1825.] 



NEW ENGI.AND FARiMER. 



2f>t 



prepared tor drinkinp; from the ca>k, or lor 

 bottling.) On wluit tliis aopoiul?, will best he 

 discovered, when ttie method I employ is tried 

 with other ciders. At |iro?enl, I incline to at- 

 tribute the fact with us, chiefly to our apples 

 and to our soil ; without afiumina: however 

 that the trpatiiient we use may not have its 

 share therein. I must fiirlher oliserve, howev- 

 er that our cidor usually remains a long time 

 quiol, bel'ore I'ermeiitalion commences. But 1 

 do not design to change my own proceedings, 

 unless I'or a sufficient reason ; heca\isc our cider 

 in its present form belongs to a class by itsell, 

 which is prel'erred by many, and lieej)S well for 

 our own purposes and rate ot consunnilion. It 

 has also an enlivening, though less intoxicating 

 power, than most other ciders ; so that when 

 taken in moderation, even ladies may not fear 

 its effects. 



Fourlkhj, and lasllij. Some individuals have 

 kept a cask of cider throughout the year, lor 

 their own private drinking, using at the rate ol 

 a tumbler daily, without racking, lining, or 

 boltl.ng ; and also without using the vent peg. 

 Here rest and the gradual diminution of the 

 liquor, with the constant increase and confine- 

 ment of the air which daily esca|ies from the 

 liquor, accomplish every thing wanted le the 

 content of the parlies. 



P. S. In order to save bottles, may not the 

 t'ollowing expedient be tried ? Let the cider 

 most suitable lor bottling be selected, and at 

 the time when the bottling is proposed, let one, 

 (or a part of one barrel) bo drawn off into 

 kegs ; and thence, as wanted, into bottles ; the 

 rest being put into bottles t'roni the first. One 

 set of bottles will thus serve in succession for 

 several kegs ; but every keg, a.s soon as "pin- 

 ed, should be bottled. The cidv-r, thus bottled, 

 will at least serve lor the early part of (he sea- 

 son for bottled cider ; and if it sliouli! be inferi 

 our to the best bottled ci<ler, it may, neverthe- 

 less, serve as bottled cider for common purposes. 



*Cliaptal, speal{iiigf of making wiiic, says, " When 

 the fL'rmeutatiou is quieted, and the mass of 'liqiioi' is in 

 a stall' of absolute repose, the. wiiie is made ; but it is 

 cUnfiCalinn. lh.it gives it new qualities, and preserves 

 it from the danger of ;mnj/i.?. 



' '• Tliis clarification is spontaneous, belnj; the mere 

 result of time and rest. Gradnally, there i.- a depoeit 

 at the bottom, and on the sides of the cask ; which 

 clears the wine from every thing which is not in a state 

 of perfect solution ; or of every ttanj which is in ex- 

 cess. It is this deposit which is called lees {lk,sei<e;) 

 a confused mixture of tartar, of pricieiplcs very analo- 

 gons to fibrine, and of tlie coh>ri]ig matter." 



Chaptal may be consuUed as to the eflVct of the stalks, 

 skins, and lea of the grape upon wine ; which he 

 makes various accjriling to the cisc. TJie taste from 

 the stalk as sharp and austere, (apre ami austere.) 

 .See some of the first chapters of his second volume. 



MERRIMACK AGRICULTURAL NOTICE. 



At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the 

 Merrimack Agricultural Society, holden at the 

 Phccnix Hotel in Concord in said ('ouiity, on 

 Monday the 17th day of Jaiiuaiy, 1G2.') : Arle- 

 mas Rodgors, Esq. Isaac Hill, I'.-q. Levi Karlletl, 

 Esq. Capt. lienjarnin i'ellengill, Ebenezer Cres- 

 sv, Esq. IJoswell .Stevens, Esq. and Col. Warren 

 Story were appointed a Viewing Committee on 

 Farms the present year. 



It was agreed by the said Directors that the 

 next annual meeting of said Sociely lor the cat- 

 tle show and fair be liolden at Hi-nmkkf., in said 

 County, on Wednesday the 19th day of October 

 next. 



rUESElU'ING MEAT. 



'• The preservation of meat, for Very con- 

 siderable periods of time may, it has been di.s- 

 coverod In Trance, be effected by the aid of 

 soot, from the chimneys whore wood only is 

 burnt lor fuel, as in a great part of Franco. One 

 pound of this soot is sullicient to cure three 

 pouuils of beef, and after which the soot will 

 lie little if any the worse, as a manure for the 

 farmer's crops. 



The soot is put into a vessel with about four 

 times its weight of water, and allowed to mace- 

 rate during twenty four hours, with, frequent 

 stirring. The clear liquor then decanted is 

 found charged with an increase of about l-2r>lh 

 of its weight, consisting of the pyroligneoiis acid 

 and bituminous principles of the soot ; and there- 

 in the meat, previously salted in the ordinary 

 way, should be put to soak for half an hour, and 

 then be taken out and dried in the open air ; by 

 which process its elfoctual preservation is effect- 

 ed, and at the same time no material taste ccmi- 

 niunicated to the meat." — Aluulhhj Magazine. 



.Iksse Buel, Esq. of .Mliany, has been elected 

 corresponding member of the Horticnilural So- 

 ciety of London. We are pleaseil to find this 

 gentleman so honorably rewardeil for his per- 

 severing and successful exertions in Ibis useful 

 branch of science. Mr BuePs ardent devotion 

 (o agriculluial and horticultural pursuits, has 

 rendered him one of the most important auxili- 

 aries in our country. His report to the State 

 Legislature, when a member in 1323, on an ag- 

 ricultural school and experimental and [latlern 

 farm, is replete with sound argument, praclic.il 

 obs{:rvatious and ingenious dcductio^is. He has 

 added to our choice Iruits in the last year, sev- 

 eral of Knight's new varieties, ly importing 

 iheni from London, and has this year received, 

 we uudersland, more than M new vari'Mies from 

 the London llorlicultural S iciftty. ."^Ir Blle^^i. 

 farm and garden lie about two miles from the 

 city of Albany, on the Great Western Turnpike ; 

 a spot on which was not a foot of ground cnlliva- 

 led 7 years ago. It is now Ix^conic iho resort 

 of tasle and science, and richly rewards their 

 votaries, who visit this hospitable retreat. — .\'. 

 Y. paper. 



From Ihe Albany Argu s. 

 IMPORTANT TO FARiMERS. 

 For several years, great exerlions have beiui 

 made in various parts of l^urope and in ibis 

 connlry, to discover a perfect melhod of dres- 

 sing flax in the straw, without either dew 

 rotting or water sleeping, or exposing it tonny 

 chemical action. Lirge sums of inoirey have 

 been expended by ftlr. Bumly, and olhers in 

 England, and by several persons in New York 

 and Philadeli>hia, and all, it is understood, with- 

 out furnishing the desired result. The obi 

 process, and which is still unirersally followed, 

 of exposing flax to Ihe action of the atmos- 

 phere or of waler, for the purpose of decom- 

 posing the glutinous qu.ility, and liberating the 

 lihre from il, is not only alleniled with greal 

 wasle, but Ihe fibre ol which the dressed flax is 

 com[)ospd is very much weakened by it. The 

 natural consequence is, that these disadvantag- 

 es atteniling Ihe production of flax have per- 

 mitted the less snbstanlial articles which come 

 out of Ihe cotton fabrics, to supersede, in a 



great measure, the use of linen, and thus a valua- 

 ble agricultural staple which might be pro- 

 duced to a great extent in the northern states, 

 is gradually dis.ippeaiing, and leaving us in a 

 very unprolilablo tributary position to the cot- 

 ton gi Giving slates. 



Whitney's cotloti gin gave to that raw ma- 

 terial of the sonlbern slates, a value of more- 

 consequence to their industry, than the discov- 

 ery of gold mines would have done; and it is 

 obvious that any ingenious discovery, which 

 liberates flax from the obstacles which are grad- 

 ally pieventing ils cultivation, and which re- 

 stores it as a profitable item amongst Ihe pro- 

 ductions of Ihe soil, would be invaluable to the 

 agricultural interest. And it may be reasona- 

 bly said, that if fl.ix, pro|ier for spinning thread 

 could be furnished at the same |)rice as cotton 

 for that purpose, that the obvio'is ditlVrence 

 in the .strength and duration of these two pro- 

 ductions, wouKI create an instant demand for 

 flax and restore it to its place in husbandry, as 

 one of ils most profilable branches. 



This great and much desired result, it is now 

 said, has been produced, anil what is very satis- 

 factory, it has been discovereil in this country. 

 Mr Roumage, a French gentleman, respectably 

 known here, has by a very simple combination 

 of means, succeeded in cleansing flax from the 

 state in which it is draivn out of Ihe ground, to 

 that [iropcr, for spinning, preserving in all its 

 natural strength. It is impossible for any speci- 

 mens to be more heantiful or more satisfactory 

 than those which he (;xhibited, and which have 

 been sho»ri Governor Clinton and many gea- 

 tlemen of the Senate, and of the board of .\gri- 

 culturo. jjijt what parlicul.irly strengthens the 

 confidence which his conversalion ami his spe- 

 cimens iiKjiirc is the avowed object of his .'our- 

 ney here, so diftcrent from that of many who 

 resort to .\lbany during the session of the legis- 

 lature His object is simply to make this dis- 

 covery generally known ; to encourage the 

 farmers in the cultivation of flax ; and to cim- 

 snlt >vilh olhers as to his choice of an establish- 

 ment in this slate ; a choice which ought to he 

 governed by the fertility cd' Ihe district, as es- 

 sential to Ihe cultivation of ll.ix, and by manu- 

 facturing facilities, and those of navigation. 

 Mr. Roumage finils it diflicult to procure flar. 

 We undrisland he requires it to be drawn froui 

 the ground just when the seed is beginning to 

 change colour, to be dried a litlle in the sheaf, 

 and delivered to him when thrashed, in the 

 siraiv or bay siale, without any rolling. We 

 learn also thai he offers twenty dollars a toa 

 for il in Ihis slale, which persons conversant 

 with the subject say is a very remunerating 

 price. 



We are happy to be the means of announcing 

 (o Ihe Ihe agricultural public this very inter- 

 esting subject, and wish Ifliat a circulation may 

 be given to these facts by other editors, for the 

 lieiielit of our farmers, in order that they may 

 make preparations in season for the cultivation 

 of the article. 



President Monroe took leave of the city of Washing- 

 ton, and sat out for his seat in Virginia on Wednesday, 

 J.Jd ult. He was escorted to the District line, by a 

 troop of horse, aud accompanied by a cavalcade of 



citizens. 



General La Fayette arrived at Savannah on Mon- 

 day, 21st ult. and was received iu a handsome styl*. 



