^'"I.IX.— No. 3. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



23 



nd condemnt'd wngoii or oart wheels, placeil on 

 II iron axle of ulioiit 6 feet in length, and li inch 

 11 diaineler ; the old holes in the Iinhs Imving been 

 reviously tilled with wood, and a new hole made 

 ii'ongh this of inoper size to admit the iron axle. 

 he whole of the wheels arc then covered with 

 ak-planks, fonr inches wide, and 2J inches in 

 ickness. TVit roller is then separated into two 

 arts trith the saw, leaving two wheels fastened 

 igetlicr liy the ontside planks, for each half; a 

 ame is then made round the whole, the ends of 

 hicli are fitted on the ends of the axle ; a brace 

 f iron a quarter or half an inch in thickness with 

 hole for the axle to turn in, is extended from the 

 intre of the axle between the two parts of the 

 ller and fastened to the forward and after part 

 f the frame, and a spire fitted into the forward 

 irt to draw by, completes the roller. 



The roller is five feet in diameter, and presents 

 e following, among other advantages. ' If the 

 -ound be very mellow a small roller is apt to 

 aw it into ridges, the small stones to be crowd- 

 1 into heaps before it, rather than pressed into 

 le earth where they Jie, and the surface con- 

 queiitly left uneven ; and when used upon the 

 'oiind in the spring of the year, which had been 

 wn with grass seed the fall previous, the roots 

 ' the tender plants are often injured by its ten- 

 ney to drag rather than to roll over the ground. 

 bese ditficultics are all cured by enlarging the 

 Bineter. The large roller also moves easier, 

 id the weight falling more directly upon the 

 lall stones, they are better pressed into the 

 irth ; the lumps of earth more finely broken, and 



} surface left much smoother.' 



Mr Phinncy has introduced other improve- 

 ents among which are new and valuable varie- 

 8S of field and garden vegetables, improved 

 eeds of domestic animals — articles not yt>t of 

 inmon culture in this section of the country, 

 ch as grapes, tomatoes, Sinclair beets, a variety 



choice and rare fruits. &c, &c, 



Hia barn is large and well adapted to the piir- 

 wes of utility and convenience ; and every part 



his premises shows that science, skill, and in- 

 istry have united to produce a pattern farm, 

 d place its owner in the front rank of New En- 

 ^ind Cultivators. 



; Another excellent farm in tlie neighborhood of 

 !r Pliinney's, owned and cultivated by Capt. 

 ii.MFL Chandler, will soon receive such noti- 

 (s as our time, room and opportunities for ex- 

 uiniiig its improvements may hereafter admit. 



riDDLESEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Thi^ public are reininded that the Committee on 

 linnrf. Fruit and Forest Trees, will attend to their 

 < ty 111 the course of a few weeks — and that appli- 

 I'liii must be seasonably made either to the Secre- 

 Iv of the Society, in Concord, or to one of the 

 t lowing 



f Trustees. — Edward VVetherbee, of Acton. Stephen 

 lynian, Ashby. Michael Crosby, Bedford. Paul 

 liyward, Boxboro'. William Winn, Burlington. 

 f Lmuel P. P. Fay, Cambridge. John Nelson, Carlisle. 

 ihn Soley, Charhstoimi. Nath'l Hayward, Chelms- 

 f-d. Nathan M. Wright, Concord. Benjamin F. 

 1 irnum, Dracutt. George Wright, Dunstable. James 

 (;-apcr. East Sudbury. James Brown, Framingham. 

 Inathan H. Loring, Groton. Elihu Cutter, Holli-s- 

 \1. Nathan Phipps, Hopkinton. Daniel Chandler, 



iixington. Ephraim Flint, Lincoln. Jacob Priest, 

 ptlelon. Phineas Whiting, Z/Oi/;eii. Jonathan Rice 

 farlboro'. Nathan Adams, Jr., Medford. Job 

 jrooks, JVatick. Abel Jewett, PeppgrelL Edmund 



Parker, Reading. Daniel Leland, Sherburne. Mosos 

 Whitney, Stow. Burrage Yale, South Reading. 

 Thomas Whitney, Shirley. Josiah H. Adams, Sud- 

 bury. Josiah Brown, Tewskbury. Simon Thom|)son, 

 Ti/iigsburo'. Naluim Hardy, Haltham. John Clark, 

 yiatertown. Lucius Reed, /fe«(/brrf. Abijah Thomp- 

 son, If'oburn. John Baldwin, Billerica. William 

 Cotting, If'est Cambridge. 



The Trustees in the several towns are requested 

 to notify the Secretary of all applications made to 

 them for premiums on Farms. 



JOHN STACY, Secretary. 



Concord, July 24, 1830. 



Bolivar Calves, Saxony Bucks, and Bremen GceSc 

 For sale, 4 Bull Calves, sired liy tlic celebrated im- 

 ported iinpioved Durham short horned bull Uolivar 

 which stock have inoduced IS6 quarts of milk a day. No' 



1, dam Grey Brown, half Coelehs and half Galloway. No- 



2, dam Juno, three fourths Fill Pail. No. 3, dam Ceres, 

 her sire Ca'Icbs, her dam Mr Gray's imported Cow. No. 

 4, dam Beauty, half Coelebs and half Galloway. The 

 Calve.9 are beautiful, and their dams all great milkers. 



Two imported Saxony Bucks, 2 Yearlings, and 2 Lambs. 

 3 pairs of Bremen Geese. Inquire of Benjamin Shurt- 

 leff, Jr, Chelsea, or at 52 Hanover Street, Boston. 



tf. July 9. 



To CoRRESPo.NDENTS. — A Very Valuable and elab- 

 orate article on the importance of the cultuKe of Silk 

 in the United States, and on the new Chinese Mul- 

 berry tree (Morns Multicaulis,) by Gen. Dearborn, 

 was received too late for this week's paper — also one 

 on the Passe Colmar and Napoleon pears, from Mr 

 Prince, of New York — and one on the best mode of 

 cultivating the Potato onion. 



Yellow Locust Seed, Sfc. 



For sale at the Seed Store' connected with the 

 New England Farmer, 53 North Market-street, 



Fifty pounds of genuine and fresh yellow Locust 

 Seed, saved for us by a gentleman in Harrisburg, 

 Pa. The excellence of this timber for posts, its uses 

 in ship building, its easy culture, rapid growth, &c. 

 recommend it to the notice of farmers. Directions for 

 its culture furnished gratis. 



Also, seed of the Gleditschiatriacanthos, oilioney 

 Locust — or three thorned Acacia, — for live fences. 

 This is the sort recommended bj Judge Buel, (in 

 the New England Farmer, vol. viii. page 1G4) as the 

 best plant that can be cultivated for hedges: of very 

 rapid growth, long and abundant thorns, and with 

 hard and strong wood, and it is attacked by no insect, 

 which gives it a decided advantage over Hawthorns. 



Auff. G. 



Ruta Baga Seed. 



Just received at the Seed store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street, 



A few pounds of the new Red Top Ruta Baga Turnip 

 Seed, from Scotland, where it is considered much superior 

 to the common sort. 



Also, 100 lbs. of the common Yellow Top Ruta Baga, 

 all warranted of the first quality. 



Turnip Seed, fyc. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer Office, 52 North Market-street, 



An extensive assortment of Turnip Seeds, of the most 

 valuable sorts for family use or stock. The most approv- 

 ed kinds for the farmer, are the White Dutch, White 

 Stone, Yellow Stone and Yc-llow Malta. The two latter 

 are of uncommon excellence, and keep well. Loudon 

 describes the Yellow Malta as ' an excellent and beauti- 

 ful root,' and of delicious flavor. Of the sorts for field 

 culture, the White Norfolk, Yellow Aberdeen. White 

 Flat, and Ruta Baga, are the best. The Yellow Aber- 

 deen is most approved among the Farmers of England 

 and Scotland, as it grows to a large size, is very sweet 

 and nutritious, and keeps till June. The above seeds 

 were saved in Europe expressly for this Establishment, 

 and the utmost dependence may be placed nn their genu- 

 ine quality. 



200 lbs. of the finest English White Flat Turnip Seed, 

 raised this season, expressly for this Establishment, by Mr 

 Aaron D. Williams, of Roxbury, and warranted of 

 the first quality , for sale, wholesale and retail. 



.'Vlso, a variety of Long and Turnip rooted Radishes, suit- 

 able for sowing the ensuing months. Long Prickly, and 

 many other varieties of Cucumbers for pickling. 



July 9 



Chloride of Soda. 

 For sale at the Seed Store connected with the N. E 

 Farmer, 52 North Market-street — A few dozen bottles of 

 Chloride of Soda, for preserving meat, removing offensive 

 smells, neutralizing pestilential exhalations, and destroy- 

 ing contagion ; prepared by the New England chemical 

 company for Lowe and Reed. This valuable article is 

 particularly described, page 390 of this week's New Eng- 

 land Farmer. — Price $L00 pcr bottle, with directions. 



PRICES OF COUATTRY PRODUCE. 



APPLES, new, 

 ASHES, pol.lir.sl sort. 



Pearl, first son, - 

 1?EANS, white, - - j 



BEEF, mess, 



Cargo, No. 1, I 



Cargo, No. 2, 

 liUTTEK, inspected, No. I, new, 

 CHEESE, new milk, - . . 



Skimmed milk. 

 FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard-stneet, - 

 Genesee, - - - 



Rye, bebt, - - - 



GRAIN, Corn, 

 Rye, 

 Barley, 

 Oats, 

 HAY, 



HOti'S LARD, firsl son, neiv, 

 HOPS, 1st quality. ... 



LIME. .... 



FLAISTER PARIS retails al 

 I'ORK, clear, 



Navy, mess, 

 Cargo, No. 1, 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 

 Orcliard Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, - 

 Tall Meadow Oats Grass, 

 Red Top (northern,) 

 Lucerne, - - - . 

 White Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (norlhern) 

 WOOL, K«rino, (Bw blood, washed, - 

 Merino, full blood, unwashed. 

 Merino, three fourths washed, 

 Merino, half blood, 

 Merino, quarter 

 Native, washed. 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort, - 

 Fulled, Lamb's, second sort, 

 Pulled, " spinning, first sort,l 



PROVISION MARKET. 



CORRKCTEn EVERY WEEK BV MR' HAVWARD, 



fCtert of Fanexiil-hall Market.) 



Brighton Market — Monday, August 2. 



[Reported for the Chronicle and Patriot.] 



At Market this day, 275 Beef Cattle, 20 Cows and Calves 

 2J8 Stores, 2448 Sheep. 



Prices— Beef -Cattle— From $4 to 4 75 ; 3 or 4 extra 

 were taken at $5, and there were some sold for less than 

 $4 — a great proportion of the Cattle to day were small 

 and of an ordinary quality. 



Cows and calvet^Quite a number were sold at $15 a 

 $20. 



Stores. — The first at market this season, nearly all of 

 which were sold. 



Sheep and Lambs. — Quick sales, fair lots at 1 37i a 

 1 87i two or three lots were sold at $2, and one lot of 

 about a hundred were taken at $1 08, one lot of wethers 

 at $2 32 and one at $3. 



