NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



PUBLISHED BY GEO. C. BARRETT, NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agricultural Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



VOL. XII. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1833. 



NO. 22. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



MISTAKE IN PRINTING. 



We are much obliged by the following commu- 

 nication, as we are particularly solicitous to render 

 our paper correct as well as useful, ''•sides, an 

 error in the piece referred to below, isl the more 

 to be regretted on account of the merit of the arti- 

 cle in which it appears, a performance of first rate 

 excellence. 



For the New Engl, id farmer. 

 Mr. Editor, The error of another pivss was 

 copied into your paper of Nov. 27, in the first col- 

 umn, third page — For 



" Fear God and work," 

 Read 



" Fear God and love work." 



Let the old Germans of Pennsylvania luvc due 

 credit for one of the most useful lessons ever in- 

 culcated upon youth. That is the grand lesson 

 that has made that State beautiful, and her people 

 eminently prosperous and happy. 



Fear God and fear work ! The error would 

 make it read so. There are loo many in our land 

 of tight clothes, stays and corsets, and delicate 

 hands and enervating effeminacy, who ike the 

 error better than the amendment. In sbth they 

 lose 



" The free habitual vigor of the soul " 



Hiagham, Dec. 5, 1S33. A Ruder. 



From the Genesee tanner. 

 THE WHEAT FI.Y. 



We left it to be inferred, in our comments upon 

 the communication of Mr. Gorrie, on this subjeet, 

 that late fall sown grain would probably escape the 

 ravages of this insect. We have now reason to 

 doubt the correctness of this inference. In con- 

 versing with a very intelligent Scotch farmer, 

 whom Mr. Loudon has classed among the first of 

 his country, we learn, that most of the wheat in 

 Lower Canada, which is almost exclusively spring 

 sown, has suffered severely from the fly. Our ii- 

 formant states, that he has been familiar with tlus 

 fly, and carefully noted its habits, for many years; 

 that sometimes the early sown, and sometimes the 

 late sown, is most injured ; that the fly which pro- 

 duces the maggot abides but a short time; and 

 that unless the wheat head is then recently devel- 

 oped, or is bursting the sheath, it escapes injury. 

 He thinks nothing will destroy the insect which 

 will not injure the grain. We asked him if he 

 had tried lime ? He replied, no. Without being 

 confident of its efficacy, we yet indulge the hope, 

 that lime may be found beneficial, when applied 

 to the standing crop, in the manner we have be- 



B. 



From the Farmer's Assistant. 

 PAINTING OP BUINDINGS, &.C. 



For painting the roofs of buildings, Mr. Patter- 

 son, of New Jersey, has, some years since, given 

 the following directions, which have been highly 

 approved, as the best composition known for pre- 

 serving the roofs of houses ; as it is found, that it 

 hardens by time, and is an eS'ectual preventive 



against the roof taking lire from the sparks of the 

 chimney. 



" Take three parts of air-slacked lime, two of 

 wood-ashes, and one of fine sand ; sift these 

 through a fine sieve, and add as much linseed oil 

 as will bring it to a consistence for working it with 

 a Painter's brush. Great care must be taken to 

 mix it perfectly. 



We believe grinding it as a paint would be an 

 improvement. Two coats are necessary; the first 

 rather thin ; the second as thick as can be con- 

 veniently worked. 



Painting of wooden buildings, of every kind, is 

 not only ornamental, but the owner is well repaid 

 for this extra expense, by the greater durability 

 which the paint gives to them. The wooden fen- 

 ces also, which are intended to be ornamental, 

 round, and near buildings, should never be desti- 

 tute of a good coat of paint. 



TAR PROM PIT COAL, 



— A Cheap Substitute, for Paint, for the Roofs of 



Houses. [From the Farmers' Register.] 



I applied to a painter in Richmond last sum- 

 mer to furnish me a bill of paints, eve for a small 

 building then erecting, who advised me to use 

 what he called coal pit tar, for the roof, instead of 

 paint. I have followed his advice, and am very 

 much pleased with the result. The color pro- 

 duced from the tar is a beautiful glossy dark slate. 

 Time only can determine whether it will be last- 

 ing; but I see no reason to doubt it. The tar is 

 obtained from the pit coal in its process of distilla- 

 tion for the production of gas. It cost me in Rich- 

 mond $5 50 per barrel of 33 gallons. In Balti- 

 more, where it is manufactured, the cost would 

 be much less. F. II. 



Frederickshall, Louisa, Sept. 20, 1833. 



STEAM CARRIAGES. 



We understand from a gentleman who has just 

 passed over the Camden and Amboy Rail Road, 

 that by a very simple contrivance, adopteil since 

 the recent accident, the recurrence of a similar 

 event need not be apprehended, as in case of 

 breaking an axle, or even a wheel, the car will be 

 sustained.and the progress of the train he uninter- 

 rupted. It is by experience only, that we are taught 

 to guard against the accidents to which we are li- 

 able in life, and it is the part of wisdom to provide 

 against those accidents, and we are the more safe 

 in reality, on the discovery of a weak point, if we 

 Can but apply a remedy. 



The application of a preventive in this case 

 will very probably receive the notice of scientific 

 mechanics, and be better explained than by our- 

 selves. We are happy to learn, also, that the 

 troublesome annoyance arising from the sparks 

 and cinders is entirely removed on this road, as 

 well as on the New Castle road, although by a dif- 

 ferent contrivance. — jV. F. Dai. Adv. 



abundant. The forthcoming work of Lieut Bad- 

 dely, whose knowledge as a Geologist and Miner- 

 alogist is well known, will, we trust, excite a taste 

 for a study, which, in relation to the wants of the 

 Canadas, stands second to none in point of utility. 



A Copper .Mine Discovered 1 '! — A valuable cop- 

 per mine has been discovered at Leith ! — the neio 

 Town, which is beside Ke;npenfetdt Bay, Lake 

 Simcoe. The ore has been analyzed by medical 

 gentlemen of York ; and their experiments find 

 eighty per cent, of metal!!! Before this treasure 

 was found, one hundred and fifty-four lots were 



sold ; owing to the convenient, healthy, and 



splendid situation, Leith must have become the 

 county town, but frotn this discovery there can be 

 no accurate calculation made of the immensity to 

 which that city shall, in a very few years, arrive ! ! ! 

 *- — Montreal Weekly Abstract. 



CANADIAN MINE. 



The following very important piece of informa- 

 tion appeared in the shape of an advertisement, in 

 the Christian Guardian of Wednesday week. The 

 mineral riches of the two Provinces are hut little 

 known, yet there is reason to believe they are 



From the American Farmer. 

 GREAT CORN RACE 



— For One Thousand Dollars, over the Talbot and 

 Dorchester course, in 1S34. 



This is the sort of sport we like — it is really to 

 our taste. In such contests some o.ne may win 

 the prize, but we are confident that, unlike betters 

 on horse races, the losers will all be gainers in the 

 long run. Speed and bottom, say we, to all the 

 competitors, and may they be rewarded for their 

 singular choice in amusements, as was Midas, of 

 old, for his preference in the musical contests of a 

 brace of windy gods — may they each acquire not 

 merely a pair, but a multitude of long ears. By 

 tic way we hope as the Cambridge Chronicle 

 sug ests, that it shall be made a condition of the 

 race, that each competitor furnish a statement of 

 his method of cultivation, variety of seed used, &c. 

 &c. for the benefit of the public. 

 0;ie Thousand Dollars ! — Agricultural Sweepstake, 

 for Talbot and Dorchester Counties. 



A sweepstake proposed to the Agriculturists of 

 Talbot and Dorchester counties, on one continu- 

 ous acre, " a parallelogram," of " Indian corn," 

 shelled, to be grown the ensuing season. 



Measurement of land, and corn shelled, to be 

 attested on oath. Twenty dollars entrance money 

 to he paid by each competitor, on or before the 

 first day of March, into the hands of one of the 

 editors of the Easton or Cambridge newspapers, of 

 which due notice shall be given, on or before said 

 day, to Martin Goldsborough of Talbot, or Joseph 

 E. Muse of Dorchester. 



The stake entered shall not he withdrawn unless 

 six shall not have entered, by the said first day of 

 .March, in which case all shall be void — nor shall 

 the number exceed fifty. 



Frotn the Farmer's .Assistant. 

 BURNT CLAY, 



Tins is a good manure for clay and other heavy 

 soils. In ' The Complete Grazier,' it is also recom- 

 mended for light soils. The method of preparing 

 it is as follows : 



hi the first place, dig your clay in spits of the 

 size of bricks, and let them be well dried in the 

 sun. Take small billets of wood, or faggots of 

 brush, and pile them up in the form of a sugar- 



