70 



NRVV ENGLAND 1 AUMRR, 



Srpt. 18. IflOP. 



four ,,oun.lsn.ore of whent flour to give it the are take., in, tl.ey sl.ouM I.e l„M,.M,i.l,y the husl<H,| Ma,3acl^tZli,^lU^ SorUlyZy^ i;^ ' 

 ronsisteney of hr<;u(l. With this nddit on the in n .1. v ,.1,.,,. .„ c, -i^ ,'... . „„j ......:_. r... . . : ^ . "* lollow p. 



ronsistency of hreud. With this addition the 

 loaves wore made, and the result gave us ten 

 pounds of the finest hread 1 ever saw. It was of 

 snowy whitLiiess— tinder and dclicinus to the 

 tasle, anil rcuiaine<l fresh iiuicli longer thiin bread 

 Iirepared from flour alone. Suhsequent trials have 

 catislied us that one quarter part rf rice flour may 

 he profitably used in making bread ; that the 

 weight is greatly inrreased, aixl the (|iKiJiiy im- 

 proved beyond calculation. If the publiration of 

 this fact shall tend to unite the interests of the 

 south with the north, by an additional link, I shall 

 bo happy to see it circulated from one end of our 

 land to the other. 'I"he trial of it is easy. The 

 result eauiiot fiiil to be satisfactory to all who 

 make it." 



JVEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



nOSTON, FKID.A.Y, SEPTEMBER 18, 1829. 



IWRMER'S WORK FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Be sure to furnish your swine with a suflicient 

 quantity of raw materials for the manufacture of 

 manure. Brakes, or fern are e.vccllent for that 

 |iurposf, as they contain a great quaiiliiy of food 

 lor plants. Winter rye is best sowed in Scjptem- 

 lH;r. W it is sowed early, its roots will obtain such 

 firm hold of the soil before winter; that it « ill 

 be less apt to be winter-kille<l, in couscipicnce of 

 the roots being laid bare by the lieaving of the 

 ground in hard frosts. Rye may well be sowed 

 for the pur|)ose of fiunishing food for cattle and 

 sheep early in the spring. When it is intended 

 for this object, it should not only he put into the 

 ground early in autumn, but it should he sowed 

 thicker than when intended to stand f(u- a crop of 

 seed. Winter wheat is best sowed in .Sc-ptember, 

 but in tiiat case it nuiy be necessary to feed it in 

 the fall. It is a good practice to mix a portion of 

 straw, particularly the straw of oats, with \\w 

 second crop of grass, when it is placed on the 

 mow. 



Sowing acorns, beach mast, ash-key.s, chcrry- 

 Ktones, peach stones in autumn, is nuicli the most 

 iiatiual method ; hut the destruction made by the 

 fiel.l mouse on those seeds, both at the time of 

 sowing and during the winter, may re/ider it most 

 expedient to preserve such seeds i"u boxes of dry 

 sand, aiul sow or |)lant them early in the sprin". 



Select seed corn according to the following di- 

 reiitions by Joseph Cooper, Esq. of New Jersey. 

 When the first ears are ripe enough for seed, gath- 

 er a suflicient quantity lor early corn or replant- 

 ing, and at the time you would wish your corn to 

 be ripe, generally, gather a suflicient quantity (br 

 planting the next year, having particular care to 

 take it from stalks that arc large at bottom, of a 

 re,'nlar taper, not over tall, the <ars set low, nnd 

 containing the greatest mimber of good sizeable 

 ears of the best quality on n stock; let it dry 

 speedily, and from the corn gathcrrd as last de- 

 scribed, plant your main crop, and if any hills 

 should be missing, replant from that first gathered, 

 which will cause the crop to ripen more regularly 

 than is common, which is a great benefit. iJr 

 Deane observed, that "some recomm.rnl gather- 

 ing seed corn before the lime of harvrstj-eing 

 the ear.s that first ripen. But I think it would be 

 better to mark them nnd let them nmnin on the 

 ■talks tdl they become sapless. Wlienevcr they 



II dry place, secure from early frost ; and they | ing fruits, &c. were received at the Hall, last Satut « 

 will be so hardened as to he in no danger of injury | Jay ; L 



from the frost in winter." Apiiles, it is said, inav I" r« ,, », , „ 



be preserved for spring use by nackiii" in aiivL ^^^7 ^f .nezeii I u.nt, Esq. of Northampton, 

 ■ . ', ,. .',"'' "^'^, "y, l'''i'*i'in ""y box of fruit, among which were several specime 



kind ol grain, or in dry sand; also in paper cut- 1 of a \c.y fine, handsome pear, resemblin.r the OrancrA 

 tings of the bookbinder ; or in sliaUow pits between I in a|.pearaiice, and the St. Michaels in" flavor,— «» i 

 layers of turf, the grassy side inwards, with n sufli- coinpanied with the follow ing le. ter, 



Cient COVfrilttr nf StniW imrl ^nt-lL t/i itrittnnt thai,. ii I ntrail mi. ....IT ^P .. .. ; 



'-a ^ 



cient covering of straw and earth to protect then, 

 from frost : likewise in dry flax-seed, chaff, or pul- 

 verized plaster of Pari.*. 



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 able and interesting work is just piililished by 

 Wells & Lilly, Boston, and contains elaborate or- 

 ticles on the following subjects: — Soiitliey's Collo- 

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 Craufiinl's Embassy to Ava — Progresses ami 

 Court of James I. — Chinese Drama, Poetry and 

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 on Insanity — Political and Aloral .State of Portugal 

 — Sir Rusane Donkin on tiie Niger — Condition of 

 the English Peasantry — Quarterly List of New 

 Publications. (Published quarterly, at $5 per 

 annum.) 



The Annual Cattle Show, Exhibition of Manu- 

 factures, &c. of the Worce.-^ter County Agricultu- 

 ral Society will be held at Worcester, on W'ednes- 

 day, the 7th of October. We are gratified to 

 learn that the Address is exjiected from William 

 LrvcoL.N-, Es(|. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of the Jlerriniack 

 County (N. H.) Agricultural Society, will he held 

 at Hopkinton, on Wednesday, October 7th, and 

 will pnihahly continue two days. Address at 12 

 o'clock, by R. Bartlett, Esq. Several iiremi- 

 ums are awarded in volumes of the New England 

 Farmer. 



The Cattle Show and Fair of the Hillslmroiigli, 

 N. H. Agricidluial Society will be liild at Fian- 

 cestown on the 30tli of September and the 1st of 

 October. 



The Farmers' and JManiifactiirers' Annual 

 Show, under the direction of the Brist(d Agricul 



I avail myself of a convenient private opportuni 

 ty to send you a few of the HaiUei/ Pears, 'i'iie pea 

 is known by this name only; as tliere is but one trei 

 am! that in the town of Hailley, about two miles froii 

 this place. The tree is about forty feet high, am 

 measures 7 1-2 feet in circumference two feet froit 

 the ground. Just above this, it divides into two Iarg< 

 stocks, whicli are six feet nine inches in circiimlo- 

 rence, and boh rise, of similar dimensions, loth« 

 heightof thirty eight feet from the point of separa. 

 tioii. This tree sprung from a seed brought froii 

 Connecticut thirty-five years since. From vWiat peai 

 the seed was taken is not known. The tree h per- 

 fectly sound and healthy. A kw years since I sent 

 scions of this tree to' Joh.> Low kll nnd Jon.^ 

 Prince, Esq'rs. I should be very glad to have them 

 see llie fruit. I can procure any number of scions 

 for the Society, should the pear be tiiouirht worthy 

 of cultivation. " 



"Having spare room in tiie box, I have put in a fcx 

 of my Brown Beurr. s— They are not yet ripe, nor 

 full size. — When in proper state for eating, I «. 

 send you a good specimen of them. The shape ul | 

 the |ioar is a little different from what is usual. Tiie 

 St. Michaels sent are much smaller than usual. I 

 have had them weighing ten ounces. In the proper ■ 

 season I shall forward to the Hall of the Society a ' 

 variety of pears, peaches and apples. 



Very respectfully. 



Korthavipton, Sept. 8, J 821). E. HUNT." 



From the Hon. John Qlinct Aoams, a lar^e 

 package of ornamental seeds, received by him from 

 Turkey, and presented lor distribution ainom' iJie 

 mcinbers of the Society. ° 



Many samples of superior fruit were ofltred : tlie 

 following are all we have room to mention.— From 

 Mr E. Sharp of Dorchester, some of the finest 

 Nectarines of the season. From J. P. Lela.nu of 

 Sherburne, several varieties of Apples. Superior 

 Peaches, from the gardens of Gen. Deabbor.n cif 



tural Society, will take plaee at Taunton, Wednes- , Roxbury, Mrs Gray of Medford, and .Mr Lamb of 

 lay, October 7. | Boston. Fine Native Grapes from Mr Ellis of 



Brighto.n Market. — Monda}/, Sept. 14. 



(Rpporlcd for die Clirouicle and'Pairidi.) 

 Beef Caltk — SI" 



j Franklin, and Mr Newman of Roxbury. A basket 

 of rich fruit from Mr Seaver of Roxbury. Fine 

 pears from N. D. Williams, Roxbury. Beautiful 



,o , - - - ■; , |iiais uuiu .>. u. >> iLi.iAMs, noxbury. Beautiful 



13 a "larke , inelu luig about 40 ; (ieorgmas and Asters, from the Botanic Garden a 

 unsold lust week. 'I ho market was quite brisk, | Cambridge, and from G. W. Pratt, Esq. cf Wa- 

 more cattle were taken than at any preceding mar- tcrtown. 



ket duy for six months ; not more ihan 50 or 60 re- I From J. M. Goi-roas, Esq. of Weston a beauti 

 mained unsold at the close of the market. But ful .specimen of the Passion Flower, (PassSfloraj ac- 

 fi!W good cattle in, and those were sold generally | coinpanied with the following note, 

 at about S-1 75 per cwt. ; middliiigqunlities, which I "I do myself the pleasure to send to the Massn- 

 composed the greatest proportion, at $4 u 4 25 ;,' ''"'se^a Horticultural Society herewith a Passion 



' -' ■ ...--. Plo«-er. will, n roiiiioct tlmt ;»*.»»■• k.^ ..1 i _^ .T 



and thinner qualities, from $3 50 a 4 



Slnre Caltle— 712 at market. The market 

 coiuiiiuesdull — but few sales were effected com- 

 pared with the number in, and those at very low 

 prices. 



Sheep— 93G\ at market— nearly all sold— Lots 

 of Sheep niid Lambs were sold generally, at $| 33 

 n 1 07 per hi'ail— a fi-w small lots, bi'st, fiir a Irillc 

 more, nnd near the close of the market those that 



Flower, with a rccpiest that it may be placed on tlieir 

 tabic. It is a beautiful blossom,' perhaps not known 

 to some of the members of the Society, nnd they 

 may be pleased to examine it. It deserves n moment 

 of serious consideration. It is a singular flower, 

 nnd so is the traililioii handed to us from ancient 

 days, respecting the same. 



" The vine on « hich it grows abounds on Uie hills 

 of Judea, nnd aUer the ascension of Christ, his dis- 

 ciples were delighted to notice, ornnmented with 

 b.autifiil blossoms, that lowly vine, which before was 



remained unsold, which were of thin oualitv for I 7'""""' l"^>^^'>'"''. """ lo«ly vine, which before w.u 

 •1 i> I ,., ""-"'" """ 'I"'"".*' '"" lidways known to be barren. Thov hailed it as n in. 



con,,,, ,.,,,, ,. -i, „,,,, ots of good I ken ^iven to commemorate the s'tiff-eringi n^iVtt 



uethers brought from $2 50 a 3 per head, mid a | death of the Saviour, lor they saw in tlu- centre of 

 few lots of fair to middling, -91 50 n 2. , the flower a rVoini <;/" thorn's, in the three pistiLi 



.SWnr_541 at market, iucluding 24 iinsoM last J ""'','■"'"':'' ""!'' '" ""-'.five stamens Mrrr hnmm':r.t, 

 week. The m„rk.-t continues slow ami .lull. A ' T' ',!„^,''r",'i''. J''"--'"'.''''""!'"'?. "^ j'" conscious of 



r '. . tllO llOrriU (lOt'U Ihov lliul boon nmilo to nr^rt.tvt^ 



few were retade.l at 4 a4A els. peril-, and one or j They were amazed with the beauty of" ^1^"^ 

 two small lots were taken at a trifle over 3 1-2 cts. | never before noticed, and pleased to give it a nam«' 



