•; Vol. VIII.— No. 2. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



15 



It in a warm place, until tlie temperature was 



degs. Fahr. ; and the fall of the head showed 



attenuation to be sufficient. Yeast subse- 



jntly rose, which was removed by a spoon. — 



refrigeration a further quantity of yeast was 



cipitated, from which the liquor being decant- 



became tolerably fine for new beer, and in fla- 



e.\actly like ale made from malt. Dr Hare 



computed that 5 bushels of potatoes would 

 iducc as much wort as 3 bushels of malt ; it is 

 be considered, too, that the residue would, as 

 d for cattle, be worth half as much as the pota- 

 s employed. 



Salt in cold climates may be obtained, with a 

 lat saving of labor and fuel, by freezing sea 

 ter, and after separating tlic ice, which is form- 



of tlie watery particles only, evaporating the 

 ny residuum, wliich may be done in a short 

 le by fire. Gen. Bauer states that this method 



been practised with great success in Ruissia. — 

 d. 



Sharpening Knives. — Rlr De Jongh, of Man- 

 3Ster, has recently made an important discov- 

 with respect to the sharpening of knives. — 

 !"he best mode," he says, " of sliarpening aknife 

 to draw it over the surface of a suitable stone, 

 emery-coated substance from heel to point, in 

 :h lineal directions as form an angle of forty- 

 e degrees with the breadth of the knife. By 

 >ving a knife laterally and in contact with a re- 

 iving stone, in the usual way the desired grind- 

 lines are obtained. But an evil exists in this 

 d other modes of sharpening knives, the edge is 

 vays turned more or less, contrary to the grind- 

 side. To obviate this I have found out that 

 two stones be turned in contrary directions, their 

 ripheries slightlj' touching each other, and the 

 ife drawn at right angles with the stone, at 

 out the place where tliey touch, and being pre- 

 nted by a fixed rest from being drawn hetwixt 

 ; stones, it will most effectually and in the best 

 ly be sharpened. — Ibid. 



Bones of the Great Monster. — We were on Sat- 

 urday led by curiosity to view the skeleton of the 

 Great Monster, now exhibiting at 330 Broadway. 

 The bones are beyond anything upon record. — 

 There is nothing in the annals of the world, either 

 in the earth or in the sea, that will even remotely 

 compare with them. The largest, supposed to be 

 merely the jaw hone, is 20 feet long, and weighs 

 1200 lbs. The vertebra is sixteen inches in di- 

 ameter, the passage for the spinal marrow nine by 

 six inches, the ribs nine feet long, and all the rest 

 of the bones in proportion. 



We were shown, at the same time, one of the 

 vertebra? of a Mammoth ; but to this monster a 

 Mammoth would bear no more comparison than a 

 mouse does to an elephant. Perhaps this was 

 the skeleton of the Behemoth, of which we know 

 nothing .save the name. AVe observe that the 

 owner advertises to sell one undivided half, that 

 the whole may be carried to Europe. They 

 ought certaiidy to be sent to France ; if Cuvier 

 be living, he coidd, better than any man in the 

 world, give some information regarding them. — 

 They would attract much attention in Europe. — 

 jV. Y.Enq. 



Insect injurious to the Vine. — David Kizer, of 

 Washington City, has communicated to Dr Sam- 

 uel L. Mitchell, in a letter, dated July 14, 1829, 

 four specimens of an insect which he found on 

 the Grape Vine. It is capable of doing injury to 

 the fingers of those who handle it, and of produc- 

 ing considerable pain and inflammation. There 

 seems to be an emission of a venomous fluid. He 

 saw a honey bee pierced through its body and 

 killed by the wound. It would seem that the 

 food of this powerful and devouring insect, says 

 Mr K., is the honey bee. He has given it the 

 name of the Pelican Bee-Catcher. As the speci- 

 mens are in excellent preservation, it may be ex- 

 pected that further entomological researelies will 

 be made by the savans of New York. 



CANADA THISTLE. 



This noxious weed, of whose deleterious char- 

 ter, we fear, our farmers are not sufliciently 

 ^are, appears to be disseminating itself through- 

 it the country. A patch of them appeared, a 

 ar or two since, on the borders of the canal, 

 ar its head, in this town. Although the lot is 

 , unimpioved one, we are gratified to perceive 

 at a regard to the good of others has prompted 

 e proprietors to take the necessary means for 

 eventing them from seedling, and, of probably 

 stroying them. Such an example is worthy of 

 mniendation and imitation. Those who have 

 y of tliem on their farms, unless they take early 

 easures for eradicating them, will some day bit- 

 rly rue the neglect. We have recently noticed 

 veral patches of them in different places by the 

 ay side. These slioidd also be attended to by 

 ose who own land adjacent to them. We have 

 en, in the vicinity of the lower part of Lake 

 lanqilain large and fertile farms so conq)letely 

 errun with them as to diminish their value at 

 ast twenty-five per cent. They grew so thick 

 id rank, in some of the most valuable mowing 

 ts, as to almost entirely choke out every other 

 lecics of vegetation. If suffered to extend them- 

 Ives here, they may be expected to produce the 

 me effects. — Mass. Spy. 



Strawberry Plants. 

 For sale .nl the Brighton Nursery 2000 plants of the Pine Ap- 

 ple .StrawberiT, in fine order for Iransplanling — at S'^fiO per 

 100 — 37 1-2 cl5 per doz. Also, Wilmot's Superb, Alphie, Rose- 

 berry, Hautbois, Downton, &c. Orders for ihe above may be 

 direcled In J. 13. Kussell, Seed Store, 52 Norlli Market Si, 

 Boslon, wliere the planls will be delivered, free of charge for 

 transportalion. If 



Tulip Roots. 



For sale at the Seed Slore connecled wilh the New England 

 Farmer, 52 North Market street, 



A line collection of Dutch Tubp Roots, of bright red, yellow, 

 white, pink, and splendid variegated colors, at ^1,00 per dozen 

 — 12 i-2 CIS single. tf 



jyotice. 



Subscribers to the New England Farmer are informed that 



they can have their volumes neatly and faithfully half bound 



and lettered, at 75 cts per volume, by leaving them at this 



office. 



New China Tea Sets, and light blue Dinner Ware. 

 Received, a great variety of the above; which, with a com- 

 plete assortment of Crockery, China, and Glass Ware, are of- 

 fered for sale, low, at No. 4 Dock Square. 



Turnip Seed. 



For sale at Ihe Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market street, 



200 lbs fine White Flat English Turnip Seed, growth of 

 1829 — also, several other approved vaiietiesfrom Scotland, and- 

 London, among which the Early Dutch, Yellow Stone, and 

 Yellow Malta, have proved of very superior quality for the 

 table,— and the Yellow Aberdeen, (or Bullock,) and the Large 

 Norfolk Field Turnip for cattle^ ^__ 



Short Horn Bull Calf fVanted. 



A fair price vvill be given for a first rale, warranted Short 



Horn Durham Bull Calf, to go to Concord. Mass. Inquire of 



J. B. Russell, publisher of the New Englaud Farmer (post 



paid.) 3t 



Gardener wants a Situation. 

 A gardener, who has a complete knowledge of his business, 

 and can produce recommendations from the Botanic Commit- 

 tee of the Dublin Royal Society, (having been employed in 

 their Botanic Garden for two years,) and from many gentlemen 

 in the vicinity of Dublin, wishes to procure a situation in this 

 country. Inquire at the New Eiigland Farmer office. 3l 



Milkt Seed. 



For sale at the Seed Slore connecled wilh the New England 

 Fanner, No. 52 North Markel street. 



50 bushels of Millet Seed, — clean, and of superior quality. 



Also, a very extensive variety of Ornamenlal Flow-er Seeds, 

 in papers of 6 els each, or 100 varieties, one paper each, for 

 go .00. J 



R(JMAN— This elegant, full blooded horse, a bright bay, 

 with black legs, inane, and tail, of high spirit and good tem- 

 per, will stand at Ihe farm of Mr Stephen Williams, in North- 

 hnrough, Ms, at S^O the season, to be paid before the mares are 

 taken'away.— See New England Farmer, May 15. 



Imported Horses. 

 Barefoot, and Cleveland, the two English horses, will stand 

 for the season at their slable in Brighton. Barefoot al ^25, 

 and Cleveland at glO, with g\ lor the groom. a24 



Heifers, Calves, Sheep, 8,-c. 



For sale, two full Mood Alderney Heiiers, three years old this 

 spring, with calf by a full blood bull of Ihe Short Horn breed; 

 one Alderney Heiler calf, six months old, weaned, and turned 

 to grass; Iwo full blood heif.ir calves of the Short Horn breed, 

 two months old, now at grass feed; four of Ihe Long Wool 

 Ewes, imported from the Netherlands; a buck lamb from one 

 oftheewes, and a Devonshire Buck, a very fine animal, and 

 four full blood .Sa.xony Bucks. For terms apply at this office. 



June 17, 1829. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



PROVISION MARKET. 



CORRECTED EVERV WEEK BY Mti. Hj^VWARD, 



(Clerk of Faneuil-hail Markd.) 

 REEF, best pieces, . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL, .... 

 MUTTON, .... 

 POULTRY, .... 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, . 

 Lump, best, 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, . 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, 

 CIDER, [according to quality,] 



13 

 1 00 



