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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



MAT 3 I^38. 



Iiicl.lv iinpmve.l brc-d of swinn. whu-li have en- 

 ,irelv"fxP'-llf'' t''« lon!,'-nnse.l,l.rist oJt-l.a.-U bre.-fl 

 of ioimer .lavs. He a.l.l.ioe.l likewise in th.r* 

 CB=.' the strong tes^tirnoiiy of one of thi most ex- 

 tensive aii.l entei-|iiisin>; [.ackers of pork an.l beef 

 for Boston market; who st aed to him (Mr P.,) 

 ten vears ago that this single improvement was ol 

 more than one Immlro.l thonsand dolhus benefit to 

 tlie Slate. He spoke a!so of the I'reinmm of 

 $100 "iven by the Society for the first imported 

 Englisl. Hull "in 1818; and $75 for an in.porled 



cow in 1819. 



Mr Prince then expres.«ed very strongly his re- 

 grel at the violent opposition of his frieiul from 

 Braintree (Mr Thayer) to the bill which came 

 from the Senate and was there passed nnani- 

 inonsly, for obtaining stalistieal accoimis of the 

 ngrieult'nral prodncts of the State ; which bill was, 

 in his opinion calculated, after a little pruning, to 

 do much good ; also the opposition from the .same 

 source to a bill establishing a Board of Agrieuhnre 

 to be composeil of nine persons, who should he 

 appointed by the Governor and Council to liold 

 their ofllce for three years ; at an expense to the 

 Suite of not more than five hundred dollars per 

 annum. This board, the friends of the project 

 believed, if compo.'=ed of practical agrienltiiralists 

 with some scientific gim'lemen, and brought from 



AND gardener's JOURNAL. 



in June was alf.gelher uninjured. Tlds was in the 

 tnwn adjoining Barnet, in Vermont, on the Connecticut 

 River. 



Boston, Wednesday, Mav 2, 1838. 



P.EET SUGAR. 



We have f;reat pleasure in announcing to the ngncul- 

 ral public an important discovery, made by a gentleman 

 in this vicinity, in the manufacture nl sugar from Reels. 

 It lias been the result of ten years study and e.^periment. 

 Samples of the sugar made by this process, fim-ly crys- 

 tallised and of as g<.od a quality as the comm.m Havana 

 white sugar, and disinfected as far as we ceuld perceive 

 of any of the earthy taste, which has been so strongly 

 objected lo in beet sugar, we have seen; and we have 

 seen so much of the prncess and such results of the pro- 

 cess as to leave liltle doubts of its surcess. 



The advantages promised by this mode are the fol- 

 lowing ; 



1. It is adapted to obtain from the raw material eight 

 or ten per cent, of sugar— or as much as it cnnli.ins 



2. The raw material is put in a state of preservation 

 so that the sugar can be manufactured at any season of 

 the year, at the convenience of the Farmer. 



3. The process is simple and easily understood. 



4. It requites no expensive machinery, and though 



With some scientific genMe.nen, ana n.ongii ,o, .^.^hinery would facilitate the process 



different parts of the state, would have co lected P ^^^y^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ 



and compiled a vast amount of valuable informa 

 tion for dissemination through the slate which 

 probably never would or couid be obtained by in- 

 dividual exertions. Willi respect to both of these 

 important measures, he trusted, they were laid 

 aside only for a season, and would presently be 

 carried. Then as it respected the subject ol the 

 Agriculltiral Survey he was satisfied that it would 

 not occupy the three years originally contempla- 

 ted ; and if it should be exieiided so long, since 

 the 'resolve limits the annual expenditure to 

 $o,!500, the sum total would not be more than 

 St'sOoV and this if divided would not exceed 

 the sum of one cent to each individual in the 

 state ; a sum loo trifling to be thought of. In 

 conclusion he expressed his hope that the motion 

 for a recommitment would not be carried ; and 

 that the survey would go on as intended. 



Mr 'I'hayer made n few remarks utter this; and 

 the report of the committee was accepted by a large 

 majority. 



•NiTF,. Mr Prince might have stated, that though 

 lliB resolve of the two Houses appropriated 2500 dollars 

 for the annual expenses of ti.e Survey, ihe Council de- 

 termined tlial at least for the first year the expenses 

 sbnuld be restricted to 1800 dollar.^. The travelling ex- 

 penses and other indispensable charges incidental to 

 the Survey will n<a fall short ihis first year of one thou- 

 BUiid dollars; eight hundred dollars thcrefure will not 

 we trust he generally deemed an extravagant eompensa. 

 tion h.r the services of the Commissioner. The whole 

 expense on Mr Prince's calculation is not very likely to 

 break the Coinraonweallli's hack- The time occupied 

 by Ihe speeches of the gentleman from Braintiee on the 

 various subjects of public interest brought befoie the 

 Le-.s'ature, have probably cost the Slate a sum, which 

 would pay twice over for the agricultural, geological 

 and bolanical surveys of the State ihe currcntyear; yet 

 we are happy in saying that we have heard no comphi.nt 

 that the C^mmonweallh have not fully got the worth 

 ol tbHir in.mev. Our only regret is that these speeches 

 h;,ve been like the " flying words " Mfllie Greeks; and 

 that the public are not favored with a permanent record 

 of them. 



can be made to advantage with no other machinery lh:in 

 vfhat is to be found in every flirmer's kitchen. 



5. At present prices of labor and sugar there is reason 

 to believe that every farmer can raise and manufacture 

 his own sugar at a very small expense compared with 

 what the purchase of sugar from the stores now co^ts 



him. 



A patent for this invention and discovery is now in 

 the process of being prorured ; and it is confidently ex- 

 pected that rights to manufiicture will he for sale at such 

 a rate :is to put it in the power of every industrious far- 

 mer to make his own sugar. The gpnlleman, who has 

 applied Ibr the patent, promises that the rights shall be 

 (or sale seasonably this summer. We express the hope 

 therefore tl at the farmers in Massachusetts will be ready 

 to take advantage of it by cultivating largely of the 

 beet. In any event the value of the root for feeding 

 slock will amply repay, if a good crop is obtained, the 

 expenses of cultivation. We understand that sugar 

 beet seed of the best quality is to be obtained at the 

 New England Farmer Office, No. 52 North Maiket 

 street ; and we presume at other seed stores in the 

 city. H. C. 



^pril 30, 1838. 



THE STEAM SHIPS. 

 Since our last we have lo announce the arrival of 

 two Steam Ships from England into New York ; the 

 one after a passage of 17, the other of 15 days This 

 is not the first case in which this voyage has been ef- 

 fected bystcain; an American ship from New York 

 having performed the same magnificent exploit in 1819. 

 This single instance, creditable as it was, however, to 

 the enterprise of those who accomplished it, was not 

 sufficient lo determine public confidence as to the prac- 

 tlc.ibilily and safety of a regular intercourse between 

 America and Europe bv steam navigation. That ques- 

 tion is now settled. The passage vessels are on the 

 line. The Steam Ship with her mighty paddles walks 

 through the surges and across ihe mountain waves of 

 the orean. By her own interna! power she fi.rces lier 

 way through the deep, like one of its native childrcH : 

 dividing the green waters in her path, and hurrying on 

 with the san^e mighly intonations. She d.stances the 

 canvass-spread ships, though flying on the wings of 

 the wind. She marches onward, waving in triumph 

 lier curling standard of cloud by day ; and hoisting her 

 broad pennon of sparkling fire by night. She moves 

 continents into near vicinity with each other. Many 

 cities of this great republic bordering on the shores of the 

 Atlantic, are now nearer lo London and Paris than 

 they are to their own children on our western frontier. 

 We shall have the papers of London on our tables wet 

 from the press ; and on the approaching festival of the 

 coronation < f the Virgin Queen, we may almost fancy 

 that we hear the trumpets of the herald proclaiming a 

 sovereign, at whose fed a mighly empire are pouring 

 out their homage; and see the glittering of the jewels 

 as she waves her diamond sceptre over the breathless 

 multitudes. Bringing us thus nearer to each ( iher, may 

 ibis shortening of the distance strenglhen th ■ chain of 

 frir-ndship; and this beautiful and magnificent triumph j 

 of liuinan courage and art prove the h.irbinger of mu- , 

 tual kindness; and serve as a new offering on the altar j 

 of universal and p.-rpetual peace. ' 



SOWING OF WHEAT. 



We learn with great pleasure from the several seed 

 stores, that a very large amount of seed wheat has been 

 disposed ol this spring ; and that there will be a ciowd 

 of competitors for the premiums ofTen d fjy the Com- 

 monwealth. There is one satisfaction in respect to 

 these bounties, that they will equal in number those 

 who deserve lliem ; that the success of one man cannot 

 prejudice that of another ; and that there is no such 

 thin" as jostling each other from the course. As experi- 

 ments will have been made of rnrbj sowing, it is hoped 

 likewise they will be made of laU sowing; even so late 

 as the last of May or the first of June. We remind the 

 farmers of a fact, occurring within our own observation, 

 where wheat sown as late as the 25th of May, in a 

 neighborhood mueh infected by the grain worm, in a 

 considerable measure escaped his attacks ; and on the 

 same farm, in the same year, wheat sown the first week 



STEAM AND RAILROAD VOYAGES. 



Some years since, when the Turnpike between Bos- 

 ton and Bingham, which shortened the dislance nearly 

 five miles, was about being made, a girl inquired ol her 

 mistress whether after the road should lie finished they 

 would not be able lo hear the Boston bells ring. Under 

 the new system of steam navigation, why may we not 

 hear the ringing of Bow bell. 



It would seem as though nothing would satisfy hu 

 man ambition but to travel with the speed of the pas 

 seno-cr pigeon, who eats his dinner in ihe fields ol 

 South Carolina and is killed in New England with thf 

 undigested rice in his crop. 



The subjoined article on Teasles from the Silk Growi 

 er and Agriculturist, we publish merely to excite in 

 qiiiry. We do not pretend to endorse its statement) 

 They are all exaggerated. The Teasles are often da 

 stroyed by the severity of the winter. It costs a goo 

 deal more to cultivate them than to cultivate India 

 coin. The price is very capricious; and they have o 

 ten been made matter of extravagant speculation. Afl( 

 all they are a highly valuable crop ; and to a certain ei 

 lent may be eullivaled to great advantage. The Germs 



