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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



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to be oblaincil in every part of tlie country. — 

 Pork, of all other (]<>sh meat, is best .id.ipled to 

 curing and preservation wilh sail, ami hits llie 

 further merit ot never cloyinij the appetite ; 

 for it appears that men will stilisist lon2;er upon 

 that diet, williout desire ot" chaii:;e, than upon 

 any oltier tlesh ; in various [iris ol'tlie country 

 the labourers, and even the I irmers themselves, 

 very rarely t.isle, or desire to taste, any other. 

 It is, doubtless, from its solidity, tlic most eco- 

 nomical and the most nutritious food, and I have 

 often admired, not only the contentment with 

 which farm servants, male and female, will eat 

 bacon three or four times a day, and every day, 

 but also at the considerable way a few ()ounds 

 vrillg-o, at a dinner, pretty numerously attended. 

 The superiour solidity of svvine's tJesh is most 

 clearly apparent, by a comparison of the ex- 

 ternal superticies of a fat pig or hog-, with that 

 of a fat sheep or bullock, the dimensions of 

 which latter animals must be so much more ex- 

 tens. ve to equal the welg-ht of the former. — 

 What a difference in measurement and extent, 

 appears to the eye, between a fat bullock of 

 ninety stone, and a fat hog of the same weight I 

 If, on these considerations, pork and bacon must 

 be accounted the strongest nourisliment, and 

 properly adapted to the stomachs of the labori- 

 ous and robust, it is yet generally salubrious, 

 when fattened upon wholesome provision, (by 

 no means always the case) and 1 know of no 

 just reason for banishing pork from the laldo 

 durii.,' the summer season, a plentiful period 

 for milk, which makes the best pork." 



From the J^Tew Hampshire Patriot. 



IMPROVED GRIST-MILLS. 



Among the many useful inventions and im- 

 provements of this enlightened age, " I'icknelPs 

 improved Grist Rlill," for cheapness, sim[dicitv 

 in construction, and utility in ap[>licati()n, is 

 probably on,; the most deserving of public at- 

 tention. 



Considering the difficulty and expense of ob- 

 taining meal from onr common mills, during a 

 large part of the year, especially in towns re- 

 mote Irom large streams, or good water privil- 

 eges, it is surprising, that no successful attempt 

 has ever been made before to improve the art 

 of making meal and l^our. It is said to be a fact 

 that among the numerous models in the patent 

 office of the United Slates there was not one to 

 improve the grist mill, previous to Bicknell's. 

 His improvm^nt is simply a Cylinder or stone 

 turning over what may be called a bed stone, 

 properly adapted to the Cylinder. And the 

 principle may be applied to any diameter, or 

 length, according to the (lower employed to car- 

 ry the machine. 



This mill possesses very peculiar advantages. 

 It may be built lor ten oriifty dollars, according 

 to its size or workmanship. It is specially ada|it- 

 ed to making flour ; but grinds corn well, an<l 

 may be carried, or made to grind to good elfect, 

 by hand or horse, or a small water power. 



The writer is aware, that credulity itself will 

 be slow to believe, that a mill can "be built (or 

 fifty or an hundred dollars, to answer a good pur- 

 pose lor making meal by hand or horse power. 

 — But this any one may see tor himselt', and be 

 convinced, that such arnill will make meal near- 

 ly as fast by the hand of a single man, as com- 1 



mon gristmills make it. Every gentleman who 

 has a taste for improvement in the arts, may be 

 assured of gralilicalion by calliug at the store of 

 Mr. Moody Stockman ot Hampton, where he niav 

 see the mill in operation. It is understood that 

 Mr. Stockman has made some im|irovenient in 

 the original plan, and has purchased the patent 

 right for the State of New Hampshire. 



JVatiorial Legislature. 



SENATE, Jav. 2].— Mr. Tazewdl of Vir-inia, 

 movcil to sliilip out the 3d section of the act against 

 pirary, -wliicli authorized the President of the L/'nited 

 Stall?, ill case tlial pirates find refuge in uny of the 

 citiis or ports of Cuba, Szc. to declare said port or 

 city in a state of blockade, ttc. This motion Mr. T. 

 tnppoited by a very eloquent speech of more than 

 two hours in length. 



Jav. 24. — Fifteen hundred adililional copies of the 

 President's Message respecting Piracy and documents 

 were ordered to be printed. 



Jan. 25. — Bills from the Ffouse for the continuation 

 of the Cumberland Road, and to authorize a subscrip- 

 tion to thR Chesapeake Canal were read twice and 

 committed. 



Ja.\. 26.— The bill to authorize the President to 

 make out a road from Missouri to New Jtexieo, was 

 debated at great length, and at length ordered to fee 

 engrossed — Ayes 30, Nays 12. 



A Message was received from the President on the 

 subject of removing the Indian Tiibes from the lands 

 they now hold to the courtiy lying westward and 

 northward thereof, which was read and ordered to be 

 printed. — 



IIOL'SF,, Jam. 21.— The President communicated 

 to both Houses the Convention with Russia, recently 

 ratified and exchanged. Also a report of the Secre- 

 tary of the Treasury, of the progress made in the exe- 

 cution of the law to abolish the Indian Trading Fsta- 

 blishtnents. 



A resolve was passe d relative to maiiirg a survey 

 of the South Shore of the I.aUe Erie, and likewise 

 another resolve relative to cutting a canal across the 

 peninsula of Florida. _ 



A joint resolution authorizing the public documents 

 to be furnished to the Gardiner Lyceum, in Maine 

 was ordered to be read a third time. 



A bill was passrel authorizing the Secret.xry of the 

 Treasury to purchase Stock to the amount of 1500 

 shares in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Com- 

 pany. Yeas 113, Nays 74. 



The Bumberland Road Bill was passed. Yeas 97, 

 Xays 72. 



JA-m. 24. A bill for the increase of the corps of En- 

 gineers, and the Professors at West Point Academy 

 was reported, read twice and committed. 



The bill on the subject of crinies and punishments 

 was again discussed, but without decision. 



}\s. 25. — The President was requested to commu- 

 nicate any corresponelence in his possession between 

 the government of the U. S. aadthat of France, touch- 

 ing Uie interpretation of the 8th article of the Treaty 

 for the cession of Louisiana. 



Jaw. 26. — Mr. Wright from the Committee on the 

 subject reported rules to be observed in case the elec- 

 tion of the President shall devolve on the House. 



Jan. 27 — A bill on the subject of the Post Office, 

 containing 4f! sections wa.^ read, and amended. The 

 franking privilege of Members of Congress was ex- 

 tended to 60 days before and after every session, in- 

 stead of 30 days. Several other amendments were 

 made, when the bill, as amended was reported. 



of 



Massachusetts Legislature. 



SENATE, Jaw. 26.— After passing a number 

 private bills, &c. the bill to allow persons conscien- 

 tiously scrupulous oftaking an oath, to affirm under 

 the pains and penalties cf perjury was read a second 

 time. 



Jaw. 27. — Bills to prevent and punish frauds on 

 Banks ; and concerning bail ia criminal cases, passed 

 to be engrossed. 



Jan. 28. — The Senate non-coiicurrrd with the 

 House in appointing a Committee to consider the pro- 

 priety of establishing a piimary school fund, i:c. and 

 relerred the conji.lc ration of the subject to the Com- 

 mittee on disposing of the reversionary interest in 

 Charles River Bridges for the purpose of creating a 

 fund for the use of public schools. 



Jan. 29. — 'I he Joint Committee on, application for 

 new Banks, made an unfavorable report IhereOn ; 

 which was assigned for the bth of February for further 

 consideration. 



Jan. 31. — Ordered (in both Houses) That the Com- 

 mittee on Internal Improvements be directed to in- 

 quire into the expediency of causing a survey to be 

 made &c. to ascertain the practicability ot opening a 

 canal to unite the waters of Connecticut river with 

 those of Boston haibor. 



A Message was received from the Governor, in- 

 forming that a vacancy in the otfii:e of Warden o<^ the 

 State Prison has been supplied — that there is reason 

 to believe that, at no former period have the affairs ci" 

 that institution been under better regulation than at 

 present, and that lor the first time since its establish- 

 ment, the prison has yielded a profit to the Common- 

 wealth. 



A bill to establish a College in Amherst was read 

 a first time, and ordered to be printed. 

 I l"eb. 1. — \ Commitlte was appointed to inquire in- 

 \ to the expednncy of passing a law imposing a fine on 

 I all persons who shall .forcibly pass any turnpike 

 I gate, &c. — 



HOUSE,Jax.26.— A bill from the Senate defining 

 the responsibilities of assessors — The Message res- 

 pecting the boundary line of this State and Rhode 

 island — For the better security of the owners of land 

 from claims (or light, air and way — To suppress the 

 sale of Lottery T ickets, &c. &c. were referred to com- 

 mittees. 



The House resumed the consideration of the report 

 of t!ie Joint Committee giving leave for a bill to the 

 Petitioners for a College chartered for the Amherst 

 Institution. This caused an animated and protracted 

 debaie which continued tilt the House adjourned. 



J.4W. !17, Si 28. — Those days were principally de- 

 voted to debates on the Amherst question ; when at 

 length leave was granted to bring in t^ bill for a Col- 

 lege Charter. Y'eas 1 14, Nays 96. 



Jan. 31. — The Committee on New Trials was di- 

 rected to consider the expediency of pas.aing an act 

 making it the duty of keepers of prisons to publish in 

 newspapers lists of debtors, the amount of their 

 debts, ic. 



Fkb. 1. — The bill from the Senate to suppress the 

 sale of Lottery Tickets was indefinitely postponed ; 

 but the vote was reconsidered, and the bill laid on the 

 table. 



A remonstrance of S. W. Pomeroy and others, 

 against taxing sheep, was referred to the Committee 

 of I'inance. 



%• The following gentlemen have recently been ap- 

 pointed Agents for the New England Farmer, and are 

 authorized to receive moneys, subscriptions, ic. on our 

 behalf: 



MELLEN CHAMBERLAIN, Esq. Castine, Me. 



JOHN W. FOSTER, Bookseller, Por/imo«//t, JV.K 



RIDLEY BANNISTER, Printer, Concord, N. H. 



THOMAS W. SHEPARD, ^''orlhmnpton, Mass. 



FARM FOR SALE, in Cambridge— For sale, a farm 

 about 4 miles from the city, consisting of 35 acres 

 of as good land as any iu the county of Middlesex. It 

 is under good improvement, and may be made at small 

 expense to cut from 60 to 70 tons of English hay ; has 

 from 3, to 400 Fruit Trees, 10 acres of Meadow land, 

 about a quarter of a mile from the farm. On said farm 

 are 2 dwelling houses, barn, corn-barn, chaise-house, 

 pigery. Sec. Said farm is on the main road to Lexing- 

 ton and Concord, and one or two stages pass daily. The 

 farm, cattl*, and farming utensils will be sold at a bar- 

 gain. A small part of the purchase money will be re- 

 quired, and the residue may lie 5 or 10 years. 



Inquire of Chandler Robbius, real estate broker. Ex- 

 change Street, or at this office. i.M Jan. 28 



WANTED, at this office, a strong, active lad, of 

 about 16 years of age, as au apprentice to the 

 Printing Business. 



