230 



NKW ENGLAND FA 1131 Ell, 



Kcl.. 5, 1S30. 



the expense of the (ilalc. — [I,ct lliiTu l)c no such 

 n:<yluina in the I'. Stales. The number of ubun- 

 iloned children will he greatly increased hy every 

 establish inent of llii;* kind.] 



Light ofthcfiitd alars. — The li{;lit of the sun is 

 estimated to be one million times v'rcater than 

 that of the moon ; and Dr Wollaston concludes 

 from various e\|ieriii)enls, that the light which 

 reaches us from the liriyhlcst of the fixed stars, 

 Sirius, (Ooj; star,) does not exceed ii 20,000,000, 

 OOOth part of the .sun's light, ami lh.it the li^ht of 

 the star Lyra is about lliu 180,0U0,000,000tli 

 part of the smi's light. — The distance of the fixed 

 stars is a problem not yet solved. 



Temperature of the sea. — It has been ascertained 

 by many experiments that the temperature of the 

 sea nt a distance from land always decreases (that 

 is, tlie water is colder) in exact proportion to the 

 depth. At the depth of 2144 feet the water was 

 found to be 19 degrees Reaumer (equal to 43 de- 

 grees Falircrdieit's tlicrmomcter) colder than at 

 the surface, without calculating the rise of the 

 mercury, while the thermometer was coming up. 

 These facts seem inconsistent with the theory of 

 M. Cordier, that the heat of the earth is increased 

 in proportion to the de|>tli, and that the interior is 

 an ocean of fire. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1830. 



ADVANTAOR OF THOROUGH CULTURE. 



We understand that the following is the amount 

 of produce raised on a farm of fortyeight acres 

 in the vicinity of the city of Boston, (fortyeight 

 acres excluding building grounds.) 



31 tons of English hay. 



A small lot of Lucerne valued, (cut green for 

 fodder) five dollars. 



300 bushels potatoes. 



417 " beets. 



450 " mangel wurtzel. 



886 " or 21 tons carrots. 



Pasture for 14 cows 9 weeks, (afiermath.) 



222J bushels barley. 



900 " onions. 



100 " parsnips. 



1000 cabbages. 



600 bushels turnips. 



2fi tons squashes. 



Cash received for vegetables $306,64. 



.\mount used in a largo victualling concern, 

 $175,00. 



Celery on lianil, valued at $5. 



DISEASED SHEEP. 



Mr Editor — In compliance with the request 

 of your corresi)oiidciit, A. L. II. (vide N. E. V., 

 Jan. 22d) for some advice relative to what he 

 describes as a destructive malady in his flock of 

 sheep. I beg leave to inform hini of the result 

 of my experience and observation for several 

 years, during which my flock has risen from five 

 hundred to near two thousand. 



I have heard and read much of the diseases of 

 sheep, and have been agreeably disappointed in 

 my own case by discovering no iliseases but the 

 following. Scouring arising from misleady and 

 injudicious feeding; worms in the head, attributed 

 to the fly i nii<l old age. In regard to worms 

 in the heail, I am inclined to consider this, also, 

 as incident to poor keeping, which predisposes 

 the animal to disease. 



I have seen all the synqitoms named by A. L. 

 II. attending my young islieep, and could trace the 

 cause directly lo^gross negligence in the kee|>er, j 

 from scanty subsistence at critical periods. Such j 

 as weaning time, change (roni grass to hay, and 

 from hay to grass. No animal requires more me- 

 thodical treatment than the sheep. The great i 

 desideratinn .seems to be, to keep them in as uni- 

 form a condition as possible. Not too warm, or 

 confineil ; neither starved, or surfeiteil. 



A NEW YORK FARMER. ' 



Saratoga County, M Y. Feb. 1, 1830. 



SWEET POTATO. 



Mr Fessf-nden — I have it in conte:nplation to 

 attempt the raising of sweet potatoes, the ensuing 

 season. I have hitherto foimd it dillicult to pro- 

 cure the slips in the spring, in conseqaence of 

 their liability to rot before the time of planting. 



Will they not vegetate and grow from the 

 whole potato, which can be obtained at most of 

 our Connecticut markets during the spring 

 months ? 



If you think the above inquiry worth your no- 

 tice, I wish you would have the goodness to an- 

 swer it in your paper. B. 



Comicc/t'ciW, Jan. 2.5. 1830. 



Ke;iark3 by the Editor. — In a valuable paper by 

 the Hon. J. I.,owell, jiublishcd in the New Eng- 

 land Farmer, vol. 1. page 210, that gentleman 

 states that " the slips of the Sweet Potato are 

 nothing more than the small potatoes or roots 

 last thrown ofl' by the plant. — They arc preferred 

 to larger ones, on the several grounds of economy, 

 of food and of room — of their being more easily 

 preserved, and less likely to rot in the ground 

 after they are j>lanted. 



" The slips should l)e put up for preservation 

 without bruising them, (or as the directions from 

 New Jersey expressed it, they shoidd be handled 

 as carefully as eggs,) in a dry state, in perfectly 

 dry sand or earth, and kept in a dry state, as free 

 as possible from moisture." 



Wc are assured that the slips of the best sorts 

 of this root, from Edmu.nd DARNEi-t,, of New 

 Jersey, (the gentlemen rccommende<l by Mr 

 LowET.i., in n communication to the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society,) are expected at the 

 Seed Store of J. B. Rcsseil, connected with the 

 New England Farmer, No. 52 North Market 

 Street, in the course of March and April. 



following year, if the graft has taken, fruit will 

 produced. Thus every farmer, who has w 

 vines growing on his grounds, may, by procuri 

 cuttings of hardy foreign or native kinds, and pi 

 ing a little attention to the grafting and traiid 

 be soon and amply supplied with grapes for mi 

 ket or wine making. 



A correspondent of the Albany Argus, " Rusti- 

 cus," has published the following account of the 

 weather in that meridian. 



Tlie sea.son is one of the most remarkable I re- 

 member. During the last fortnight, we have had 

 but a trifle of frost, the tliermotnetcr having been 

 generally above 32 degrees. This has enabled 

 me to anticipate my spring farm work. I have 

 set out hundreds of forest and fruit trees, grubbed 

 up bushes and stumps, ploughed, and sown, and 

 planted seeds. On the first day of January, I 

 plucked flowers of the flos adonis,and hearl-casr, 

 which had stood ntid bloomed in the open grmind ; 

 and today, January t, in hoeing and cleaning my 

 strawberry beds in the garden, discovered a fine 

 cxpainled blossom upon one of them. 



GRAPE VINES. 



Thn ipiickost melhnd of procuring grapes, is to 

 graft into the body, near the ground, or which is 

 ])referable, into the roots of largo vines. In the 



CURING BACON. 



The Edenton (N. C.) Gazette gives the foil 

 ing directions for making good bacon, oblai 

 from a gentleman who lias fully tested their val 

 by experiment : 



" Let the meat hecome |)erfectly cold bef. 

 you cut it. Mix a quart of molasses with a busl 

 of fine salt, and with it rub the meat as long a» *' 

 will take it. Hams from hogs weighing 150 II 

 and upwards, should remain in the cask, flesh i 

 twentyone days ; from 100 to 150 lbs. sixteen 

 eighteen days. When taken out to hang i 

 I sprinkle them on the flesh side with about a ii 

 spoonful of saltpetre to each ham, and on i 

 same side rub pulverized red pepper. Hang the 

 by the upi)er end. Before the warm wcatli 

 connnences, take down your meat, examine 

 carefully and wash it with strong ley made frc^ 

 clean ashes. Be careful not to give too mu' 

 smoke. In damp weather, throughout the ye; 

 make a smoke with chanroal or the bark of n 

 oak. By following these directions, I am co 

 vinced you will always find your n)eal sweet ai 

 free from insects." — Montgomery (.Itabama) Gi 



Jf'tstchester County, .V. Y. Poor House. — T] 

 average expense of supportmg a pauper in th 

 house is 50 cts a week, for food, clothing, kec|)0 

 salary, doctor's bill, medicine, and hired help, w i 

 the expense of burial of those who have died, 

 is also stated that the institution is a saving to tl 

 county, of $7,000, comjiared with the former e 

 penses of supporting the poor, which is just abo 

 three fifths of the whole. The establishment h 

 a farm ; and work shops, to furnish constant ai 

 profitable employment for all who are able 

 work. Their labor has materially lessened tl 

 expense of their support ; although a part of it h 

 been applied to the erection of addilioual buili 

 ings, &:c. In conclusion the committee .«ay th 

 their institution has met the expectation of i 

 friends ; that it has " aflbrded comfort to the poo 

 medicine to the sick, introduced the Gospel 

 them ; anil not a few have evidenced its mor; 

 zing influence in their life, and its coiisolati' i 

 have been witnessed in a dying hour;" besidt 

 the instruction given to the children, and the guar 

 over their morals. — Jour, of Com. 



Such is the economy practised by the Duke c 

 Orleans, one of the richest Princes of Eiiro|M 

 that he keeps no regular establishment for th 

 supply of bis table, but is furnished with liis dio 

 ner by a Iraitcur at so nuich per head. Ho i 

 also his own farmer, and looks minutely into ever 

 item of receipt and expciulilure. The sum p 

 bv Mr Crocklord for one year's services of 

 cook, M. I'de, would supply the table of I 

 Prince with good faro for nearly the same period' 

 — Boston /'Irnmi'rifr. 



One of the favorite dishes of the late King o 

 Fmnco was soup made of sorrel, white bentis nm 

 eggs. He has tVcquenlly dincil excliLsivcly tV •■ 

 this dish and bread, and observed that his dim 

 cost him less than two pence. 



