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NKW EN(.LAIND FAUDHEH, 



D.-c. 28, 1831. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC.SS, 1831. 



Q5='We have inclosed hills in this week's pa- 

 per to most of our subsc'rlliers, ami we hope lliose 

 who wish to confer upon us a real patronage, 

 will take into consideration the justice of reinit- 

 ting the amount of their suhscriptlon upon the re- 

 ceipt of the bill. Where no private opponunily 

 is likely to occur soon, it may he f.-rwiiriled by 

 mail. To avoid the inconveihenre of sending 60 

 cents in a letter, a $3 hill can he inclosed, the 

 balance of which will he passed to the ne.\t year's 

 subscription. 



A HINT. 



Mr Fessenden— I saw in your paper of the 

 14th inst. an article from an^English puhlication. 

 Statino- that grass, weeds, &c, may he destroyed 

 for years, by watering with a solution of lime and 

 sulphur in boiling water. Now as that is precise- 

 ly the composition that has been recommended for 

 the prevention of mildew upon grapes, I think we 

 had better pause, and consider, whether, when the 

 earth shall become salurated with the composition 

 we shall not have destroyed the life of the vine nt 

 the same time that we are so successful in pre- 

 venting the disease. C. 

 noxbury, Dec. 19, 1831. 



By the Editor. — The old adage, ' what is 77ico( 

 for one is poison for another,' applies as well to 

 vegetables as to animals. Some sorts of weeds 

 (the common white weeil lor instance,) are de- 

 stroyed by harn yard manure, or j)astnring with 

 sheep, though eilher of these supply food for use- 

 ful plants. The mixture of sulphuric acid and 

 lime composes gypsum, alias sulphate of lime, 

 which is known to be a powerful maiiure. The 

 principal ingredient in sulpliuric acid is sulphur, 

 and sulphur in proper quantities is said to l>o ; 

 manure for the grape vine as well as a preserva 

 tive against insects which infest it. Soils which 

 contain sul|)hur, such as volcanic ilistricts, &c 

 produce fine grapes, owing, it is said, to that in 

 gredient. Salt in substance, or strong solution, 

 will destroy weeds ; hut is said to be friendly to 

 flax, asparagus, &c, when properly applied. Per- 

 haps solutions of sulphur and lime may he made 

 too strong, or applied in too great abundance to 

 vines ; hut jis both substances are manures, (that 

 is food or stimulus to plants,) we should appre- 

 hend nothing from their temperate use. Plants as 

 well as animals may be over fed, and inime<l or 

 destroyed by articles of diet, which, properly fur- 

 nished, produce salutary effects. 



inch and a quarter in a light soil, this gentleman 

 supposes is as deep as peach stones should ever 

 be placed in the ground, for the purpose of re- 

 prodH( lion. 



Sir Humphry Davy remarked that 'It is eviilent, 

 that in all cases of tillage the seeds should he 

 sown so as to be fully exposed to the influence of 

 the air. And one catise of the unproductiveness 

 of cold, clayed, adhesive soils is, that the seed is 

 coaled with tnalter impermeable to air.' 



COCOA-NUT SQUASH. 



Eilracl frnni n lelt^r Trnni I,. Jpnkins, Esq. Canaiidnigua, N 

 l<> Ui.^ EJimr of Uie New liiigljiij Farmer. 



' I would here reinark (although I trust the fact 



may be known to you) thai the cocoa-nut squash is, 



in my opinion, one of the most valuable of the fa. 



mily of squashes. 1 receivcrl a few seeds last 



spring from a friend in New York from which I 



raised a number; three of the largest weighed 



nearly 100 lbs. viz. 31._1, 34|:, and 24j lbs. They 



have a high color and are of a very rich flavor and 



make a delicious pie. If they porNsess the proper 



ty of keeping a year, as I am informed they do, 



they must be truly valuable.' 



Sussex, by Sir Charles, 



.Vote. — The celebrated Pacolet, siio 

 of Mniisieur Tonson, was bought at 1.5 

 monlhs (dd, hy \V. R. Joluison, Esq. for 

 170 anil afiei wards sii I.I to Ucneral .Atiiircw 

 Jackson, for 



Il'alive now and eight jcnrs old, lie 

 would probably sell lur 



Byron, hy Virginia, one half for 



3000 



10,000 

 150a 



PLANTING PEACH STONES. 

 A gentleman, a successful cultivator of the 

 peach, states it as his opinion that the principal 

 cause why peach stones so frequenily fail of coin- 

 ing up, after having been planted, is to be found 

 in their being planted too deep. He thinks that the 

 seed generally germinates, but if much weight of 

 earth lies on the plume or first shoot, it is not 

 able to force its way to the surface, and of con- 

 sequence perishes. He says that he has trans- 

 planted into his nursery fine plants, produced 

 from stones, which had grown spontaneously un- 

 der his peach trees. That a good method is to 

 sow them broadcast, in autumn, and hiirrow them 

 in with a light harrow, and when of suitable size 

 ransplant them into a nursery. An inch, or an 



The following statement, taken from the Ame 

 icnn Turf Ilegister, published in Baltimore, will 

 give a little insight into the profits attending the 

 breeding of turf or blood hor-es at the South. 

 SALES OF HORSES. 



The appreciation and current value of bred 

 horses may he estimated by the following sales, of 

 very recent date, which have correctly conic to 

 our knowledge. 



Kate Kearney and Polly Hopkins for 



One half of Sir Charles, 



Medley, (Johnson's) for one half, 

 refused 



Since sold we have understood for 



Annotto, 3 ycnr!..olil, l.j. Sir Cliarlcs, 



Twice a winner liefore the sale. 



Andrew, hy Sir Charles, 3 years old, 

 wiihniit having won a race. 



Jemima Wilkinson, 3 years old, for 



And afterwards for 

 A winner twice and beaten twice. 



Maria West, 3 years old, by Marion, 

 twice hi'aien — never won a race. 



An Arab filly, 3 years old, unbroken, 



Collier, by Sir Charles, 4 years old, 



Sold Scplember last, and has since 

 much inore than cleared himself to his 

 owner, without anything being risked 

 but his entrance money. 



Restless, 4 years old, hy Virginia, 

 Twice a winner — since sold for 

 Advance on the purchase money has 

 been refiised. 



Havoc, by Sir Charles, 4 years old, for 

 to the Rev. II. M. Cryer, of Tennessee, 



Contemion, about, 15 or 16 years old, 

 onehalf of him, 



Champion, 3 years old, by Arab, 

 beaten once, a winner once. 



King Agrippa, hy Sir Archy, 3 years 

 old, never galloped, for 

 to W. R. Johnson, Esq. 



Star, 

 offered by F. A. Pankey, of Tennessee, 

 and refused by W. R. Johnson. 

 The same gentleman offered 

 for Charles — also refused. 



$4675 

 3OO0 

 4000 



5000 

 2000 



15O0 



155( 

 25O0 



1600 



60C 

 1500 



1750 

 500 



2500 



Snalie Fern. — Mr Shaw — By giving publicity to 

 the following letter from the posimasler at Ross-' 

 ville, the object of the wiiier will ho most readi- 

 ly ac-complished, viz. to diffuse generally, th» 

 knowledge of a remedy for a ilislres.-ing mnlariM- 

 ing accident to which all are more or less liable;' 

 and the rapidity with which the poison is absorb* 

 ed, makes it exceedingly desirable ihat some anti- 

 dote should he applied before it can be done under 

 the direction of a physician. 



The- family of Ferns (the first order of the 

 class Cryptogamia) is very numerous. I am not 

 prepared to say that this species may be found 

 abundantly in this vicinity, but presume it may. 

 To the intelligence and respectability of Mr Coopy, 

 ,ill who have acquaintance with him will cheer- 

 fully hear testimony. 



Yours, respectfully, H. Hull. 



Dear Sir, — I herewith inclose you the Snake 

 Fern which will cure all kinds of Snakes' bites. 

 It has been known to effect a cure when the pn- 

 tiint's teeth had to be forced apart. It should be 

 bruised (top and roots) nild infused in water or 

 sweet milk (the last is preferable) and taken as the 

 stomach "ill bear if, till the symptoms stibside. 



I have no doubt hut that it would he a valuable 

 medicine in the case of Hydrophobia. I have 

 lived in this nation 28 years and have never known 

 orlieardof au Indian being affected with thai 

 disease. It jji certainly worih a trial. Yours, &.c. 

 — [Georgia Mhenian. Joseph Coopt. 



Sheep in J\fassachtisctts. — A correspondent of 

 the Ilinglnim Gazette, slates the number of Sheep 

 in this state, as contained in returns to the Valu- 

 ation Committee, to he as Odlows: 



Berkshire, 



Hampshire 



Franklin 



Worcester 



Hampden 



Bristol 



Plymouth 



Dukes 



99,253 

 64,714 

 46,273 

 41,100 

 3'1,820 

 17,099 

 15,60.'3 

 11,692 



Barnstable 



iMiddlesex 



Essex 



Nantucket 



Norfolk 



Suffolk 



10,868 

 10,777 

 9.200 

 6,124 

 3,639 

 520 



Total, 360,682 



1500 

 1000 



1000 

 3000 



5000 



MONEY APPLIED BY THIS STATE 

 To bcnejil the Agricultural interest, the best method 

 of enriching the Stale. 

 Other countries and Stales, with much less land, 

 and not so deeply interes-ted in the welfare of 

 sgriciihure, have approriatbd large sums lo the 

 benefit of the funning interest, and are satisfied 

 ll.at the money has b«;en applied to ihe best pur- 

 pose. Great Biilain has long bad her aiiricultural 

 societies aided by the Govt rmiient, and it is doubt- 

 ed whether any part of Europe is destitute. 



New York has extensive and active agricultural 

 societies ; Massachusetts now applies the sum of 

 two hundred dollars yearly to each of her counties 

 (if I am rightly iuformed) to aid her county socie- 

 ties, and we all know she has a very extensive 

 gtale society, and has had, for many years ; and 



