NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



I'UIil.lSHED 11Y GEO. C. BARRETT, NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agricultural Warehouse.)— T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



VOL. XII. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1834. 



NO. 25. 



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Persons wishing to purchase, bj examining this machine critically, and using it according to 

 the directions accompanying each Mill, will find that it possesses many important advantages, 

 over any other mill heretofore invented ; among which are, that the grinding parts, or parts which 

 necessarily get painted, can, in less than a quarter of a minute, be taken entirely from the frame 

 and thrown into water, which, (this last Improvement,) supersedes the necessity of cleaning, 

 except for a change of colors. And also, this Mill is always kept in any order the user wishes, 

 by filing, which is a very important advantare over any other mill heretofore invented. 



' Purchasers will please recollect that th(y are generally finished in order for common painting, 

 and using will wear them fit for the finest wcrk. 



One of these machines has been exhibittd at the late Annual Fair of the American Institute, 

 of the city of New- York, and obtained th( First Premium for its superiority in construction. — 

 Certificates to the following effect were prodiced, (all from persons who have used other mills, and 

 thrown them aside to give place for the kild here offered) : That its durability and simplicity in 

 its construction — the unparalleled quantity which it grinds to each revolution — the ease with which 

 it is taken apart and cleaned for different colors, and the small quantity wasted in grinding fine 

 colors ; together with several other importan advantages over any other mill which the undersigned 

 has seen, entitle it to the approbation and mcouragement of coming into general use, signed by 

 Messrs. Kelly & Curry, J. T. Moore, jr P. S. Carpenter, D. O. Macomber, Luke Torboss, 

 and J. B. Elmendorf, New- York ; G. H./ll, Brooklyn ; Prescott & Perry, Troy ; Ward &. 

 Ross, Schenectady ; Edgerton &. Annate, Little Falls, and W. &. G. F. Wicker, Utica. An- 

 other signed by Wm. Hanley and G. W. Barris, certifying that they have seen one of them grind 

 150 lb. of White Lead in 45 minutes. Aiother signed by E. Trask, H. H. Holmes, R. Mont- 

 gomery, certifying that they have seen oneof them grind 50 lb. of white lead, by hand, in 15 min- 

 utes, the diameter of which is no more thu 1\ inches. 



The Subscriber will now warrant hi; mills to grind as above asserted, on special contracts. 

 Many other certificates, from an equally respectable source, might be presented, but these are 

 deemed abundant for this place. 



These mills are as well calculated fa water as oil colors. — Price single, $18. A liberal dis- 

 count made to purchasers by the dozen. Purchasers will please leave their name and place of 

 residence with those of whom they purchise. 



(jy All communications addressed t] the Agent, will be punctually attended to. 



CHINESE MULBERRY. 



If the following article is correct, and we know 

 nothing to the contrary, it is highly important that 

 those who are concerned or feel an interest in the 

 American manufacture of silk should be apprised 

 of the facts it contains. It is, likewise, an import- 

 ant question whether the JMorus Multicaulis will 

 endure the severity of the winter in the northern 

 States. 



In an article, written by Judge Buel, and 

 published in the New Englaud Farmer, Nov. 2, 

 1831, vol. x, p. 121, it is stated as follows: 



" We had two plants of the Chiuesejfcjlberry 

 in our nursery last season, one budded JtW'otln r 

 on its natural roots. They both grew vigorously, 

 and both were killed by the severity of the winter, 

 root and branch. I mention this fact as suggest- 

 ing a doubt, whether this desirable plant will en- 

 dure our winters. I would like to learn how it 

 has fared in your neighborhood, during the last 

 winter." 



We hope some gentleman acquainted with the 

 subject will give us the information sought for. — 

 Ed. N. E. Farmer. 



From the American Farmer. 



Morus Multicaclis, (.Yew Chinese Mulberry). 

 — This variety of mulberry continues to attract the 

 attention of foreign silk cultivators, and must soon 

 exclude all other varieties from use. As we are 

 gradually becoming a silk producing people, it is 

 ° r the -utmost importance that our mulberry or- 

 chards should he commenced with the best varieties, 

 because it will cost no more to plant an orchard 

 with the best, than it will to set out the very worst. 

 But it is quite another thing, after all the expense 

 of money and time has been incurred in planting 

 the white mulberry, to he obliged to dig them ;;!! 

 upand replace them with the one which shall then 

 be found indispensable to profit. That this will he 

 the case with all who are now planting any of the 

 old varieties, we have no doubt ; for the Morns 

 Multicaulis is so much better adapted to the feed- 

 ing of silkworms, and those who possess it will be 

 able to make silk so much cheaper than those who 

 use any other kind, that they will be able to mo- 

 nopolize the market — or at least compel those who 

 use the latter to sell silk at a loss and thereby cout- 

 pel them to adopt the new kind or quit the busi- 

 ness. Our readers may he assured of the sincerity 

 of these remarks, and we entreat them not only for 

 their own sakes, but for the sake of the cause of 

 American silk culture itself, to give them due at- 

 tention. Europe, with its cheap labor and the 

 assistance of this new variety of mulberry, will 

 he able to undersell us, and thereby contend suc- 

 cessfully with our more favored climate and more 

 intelligent and skilful people. To enable us there- 

 fore, to meet her in the market upon, at least, equal 

 terms, we must avail of all the means in our 

 power ; and at this time the Morns Multicaulis is 

 the most important, and should not he neglected. 

 In the end, it is the cheapest variety for an or- 

 chard, because its extreme facility of propagation 

 renders it capable of being multiplied ten-fold at 

 least every year. Its rapid growth is another high 

 recommendation. The writer of this has gathered 

 ripe fruit from a tree only thirteen months old, and 

 has at this time a tree growing from seed ripened 



