NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Progress of Science. — A French journal reca- 

 pitulates, as follows, the advantages derived to 

 science by the late British voyages of discovery 

 in the Arctic Seas: — I. That the continent of 

 America is not so extensive as has been com- 

 monly supposed, towards the North Pole. 2. 

 That its northern coasts, though at present inac- 

 cessible, lie under parallels less elevated than 

 those ot the Asiatic coasts in general, and ex- 

 ceed only by a few degrees the latitudes in the 

 north of Europe. 3. That Baffin's Bay, as it is 

 called, is not properly a bay, but forms a part of 

 the Arctic ocean, communicating with it by Lan- 

 caster streight. 4. That Greenland is not con- 

 joined with the .Arctic countries of North Ameri- 

 ca, but forms an Immense island, or rather a sixth 

 continent (Australasia being the fifth) from the 

 extremity of the great head land which it pro- 

 jects, between Europe and America, to New Si- 

 beria, which appears to be its farthest limits. 



5. That admitting this, it must be frozen land, 

 and not the Hyperborean Ocean, which fills the 

 80th degree ©f latitude and the North Pole. 



6. That combining the result of the Polar expe- 

 ditions vv'ith Russian discoveries, there is reason 

 to conclude, that this Arctic continent has been 

 originally subject to the same geological laws 

 as the other great divisions of the globe : itscon- 

 tiguration, it would appear, is similar; its great- 

 est breadth being in the northern part, as in the 

 five other continents. One advantage (o navi- 

 gation has already resulted from certain passages 

 discovered by Captain Parry: the whale fishe- 

 ries have ventured as far as Lancaster Slreights, 

 having returned with rich cargoes. 



United States Gazelle. 



JVero Mode of Preservation from DroTimiiig. — A 

 writer in a Liverpool paper recommends thel'ol- 

 lowing very simjile method of preserving per- 

 sons in the water from drowning: — Take a silk 

 handkerchief, and laying it on the ground, place 

 a hat in the centre, with the crown upwards in 

 the ordinary position of wearing, and gather up 

 the corners, giving them a twist to keep them 

 more securely together. Any one may then 

 venture into the water, without being in fear of 

 the drowning person taking hold of him, as the 

 quantity of air in the hat is sufficient to support 

 two persons ; — or it might be advisable to place 

 the corners of the handkerchief in the hands of 

 the person drowning, who would thus be kept 

 floating, and easily conveyed to the shore. Ibid_ 



Potatoes. — The following singular statement 

 is given as a tact : — Early Potatoes may be pro- 

 duced in great cpjantities by re-setting the plants, 

 after taking oft' the ripe and large ones. A gen- 

 tleman at Dumfries has replanted them six dificr- 

 ent times this season, without any additional man- 

 ure ; and instead of falling off in quantity, he gets 

 a larger crop of ripe ones at every raising, than 

 the former ones. His plants have on Ihem three 

 distinct crops ; and he supposes they may contin- 

 ue to vegetate and germinate until they are .stop- 

 ped by the frost. By this means he has a new 

 crop every eight days, and has had for six weeks 

 past. — London paper. 



Canine Sagacity.— The house of a respectable 

 tradesman in Exeter was lately saved from tire, 

 by the sagacity of a little terrier dog. .lust as 

 the family were about to retire to bed, the an- 



imal attracted the notice of the mistress of the 

 house, by its repeated and ultimately successful 

 attempts to draw her towards a safe in the kit- 

 chen, where she discovered a quantity of can- 

 dles in a burning state. It appears the servants 

 had indolently and incautiously burnt off a can- 

 dle from a quantity which were hanging by a 

 string. 



From Poulson's American Daily Advertiser. 



"kei:p cool." 



When every one is complaining of the heat, 

 this advice will surely be grateful who is con- 

 fident that he is acquainted with very simple 

 and certain methods, if not of totally preventing, 

 at least greatly mitigating, the unpleasant feel- 

 ings complained of An observance of the fol- 

 lowing rules, has, by the experience of many, 

 proved them to be of this character, and as such 

 are u'armly recommended to be pursued: — 



Dress must be light both in color and weight ; 

 open and loose in texture as well as in the man- 

 ners of their making. 



Never walk during, the day without an um- 

 brella, and then do not walk fast, and keep as 

 much as possible in the shade. 



Dwellings will be kept perfectly cool if the 

 windows be closed so as to exclude the hot rays 

 of the sun, and not opened until sometime after 

 the sun has set. In those rooms which are in 

 constant use the windows should be bowed, in- 

 dependent of' the exclusion of the hot air; mod- 

 erate darkness is preferable to glaring light. 



The brick and stone pavements should be wet 

 at least twice every d;iy ; early in the morning 

 and towards sun-set ; the evaporation will cool 

 the atmosphere, and temper the heat still retain- 

 ed by them. 



In order (o sleep pleasantly, the windows of 

 chambers must be kept entirely closed, until af- 

 ter sun-set ; then let every aperture be free to 

 the current of the evening air. 



Cool yourself perfectly before you go to bed. 

 — Dr. Franklin says he was in the habit of sit- 

 ting undresscJ at his window, until he felt pleas- 

 ant, and did not think a person so doing was li- 

 able to take cold. 



He also recommends, that when the bed- 

 clothes feel disagreeable, having Imbibed the 

 moisture of the body, to shake them, or rather 

 move them up and down, without displacing 

 them, until the air passing through the satur- 

 ated filaments make them cool and refreshing. 



If you are warm sit quiet. Blost persons in 

 their violent impatience to lower their temper- 

 atures increase them by their eiforls. 



It is not advisable to check a profuse perspir- 

 ation by the sudden use of fanning, sitting in 

 what is called a draught of air or removing too 

 much of our dress. Also, 



Be cautious in partaking of cold refresh- 

 ments; the sudden alteration thus produced is 

 in the highest degree dangerous. 



Expose yourself no more than is necessary. — 

 Use no more exertion than is absolutely requir- 

 ed ; early in the morning and in the evening 

 there is time enough for exercise. Avoid ex- 

 cess in every thing. 



Tiiese are homely but excellent direclions. 

 They insure not only comfort but health; they 

 do not merely compose the body to a pleasant 

 state, but settle the mind to its usual and reg- 

 ular operations. If such be their eflects, and ue 

 know them to he sncli, they are valuable. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



SATUllDAY, AUGUST 2, 1823. 



The Farmers' and Gardeners' Remembranc< 

 is unavoidably omitted this week in consequent 

 of some unforeseen avocations, and the necessii 

 of preparing an Index for the first volume. 1 

 our next, we hope to take up the thread of oi 

 discourse, under that head, and shall continue 

 spin as long as our staple lasts, and our nianufa 

 tures find a good market. In the mean time, u 

 shall be diligent in collecling and arranging m 

 terials to form the topics of our future remark 

 which cannot and ought not to be altogethc 

 extemporaneous. 



The Season is as favorable as the hopes i 

 the faimer could anticipate. Fruit is not alt 

 gether so abundant as it was the last summ( 

 and autumn, but Grass and Grain are, general 

 speaking, very exuberant. Indian corn, lik 

 wise, promises fair, and there is a prospect th 

 every rational expectation of the husbandm: 

 will be realized. It appears by the last Amei 

 can Farmer, that the southern section of tl 

 union partakes with us in the bounties of : 

 indulgent Providence. A correspondent of M 

 Skinner, under date of Wheatland, July 13, say 

 '• Our grain harvest is now nearly completed, at 

 we are enabled to form a more accurate est 

 mate of the results than heretofore, and it givi 

 me great pleasure to inform you that the gc 

 eral crop far exceeds the expectations of tl 

 most sanguine calculation. In some instanC' 

 the crop is as heavy as any I have ever seen- 

 in most I think it may be estimated at near 

 an average. Our corn, millet, &c. present tl 

 most satisfactory promise, and, in fine, th3re 

 a prospect of the present year being far mo; 

 prolific in the aggregate of agricultural pr 

 ducts, than any which has been experienc* 

 for a long time." 



Mr. EDrron, — As you are anxious to conti 

 bute, not only to the wealth, but the health 

 farmers, I would suggest the utility of prescri 

 ing an effectual remedy for the cutaneous diso 

 der, commonly termed poison of the skin. Th 

 irritating eruption is extremely prevalent amoc 

 those now employed in hay-making, and is t 

 small impediment to their important labors, 

 is thought to be caused by ivy and dog-wooi 

 which abound most in meadows. Washes i 

 brine, fever-bush, &.c. are frequently appliei 

 with little or no apparent success. I have latf 

 ly heard that lime-water, employed as a was) 

 has been found effectual. 



Yours, respectfully E. B. K. 



FOREIGN. 



Iiitelliscncn lins been received from London as la' 

 as tlic I'Jth, aud IVom the French army in Spain to i\ 

 13th of June. The French appear to be advaiicir 

 without meeting with much opposition, aided and pp 

 ceded by bands of Spanish royalists, who should seei 

 to be active and numerous. The Spanish popniatio 

 appear not only to acquiesce, but exult in the domin: 

 tiou ol' the invaders, and the Constitutionalists '.xVil 



