NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Le Ray de Chaumont, prove olherwisc. I 

 red seed in 1821, at llio rate ofglbs. the acre, 

 h barley. It has stood the winters well, 

 ch better than clover; and has been in a 

 e of progressive improvement. Drougiit 



not affected it. The plants are very ten- 



the first year; and require either a very 

 an tilth, or to be kept Tree from weeds and 

 iss with a hoe the first year. It should 



c a deep loam, as it .sends down tap roots 



3 or six feet; and it is equally necessary that 



ground sliould not he wet. It ma}' be 



n either in drills or broad cast, with or 

 hout grail). Fifteen pounds of seed are re- 

 icd for the acre if drilled, and 20 is not too 

 ch if sown broad cast. To the proprietor 

 a dairy, an acre or two of lucern would be 

 uable, to be fed to his cows, in addition to or- 

 ary pasture. 



(To be concluded .) 



From the Neiv York Advocatp. 



PICKLE FOR BEEF AND J>ORK/ 

 ne following recipe for making pickle for beef 



ork,is strongly recommended to the adoption 

 hose who pickle beef and pork for family use. 

 sons in the trade, who will adopt it, will find 



ady sale for their beef and pork. It has been 

 i by mrtny families in this city, and always 

 roved. I do not hesitate to assert that there 

 3 pickle in use to be compared with if. It is 

 iliarly known by the name of the " A'/ticAer- 

 •.er PicA/f." Could this recipe be generall}' 

 filed, our pickled beef and pork would have 

 aiD preference in the foreign market.^. 



RECIPE. 



:s gflllons water, 9 lbs. salt, coarse and 

 mixed 3 lbs. brown sugar, 3 ounces salt pe- 

 1 ounce pearl ash, 1 gallon molasses to every 



illons water. 



I making a larger or smaller quantity of pic- 

 the above proportions are (o be observed. 



I and skim these ingredients well, and when 



I, put it over the beef or pork. 



AN OLD HOUSEKEErEU. 



From the American Farmer. 



PRESERVATION OF FOOD, 

 sea voyage, though it generally produces a 

 i appetite, does not as often furnish the 

 ns of gratifying it; and a ship, either for 

 fort or luxury, is not usually the place where 

 e, who attach Value to such matters, can be 

 ■mmodated. 



ill all pleasures are comparative, and the ac- 

 modations, personal and gastronomic, of 

 e who from whatever cause are at this day 

 ced to venture on board ship, are so much 

 eased beyond any thing known to the older 

 , that, in that sense, they may be truly said 

 2 both comfortable and luxurious, 

 rong the wants which are most sensibly felt 

 a, and which modern refinement and inge- 

 (^ have found the means of remedying, is 

 of fresh provisions. In this respect, Messrs. 

 «ett and Dagget, of this city, have accom- 

 led 90 much that they can put up fish, poul- 

 - game, nay custards, so as to preserve them 

 ly climate, and almost for any time, without 

 jerceplible alteration in their original taste 

 lality. This is chiefly effected, we believe, 

 aving them enclosed in tin cases, hermeti- 



cally seale<l. We are pleased to learn that the 

 use of these provi.sious is becoming general, 

 and have much satisfaction in presenting to the 

 public the subjoined testimonial of Commodore 

 Porter as to their excellence : 

 Copy of a letter from Com. Porter in answer to 



Messrs. Daggett 4' Kensett ofJV. York, respecting 



his opinion of their preserved fresh provisions. 

 ''■'■fVoshington .\ov. \3th, 1823. 



"Gentlemen — Your letter of the 3l)th ult. 

 should have been answered, at an earlier period 

 but for unavoidable absence and a great press 

 of btisines?. 



"I have given to your preserved meats a 

 lair trial, particularly the beef and poultry, botli 

 for the Hospital department and as rations, as 

 well as at my own table — and I have taken every 

 occasion to recommend them not only to the 

 officers under my command, put to others going 

 to sea. I have taken some pains to bring them 

 into general use in tiie Navy, and you may cal- 

 culate on a favorable disposition on my part to- 

 ward your establishment so long as, by your 

 care and attention in pulling up the provisions, 

 you may have a title to it. 



" Some of the provisions, which I took from 

 New York last winter, are now on hand, and as 

 good as the day they were received. 

 Very Respectfull}-, 



Your obedient servant, 



D. PORTER. 

 Messrs. D.^ugett and Kensett, } 

 616, Water street. New York." \ 



Parsnips — Contain a very considerable por- 

 tion of sugar. In Thuiingia, the country peo- 

 ple evaporate the juice until it has the con- 

 sistency of thick syrup, when they eat it on 

 bread instead of hone}', and use it in many ca- 

 ses as a substitute for sugar. — Marmalade made 

 ■vilh parsnips, and a small quantity of sugar, is 

 tliouglit to excite appetite, and to be a very 

 proper food for convalescents. Wine made 

 from these roots approaches nearer to IheMalm- 

 spv of Maderia and the Canaries, than other 

 tvine ; it is made with little expense or t/ouble, 

 and only requires to le kept a few years to 

 make it as agreeable to the palate as it is whole- 

 some to the body ; yet fashion induces us to give 

 pounds for foreign wines, when we can obtain 

 excellent wines of our own country for as ma- 

 ny shillings. In the northern parts of Ireland 

 the poor people obtain a sort of beer from 

 parsnips, by mashing and boiling- the roots with 

 hops and then fermenting the liquor. 



Steam Boat improvement. — It is mentioned in 

 a late Montreal paper, that a new steam boat 

 has been built there for the purpose of towing 

 vessels ou the St. Lawrence which on her first 

 trip went 45 miles in four hours and 20 min- 

 utes ; sailing against the most rapid part of the 

 current with ease, and where no vessel had ev- 

 er been able to pass, without the assistance of 



trong wind. The machinery of the car of 

 the Car o/" Com7nc)-cc, belonging to Montreal, 

 and of only fifty horse power, is said to have 

 cost upwards of ^5000. That of the new ves- 

 sel (named the Hercules,') of 100 horse power, 

 cost the proprietors ^4500. — This last vessel 

 was built under the superintendence of Mr. A. 

 Young, and appears to have excited a great 



portion of interest among 

 munity of fllonlrcal. 



16.1 



the mercantile com 



Oysters. — When too many oysters have been 

 incautiously eaten, and are felt lying cold, and 

 heavy on the stomach, we have nn infallible 

 and immediate remedy in hot milk, of wliicli 

 half a pint may !,« drank, and it will quickly 



dissolve the oysters ijito a bland. creamy jelly. 



Weak and consumptive persons should always 

 take this after their meal of oyslera.— /'n/mV/,' 

 Oracle of Health. 



Means of Preserving Eggs. — Make lime water 

 as strong as quick lime will make if, and keep 

 the eggs 30U wish to preserve constantly cover- 

 ed with the said lime water. The vessel con- 

 taining the eggs and the liquor in which they 

 are preserved should be kept covered so as to 

 exclude the air ; otherwise the lime water will 

 gradually lose its strength, together with its 

 power of preserving eggs. 



Good newsfor the Agriculturists ofJ^'exD-Yorh. — 

 Gen. S. Van Rensellaer, always studious of us- 

 ing his ample means to promote improvements 

 in Agriculture, has placed glOOO in Liverpool, 

 to be invested in neat cattle, of improved 

 breeds. To those who reflect how much time 

 and money have been devoted in this country to 

 attain the highest degree of perfection in all the 

 qualities for which domestic animals are valued, 

 it must be obvious that great benefit will now 

 result from transplanting to our soil the matur- 

 ed fruit, produced by the skill and labor and 

 close attention of more than half a century. 

 [American Farmer, 



A machine has been submitted to the French 

 Government, for throwing water into the en- 

 emy's ship during action so as to prevent the 

 vessel being worked. This machine, which 

 can be worked by ten men, will throw, at eve- 

 ry stroke, upwards of two tons of water a disT 

 tance of more than forty yards, if required, and 

 thereby prevent tbe possibility of working the 

 opposing ship. 



Dr. Walker, Professor of Natural History in 

 the College of Edinburgh, remarked of the 

 Lauristinus and Furze, that it was easy to see 

 they were not natives of Scotland, " for no sen- 

 sible Scot's plant would ever think of flowering 

 at Christmas." ' 



Lime wet, and, lowered to the bottom of a 

 well, or as far as the water will permit, to slack, 

 is found to free it promptly and entirely from 

 the air ivhich _is so frequently fatal to persons 

 who descend. ' A candle should be let down to 

 ascertain that the air is depurated. 



Turnip Crop. — On half an acre of ground 

 was raised this season, by Dr. Matthias Spald- 

 in?, of this town, 290 bushels of good English 

 Turnips. This crop obtained the premium at 

 the late cattle show. — imherst Cabinet. 



Keep to the Right — The following singular no- 

 tice has been placarded on the walls in Liverpool 

 England : — 



" Respectabl^e People are requested to keep to 

 the right hand side of the footpath and Blackguards 

 the left.'' 



