VoI.lX. — Nr..9. 



AND IIORTICULTUllAL JOURNAL. 



71 



Bjr H. J. Finn. Esq. : Lafhette — Tho tri colored 

 'wer of France — that unfolded its biossums in hnght- 

 tss when Iho tree of Aniorican Liberty was a tcerping 

 ttoio — that retained its budding honors among the 

 inHion deadly iictUes in tlie Keign of Terror — that 

 ver bowed betore the red crown Imperial — that has 

 thered Royalty's proud Ulij — and lilto our own aloe, 

 ves promise that its greatest glory will burst forth in 



hundredth year. 

 On motion of John C. Gray, Esq. it was 

 Voted, That the thanks of this Society be presented to 

 5 Orator for his address this day delivered, and that he be 

 [juested lo furnish a copy for publication. 

 An oriaiinal sons; by Mr Fessenden (see our last pa^c) 

 IS sung by Mr Newell of Charlestown; and several comic 

 isp were also sung by Messrs Finn and Andrews of the 

 ^raont Theatre, and others. 



SHARPENING SCYTHES, &c. 



Mr Fessendem — An impiovetl kiiul of Rifle 

 setting the etige of the scythe has been intro- 

 ced nmong the farmers in tlio country ; tlie 

 provement consists of a water proof glue or ce- 

 nt, on which is spread a coat of fine emery be- 

 very superior to the coat of sand lieretofore 

 d. Tlie common glue is not water proof. It 

 lesirable that you should ascertain and publish 

 best mode of making the cement that will bo 

 of against damp or rainy weather. In doing 

 ch you will oblige a subscriber, and confer a 

 jr on the mowers who like a keen edge. 

 oudon, JV. H. Sept. 13, 1830. 

 temarks by the Editor. — We have collected from 

 ral authors the following recipes for water 

 of cements. Perhaps some of them may an- 

 the purpose wished for by our correspon- 

 t. We have not however, niaile trial of any 

 uem and of course cannot vouch for their efB- 



cemenl that resists moisture. Melt without 

 er common glue with half its weight of resin, to 

 b add some red ochre. This is said to be 

 il for cementing liones to their frames. — Hil- 

 t Domestic Encyclopedia. 



iement that hardens tinder water. Mix clay and 

 es (oxydes) of iron plentifully with oil, the 

 I will harden under water. Mr Gad, Stock- 

 , Svfeden. 



he following is given as a cement that wil 

 (I the action of boiling water or steam, 

 ake 2 ounces of sal-ammoniac, 1 ounce of 

 er of sulphur, and 16 ounces of cast iron 

 js or borings. Mix all well together by rub- 

 them in a mortar, and keep the powder dry. 

 ^hen the cement is wanted for use, take one 

 of the above powder and twenty parts of 

 I iron borings or filings, and blend them in- 

 ;ely by grinding them in a mortar. Wet the 

 lound with water, and when brought to a 

 euient consistence, apply it to the joint with 

 oden or blunt iron sjiatula. 

 other cement of the same kind. Take two 

 of flower of sulphur, and one part of sal- 

 oniac, and mix them together with a little 



into a slifli" paste. 



peculiar kind of cement is prepared at Ma- 



with whicti most of the buildings erected in 



Indian capital are cemented. It consists of 



and lime, with the addition only of a small 



ty of water, in which a proportion of coarse 



has been dissolved. The quick setting of 



nortar, and the great hardness it acquires 



as Dr James Anderson has observed, \Re- 



e jn« in ^Agriculture, volume 1,] only be at- 



il <'d to one of these two causes, namely, either 



Jigar ad.lcd, or the quality of the lime-stone 



■ jyed at Madras. 



••/ cement that resists the action of fire and toatcr. 

 Take half a pint of milk and mix it with an equal 

 quanlity of vinegar, so as to coagulate the milk. 

 S(q)arate the curd from the whey, and mix the 

 latter with tho whites of four or five eggs, after 

 beating them well up. The mixture of these two 

 substances being complete, add quick lime to them, 

 which has passed through a sieve, and make the 

 whole into a thick paste of the consistency of 

 putty. If this mixture is carefidly applied to 

 broken bodies, or to fi.ssnres of any kind, and 

 dried properly, it is said to resist water and fire. 



We are obliged to defer this week the Report of the 

 Committee on Fruits of the Missacliusetts Horticultural 

 Society, and the account of the New York Festival, as 

 well as several communications. 



Bulbous Roots. 



Just received at the Seed store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street, 



A good assortment of Bulbous Flower Roofs, in fine order 

 — a more particular enumeration next week. 



Strawberr;/ Plants. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street — direct from 

 the IJrighton Nursery, 



A large variety of Strawberry Vines, comprising the 

 Vine Apple, Koseberry, Bath Scarlet, Royal Scarlet, Mul- 

 berry, Wood, Chili, Sic, at $1 per hundred. Also WiV- 

 mot's Superb, Keens' Imperial, and Keens' Seedling, at » 

 reasonable rate. 



PRICES OF COUJ^TRY PRODUCE. 



Grass Seeds. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North M.irket street, 



A large assortment of Seeds of the vaiious grasses cul- 

 tivated in New England, viz: 



HERDS GRASS ; RED TOP ; 



ORCHARD GRASS; 



TALL MEADOW OATS GRASS; 



FOWL MEADOW GRASS; 



LUCERNE, or FRENCH CLOVER; 



RED CLOVER; 



WHITE HONEYSUCKLE CLOVER; also 



WINTER WHEAT, from Genesee, 



BUCKWHEAT, FLAX, MILLET, FIELD PEASE, 

 and 14 varieties of the most esteemed FIELD TURNIP 

 SEED, cultivated in Europe and America, all warranted 

 of the first quality, and at the customary market prices, 



Aug. 13. 



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- 

 and Farmer. — Price $1,00 per bottle, with directions. 



For Sale, 



The well known FARM in Dover, occupied for the last 

 fourteen years by the subscriber, containing about 200 

 acres, well located in a square, bounded on the south by 

 Cochecho river, and on the east by Fresh creek, on which 

 is a tide mill, with an apparatus for pounding and grinding 

 plaster. The Buildings consist of a large two story Brick 

 House, of 4G feet by 38, with a wing of 20 by 16, all well 

 finished, adjoined to which is a shed 34 feel by 14, con- 

 necting the cider house 27 by 37, two stories, with one 

 plastered room, where all the spinning and weaving is 

 done for the family ; two Barns, one of which is 100 feet 

 by 42, with two wings of abouf 40 feet each, one employ- 

 ed as a stable, the other tor a sheepfold, with a good yard 

 well walled in; the other is a Store Barn of 45 feet square, 

 of 16 feet post, and will contain 60 tons of hay ; a pig- 

 gery of 50 feet by 30, with a cellar of IS feet square uti- 

 der it, with boilers set to make soap, brew, and cook for 

 swine. The fields are divided by permanent stone walls, 

 and consist of one of 40 acres in front of the house, one. 

 of 17 on the East, one of 10 acres on the North, (princi- 

 pally orcliard,) one of 15 Northeast, and one of 30 acres 

 West of the house, with three pastures of 20 to 25 acres 

 each. 



The Farm has been gradually improving for the last 

 ten years, and the two last has cut each year one hun- 

 dred tons of hay, and 20 to 25 tons of thatch. It is one 

 and a half miles from the village of Dover, which affords 

 a good market. There has been planted some hundrerls 

 of Fruit Trees, principally Apple, many of which ai'e 

 grafted — with Pears, Cherry, Plum, Peach and Quince 

 trees, and many in bearing, with a small nurserj'. 



The terms of sale may be known by applying to Major 

 Ani>hew Pierce, of Dover, Mr Samuel Lord, of 

 Portsmouth, or the subscriber on the premises. 



June 11. WILLIAM FLAGG. 



11 50 12 CO 

 14 00 15 f,0 



70, 75 

 3 50! 3 50 

 19 00 20 00 



12 25 12 60 

 12 00 12 £0 



00 



APPLES, new, . - barrel 



ASHES, poi, first sort, - - I ton. 



Pearl, first sort, - " i *' 



BEANS, while, - . haslu'l 



BEEF, mess, . barrel 



Cargo, No. 1, 

 Cargo, No. 2 

 BUTTER, inspecled, No. 1, new, pound 



CHEESE, new milk. 



Skimmed milk, 

 FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard-street, . barrel 

 Genesee, - 

 Rye, best, 

 GRAIN, Corn, - . bushel 



Rye, 



Barley, - . " 60 



Oals, - . " 32 



HAY, 



HOG'S LARD, first sort, new, 

 HOPS, 1st quality. 

 LLME, .... 



PLA ISTER PARIS retails al 

 PORK, clear. 



Navy, mess. 



Cargo, IN'o. 1, . . 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 

 Orchard Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, . 

 Red Top {northern.) 

 Lucerne, . . . 

 W'liiie Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (northern) 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, washed, . 

 Merino, full Wood, unwashed. 

 Merino, mixed with Saiony, 

 Merino, three fourths washed, 

 Merino, half blood, 

 McrlHO, quarter 

 Native, washed, 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort, - 

 Pulied, Lamb's, second son. 

 Pulled, " spinning, first sort, 



PROVISION MAUKET. 



connEcTEn evefv week bv mr h*ywakd, 

 ' ( Clerk of Farmiil-hall Market.) 

 BEEF, best pieces, . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL, 

 MUTTON 

 POULTRY. 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, - 



Lump, best, 

 EGOS, 

 MEAL, R.ve, retail, 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS.new 

 CIDER, [according to qu 



pound 



KROK TO 



2 00 3 00 



115 00 120 00 



133 00 135 00 



90 



10 00 10 50 



8 50 9 00 



6 50 6 70 



10 13 



6 7 



3 5 



5 50 5 87 



5 25 5 62 



lit.v.] 



3 00 



4 00 

 76 



Brighton Market — Monday, Sept. 13. 



[Reported for tfie ChroDide and Patiiot.] 



At Market this day 737 Beef C»ttle, 670 Stores, 6187 

 Sheep, and 388 Swine. — Unsold al the close of the day 

 about 75 Beef Cattle, 200 Stores, 900 Sheep and Lambs, 

 and 200 Swine. 

 Nearly 100 head of Beef Cattle were taken today by Mr 

 Winchester, probably for barrelling, the first we have no- 

 ticed this season. Prices as near as we could ascertain, 

 as follows — for mess, $3,50 a 3,67, for No, 1, $3,00 a 

 3,17. 



Prices— Beef Cattle— From $3,00 to 4,50, those which 

 brought 4,50 were extra Cattle, and were not many in 

 number. 



Stores — About 3 or 400 were sold at quite low prices. 



Sheep and Lambs. — We noticed one lot, more than half 

 old ones taken at 2,08, prices generally from 1,17 to 1,75. 

 We noticed several lots taken at about $1,00. 



Swine. — One lot of 98 were taken at 4c ; several small 

 lots at 4 a 4j — at retail 4 a 5c. 



Ehratum, — The lot of 400 Swine were taken last 

 week at 4c instead of 4} as published. 



