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NEW EVGI^AND FAW>IER. 



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FOR. THE NKW K.VCiLANU FARMF-R. 



THE NATIVE POTATO. 



\\\io worm, whose riiva^es in cl.nvoy I, mil or in 

 i« wefsoil iire rr(?qiient. TIip cxperimenl may 

 lie niMile with litllc IroiiMe and expense, an 



Commodore Hull, not I'or^cll'ul ol" the inter- »ve hope our i;:nnors jjeneraily will he induced 

 ests of science, has iransmilled to Ihe Fresideiil |o try il. An onnce oT copperas !■< allowed to 

 of the M iss.ichnselts Ap^nculuinl Society a hox every qnart ot'serd. It .-hciild be steeped al)oiit 

 of the tubers ol the common [lotito, I'onnd grow- 24 honrs. I'erhap" g'lain might be equally bene 

 inif in a taiid st.ite in the Island oCS.ui Lorenz", fited by the same treatment. 

 in Peru. It has been long' sim e known, that: Experiments of i.lanting corn in drills have 

 Ihe common potato, (or many \iars called the heen made with success. The ground should 

 Virginia potato, under an erroneous imprea- he ivell prepared lor planting by ploughing 

 sjon that It was an indigenous plant in Ihsit ami harrow ng. IClhen furrowed (or rows about 

 state, IS not a native of North America. Bon- three & a half feet apait, Ihe manure is di-oppod 

 TLANo, ihe associate of Humboldt, was not able j in tli(> ("urrows. The m.mure is covered an 

 Jo liiid It m M<!xico or in any other part of North inch or two with tresh dirt, the kernels ;i re 

 Jlmerica. Within a few years its origin has , dropped s;ngly on the furrows six or eight 

 been a subject of great curiosity in England, ii^c'ps distant covered and tended as usual. VVe 

 and pains have been taken to procure the na- f.innot recommend this method from our own 

 tive or wild roots for cultivation, not so much experience, but from observing its effects in 

 under the expectation of improving them neighbouring tields, we should think it prefer 

 by culture and introducing new and belter va- able in many cases, ii is attended with grea- 

 rietic-', but from alindable aoil iianiai desire of (er advantages in land where the soil is wet 

 seeing the process, by whicn a root naturally nnd heavy, than where it is of an oi)posite char- 

 small au<l bitter, has heen made so grateful and 1 acler. 

 so important an article of food. Our farmers do not commonly pay sufficient 



it was thought thai we should not be behind [ HKeption to rotation in crops; In dry land, the 

 the Europeans in this zeal as to the natural his- 1 |,est crops of corn are raised on "broke up" — 

 lory of an American plant, and it was particu-JThe second year grain may t'ollow, and clover 

 larly recommcHrffii to Commodore Hull, as an (,nd herds grass seed be sown, preparatory to 



IMPORTANT TO F,\R.MERS. 



We have hitherto omitted to notice a labour- 

 : savin? minhine, ivhich has been exhibiicd in 

 ; the Capitol for several weeks, and which we 

 'deem highly useful to the agricultural interests 

 1 of ihe Slate. The inventor and (iropnetor is 

 j Mr Samuel Fowks, of Catskill It is adapted to 

 the shellirig and grinding of corn and other 

 coarse grain, cutting o( straw, cleaning cUner 

 seed, hulling bnckuheal, smutting of wheat, and 

 'cleaning all kinds of grain, all of which it et- 

 fects with great desp:itch. Il will grind a busli- 

 el o( corn in (orly minuies. The machine is 

 not as large as the common fanning nulls in 

 general use, costs about ^5*50, and is not liable to 

 get out of repair. M my of our most experi- 

 enced agriculturists pronounce Ihe invention one 

 of the most important that has been brought 

 forth for many years. VVe understand Ihe en- 

 1 terprising inventor has gone to New York to 

 (exhibit his machine, and we hope he will meet 

 with am(ile encoiiragement. — Albany D. Adv. 



object of i?»(eres(. He had previously tendered 

 his services to Ihe Mass. Agricultural Society in 

 procuring jilants or ^eeds, and he has redeem- 

 ed his pledge in a very satisfactory manner. 

 These roots were taken up in the isl.md of San 

 Lorenzo on Ihe IRth of Septeniber 1821, were 

 packed Judiciously in dry sand, and have arrived 

 in a pnifecl state, just starting and lit for cultiva- 

 tion. .\ fair experiment will be made o( them at 

 Cambridge.nnd in a tew private gardens; and the 

 result sh.ill be made known. The Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Society beg leave to return their 

 respectful acknowledgements to Com. Hull and 

 to John S. Skinner, Esq. Editor of the American 

 Farmer by whose care and attention they reach- 

 ed their destination. 



It is almost incalculable how great are the 

 benefits which our naval ofRcers might confer 

 en their countrv, by their exertions, judiciously 

 directed, in sending home the plants ol'the coun- 

 tries which they visit. There are now nearly 

 30,0110 plants growing in the gardens of Europe 

 which were unknown there thirty years since — 

 and we must and we shall tinally collect in our 

 country as ex(en«ive specimens. The progress 

 will be more slow, but it will certainly arrive 

 at the same point of perfection. 



J. LOWELL, 



Prtsideni of lite Mass. Ag. Socitly. 

 Boston, April 14, 1825. 



Fram Ihe Gasetle of Maine. 



ON RAISING INDIAN CORN, &c. 

 The practice of soaking seed corn in capperas 

 water, immediately before planting, has been 

 recomended by several farmers of our acquaint 

 ance. The advantages of this iTocess are the 

 accelerating of vegetation and the preventing 

 ■of the destruction of the jdant in its earlier sta- 



laying it down for mowing — corn will not gen 

 erally succeed well after grain in a light soil, 

 hut potitos do well. In a wet soil corn is un- 

 certain on "broke up.' The best course ofcrops 

 is potalos, corn, and grain. Mofst land may 

 be tilled for sever.il years in succession without 

 a decrease ofcrops and Ihe quality ofihe ground 

 improved, but we believe the case is reversed 

 in the tillage of land of a light dry soil. We 

 have noted that experienced agriculturists make 

 fiarticular distinction in the culture of lands of 

 dilTerent qualities. Heavy land requires more 

 frequent ploughings and dressings than light 

 soils. Every farmer, however, if he sufficient- 

 ly regards Ihe result of his operations, is the 

 best able to determine the most profitable treat- 

 ment of his own land. AVe would merely re- 

 mark in conclusion, that it is our opinion, the 

 expericiice of a few years will demonstrate, 

 that wet lands will be found more productive 

 than dry ; the latter is easily tilled and produces 

 the best crops at first ; the former requires more 

 labour to subdue il, but yields in time a more 

 abundant crop, and is more certain. 



A FARMER. 



TO EXTRACT MEAT FROM THE WL\D PIPE. 



Mr. James Ogden, in a late Liverpool paper, 

 in noticing an account of a man losing his lil"e 

 fi om a piece of meat accidentally fastened in the 

 Irachea, or windpipe, cautions the public against 

 the fashionable folly of lalliing and eating at the 

 same time, and adds : "•But, after the beef was 

 so fastened in that situation, the man's life 

 might nave been saved, by the simplest means. 

 No crooked Wires, or curved instruments what- 

 ever could be of any service. The patient ei- 

 ther sitting or standing, an attendant should 

 have inserted one thumb into one nostril, so as, 

 by that nostril to prevent the escape of wind ; 

 and with the pipe of a pairof bellows introduced 



An appropriation of $12,000 has been made by the 

 LcgJElature ol New-York, to defray the expense of 

 surveying the routes for sevenleen new Canals. 



[from our late bnclish papers.] 



SF.LECTION OF SEED WHE^T. 

 The follntting communicalion from Thos. Knight., Esq. 

 (in Ihe Ihrrford JoUTnal,) will doubtless prove high- 

 ly interesting at the present moment to .Agricultur- 

 ists : — 



"A good deal of the strong wheat soil of Here- 

 fordshire remains unknown, and must be sown 

 in the end of this month, or in the next, and it 

 IS important to select seed corn of early habits. 

 I tried 'he experiment of selecting seed wheat 

 from a warm gravelly soil in a warm part of the 

 county, and other seed wheat of the same varie- 

 ty (the common red-straw) from a cold vvhite 

 clayey soil, in a very cold part of Ihe county. 

 Doth were sown at the same time, and upon con- 

 tiguous ridges, when the crop which sprang 

 from the seed corn which had grown upon a 

 warm gravelly soil ripened a fortnight before 

 the other. The advantages of selecting such 

 seed must be obvious. 1 have stated facts — Ihe 

 Transactions of the Horticultural Society shew 

 that fruits, such as the apple and pear, and pe- 

 rennial plants, acquire in hot climates habits of 

 ripening late, whilst cultivated natural plants 

 acquire the power of ripening early, by having, 

 through successive generations, had Iheir period 

 of maturity accelerated. The Scotch farmers 

 purchase seed barley from Ihe warmest soils in 

 England; having found that the crops which 

 spring from this will ripen, upon their cold 

 hills, nearly three weeks earlier than those 

 varieties which have adapted their habits to 

 their late and cold cimates." 



ges by worms, &c. The first is a desirable oh 



jecl ; the latter is highly important. VVe fre-linto the other nostril, and the parts so pressed 

 quently see the prospect of a good crop of corn as to prevent the escape of wmd by that orifice ; 

 entirely blasted by worms ; particularly the [one short, sudden, strong puff would have rem- 

 edied the case in an instant." 



Mustard Seed. — About a tea-.^poonful taken in 

 the grain, moistened with a little cold water, 

 before breakfast every morning, will have a 

 salutary effect at this season of the year, on con- 

 stitutions predisposed to attacks of the Chill and 

 Fever. Its tendency is to carry off the bile and 

 warm the blood. 



Mr Irving's pony, at \\igtoD, England, died a few 

 weel{s since, in the 40th year of his age. He iras con- 

 sidered one of the best baciia in that district. 



