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NRW ENGLAN^D FARMER. 



N^F'W "F'lVPT A IVT) FAR'VIEH. ' It has been suggested that it would tie an im- on stone walls, sluni|is. &,c. so u.ui i1il_\ m^ij not 

 i"^ll<yv lii^^O-Jjill^U' r AM 1 * ' provement in the construction of the curborjheat nor become mouldy ; and housed as soon 



vat to t'orm it in the shape of a parallelogram, ! as thoroughly dried. Our informant slates that 

 or a right lined four sided figure, whose oppn-ihe gathered a crop of beans much earlier than 

 site sides are parallel and equal, but having had been his custom, or the practice of fiirmprs 

 two of its sides longer than the other two. An ' 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1824. 



0:^The particular attention of our readers, 

 especially of those who are engaged in Horticul- 

 ture, or feel an interest in the approaching an- 

 niversary at Brighton, is solicited to an article 

 by the Hon. Mr Lowell, published in page 82 

 of this day's paper, and headed — " Fruits for the 

 Brighton Cattle Sho^^ 



jFarmrr's Ctalrntiar. 



ArPLF.s AND Cider. — Continued from pnge 78. 

 It is necessary in making cider to be very atten- 

 tentive to cleanliness. The mill, press, casks, 

 and indeed all the materials used in any part of 

 the process should he perfectly sa-eet and clean, 

 and the straw, if any is used, either in making 

 the cheese or straining the must, or newly 

 pressed liquor, should be sweet and bright. — 



advantage in this mode ofconstruction will arise 

 from the interiour parts of the pomace being 

 nearer the sides of the curb, so that the juict- 

 can more readily make its way from the cen- 

 tral parts c^i tl"e nia.-s snhmilted to the action 

 of the press, in order to escape between the 

 slals. 



John Prince, Esq. of Roxhnry, a zealous and 



in general, (or the sake of clearing his field, 

 suppo.sing they would be of lillle value, but 

 was agreeably disappninled in finding them of a 

 superiour quality. To use hi? own expression, 

 they were "as white as a hiniml's toolh,"' and 

 when cooked proved to be of the very first 

 rale. One great objection to a bean crop has 

 been the lateness of the season in which it ar- 

 rives to maturity. But we believe that crop i» 



enlishlened friend to agricultnrn, has favoured] fit for gathering much sooner than is generally 

 the Editor with a model of an improved Cider I apprehended. If on threshing beans some are 



Mill and Press, which is now in the office of 

 the New England Farmer, for the ins[)ection of 

 any jierson who would wish to view it, either 

 as nn object of curiosity, or with reference to 

 the utility of imjiroved agricultural implements. 

 The machine, of which this model is intended 

 to give a representation, was invented by 



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There is no liquor which sooner imbilies any | Hay, Esq. of Milton, New Hampshire. The 

 disagreeable or unwholsome taste or smell than inventor informed Mr. Prince that with his Mill 

 cider. "The finer the apple is ground the 



more it will yield. If the mill is well tilted, 

 it crushes the seed, and gives a peculiar aromat- 

 ic bitter to the must, which becomes more and 

 more distinguishable as the cider is longer 

 kept. Some prefer this flavour ; others dislike 

 it, not distintinguishing it from the bitter of the 

 rotten apples, although very different from thai 

 pungent bitter, both in taste on the palate, and 

 effects in the stomach." 



Instead of making the pomace into a cheese, 

 fflr the purpose of pressing the juice from it, 

 which is an operation of considerable care and 

 labgur, it has been recommended to use a crib, 

 or box. In [lages Co, 6G of the present volume 

 of the New England Farmer, we have pubijsiied 

 an article descriptive of this implement ; fur- 

 nished by Mr. J. Mears. In the Transactions oj 

 the Massachusetts .f.gricnlluial Society^ vol. ii. 

 page 66, is a letter on the subject ol im(irovc- 

 ments in making cider, from Mr. Paul Dodge of 

 New Castle, Dlain«, to his Excellency Govern- 

 or Strong, from which the following is extract- 

 ed, as it contains a description of a similar im- 

 plement. 



" A new, clean, and easy method to make Cider. 

 The apples, after being ground, are put into a 

 curb ot vat, and levelled with a shovel ; then 

 covered with a plank, and blocked u|i as usual. 

 It may be pr.'issed with a long beam or short 

 cider screw, but hay screws are best. The ci- 

 der may he pressed in two hours. Two men 

 flnd a boy may make twenty barrels in one day. 

 As no straw is used, it may be made in cold 

 weather, if the pomace does not freeze. 



and Press, he could make 100 barrels of cider 

 in twenty-four hours, and obtain much more 

 juice than could be gained by the mill and press 

 in common use. The nuts are of cast iron, and 

 are so conslnicled that it is said 60 bushels of 

 apples may be ground by them in an hour.— 

 They consist of three indented iron cylinders, 

 placed in a perpendicular position in a sirong 

 I'rime, which is fixed over, andcomposcs a |)ar( 

 ol' the press. On the upper end of the axis of 

 the central nut, which axis rises several feet 

 above the nuts, is formed the screw tor the 

 press. After the apples are ground, the frame 

 containing the nuts is let down, and the lower 

 part of said frame forms the top part of the 



found not fully dried, it is easy to spread them 

 on a clean floor till fit for the bin. 



Erratcm. — I'l an article on "Millet,'" which ap- 

 pearfd in the New F.iigland Farmer, vol, iii. p. 61. is u 

 communication, made hy Mr H. Warren, of Palmyra, 

 to tin- Editor of the American Farmer, iu which Mr 

 Warren is made to say " the drought last summer was 

 the greatest ever recollected in Js'tw York Slate ; it 

 should hare been //n> Slate, leferiing to the State of 

 Maine, Mr. Warren residing; at Palmyra, in the last 

 mentioned State. 



CSfriirral Kiitrlh'antrf. 



The Cattle Show, Kxhihition of ISlanufacturejj 

 Ploughing Match, and Public Sale of Animals & Mami, 

 faclures, will take place at Brighton. Maes, on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, the 20lh and '21st of October iust. 

 To commence at 9 o'clock each day. 



The Worcfster Cattle Show, Fxliihilion of .Manufac- 

 (nres and Ploujiliin* .Match, will take place at Worces- 

 tiT on Wednesday Ihe 13lh iost. 



The Cattle Show, tc. of the Hampshire, Frauklin. 

 nnd Hampden Agricultural Society, will 



be held iu 

 press. The pomace is pressed, by said screw, .Northampton, on the 20th inst. Address, by George 

 immediately beneath the mill or nuts in which Kirennell, jr. Esq. of Greenfield. 



the apples are ground, falling from the nuts in- The f.iiildlesex Cattle Show, Exhibition of Manufac- 

 to a receptacle below, in which its pressing is lures. Agricultural Products, and Ploughing Match, 

 offecled. This arrangement, besides its other took place yesterday, the 7th inst. at Concord Mass. 



advantages, saves the trouble of shovelling or 



transporting the pomace from the Iron-b Bunker IJdl Monument. 



(which, according to the common mode, first j T"'>e Monument proposed to be erected on Bunker 

 receives it from the mill,) to the cheese in j H''l) ^'"i ^° doubt, be worthy of its object, and 

 which it is prc.ssed. ' <*' the persons engaged in carrying it into effect. The 



We arc sensible that Ihe above is a very im- !l'''<^ctors of the Association have stated in a circular 

 [lerfpct and inadequate description of Mr llav's I that a column of the C^helmsfnrd granite, with an ele- 



invention, but we could not well give one more 

 intelligible without expensive cuts. Besides, 

 we are told thai the inventor has made improve- 

 ments in his apparatus, since the construction of 

 ihe model from which our ideas of the inven- 

 lion are principally derived. 11 what we have 

 communicated should serve to awaken curiosity, 

 ead to further inquiry, and eventually to iin 



"■ The girls must be four feet eight inches j provement in this iin|iortant branch of rural 



Inside, four inches and an half squaie, made of 

 the best timber, with hinges and bolts in pro- 

 portion. The slats, three feet three inches 

 long, one inch and a qua-ter thick, ihree inch- 

 es wide, and half an inch apart. The eye bolts 

 may he drawn with an iron bar with ease, and 

 any quarter of the vat taken off, to lake out 

 the pomace. A curb of this size will hold pom- 

 ace enough to make ten barrels ol cider. 1 have 

 made cider in this new way two years, and liiiil 

 it is dune with half the usual labour, and the 

 cider clear. The above can be attested h\ 



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economy, our wishes will be gratified. 

 \Tu be continued.^ 



Harvesting Deans. — We have been assured by 

 a practical cultivator that beans are commonly 

 sufiered to remain too long in the field, for the 

 purpose of ripening. They become bleached, 

 and their palatable and nutritious (pialities ex- 

 tracted by the sun, air, dews and rains if not 

 gathered as soon as Ihe greater part of the pods 

 have attained their full size, aiul the seeds are 

 t'ullv formed. Tlu.v sh.uld be pulled while the 



vation to make it the most lofty in the world may be 

 erected at an expense of about thirty seven thousand 

 dollars. The summit of the Hill, where the Redoubt 

 of the 17lh of June was raised, is to be laid out in a 

 parallelogram six hundred feet long and four hundred 

 broad, within which is to be placed the Monument. 

 The following subscriptions are among those which 

 have already been obtained. 



Hon. William Phillips, - - $1000 



David Sears, Esq. - - .yO 



Hon. P. C. Brooks, . - £,00 



Samuel Appletoii, Esq. - - 200 



Hon James Lloyd. - - - 100 



Hon. Christopher Gore, - - 100 



John Lowell, Esq. - - - 100 



Hon. John Quincy Adams, - - 100 



Gen. Henry Dearborn. - - 100 



Washington Benevolent Society, about 2000 



Gen. //« Fftt/elle. — Newspapers are filled to ovei'- 

 flowing with details of Ihe progress of the Nation'* 

 Guest, The procession ^^'hirh was formed on bis eol- 

 viuiiS are stilt green, and placed on hurdles orirauce to PhiladL-lphia is said to Lave been more tJia» 



