NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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le importance of the trade to England in a ve- 

 f conspicuous manner; — The wool came from 

 16 East Indies to London ; from London it went 

 I Lancashire, where it was manufactured into 



! irn, trom Manchester it was sent to Paisley, 

 here it was woven. It was next sent to Ajr- 



1 lire, where it was tamboured; afterwards it 

 as conveyed to Dunbarton, where it was hand 

 iwed. and again forwarded to Paisley, when i( 



, as sent to a distant part of Renfrew to be 

 leached and returned to Paisley, where it was 

 mt to Glasgow and there linished ; from Glas- 



I DW it was forwarded by coach to London. It 

 as difficult to ascertain precisely the time 



li iken to bring this article to market ; but it may 

 e pretty near the truth to reckon it three years 

 cm the time it was packed in India till in cloth 

 arrived at the Merchants Warehouse in Lon- 

 sn ; whither it must have been conveyed 5000 

 liles by sea, and 920 by land, and contributed 

 ) reward no less than 150 people, whose ser- 

 ices were necessary in the carriage and manu- 

 ictures of this small quantity of cotton, and by 

 hich the value was increased 2000 per cent. 

 [A'. Y. Evening Post. 



Small Pox. — It is reproachful to the infelli- 

 ence and prudence of the people ofNew-Eng- 

 ind, that this fatal disease should now find vic- 

 ms among them. Vaccination afl'ords protec- 

 on from the small pox, ascertain as any danger 

 hich human precaution can in any case pro 



From the Connecticut Journal. 

 Mr. CoNVEUSE, — Most of your readers are nn- 

 douhtcdly acquainted with the dilliculty of re- 

 moving grcnsc spots from clothing, without injur- 

 ing the cloth or mixing the colors. For some 

 time past, I have been in the habit of using 

 higlili/ rectified Alcohol, and with so much satis- 

 faction, that I am induced to hand you this com- 

 munication. I am well aware it is not new to 

 all ; but to the generality of the community I 

 am persuaded it cannot be known ; otherwise 

 they would not be so ready, with the turpentine 

 bottle, to clear one spot by covering it with 

 another, a good deal deeper and broader. My 

 mode of using the alcohol is this, — a small piece 

 of sponge is wet with it, and rubbed upon the 

 spot very thoroughly, until nothing can be seen, 

 and the cloth nearly dry. I have in this way 

 taken out grease spots from various kinds of silk, 

 from cloaks, from carpets, from the collars of 

 coals, &.C. I am not prepared to say that this 

 iviH answer in every possible case ; but if the 

 iilcohol be good, and the application judiciously 

 made, the instances of failure will be compara- 

 tively rare. When the garment can be 'uuashed., 

 good soap and soft water will uniformly succeed 

 in common grease or oil spots ; but if any rosin 

 or wax be present, alcohol is indispensable. 



From the Philadelphia Daily Advertiser. 



Economy. — The following is the result of an 

 de."" To"doui.rit7efficacy"is"to"be ^sceptical | experiment, actually made in order to ascertain 

 here there is evidence greater than is usually ^^e comparative expense of oil and candles. An 



eemed requisite for the government of conduct 

 rho hears of the ravages of this disease among 

 lose who have been vaccinated ? In some coun- 

 ies of Europe — we believe it is so in Denmark 

 -no individual can hold any office, or be ad- 

 litted into any school, who has not a certificate 

 f having had the kine pock. The consequence 

 , that the small pox is not known. The Bos- 

 )n Patriot suggests that some measures ought 

 ) be adopted by our Legislature, to produce 

 le same result. We heartily concur in this 

 jggesfion. 



Until, however, some Legislative act be pas- 

 iA on the subject, it must depend upon individ- 

 al influence and exertion to diffuse the means 

 { guarding the community from a loathsome 

 lod fatal contagion, and to induce the people to 

 lesortto them. 



We have been led to these remarks in conse- 

 uence of noticing that in several towns in New- 

 England, the small pox has been recently intro- 

 luced from New-York, producing its usual 

 larming effects. What town in this County is 

 ree from the danger of this contagion ? Probably 

 ot one 



parative expe 

 ordinary Glass Lamp, with a wick half an inch 

 in breadth, was placed beside a mould candle, 

 of the size called sixes, and both allowed to 

 burn 16^ hours without being moved. In that 

 period of time two candles and three-tifths were 

 consumed, and a fraction less than one third of 

 a pint of oil. (A pint weighing 15i ounces, and 

 the quantity consumed was 5 ounces.) 



From this experiment, it appears that one 

 gallon of oil will burn 402 hours and 3-5, and 

 that it requires 10 and 3-5 pound candles, to 

 burn the same time, so that supposing oil to be 

 75 cents per gallon, it will be equal in expense 

 to mould candles at 7 cents per pound. 



As oil may be purchased for less than 76 cts. 

 and in the ordinary use of candles there is a con- 

 siderable waste from their being moved, it is 

 evident that the advantages on the side of oil 

 are very great. A Housekeeper. 



They require but little hay, and are always in 



fine order. j 



TIIR.KSHING FLOOR. 

 The same gentleman says, "I have seen ac- 

 counts of Threshing Machines, which have been 

 highly recommended, but never have seen one 

 in operation. I apprehend, however, that under 

 every degree of improvement they will be too 

 expensive ever to be generally used. Great 

 farmers will use them, but smaller ones will still 

 he obliged " to get their bread by the sweat of 

 their brow." For the benefit of such 1 have a 

 project for an improved Threshing floor. 1 con- 

 sider that the labor of threshing is greatly in- 

 creased by the accumulation of grain on the 

 floor, which diminishes the effect of the strokes 

 of the flail and renders it necessary frequently 

 to remove the straw, and rake out the heads 

 from the grain and put it aside. My plan is to 

 lay a second floor, six inches or more above the 

 permanent one. I would place two sticks of 

 timber, one on each side of the barn floor, cut 

 dry planks of suitable length, and lay the ends 

 on the timbers. Set them close together, and 

 fasten the two outside ones with pins. Then, 

 in that part of the floor, where the heads of the 

 sheaves would be placed. I would bore a suffi- 

 cient number of holes, with an augur of about 

 three fourths of an inch diameter, us would let 

 the grain fall through, taking care to make the 

 holes smooth. Should the floor be found to 

 spring too much, while threshing, another piece 

 of timber might be put under the middle ; but 

 not quite so large as the others, that the grain 

 might incline to the centre. A very simple in- 

 strument might serve to shell out the grain, 

 which would be free from the heads, ready for 

 winnowing. The floor may be easily taken up 

 and laid aside till wanted again. The extent 

 one way should conform to the width of the per- 

 manent floor, and it might be extended the other 

 way to accommodate one or two threshers as 

 should be found convenient. For threshing peas 

 or beans, such a floor must be much the best, as 

 they would be less liable to be bruised. 

 Your friend, &c. 



AbRM. BUTTERFIELD. 



Machias, Me. Jan. 12, 1824. 



EicVitov's Covvespondenee. 



FISH FOOD FOR SHEEP. 

 A friend in Maine writes to us as follows : — " I 

 A few years since, vaccination was } made a communication a few years ago to the 

 ery general ; but of late it has been neglected.] Eastern Argus on the subject of feeding sheep 



'robably three fourths of those in this County, 

 mder ten years of age, are liable to the small 



)0X. 



We cannot but urge, therefore, upon physi- 

 ;ians, as they regard the welfare of the commu- 

 lity, and upon heads of families, as they feel the 

 veight of the obligations resting upon them, 

 he importance of an immediate attention to the 

 neans oi guarding against this contagion. Let 

 3very parent and master see to it that his family 

 »re vaccinated, and individuals of influence ex 



■with Fish. Whether it was of any use I know 

 not, except that it afforded occasion for an Al- 

 bany Editor of a Newspaper to display his wit, 

 by enquiring " how the sheep would pick out 

 the bones?" It is, however, a fact, important 

 to those who are situated where large quantities 

 of any kind of fish can be obtained, that sheep 

 will devour them greedily, either pickled, dried 

 in the sun, or smoke if they are only well salted. 

 Judge Lincoln, the greatest, and most scientific 

 farmer in this [Washington] County, first men 



?rt themselves to impress upon their neighbors tioned it to me. He always places as many dry 

 he importance of the measure. — Mass. Fcoma». | alewives before iiis sheep as they will eat. — 



Mr. Editor, — The following instance of instinct or 

 natural affection of a young hen, may perhaps be inte- 

 resting to some who rear domestic fowls. 



In April last, I had a hen which hatched 

 chickens ; and after the usual time, which hens 

 provide for their young, she left them, made 

 herself a nest in the bushes about forty rods 

 from the house, over which I made a shelter, 

 and she hatched in September. The hen con- 

 tinued about her nest, where she was fed, five 

 or six days, at which time she was missing, sup- 

 posed to be taken by some wild animal. I found 

 the little disconsolate brood huddled together as 

 in sympathy, lamenting their hapless condition. 

 The chickens were then taken home and confined 

 with one of the former pullets, hatched in April 

 which had a broken leg. She soon became fond 

 of the little ones, clucked like an old hen, fed 

 and brooded them, and continued to call them 

 after her until they were enabled to provide for 

 themselves, although their young adopted mo- 

 ther, had never laid an egg ; by which means 

 the little chicks were brought to maturity. 

 Carolvs. 

 Boxford, January 16, 1824. 



