Vol. XL— No. 3. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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powder. Every body knows that aslies as well 

 as lime will often set fire to wooden vessels ; and 

 that tl)9 latter has caused combustion of ships and 

 other mariti:ne conveyances, as well as buildings 

 on land, and ihe former has caused the destruc- 

 tion of much property by what is called spontane- 

 ous combustion. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



SiTCRDA», July 28, 1832. 



Flowers exhibited. — This day were exhibited 

 bouquets of unrivalled size and splendor, by 

 Messrs Winship. B}' an elegant device these, 

 gentlemen gave us the initials of the name of the 

 President of the Society, Gen. Dearborn, display- 

 ed in vases of beautiful flowers. 



Varieties of the double Hollyhock, from the 

 Pomeroy place, Brighton, claimed attention. 

 These exhibited many colors, such as cinnamon, 

 black, salmon, &c. as well as white. Fine Carna- 

 tions and other flowers were exhibited by Mr 

 John Lemist, and Samuel Walker of Roxbury, and 

 Mr Haggerston, of Charlestown. 



Fi-uits exhibited. — By Mr T. Whitmarsh, Brook- 

 line, fine bunches of Black Hamburgh, White 

 Sweet Water, and White Muscat grapes, berries 

 large and perfectly ripe. Mr S. Walker, Rox- 

 bury, Hopeley's Globe, Bank of England, Lancas- 

 ter Lad, and Milling's Crown Bob gooseberries. 

 EDWARD M. RICHARDS. 



A writer in Hunter's Georgical Essays, an Eng- 

 lish work on Agriculture, makes the following re- 

 marks. 



"Every fortnight, I send my boy with a shovel 

 and wheel-barrow to take up the dung, which is 

 put on a heap and covered with earth or ashes, as 

 I think that nothing encourages and promotes the 

 rank and strong tufts of grass, which take up a 

 great part of most grassland, aud which the cattle 

 will not touch more than the too cominon practice 

 of suffering the dung to remain on the ground. — 

 By a strict adherence to the above method of tak- 

 ing up the dung my pasture became an entire lev- 

 el of grass. In a few weeks the grass is grown 

 on the places where the dung was laid, and not a 

 vestige of the dung is to be seen. But in those 

 pastures where the above is not practised, 1 usu- 

 ally find a great part of them incommoded with 

 numerous tufts of rank grass, and a great quanti- 

 ty of dung, especially late in autumn, when the 

 pastures begin to fail ; and this in fact is to di- 

 minish or take nearly an eighth of such pastures, 

 not to mention the very great difference of the 

 dung both in quantity and quality." 



In Great Britain, land is dear and labor cheap, 

 and the course above recommended is undoubted- 

 ly advisable. But whether it is worth the while 

 for our farmers to take so much pains to preserve 

 the manure of their pastures, they must determine. 

 In pastures which are lich and well stocked with 

 neat cattle it would, probably, be expedient. The 

 manure might be gathered by a cart or a wheel- 

 barrow, thrown into heaps in the pasture, or drawn 

 to the farm yard, as circumstances might direct, 

 and covered with earth. There can be no doubt 

 that in all cases, where cows or other stock are 

 confined every night in yards, that it is good hus- 

 bandry to throw their drippings into heaps, every 

 morning, at least every two or three days, to cov- 

 er them with common earth ashes, marsh mud, or 

 something else, which will prevent their substance 

 from being dried up, or washed away by rain. 



Ill the " .l/emoiVs of the Philadelphia A'^ricullu- 

 ral Society," vol. iii. page 120 of the Appendix is a 

 paper signed John R. Evans, which states, in sub- 

 stance, that posts in a fence will last much the 

 longer for setting them with the tops down. In a 

 note on this article the Hon. Richard Peters says, 



1 have experienced the truth of the fact above 

 stated. I do not pretend accurately and satisfac- 

 torily to account for it. I conjectured, that by re- 

 versing the vessels in which the sap had been ac- 

 customed to circulate, whilst the tree was in life, 

 the moisture drawn up by the sun, in vessels even 

 of dead timber, was impeded by the reversed po 

 sition. Had the posts been, as they generally are, 

 placed with their butt ends downward, the vessels 

 designed for circulation of sap, might be filled with 

 moisture from the air or earth. However fanciful 

 this conjecture may appear, the fact mentioned by 

 Mr Evans, is important, and proved in many in- 

 stances. R. PETERS. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



The Cholera.— The number of cases in the city 

 of New York on Wednesday, July 25, was 157, 

 deaths Gl ; Thursday, new cases 141, deaths 55 ; 

 Friday, new cases 145, deaths 68 ; Sunday, new 

 cases 122, deaths 39. 



Farm for Sale. 



ONE of (he best Farms in the town of Lexington, 

 pleasantly siuiated, and under a high state of cullivation, 

 is olfered for sale. It conlains 80 acres, 25 of which 

 are wood land. For particulars inquire of Col. Samuel 

 Chandler, near the meeting house, or of Mr Russell, 

 publisher of the New England Farmer. 



Horse Quicksilver. 



QUICKSILVER will stand this season at the stable of 

 the subscriber, in Brighton, a few rods south of the meet 

 ing-houso, and will cover dnly twenty mares the present 

 season, at $15 each, and .$1 in addition, to the groom. 

 Mares warranted to be in foal, if $20 is paid, and $1 to 

 the groom ; and in discharge of warranty, the $20 will 

 be returned. 



Quicksilver is a beautiful bright bay, three years old ; 

 his siie, Sir Isaac Coffin's horse. Barefoot, conspicuous in 

 the racing calendar of England ; his dam, Rebecca, from 

 the imported Cleveland bay hoi'se Sir- Isaac, and Sky 

 Lark, a native mai'e, well known fur her fine form, speed, 

 and bottom, once owned by MrLeavittof Salem, to whom 

 persons are referred for her character, and will be to many 

 other's in Massachuselts and Maine. Quicksilver is 

 thought by good judges to combine with great symmetry 

 and delicacy of form, bone, muscle, and all the requisites 

 for a first rate covering horse. Mar'es sent to him, and 

 if left with the subscriber, will be well attended to on I'ea- 

 sonable terms, but he will not be responsible for acci- 

 dents. BENJAMIN W. HOBART. 



Brighton, June 13, 1832. tl 



Mrs Parmentier, 



AT the Horticultural Botanic Gai'den, Brooklyn, two 

 miles fi-om the city of New York, offers for sale on mod- 

 erate terms, a fine collection of Apple, Pear, Cherry, 

 Plum, Peach, Quince Trees, &c, Gi-ape Vines, Orna- 

 mental Trees and Shr'ubs. Also, Green-house and Her- 

 baceous Plants, which will be ''elivered at Boston with- 

 out expense of exportation. Catalogues forwarded gr.itis. 

 3t J. B. RUSSELL, Agent, 



July 18. No. 50i North Market St. Boston 



Caution to Trespassers. 



THE Roxbury Yeoman Association for the protection 

 of Fields, Orchards and Gardens, against the depieda- 

 tions of strollers and pilferers, caution all boys, apprenti- 

 ces, and other per-sons, against entering their inclosures 

 if they would avoid the penalty of the law. 



SaM'L J. GARDNER, Sec'y. 



Roxbury, July 16, 1832. 3m 



Sitnation Wanted. 



.•\ person fi-om England, wishes to procure a situalion 

 on a far'm as overseer. He is well acquainted with the 

 management of stock, and agricultural business in gen- 

 eral. Apply at the Office of the N, E. Farmer. 



Apples, russettings, . 

 Ashes, pot, first sort, 



pearl, first sort, 

 Beans, white, . 

 Beef, mess, 



prime, 



Cargo, No. 1, . 

 Butter, inspected. No. 1, new 

 Cheese, new milk, . 



skimmed milk, • 



Fl.A-.VSEED, ... 



Flour, Baltimore, Howard-street 



Genesee, 



Alexandria, . 



Baltimore, wharf, . 

 GRAriNr, Corn, Nor-tbern, . 



Corn, Southern yellow, 

 Rye, . 

 Barley, 

 Oats, . 

 Hay, .... 



Hog's Lakd, first sort, new. 

 Hops, 1st quality. 



Lime 



Plaster Paris retails at 

 Pork, clear. 



Navy mess, . 



Cargo, No. 1, 

 Seeds, Her-d's Grass, 



Red Top, northern. 



Red Clover, rrorthern, 

 Tallow, tr-ied. 

 Wool, Merino, full blood, washed. 



Merino, mix'd witlr Saxony, 



Merino, ijths, washed, 



Merino, half blood. 



Merino, qtrar'ter, . 



Native, washed, 



Q f Pulled super'ljne, 



j-d I 1st Lambs, . . 



£=-^2(1, " . • 



|g.|3d, " 



1^ 1 1st Spirrrring, . . 



Southern pulled Wool is about 5 cents less, 



PROVISION MARKET. 



Beef, best pieces. 



Pork, fresh, best pieces, , 



whole hogs, . 

 Veal, . 



Mutton, .... 

 Poultry, 



Butter, keg and tub, 

 lump, best. 

 Eggs, retail. 

 Meal, Rye, retail, . 



Indian, r-etail. 

 Potatoes, 

 Cider, (accoi-ding to quality,) 



103 00 



115 -.0 



1 11 



12 50 



6 50 



9 00 



13 



125 



6 75 



6 87 



6 50 



6 25 



77 



71 



100 00 



70 



55 



62 



10 00 



23 



1 00 



3 25 



17 50 



14 00 



13 00 



3 00 



75 



8 75 

 50 

 65 

 42 

 38 

 35 

 35 

 56 

 45 

 37 

 30 

 44 



10 

 7 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 14 

 16 

 20 

 92 

 75 

 75 

 5 00 



BRIGHTON MARKET— Monday, July 30, 1832. 

 Reported for the Daily Advectiaer and Patriot. 



At Market this day 275 Beef Cattle (including about 

 35 before reported,) 10 Cows and Calves, about 1900 

 Sheep and 67 Swine. The Swine are the last of a lot 

 reported some four or five weeks since. 



Prices. Beef Cattle — We quote extra at 5,67 a 5, 

 75 ; prime at 5,33 a 5,25 ; thin at 3,75 a 4,75. 



Cows and Calves. — We noticed sales at $18, 23, 25,26, 

 and 28. 



Sheep. — We noticed lots of Sheep and Lambs taken at 

 $1,58,1,62,1,71,1,88,2,2,12,2,25 ami 2,37; wethers 

 at 2,50, 2,75, and a lot engaged a week or two since at 

 something more. 



Swine. — Dull. About twelve only sold. 



New York, July 28. — Market very poorly supplied 

 this week. — Beef Catde, Sheep and Lambs, are in de- 

 mand, and sell quick. Beef Cattle $6 a 7; Sheep, good, 

 $3 a 4,50 ; common $2 a 3 ; Lambs $1 a 3. 



[Ij='n the N. York raar-ket orrly the quartei-s of Beef 

 ar-e weighed, the hide and rough tallow being included 

 without weighing. At Brighton, the hide and tallow are 

 weighed as well as the quarters. 



