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NRW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Fel.. 19, 1830. 



From the Journal of Hcallli. 

 MAXIMS FOR PARENTS. 



1. If consumption luis prevailed in cither of 

 your faiiiiiii-s, use lliu carlicnt precautions to pre- 

 vent your cliililreii falling victims to the sainedis- 



2. Though consumption may not have been 



excellent fuel for the poor, being picked up by or seven days. The li«|uor will ferment, and 

 ihccn as they fell from the trees, so that the pro- ! part will be lost in froth, which must be rcplaci 

 prietor of the wood sustained no injury." 1 every morning. When the fermentation h. 



ceased, decant the licpior into other bottles, co 



Skikton Plough. — Mr I'inluyson, in bis excel- them, and place them in the cellar for u.-^c. ) 

 lent practical work, the Brili.-ih Farmer, observes ibis way the juice of any sour fruits, as the citrt 

 thai, w hen the clays of Kent, Surry and Middle- and crab, &,c. niay be preserved, and no exuen. 

 sex, are between the wet and dry, they adhere lo'of supar incurred till the moment it is to be use 

 common on the side of either, yet precaution is | the bo<ly of the plough like glue, and double or j Verjuice is much used in France us a 8Uniiii< 

 not the less important. Two or three neglected | treble the friction that would otherwise take place. 1 beverage ; a little syrup or sugar is mixed with 

 colds in winter, or n cutting blast in spring, with | Hence the necessity nf such clum.sy, unwielily small jtart of it, which is then well shaken, at 



improper clothing, may, in an infirm constitution 

 securely seat the relentless destroyer ; — at the 

 J)est, wretched health will be n certain conse- 

 quence. 



3. Wheti they, who must be ignorant of the 



implements as the Kentish turnwresl jtlough, re- afterwards poured into u gla^9, and filled up wi 

 i]uiring five or six horses to draw them. " Con- j water. Gooseberry verjuice is commonly ii.'-('< 

 sidoring tlic great expense of working land with i and, when mixed with sugar, it is sold by il 

 this plough," says Mr Finlayson, " I began to con- 1 confectioners at Paris, under the name of Siro| 

 sider, that, in place of a mould board, three or de Groseilles {Goosehtny Syrup.) Any garden 



essential difference between a common cold and four rods of iron might be substituted. On trial ; or cottager might make it for himself" 



consumption, boast of their cures, hear, but heed I found it to answer the purpose comjiletely ; and 



them not ; ask this question of your own com- i I have no hesitation in saying, that the most ad- 



mon sense, — tcltat eiperitnce or inspiration can in- hcsive land may with ease be ploughed with the 



Bread of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, 

 ■ Over those islands," says a writer in Loudor 



struct such prettndtrs'7 



4. It is wise to check o coW the first week ; — 

 but much wiser the first four and twenty hours. 



5. All remedies which do no good, in either 

 colds or consumptions, invariably do a very great 

 deal of harm. 



6. A strictly sober life, regular, active exercise, 

 and "a cheerful and contented mind, are the most 

 certain means by which those predisposed to con- 

 sumption, may escape its attack, and preserve their 

 lives to an ailvanced period. 



7. The most certain means by which the pre- 

 disposed, even when guilty of no intemperance, 

 may invite the attack of their lurking enemy, 

 is, a plentiful use of pectoral balsams, balms of 

 life, lung restorers, cough lozenges, or, indeed, any 

 of the list of the certain cures in the newspapers. 



NEW ElVGLAJVD FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1830. 



KAIL ROADS. 



The superiority of Rail Roads to Canals, is now 

 so well ascertained, and so generally acknow- 

 ledged, that any attempts to make it evident are 

 nltogethirr superfluous. The degree of advantage 

 gained by the siibsliliilion of rail ways for canals, 

 may be an interesting subject of inquiry. A wri- 

 ter on this subject, in a late number of the Ame- 

 rican Farmer, stotes, in siibstf»ncc, tliat, in Eng- 

 land, some engineers are of opinion that a rail 

 way costs three times as much as a turnjiike, and 

 a canal nine limes, on an average. 



Among the advantages of rail ways are, great 

 superiority in velocity, and their being fit for use 

 in winter. If rail ways arc to be preferred, ques- 

 tions occur — where sliall they be located ? llow 

 much shall be undertaken ni a time.' With re- 

 gard to the location, wo think much attention is 

 duo to the snggcBlions of the gentleman in Halti- 

 more to his friend in Charlcstown, published in 

 our last week's paper. 



Pinus .^/nnd'mn.— Loudon's Magazine for De- 

 cember last, in some- notes on a garden near 

 Rouen, mentions a species of pine called Pin de 

 Boiinlcaux, (pinus marilima) " which the gardener 

 informed us was greatly to be preferred to the 

 Pin de F.cossc, (P. sijlvtstri.i) or the Sapin epicou, 

 {.Ibifs coinmuuis,) becouMc shriilii and grass grew 

 iiiiirh iMiicr under il, nn<l the cones, which are 

 thick, and from six to eight inches lung, made nil 



skeleton plough and one pair of good horses. The 

 clay or earth being prevented from adhering to 

 the plough, the draught is thereby much dimin- 

 ished ; the whole surface of this plough not being 

 more than one third or one fourth the surface of 

 other jiloughs will account for the ease of draught." 

 For a plate of this plough, see Gardener's Maga- 

 zine for December, 1829. 



Magazine, " with the exception of the capit 

 towns of Kirkwall and Lerwick, the superi' 

 classes are compelled to bake their own brea 

 and this they do in great perfection without tl 

 assistance of yeast. Their method, which is 

 follows, may be adopted with advantage in cas 

 where yeast is difficult of attainment: — Mix t» 

 [loiinds of mashed potatoes with a table spoon! 

 of yeast, (or double the quantity of porter), t» 

 'able spoonfuls of flour, and a table spoonful 

 salt; beat these ingredients well togotlicr, addii 



Steam in Jlgriculture. — A writer in Loudon's 

 Magazine says " Steam has never yet been ap- 

 plied to tillage ; but I am ]>erfectly convinced of I "^ much lukewarm water as will reduce the cot 

 its practicability, if the weight of the engine could position to the consistency of batter. Let it sIbi 

 be reduced so as not to sink in :lie soil, or conso- ''"" twenty-four hours in a closely covered cartlii 



lidatc too much the surface on which it moved. 

 I have not yet seen any of the portable steam 

 threshing-machines, but expect to liave one fitted 

 up by and by, which may be applied to other im- 

 portant agricultural operations. !Mr. Bell's reap- 

 ing marliine appears to be a nearer approach to 

 perfection than has hitherto been attained j and 

 from what I learned, when at Perth, has given 

 very great satisfaction. Steam could certainly be 

 employed to great advantage in impelling this 

 machine, as horse jiower is awkwardly employed, 

 when required to push instead of to pull forward." 



ware jar, when it will be fit for use. For eve 

 pound of flour to be baked, take four tab 

 spoonfuls of the composition ; mix up two thin 

 of the flour, adding a little lukewarm water, 

 fresh cream, then knead the remainder of the flo 

 into the mass of dough ; give it the desired sha| 

 and let it stand four hours covered with a larj 

 dish before it is put into llie oven. Replace il 

 composition with an equal quantity of mashi 

 potatoes, flour, and sah, in the jiroportioiis stat< 

 above, and beat the whole together in the ja 

 havriig first jioured off' the liquid collected at ll 

 bottom of the vessel. Let the jar be well covcre 

 in a warm place in winter, and in a cold place 

 summer. The loaves or rolls may not rise wt 



Making plants produce flowers. — A writer for 

 the Gardener's Magazine says that '' fasteifing a 



piece of wire round the stem is the best method j on the first or second attempt; but after a fe 



of making plants flower that are diflicult to flow- i repetitions tlicy will be found superior to ar 



er." [Would a string answer instead of a wire ?] baker's bread, and the composition, if daily rcnov 



led according to the directions, will continue f< 



To make Kitchen Vegetables tender. A writer years to improve." 



in the Bulletin des Sciences Econ. says, " When 

 French beans, and similar productions do not boil 

 easily, it has usually been imputed to the coolness 

 of the season, or to the rains. Tliis popular notion 

 is erroneous :' the difficulty of boiling them soft 

 arises from a superabundant quantity of gypsum 

 imbibed during their growth. To correct this, 

 tl row a small qiiaiilily of siibcarbonate of sod 

 [conimon soda of the shops] into the pot alon 



RAIL ROAD FROM BOSTON TO OGDEN5 

 BURGH. 



There has been a large and respectable mcctin 

 on the 2.1 inst. at Montpelicr (Vt.) of inhabitant 

 of that and the adjacent towns, on the subjv-ct c 

 a Rail Road, to connect the western lakes wit 

 the .\tiantic, in which measures were recommend 

 cd for " the survey and completion of a Naiioor 

 with the vegetables, the carbonic acid of which '^'''' ''"'"') from the sea-board at Boston, throiigl 

 will seize upon the lime in the gypsum, and free Lowell, Mass. Concord, N. H. ami thence by th 

 the legumes, &c. from its influence." j most convenient route, ihroiigli the valley o 



— — I Onion River, to Lake Champluin, and thence li 



To prepare Ferjuice for bottling and keeping — I the waters of Lake Ontario, at Ogdensburglr 

 The following is given in tho Journal de Connoi- | N. York." This is essentially the same route n 

 scan. I'suillcs : " Express the juice of unripe | commended by u correspondent in the last Now 

 grapes or (joosehcrries, without bruising the seels, England Farmer. Tho be-t spirit prevails ii 

 wbuh would give u disagreeable taste to the Vermont and Canada on tho subject. Sevora 

 liquor. Strain tho juico through a linen cloth ; writers in the Canada papers arc culling^he pub- 

 bottle il, and exjiosc it uncorked to the sun lor six ' lie attention to the advantages of this route 



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