Vc!. X. — \<). 24. 



AND HOilTlCULTUIlAL JOURNAL. 



I^Uily !\ Ilortioiilmral soriety is (loin;; iniicli, iiml 

 Maine luis in ni;iiiy c.ises dlt llie heric tit of iln'ii- 

 )iil)ois in twenty years. Tliu NovaScoiiii govern- 

 ment have aii|e<l a very active society in tliut pro- 

 vince, ajiii I have ('nrnisheil one choice animal Cor 

 them, li.'fore the cstahlishnient of that society 

 they iniporied lireail to a large anionnt, which ini- 

 j)ortailori ihcy say, has heen much lessened. Some 

 of ilie rcporis of that society have been rich in 

 aij^riciihural matter ; they have shown tlie ahsunlity 

 of a country situated so tar to the north as ihev 

 Mre, where they are obliged to fodder seven months 

 jn a year, being ohli;red to sell butcher's meat and 

 purchase brea<l stuff; tliey have M'.c.vn that the 

 cost of ruisini,' a hundred of meat is three times 

 that of a hundred of breadstuff; and yet the meat 

 .•;;>es not exceed the breadstuff but little in tiie 

 market. Wo .';ave yet to learn why all other 

 places are so much benefited by agrirudlural socie- 

 ties, and have not an object worthy to receive the 

 least legislative aid. Can it be tliat this State has 

 neglecteil their true interest .' Experience has 



191 



agiiirist, and state abuses of power that never ex- 

 ijted. Experience alone can test what premiums 

 are necessary to do gooil ; ami the great object ol 

 all trustees ought and will be to do good. What 

 other object can they have ? I nii^-ht slate such 

 objections as I have heard made, and ingenuity can 

 malie more, but I forbear. A Farmeu. 



irinthrop, JVov. 1, 1831. 



Co'jbett's Mvict to Joiuig- Men, «,-c. 

 Ju5t received and for sale at J. B. Russell's Seed Store, 

 No. 50.J North Market titieet, Boston- 

 Advice to Young Men, and (incidentally) to Young 

 « omen, in the Middid and Higher Ranks ol Life ; in a 

 series of Letters addrofsed to a Yonlh, a Bachelor, a 

 Lover, a Husliand, a Citizen, or a subject. By William 

 Cobbett. Price 50 ccnt*> 



Also- A Ride of eigit hundred miles in France, con- 

 taining a sketrli of the agiiciillure, &c, of the country. 

 By .1. P. Cobbett. Pi ice 50 cents. 



Also— Cobbett's Ride through the Netherlands. Price 

 50 cents. 



Tlie Pomological Manual, or a Treatise on Fruits ; 

 containing description- ol a great number of the nio<t 

 aluable var dies (or ihe orchard and garilen. By Wil- 



J'RICES OF COU.VTHY PHODUCE. 



Oiie copy on/y,just received' from London, ofL^ 



Encyclopedia of Gardening, with oiany bundled wood 

 engiavings; new edition, greatly enlarged and impiov- 

 ed. Price $1 1 ,00. Dec. 28. 



Seeds for Country Dealers. 



Traders in the country, wlio may wish to keep an as- 

 sorlment of genuine Garden Seeds for sale, are inlormed 

 tbey can be furnished at the New England Farmer of- 

 fice. No. 50^ North Market street, Boston, with boxes 

 containing a complete assoriment of the seeds mostly 

 used in a kitchen garden, on as favorable terms as tbey 

 can be procured in this country, neatly done up in small 

 jiapers. at S and 12 cents earh—warianteJ to be of the 

 growth of 1831, and of the very first quality. Orna- 

 BiENTAL Flower Seeds will l)e added on the same 

 te-ms, when ordered, .is well as Peas, Beans, Early 

 and Sweet Corn, &c. of diB'ereni soi ts. 



ITThe seeds vcn.led at this .stahli-hhient, are put up 

 on an improved plan, each package being accompanied 

 with Khort dtreciions oo its management, and packed in 

 tlie ncjio?! Btjic. — Tioders aie icjvrcaied lo ell nn.l ex- 

 amine for themselves. Nov. 12. 



Freak IVkite Mulberry Seed. 



Just received at J. B. Russell's Seed Store, Nos. 51 & 

 52 North Market Si reel- 



A small iMpply of fiesh and genuine White Mulberry 

 Seed, warranted the growth of the present s asoi., from 

 one of ibe greatest MulHeiry orchards in Manetield, Con- 

 necticut. Short directions for its culture accompany the 

 seed. 



shown that small preniiunis are best ; but without jliam R. Prince, aided by William Prince. Price $1,00 



any it is not believed that one hundred and thir- ' "" " ""' 



teen bushels of good sound corn woulil have been 

 raised from one acre of ground in the town of 

 Winthrop this year. The infonnutioii that is ob- 

 tained from a society cannot be obtained from an 

 iudividiiid, nor is the influence in society as great 

 in the one ca.se as in the other. . Witness the good 

 tJone by Temperance Societies of late. 



I believe that man labors under a mistake who 

 thinks that we in Maine are situated too far to the 

 tiortli for a jrood farming couutiy, if the farmer bad 

 information, and industry to put it iiit<i execution. 

 Teach our youth that we are so situaied, and that 

 our soil is indifft-reiit, and they will be sigliing 

 after a softer air, and more luxuriant soil ; but 

 teach them the contrary, and they will be content- 

 ed here. A sumsiifRcient to keep m«ny agricul- 

 tural societies, actively pursuing their object wotdd 

 not be felt in any considerable degree, luit ihe 

 benefit would soon be perceived, and I should hope, 

 acknowledged by every one. A small sum yearly 

 would he snflicieiit, and much better than a large 

 one at any one time. Can there be any class of 

 people in this state so ignorant of llieirtrue interest 

 as lo suppose they are not interested in agricul- 

 ture? In states wliere tbey have but little sea- 

 board there is no difliculiy in making the Legisla- 

 tures believe -it to be their true interest to patron- 

 ize agriiruliural societies. Is it becaii.se we have 

 three hundred miles of sea-board that our Legisla- 

 ture has not aided those societies ? 

 . If domestic animals are improved; if one hun- 

 ilred bushels of corn are raised where only forty 

 were befipie the existence of such societies; if do- 

 rnestic and family expenses are lessened ; if the 

 people throughout the state are rendered more 

 temperate and iiidiiBtrious, will any man say the 

 state is not enriched thereby .' and would not these 

 societies have such a tendency ? Commerce and 

 tlie arts are cultivated by all wise nations ; if tbey 

 are extended too far they beget their evils. Ought 

 we not as a people to ilo all in our power to elevate 

 the standaril of agriculture to its proper level.' and 

 can it be better done, in any, other way tliati by 

 encouraging agricultural societies ? .1 would call 

 the attention. of all elected to the next Legislature 

 10 the subject, let their profession or party feelings 

 be what they may. I mil satisfied the mibject has 

 jicen too long neglected..,, Tl.erc is nothing, .that 

 the ingenuity of man may not raise arguments 



AIM'LI'^S, russelliiii^s, 

 ASHES, pnl.lirsl son, 



I'oarl.liislsorl, 

 DEANS, ivliiie, 

 BEEF, mess, 



prime. 



Cargo, No. I , 

 BUTTER, JMspecled, Ko. I new 

 (;iiEESE, new milk, ' 



Skimmed milk. 

 FLAXSEED. 

 FLOUR, Unllimore, Howard-street, 



FHOK OT 



barrel. I 3 00 3 50 



ton, /Iia 00 115 OO 



" 123 00130 00 



!>asli..|. UO I CO 



barrel.! 10 00 10 50 



7 75 8 00 



7 00 



pound 



Ah-; 



i.lria. 



barrel 



bushel, 

 pound 

 pound. 



. Tea fVlieut. 

 A few bushels of this very vajuable variety of spring 

 Wheat is this day, received, ; for sale iit J. B. Russell's 

 Seed Store, No. 5IIi North Market street, from the vicin- 

 ity of Lake Erie. Persons in want of it ar>> advised lo 

 call soon, as tlic supply is small, and ieany were disap- 

 pointed, in not being able to g.-t the Black Sea Winter 

 Wheat, from the same source. One kernel of this wheat 

 was discovered in a chest of (ea in St John, New Bruns- 

 wick, in 1S23, hoin which the present variety has been 

 disseminated. See N. E. Farmer, vol. ix, page 105 — ^and 

 vol. vi. page 82. ^ .- , Dec. 14. 



BallMi.or... «harf, 

 GRAIN, Corn, Nnrlhmi. 



Corn, Soiiihern Yellow, 

 Kyo, 

 Barley, 

 Oats, 

 HAY, 



HOGS LARD, first son, new, 

 llOI'.S, Isiqualiiy, 

 LIME, 



I'l.AISTEU PARIS retails at 

 I'OKK, clear, 



Navy mess. 



Cargo, No. I, 

 SEEDS. Herd^s Grass, 



Red \'n\> (northern) 



Red Clover, (uorilicrn) 

 TALLOW, iricd, ' 



WOOL, Meiiiio, full hiDod. washed, - 



Merino, mixed will, S,.»cny, 



"ti-rmn, iliree fourins waslied, 



Mcr. ,ij, ha .>luod, 



Merino, quai ler, 



Naiiie, washed, 



Pulled si.perline, 



Isi Lamb's, 



2d, " 



3d, " •. 



Isl Spinning, 



PROVISIO!V MARKET. 



corrected by mk havw 



Clerk of Faneuil Hall Market 



KF.F.V, l>csi pieces 



I'ORK, Iresh, best pieces, 



wriole hogs. 

 VEAL, 

 MUTI'ON, 

 POItLTRY, 

 BUTTEU.kejraiidtub, 

 Lump, best, 

 EGGS, retail, 

 MEAL, Rye, reiail 



liKlinii, retail, 

 POTATOES, 

 ClOER, (according lo quality] 



IS 



7 60 

 18 



a 



I 60 



6 25 

 6 60 

 5 85 

 5 75 

 75 

 68 



1 n 



6 87 

 G .'il 



5 75 



6 60 



7o: 



671 



1 lal 120 



48 50 

 60! 70 

 9 M 10 00 

 II 00, 13 00 

 1 00 I 06 

 3 Oo' 3 25 

 16 DO 17 00 

 13 00 14 00 

 13 00 13 50 

 ? 12 

 75 



1 87 



10 00 



10 25 

 63 



117 

 100 



5 00 



Grape Vine Cullinsis. 



Several thousand cultings of the- Catawba, Schuyl- 

 kill, Muscadell. and Constantia Grape 'Vines will be for 

 sale at John Adiura's Georgetown Vineyard, near W'ash- 

 irtgton city, from now till the first of April next. 



D.c. 2i: 3t 



Ma}! of jYew Eii8;tauJ, 



WITH corrections TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



A few copies of this map, lately primed, with con-ec- 

 lions, containing all the new incorporated towns. With 

 the principal roads, ^c, are now hnished, loounted on 

 rollers, and folded in cases loi Irivellers — and for sale, a1 

 tb&iCounling Room ol the Daily Adveittscr, 6 and, 8, 

 Congress street, and a1 Ihe Bookstores. Dec. 21. 



. . ., ; Pear .Seeds.. , .; ; ; ,| .:;,,,,= 

 I For.saleat the' Seed Store connected with the New 

 EnfglandiFarniei! Office'^-; r .(• ,>i ' •. .,• >. 



One peck of fresh Pear Seeds of excellent qualil^. 



BniGHToN Market — Monday, Dec.^ 26^ 



[linporlcJ for IhnChronicloand Patriot.] • 



At market, this day, 735 Beef Cattle, 84 Stores, 900 

 Sheep, and 6S0 Swine— about 430 Swine have beet be- 

 fore reported. 



Prices.— Bfe/" Cattle— In consequence of the limit- 

 ed number at market an attempt was made to advance 

 the price— some qualities may have sold higher. Our 

 quolalions will be about the same. One yoke were taken 

 at $5 7.'), ext>a 5 25 a 5 50, prime, 5 a 5 12i, good 4 67 

 a 4 84, tbin 3 25 a 4 50. . i. 



Barrelling Cattle— Ues3 4 12* a 4 25 • No. l! S 62^ 

 a 3 75. • » 



Stores and Working Oxen— But little doing. ; " '. 



■ Coivs and Cd.lve3 — Sales were effected at $19, 21,' 22; 

 24 and 2?. - . , .. . , ' t - ; 



■ Sheep — A few sates only were effected — no pricei 

 were noticed. .... ,;;- j . 



SiDine— Dull, buyers hot plenty — a few were retailed 

 at 3 a 4c. for Sows, and 4 a 5c. for Barrows. 



JVeu) York Cattle Market, Dec. 23.— Beef Cattle—; 

 About 400 head ol fresh caltle have arrived, making jboud 

 800 head in Ibis week, with what were over last — all sold 

 at prices averaging rather better ttian the last week-— wa 

 quote $5 to 6 50, a few very fine sold al $7. Cows and 

 Calves scarce, and indematid,. -Sheep and Lambs— Ab9u( 

 1000 in, all sold, as well fit Beef Caltlsi at prices aTerafij 

 in^ better Iha)^ lilstweek; Sheep $9 50 « ^6, Lambi |3 

 a 3 50.— 2>oi/j Jldv. 



