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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



JAN. no, 18 i6. 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, J\iN'. 20, 1836. 



ADDRESS OP GOV, EVERETT. 



This excellent document has been for some clays be- 

 fore the public, and met with the sanction of general 

 approbation. The address is conciliatory, but decided in 

 all points of importance to the common weal. It con- 

 tains no diplomatic ambiguity, — evinces no di:?posrtion 

 to evade responsibility ; and those who may not in all 

 things concur with the opinions of his Excellency can 

 not fail to be pleased with the plain, lucid and forcible 

 manner in which his views are expressed. 



It is observed in this Address, that " By a law passed 

 31st March, 1834, imprisonment for debts contracted 

 subsequent to July 4ih, 1834, is abolished. With respect 

 to dobts contracted prior to that dale it subsists as provi- 

 ded, by oiher laws," &c. His Excellency is of opinion 

 that the abolition of imprisonment for debt should include 

 cases prior as well as those subsequent to the date above 

 mentioned, and observes that " It was laid down, in the 

 clearest terms, by the Supreme Court of the United 

 Slates, in an opinion delivered ly its late venerable 

 Chief Justice, that the remedy is no part of the con- 

 tract ; '' and assigns other reasons for Ms belief " that it is 

 expedient lo perfect the work of bumanity and justice 

 nl.-eady begun by an entire abolition of imprisonment for 

 debt." 



His Excellency is in favor of preserving and improving 

 the militia sy.stem, and says, " The evils likely to result 

 from its being broken down in the public estimation, are 

 of the gravest character." As relates to slavery, he be- 

 lieves that "a conciliatory forbearance with regard to 

 this subject, in the non-slaveholding States, would 

 strengthen the hands of a numerous class of citizens at 

 the South who desire the removal of the evil." But it 

 is not necessary for us to recapitulate topics, which can 

 not well be abridged, nor so well expressed by any 

 change of phrase as they were in the document referred 

 to, and which is, or should be, in the hands ol much the 

 greater part of our readers. We will, therefore, conclude 

 our notice of the Address, by extracting the part which 

 relates to Silk Culture, which may be useful as a text 

 for ru»„^ discourses. 



cesses of the manufacture, open a field for the exercise of 

 that mechanical ingenuity, which is a marked character- 

 istic of our citizens. Should the anticipation warranted 

 by these circumstances be happily realized, silk will be- 

 come a staple product of the country, both for consump- 

 tion and exportation, second to no other as a branch of 

 industry and a source of wealth.' 



ON THE MANAGEMENT OP COWS KEPT FOR 

 THE DAIRY. 



It is essential that cows for milk should be at all times 

 kept in high health and good condition. If they are 

 allowed to fall off in flesh during winter, an abundant 

 supply of milk need not be expected by bringing them 

 in high condition in summer. Warm stables, as well as 

 well ventilated, should be provided for them, as beasts 

 will not require so much food when kept warm as when 

 shivering with cold. 



Mr Loudon says, " The time cows should become dry 

 in Spring is not agreed on, some contending that they 

 may be milked almost to the lime of their calving with- 

 out injury ; while others maintain that it is absolutely 

 necessary they should be laid dry from one to two 

 months, both for the advantage of the cows and the calves. 

 It is probable that much in this business depends on the 

 manner in which they are kept ; as where they are well 

 fed they may be continued in milk till within a week or 

 two of calving, without suffering any injury whatever 

 from it, but in contrary circumstances it may be better to 

 let them run dry for a month, six weeks or more, accord- 

 ing to their condition, in order to their more fully re- 

 cruiting their strength. It appears not improbable that 

 the longer milking is continued, the more free the cows 

 will be from indurations and other affections of the ud- 

 der ; which is a circumstance deserving of attention. — 

 Where only one or two cows are kept for the supply of 

 a family, it is useful to know that by good feeding they 

 may be continued in milk without any bad consequences 

 till nearly the time of calving." 



In the last edition of Willich's Encyclopedia, it is said 

 that " inflamed teats should be washed with two drachms 

 of sugar or lead in a quart of water. Should tutnors 

 appear, apply a common warm musn or oran with a little 

 lard. And to prevent cows from sucking their own 

 milk, we are informed that tubbing the teats frequently 

 with' the most foetid cheese that can be procured has 

 proved an effectual remedy." 



" In the raonih ^f April last, a law was passed, ' to 

 encourage the reeling a^^ throwing of silk.' It provi- I i,ia.SSACHBSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



ded that any person who shall . -,i ^^ ^^^^^ j^ ^^ reeled, 

 or throw or cause to be thrown, in the -a-rnmonwcaUh, I 

 from cocoons produced from silkworms raised in Massa- 

 chusetts, merchantable silk capable of being manufactured 

 into the various silk fabrics, shall be entitled to a bounty 

 of fifty cents for every pound of silk thus reeled or thrown. 

 It has been represented that the terms on which this 

 bounty is offered, render it nearly, if not quite, inopera- 

 tive. If it be the design of the Legislature to encourage 

 in this way the attempts made to introduce this important 

 branch of industry into Massachusetts, the law for that 

 purpose will probably require revision. There are good 

 grounds for the opinion that the manufacture of silk will 

 become one of the greatest interests of Massachusetts.— 

 It originated in the remotest antiquity, in a region whose 

 climate under the same parallels of latitude, and local cir- 

 cumstances, is similar to ours. This consideration, with 

 the experiments already made in the culture of the Chi- 

 nese mulberry and the raising of the silkworm, furnishes 

 much reason to believe, that the climate of New England 

 will prove pecularly favorable to both. The adaptation 

 of the requisite machinery for reeling, and other pro- \ 



Saturday, Jan. 16. 



EXHIm'^loN OF FKUITS. 



Peaks— Froii' R- Manning, Salem, Catillac ■^'^^'"g 

 Pear — Glaux M^f^eau, a tolerable eating '--ar — Passe 

 Colmar, a first ra'« Pear, which every ' '" "'"''O'-'ieul. 

 ture wJio he, .1 go •'-• -nould have. 



Samuel Down/' Dorchester,?^' ^aet. 



Apples.— Job W.Foster, ortsmouth, a fine seedling 



Apple. 

 DrO Fisk V^'^es'"' Qumce Apple — a good Ap- 



** R. Kittridge "rt^'no"'''- eight kinds — No. 8, Gard- 

 ner's Sweeting """- °'''"' (names unknown), all of me- 

 dium quality. ^ , _ 



R. Mannino"' ' Danvers Sweet — a good baking 

 Apple; Ribs^ ^'PP'"' English origin -medium; 

 Conway a fin^PP'" ' ^oxford Apple, past eating, or 

 worthless; Or'' ^'PP'"' excellent; Pickman Apple, 

 "ood ; LyscomPP'*^' S"""* ' '""J ^ell Flower, a fine 

 ° ' For the Committee, 



B. V. French. | 



How TO MAKE A Penny. — A Very comfortable i 

 provement in one branch of our manuf ictures han 

 cently been adopted, which is, in lining shoes with | 

 in imitation of the F'rcnch. A large dealer in the arr. 

 states that the hides of young lambs — the very youn{ 

 — may be used lor this purpose to excellent advaniaj 

 and desires to extend the information for the benefi 

 country lads. A laige number of lambs die every spr 

 and have hitherto been an entire loss; but now for e 

 skin when taken off, 12 1-2 to 17 cents may be obtaii 

 Our industrious young friends in the country will d(( 

 less engage in this ' speculation.' — J^ewburyporl Hit 



A FIRST RATE Hatcher. — A Poughkecpsie pt 

 states, that Miss G. P., of Dutchess couniy, N. Y. 

 this season obtained from 12 hens, 72 dozen eggs, 

 105 chickens. Her management was by copious feei 

 to induce all the hens to lay whenever she wished (I 

 to, instead of setting, and to place the chickens ui 

 the care of one hen in a coop Miss G. P. is equal t 

 Egyptian oven. What a prize such a girl would I 

 any husband that delights in a numerous progea 

 Barre Gaz. 



Green OLD age. — Mr Eliphalet Hatch, of Soutlj 

 ton, is 91 years of age, and his wife a few months g 

 They have lived together almost 70 years. He 

 blacksmith, and has labored at that trade 75 years, 

 labored some at that and other business the last suni 

 This winter he gets into his sleigh and drives fb 

 five miles without difficulty. He stands erect, audi 

 uprightly, and always has, in the best sense of' 

 words. — Barrc Gaz. 



juicy Apple. 



Simple Cure for Rheumatism. — Boil a sma 

 full of potatoes, and bathe the part affected with tli 

 ter in which the potatoes are boiled, as hot as caU 

 plied, immediately before getting into bed. Tj 

 will be removed, or at least greatly alleviated 

 morning. The most obstinate rheumatic pa] 

 known to have been cured by one application c """ 

 novel and simple remedy. — Scotsman. 



A Veteran. — 'J ne \jOiumDia, (O. v.) 'Jirnes ei 

 account of a veteran, aged 90 years, who recently 

 that place with a pair of horses, which he had b 

 from Columbia. He wasin tlie battles of Bunker 

 Cowpens, Horse Shoe, Savannah, Eulaw, and 

 seven others, and was wounded five times. He • 

 0, tension ofninetysix dollars; for writing out the 

 to obtain which, he paid a lawyer one hundred. I 

 hale and hearty old fellow, having ridden severs 

 dred miles on his horse dealing speculation. 



Massachusetts Ox.— There is exhibiting at ll 

 hibition Room in Flagg Alley, a mammoth ox of ti,, 

 five breed. He is six years old, and his weight, 

 puted to be three thousand three hundred pounds.' 

 ox was raised in Somerset, on Mr Slade's farm, 

 altogether a beautiful and rare animal. 



The Saratoga Sentinel says, that a brilliant refltj 

 in the horizon, produced by the late fire in Ne 

 was seen for some hours by several individuals rei 

 on the Greenfield heights,' nearly 200 miles distant 

 the conflagration. 



The imports of Flour into this city for the iai 

 months of 1835, were 181,958 barrels. During the 

 period in 1834, the imports were 211,189' barrels, « 

 1833,316,493 barrels. 



190,879 barrels of Mackerel v(-ero inspected it 

 Commonwealth the last vear. 



