NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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oduce this conviction ; for lime is no sooner 



;pospii to the air, than it hcgius to absorb the 



rot" which it has been deprived by burning, 



d returns to its former mild state ; or in other 



)r(ls becomes eflete ; in which state it posses- 



i the same chemical qualities, in every re- 



ct, and no other, as lime stone. 



Hence then it must follow, that as lime is 



nverted into the same state as lime stone, in 



"ew days after it is mixed with the soil, that if 



produces any effect at all as lime — as a saline 



stinicc, it can only beat tirst, when it is appli- 



and it must act ever afterwards merely as 



wdered lime stone or calcareous earth. Ex- 



ience shows, that lime produces scarcely any 



sible efl'ect as a manure at the beginning. — 



ven the first year al'ter it is applied to the 



, its efiects are inconsiderable in compari- 



of what it produces in the second and suc- 



ding years. From whence we must con- 



de that it operates upon the soil merely as a 



d calcareous earth ; and that its calcination 



f no further use in preparing it as a ma- 



e, than as a cheap and efficacious method of 



ucing the lime stone to tine powder ;" and 



acilitate the transportation where it is to 



carried any distance, for lime stone loses a- 



t two thirds of its weight by burning. 



although lime stone nowhere abounds in our 



nily, yet lime as an article of merchandise, 



asily attainable, and at a price so moderate, 



t if its efficacy, as an improver of our soil, 



■scertained by our ozvn experience, it may 



found in practice the cheapest manure we 



obtain. 10 or 12 casks, it is believed, will 



i» competent dressing for an acre, spread on 



furrow and harrowed in, with the grain and 



iS seed ; and its etfects are thought to be 



■e durable than any other manure. 



Ithough 10 or 12 casks, or even less, may 



I competent dressing for an acre, yet like 



1 compost manure, it is believed to be pow- 

 il in proportion to the quantity used;" and 



not liable to the objection sometimes made 

 nst gypsum, that it leaves the land dead, for 



said "• to act powerfully on land naturally 

 r as upon that which is more richly iinpreg- 

 •d with those substances which tend to pro- 



2 a luxuriant growth." 



is stated by a distinguished tourist,* in his 



through New-England, that a " line drawn 

 h and south across Massachusetts, 30 miles 



of Connecticut river, bounds the soil that 

 itural to the production of wheat, although 

 1 crops are grown on favored spots with 

 icular attention to their preparations." If 

 is the fact, it goes far to support the sug- 

 ion, arising from the total absence of lime 

 chalk, and marie, the great if not the on- 

 Miice of the calcareous substance, that the 

 of this State, is deficient of its proper pro- 

 ion of that ingredient, necessary to the pro- 

 ion of some plants, and conducive to the 



riance of all. Yeojun. 



From the United States' Gazette. 



FRUIT. 



is surprising to notice the inattention of 

 Farmers to tlieir Orchards. Some think it 

 cessaiy to cultivate any fruit at all, while a 

 i proportioa suffer their lands to be occupi- 



ed by trees which will neither warm by their 

 wood, not gratify by their fruit, — hundreds of 

 slunted apple trees may be seen cumbering the 

 groinid, where a little attention would have pro- 

 duced a profitable orchard. The vast differ- 

 ence between good and bad apples, peaches and 

 pears, is not in many other cases, the result of 

 much labor and skill ; it is effected by some tri- 

 lling attention to the tree in its earliest stage. 

 There are lew who do not like good fruit in its 

 season, and good fruit is seldom out of season — 

 yet fruit trees are seldom attended to, and their 

 qualities still less minded. A farmer with an 

 orchard of 80 or 100 trees, is too often content- 

 ed if four or five of them bear a palatable ap- 

 ple, 'the rest,' he will say, 'will do to make 

 cider.' Now the same attention and care which 

 brought up the 94 bad and 6 good trees, would 

 have produced the whole 100 of the best quali- 

 ty — and farmers begin to learn, that the quality 

 of the cider depends upon the apple. Some 

 body has said that " planting frees was among 

 the duties which the present generation owes 

 the next ;" if so let our agriculturists discharge 

 the duty towards their children better than our 

 predecessors have to us; do not continue to cul- 

 tivate trees which can produce nothing but 

 crabbed unpalatable fruit, merely because we 

 found such in our fields, lest our children say, 

 " Our Fathers have eaten sour grapes and our 

 teeth are set on edge with them." Appropos, 

 of grapes, this is the season for trimming the 

 vines, which should be effected with pre- 

 cautions against a loss of sap. The astonishing 

 increase of the vine in this city and vicinity, 

 shews what may be done by a little attention, 

 patience and care. Grapes of a very delicious 

 davor now form a common dessert. The same 

 attention in this country and a little more pa- 

 tience would produce the same beneficial re- 

 sults in regard to apples, pears, and peaches. — 

 Our market is eveiy season over stocked with 

 peaches ; yet we have very few that are con- 

 sidered of a superior quality, while cart loads 

 are hourly exhibited, to unprovoked appetites. 

 The fact is, for want of due attention, a great 

 proportion of our fruit is 



" Like 



To .Teremiah's Figs — 

 The good is very good, the bad 

 Too bad to give the pigs." 

 The subject is worthy the attention of Far- 

 mers, and we hope they will think it is their inte- 

 rest togrott), (to use a most ungrammatical word) 

 trees that will produce palatable and wholesome 

 fruit. 



EXTRACT.S 

 From the Message of his F.xcellency, Lieut. Gen. Sir 



James Kempt, Governor of Nova Scotia, delivered 



at the opening of the session of the Legislature of that 



Province on the ftth of January last. 



" It was expected that many beneficial effects 

 would result from a general diffusion of agricul- 

 tural knowledge and improvements, throughout 

 the country, by means of the institutions formed 

 for that purpose : but the expectatioBS which 

 even the most sanguine entertained, promise to 

 be completely realized. Habits of active indus- 

 try and systematic frugality, arc taking' deep 

 root, I have reason to believe, among the farm- 

 ing classes of the community ; and I think the 

 day is not far distant, when Bread Corn, will be 



raised within the province, sufficient to supply 

 the wants of its population. 



"Trade is increasing, and beginning to em- 

 brace new sources of commercial employment. 

 Our Fisheries hare been carried on with increas- 

 ed activity during the past year— in every branch 

 ot our industry there is a visible improvement. 



" 1 have great pleasure also, m rejjorting to 

 you the state of the Provincial finances : — The 

 Revenue of the last year has somewhat exceed- 

 ed the sum which was anticipated : — It has been 

 fiithfully collected, and every demand upon the 

 Government punctually discharged. In addition 

 to the Revenue raised under Provincial statutes, 

 considerable sums of money have been paid into 

 the Treasury by the Collector of his Majestv's 

 Customs, (Duties arising under acts of the Im- 

 perial Parliament to extend and regulate the 

 Colonial Trade,) which payments have enabled 

 me to cancel Provincial Notes to nearly a cor- 

 responding amount." 



From the Providence Gazette. 



The following recipe to cure a cold, is said to be efHca- 

 cious, that we republish >t at the request of a corres- 

 pondent who has tested its virtues. 



Take a large tea-spoonful of flaxseed, with 

 two penny worth of stick licorice, and a quarter 

 of a pound of sun raisins. Put them into tW'O 

 quarts of soft water ; and let it simmer over a 

 sIdw fire, till it is reduced to one ; then add to it a 

 quarter of -t pound of brown sugar candy, pound- 

 ed, a table-spoonful of white wine vinegar, or 

 lemon juice. 



Note. The vinegar is best to be added only 

 to that quantity you are going immediately to 

 take ; for if it be put into the whole, it is liable, 

 in a little time to grow flat. 



Drink half n pint at going to bed ; and take 

 a little when the cough is troublesome. 



This recipe generally cures the worst of 

 colds, in two or three days ; and, if taken in time, 

 may be said to be almost an infallible remedy. 

 It is a sovereign balsamic cordial for the lungs, 

 without the opening qualities, which endanger 

 fresh colds on going out. It has been known to 

 cure colds, that have almost been settled into 

 consumptions, in less than three weeks. 



From the Connecticut Mirror. 



Mineralogy. — While Canals and and Tariffs, 

 and improvements in River Navigation, are a- 

 foot — while speeches are made tending to shew 

 the true course of policy to be pursued by gov- 

 ernment and by the nation — while all think 

 and speak of the capabilities of the country 

 and tlie resources that are to be developed, it 

 may not be amiss to turn our attention to the 

 subject which heads this article. 



Professor Hall, of Middlebury College, ban 

 published a book of about fifty pages, which 

 will direct the mineralogist in searching foe 

 the best localities throughout all the Northern, 

 most of the Middle, and much of the Southern 

 and Western parts ofour long and broad country. 

 The minuteness, the brevity, and the clear- 

 ness of the statements, are admirably calculat- 

 ed to answer the purposes of the explorer, and 

 the alphabetical arrangement of the Minerals, 

 with tbe autliority on which the statements are 

 made, must render it convenient, safe and use- 

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