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NEW ENlU.AIND FARMEil, 



S.'Dt. 21, 1831. 



Ni:\V BEANS, 



Atrioiig tlje new vegetnbles now under cultiva- 

 tion in tliH ganleii of the editor of the Aiiienciin 

 Fanner, tlieie are two vaiieties of liunns well 

 worthy of beini; introduced inco every kitchen gar- 

 den. — One variety, whicli we at present call the 

 Ycllott ^'ispai-agus i?ea?i, has a large ilcshy pod 

 from 6 to 9 inches in length, very tender and rich. 

 It is a pole bean, excellent hearer and nearly as early 

 BStlie comn)on Imt^h bean. The other is the Lon- 

 don Horticnhnral Bean — resemhlingvery closely in 

 flavor the pole cranberry bean, bnt a nincli better 

 bearer in this climate, and as early as the yellott 

 bean. These two varieties are decidcly superior 

 to any we have heretofore cultivated, both for 

 productiveness and quality. They are both much 

 the best when the pods and beans are full grown, 

 especially the Yellott, which we prefer when the 

 pods begin tu assume a yellow tinge. 



There is an objection generally nrgej against 

 pole beans, on account of the trouble of providing 

 jioles ; but when it is considered that a ilozen hills 

 of pole beans will produce more than fi^r dozen 

 hills of dwarf or bush beans, and that one set ot 

 poles will last several year.s if taken care of, we 

 think this objection will be found to be groundless. 

 Pole beans are decidedly (ireferable to bush beans 

 when there is a scarcity of ground. — American 

 Farmer. 



HORSES SL0I5BKRING. 



At this season of the year, when the wenllu-r is 

 warm and the earth moist, horses feeding in pasture 

 are ofien salivated to that extent that it renders it 

 very disagreeable hf^ing near them, and inateail of 

 gaining flesh they lose it very fast. — The cause of 

 this salivation lias been ascribed to their eating a 

 I)lant which grows in uioist ground, called lobelia. 

 We conclude this is not tlie cause of this cumplaint, 

 as we do not know of any animals bnt 7uar/;s who 

 are fond of it. If this wa.s the true cans.; of it, why 

 do not horses slobber in dry cool weather, wh(U) the 

 glasses are not growing as rapidly, or even in damp 

 weather, whcu feeiling in pastures newly stockeil 

 down with timothy grass. If a horse, which is 

 troubled with this complaint, is turned into su'-l 

 pasturage, the complaint is >ooii stopped. Th 

 salivation is undoubli^dly t)rnducedby eating whit 

 clover whcu it is very full of juice ; and changing 

 the food is the projier preventive. A baiting ol 

 hay or oais in couunon cases will answer, or in ex 

 trenie ones change the pasture as uientioucd before 

 and it will soon cease. 



[It is said that a baiting of /jars/e;/ is a certain 

 remedy, and that if this plant is cultivated along the 

 fences the aiunuds will of themselves take a sufii- 

 cieut quantity to act as a preventive — all •irazing 

 animals being very fond of it. — Ed. Amtr. Far. 



It is Seldom that toast and water is propeilv 

 made, and we therefore think it proper to fiunisii 

 our readers with the following recipe : 



Take a slice of fine and stale loaf of bread, cut 

 very thin, (as thin as toast is ever cut) and let it be 

 carefully toasted on both sides, until it be completeb/ 

 hroivned all over, but nowise blackened or burned 

 in any way ; put this into a common deep stone or 

 china jug, and pour over it, from the tea-kettle, as 

 much clear boiling water as you wish to make into 

 Iriuk. Much depends on the water being actually 

 n a boiling state. Cover the pitcher with a sau- 

 ■er or plate, and let the drink become cpdte cold. 

 It is then fit to he used ; the fresher made tlie bet- 

 ter, and of course, the more agreeable. 



In dyspepsy and a disordered state of the bowels, 

 toast and water ought to be the habitual <irink. 



TOAST AND WATER. 

 Ai\ infusion of toasted bread in water is one of 

 the most salutary drinks that can be tid^eu by the 

 sick and valetudinary. Dr Ilancojk gives his ex- 

 perience in its favor as follows: He cut a largo 

 thin slice of bread, toasted it carefully and thorough- 

 ly, without lim-uing ; put it, hot from the fire, iii a 

 pint of cold water; allowed it to stand a while, and 

 then set it on the fire till it was as hot as tea is 

 Hsualy drunk. He found that five or six cups of 

 this water, with or without sugar, were more re- 

 freshing, and sooner took off any fatigue or uneasi- 

 ness, tb;iu any strong wine, strong ale, sinajl be«r, 

 warmed cotTco or tea, (for be had tried them all, 

 or any othci- liquor that he knew of. 



PICKLES. 

 This is the season of the year for [uckliug ; we 

 wo'ild recommend the following as the most ap- 

 proved method of preserving cucumbers for this 

 use. After gatheriiig your cucumbers, place them 

 in a suitable vessel, and pour over them a strong 

 brine in sufficient quantity to cover them. Let them 

 remain in this until wanted, when they shouhl be 

 put into w-ater and allowed to remain twentyfour 

 liours. Pour ofl" this water and cover them with 

 water boiling hot, ujid allow them to stand a couide 

 of hour.s, after which, the same process should 

 be repeated, and if tlie color slioukl nit lie as 

 green as wished, repeat it a second time, when 

 they will be foimd hard and green. Let them be 

 put in vinegar with pepper according to taste. — 

 W'hi.'n cucumbers are prepared as above, they 

 will keep through the season. Rome practise let- 

 ting cucmnbers into spirits and jwater to muli;rgo 

 the acetous fennciualions ; tliese never make 

 pleasant pickles. Cucundu;rsmay be kept in stioug 

 i)riue for any length of time, and by so doing, a 

 small quantity can be freshened at a time, and the 

 quaiuitv of vinegar rcqiiireil will be less than 

 whcu a barrel is prejiaiud at onci-. — Gciiesi:e 

 Farmer. 



Fri.ni U.(> New York Farmer. 



rilE OPINION OF JUDGE PETERS ON 

 CHEAT OR CHESS. 



The late Judge Peters, President of //le Phil- 

 adelphia Society for promoting Agriculture, one of 

 the most enligliteneil farmers of the age, gave his 

 opinion of ciieat (chess) as follows: 



' 1 do not beliiivc in the trausnmtation of grain 

 from one kind to another, more than I credit the 

 transmutation of metals ; crossings and hybridous 

 mixtures are to be accounted for, but </ici/ proceed 

 I'rom intercourse of perfect plants. Cheat often 

 succeeds, or rather takes the |)lace of, destroyed 

 or abortive wheat. Why ? I do not pretend to 

 assign the cause.' 



[The cause is readily assigned. The fields of 

 the careless farmers, are well seeded with this 

 grass, waiting for an opportunity to spring up ; and 

 no spot suits it better than a rich or moist vacancy 

 in a wheat field.] 



' I have known cheat sown, produce cheat ; but 

 never changed its kiud on frequent repetitions. 

 Plants degenerate by bad, and meliorate by good 

 culture ; but do .not change their kind. Wheat 

 is originally a mean grameu ; yet it is wheat and 

 not cheat. I have never seen any scientific or bo- 

 tanical description of cheat, so as to induce me to 

 i believe it a degenerated wheat, or any variety of 



the Triticum. Botanists nuisi determine this ques- 

 tion.' [Memoirs of the Piiilailelphia Society, &c, 

 vol. 4 p. 316.] 



Botanists,- — the oin'i/ persons kv'io hare cxamvied 

 tliis subject with stijieien care to le qualified to give 

 an opinion, — have long since dcti-rmined thai wheat 

 and chess are of different genera ; and that the 

 notion of a transmutation of* the fornur to the I 

 Vm^hx, is a vulgar error, fraught with pernicious . 

 consequences to the farmer. D. T. | 



ON FEEDING HOGS. 

 Our good farmers find the month of September 

 to be a very important one in regard to feeding 

 their hogs. Those who wish to be economical in 

 feeding, should begin eaily. Every farmer who 

 is fattening hogs should have a cauldron set in on 

 ar.ch near his pen in which he can boil pumpkin.":, 

 potatoes, meal, &c. as it will be found much cheap- 

 er in this section of country to feed with boiled 

 food than to give it to tlicm raw. From the low 

 price which potatoes and pumpkins are sold at in 

 our market towns, aiui their great weight and small 

 value they will not bear long transport, therefore 

 it is better to feed them to the hogs and save 

 the corn which would be required were they 

 faitoncd im it, as that is not so perishable an 

 article. When ])otatoes are boiled and mashed I 

 they make e.vcellent feed for bogs ; if a projior- 

 tion of pumpkins are mixed witli them they are 

 still belter, and if to both a small quantity of corn 

 meal be added, we do not know of any feed with 

 which hogs can he fattened to more advantage. 

 We know that it is said that pork which is ferl with 

 boiled food is not as hard, and of course the pur- 

 chaser will endeavor to take ailvantage of the cir- 

 cumstance; but let hogs be fed in this manner (or 

 the first three fourths of the time they arc fatten- 

 ing ; the remainder with meal or soft corn : and 

 we assure our farmers that llicy will find a ready 

 urarket for their pork, and at first prictis. It is 

 well to apprise nur reailers that pmk fiittened with 

 still slops is a diflorcnt article ; soft, and charged 

 with the acetic acid or vinegar from the slojis on 

 whicli they are fed, and from which circumstance 

 it is almost impossible to ])revcnt the pork from 

 turning sour, and spoiling after it is packed in the 

 barrels, uidcss there is an alkali added to the brine 

 to neutralize the acidity contained in it. From 

 this acidity, pork fed on boiled food as above, is 

 entirely free, and therefi)re is as easily kejjt as if 

 fed with corn ; and if not quite so hanl it cannot 

 operate to lessen the value of it, as the hams will 

 be increaseil in value as much as the side or 

 mess can be deteriorated. A portion of time .spent 

 in gathering up those things which of themselves 

 are not so marketable, and converting them into 

 food for hogs at this season, will save much, that 

 is, more directly so, and will jirove equally as pro- 

 fitable as that spent in raising such crops, as the 

 old adage is, ' a penny saved is as good as n pen- 

 ny earned.' — Genesee Farmer. 



Albany Horticultural Societv. — At an elec- 

 tion held on the 6th inst, the following gentle- 

 men were unanimously elected officers for the en- 

 suing year, viz : 



E. C. Delavan, President. 



Isaac Denniston, \ 



Stephen Van Rersselaer, Jr. v V. Pres. 



John T. Norton, ) 



John Meads, Treasurer. 



James G. Tracf, Corresponding Secretary- 



B. P. Staats, Recording Secretary. 



