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NEW ENGLAND FA RIMER, 



IVOVEMBER as, 1<S33. 



cession, till late in October, wlieu all come to iier- 

 feclion, aud there is the greatest variety and abiiu- 

 dance. While some are most excellent lor pics, 

 and others for sauce, a greater proi)ortioii are for 

 eating ; and may be preserved through the winter, 

 with no other expense than barreling, or boxing 

 them up : and all of them may be converted into a 

 very wholesome, vinous liquor, which will keep 

 through the whole of the year. But some have 

 observed, that apple trees are liable to fiosts.wonns, 

 caterpillars, &e. and, therefore, they neglect the 

 propagation of them. Apply this reasoning to flax, 

 barley, ami to corn : shall we neglect these things 

 because they are subject to frosts, worms, mildews, 

 and tlie like evils ? It is true that a|)ples are not 

 «o necessary as bread ; but they are very grateful 

 and iirofitable. If only one tree out of twenty set 

 out by the farmer, should flourish and bear fruit, 

 within twenty years after the propagation of it, he 

 will receive a tenfold reward for all his ex])ense 

 and trouble. Let yom- ai)](le trees be carefully 

 planted out ; well secured from sheep and cattle ; 

 and judiciously grafted ; then you may comfort 

 yourself with the reflection, that you have laid the 

 foundation of thrtt wealth which will grow and in- 

 crease as you advance in years, and eventually de- 

 scend to your children. Could I name a certain 

 tree, which would grow rapidly ; and extend its 

 branches far and wide ; and which would last for 

 a century or more ; and that this tree within less 

 than a dozen years after the seeds of it had been 

 sowed, would start up and bear a multitude of little 

 silver pieces, equal in value to the sixteenth, or 

 even the sixtieth i)art of a dollar, would you not 

 endeavor to propagate that tree ? Why, then, can 

 you not be persuaded that all the protits of this 

 tree may be realized, if you will cuUivate the ap- 1 

 pie tree"? Although the fruit of this tree is auothrr 

 kind of property, and differs in appearance from 

 those little pieces of silver, it will as certainly pro- 

 duce them, as if the tree itself had bonie them. 

 Whatever you cultivate, and which produces sil- 

 ver, is the same in point of profit as silver itself. 



There is one consideration more on this subject, 

 and which may not be unworthy of your attention. 

 Many farmers who hire a number of laborers are 

 obliged thereliy to pay a verj' hea>'y tax, to which 

 tlieir forefathers were entire strangers. I mean 

 the expence incurred by RUM, aud which is more 

 prejudicial to tlteir interests than frosts and cater- 

 pillars are to their orchards. Aud I can see no 

 way of withstanding this growing nvil, but through 

 the influence and increase of CIDER. When 

 this liquor was plenty, and when good small beer 

 held a respectable place in the fanner's cellar, the 

 best of laborers — men who would reap or hoe an 

 acre per clny, in light land, and gi home at night 

 contented witli their wages, were ready to be liirtd 

 —there were enough of tliese clnracters wishing 

 to work, aud the fiinner had not to court tliem into 

 his service. And I have no douit, was cider as 

 plenty, and good small beer in as luich reputation 

 in these days, as they were fifty or si.xty yeai-s ago, 

 farmers would soon experience m alteration in 

 their favor. The man who will lot labor cheer- 

 fully and faithfully when lie has vctuals enough, 

 and good cider and beer, is not woitli his keeping. 

 If then, you would reap the above profits and 

 pleasures, aud rid yourself of tliii needless and 

 burthensome tax, cultivate the apple tree ; and en- 

 deavor to excel in the quantity and quality of 

 your cider, which is annually incrjasLng in value. 

 I shall close by observing, that every ajiple tree 



increases the value of the farm on which it gro*s.l 

 Those farms on which good orchards are placed! 

 will commonly be in demand, aud greatly preferred I 

 to those which have none. Indeed a judicious 

 man will not readily buy a farm which has no 

 orchard on it ; because it wants one essential ad- 

 vantage ; more especially if it be near a market 

 town. A yoiuig aud fiomisliiug orchard has ren- 

 dered munv an old aud worn-out farm saleable. 



For the Xew Englaml Farmfr. 

 ON THE PRESERVATION OFf^j)VEET POTA 

 TOE SlilPS. •' 



Mr. Fesse>'dex,— I put up about two bushels of 

 sweet potatoe slips for seed soon after digging last 

 fall ; they remained till the middle of Aiuil when I 

 examined them, thinking to find but a dozen or two 

 to put in the hot bed ; to my surprise I fouud them 

 nearly all in a growing state, with sprouts three 

 uiches long. I lost none by rot ; all that were not 

 sound were dried up. I packed four boxes, each 

 containing about half a bushel ; three in sand, one in 

 plaster. The one in plaster did not preserve half a 

 dozen ; they were dried up to the size of a pipe-stem 

 I placed one box in a cupboard o.ver tlie oven, one 

 in a closet near the kitchen fire, and two on shelves 

 where tliey received the heat from the ftniiace in 

 my cellar. I could perceive no difti?rencc in them 

 in the spring, with tlie exception of that in plaster, 

 which was in the coolest place. I put up a barrel 

 of them the year previous, and |)laced them on the 

 l)()ttom of a very dry cellar : they were ail rotten 

 bel'ore the winter was half gone : tke least damp- 

 ness icitl destroy them. S. W. 

 .Vorthamploji, .Vov. 22, 1839. 



For the i\>ir Evghmd Farmer. 

 RECIPES FOR THE LADIES. 



Mr Fesse.nde.n — If you think the Ibllowing reci- 

 |)es, which I have long followed in my family, (atiil 

 which have the merit of being simple and attainaliN 

 by all our tiirmers) worthy a place in the New Eng- 

 land Farmer, you will please Insert them, and add lo 

 your subscription list the name of A LADY. 



Salem, .\'ov. 2(). 



SALEM FANCY CAKE. 



Take 3 pint bowls of sifted flour, 1 ditto of sug.ir, 

 half a jjound of the very best butler, 5 eggs, 2 luit- 

 inegs, a jjiece of lard of the size of a hen's egg, a tin- 

 spoouful of sal-eratus, — roll the whole out like sliurt 

 gingerbread. It will of couree want but a little luik- 

 iug. 



PRESERVED PIPPINS FOR 0AILY USE. 



Take a dozen fair, conunon sized apples, thi ii- 

 weight in sugar (or molasses) with just water enouf;li 

 to dissolve it, which simmer a short time — then put 

 the apples in and boil them a few minutes till leuclir, 

 grate a little nutmeg over them. They aflbrd a sim- 

 ple and nutritious preserve ; but must be prejiared 

 eveiy week, as they will not keej) long. 



SWEET APPLE PUDDING. 



Take 1 pint of scalded milk, half a pint of Indian 

 meal, a tea-cupfull of molasses, a tea-snoonfull of 

 salt, and 6 sweet apples cut into small pi^fe — slioulil 

 be baked not less than three hours — the apples will 

 afford an exceedingly rich jelly. This is truly om- of 

 the most luxurious, yet simple, Yankee puddings 

 made. 



An occasional diet of rye hasiy pudding and 

 molasses will save mauy a person liom the horrors 

 of the dyspepsia. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 GRAPES. 

 Mr.Fessenden,— Your friend, Mr. Lowell, some 

 weeks since, requested information respecting the 

 success of others in ripening grapes on the open 

 a^ellis. Notwithstanding the unfavorable season, 

 nine all ripened well : Isabella, Black Hamburgh, 

 White Chasselas, Gros Maroc, Imperi.tl Tokay, 

 filler's Burgundy ; (the two latter were forty days 

 ater this season thaji tlie last, on the same vines.) 

 had no mildew ; have used no sulphur or limc- 

 vater ; they were trained on the horizontal jilan ; 

 ivery bunch of grajies received the iiill force of 

 he sun ; the soil a dry, gravelly loam, on a subsoil 

 f pure siuid ; not much manure was us!:d ; they 

 I'eie watered about once a week with soapsuds, 

 ihich, accorduig to my exi)erience, is the best 

 luiuue for them. I saw this season in a friend's 

 allien in Brooklyn, Long Island, bunches of gol- 

 eii chasselas grapes, weighing a pound and a half 

 iicli ; no manure was ever used but soajisuds. 

 ' 'hiy avoid the mildeAv, on Long Island, by tying a 

 I ajier liag over each bundle when in blossom, and 

 emain till the grapes are ripe. I ri'gret- 

 uld not send some of my grapes to the 

 jloiticiiltmal Society's rooms this season, being 

 dbs.-ut till it was too lute. S. W. 



.Vurthampton, (Mass.) J^ov. 23, 1832. 



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For the A'.'Ki KnglamI Farmer. 

 HOW TO RAISE THREE CROPS FROM ONCE 

 PLOUGHING, 



viz. IsT miMPS, d.VD KVE, .'Jrd HAY. 



The 31st of July I turned over the sward of a piece 

 BKiulow which had been mowed the begimiing of 

 tl)e month, because the hay was foul, owing to bad 

 grass seed — rolled it down and scratched the furrows 

 lengthwise with a brush, in order to fill up the seams 

 and smother the grass, which it did pretty efli;ctual- 

 ly On this acre I carted twenty-five lioi-se loads of 

 fine dung, consisting of the coarse yard dung, which 

 was not fit fiir the field in April, having been stacked 

 siiu* ihat time, strengthened however by about a 

 thousand white fish bedded it in .Tune. This was 

 spread on the inverted sward and mixed widi the 

 loam with an iron tooth harrow, lengthwise of tlie 

 furrow, without upsetting it. On the 7th of August, 

 we sowed the turnips with a sprinkling of 25 bushels 

 of ashes; they were hoed out on the 27th and 28th 

 after sowing on the same the usual quantity of rye 

 and grass seed. I sowed a second half acre prepared 

 in a similar way, adjoining the same, on the 18th, 

 and when the tops were the size of a dollar, we sowed 

 on the rye and grass seed, as befiire ; but these did 

 not come up as regular as the first, and instead of 

 hoeing them out I had an iron tooth harrow run 

 through to scratch in the seed, and some of the 

 turnips where they were thick were thinned out, 

 but where they were thin it pulled none iqi; they 

 have grown so fiist that I commenced pulling the 

 largest the 15tli of last month, many of which would 

 not go into a man's hat, and even now the last of 

 which I am getfing in to day, they will not sell on 

 account of their size. I liaTe gathered upwards of 

 280 bushels and tlieir size would have wairanted 

 3 or 400 on the acre, had they come up eciual, and 

 the rye and grass uow left to itself looks well. 



I make this communication, not having heard or 

 read of the mode, though I had tried it once before, 

 in which the rye and grass succeeded very well, but 

 there was a partial failure in the turnips for want of 



