NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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The following- was ol)li!jin^ly furnished us by 

 a vory respectable and scieiilific friend, wiio as- 

 sures us il may be relied on, as ennaiiating from 

 a source of the hiijhest respectability. 



Yeast. — " Yeast may be obtained by lirst 

 boilinsf half a gallon of inalt for a few minutes 

 in three pints of water ; strain two pints and let 

 it stand to ferment, which, if hops be added, 

 will take place in twenty-tour hours, but if not 

 hopped, will require about sixty hours. Then 

 mix in four pints of a similar decoction of malt, 

 and thus keep adding a larger quantity of wort, 

 till you have yeast enough. For baking, yeast 

 is multiplied by mixing 2 lb. with paste, made 

 of 10 lb. of flour and 16 lb. of boiling water, 

 and keeping this mixture warm for six or eight 

 hours. — Graifs Elements of Pharmacy, page 228. 



Ac.RICULTUR.4L InSTITUTIO.N AT DeRBY, CoNN. 



We are happy to hear that the Agricultural 

 Seminary under the superintendance of Mr 

 HoLBROoK and Mr Coe, of which we published 

 a notice and advertisement in the New England 

 Farmer, volume ii. pages 302, 303, is establish- 

 ed under favourable auspices, and with every 

 prospect of success. A letter from one of the 

 instructors to the Editor states as follows : — '' We 

 have made a good beginning in the school, and 

 it promises all we anticipated. We have had 

 60 scholars this term, and expect a considerable 

 increase at the commencement of the next." 

 In our advertising column will be found further 

 intelligence on this subject, to which we request 

 the attention of our readers. 



Extraordinary Fecundity. — The great com- 

 mand, — " to increase and multiply,^'' — appears to 

 meet due observance in Attleboro', (Mass.) A 

 correspondent informs us, that six ladies in the 

 central part of that town have blessed their 

 husbands by presenting them with children by 

 PAIRS ; and assures us that " they are all promis- 

 ing children ; and a large number of single births 

 in the same region" might be adduced to prove 

 that population is making rapid progress in that 

 part of the Commonwealth. We have nothing 

 to say on this subject, but go on and prosper, in- 

 asmuch as it is better for the public, and some- 

 what more patriotic, all thingfs considered and 

 other things being equal, to manufacture than to 

 import our citizens. 



The Hartford County Agricultural Society held 

 its anniversary on the 6th inst. We cannot give 

 in detail its proceedings, without surpassing our 

 limits. The Hartford papers say, that — " all 

 people who attended the Show this year, and 

 could compare the quality of the same stock 

 with that of our first, or indeed of any previous 

 exhibition, could not avoid seeing a very decided 

 and general improvement." We are also assur- 

 ed that improvements in various kinds of house- 

 hold manufactures have been great and general. 

 After the Ploughing Match, the Society moved 

 to the South Meeting House, where, after sing- 

 ing, and a prayer by the Rev. Mr Lindsey, the 

 Rev. Mr Robbins of East Windsor delivered an 

 energetic and highly appropriate Address. — 

 Among the articles exiiibited, was the Vertical 

 Spinner. This takes up less room than the 

 common spinning wheel, and spins ten threads 

 instead of one, — is said to be very simple in its 

 .construction, and easily kept in repair. It is 

 Stated, that an ordinary day's labour, with this 

 ^spinner will produce ten runs of woolen yarn. 



The proprietor of this engine, for Connecticut, 

 is Mr John West.— To Mr Jolloiy (). Pholps, of 

 Siinsbiii-y, was avvarilfcd the premium of ;j(.iu for 

 the best cultivated I'anu — the second [ii-omium 

 of ^20, to Mr Moses Goodman of West Hartford 

 — and to Mr Rryan Hooker of lirislol, the third 

 premium ol glO. Tlic competition on Woolen 

 Cloths, Carfieling, Woolen lilankets, Flannels, 

 5-8 Linen Diapers, Butler and Cheese has been 

 greater than on any former occasion. 



Crcnrral XntrUigrncf. 



Mammoth Productions. — A Montreal paper states 

 that a Cucumber of the snake species is growing there 

 which measures 4 feet 2 inches in leng^th. We never 

 heard of a larger one. One of the New York editors 

 has had a bite of an apple weighing 19 3-4 ounces, and 

 measuring 15 inches in circumference. We will add 

 our mite to the wonderments of the season. A beet 

 has been raised at our Alms House farm which weighs 

 25 pounds and measures 30 inches in circumference. 



Salem Gaselle. 



North Carolina Gold. — The Western Carolinian, of 

 September 21 says, " We learn from a correspondent 

 in Cabarrus county, and also verbally from other sour- 

 ces, that upwards of two thousand pennyweights of pure 

 virgin gold, were found near Parker's Ferry, in Mont- 

 gomery county, on the 28lh ult. One lump weighing 

 four pounds eleven ounces, was found by a small boy, 

 about ten feet below the surface of the earth. This we 

 believe, is the largest piece ever found in this State. 

 There are we learn more than one hundred men work- 

 ing at this mine, or, -as those engaged in the business 

 more appropriately term it " digging for gold ;" for 

 nearly all this precious metal that has yet been obtain- 

 ed, has been found in loose, sandy, loamy earth," 



Bunker Hill Monument. — In addition to the sub- 

 scriptions for the Monument already mentioned. Com- 

 modore Bainbridge, and Benjamin Bussey, Esq. have 

 each subscribed one hundred dollars. 



It is expected that Mr Webster will deliver an Ora- 

 tion on the Half Century Anniversary of the Battle of 

 Bunker Hill. Gen. Lafayette will lay the Corner 

 Stone of the Monument. 



Ntu-York Grand Canal. — The Erie Canal company 

 have paid tolls to the State upon an average of one 

 thousand dollars a day .' and this is but an item of the 

 revenue. 



Groulh of Ktw-York. — The New- York Statesman 

 asserts that six hundred new commercial Jirms have 

 been formed it that city within the last year. 



Cotton Crop. — The cotton crop this year will, not- 

 withstanding the rot, be very abundant in Alabama. 

 It is estimated that from 70,000 to 80,000 bales will be 

 shipped from the Bay of Mobile next season. 



Dr Bigeloie^s Lectures. — We learn that Ds. Bige- 

 Low will repeat in town this winter, a part of the course 

 of Lectures delivered by him at Cambridge, on the ap- 

 plication of the Sciences to the Useful Arts. 



FRUIT TREES, &c. 



J' AMLS ELOODGOOD & CO. 

 have for sale at their Nursery 

 at Flushing, on Long Island, ntav 



.,, „ , , New ^ork. 



Fruit and Forest Tree?, Flowering Shrubs & Plants, 

 of the tnoft approved sorts. 



The Proprietors of this Nursery attend prrsonally to 

 tlie inoculation and engrafting of aH their Fruit Trees, 

 and purchasers may rely with confidence, that the 

 Trees they order will prove genuine. 



Orders left with Mr /^EBF.nEF. Cook, jr. No. 44 State 

 Street, Boston, will be transmitted to us, and receive 

 our prompt and particular attention. Catalogues will 

 be delivered, and any information imparted respecting 

 the condition, &:c. &c. that may be required, on appli- 

 cation to him. Sept. 4. 



Removal. 



THE Agricultural Establishment is removed from 

 No. 20 Merchants Row to No. 5, north side of thfe 

 Old Market, up stairs, where is for sale, a general as- 

 sortment of the most approved Farming Implements, 

 together with Willis's improved Straw Cutter and Blind 

 Fastenings. Sept. 25. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &c. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



Agricultnral Seminary. 



THE next term of the Literary, Scientific, and Prac- 

 tical Institution at Derby, (Con.} will commence 

 on the 2d Wednesday of November, and continue till 

 the last of April. There will be given during this 

 term, a course of Lectures upon Agriculture and Do- 

 mestic Economy. The 1 ectures are foanded upon the 

 principles of Chemistry, which will be fully illustrated 

 by experiments, and such other of the sciences as can 

 be applied, upon personal experience in Agriculture, 

 and the experience of others, collected from travelling 

 in various parts of the United States, and an extensive 

 course of enquiries from practical men and from books 

 up-'n practical farming and the other concerns of Com- 

 mon Life. 



The course will consist of from 75 to 100 Lectures, 

 giv<n in as quick succt s^ion as shall appear expedient, 

 at the commencement of the term. The price of this 

 course, independent of the general course of studies in 

 the school, will be 10 Dollars. The price of the gene- 

 ral course of studies is 16 Dollars a term, or 30 Dollars 

 a year. Dtrby, Oct/iber 12, 1824. 



APPLES, best, new, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, - - - 



pearl do. - - - - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 

 cargo. No 1, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - • 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new, 

 CHEESE, new n:ilk, . - - - 



skimed milk, . - - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 



Genessee, - - 



Rye, best, - - 

 GRAIN,Rye - ... 



Corn - - - . 



Barley - ... 



Oats - - . - • 

 HOGS' LARD, 1st sort - ■ 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspectioii - ■ 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 



PLAiSTER PARIS . - - - 



PORK, Bone Middlings - - - 



navy, mess, 



Cargo, No 1, - - . 



SEEDS, Herd'sGraes, 1823, - 



Clover - - - . . 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native ... do 



Fulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces . - - - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, . - - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, new, - 

 lump, - . - 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - . 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, new, .... 

 CIDER, liquor, new . - . - 

 HAY, according to quality, • 



