1825.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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times are regulated by the Moon. So numer- 

 011?, various, and oftentimes Fidiculons, aie these 

 that every observance of the kind is neglected 

 by the learned, and is desjiised. But it is vain 

 to despise what the multitude reverence. The 

 wise pay attention to the customs of the people 

 and select from ihem the good, and reject the 

 evil. 



Let memoranda of times and of work he faith- 

 fully kept, and this shapeless and uncomely mass 

 of observances will at length be reduced to or- 

 der and beauty. 



Shrewsbury,' March 1 , 1825. 



To shoxv the difference between raw corn and corn 

 meal cooked, as food for hogs- 

 Some two years ago, while I was confined to 

 the tire-Side by a cold, I amused myself with 

 several experiments to tind the increase by 

 weight of corn, rye, shorts, Sic. by boiling anil 

 cooking, with a view to economising hog foofr, 

 I soon became convinced, that wonderful etTects 

 might be easily produced ; and though I then 

 made a regular record of what I did, strange to 

 tell, I have never till lately attempted to put my 

 theory into practice. 1 have had since the first 

 of December, an actual expeiiment going on 

 between raw corn and meal,made into good thick 

 mush — two pigs of about one hundred weight 

 each, have l>een eating seven pounds each of 

 raw corn per twenty-four hours ; and two others 

 of near the same size, have had exactly seven 

 pounds of meal made into good mush between 

 them. This seven pounds of meal, cooked into 

 the state of good stitfmush, weighs from twenty- 

 eight to thirty-three pounds. 1 weighed my 

 pigs accurately at beginning, and weighed again 

 two days since, to mark the progress. The two 

 eating Iburteen pounds of corn per day, had in- 

 creased seventeen pounds in sixteen days — The 

 two eating seven pounds of cooked meal per day, 

 had increased twenty-four pounds in the same 

 time. — Here is a saving of one half the corn. — 

 I shall carry them on till early in January, when 

 I shall kill them." — American Furmcr. 



care must be taken, by applying somc; tender 

 twigs, or strings, to prevent the circles from join- 

 ing each other. 



This method is equally applicable for scarlet 

 beans. — Englisk ]'ubticalion. 



When to plant Annual and Perennial Flowers. 



Many kinds of annuals and perennials, sown 

 in March and the beginning of April, will be fit 

 for transplanting about the end of May, and may 

 either be planted in patches about borders, or 

 in beds, as fancy .«hall direct. Of these, the 

 kinds improved by transplanting, are, amaran- 

 thuses, China asters, columbines, French, and 

 Alrican marigolds, foxgloves, holly hocks, In- 

 dia pinks, love-lies-a-bleeding, mallows, migni- 

 otte, prince's feather, scabious, stocks, sun flow- 

 ers, sweet Williams, wall flowers, and others. — 

 They should be planted out in a showery time, 

 if possible, or otherwise be frequently watered, 

 till they have struck root. — Ibid. 



I Improper treatment of plants. 



The practice of placing flats or saucers unier 

 planis, and feeding them by the roots, that is, 

 pouring the water continually into these dishes, 

 and never on the earth at top, is highly improp- 

 er. The water should always be poured on the 

 surface of the earth, that it may filler complete- 

 ly through it, to the benefit and refreshment of 

 the fibres. — Ibid. 



Advantage in sowing Peas in Circles instead of 

 straight Rows. 



It is a great error in those persons who sow 

 the rows of tall growing peas close together. — 

 It is much better in all those sorts, which grow 

 sis or eight feet high, to have only one row, 

 and then to leave a bed ten or twelve feet wide 

 for onions, carrots, or any crops which do not 

 grow tall. 



The advantages which will be derived are, 

 that the peas will not be drawn up so much, be 

 stronger, will flower much nearer the giound, 

 and in wet weather can be more easily gather- 

 ed without wetting you. 



But instead of sowing peas in straight rows, 

 if you will foim the ground into circles of three 

 feet diameter, with a space of two feet between 

 each circle in a row thirty feet long, you will 

 have six circles of peas each nine feet ; in all, 

 fifty four feet of peas instead of thirty, on the 

 same extent of ground. 



If you want more than one row of circles, 

 leave a bed often or twelve feet before you be- 

 gin another. 



For the very tall sorts, four feet circles will 

 afford more room for the roots to grow in, and 



In .Tanuary last, there was a dreadfnl explo- 

 sion in a coal mine at Middleton, in England, 

 which killed 23 workmenon the spot and woun- 

 ded several others. Some of the bodies were 

 shockingly mangled ; others appeared to have 

 perished by suffocation. The acci<lent was oc- 

 casioned by one of the miners taking off the top 

 of his safety lamp. 



Mvenlures of a pound of Cotton. — The following 

 history of the progress of a pound of Cotton, copied from 

 an English paper, is not only a proof of the importance 

 of the trade, but exhibits in the strongest light the 

 value of human industry, and the power of the mind 

 applied to material objects. In the first place, the wool 

 cauie from the East Indies to London ; from London it 

 went to Lancashire, where it was manufactured into 

 yarn: from Manchester it was sent to Paisley, where 

 it was woven ; it was next sent to Ayrshire, where it 

 was tamboured ; afterwards it was conveyed to Dum- 

 barton, where it was handsewcd, and again returned to 

 I^aisley, when it was sent to a distant part of the county 

 of Renfrew to be bleached, and was returned to Pais- 

 ley, whence it was sent to Glasgow, and was finished ; 

 and from Glasgow was sent by coach to London. It 

 is difficult to ascertain precisely the time taken io bring 

 this article to market, but it maybe pretty ntar the 

 truth to reckon it three years, from the time it was 

 packed in India until, in cloth, it arrived at the mer- 

 chant's warehouse, in London, whither it must have 

 been conveyed at least 10,000 miles by sea, and 920 by 

 land, and contributed to reward no less than \b(i peo- 

 ple, whose services were necessary in the carriage and 

 manufacture of this small quantity of cotton, and by 

 which the value has been advanced two thousand per 

 cent. 



Mr. Strickland, the celebrated architect ofPhiladel- 

 phia, is about to leave this country for Fngland, to 

 obtain every kind of information connected with public 

 improvement, which his enquiring and enlarged mind 

 can glean from the experience of the engineers and 

 public contractors of that country. This mission of 

 Mr. Strickland, it is understood, is undertaken entirely 

 at the expence of the Pennsylvania Society for pro- 

 moting InttinallnijJTovemtnt. — JV". YSldlesman. 



FRUIT TREES, &ic. 



JAMES BLOOnCOOD & CO. 

 have for sale at their Nur- 

 sery at Flushing, on Long Islsuad, 

 near New York, 



Fruit and Forest Trees, Flowering Shrubs and 

 Plants, of the most approved sorts. 



The Proprietors of this Nursery attend persorally to 

 the inoculation and engrafting of o» thttr Fruit Trees, 

 and purchasers may rely with confidence, that the 

 Trees they order will prove genuine. 



Orders left with Mr. Zebkeke Cook, Jr. No. 4-1, 

 State Street, Boston, will be transmitted to ur, and 

 receive our prompt and particular attention. Cata- 

 logues will be delivered, and any information im- 

 parted respecting the condition, &;c. &c. that may be 

 required, on application to him. 



Persons who intend to procure a supply of trees the 

 ensuing spring, are invited to call on the agent at an 

 early period., as their orders will be executed more to 

 their satisfaction than if deferred until the healthiest 

 rees hvtve been selected. I eh. 4. 



FOR »le at this Office, Rnta Baga, Mangel VVurt- 

 zel, and Sugar Beet seeds, raised this season, by 

 John Prince, Esq. Roxbury. The Ruta Baga seed is 

 from superiour roots, from seed not two years since from 

 Sweden. Feb. 11. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, &.c. 



APPLES, best, 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, - - . 



pearl do. - - . - 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 

 cargo. No 1, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - - 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. L new 

 CHEESE, new milk, - - - - 



skimed milk, - - - 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 



Genessee, - - - 



Rye, best, . . - - 

 GRAIN,Rye 



Corn - - - - . 



Barley - - - . 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection - - 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northeri, 

 PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, Rone Middlings, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEED.S, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover ----- 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood,wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native - - - do 



Vulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROFISIOJ^ MARKET. 

 BF.EI', best pieces - - . ■ 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - 



" whole hogs, - - • 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, • 



POULTRY, ■ 



BUTTER, keg & tub, 



lump, best, - ■ 



EGGS, ■ 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - . - ■ 



Indian, do. - . - 

 POTATOES, - - - . 



CIDER, liquor, - - - . 



HAY, according to quality, 



