riion in the kinds of fiuit for cultivation. The 

 t varieties of fruit will always meet a ready 

 !, and command a good price, however fuvora- 

 the season may have been ; while ordinary 

 litics must depend, for a sale, on the scarcity 

 he market, or the lowness of the price at which 

 y are offered. — Worceslcr Spi/. 



STONANDBRATTLEBORO' RAIL ROAD. 



The Committee for examining the route for a 

 road between Brattleboro' and Boston, have 

 n in this place the present week. They fol- 

 ed the course of the Nashua and Miller's rivers 

 he Connecticut, thence, thi'ough Northficld and 

 nou to this place. Mr Solomon Willard and 

 Henry Wilder are now making surveys of the 

 te, and we understand that a report of their 

 cecdings may be expected in December next, 

 report will be laid before the Legislature of 

 ssacliiisetts at its ensuing session, accompanied 

 1 bill for the incorporation of a company, to be 

 tied " The Massachusetts Rail Road Associa- 

 ." It is not contemplated that any assistance 

 be asked from the State, as it is believed the 

 ibility of the undertaking will insure the ready 

 port of capitalists. Application will be made 

 ng its preseiu session, to the Legislature of 

 State, for leave to bring in a bill at the next 

 ion, for the incorporation of a comjiany in this 

 ;c, to be entitled " The Franklin Rail Road 

 ociation." The Boston Committee feel full 

 fidonce in the success of the undertaking, and 

 doubt not that every facility possessed by the 

 ;er.s of Vermont for aiding its execiuion, will 

 ;heerfully and promptly tendered. — Brattleboro' 

 wter. 



Vol. VIII.— No. 18. 



AISD HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



141 



VERMONT LYCEUM, 



it a meeting of the members of the Legislature 

 other citizens, held at Montpelier on Thursday 

 ast week, it was resolved unanimously, that it 

 oth desirable and practicable, that a Lyceum 

 stablished in every town in the State ; and a 

 mittee, consisting of three in each county, 

 appointed to carry the resolution into effect. 

 hid. 



SEA FLOWER. 

 mong the curiosities exhibiting atone of. the 

 V York museums, the Gazette of that city 

 itions the living substance called the Sea 

 wer, which changes its form and appearance 

 stantly, but never exhibits the same figure 

 ;e. " It inhabits, (says Dr Mitchell,) the Bay 

 few York, and ranks deservedly among its ad- 

 able varieties. Possessing neither bone, tendon, 

 limb — the creature, nevertheless, enjoys the 

 er of contracting and dilating itself, and of 

 nging its form and attitude so as to afford a 

 f interesting spectacle. It has been called the 

 maljlower, the Sta Anemone, and by several 

 3r names." Dr Mitchell refers the interesting 

 changeable thing to the family ofJldinia. 



iumford Premium. — The American Academy 

 Arts and Sciences, in conformity to their vote 

 Bpting the donation of Count Rumford, will, 

 heir statute meeting in May next, take into 

 sideration the discoveries and useful improve- 

 rs which may come to their knowledge, which 

 II have been " made and published by printing, 

 u any way made known to the public in any 

 ■t of the continent of America, or in any of the 

 Wrican islands, during the two ])rece<ling years 

 cat or on lislit ; " and ^vill award to tlie aiitlior 



of the most important discovery or improvement, 

 the Rumford premium, of a gold and a silver medal 

 of the value of three hundred dollars, and the 

 farther sum of about fifteen hundred dollars in 

 money, it being the interest of the said donation 

 for the two years. Applications for this premium 

 founded on any discovery or improvement, coming 

 within the conditions prescribed by Count Rum- 

 ford, addressed to the officers of the society, will, 

 of course, be duly attended to. 



CULTURE OF SILK. 



At the Fair of the Hamilton County Agricultu- 

 ral Society, held in the vicinity of Cincinnati, 

 on the 17th ult. two fine specimens of domestic 

 sewing silk were exhibited, to both of which the 

 premium of the Society was awarded. The first 

 sjiccimer. waspronounccd equal in beauty fineness, 

 and strength to any imported silk. The other spe- 

 cimen, offered by Mrs P. Parker, consisted of up- 

 wards of 300 skeins, of various colors. As an en- 

 couragement to others who may be disposed to 

 make the experiment, it may not be uninteresting 

 to mention the following facts : — 



" She commenced the business this year, with- 

 out any previous experiment. The worms were 

 fed on the native mulberry leaves, collected in the 

 woods by her children. Having no suitable appa- 

 ratus for reeling, Mrs Parker spun the silk from 

 the cocoons. This is a great saving of labor, but 

 the silk, although jierhaps equally as strong, is not 

 so even as that which has been reeled. She thinks 

 tlie worm in leaving the cocoon does not cut the 

 fibres of the silk, but only presses them aside, as 

 she found no difficulty in spinning those balls from 

 which they had escaped. The rearing of these 

 worms, the manufacturing and the coloring of the 

 silk, amounting to 230 skeins, are the results of 

 Mrs Parker's first effort at the introduction in our 

 vicinity of this important branch of domestic in- 

 dustry. — Bait. American. 



Raisins — The editor of the Troy, N. Y. Senti- 

 nel says he has received specimens of raisins, pre- 

 pared by Mr Learned, of Lansinburg, from grape, 

 or sweet water, as it is usually called, and cost no 

 other trouble than cutting off the clusters, and 

 putting them twice into an oven after baking 

 bread. Dr Spafford, of the same place, has also 

 made excellent raisins from his own grapes this 

 year, with very little trouble ; one species of his 

 grape is the same as that from which the bloom 

 raisin is made. 



POTATO FARINA. 



The farina obtained from potatoes is now an 

 article of commerce in Scotland, where very fine 

 samples of it are brought to market. It is stated 

 to be quite equal to genuine arrow root, and is 

 sold at about half the price of that preparation. 

 Mixed with wheaten flour in the proportion of one- 

 third, it is a great improvement to household 

 bread, and is light of digestion. Sir John Sin- 

 clair's mode of preparing the farina is ])erhaps 

 generally known ; but the following short account 

 of the process for domestic use may not be unin- 

 teresting : — Into a pail of clean water, place a fine 

 colander or coarse sieve, so that it may be two 

 inches in the water ; grate the potatoes, when 

 pared, into the colander, taking care from time to 

 time, to agitate the pulp in the colander, so that 

 the farina may fall to the bottom of the pail. 

 When the fibrous part which remains in the co- 

 lander, or sieve, has accuniul.ntod so as to impede 

 tlie washing of the fi'.riii;i inly li,9 iiail, remove it. 



About one gallon of potatoes is sufficient for a 

 pail of water. After the water has remained in 

 an undisturbed state for twelve hours, pour it off — 

 the farina will be in a cake at the bottom. It is to 

 be dried slowly before the fire, being rubbed occa- 

 sionally between the hands, to prevent its becom- 

 ing lumpy, and it is then fit for use. The French 

 prepare an e.vtract from the apple in the same 

 way ; but this is ex[>ensive, as the farinaceous part 

 of the apple is very small. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1829. 



ECONOMY IN FEED FOR CATTLE AND 

 SWINE. 



It has been recommended, in stowing away the 

 husks of corn in the fall, to wet them with brine. 

 Between every layer of husks, of about 6 inches 

 in thickness, after it is well trodden down, apply 

 a thorough sprinkling of brine, as strong as it can 

 he made ; but take care not to use so much of the 

 brine as to cause the husks to heat and become 

 mouldy. The cattle, while eating such salted 

 husks, will not need any other salt than what is 

 contained in the fodder thus prepared. 



An English writer says, that swine will fatten 

 much faster on warm, than on cold feed. "Corn 

 and cold vvWer will make them healthy, but warm 

 beverage is considered as requisite to a quick 

 growth." Some English farmers, he says, " keep 

 two or three little store pigs in the fatting stye. 

 While the fatting hogs are taking their repast, the 

 little ones wait behind them, and as soon as their 

 betters are served, lick out the troughs. 



"Besides the advantage of having by this ex- 

 pedient, no waste, nor foul troughs, there is an- 

 other. The large pigs rise alertly to their work, 

 lest the small ones should forestal them ; and fill 

 themselves the fuller, knowing that they have it 

 not again to go to. 



" The disadvantage of this practice is, I under- 

 stand, the large ones are apt to lord it too much 

 over the little ones, especially in a confined stye. 

 If, however, they had a separate apartment as- 

 signed them, with an entrance too small for the 

 fatting swine to follow them,' this disadvantage 

 would be in a great measure remedied." 



ROYAL NURSERY AT MUNICH. 



A writer for the Gardener's Magazine, in de- 

 scribing the above named nursery, says, " We 

 have at present 900 sorts of apples, 400 sorts of 

 pears, 80 sorts of plums, 200 sorts of cherries, 

 90 sorts of vines, and 60 sorts of peaches and 

 apricots, exclusive of other sorts of fruits, culti- 

 vated here. 



"There is also a collection of fruit treesfn pots 

 here, of more than 1500 different sorts, which 

 was formed at the same time as the rest of the 

 collection, and is yearly increasing ; it fricilitates 

 the study of the sorts, and has the advantage of 

 taking up little room." 



NORTH-EASTERN ASPECT FOR A NUR 

 SERY. 



The same writer above quoted, observes that 

 "The Royal Central Fruit Tree Nursery at Wey- 

 henstephan, near Freysing, of which I am the di- 

 rector, has a north-east aspect. T)ie soil is of 

 lime .Tiid marl, njixcd with saiul, and tiie trees 

 L-oarud there are so hardened l.y tlie opsrRtion of 



