Vol. X No. 27. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



215 



lime as a manure, bringing up the hard-iian, almost 

 always the only sub-soil of mucky laut's, but the 

 cost is too great for anything but experiment, and 

 on a small scale. It will be done, wlien lands, 

 from being scarce, shall be worth fitly dollars an 

 acre, but that time is far distant. 



This is a long story, Mr Editor, as it will seem 

 to those of your readers, if any such there be, who 

 take no interest in knowing how to appreciate the 

 different qualities of land for farming. I venture 

 to say, however, that no topic yet embraced in 

 these papers, is of more general interest to your 

 agricultural and horticultural readers, and that 

 none of the Nos. will be more extensively and at- 

 tentively read by them, particularly the farmers, 

 than this and the three next, which I mean to de- 

 vote to tlie same subject. 



I shall not attempt to speak of soils of all de- 

 .scriptions, land of every quality, but dwell princi- 

 pally on the two' leading characteristics, of cold 

 and lott land, underlaid by hard-pan ; and warm 

 and dry land, ])roperly the medium soils, however 

 constituted, closing with some observations on 

 good grazing and meadow land, for dairy and 

 stock farms. 



Sweet Herbs, &c. 



FOR sale at the New England Seed store, 52, North 

 Mnrket street — The followins Sweet Herbs, pulverized, 

 anil packed in tin cannisters for domestic use, viz ; 



Sweet Maijoiuni. 37^ cts— Thyme, 33 cts — Summer 

 Savory, 25 cis — Sage, 17 cts, — per cannister. Also— 

 Blackcurrant Wine for medicinal purposes, 75 cts per 

 bottle. Tomato Ketchup, 37i cts per bottle. janll 



Wanted, 



TWO or three copies of the 1st, 2d and 3d volumes of the 

 New England Fanner, for which a fair price will be paid 

 — Apply at this olBce. janll 



JElegant Camellia Japonicas & Bouquets. 



THE Subscriber, Gardener to John Prince, Esq. at 

 Jauiaica Plains, can furnish a constant supply of elegant 

 Bouquets — also superb double flowers of white, and sev- 

 eral other sorts of Camellia Japonicas, at prices lower 

 than in former years. Also— very superior Mushrooms, 

 and a great variety of Green-House plants. 



THO'S MASON. 



Jamaica Plains, Jan. 10, 1832. 



Important to Farmers and others. 



THE Lite Gov. De Will Clinton, having, iu his an- 

 nual mes:iage to the legislature, recommended to the 

 people of the Slate of New York the culture of the 

 Golden Leaf Tobacco as a matter of great interest, and 

 intimated that the seed might be had in the Slate of Ma- 

 ryland, the subscriber, after sending, at much expense, 

 without success, (o diflerent parls of that State, has the 

 past spring procured some by means of the Hon. Wm. 

 G. Angei,; member of Congress; and the crop far ex- 

 ceeded all expectation. 1 have not been appiised th.it 

 any other person in the State has been able to gel the 

 seed ; I have saved a large quantity for the benefit of the 

 public, as will appear by the certificate of Judge Brooks, 

 and E. & J. S. Perkins, E^qi!-. 



, m:. ■' ZERUBBABEL MATTESON. 



Burliniton, Otsego co. Mnrch 31, J831. 



Sir — Agreeably to your request, 1 have procured you 

 « small quanlily of the Golden Leaf Tobacco seed, by 

 means of a member of Congress, Irom Maryland, who as- 

 sured me it was genuine, and by far the best kind in 

 America. 



Most respectfully, yours, W. G. Angel. 



Z. Matteson, Esq., Exeter. 



We certify, that the past summer, about 3 weeks after 

 we planted our common tobacco, we learnt that Z. Mat- 

 teson had planted of the Golden Leaf: we procured some, 

 and say that more than three times the weight of tobacco 

 was on each plant than were on the common kind ; was 

 as early and as pleasant for use as scon as cured as the 

 old kind is years old. We believe that a boy 14 years 

 old will raise a ton in less than a month's labor, and that 

 it is of high importance lo the noithern Slates, as they 

 might export, in a short time, millions of dollars" worth, 

 instead of paying it away. Thomas Brooks, 



E. Perkins. 

 J. S. Perkins. 



Exeter, Dec. 1831. 



Any perron enclosing a dollar bill, directed to Matte- 

 son Mills, post office, Exeter, Otsego co. N. Y. post paid, 

 shall have a large spoonful of the above seed sent them 

 free of postage [sufficient for two acres ] 



Jati. 18. HIRAM MATTESON. 



Old Beans and Peas. 



FOR sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer Office — 



About 20 bushels of Peas and Beans of various sorts, of 

 the growth of 1830 — being a part of our stock for seed 

 left over unsold, and are now offered at a low price as 

 food for sheep. Jan. IS. 



NuttaU's Ornithology. 



JUST received by J. B. Russell, No. 50 1-2 North 

 Market Street, Boston— 



A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and 

 of Canada. By Thomas Nuttall, A. M., F. L. S. ; with 

 63 engravings. Price $3,50. Jan. 18. 



Grape Cuttings, &c. 



WILLIAM PRINCE & SONS, near NewYork, offer 

 for sale the following : 



30,000 cuttings of the Isabella, Alexander, or Schuylkill 

 Muscadel, Catawba, Winne, Herbemont's Madeira, Bland, 

 Elsingburg, Elkton, Worlhington, White Fox, Lulbor- 

 oujli. Long's Arkansas, Missouri, Muncy, Norton's Vir- 

 ginia Seedling, Scuppernong, Y"ork Madeira, and other 

 naiive and foreign Grape Vines, at reasonable rates. 



Scions of Fiuit Trees for ingrafting, which can now he 

 sent wiih safety to any part of the Union, will be supplied 

 — of all the various kinds. 



Above 150 varieties of Double Dahlias, including the 

 New Anemone flowered, and Dwarf varieties, and also 

 several White flowering varieties. 



500 New Chinese Mulberry or Morus multicaulis, so 

 superior for silk worms. 



500 lbs. Seed of the Locust tree, of the Long Island va- 

 riety, so noled for ship timber. "^ 



Orders for these arlicles, or for Fruit Trees, Flowering 

 Shrubs and Plants, Green House Trees and Plants, Bul- 

 bous Flower Roots, &c. will receive the utmost attention. 

 Orders can be sent by mail — and Catalogues will be sent 

 gratis to all those who desire them. 



Flushing, N. Y. Jan. 5, 1832. 2w 



Fresh White Mulberry Seed. 



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

 & 52 North Market Street— 



k small lupply of fresh and genuine White Mulberry 

 Seed, warranted the growth of the present season, from 

 one of the greatest Mulberry orchards in Mansfield, Con- 

 necticut. Short directions for its culture accompany the 

 seed. 



Historical Parallels. 



JUST published by Lilly & Wait, Historical Paral- 

 lels, Vol. 1— being No. 20 of the Library of Entertaining 

 Knowledge, price 40 cts. Each No. contains more than 

 200 pages, and numerous engravings on wood, beautiful- 

 ly executed. 



Lilly & Wait have also now preparing for press, and 

 will speedily publish — The New American Clerk's 

 Magazine, containing the most useful and necessary 

 Forms of Writing, which commonly occur between man 

 and man; — and that will be found equally necessary and 

 convenient for the fai-mer, the mechanic, the clerk, the 

 apprentice, the merchant, the lawyer, and for every 

 man, of whatsoever occupation, who has any interest in 

 ordinary business transactions. Calculated for the use 

 of the citizens of the United States, and made conforma- 

 ble to law. jan 3 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



Tea Wheat. 



A FEW bushels of this very valuable variety of spring 

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

 Seed Store, No. 504 North Market street, Irom the vicin- 

 ity of Lake Erie. Persons in want of it are advised to 

 call soon, as the supply is small, and many were disap- 

 pointed, in not being able to get the Black Sea Winter 

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

 was discovered in a chest oftea in St John, New Bruns- 

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

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

 vol. vi. page 82. Dec. 14, 



Apples, russeltings, . 

 .\sHEs, pot, first sort, 



pearl, first sort. 

 Beans, white, .... 

 Beef, mess, .... 

 pi'ime, .... 

 Cargo, No. 1, . 

 Butter, inspected. No. 1, new. 

 Cheese, new milk, . 



skimmed milk, • 



Flaxseed 



Flour, Baltimore, Howard-street, 

 Genesee, 

 Alexandria, . 

 Baltimore, wharf, . 

 Grain, Corn, Northern, . 



Corn, Southern yellow. 

 Rye, .... 

 Barley, 



Hay 



Hog's Lard, first sort, new. 

 Hops, 1st quality. 



Lime, 



Plaister Paris retails at 

 Pork, clear, .... 



Navy mess, . 



Cargo, No. 1, .i 



Seeds, Herd's Grass, .; 



Red Top, northern. 



Red Clover, northern, . 

 Tallow, tried. 

 Wool, Merino, full blood, washed. 



Merino, mix'd with Saxony, 



Merino, |ths, washed, . 



Merino, half blood. 



Merino, quarter, . 



Native, washed, 



Q f Pulled superfine, 



S; -3 1st Lambs, . . 



5=-|2<l, •' ■ . 



|i.l3d, " . .■ 



^ (_lst Spinning, . . 



Southern pulled Wool is about 5 cents less. 



barrel 

 ton 



bushel 

 barrel 



pound 



bushel 

 barrel 



cwf. 



cask 



barrel 



bushel 



pound 

 cwt. 

 pound 



FROM 



3 00 



112 00 



125 00 



90 



10 00 



7 75 



7 00 



II 



1 12 



6 50 



7 2 

 6.37 

 5 75 



1 25 

 3 25 



16 00 

 13 00 

 13 00 



2 00 

 67 



8 

 10 00 



TO 



3 50 

 115 00 

 130 00 



1 00 

 10 50 



8 00 



7 50 



1 50 



6 75 



7 75 

 6 87 

 6 00 

 1 00 



75 



98 



1 20 



5(t 



70 



10 00 



14 00 



1 30 



3 37 

 17 00 



4 00 

 13 50 



2 25 

 75 

 10 



10 50 

 60 

 70 



PROVISION MARKET, 



corrected by MR haywar 



Beef, best pieces. 



Pork, fresii, best p eces, . 



whole hogs, . 

 Veal, .... 

 Mutton, .... 

 Poultry, 

 Butter, keg and tub, 

 lump, best. 

 Eggs, retail. 

 Meal, Rye, tetail, . 

 Indiat, retail. 

 Potatoes, 

 Cider, (according to quality,) 



6i 



15 



18 



37 



1 17 



100 



40 



5 00 



Brighton Market — Monday, Jan. 10. 



flteportetl for the Daily Advertiser and Patriot.] 



At market iMs day 423 Beef Cattle,47 Stores,5S3 Sheep, 

 and 125 Swinr. The Swine are a part of those we re- 

 ported some five or six weeks since. 



Prices.- .Sec/ Cattle — More extra Cattle were at 

 market today llian is usual, say from 40 to 45. We shall 

 not alter our quotations from last week — extra !J5 25 a 

 5 50 ; prime 5, good 4 67 a 4 84, thin 3 50 a 4 50. 



Cows and Cahes — We noticed the following sales — 

 $20, 21,24, 26 and 29. 



Sheep — We noticed a lot of about 170 Wethers, which 

 averaged about |2 67 each, a lot of about 30 at $3 a 3 25 

 each ; also a lot of 150 at $4 17 each. 



Swine — One lot of 25 a 30 were taken without weigh- 

 ing, and about the same number were retailed at 4c. for 

 Sows and 5c. for Barrows, 



J\''eii' York Cattle Market, Jan. 13. — In market this 

 week about 1000 head of Beef Cattle, in addition to some 

 200 head left over of last, week, and about 1050 Sheep. 

 Demand very limited and sales generally dull. Beef 

 Cattle — Sales at |;.5 a 5 50, and some superior at $6 75 

 a 7. Good Cows $30. Sheep— Sales at $2 50 a 5 50 ; a 

 few at $6 50.— Daily Adv. 



