NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



79 



e it ill your grass seed, or any other seed which you 



■ use ill your course of crops. Some excellent ob- 



ations on the '•• evil of sowing a mixture of impure 



witli grain or grass seed," by O. Piskc, Esq. may 



Ecn ill our first volume, p. 2^i-. We would add 



following from " Notices to a Young Farmer," a 



able tract by Judge Peters, of Pcnusylvania. 



Be cari'l'ul to eradicate all poisonoun jilimls, in 



pas'uresaud fields. Vou will iind in boolcs, what 



want in experience, proofs of tiie necessity of this 



ition ; and you will learn the dangers to which 



are liable in this regard. Some plants are pois- 



to some beasts ; though safe and salutary to 



A reasonable knowledge of the useful parts of 



ny, without burthcniiig yourself with its endles« 



nclature ; would enable you to distinguish plants 



thuir properties. A pocket Magtiifying Glm-s 



Id always be at hand ; as not only highly usetul 



tiiiguishing plants and the eneniirs infesting them ; 



oy it you eonld e.xaminc the particles composing 



; and ascei"tain their qualities and uses. This 



afford entertainment, whilst it promoted your in- 



Nothing is more necessary in the inspection of 



whether of grain or grasses : You can discover, 



lass, unsoundness or malady in the one ; and 



res of worthless and injurious seeds in the other. 



rson should trust the naked eye, when purchas- 



rass seeds particularly ; wherein poisonous or 



rous seeds are frequently mixed ; and many art 



ute, .as to be invisible to unassisted sight. "j 



From the American Farmer, 



SALIVATION OF HORSES. 

 Skinner, 



seen in your paper of the 8th instant some 

 ks on the salivation of horses, it put me in mind 

 mark of a young Irishman who resides in this 

 ■jorhood, " that if parsley seeds were sown with 

 over seeds, horses would not be liable to saliva- 

 Tlie experiment is worth the trial, as no ex- 

 ill be incurred thereby. I also recollect that 

 d years ago, I saw a publication recommending 

 wing parsley as a pasture for sheep, the writer 

 Ig cured bis flock of the rot by its use. 



Yours, &:c. 

 •4 friend to Agricultural Improvement. 

 cigh, Aug. 15, 1823. 



FOREIGN, 

 last accounts from England are to the evening 

 27th August. They are disastrous to the Span- 

 ise, and indicate tliat the Spaniards had nearly 

 I to oppose the will of their invaders. Corunna 

 ing to one report, was suffering on the IGlh of 

 t the horrors of a severe bombardment, and the 

 ivas on fire in several places. Another rumor 

 3 that Corunna and Algesiras had both capitu- 

 Dn the 14th of August. It was asserted and be- 

 at Paris that an arrangement between the Duke 

 jouleme and the Cortes was nearly concluded. 

 ;w3 of the defection of Ballastcros is confirmed, 

 fa has fled from his command. Manso, and one 

 ) other oificers of note have deserted to the 

 1. Mna, however, remained firm, and said he 

 sooner set fire to all the towns in Spain than sur- 

 , Sir R. Wilson escaped from Vigo, and fled to 

 , where he was refused permission to land. The 

 sion of Zayas is talked of. The French regen- 

 rladrid, and the Uuke of Angouleme are said to 

 ^c. The Regency endeavored to procure of the 

 1 modification of his decree against their aiithor- 

 mprison the Constitutionalists. But the decree 

 It in execution, and upwards of 600 men releas- 

 n priso.T at Madrid. 



Greeks are prosperous. Letters have been re- 

 fro n Marseilles, stating that the whole of the 

 h fleet have been destroyed by the Greeks, with 

 sccption of ten sail, and these escaped in a 

 •d cori-1 ition— The Greeks have also been suc- 

 hevond their hopes in Candia. By stratagem 

 idiiced the Turks to make a sally in great num- 

 im Ritimo, where their retreat was cut ofl'. In 

 MO Turks have lately beea destroyed in that 



Island. In Thessaly, Macedonia, and the Peloponessus 

 the Greeks are also said to have been victorious. 



DO.MESTIC. 



lilnckstone Canal — We learn that this cnterprize is 

 in prosecutioD with !is much despatch as is consistent 

 with giving an opportunity to all those who are incli- 

 ned to patroaise it to become interested in the concern. 

 One route was surveyed some time since, and the esti- 

 mates of expense reported. A second route is now un- 

 der survey from the Blackstonc Factory in Mendou to 

 Providence, entirely distinct from the first, and every 

 person owning land on this last mentioned route has 

 signed a release to the Canal corporation of all claims 

 lor damages in consequence of the construction of the 

 canal. 



Curious Inrenlion. — Mr. T. George, a clock maker 

 of St. George's in the East, London, has lately invent- 

 ed an apparatus, which, by the sole agency of a clock, 

 wakes the workmen and lights a candle at any desired 

 time of night or morning. Tliis is almost equal to a 

 yankee patent-machine which we have heard of, 



which," says the story, '^ when properly wound up, 

 and set in motion, will chase a hog over a ten acre lot, 

 catch him, and yoke and ring him, with the utmost 

 neatness, precision and celerity." 



Mineral Spring. — The Connecticnt Mirror informs 

 that a mineral spring of highly medicinal virtue, and 

 as one account says, combining all the properties of 

 the different springs in the State, has lately been dis- 

 covered near Sag Harbor, 1,. I. Its waters possess all 

 the qualities of yeast in making bread, causing it to be 

 uncommonly light and spongy. Of course the spring 

 contains a great quantity of fixed air, or carbonic acid 



Manufacturing Companies in Xew York There are 



in the State of Sew York, 206 incorporated Mauufac- 

 tnriiig Companies, the aggregate of whose capital is 

 520,330,500. Of these 62 are for manufacturing cot- 

 ton and woollen goods, 36 for cot-ton goods, 12 for cot- 

 ton, woollen and linen cloths, and 10 for glass. 



Rlieumalism. — We are requested to slate that the 

 following is an effectual recipe for the cure of rheuma- 

 tism : — Take cucumbers when full grown and put 

 them into a pot with a little salt ; then put the pot 

 over a slow fire, where it should remain for about an 

 hour, then take the cucumbers and press them, the 

 juice of wiilch must be put into bottles corked up 

 tight and placed in the cellar and remain for about a 

 week ; then wet a flannel rag with the liquid and ap- 

 ply it to the part afflicted. — jV. Y. Spec. 



FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES 



FOR sale, as usual, at the Kf.srick place, near 

 Brighton. The Nurseries have been much en- 

 larged, and contain a variety of Pears, Apples, Cher- 

 ries, Plums, Apricots, &c. — Also, the finest Nursery of 

 budded Peach-Trees known in America ; consisting of 

 a choice collection of about 30 of the most approved 

 kinds in our best gardens, or seen in the Markets. The 

 trees are from 5 to 8 feet high, and sold at the Nursery 

 at the moderate price of 33 1-3 cents each. 



Of good sized ornamental trees ; the Flowering 

 Horse-Chesnut ; Flowering Catalpa ; European Moun- 

 tain- Ash; Weeping Willow ; the evergreen Silver Fir, 

 and the Larch. English Walnuts and Butternuts, both 

 of which are justly admired for their fruit. The latter 

 is a hardy, handsome tree, and its bark valuable in 

 dyes and medicine. 



Currant bushes of the large prolific red kind, of all 

 sizes, by the dozen, hundred, or thousand, on mod- 

 erate terms : Also the Black, White, and Champaign 

 do. Red and White Roses; Lilacs; English Grapes ; 

 Gooseberries, &c. k,c. 



Orders addressed to .John, or William Kenriek, and 

 sent to the Erighton Post-office, or the Office of Mr. 

 Samuel Uana, Broker, in Congress-street, Boston, will 

 be duly attended to. 



N. B. Trees will be packed in clay and mats, for 

 shipping, and conveyed to Boston when ordered : but 

 gentlemen at a distance should employ some agent to 

 receive and pay for them. 



Oct. 4. 



Impuritji of the air in vaults. — A vault was opened 

 a few days since, in the ni ighborhood of New York, 

 for the purpose of interring the body of a deceased 

 child. The colored man, who descended into the 

 tomb with the coffin, after having placed it in the 

 proper place, overcome by the noxious air, fill down 

 and was lifeless before he could be taken out. 



A single stalk of Millet, raised at Lebanon, N. J. the 

 present season, produced 110 tresses, containing 6,700 

 seeds. 



ydluw fever among cattle. — The cattle on the island 

 of Bermuda, have of late suffered much by a disease, 

 which the physicians have denominated the yellow fe- 

 ver. 



.fiTew Process in Tanning. — We have heard tanners 

 of intelligence as well as experience, speak highly of 

 the mode of tanning leather, advertised by Mr. Charles 

 Monroe, of Northborough. It is said that leather may 

 be tanned by his process, in ten or twelve days, as well 

 as it is in the more tedious method now practised. A\'e 

 understand some specimens of It ather, tanned in this 

 w.iy, will be exhibited ne.xt Wednesday. 



Mass. Yeoman. 



PRICES OE COUNTRY PRODUCE, k.c. 



[Revisid and corrected every Friday.] 



ASHES, pot, 1st sort, . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. . . . 

 cargo. No 1, . . . . 

 " No 2, . . . . 

 BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. new 

 " 2d qual. 

 small l<egs, family, 

 CHEESE, new milk .... 



FLA.X 



ri.AK cET:t> 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St. 

 Gcnessee, new. 

 Rye, best .... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort . . 

 HOPS, No 1, Inspection of 1822 



LI.ME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 



PLAIST?:R PARIS .... 



PORK, Navy Mess .... 



Bone Middlings . . . 



Cargo, No 1, ... 



Cargo, No 2, ... 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 1822, • 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full bIood,wa5hed 

 do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 do 



Native .... do 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISION MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VE.AI, 



MUTTON and LAMB, . . . 



POULTRY, 



BUTTER, keg & tub, family, 

 lump, best . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, 



Indian, 



POTATOES, new, .... 

 CIDER, liquor, new .... 

 HAY, best, ...... 



D. C. 



137 50 

 1 00 



63 

 60 

 70 

 00 

 00 

 18 



1 12 

 70 



3 00 



15 00 



70 



50 

 50 

 45 

 35 

 00 

 50 



11 



8 



10 



10 



12 



17 



20 



17 



70 



70 



40 



2 00 



20 CO 



JOB PRIVTING 

 At short notice and fair prices, at llie Farmer OlEceS 



