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NEW ENGLAM) FARMER, 



Dcr, IS, ;<.2g. 



We heard llie oM gentleman a few nionths be- urruws liilling around him. The wounded horees where the potatoes arc wet and heavy thev 

 fore bis death, while confined to his house by dis- j were seen alter an hour to drop dead ; and the turn, are but Hpuringly eaten, while the bread' ai 



ease, relati; tlie pnrticnlars of the ori^'in and com- soldiers died, swelled, and the blood i.'^suing 

 pletion of his design, with an entliusiusm that every pore. Boo Khulooni, a Merchuiit General, 

 would awaken youllilul ambition to exert itself in 1 under whose escort I)on Gudney and his party 

 something more than u limited sphere, lie men- I had crossed the Desert, fell from his horse and 

 tioned that three days as well as niglit.s, were con- , expired, by a slight wound in the foot by one of 

 stantly devoted to the making and completion of those arrows, 

 bis model, all of which was done in his own 

 house, and the fear of losing sight of his plan, 

 prevented everything like repose, Until it was com 



A DISCOVERY. 



Within these few weeks, a farmer, residing in 

 pie.^d\'''ii.e'ori'ghmM,eVrescr^edam^^^ '"»'' discovcre.l a simple, but, as we 



his friends in his last days, as an evidence of in- '"'' '"forme.l, an effieacious plan ot .mprowug po- 

 dustry, to stimulate the voung to perseverance ' |:"°"- The agriculturist keeps an ass lor the _ 



and exertion. For a num'ber of yca, s previous to • '.'S'''" i"^^ "^ =="■'"";«' ''"^ ""« ''">■ ^^•'"=" "'''^ If, for instance, one kind j ields 15 or 20 per cei 

 his decease, he was feeble an.l iBu.l, debilitated, '"<"' "»« ""' J"^' at hand, a servant was ordered ,^^^ ,,,^_, ^,,^^,j^^ ^_^j .^ ^ ^^^^^^^^ \^^^^^^ 



and the trreat mental efforts and ilUonse and close I" •-■"' " 'l";'"'")' ''^ "'« f^*-"" *^*"'"« ["'I''*] /"'" « rpiality, that twice the quantity is used, it is .uo 

 application he made in bringing the n.aehine t„ : P»>>i<;"l;»- 'l''". »"•), "t ""^^ «",";«/'=';«'.,":'-'.'"""" I prolitable to raise them than the others, l.tcau. 



meat have to make up the deficiency, (iood p. 

 Uloes are universally liked, and, if every far 

 was to be at all times supplied witli them, we 

 satisfied, considering the various modes in whii 

 lliey may be prepared for the table, at a iritlii 

 expense, that they would furnish a murh great 

 portion of the stistenance of our populaiidu llu 

 they now do, and that, thereby, a considerable r 

 duciion in the cost of living would be eHerted. 



In cultivating potatoes for the table, alihou) 

 the productiveness of thu kind used is worthy 

 consideration, yet ilisof but secondary impi.rtani 



perfection, impaired his eonstiuaion, and produced "^''.'-'J '''f ,"«^ operation could do little injury, as ,.^.^. ^^,^^ ,,,,^,_^,, j,_^, .^ ,,^^.j ,__^^^^^ _^ ^ 

 The proceect of his ingenui- i '"= '"tended to d.g_tl.e potatoes next day for the | „^,,,^,y j,^ ^^,,,^,^. ^.^^,^ .^ ^,,^ ^.^,^^, ^,. ^_^,^^ 



a premature death. Ihc proc,.„..„ - —r, . , rr. . ,..^...., ...^ ....„.,. „. 



ty pro,luce.l him something, b.it his wealth was ' "f "' "'« ''""-'e- The on er was promptly obey- i f,„. ,^,,,j^,, .^ .^ substituted, 

 far from being extensive, and little was left as the '''''=""' '^''"•"» «»">"«;y<='l « '« shavvs w.th the 

 result of his arduous toil and intense mechanical S"^'° "'^ °" "I'"-'"'''^- ,^''°"S'' « "= «<='f ^,">' '""'' 



I the farmer was astonished next day at nndmg the 

 soil on both sides of the drill, where the roots had 



research. — Berkshire American. 



-.Mais. Spy. 



Freeting quicksilrer. — It is slated by Professor ! t'ccndenuded of the slu^ws, much wetter than the 

 Hansteen, that, .luring his tour in Siberia, in the I ot'n^'S and, on a close inspection, he discovered 

 month of .January last, finding the mercury in two I tlia! tl>5 extra moisture had oozed out of the 

 thermometers becoming stiif, he dfierniiiied to ; sbaws that remained in the ground. The pota- 

 expose a ipiaiitity of it to the full effei-t of the air. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, DECE.MHKK H. !s2< 



I.'V 



Accordingly, at night, he iioured 3 lbs. into a 

 basin, and set it out. The next rnoniing, before 

 half past seven o'clock, it was frozen into a com- 

 pact hard mass, which he could not loosen with 

 his knife from the bottom of the basin ! He cut it 

 like lead ; and, at first, as the knife came out of a 

 warm room, the mercury was still rather fluid 

 where it was cut ! 



It is certainly no slight testimony to the enthu- 

 siasm with whieli, in these days, sciciilific results 

 are pursued, to state, that in an atmosphere where 

 mercury was thus frozen solid, the Professor daily 

 passed the hour after sunrise, in making observa- 

 tions and experiments in the open air. All tlio 

 brass screws, however, of his instruments were 

 covered with leather, as the mere touch of the 

 finger to the naked metal scorched like a red hot 

 iron, and invariably left a blister behind. — JV. Y. 

 .Imerican. 



A VALUABLE BO 



Has just issued from the presM< or liir-n 

 toes that had been previously laised had been so 'apon, and Carter & Ilendee, entitleil " The f> 

 wet, soft, and unsavory, that they were unfit for P"' Housewife. Dedicated to those icho are i 

 the market, but it apjieared that hewing away the i ""hamed of Economy. liy the Author of llobomt 

 foliagc,had had the effect of draining off the extra'"-'^ /«' kitchen makcth a lean iriV/."— Franklin, 

 moisture, and rendered them as dry, mealy, and | "/-'f'"''""!/ "« /""or man'jj rcre/iue ; (itraragaw 

 nutritious, as the most enthusiastic admirer of r\ch man s rum 



murphies could desire. The experiment, we hear, 

 has been since almost daily repeated, uniformly 

 with the same success, and, if it be not already 

 done, the farmer has it in contemplation to send a 

 full detail of the discovery to Sir John Sinclair. — 

 Edinburgh. Scotsman. 



The Poison Arrows of Africa. — Whatever i.s cal- 

 culated to show the customs of distant countries, 

 their manners, their utensils, or their arms, must 



be a subject of interest. The last travels of Major ! nals of domestic economy. 

 Dcnham, and Capt. Clapperton, besides their dis- 1 that Ireland owes her rapid increase in po])ula 

 coveries of countries in Central Africa, before un- tion, and that, it is, which enables her, on a terri 

 known, have thrown a light on many subjects, of tory less than half the size of Virginia, to support 



POT-'\TOES. 



The discovery of America gave to the civilized 

 world, in the potato, an acquisition of more im- 

 portance than the possession of all her mines of 

 silver and gold. The ease and facility with whieli 

 this vegetable is jiroduced, the quantity which 

 may be obtained on a comparatively small portion 

 of land, and its valuable properties as an article 

 of food, both for man and beast, are of so much 

 importance, that the introduction of its culture 

 may justly be considered as a new era in the an- 

 It is to the potato 



which, formerly, we had but an obscure know- 

 ledge. .Vmongst these the ))oisoii arrow stands 

 prominent. By the accounts of Maj. Denham, it 

 is a weapon, the slightest scratch of which is 

 death ; nothing can exceed it, excepting the bite 

 of a rattlesnake. Ulajor Denhain accompanied an 

 expi.'dition of horse and fiiot armed with musketry, 

 against the Feh-tahs, the bravest of the .\l'rican 

 nations. The Feletalis are not of the negro race, 

 but are of a bronze color, ami evidently of the 

 Arab descent. The combatants met, and the con- 

 test was very long doubtful ; the army of the as- 

 sailants, priiici|iBlly on account of the cowardice 

 of the Ilordou horse, were defeated, and the poi- 

 soned arrows of tin- I'eletalis made great execu- 

 tion. In the (light. Major Denham was frequeiit- 



seven millions of people, and annually to produce 

 a considerable surplus of provisions for exporta- 

 tion. Wherever the potato is used as a substitute 

 for bread, at least one half the expense of that ar- 

 ticle of food is saved. To increase its use, and to 

 make it as much as jiossiblo a substitute for other 

 kinds (if food, must, then, be an object worthy 

 of more attention than it has, hitherto, received. 

 We know of no means to do this, so certain, as 

 that of improving the quality of potatoes, intended 

 for the table, so that they shall bo preferred to 

 other food. Every person of observation is aware 

 of the fact, that when he ilines at a table where 

 llu! potatoes are dry and farinaceous, so that a 

 fork can hardly be put into them without causing 

 them to fall in pieces, the bread lies neglected, 



The time has been, when the eye of econor 

 rarely presumed to peer into the mysteries of t 

 kitchen, the larder, and the refectory ; when t 

 philosopher would consider himself as degrad . 

 by any attention to culinary science, or those ar 

 without which the most profuse cxjicndilure sen 

 merely as a passport to domestic discomfort, a 

 magnificent misery ; when men of learning a 

 leisure, generally entertained sentiments similar 

 those attributed to Archimedes by Plutarch, wl 

 he says, " considered all attention to nicclmDi 

 and every art that ministers to common uses as me 

 and sordid, and placeil his whole delight in tht 

 intellectual sjieculations, which, without any re 

 tion to the necessities of life, have an intrinsic ) 

 ccllence, arising from truth and demonstrati 

 only." But the era has arrived in which i 

 value of intellectual exertions and mental emai 

 tioiis is estimated by their practical results, a 

 the tangible and substantial benefits to which ih 

 may give origin. 



A mere sketch of the contents of tlie " Fruf 

 Houseirife" will be its best recommendation, wl 

 we B.ssurc our readers that we believe the oi 

 lines arc well filled, and that in every chapter, 

 division, the directions given justify the promise 

 its title. 



After an '' Introductory Chapter," relating 

 things in general connected with domestic ccon| 

 my, wn are prcsenteil with " Odd scraps i.m 

 economical. Simple Remedies. VegeiabK- 

 Herbs. Cheap Dye StulVs. Cheap couiu. , 

 Cooking. Puddings. Cheap fakes. Che I 

 Custards. Common Pics. Alamode Beef. Roi ' 

 Pig," &c. &:c. 



The author observes that "The inforoK 

 conveyed is of a coinmon kind ; but it la suet 

 a majority of young housekceptra do not posst 



Jj in the most critical danger, hundreds of these ' and much less meat is calon in proportion. But, laud such as they cuniioi obtain from coott 



