Vol.lX. — A'n.lO. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



79 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Airangemenls for the ExUibition at Anilover, (Atf/lA 



Parish) on Thursday, Sept. 30, 1S30. 



All slock, intended for pieniiunis or exhibition, must be 

 entered with the Secretary on or before 9 o'clock, of the 

 morning of the day of Exhibition. 



All .Animals must be placed in the pensundcrthe direc- 

 tion of the marshals, at 9 o'clock and must not be remov- 

 d therefrom until 2 o'clock. 



All Manufactured Articles must be entered and depos- 

 ted, in the Hall in Mrs Parker's dwellmg house, near 

 Steven's Tavern, on or before 9 o'clock. Annexed to each 

 irticle must be a written description of the same, with 

 he name of the person offering it for premium. 



Tlie Committee will examine the slock at 10 o'clock, 

 vhen the keepers must be present to give any informa- 

 ion that may be required. 



The ploughing match will commence at 11 o'clock, at 

 tir Steven's field. All entries for these premiums must 

 e made on or before the Monday, next previous to the 

 ly of Exhibition. 



Any persons claiming the premiums offered for best 



orking oxen or plough, will give notice thereof to Dan- 

 ■:i, PuTN.iM, Esq. Chairman of the Committee on 



esc subjects ; and will prove their claims in such manner 



the committee may direct. 



Gentlemen who have fine animals, not intended to be 



Fered for premiums, will gratify the Society by exhibit- 



g them ; and suitable pens will be provided for their ac- 



immodation. 



At halfpastl o'clock, the Society will dine together at 



evens' Hall. Tickets for the dinner may be obtained at 



e Bar. 



At 3 o'clock, the Society will meet at the North Meeting 



ouse, where an Address will be delivered hv J. H. Dun- 

 it, Esq. of Haverhill. After which the Reports of the 



veral committees will be read, and officers chosen for 



3 ensuing year. 



By order of the Committee of Arrangements. 

 J. W. PROCTOR, See'y. 



Undover, Sept. 16, 1830. 



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?o Correspondents. — An account of the proceedings 

 the last meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 :iety, with an interesting letter from S. P. Hildreth, 



rietta, Ohio, we are obliged to defer till next week, 



h some communications. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 viembers of the above Society are informed that Dip- 

 las are ready for delivery on the payment of the Annual 

 tribution of two dollars each, or, any member may 

 iipound for his future contribution, by the payment of 

 len dollars. CHEEVER NEWHALL, Treasurer. 

 >ept. 24, 1930. No. 36 Broad Street. 



Agricultural JVotice. 

 'he members of the Worcester Agricultural Society 

 Ihereby notified, that a semi-annual meeting of said 

 iety, will be held at Thomas' Hall, in Worcester, on 

 rsday, the 7th day of October next, at eleven o'clock, 

 re noon, for the admission of members and the tians- 

 Dn of other business, at which place they are requested 

 dually to attend. 



WILLIAM D. WHEELER, Eec. Scc'y. 

 'orcester, Sept. 18, 1830. 



Gra.is Seeds. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North M.irket street, 



.\ large assortment of Seeds of the vaiious grasses cul- 

 tivated in New England, viz; 



HERDS GRASS ; RED TOP; 



ORCHARO GRASS; 



TALL MEADOW OATS GRASS; 



FOWL MEADOW GRASS; 



LUCERNE; or FRENCH CLOVER; 



RED CLOVER; 



WHITE HONEYSUCKLE CLOVER; also 



WINTEK WHEAT, from Genesee, 



BUCKWHEAT, FL.VX, MILLET, FIELD PEASE, 

 and 14 varieties of the most esteemed FIELD TURNIP 

 SEED, cultivated in Europe and America, all warranted 

 ot the first quaUty, 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 

 coTnpany 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. 



JVeto JVork on Farriery. 



Just received and for sale at the Seed Store connected 

 with the New England Farmer Office, No. 52 North 

 Market Street, 



The Veterinary Surgeon ; or. Farriery taught on a new 

 and easy plan : being a treatise on all the diseases and 

 accidents to which the Horse is liable ; the causes and 

 symptoms of each, and the most improved remedies em- 

 ployed for the cure in every case ; with instructions to the 

 Shoeing-Smith, Farrier, an<l Groom, how to acquire 

 knowledge in the art of Farriery, and the prevention of 

 Diseases. Preceded by a popular description of the ani- 

 mal functions in health, and showing the principles on 

 which these are to be restored when disordered. By John 

 Hinds, Veterinary Surgeon. With considerable additions 

 and improvements, particularly adapted to this country, 

 by Thomas M. Smith, Veterinary Surgeon, and Member 

 of the London Veterinary Medical Society. Price $1,25. 



Bees for Sale. 

 Persons in want of prime swarms of Bees, or Beard's 

 Patent Hives, can be supplied by Mr Ebenezer Beard of 

 Charlestown. Purchasers of swarms are supplied with 

 Beard's Patent Hives, gratis, for their own family use 

 only. The prices of swarms vary, according to their 

 weight and quality. November and December is con- 

 sidered the best time for removing the Bees ; they can be 

 engaged, however, at any time previous. All orders, 

 either for swarms, or for the Patent Hives only, left with 

 J. B. Russell, at his Seed Store, No. 52 North Market- 

 street, Boston, will be faithfully executed. 



tf Sept. 10. 



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To the Public. 

 The Proprietors of the Linnasan Botanic Gar- 

 den and Nurseries have increased the Estab- 

 lishment in all its departments and have an 

 immense stock of Trees, Flowering Shrubs, 

 and Plants, comprising all the most interesting 

 valuable productions of the Globe, and being fully 

 ibie that the establishment of Nurseries in every part 

 ur country would be a great national advantage, they 

 offer all the facilities in their power to advance that 



ct. 



ley will furnish all articles required in quantities for 

 series, at a liberal discount from the usual prices, and 

 re secure, a credit will be allowed to accord with the 

 enience of the purchaser. 

 I oiders will receive the greatest attention and des- 



WM. PRINCE & SONS. 



Lin Dot. Garden, N. Y. 

 Sept. 14, 1831). _ 



BM)ous Roots. 

 Jst received at the Seed store connected with the New 

 lland Farmer, 52 North Market-street 

 D;oO'.l as;ortmentof Bulbous FlowerRoots, in fine order 

 Inore pirticular enumeration next week 



Culture of Silk. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street — 



Essays on American Silk, and the best means of ren- 

 dering it a source of individual and national wealth ; with 

 Directions to Farmers for raising Silk Worms — By John 

 D'Homergue, Silk Manufacturer, and Peter S. Du Pon- 

 ceau — Price 62i cents. 



Also, Directions for the Rearing of Silk Worms, and 

 the Culture of the White Mulberry Tree. Published by 

 the Pennsylvania Society associated for the Promotion 

 of those objects, (.in excellent, plain, pi-actical work.) 

 Price 25 cents. 



Seeds for Fall solving. 



For sale at the Seed Store coimected with the New 

 England Farmer, 52 North Market-street — 



A great variety of vegetable seeds for fall sowing, viz 

 White Portugal Onion, Prickly or Fall Spinach, (growth 

 of 1830,) Parsnips, Carrots, Black Spanish or Winter Ra 

 dish— all warranted of the first quality. Sept. 10. 



For Sale, 



A valuable Farm at Lechmere Point; consisting of 30 

 acres — on the Craigie load, less than three miles from 

 Boston. With a good two story house and barn thereon — 

 a thriving young orchard and other fruit trees. 



For terms and other particulars, inquire of Wm. E. 

 Payne, No. 5 Court-street. eptol Aug. 27. 



Treatise on lives. 



Just received and for sale at the Seed Store connected 

 with the New England Farmer, 52 North Market-street, 



A further supply of a PracticaU'realise on the Manage- 

 ment of Bees; and the Establishment of Apiaries, with 

 the best method of destroying and preventing the depre- 

 dations of the Bee Moth. By James Thacher, M. D. 

 Price 75 cents. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



AI'PLES,new, 

 ASHES, poi, first sort, - 

 Pearl, first sort, - 

 BEANS, wliile, 

 BEEF; mess, 



Cargo, No. 1, 



Cargo, No. 2, 

 BUTTEK, inspected, No. 1, new, 

 CHEESE, new milk. 



Skimmed milk, 

 FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard-street, . 



Rye, best, - - - 



GRAIN, Corn, 

 Rve, 

 Barley, 

 Oats, .« 

 HAY, 



HOG'S LARD, first sort, new, 

 HOPS, 1st quality. 

 LIME, .... 



PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, clear, 



Navv, mess, 

 Cargo, No. 1, 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, 

 Orchard Grass, 

 Fowl Meadow, - 

 Red Top [northerTi,) 

 Lucerne, - 



Wliite Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (nonhern) 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, wa»hfd, - 

 Meriiio, full blood, unwashed. 

 Merino, mixed with Saxony, 

 Mer.no, llirec lourlhs washed. 

 Merino, half blood, 

 McriBO. quarter 

 Native, washed. 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort, . 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second sort, 

 Pulled, ** spinning, first sort 



Jbushel 

 barrel 



pound 

 barrel 

 ushel 



cask. 



ton. 



barrel 



2 00 3 00 

 115 00 120 00 

 133 00 135 00 



yo 



10 00 10 50 



8 SO 9 00 



6 60 6 70 



10 1.-J 



G T 



3 5 



5 73 



5 37 



3 50l 



5 G2 

 3 75 



60i 

 32 

 60 



11 50 

 14 00 



711 

 3 50 

 19 00 



12 25 

 12 00 



12 00 

 15 00 

 7S 

 3 50 

 20 00 

 12 50 

 12 50 



2 00 



3 00 



4 00 

 76 



PROVISION MARKET. 



CORRECTEn EVEKT WEEK BV MR IfSYWABD, 



( Clerk of Faneuil-hall Market.) 

 BEEF, best pieces, ... - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, 



whole hogs, 

 VEAL, 

 MUTTON 

 POULTKY. 

 BUTTER, keg and tub, - 



Lump, best, 

 EGGS, 

 MEAL, Rye, retail, - 



Indian, retail, 

 POTATOS.new .... 

 CIDER, [according to quality,] new 



Brighton Markkt — JMor^day, Sept. 21. 



[Reported for the Chronicle and Pali lot.] 



At Market this day 714 Beef Cettle, 667 Stores, 2840 

 Sheep, and 1152 Swine. Nearly all the Beef Cattle and 

 Sheep were sold, and about half the Stores and Swine. 

 Market quite spirited. 



Prices — Beef Cattle — An advance of 17 a 25c from 

 last week— we quote $3,50 a .$4,50, (one pair were taken 

 at $4,75) although a mueh larger number than usual were 

 taken at 4,50, also at 4,25, and 4 ; the barrellers have tak. 

 en hold, though rather light. 



Sheep and Lambs. — Sales quick, and prices advanced ; 

 we noticed two large cosset wefheis taken for about $7,00 

 each ; three were taken for about .*4 and nine at $3 ; one 

 lot of 80 old Sheep, at 2,55, one fot of 50 at $2, one lot 

 of 80 at 1,80, one lot of 40 at 1,75, several lots at 1,50 a 

 1,58, several at 1,33 a 1,38, and one lot at 1,17, and one 

 at 1,12i. 



Swine. — One lot of 50 old hogs were taken at 4c ; one 

 lot of 20 Shoats at 4^0. one of 25 at 44c. one of 40 at 4c. 

 one of 20 at 3c. 



