1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



and in this respect it has the advantage over 

 wheat. Thia friability is a valuable mechanical 

 property, and should never be injured by grind 

 mg or cooking. A good mechanical condition is 

 an indispensable requisite to easy digestion; 

 therefore, friability ought to be stamped on every 

 dish, and marked on every loaf and cake. All 

 doughy, glutinous and pasty bread and puddings 

 should be avoided ; they do not become the tables 

 of an intelligent and cultivated people ; the time 

 and fuel expended in preparing doitghy bread, 

 and pasty puddings, is worse than a dead loss. 



MILK IN BREAD. 



I have more olycetions than one to milk in 

 bread, but the most serious is, that persons of ad- 

 vanced age, whe are in the daily use of milk-made 

 bread, will be exposed to suffer from an over sup- 

 ply of osseous or bony matter, and particularly 

 80 if their kidneys be affected. Bread should al- 

 ways 1)e made with water, and when so made, it 

 is suitable for the aged and the young, the sick 

 and the well. And as for sour milk, a micro- 

 scopic view would, I presume, present additional 

 arguments agrainsi: its use. — Water-Cure Journal. 



TO CRYSTALIZE FLOWERS. 



The experiment is simple and can be tried with- 

 out difficulty. Dissolve eighteen ounces of pure 

 alum in a quart of soft spring water, (observing 

 proportion for a greater or less quantity) , by 

 boihng it gently in a close tinned vessel, over a 

 moderate fire, keeping it stirred with a wooden- 

 spatula, until the solution is complete. When 

 the liquor is almost cold, suspend the subject to 

 be crystalized, by means of a small thread or 

 twine, from a lath or smiU stick laid horizon- 

 tally across the aperture of a deep glass or earth- 

 ern jar as being best adapted for the purpose, into 

 which the solution must be poured. The re- 

 spective articles should remain in the solution 

 twenty-four hours ; when they are taken out, 

 they are to be carefully suspended in the shade 

 until perfectly, dry. When the subjects to be 

 crystalized are put into the solution while it is 

 quite cold, the crystals are apt to be formed 'too 

 large; on the other hand, should it be too hot, the 

 crystals will be small in proportion. The best 

 temperature is about 95 deg. of Fahrenheit's ther- 

 mometer. Among vegetable specimens that may 

 be operated on are the moss rose of the gardens, 

 cars of com, especially millet-seed, and the beard- 

 ed wheat, berries of the holly, fruit of the slow- 

 bush, the hyacinth, pink, furze-blossoms, ranun- 

 culus, garden daisy, and a great variety of others ; 

 in fact, there are few sulyects in the vegetable 

 world that are not eligible to this mode of preser- 

 vation. The fitness of the solution for the pur- 

 pose may bo ascertained by putting a drop of it 

 on a slip of grass, and seeing if it crystalizcs as 

 it cools, if 80, the solutionis sufficiently strong. 

 Then twist around a sprig of plant, a cinder, or 

 wire ornament of any kind, some cotton, or still 

 better, some worsted. After being immersed as 

 already directed, the surface of the whole will 

 be found covered with beautiful crystalizations. 



An Old Saying. — An old writer says that when 

 cannons were introduced as negotiators, the canons 

 of the church wore useless — that the Avorld was 

 governed first by mi/rum and then by nitrvm — 

 — first by St. Peter and then by Salt Petre. 



THE BOSTON AND WORCESTI 



EAGLE DOUBLE PLO » « . 



THE superior merits of these Plows consist in 

 1. The mode of attaching the forward mould-board to the 

 beam, by which great strength and durability arc secured, as also 

 the various desirable changes in debt of worj£ and relative depth 

 of each plow, the same being regulated to any shade of nicety, 

 with perfect facility: 



2. The entire and haiidsome overturning of the sod furrow, by 

 the forward mould-board, to the extent of the whole width of fur- 

 row taken by the plow, placing it beneath, out of the way of the 

 teeth of the harrow, cultivator, or other implement, so that it is 

 in no case dragged to the surface in the after cultivation of the 

 crop : 



3. The thorough and finished work done by the rear mould- 

 board, in taking up its furrow of under soil and sifting or Fcat- 

 tering it over the inverted sod, so as to entirely fill to the surface, 

 and at the same time break open any undue cohesion of the soil, 

 leaving the plowed land in a perfectly pulverized condition, re- 

 quiring little labor with the harrow or other surface-working in- 

 strument, — and indeed, in all tolerably free loams, rendering the 

 use of these instruments, as pulverizers, quite unnecessary : 



4. The remarkably light draught of the plow, in proportion to 

 the amount of work and the thoroughness of pulverization ac- 

 complished. 



Several sizes of the BOSTON AND WORCESTER EAGLK 

 DOUBLE PLOW, are made by the subscribers, from patterns of 

 their own original invention. They invite their friends and cus- 

 tomers to examine these Plows, as to quality and durability of 

 material, thoroughness and finish of construction, and to test 

 their working properties. 



Manufactory at Worcester, and Warehouse, Quincy Hall, over 

 the Market, Boston. 



RtJGGLES, NOURSE, MASON & CO. 



April 30, 1853. 



Fertilizers. 



BEST PERUVIAN GUANO. 

 Super-Phosphate of Lime. — "DeBurg's No. 1." 

 Poudrette, of the best quality. 

 Ground Plaster, suitable for agricultural purposes. 

 Ground Bone, IJone Dust and Burnt Bone. 

 Also, Grass Seeds of reliable quality at the lowest market price. 

 GEO. DAVENPORT, 

 5 Commercial, corner of Chatham Street, Boston. 

 Feb. 18, 1864. tf*^ 



Ground Plaster, 



I7OR SALE, at White's Mills, HAVERHILL, Mass. Apply to 

 ' JAMES D. WHITE. 



Every Farmer who desires to renovate poor pastures, improve 

 his mowing, increase and improve his crops of corn and pota- 

 toes, should give this article a full trial; it is a great addition, to 

 any compost heap. 

 Fine clover usually follows the sowing of plaster. 

 Jan. 28, 18&4. tf. 



Cranberry Plants. 



BELL, or Egg shaped Variety — commonly raised in New Eng- 

 land, and no doubt is the best variety for cultivation — thuy 

 are hardy and prolific — sometimes produce over 260 bushels ^ 

 acre, after 2 years, and needs but little cultivation. Circulars 

 relating to culture and price will be forwarded to ai)plicants. 



F. TROWBRIDGE, 

 New Haven, Conn 

 Feb. 18, 1854. tf* 



Improved Church Vanes, 



ALL COPPER, 



MANtTFACTUEEl) UY 



MESSRS. J. & C. HOWARD, 



WEST BRIDOEWXtER, MASS., 



MAY be purcli.i-'od at the Quincy Hall .\gricultur:il Warehouse 

 South Market Street, Boston. 

 July 1, 1854. tf 



