voii. XI. NO. as. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



223 



Large Beets. Mr. John Fuller raised iu his 

 ganleu, in Hume, Alleghauy County, the season 

 past, four beets that weighed 71 pounds, the 

 lightest 15 pounds, and the heaviest 23 pounds 

 measured 2 feet 10 inches in circumference. — ihid. 



From Manchester to Birmingham, with the ex- 

 ception of the coal regions of Wolverhampton, and 

 anotlier few miles of poor land the whole country 

 is a garden. An American farmer knows nothing 

 of English husbandry. The difterencc is too wide 

 for liim to be able to ap))reciate it. Select the 

 most cultivated ground of the rich soil on Manhat- 

 tan Island, or behind Brooklyn, or in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of Philadelphia, or of Boston — and 

 they are only ordinary specimens of English farm- 

 ing. — English paper. 



Slaves. The following may be looked upon 

 as a tolerably correct estimate of the number of 

 human beings held in slavery : — British Colonics 

 800,000: French Colonics, 200,000; Cuba and 

 Porto Rico, 500,000 ; other Foreign Colonies, 

 75,000; United States, 1,650,000; Brazil, 2,000, 

 000. Total 5,225,000.-/6. 



Aristocratic Wealth. It is said that the vast 

 estates of the Duke of Buccleuch (supposed to be 

 worth £250,000 annually) produce his grace a 

 greater income than is the privy purse of the 

 king, the allowance to the queen, and the salaries 

 of the great officers of the household. — 76. 



Good Fruit. The price of good fruit was fixed 

 by Deity himself, when he created man and placed 

 him in the garden of Eden. Even then and iu 

 that virgin soil the condition was that he " dress 

 the garden and keep it ;" and one may venture to 

 say, that since then the price has never been 

 abated. T. Matlack, Esq. 



SWEET HERBS, &c. 



FOR SALE, at the New Engla.ul Seed Store, 52, North 

 Market Street — The following Svvccl Herbs, pulverized, and 

 packed in tin cannisters tor domestic use, viz ; 



Sweet Warjortun, 37^ ctS' — Thyme, 33 cts — Summer Savory, 

 25 cts — Sage, 17 cts — per caniiistcr. Also — Black Currant 

 Wine for mcthciiial purposes, 75 cts per bottle. Tomato Ket- 

 chup, 374 cts per bottle. dec 21) 



SEEDS FOR COUNTRY DEALERS. 



TRADERS in the country, who may wish to keep an as- 

 sortment of genuine Garden Seeds Ibr sale, are informed tliey 

 can bo furnished at the New England Farmer office, Nos. 61 

 tfc 52, North Market street, Boston, with boxes containing a 

 complete assortment of the seeds mostly used in a kitchen 

 garden on as fa\'orabIe terms as they can be procured in this 

 country, neatly done up in small papers, at G cents each' — war- 

 ranted to be of the growth of 1832, and of tlie veryfrst qualUij. 

 Ornabiental Flower Seeds will be added on the same 

 terms, when ordered, as \vell as Peas, Beans, Earlv afid 

 Sweet Corn, &c. of di'fferen sorts. 



fCr The seeds vended at this establishment, are put up on an 

 improved plan, each package being accompanied with short 

 directions on its managements, and packed in the neatest style. 

 Traders are requested to call and examine forlhemselves. 



Dec. 24.. 



FRESH WHITE MUIiBERRY SEED. 



JUST received, at GEO. C. BARRETT'S SEED 

 STORE, Nos. 51 &, 52" North Market Street— 



.'V supply of fresh. and genuiue White Mulberry Seed, 

 warranted tlie growth of the present season, from one of the 

 largest Mulberry orchards in Mansfield, Connecticut. Short 

 directions for its culture accompany the seed. dec 5 



THE PLAKTER'S GUIDE. 



JUST published, and for sale by Geo. C. Barrett, at the 

 New England Farmer Office,— the Planter's Guide ; or. a Prac- 

 tical Essay on the best method of Giving Immediate Eft'ect to 

 Wood.by the removal of Large Trees and Lhiderwood j being 

 an attempt to place the Art, and that of General Arboriculture 

 ou fixed and Phytological principles ; interspersed with obser- 

 vations on General Planting, and the improvement of real land- 

 scape. Originally intended for the climate of Scotland. By 

 Sir Henry gtcu.irt, Bart. LL. D. F. R. S. E., etc. Price g3. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE 



JVUTTAI.L.'S ORNITHOLOGY. 



JUST received by Geo. C. Barrett, No. 51 and 52, North 

 Market Street, Bostijn : — 



A Manual of the Ornithology of the United States, and of 

 Canada. By Thomas NuUall, A. M., F. L. S. ; with 53 en- 

 gravings. Price g3, 50. Dec. 12. 



Ostrich Eggs. Tliese will sometiines weigh 

 about three pounds. They are reckoned a deli 

 cate article of food, and are dressed in various 

 ways for the table. Owing to the thickness and 

 strength of their shell, they are easily preserved 

 for a great length of time, even at sea, and with- 

 out the trouble of constantly turning them. At 

 the Cape of Good Hope tlroy are usually sold for 

 about sixpence a piece, and from their large size, 

 one of them will serve two or three persons for 

 a meal. 



FOR S.\IiE, 



THE Bull COLLINS, got by Bolivar— dam Youjig Flora, 

 "by Coelebs ; Granddam the imported Cow Flora — dropt Aug. 

 30' 1829— colour red and white. This Bull is one of the finest 

 animals in America, and will be sold low. Apply at this office. 



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THE dUARTERIiY REVIEW, FOR OCT. 1833. 



JUST PURLISHED, by LILLY, W.ilT. COLMAN 

 If HOLDEN, No. XCV. Quarterly REViEw-r„«to„- 

 ing Tod's .\ruials and Antiquities of Rajast'han — Dr. Cii.ilmers 

 on Political Economy— Greek Elegy — The Works of the Rev. 

 Robert Hall— Earle's Residence in New Zealand and Tristan 

 D'Acunha— Novels of Fashionable Life — Flint's Ten Years iu 

 tlie Valley of the Mississippi — Count Pecchio's Observations on 

 England — Prince Polignac, Revolution of the Three Days. 



jan 23 



GARDENING. 



WANTS a Situation, a NURSERYMAN and HORTI- 

 CULTURIST, who has had many years experience. He is 

 a ftlember of the Edinburgh and Berwickshire Horticultural 

 Societies. Would be glad to have immediate employ. 



jan 23 



FRUIT TREES. 



ORDERS for Fruit, Forest, and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 

 Honeysuckles, &c. from Winship, Kcnrick, Prince, Buel & 

 Wilson, iMrs. Parmentier, and other respectable Nurseries, re- 

 ceived by the subscriber, and executed at Nursery prices. 

 GEO. C. BARRETT, 



dec 5 New England Farmer Office. 



Apples, russctts, 



baldwins, 



Beans, white, 



Beef, mess, 



prime, 



Cargo, No. 1 



Butter, inspected. No. 1, new. 



Cheese, new milk, 



four meal, '. 



skimmed milk, .... 



Feathers, northern, geese, . . . 



southern, geese, . . . 



Flax, American, 



Flaxseed, 



Flour, Genesee, 



Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Baltimore, wharf, . . . 



Alexandria, 



Grain, Corn, northern yellow, . . 

 southern yellow, . . 



Rye, 



Badey, 



Oats, 



Hay, 



Honey, 



Hops, 1st quality 



Lard, Boston, 1st sort 



Southern, 1st sort, .... 



Leather, Slaughter, sole, . . . 



upper, . . 



Dry Hide, sole. . . . 



" upper, . . . 



Philadelphia, sole, . . 



Baltimore, sole, . . . 



Lime 



Plaster Paris retails at . . . 

 Potatoes, Eastern, Cargo prices. 

 Pork, Mass. inspec, extra clear, . 



Navy, Mess 



Bone, middlings, .... 



Seeds, Herd's Grass, . . . , . 



Red Top, northern, . . . 



Red Clover, northern, . . 



" southern, . • 



Tallow, tried, 



Wool, Merino, full blood, washed. 

 Merino, mix'd with Saxony, 

 Merino, |ths washed, . . 

 Merino, half blood, . . . 

 Merino, quarter, .... 

 Native washed, .... 



! Pulled superfine, 

 1st Lambs, . . . 

 3d " '.'.'. 



Isl Spinning, . . . 

 led wool is generally 

 5 cts. less per lb. 



pound 



bushel 

 barrel 



NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



JUST published and for sale by GEO. C. BARRETT, Nos, 

 51 & 52, North Market Street, The New American Ok- 

 chardist, or a treatise on the cultivation and management of 

 Fntits, Grapes, Ornamental Shntbs, and Flowers, adapted to 

 cultivation in the United States. 



This is recommended to the public as a treatise well worthy 

 a place in every farmer's library, containing an account of the 

 most valuable varieties of fruit, and the remedies tor the mala- 

 dies to which fruit trees arc subject from noxious insects and 

 other causes. Also, the varieties of the Grape with their modes 

 of culture, &c. Price g 1,25. 



AMERICAN FARRIER. 



JUST received, by GEO. C. BARRETT, and for sale at 

 the New England Farmer Office, No. 52 North Market-street, 

 the American Farrier, containing a minute account of the forma- 

 tion of every part of the Horse, with a description of all the 

 diseases to which each part is liable, the best remedies to be 

 applied in effecting a cure, and the mo.st approved mode of 

 treatment for preventing disorders ; with a copious list of medi- 

 cines, describing their qualities and effects when applied in 

 ferent cases ; and a complete treatise on rearing and manat ...,^ 

 the horse, from the foal to the full grown active laborer; illus- 

 trated with numerous engravings. By H. L. Barnum. Price 

 75 cents . dec 5 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER'S AX.MANAC. 



JUST published, the New England Farrier's Almanac o 

 1833, by T. G. Fessenden, editor of the New England Far 

 mer — containing the usual variety of an almanac, and several 

 articles on agriculture, by the editor and others. Price 50 

 eents per dozcu. Nov. 7 



pound 



side 

 pound 



side 

 pound 



cask 



ton 

 bushel 

 barrel 



bushel 

 pound 



cwt 

 pound 



2 00 

 1 60 

 10 5 

 6 75 

 8 00 

 14 



35 



9 



1 20 



6 37 



6 12 



5 87 



6 12 



16 



2 50 

 24 

 23 



1 06 



3 00 



17 50 

 12 50 

 none 



2 50 

 1 25 



9J 

 10 00 



2 60 



2 eo 



10 75 



7 00 



S 50 



lb 



43 



43 



12 



1 30 



6 62 



6 %', 



6 37 



6 25 



90 



7S 



96 



3 00 



19 



2 70 



18 00 

 13 OO 



3 on 



1 50 



PROVISION MARKET. 



RETAIL PRICES. 



Hams, northern. . . 

 southern, . . 

 Pork, whole hogs, . 

 Poultry, .... 

 Butter, keg and tub, 

 lump, best, . 

 Egc 



Potatoes, common. . . . 

 Cider, (according to quality,) 



pound 



dozen 



bushel 

 barrel 



2 CO 



3 CO 



BRIGHTON MARKET.— Mo.vDAY, Jan. 21, 1833. 

 Reported for the li^Wy Advertiser and Patriot. 



At Market this day 370 Beef Cattle, 520 Sheep, and 195 

 .Swine, 125 Swine were reported last week. 



Prices Beef Cattle. — The quality of cattle not so good as 

 last but rather better prices were obtained for the same quality. 

 We notice 6 or 8 taken for ^6. We quote extra, at 55.26 

 a 5,50; prime at jCS; good at 4.50 a 4.75. 



Uan-eUing Ca«/e.— Mess at p ; No. 1, at ^3,75. 



Sheep. — A large proportion were ordinary, and a part were 

 at market several weeks since, we did not obtain the price of 

 any lot. 



Sjrine. — One lot of about 30, two-thirds Barrows, were taken 

 at 4^c ; at retail, 5 for sows, and 6 for barrows. 



KIMBALL'S 



Stock and Suspf^nder Manufactory. Linen Drapery, Hosiery 

 nd Glove Store, No. 12, Wasliiiiglon Street, Boston. 



NATURAL HISTORY OP INSECTS. 



COMPRLSINCi their Architecture, Transformations. Senses, 

 Food, Habits — Collection, Preservation and ArrangemeDt 

 With Engravings. In three volumes. Price gl per vol. For 

 ale by Giko, C. Barrbtt. dec S6 



