Vol. VIII.— No. 29. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



231 



Brighton ]\Iarket. — Monday, Feb. 1. 



(Reporlcd for Ine Chronicle and Palriol.) 



At market tliisclay, 244 Beef Cattle, 76 Stores, 



1,3 Sheep ami 185 Swiiie — divided as follows: 



oer market, 166 Beef Cattle, (including 13 iiii- 



1 last week) 17 Stores, 700 Sheep and 8 Swine 



lower market, 78 Beef Cattle, 59 Stores, 266 



ec|) and 177 Swine. From the above it will 



observed that a less number of Beef Cattle 



re at market this day than at any |)receding 



y for a long time ; from which cause, together 



il ih the " peltings of the pitiless storm," the loco- 



tive powers of the purchasers were brought 



f(lo active requisition. Sales went off readily 



il 1 at an ailvance of from 17 to 2.5 cts. per cwt. 



ast week's prices. Store Cattle go off heavi- 



not more than 25 were disposed of through 



; day. 



Milch Cows — M'^e noticed sales of a few at 



a $25 each. Most of the Cows and Calves 



li it come to market are not worth the having. 



Sheep — The market continues well supplied, 



d meets with prompt sales and fair prices. The 



lowing lots embrace the principal sales of the 



y: 1 lot, 250, at supposed a trifle over $4 per 



in ad ; 1 do 109, at $2 83 ; 1 do 53, at $2 50 ; 



ijlo 150, at $-2 37i ; 1 do 175, at $1 80, and 1 



104, at 81 50. 



Swine — Not much doing in the trade. The 

 ■( all lot at the upper market were taken at about 

 :ts per Ih — Those at the lower market were not 

 4^ cts per lb offered, but refused. 



Catawha, and Bland's Pale Red Grape Vines. 

 For salo.T.lI.e Garden and iVurser^ of S. DowNEll, Dor- 

 chesler, l>y Uufus Howe, 

 75 Roots Catawba Grape \ iiii*s, \ 



3P0 Cuuinss do do do I From Major J. Adium, 



75 Cuilings true Bland's pale red, J Georgetown, D. C. 



ALSO, 



Isabella Grap r Vines, 1, S, and 3years old. 

 Schuvlkill, or Alexander Muscadel do, 1 and 2 years old. 

 True Uland's Tale Ked do, I and "2 years old. 

 Feb. .-|. 3l 



Full Blooded Horse for Sale. 



The celebrated full blooded horse ' Young Eclipse' is 

 for sale. He was four years old last May — is a fine bay, 

 well formed and active. Kclipse is from a Messeni^er 

 More, his grandam from the young Dey of Algiers. 'Phc 

 owner is willing to coinpare him with any horse of his .age 

 that has been raised in the New England States .Many of his 

 colts which have taken premiums at the exhibitions, may 

 be seen in the neighboring towns. The horse may be sewn 

 on application to Edmund Brownell, Esq. Little Comp- 

 ton, R. I. and further information given on application at 

 the New England Farmer office. 



Little Compton, Jan. 29, 1830. .3t 



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Jtj-Tlie Presidents of the following Agricultural Socie- 

 s will each of them find a valuable package addressed 

 hem, at the office of the New England Farmer, which 

 y will please send for, viz. — the Cheshire, N. H. — the 

 ddlesex, Mass. and the Strafford, N. H. 



To Correspondents. — We are again obliged to de- 

 several favors from our correspondents, amon^ which, 

 an article on the Improved Durham Short Horn Cat- 

 — one on the culture of Indian Corn — and others. — To 

 M. of Berlin, Conn, we recominend Coxe on Fruit 

 ees, and Thacher's American Orchardist, Fessenden's 

 w American Gardener, pages 17 and 244, and to vari- 

 i communications in the back volumes of the New 

 igland Farmer, which can be found by examining the 

 dex. — From the crowded state of our columns, we are 

 liged to decline the insertion of B. W.'s long article ; 

 sides, we do not think the subject sufficiently interest- 

 to the majority of our readers. 



Real Estate, 

 F'or sale, in the city of Boston, worth about thirtyfive hun- 

 ?d dollars, and in a good situation. A farm, worth about 15 

 1600 dollars, would be taken in part pay; il would be pre- 

 tuated 15 or 20 miles from the city, in a north-wpst- 

 ydirection. A credit would be given for the balance. The 

 ate will pay good interest. Inquire at this olhce, post paid. 



Feb 5. 



3l 



Bull n'antcd, 

 !)f the Improved Durham short horned breed, one or two 

 irsold. Any person having a bull of the above, or some 

 er improved breed, may find a purchaser, by addressing a 

 3 to the subscriber at .'r^nulhbridge. Mass. giving a particular 

 icription of his age, breed, fiAor, size, form, and temper, lo- 

 her with the price. EBENEZER D. AMMIDOWN. 

 Feb. 5. 3t 



Culture of Silk. 

 lust received and forsale at J. B. Russell's Seed Store, 



North Market street. 

 Jirections for the rearing of Silk Worms and the Culture of 



White Mulberry tree ; published by the Pennsylvania So- 

 ty associated for these objects. Price 2.5 cents. 

 Also, The .\viary.or Bird Breeder's Companion ; contain- 

 ( copious ilireclions for propagating the breed of Canaries, 



Goldfinch and Liiniel Mules, Java >^parro«s, and various 

 nerican birds ; the best method of feeling birds in general ; 



1 German method of learning birds to sing select tunes; a! 

 II as practical recipes for the cure of the disorders to whicl 

 y are liable, &c,&c. Second Eilition. Price 60 cents.— A 

 I' copies of the first edition, smaller, 25 cents. 



Feb. 5. If 



Seeds for Hot Beds. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New England 

 Farmer office, No. 52, North Market. street, a fine collection of 

 seeds, both of American and European growth, for forc- 

 ing in hot beds, among which are the Early Frame and fine 

 Long Green 'Turkey Cticumber, and other varieties — Early 

 Curled Silesia and Early Tennis-ball Head Lettuce — fine Early 

 Cauliflower (from Hollandl— Green Citron, Pine-apple; and 

 other Metems — the ^/7/e Early Short top Scarlet and Turnip 

 rooted Radishes — Early York. Early Dutch, Early Emperor, 

 Early Sugar loaf, and"Earlj; Battersea Cabbages.— kho, Ear- 

 ly Turnip Blood Beet, and Early Horn Carrot, (a peculiarly 

 delicate sort for the table) — and every other variety of Kitchen 

 Garden Vegetable Seeds, cultivated in the United Stales. 



Jan. 29. If 



Sugar Bett, Sfc. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New England 

 Farmer, 52, North .Market-street, 



100 pounds prime French Sugar Beet .Seed, raised expressly 

 for this estahlishiTieni, by John Prince. Esq o( Roxbury, from 

 seed originally received by him from Paris. Tije excellence 

 of this root f(»r cows, in improving their milk, and for lattening 

 oxen, sheep, and other kinds of stock is well known — it is also 

 a fine root for Ihe table when drawn young and tender. It keeps 

 later and belter in the spring than Mangel Wurtzel. Also, a 

 mt>=l extensive collection and variety of Gar Jen, Field and 

 Flower .Seeds, Peas, Beans, &c, both of European and Ame- 

 rican growth, comprising the greatest variety to be found in 

 New England. Country dealers supplied on the most libera! 

 terms, either with well assorted boxes for retail — or by the 

 pound or bushel. 



Jan. 29. tf 



Valuable Real Estate. 



For sale, 370 acres of land in the town of Bradford, Mass, 

 called the Elwell Farm, lying on Meriimack river, and on the 

 post road from Haverhill to Salem and Newburyport, one mile 

 from Haverhill bridge, and which would be sold in divisions to 

 suit purchasers, having several houses, barns, and out ho 

 thereon, lo accommodate five or more farms, as naight be 

 wanted. Said land consists of mowing, tillage, and orcharding 

 excelled by none in the county of Essex, and has an island d 

 rectly opposite containing 50 acres, well situated for the keep- 

 ing of sheep, or cultivation of grapes. Also, about 70 acres of 

 salt mearlow. 



Fur terms, which would be made easy, please apply at the 

 Merrimack Bank in Haverhill, or, of Messrs J. & H. J. Ho 

 me. chanis, in Boston. 7t » 



Haverhill, Ms. Jan. 8, 1830. 



For Sale, 



At Charlestown Vii;pyard, Eden-street, south side of Bun- 

 ker's hill, a lull collection of the finest kind of green house 

 plants, comprising 30 varieties of camellia japonica, 100 kinds 

 of the finest geraniums, about 20 varieties of the finest China 

 roses, many of wliichare entirely new, 5 varieties of Paeonia 

 Arburia, a quantity of white and pink Primula Sinensis, with 

 a great number of other plants of (he most rare and valuable 

 kinds. 



The above collection consists cf such plants as are hardy, 

 and suitable for parlors ; many of thein have recently been se- 

 lected from the first establishments in England and Scotland, 

 by a person who had previously resided for several years in the 

 neighborhood of Boston. He has be.^n particular in procuring 

 such plants as will meet the taste of the Boston public, and be 

 suitable to the climate. They have arrived within the last 

 month, and are in fine order, having been under the immediate 

 care of the individual who selected them on their passage 

 across the Atlantic. 



The above will be sold at the green house, at reasonable 

 prices, and warratftted for the kinds sjiecified on sale. A con- 

 stant supply ofcamellia flowers and bouquets for sale as abnve. 



Jan. 22. 3l DAVID HAGGERSTON. 



JVeiv England Farmer, complete. 



For sale at the office of the New England Farmer, 52, North 

 Markel-.street, 



A complete set of the N. E. Farmer, in seven volumes, 

 fi-om its commencement, Aug. 3, 1822 ; being the only copy that 

 is known to be for sale. 'X'he character of this work is too well 

 known to require comment — comprising the official accounts 

 of the principal Cattle Shows in New England ; Reports of 

 Coinmittecs;immerous valuable essays on agriculture, garden- 

 ing, orcharding, domestic economv, &c. &c. by various agri- 

 culturists in New England, and the iMiddle Slates— forming in 

 itself a useful library for the Farmer : neatly half bound and 

 lettered, and in very fine order, at 53,75 per volume. 



If Jan. 22, 1830. 



Black Currant Wine. 

 or sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, 52 North Market- 

 street, 



A lew dozen bottles of superior old Black Currant "Wine, 

 made by a gentleman in iliis vicinity ; an account of its astrin- 

 gent and detergent properties in various complaints, ami par- 

 ticularly the Sore Throat will be found in die New England 

 Farmer, vol. V. page 2(i7, written by Samuel W. Pomerot, 

 Esq. and the late Doct. John G. Coekin. Price 75 cts. per 

 bottle, — also, a few bottles of old White Dutch Currant Wine, 

 price 50 cents per bottle. tt Jan. 15. 



Gleditschia triacanthos Seed. 



F<-r sale at the Seed Store connected with the New Eng- 

 land Farmer, 52, North Market-street, 



A few pounds of fresh seed of the genuine ^7cdi/sc/iia(n'ocan- 

 thos, or three Iborned Acacia, for live fences. This is the sort 

 recommended by Judge HuEL, (in the New England Farmer 

 for Dec. 11, page 164,) who has several thousan't plants grow- 

 ing, as Ihe best plant that can be cultivated in this couniiy for 

 hedges; of very rapid growth, long and abundant thorns, and 

 of hard and strong wood. tf Jan. 8. 



PUOVISION MARKET. 



CORRECTEn EVERY WEEK T.Y MR HAVWARD, 



fCterk nf Faneuil-hatl Market.) 

 BEEF, best pieces, - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL. - 



.MUTTON, .... 

 POULTRY. .... 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, - 

 Lump, best, 



EGGS. 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS, 

 CIDER, [according In quality,] 



17 

 23 

 19 

 70 

 70 

 4fl 

 3 CO 



