Vol. VIII.— No. 33. 



AND HORTICULTUllAL JOURNAL. 



26a 



The form and dimensioas of barns, sheds, and barn-yard, 

 i manner of collecting and making manure. 

 The number of oxen, cows, and young stock, horses, 

 1 sheep, ivept on the farm through the year, and the 

 aiitity of butter and cheese made, distinguishing the 

 milk from the other cheese, and the breed of cows, 

 ethei- foreign, mixed, or native. 

 The number of swine and quantity of pork made, 

 rhc labor employed in carrying on the farm, and quan- 



of -irdent spirits consumed. 

 is it is deejned important to ascertain the best rotation 

 :rops, it is expected that the applicants for these pre- 

 iims will state the kind of crop, if not able to state the 

 intity, raised on the several and respective pieces of 

 ge, mowing, and pasture land described in their state- 

 its, for two years next preceding the present one. 

 The whole statement to be sworn to by the applicant, 

 e Trus;ees to be at liberty, in all cases, before they 

 ard the premium, to visit, by a committee, or such 

 er peisons as they shall appoint, the farms of the ap- 

 :ants, if they deem it expedient. 

 JV. B. Claims to be addressed to Benjamin 

 did, Esq. ill Boston, (postpaid) before the 

 til day if October next. 



For Butter, 

 r the best lot cf Butter, in tubs or firkins, 

 (not less than three hundred pounds) $100 

 )• the second best 50 



The butter offered for these two premiums must 

 deposited at the ..Hsirirultural SVarchottse, 52, 

 \rth Market-street, Boston, on or before the 1st 

 y of December, and a claim in xcriting be ad- 

 •ssed to Benj. Guild, Esq. (in Boston) ^s- 

 (int Recordi?ig Secretary, (post paid) on or be- 

 e said day. 



Fanners in other States are invited to com- 

 e for these tivo premiums. Competitors are 

 red the further inducement of a ready market, 

 I hio^h prices for good butter. Jin auction- 

 will be employed by the Trustees to sell at pub- 

 auction all the butter presented, without charge 

 he owners, unless the owners should prefer to dis- 

 e of it at private sale. 



THE SILK CULTURIST. 



riie second volume of this useful work, by 

 ct. Pascalis of New York, has recently lieen 

 )lishcil. This volume contains 104 pages, well 

 d with articles on the old and natural method 

 •earing Silk Worms —Description of the build- 

 8 appropriated to the rearing of Silk Worms 

 all the different ages — Comparative Re- 

 rks on the old and recent precepts for the ma- 

 [ement of Silk Worms — .American method of 

 ring Silk Worms — Foreign and domestic puli 

 tions on Silk Worms and the Mulberry Tree. 

 , -eign Intelligence and Correspondence — and 

 mestic Intelligence. 



riiis volume fully sustains the high character of 

 first; the application of artificial electricity to 

 rearing of Silk Worms is fully discussed ; anrl 

 work, we think, cannot fail to prove interest- 

 and useful to all concerned in the raising of 

 !, the importance of which, to this country, is 

 ry day increasing. 



riie work is for sale by Messrs R. P. & C. 

 Iliains, Washington Street, Boston. 



farm, at Roxbury — the large Bartlett pear, fi-oiti 

 Mr Bartlett's gai'den, at Ro.xbury — the Fulton 

 pear, from Jon.v Abbott, Esq. of Portland ; and 

 probably many other varieties. To insure the 

 above, members should attend personally and 

 punctually at 1 1 o'clock. A weekly distribution 

 of scions, seeds, &c. will take place, as they are 

 brought in, of which particular mention will be 

 made in future papers. 



Gentlemen who wish to become members, can 

 leave their names with Mr Russei.l, at the New 

 England Farmer office, at anytime before 11 

 o'clock tomorrow. A beautifully engraved diplo- 

 ma, or (rertificate of membership, is tiearly finish- 

 ed, and will soon be ready for members. 



To Correspondents. — We have received from a re- 

 spected friend, a valuable Sketch on Vegetable Anatomy, 

 Vegetable Economy, &c, the publication of which we 

 shall soon commence; it will be completed in thnee or 

 lour papers. — Several others will soon appear 



.New Early Cabbage. 



Just received at the Seed Store connected with the 

 New England Farmer, 52, North Market-street — 



A small quantity of the New Early Savoy Cabbage 

 Seed, which is in so high repute in the New York mar- 

 ket. It is a true Savoy, very tender, and heads in July — 

 put up in papers 124 cents each. tf M5. 



U° We hope the quarterly meeting of the 

 isachusetts Horticultural Society, for the ad- 

 sion of members, &c. will be well attended to- 

 •row. We understand scions of several vaiie- 

 of our best fruits will be gratuitously distri- 

 ed among the members ; among which are the 



hing pear, from Be>j. Thomas, Esq. of Hing- 

 II — the Dix pear, from Madam Dix, of Boston — 



Lewis pear, from the original tree on Mr Lewis' 



Scions of Superior Fruits. 



Just received at the Seed Store connected with the 

 New England Farm ^r, 52, North Market-street, 



An extensive collection of scions of the finest fruits 

 cultivated in this country, both of native varieties, and of 

 the fine sorts of Mr Knight and Dr Van Mons. They are 

 all cut from bearing branches, from two extensive fruit 

 gardens in this vicinity : and the utmost reliance can be 

 placed on the accuracy of the sorts, as they are cut 

 and labelled, personally, by the proprietors. The follow- 

 ing comprises a part. — .Additions will be made, weekly, to 

 the collection. (The Numbers refer to the drawings 

 and descriptions in Coxe's Treatise on Fruit trees) : — 

 Petit Muscat, Little Musk or Primitive pear Coie,J\~o.l. 

 Madeleine, Citron de Carmes, or Green Chisel ' ' 3. 

 Bellissime d'ete, or the Heauty of Summer, ' ' 6. 

 "kinless, or Poire Sans Peau, ' ' 7. 



Musk, Spice, or Rousselet de Rheims, ' ' 19. 



Vert Longue Panachec, Striped Long Green, or 



Culottes de Suisse ' ' 29. 



Vert Longue, Mouille Bouche, or Long Green, ' '30. 

 Messire Jean, or Mr John, * ' 33. 



Crasanne, or Bergamote Crasanne, • ' 34. 



Winter Virgolouse, ' ' 38. 



Hezy de Chaumontel,or Winter Butter Pear, ' ' 46. 

 The true English Jargonelle, (from scions origi- 

 nally received from Mr Lowell) 

 Andrews, Amory, or Gibson Pear. — See Fessenden's 



JVew American Gardener, page 132. 

 Doyenne Gris, Forsyth, 7th edition. 



Harvard, (Native)— See JV. E. Farmer, vol. vii. p. 313. 

 Bleecker's Meadow (Native.) 



Napoleon.— See JV. E. Farmer, vol. vii. page 393. 

 Seckle.— Coxe No. 25. 



Marie Louise. vV. E. Farmer, vol. vii. p. 289. 



Beurre d'.^remburg. ' ' ' 205. 



Lewis, (winter table pear.) ' ' ' 266 



Bartlett, ' ' ' 217 



The above scions are of good length, distinctly labelled. 

 and well packed in earth and moss — price 6 cents each. 



A good collection of apples will be offered for sale next 

 week. March 5. 



Wanted. 

 A first rate farmer from Massachusetts, to take charge 

 of a farm on shares, of about 130 ai res on Long Island, at 

 about five miles from the City of New York. The ne- 

 cessary capital will be advanced, (on good security) if 

 required. Apply at the New England Farmer office. 



March 5. 



Ornamental Flower Seeds. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52, North Market-street, 



An extensive collection of 'Irnamental Flower Seeds, 

 in papers at 6 cents each — 20 varieties for $1,00, 100 

 varieties of annuals, biennials, and pereimials, for $5, 

 with directions for their culture. tf March 5. 



Sportsman. 

 This full blooded horse will stand the ensuing season 

 at Westborough, Shrewsbury, and Worcester. Sportsman 

 was sired by Bussor.ih — Dam Sportsmistress. A more 

 particular pedigree of this horse was given in the New 

 England Farmer, January 1, 1830. tf Feb 19. 



Bull Calf for Sale. 

 For sale, at Jonathan Amory's farm in Nev/lon, a fine, 

 well formed, promising Bull calf, two months old, deep 

 red color, with a few white spots — sired by Mr Derby's 

 bull Young Comet, — dam, Laura; the following is the 

 dam's origin. Laura — Light red, face belly and legs 

 white, calved 26th March 1825. Got by Adndral ; Dam, 

 a very fine Cow, by Holdemess out of an excellent native 

 Cow. Purchased while a calf of Hon. John Lowell.. 

 tf Feb. 19. 



Wants a place, 

 As a farmer, to lake charge of a gentleman's country 

 seat, a young married man (without children,) who is well 

 qualified, ard can produce good recommendations ; he 

 would be willing to make an arrangement either with or 

 without his familv. Inquire at Whitney's tavern in 

 Charlestown. ' if Feb. 19. 



Land for Sale. 



20000 acres of bind in Potter county, Pennsylvania, are 

 offered for sale, either in one body, or in such quantifies 

 as will suit applicants. 



This Land is situated on the head waters of the Sin- 

 namahoning Creek which empties into the west branch of 

 the Susquehanna River above Dunnslown — ^by the pi'e- 

 sent law, the Pennsylvania canal is to be made as far as 

 Dunnstown ; from thence to the Lakes, the shortest course 

 would be somewhere in the neighborhood of the land 

 now offered for sale. The title is indisputable, and taxes 

 paid up to the first day of the year eighteen hundred and 

 thirty. 



The Sinnamahoning Creek is navigable, and is about 

 forty feet wide at the bridge now building on or near this 

 land ; through which a road passes. The settlements on 

 the Sinnamahoning extend up to within five miles of this 

 tract of land, which reaches within twelve miles of Cou- 

 dersport (the county town.) As to the quality of this land, 

 it is of course various, as would be the case with the same 

 quantity in the immediate neighborhood of Philadelphia, 

 Boston, or New York. The flats bordering on the streams 

 are excellent, — a dark, rich, deep soil, free from stone and 

 easy to cultivate ; the upland, or as it is termed in that 

 country," Bench Land," is good farming land, deep, ex- 

 cellent soil, well adapted to grass, grain, &c. the hills are 

 too steep for farming, but are generally heavily timbered. 

 Thepre/aiUng timber is Beach, Maple, Birch, Cherry, 

 Hemlock, and White Pine. Coal has been found on one 

 branch of the Sinnamahoning, and it is believed by people 

 living in those parts, that there is abundance of Coal ou 

 all the waters of the Sinnamahoning Creek. 



The Proprietor has divided four thousand acres into lots 

 of one hundred acres each. Any settler who may pay for 

 his land before seeing it, and should not like it when he 

 arrives there, may select another of said lots instead of the 

 one he has paid for, provided he does it within one year 

 from the time he pays the money, and notifies the Propri- 

 etor of his choice before said lot shall have been disposed 

 of to some other purchaser or settler. 



None but sober, industrious people need apply for any 

 part of this land. 



Any person procuring ten purchasers or settlers, shall 

 have one hundred acres, gratis, proviiled he causes it to 

 be settled within one year from the time he becomes enti- 

 tled to it. The price is $2 per acre ; but a liberal deduc- 

 tion will be made to wholesale purchasers and lo settlers. 



For further particulars, apply personally or by letters, 

 post paid, to SAMUEL WEBB, 



No. 305, Mulberry-street, Philadelphia. 



Terms of payment will be made easy. 

 The following Certificate is from Samuel B. Fisher, a 



practical Surveyor, who has just returned from viewing 



the above described premises ; — he has no interest 



whatever (direct or indirect) in the sale of these lands, 



and is one on whose judgment and candor purchasers 



may safely depend. 



I hereby certify, that I was on the above described tract 

 of land for several days, in the beginning of the present 

 month, and while there, my time was occupied in exam- 

 ining the same ; and I am of the opinion that the forego- 

 ing descriplion is a fair one, and that those who may feel 

 disposed to purchase, will find it lo correspond therewith. 



Philad. 10 mo. 20, 1829. SAMUEL B. FISHER. 



Real Estale in Boston will be taken in payment. 

 2d mo. 11. 3t 



