Vol. VIII No. 34. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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I r from the head to the foot of the machine. 



h roller has a level w!ieel on the end of it, 

 icli connects with a line-shaft, on which arc aho 



I wheels, interlocking with those on the rol- 

 At the head of the machine is an apron on 



[■h the hemp stem is laid, and passes into the 



lers, similar to wool into a cardin>; machiiig. 



nice and exact is the graduation of the fl'.itin.gs 



li ;he rollers, that the hemp, in passing through 



machine, always preserves the same relative 



tion, until it passes upon another apron at the 

 t of the machine, where it is taken off by one 

 the workmen. In passing through the ma- 

 ne, every inch of stem receives about one hun- 

 d and sixty strokes of the roller, which divest 



most wholly of the woody matter or shives. 

 3ur process of dressing hemp and flax is as 

 ows : — 



rVhen the hemp is gathered from the field, it is 

 ced under shelter from the storm.'s, that the 

 11 may be left clean, and of a bright golden 

 Before it is put into the machine, we keep 



few days in a dry house, warmed by .Trtificial 

 t, until the stem is sufficiently dry to be di- 

 ted of the woody matter by the machine. After 

 ning the stem through the machine, the hemp 

 ound in bundles, and rotted in clean water un- 

 gum or mucilage, which is contained in the 

 is entirely disengaged. It is then taken 

 11 the water and dried, after which it is again 

 ed through the machine to soften it — then 

 n the dressers to disengage the tow when it is 

 or market. 



ou may have seen some notices in the Boston 

 vspapers, of some Hemp forwarded to that 



from the machine in this place. It is now 

 onger a matter of experiment with us, and 



hink we have satisfactorily established these 

 n relation to the production of a new source 

 vealtli in our country, beyond all controversy. 



t. — That hemp can be grown in this country 

 ood, if not better quality, and in greater 

 ilities upon an acre, than in Russia. 



. — That upon rich lands, such as will pro- 



a good crop of corn or grass, it is much 



profitable to the farmer than any other crop 



n grow. 



— That it can be dressed by machinery with 

 3idity almost surpassing credibility, (a ton per 



without any injury to the fibre, and with far 

 waste than if done by hand, 

 ith these advantages, I look forward to the 



when all importations of hemp and hempen 

 s into this country shall cease, and when the 

 rtation of this article to foreign markets, 



form one of the staples of our country. 

 Yours, respectfully, 



SAMUEL WELLS, Jr. 

 }rthamptoni Mass. Jan. 27, 1830. 



From the first of which I have sent you some 

 seeds in jiackage. 



[Extract of a letter from a gentleman in North Carolina, 

 tiansmiltcd to Wm Prince of the Linnaean Botanic 

 Garden ] 



1 have always been of o|iinioii since my grape 

 vines have been pjogressing, that four hands 

 would cultivate the Scii|ipernong, and make more 

 money annually than twenty of the ablest hands 

 "ould tnake from Tobacco, Cotton, or any other 

 crop that is cultivated in our part of the country, 

 — I am now of opinion that two hands can do it. 

 VoM well know the few grape vines I have in my 

 garden, eight in number, vvhich occupy a quarter 

 of nn acre. Prom these, this fall, I have made 

 sixleen barrels of wine, say 31 J gallons each, ma- 

 king in all 504 gallons; this at ,$1 per gallon 

 will bring to the acre .?i2016. I am told that in 

 the eastern part of the state, say Roanoke Island, 

 that there are some single vines that will yield 

 five barrels of wine each season. 



in the middle in an isolated ball of earth ; fill the 

 trench with plaster of Paris, which will become 

 hard in a few minutes, and form a case to the 

 ball and jilant, which may be lifted and moved 

 anywhere at ])Ieasure. — French paper. 



The admirers of rare and beautiful flowers may 

 be much gratified by calling at the garden of John 

 Prince, Esq. at Jamaica Plains, where they can 

 see lUe beautifid E'jwardsia Grandijlora, a native 

 of New Holland, in full flower. 



HORTICULTURAL ITEMS. 



act of a letter from Samuel Bailie, Esq. of Virginia, 

 Vm Prince of the Linnaean Botanic Garden.] 

 ave for your information taken thy dimen- 

 of two Wilding Plum trees. 

 e girth at bottoin of first tree is 3 ft. 9J ins. 

 e height of the same to two forks 3 ' ' 

 rth of first fork 2 ' 6 ' 



of second 2 ' 2 ' 



pposed to be from 15 to 20 feet high to the 

 f the branches. 



lond tree mean girth 3 ft. 5 ins. 



ight to the forks 5 ' 5 ' 



WALKER'S IMPROVED FANNING MILLS. 



Walker's Improved Fanning Mill is of a very 

 simple and easy construction, and is considered 

 as a great improvement upon the common mills 

 now in use. They can be furnished at a less 

 price, are not liable to get out of order, and easily 

 kept in rcjiair. Old machines may be altered at 

 a very trifling expense, will clean a bushel of 

 wheat, rye, oats, or any kind of grain per minute, 

 W'th less than one half the labor used \>'ith com- 

 mon machines. 



The above Machines will be for sale at the 

 Agi-icultural Warehouse, 52, North Market-street, 

 Boston. 



The Baltimore Gazette says that a gentleman 

 who was present at the recent exhibitions of the 

 several steam engines, upon the Liverpool and 

 Manchester Rail Road, informs them that such 

 was the easy and perfect control under which they 

 were managed, that the Novelty, when running 

 at the rate of ihirlijlivo miles an hour, was stopped 

 within the distance of twice her length, without 

 any apparent concussion or shock to the machine- 

 ry. This proves that the rate of speed at which 

 these vehicles may be carried is much greater 

 than was anticipated. — Patriot. 



From the American Farmer. 



GRAPES. 



The advantage of engrafting JVativc Grape Vines 

 with those more delicate and choice. 



Having read Mr Coxe's account of his success- 

 ful experiments in engrafting various kinds of de- 

 licate foreign and other grape vines on the com- 

 mon native vines of his fields, in the American 

 Farmer, vol. x. No. 21, I wag encoin-aged to make 

 the experiment according to his directions ; the 

 mode is the same as is generally ])ractised in cleft 

 grafting the apple tree, with the exception of the 

 grafts being inserted even with, or below the sur- 

 face of the ground, and instead of using composi- 

 tion or clay around the stocks and grafts, the 

 common earth is drawn around them to the top 

 of the upjier bud of the graft. 



My experiments confirm the correctness of the 

 statement given by Mr C. of some of his grape 

 vines having grown ten feet the first summer a^r 

 grafting. J engrafted tvvo scions of the Isabella 

 grape on one large stock of what is commonly 

 called the Chicken grape, one of which grew 

 twelve feet, and the other nine feet last summer ; 

 the side shoots pruned off" during tiie season mea- 

 sured thirty feet in length. The vines may be 

 seen at Sinclair and Mofire's Nursery, three miles 

 from Baltimore. 



I thought this coincidence of results was so 

 encouraging, and that the mode of grafting would 

 be so useful, that it should be luade known in our 

 country generally. R. SINCLAIR. 



1st Mo. 23, 1830. 



Transplanting Shrubs in full growth. — Dig a 

 narrow trench round the plant, leaving its roots 



Agriculture in Bengal. — An Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society has been established in Cal- 

 cutta, of which distinguished natives are members, 

 and in which they appear to take great interest. 



Hon. Mr Wille, of Georgia, has procured a 

 sample of Spanish Wheat from Malaga, called 

 IVigo Rtcio, which resists the injuries to which 

 grain is liable in the field and granary. It makes 

 a brilliant white flour ; but the English millers 

 complain of the difficulty of grinding it, from its 

 hardness. 



At Newcastle, Del. 4th inst. books were open- 

 ened for the subscription of $125,000, for a Rail 

 Road thence to Frenchtown, Md. On that day 

 .$87,000 was subscribed. 



Brighton Market. — Monday^ March 8. 

 (Repoiled for ihe Chronicle and Pniriol.) 



At market this day, 528 Beef Cattle 53 



Stores : 557 Sheep and 165 Swine, divided as 

 follows: Old .Market, 318 Beef Cattle: 12 Stores 

 and 273 Sheep. JVew .Market, 210 Beef Cattle: 

 41 Stores: 284 Sheep and 165 Swine. 



The above statement exhibits a larger number 

 of Beef Cattle at market than usually happens at 

 this season of the year, and consequently produ- 

 ces what the Drovers term " a glut," and gene- 

 rally a reduction in prices, which was the fact in 



the present case of about 25 cts. per cwt. 127 



Beef Cattle and nearly all the Stores remained 

 unsold at the close of the market — we omit giving 

 prices until the market shall have become more 

 settled. 



Milch Cows — Good Cows arc in demand, but 

 they are as scarce as the drover's [irofits ordi- 

 nary ones plenty: we noticed sales of a few at 

 $20 a $27, and 3 by auction, at .$18, .$15 50, 

 and .$15. 



Sheep — The Sheep Market seems to be "inde- 

 finitely postponed" — for the last three weeks, the 

 business has been extremely limited — the only 

 sales made today, were 1 lot of 60 at .$3 17 ; 1 

 do 10 at-$2 each. 



Swine — Those at market today the same we 

 reported the last two weeks — a few were retailed 

 at 5 a 6 cts. and the remainder taken in two lots, 

 at 4 cts. per lb. each. 



