Vol. VIII.— No. 24. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



191 



ler kinds from $3i a 4, being by far the great- 

 proportion. Shetp continue in demand, as we 

 "jve before remarked on account of the Wool. 



e nutice the sale of a lot of 300 prime Sheep 

 Hi $2 75 per head— few at $2 00 a 2 .50— from 

 *i r to niiiliiling qualities $1 .50 a 1 75, and thimier 



ids down as low as §1 25. Not much doing 

 '!« Swine — but few at market, and of very inferior 

 i« ality. 



We have received the 1st No. of the Farmers' 

 ries of the Library of Usefid Knowledge; this 

 mber treats of the Horse ; its General History 

 Different breeds, wild and domesticated — the 

 rioiis breeds of English Horses — remarks on the 

 ■ oice of a horse, &c. ; the republication of which 

 ! shall soon commence in the N. E. Farmer, 

 veral comnumications are also on file. 



Tenant IVanted. 

 A young married Man, from some one of the old dis- 

 tricts, who is accustomed to raise large crops by higli cul- 

 tivation, is wanted as a tenant, on shares, on any number 

 of acres less than 100, of very level and easy land to till, 

 entirely free from stones, within half a mile of the port 

 of Bridgeport, Conn, having a house, barns, and all con- 

 vcniencies for a farm, on the premises. Said tenant 

 would bo required to pay for half the Stock, consisting 

 of 120 Saxony and Merino Sheep, a horse, a pair of 

 Oxen, and 8 or 10 Cows, which supply the borough with 

 Any further information may be had by applying, 



milk. 



Farmer IVanted. 

 Wanted an inlrlligeut, industrious, and capable man, with 

 " lamily, to lake charge of a large larm ; the wife neat, 

 itus, and well acquainted with the dairy. A person who 

 1 manage sucli alarm, where a lar^e slock of sheep is 

 pi. acqnainie.l wiih the cnhivaiinn of roots, and systematic 

 all branches offarmu.g, and who is well known for his in- 

 iif character, may, perhaps, hear of a place that will 

 ase him by applying at the office of the New England Far- 

 epif Jan. 1. 



A Very Valuable Botanical Work. 

 Curtis' liotanical Magazine, or Flower Garden displayed — 

 hich Ihe most ornamental foreign plants, cultivated in the 

 en sround, the green house, and the stove, are accurately 

 jresenlcd in their natural colors. The first Uvenljeighl vo- 

 es. containing near twelve liundred plants, and an index to 

 first twc-niy volumes, are now for sale. Apply to J. B. 

 ssEf.L, Office of the New England Fanner. 3t 



Jan. 1, 183a. 



Situation Wanted. 

 Wants a situation as Gardener, a married man, a native of 

 otland, with a wile and three healthy children; he is Iho- 

 ,' master of the kilchen,f ruit, and flower garden, hot and 

 lOuscs, and their repositories, having hid a considerable 

 p in Scotland anJ England, likewise, has a good know- 

 Ige of dairy and other farming; the wife would not object to 

 charge of the dairy .with which she is well acquainted ; the 

 ghborhood of a public citv would be preferred ; would not 

 ject to the middle or western states. Address by letter, 

 X paid, to JOHN CAMERON, Salem, Mass. 

 '. S. A respectable place, with liberal encouragement, 

 II be attended to only. 3l Jan. 1. 



post paid, to 



Bridgeport, Conn. Dec. 20, 1829. 



B. BROOKS. 



Treatise on Agriculture. 



Just received at J. B. Rdssell's Seed Store, No. 52, 

 North Market street, 



A Treatise on Agricidture ; comprising a concise his- 

 tory of its origin and progress, the present condition of 

 the art, abroad and at home, and tlie theory and prac- 

 tice of Husbandry, which have arisen out of the present 

 state of philosophical attainments in Europe. By a 

 Practical Farmer. 



CONTENTS. 



Of the rise and progress of Agriculture. 



Of the actual state of Agriculture in Europe. 



Theory of Vegetation. 



Of the analysis of Soils, and the agricultural relations 

 between Soils and Plants. 



Of practical agriculture and its necessary imple- 

 ments. 



Of Manures — their management and application. 



Of Tillage, and the principles on which it is founded. 



Of a Rotation of Crops, and the principles on which 

 it is founded. 



Of the plants recommended for a course of crops, (in 

 the preceding section) and their culture. 



Of other plants useful in a rotation of crops, and 

 adapted to our climate. 



Of Meadows.— Of Orchards.— Of Farm Cattle.— Of 

 the Dairy. 



The above work is in one octavo volume, 168 page; 

 price 024 cents. Published by J. Buel, Albany. 



JSTotice. 



The following samples of Wine sent by Major Adlum, 

 •I om his Vineyard near Georgetown, D. C. will be ipen- 

 ■ for the use of the members, oa Saturd.ay the 2d day 

 January next, at half-past 3, P. M. at the Hall of the 

 assacbusetts Horticultural Society, where they are in- 

 ted to attend. 



Tokay, Schuylkill Muscadel, 



Champaign, Adluin's Madeira. 



Catawba, 



UyA model of a Bee Hive, of a highly improved con- 

 ruction, by a gentleman in this vicinity, can be seen at 

 le Hall of the Society. 



ID=The Address delivered by Gen. Dearborn, at the 

 ■St Anniversary of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 ociety, Sept. 19, 1829, is now published for distribution 

 I the members, who will please call or send for 

 leir copies, Dec. 25. 



Orange Trees, &(c. 

 The Proprietor of the Linnean Botanic Garden, offers for 

 sale, the following collection of beautiful Grcpn Hnusft or Par- 

 lor Plants, all of which are in the finest order ; — 

 Those marked ihus » will he supplied at the following rales : 

 One years' growth from inoculation, 2 dollars. 

 Two ' ' ' 3 ' 



Three ' ' of age for bearing, 3 ^ and 50 els. 



Those marked thus i are $3,50 each. Some of ihe kinds are 



three, and others but one and two years' growth. 

 Those marked thus t will be each g3, and being quite new, 

 are not at present large. 



ORANGES. 



tSi Salvadi 

 ed sweet 

 {Porluj 



Potatoes for Seed. 



For sale at the New England Farmer Seed Store, No. 52, 

 North Market-sl., 



25 bushels of the fine seedling potatoes mentioned by the 

 Editor of the New England Farmer, in the current volume p. 

 102. This is but the fourth year from the ball ; they look the 

 premium from the Essex Agricultural Society in 1827. (See 

 Col. Pickering's Report, N. E. Farmer, vol. vi. page 98.)— 

 they are represented by the person who raised them, as tolera- 

 bly early, more than middling bearers, remaikably delicate 

 and meally, size nearly round, color white, and have but very 

 '' ■■' protuberances. A good opportunity now offers to farmers 

 secure a superior variety of thi.s important vegetable for 

 seed. They are packed in bags of one bushel each, and are 

 solil here at the same price at which ihey readily sell by the 

 person who raised them. viz. $2,12 cents per bushel, including 

 the bag. Persons in want of Ihem will please appiv soon, as 

 they are nearly all engaged. 3w Dec. 11. 



JVolice. 



\ deranged man. about 65 years of age, considerably gray, 

 by the name of Elibha Sherman, dressed in a homespun over- 

 coal, rather old, with abroad brimmed hat, left his place of 

 residence in Hanson, Mass. on Thursday, ihe 19lh November. 

 Whoever will give any information to the subscriber where he 

 may be fiiund, or will assist him to return home, shall be suita- 

 bly rewarded. JOSEPH HOBART. 



Hanson, Dec. 1, 1829. if 



Farm Wanted. 



Wanted a first rate Farm, containing 50 to 100 acres 

 of Land, with a good and convenient Flouse, Barn, &c. 

 situated within 20 miles of Boston, and not more than 2 

 miles from some thickly settled village. 



Letters addressed to " R. B. H." of Boston, (postage 

 paid) giving a very particular description of Farms 

 #ered,will receive immediate attention. 



Oct. 30. eptf 



PRICES OF COLWTMY PRODUCE. 



Hat Store. 



The Subscriber offers for sale at his store, 29 Washington 

 reel, a first rale assortment of Hals, comprising all qualities, 

 -tiong which are his four dollar hats, which he recommends 

 th confidence to the public, ,as being a superior article at the 

 ice. Also— Misses Black and Drab ISeaver Bonnets, of the 

 alesl London Fashion, elegantly trimmed. 

 Nov. 20. iFIB STRPHK.N W. OLNEY. 



Powder at 2s per lb. 

 DUPONT'S POWDER, quality warranted, for s 

 op^/,mr('s Ammunition Store, 65 Broad st, at retail 

 HOT. CAPS, fee, of ll-.R hes, qualiln-che!xD for cash 



*Seville orange, or Bigarade. 



{Double flowering do. or Or- 

 ange a Jleur double. 



IHorned, or hermaphrodite do. 



*CurIed leaved, or cluster 

 flowering, riche depouille. 



{Turkey bigarade. 



*Gold striped do. 



•Silver ' 



"Silver striped curled leaved 

 do. 



tWillow leaved do. 



*West India sweet orange, or- 

 anger a fruit doux. 



pyramidal shap- 

 edless. 

 d sweet do. 

 1 sweet seedless do. 



tRed cored Malta, or rcii Por- 

 tugal do. 

 tCliinese bigarade, or large 



myrtle leaved do. 

 "Myrtle leaved do. small fruit. 

 'Small Mandarin do. with fruit 



size of cherries. 

 tTangiors do. beautiful. 

 IVery spiny. 



Wanted, 



An Apprentice, in a Book Printing Office. An intel- 

 gent boy from the country would be preferred. 



inquire at the New England F-armer Office' No 52 

 iorth Market Street. tf Oct. 23. 



SHADDOCKS. 



*Shaddock, or pampelmous, 1 tPear shaped do. or poire du 



monstrous fruit. Commandeur. 



IFrench do. j 



LEMONS. 



•Short Lisbon lemon. 



*Long Sicily do. 



IPoneire do. or gros limon. 



tlncomparable do. 



(Sweet fruited du. 



tPear shaped do. 



*lled fruited lemon, Palermo 

 solid citron, or Limonier a 

 fruit saiiguii.e. 



tMella rosa do. 



tSpanish do. or merveille d' 

 Espagne. 



tGold striped do. 



IDouble flowering do. Limo- 

 nier a fleurs doubles. 

 (CrOrdcrs for any of the above plants received by J. B. 



Russell, at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 52, North niar- 



ket Street, Boston. 



tFingcred do. 



►-Madeira citron, or Cedralier. 



tMadras citron, has weighed 



in England 6 pounds ' 

 tLarge fruited do. orCilronier 



a gros fruit. 

 tSide fruited do. or Citronier 



a coles. 

 tPoinied do. of Florence. 

 {West India lime. 

 tSvveet fruited do. 

 *Bergamot lemon, 

 f perette of St Do- 



APPI.ES,best, 

 ASHES, pot, first sort. 



Pearl, first sort, - 

 BEANS, white, 

 BEEF, mess. 



Cargo, No. 1 , 

 Cargo, No. 2, 

 BUTTER, inspected, No. 1, new, 

 CHEESE, new milk, 



Skimmed milk, 

 FLOUR, Baltimore, HowarU-siree:, - 

 Genesee, - - . 



Rye, best, - - . . 

 GRAIN, Corn, - . . . 



Rye, - - 



Barley, - 



Oats, .... 



HOG'S LARD, first sort, new, 

 LIME, ---... 

 PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, clear. 



Navy, mess, 

 Cargo, No. 1, 

 SEEDS, Herd's Gra.ss, . 

 Orchard Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, - - . 

 Rye Grass, 



Tall Meadow Oats Grass. - 

 Red Top - - . . 



While Honeysuckle Clover. 

 Red Clover, (northern) 

 French Sugar Beet, . 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, washed, . 

 Merino, full blood, unwashed. 

 Merino, three fourths washed 

 Merino, half blood, 

 Merino, quarter washed. 

 Native, washed, - 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort, - 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second sort. 

 Pulled, " spinning, first sort 



bushel: 

 barrel. 



pound 



(KOM 1 To 



1 75' 2 25 



125 00 130 00 



125 00 130 00 



1 OOi 1 25 



9 25 



7 75 



6 75 



12 



6 



9 50 

 8 00 

 7 00 



5 75 



5 75 



3 87 



63 



78 



67 



45 



8 60 



90 



3 50 



16 CO 



12 50 



12 60 



2 00 



3 00 



3 00 



4 00 

 3 00 

 1 00 



50 

 50 

 8 

 1 50 

 40 

 26 

 35 

 33 

 28 

 28 

 38 



PROVISION MARKET. 



CORRECTED EVERY WEEK BY BH HAYWARD, 



( Cterk 0/ Famiiil-hall Macrkd.) 

 REEF, best pieces, - 

 PORK, fresh, besl pieces, 



wliole hoffs, 

 VEAL. - - . 

 MUTTON, .... 

 POULTRY. .... 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, . 

 Lump, besl, 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, . 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, 

 CIDER, [according to quality,] 



