humble servant. 



E. M. RICHARDS, 

 ro the Hon. E. Vose, Pres. of the Mass. Hort. Society. 



The Society then adjourned tor two weeks or until 

 be 17ili inst. 



279 



The subscriber desires to inform his friends and the public 

 that he has been in in the Bone bii.'^iness more tlian ten years 

 and has spent much tijne and money to ascertain how bones 

 may be converted to the best use, and is fnl'y .satisfied that 

 I hey form the most powerful stimulant that can be anplieil to 

 the earth as a manine. He olfeis for sale j^ronnd bone at a 

 low price and i.f ready lo receive oiders to any amount, 

 which will be promptly attendeil to. 



'"Orders may be left at my manufactory near Tiemont road, 

 floxbury, oi- at the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 and Seed Store, No. 51 and 52 North Market Street. 



J""- 3J- NAHUM W ARD 



HOWARD'S PLOUGHS 



Constantly r«r sale a the Ne v England AeriruUiiral Ware 

 House 11 IS hardly necessaiy to repeat thai these p]ou"hs are 

 considered by our practical farmers to be the best plouKhs 

 now m use. and continue lo stand No. 1 at the ISriihton Fair 



Nov. 1,1837. JOSEPH B RECK & CO. ' 



THER.MO.VIETRICAE.. 



Repnned (or the New Eniilami Farmer. 

 Range of tile Thermometer at the Garden of the proprietors 

 'the New England Farmer, Brighton, Mass. in a shaded 

 orlherly exposure, week ending March 6. 



March, 1838. | 7 A. M. | 12, M.' | 5, P.M. | Wind. 



londay, 



'liesday, 



i^ednesday, 



'hursday, 



'riday, 



aturday, 



iinday, 



26 

 27 

 28 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



N. E. 



E. 



FARM FOR SALE. 



The subscriber offers for sale one of the best farms pleas- 

 antly situated in the centre of Lancaster, containin» ninclv 

 four acres of improved land, ihirtv five of which «i°intervil 

 on the Nashua river, having more than 100 Shagbark Walnuts 

 on the same. Tlie house is large and well finished, having a 

 piazza m front. On the premises are two barns; one, 56 feet 

 long, with a cellar fur manure, the other 42 feet, with a large 

 shed, carpenter's shop, and other out buildings. On the 

 place IS a thrifty orchard wich produced the last season over 

 lOf) barrels of apples. There is also a good assortment of 

 pears, plums, &c. For terms apply to Joseph Breck & Co 

 No. 52 North Market Street, Boston. 



T o ,„„„ ARTEMAS BARNES. 



Lancaster, .Tan. 3, 1S3S. 



PRICES OF C O U N r R y I' R O J) U C I : 



COBUECTEO WITH CPEAT CARE, WEKKLV. 



OIL MEAL. 



PRICEREDUCED. 



The price of the above is now reduced to Twentyfive dol- 

 ■s at liie mill, in Medford, and Twenty eight dollars per ton 

 livered in Boston. Apply at 



No. 10, Uranite Stores, Commercial Wharf. 

 Feb. 27, 1838. lin. 



CHINESE MITLBERRY SEEn. 



Wc have 'just reeeivrd a case <.f Chinese Mulberry Seed 

 direct from Canton, that was s.aved by an experienced hand 

 from the most approved varieties, which we olfer for sale 

 very low by the ounce or pound. As the vitalitv of this seed 

 h.asbeen tested byan experienced horticultuialist in thisvicini- 

 ty. we can rerommend it with confidence to our customers. 

 As a proof ol its goodness we have at our office some of the 

 plants in pots which have been raised this winter from this 

 ^<""-'- JOSEPH BRIiCK & CO. 



DAIRY WOMA.Ti V* ANTED. 



Wanted a Dairy woman, who understands all work neces- 

 •y in the Dairy, in the family of a gentleman in the vicinity 

 Boston. Apply to JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 

 March 7. No. 52 North Market Street. 



WANTED 



To take charge of a small Farm, a single man of skill, 

 lustry and good habits. To a suitable man tli^place will 

 an excellent one. Apply immediately a' the N. E. Farmer 

 Bee. March. 6. 



^VAIVTS A SITUATlOai, 



la-gardener, a steady, active, young man, who acted ii 

 leof the most respectable places in England. The adver 

 :r, from his early days, had every advantage of aci|uirini 

 :iontilic knowledge of his business, under the tuition o'f 



ablest g-ardeners of the day, coupled with extensive prac- 

 B. The advertiser is ai^quainted with grape wrowing, pine 

 lie culture, arboriculture, framing, flowers, with the man- 



of propagating them, &c. &c. 

 les multis naturje sunt incognitie 

 I'he advertiser can be well recommended. Aiiv orders 



at the olhce of the N. E. Farmer, for Cuslos Horti, will be 

 lectfullv attended to. 



TO NURSERY MEN AND OTHERS. 



Thesiibs.-riber at the Pomological Garden, Salem, Bla-^ 

 offers to furnish Scions of Apples, Pears, Plums and Cherries 

 they will be taken from Specimen Trees, which have produced 

 fruit in the Garden, and have proved correct. 



Also Scions of an extensive collection of new European 

 Pears of the highest reputation, but which have not vet been 

 proved in this country. ROBERT MANNING 



.Salem, Feb. 5, 1838, 



FARM. 



'or sale, a small farm, pleasantly situated within five miles 

 Boston, containing from 30 lo 40 acres of excellent land, 

 » good house, barn, stable and outhouses, wi;h a great va- 

 y of frail trees. For further particulars inquire of C. 

 His, at the New England Agricultural- Warehouse, 

 loston, Feb. 21, 1837, 



Hale's Horse Power and Threshing Machine. 



For sale at the New England Agricultural Warehouse and 

 Seed Store: the above machines were highly recommended Iw 

 the committees at the late fair, an,l by others who have used 

 them for the i..st two or three years. 

 JOSEPH BRKCK &. CO. 



SAGE AND Sdl ASH PEPPER SEED. 



Cash .and a liberal pric: will be paid for Sage and Squash 

 Pepper Seed at the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 and treed Store. 



APPI.KS. 



IIkans, vrliite, .... 

 liEEK. iness. 



No. i. , . 



' prime, 

 llfcKsw AX, ( Amcrici n) 

 Chi. KSE, new milk . 

 FhATHEKS, northern, geeje, 

 southern, geese, 

 Fi.AX, American, 

 Fi.sH.Cod. . , 



(• I.oi-ii .(i-iirsep. . in-sli' 



Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Baltimore, wharf, 

 Alexandria, 



Kyc. • • . . ' 

 Meal, Indian, in hogsheads, 



" " barrels, . 

 Gkai.v, Com, norliiern yellow 



southern fiat yellow 

 while. 

 Rye. northern. 

 Barley, . . 



Oats, northern,', (prime) 

 Hay, best English, per ton of 2000 lbs 



Eastern screwed, 

 !''"•■*;'. • - Cuba 

 Hops, 1st quality 



2d quality . 

 Lakd, Boston, Isl sort, . 



soi.li.ern, 1st sort. 

 Leather, Philadelphia city tannao 

 do country oo 



BaUimore e«y ^„ 



do. dry hide 

 New Vork red, light. 

 Bo.ston do. slaughter 

 do. dry hide, ' 



I.ime. best sort, 

 .VIackekei. .No l.nevi- 

 Clasteh Paris, per ton of 2200 ibs. 

 I'ork. Mass. Inspect, extia clear 

 clerr from oiher States ' " 

 Mess, 

 SEinis, Hero's Grass, 

 Red Top, 

 Hemp, 



Red Clover, norlherr. 

 Southern Clover 

 Ta 1.1. ow, tried, ■ .' I ' 

 Tkazlks. 1st sort. 

 Wool, prime, or Saxony Fleeces ' 

 American, full blood, washed 

 do. 3-4lbs do ' 



do. 1-2 ,,„■ 



do. 1-4 and common 



e . r fulled superfine, 

 S— I No. 1. 

 -^ :S -^ No 2. 



barrel 

 bushel 

 oiirrel 



tiunnd 



quintal 

 ba; -el 



builud 



* RUM 



ii on 



1 12 

 14 00 



12 Ou 

 '.J .50 



gallon 

 pound 



cask 

 barrel 



cask 

 barrel 



bushel 



pound 



lb. 

 pr. M. 

 ■pound 



^ i I No 3. 



3- 



9 



3 25 



3 37 

 S 2.S 

 8 00 

 S 13 

 5 00 



4 62 



74 

 71 



85 



50 I 



20 00 



16 00 



40 



5 



3 



S 



7 



28 



24 



23 



20 



20 



20 



2il 



90 



10 50 



3 25 



20 00 



18 00 



16 00 



% 75 



87 



2 50 

 13 

 12 

 12 



3 00 

 50 

 45 

 41 

 38 

 33 



42 

 37 

 28 



3 00 



I 26 



14 50 



12 25 

 9 75 

 31 

 



45 

 12 



3 37 



8 58 

 8 37 

 8 2S 

 8 25 

 5 50 



4 75 



76 



74 



1 10 



90 

 53 



18 00 



45 



6 



4 



9 



8 



29 



25 



26 



21 



21 



21 



21 



1 00 



10 75 



3 50 



21 00 



20 Of, 



15 50 



3 00 



1 00 



2 75. 



13 

 13 



3 50 

 55 

 47 

 43 

 40 

 38 



4S 

 40 

 30 



UOOK OF *RUITS, BY MR MANNING 



a press and will he issued early in April, by Ives and Jew- 

 Booksellers, Salem, Mass ; The Book of Fruits, with 

 es ; being a Descriptive Catalogue of the most valuable 

 ieties of the Pear, Apple, Peach, Plum and Cherry, for 

 > Engl.ind culture, by Robert Manning, to which is added, 

 ! Gooseberry, Currant, Raspberry, and the Grapes, with 

 r randes of culture, &c. 

 Iso, Hardy, Ornamental Trees, and Shrubs, 

 eb. 7, 1837. 



BSPENDING HIVES OF BEES FOR SALE. 



Dur suspending hives of bees are offered for sale, three of 

 1 are swarms of last year. Inquire at this olBce. 

 eb. 21, 1837. 



WINNOWING MILL.. 



Just received at Ihe New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 and Seed Store, Nos. 51 & 52 North Market Street, Boston 

 Holmes's Winnowing Machine. This article was highly re- 

 commended by the committee at the late Fair. ° 



Likewise Springer's Patent Winnowing Machine a very 

 neat and convenient mill. ' ^ 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



CATALOGUE 



of Forest Seeds and Trees, furnis/ied by miliam Majin, 



Bangor, HTc. 



White Pine, Black spruce. Hemlock spruce, silver Fir 



White Oak, Red Oak, White Birch, Yellow Birch, While 



Beech, Red Beech, White Maple, Red Flowering Maple 



sugar Maple, Arbor Vita;, American Larch, Hornbeam' 



White Ash, Black Ash, Jlountain Ash, Elm, Basswood' 



Common Elder. ' 



Customary prices are charged for boxes, carting, &c 



Orders may be addressed to WM M ANN, Bangor, Maine 



or to Joseph Breck & Co. New England At^ricultural' 



Warehouse and Seed Store, 51 and 52 North Mark'et Street ' 



CLOVER SEED. 



Justr-ceived at the NewEngland Agricultural Warehou* 

 and Seed Store, 10 tons prime Northkbji Cloter. 



i'ROVISlON MARKET 



Sl-TAIL PRICES. 



Hams, northern. 



southern, and wf-tera, 

 I'ork, whole hogs, 



F'OULTUV, 

 BuTTKIl,(tub) . 



lunijt 

 Eons, 



PwTATOKS, 



("iriHR. 



BRIGHTON MARKET.-MoNDAT, March 5, 1838. 

 Kpiiorted rorlli.e.Sew England Farmer. 



At Market 300 Beef Cattle, 550 Sheep, and 1050 

 Sw.me. 



Prices.— Bfff Caftte.— We quote to correspond with 

 laat week, viz. Extra, $6 00 a 6 50 —First quality 

 f (i 50 a $7 OO-Second quality $6 00 a $6 50.— Third 

 quality 5 00 a 5 75. 



Sheep.— A lot of ordinary at $1 75- better qualities, 

 $3 00,^3 75, $4 00 and 5 25. 



Sicine. — No lots were sold to peddle an^ very few 

 were retailed, but a sufEcient number to establish prices. 



