Vol. IX. —No. IS. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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are sakl to have a better etVect on winter than on placed on it. In two weeks it will undergo the 



summer grain ; and not to be good for beans, 

 pea.s &.C, as they make llie vines too luxuriant. 



Sir Htiniphrey Uavy, observed that 'I'cat ashes 

 are used as a topdressing for cultivated grasses, 

 particularly sainfoin and clover,' and we find that 

 peat ashes are very commonly used in Great Brit- 

 ian for manure. 



rromthe York, [Po.l Eepublit 



NEW VARIETY OF WHEAT. 

 The Hon. R. Rush, has sent to our office some 

 parcels of remarkably fine wheat, accompanied 

 with the letter which will be found below. Any 

 of our York County farmers who feel disposed to 

 try it, will be supplied by calling at this office, as 

 it is the desire of BIr Rush that it should be dis- 

 tributed among them. 



York, Ort. 19th, 1830. 



Dear Sir — I beg leave to send you herewith 



acetous fertnentaton, when it will be fit for use. 

 Attention should bo paid it every week, to skim 

 tlie froth from the brine, lo wash the board, stone, 

 and sides of the tub. When Sauerkraut is taken 

 out oftho tub to cook, it should always be washed 

 with fresh water and cooked without the addition 



of any other vegetable. A piece of fat pork 



beef — or a fat goose, enclosed with the Sauerkraut 

 in a close tin vessel, and stewed three hours, forms 

 an e.vccllent dish, and is the more valuable as it can 

 be had at the seasons of the year, and under cir 

 cumstances that vegetables cannot be procured. 



From the Newburyport Herald. 



CIDER. 



As the time for laying in cider has come, I would 



observe, that mustard seed put into new cider will 



keep it much better than any other thing I have 



tried. I put a half pir.t common mustard seed into 



a few samples of wheat, originally" from Syria, I ^ |^''"'''=' ofnew cider ; and let it remain on the lees 



afterwards raised in England, and new, as far as I ^^'thout drawing off, till it was all used, and it kept 

 am informed, in our country. Its quality is said | P'^'"'''^'=''y ^^"^^^ !'!' the last— not the new sickly 



to be very fine, and its productiveness very great. 

 I place the samples, regretting that they are not 

 larger, in your hands, to be given away to such of 

 our farmers of York County as you think may 

 feel a disposition to make trial of them upon their 

 farms. I have ventured to give it the name of 

 the ' Bexley Wheat,' having received the first 

 samples of it from Lord Bexley in England, who 

 obtained it from Syria, as I understood. When 

 at Washington, I gave a small quantity to my 

 friend Col. Maynadier, of Anna|)olis, Maryland, 

 t4iuder whose cultivation in that neighborhood, it 

 llias, on a single trial, succeeded wonderfully. 

 In tlie hope that it may prove useful among us, 

 I remain very respectfully 



Yours, &c. 



RICHARD RUSH. 

 T. C. II.\MBLT, Esq. 



Editor of the York Republican. 

 From the Daily Chronicle. 



SAUERKRAUT, OR SALTED CABBAGE. 



It is only 10 or ISyears since this article was 

 Introduced on board British ships of war,as an article 

 Tpossessed of valuable anti-scorbutic properties. — 

 ; Experience proving it to be valuable for the above 

 mentioned qualities, it is still retained in their sup- 

 plies. It has longbeen in use on board of German 

 ind Dutch national vessels, as well as merchant 

 ships, the crews of which, even during the longest 

 .oyages, remain perfectly free from scorbutic coni- 

 ilaints. From time immemorial, it has formed a 

 avorite standing dish to the robust iidiabitants of 

 he north of Europe during their long and rigon;us 

 viiitcrs. It is recommended by cheapness, sa- 

 f-r, salubrity and simplicity of preparaton. 

 ilibage should be taken that has sustained two or 

 Ijiie white fro.sts previous to being gathered; soiind, 

 'Jiipact heads should be chosen, the green and 

 ilect leaves should be carefully removed, each 

 I divided, and the stalk cut out ; then sliced 

 with an instnmient made for the purpose; a 

 uitable tul), barrel shaped, should be prepared. 

 Ifter cutting, it should be salted with the protior- 

 ionofai)int of fine salt to the bushel of cabbage, 

 irell intermingled, which may then be gradually 

 acked in the tub, pressing it continually with an 

 ppropriate wooden rammer. It should then be 

 overed with a circular board, two inches less in 



sweet, but more like mellow old wine : the cider 

 tasted a little of the mustard, but some gentlemen 

 who drank of it thought it was iinproved by it. 

 As the last year was the first time I put in the seed, 

 I cannot say that it will always have the saine ef- 

 fect; but so simple a thing is worth trying for my 

 cider was decidedly the best I ever had. S. 



We can add our own testimony in confirmation 

 of the above. We took two barrels last season from 

 the same pressing, and put half a pint of mustard 

 seed in one of them as soon as fermentation com- 

 menced, and bunged it up tight. The other barrel 

 was carefidly treated in the common mode, letting 

 the fermentation go on as long as anything was 

 discharged from the bimg hole, and than stopping 

 it tight. That in which the mustard seed was 

 put, was decidedly the brightest, clearest, and 

 finest flavored cider we ever saw, and was so ad- 

 judged to be by all our friends who tasted it, and 

 continued so to the last, — some of it remaining 

 late in the spring, while the other barrel became 

 hard and unpalatable, being very ordinary in its 

 quality, and remains imdrunk in our cellar to this 

 day.— Ed. Wor. Spy. 



The following pilhy article from the New York 

 Journal of Commerce expresses, ])robably, the 

 fe'.'lings of a majority of the conununity upon the 

 Militia System : Mil. Jlegis. 



Down witu the Tyrant ! Now is the time 

 to get rid of the odious, useless, and oppressive 

 militia system with which we are burdened. 

 Now is the time ! The inercbants are against it 

 — the woi-king men are against it — the whole 

 community are against it. What more is wanting ? 

 Simply lo have this imited feeling express itself 

 in some visible, tangible shape ; so that it may 

 tell upon the decisions of the next Legislature. 



Down, we say, with the tyrant ! It interferes 

 with the pursuits of industry — corrupts the pub- 

 lie morals — operates as a tax upon the community 

 of five milUon dollars per annum — is worse than 

 useless as a means of discipline and subordination 

 — a burlesque upon patriotic feeling — and a libel 

 upon the military spirit of the nation. Fellow 

 citizens ! when danger approaches, every man of 

 us will enter the ranks like good soldiers ; we will 

 cheerfully submit to be drilled from day to day, 

 and week to week, if need be ; we will inarch 

 to the combat with gallant hearts and deter- 

 mined spirits ; and the country shall say that 

 we have done our duty. It is not that we shrink 

 from any necessary burden, in short, which as 

 good citizens it becomes us to bear ; but we have 

 some pride left, both for ourselves and our coun- 

 try ; and therefore we say, down with this hateful, 

 useless, ridiculous, militia system. 



Mrs Eliza Clasby, who keeps a boarding house 

 in New York, has recovered $800 of one William 

 Brown in an action for slander. The less men 

 have to say and do with female characters of any 

 kind, the better. 



Canal Survey — It will be recollected (hat a survey 

 for a Canal between Weymouth and Taunton Rivers, 

 with a view to connect the waters ol Boston and Narra- 

 gansett Bays, was begun and partially coinpleti'd two or 

 three years ao;o, by order of the General Government. 

 The U. States' Engineers were joined and altcmled in the 

 survey by three Commissioners appointed by the Gov- 

 ernment of Massachusetts. This survey not having been 

 fully completed, no report has ever been made to the 

 Eng- - — 



neer Department at Washington. During the pre 

 Maine State House. — The pillars of the colon- | '*''"• ^<=''*°"'''"o"^<'i'™"'e ''*■'' '^'^'^i surveyed by Col. An- 



nadeofthisnewedifieeat Augusta, eight in num- ''^'''°V''i'' "T?,'i!'' ""' '''"■">'=|- ™"^ey ""'ee years 

 , , , , e ■ , , . , '"g"- We learn that the new route IS to the westward of 



ber, elegantly wrought of granite, have been raised. I the former one, is somewhat shorter than the other, and 

 They are 21 feet in length, exclusive of the base I affords greater facilities for the construction of a canal. 



and capitals, lOJ feet in circumference at the hot 

 tom and 9 at the top, and weigh 10 tons each. 

 The outside of the building will be finished before 

 winter. 



We observe in the Halifax Recorder of October 

 23, a person advertises, as just received from Liv- 

 erpool, ' 100 pieces of Sattinets, assorted colors, 

 which will be found efjual to the American.^ This 

 is a novel style of puffing off English manufactur- 

 ed goods, but one, we dare say, that the venders 

 find expedient, if not necessary. 



The revival of busine.'s in Boston is universal ; 

 every trade — every brancli of business feels it. 

 The city wears a cheej-ful aspect, the stores are 

 let at advanced rents, and everything shows life 

 and activity. 



The summit level is at Howard's Meadow in Randolph ; 

 the route meets the Taunton River at Williams' Landing 

 in this (own, and thence is down the river on the west 

 side to Dighton, till a depth of ten feet of water shall be 

 found in the river at low tide. The Engineers have al- 

 ready reached near that point, which is said to be not far 

 from the ' Four Corners,' in Dighton. The new survey 

 is for a canal sixty feet wide and ten feet deep, sufficient 

 for coasting vessels, with a tow path also for horse boats ; 

 the locks to be 100 feet in length. We learn that the 

 Engineers have become entirely satisfied as to the prac- 

 ticability of a canal of this description, after a thorough 

 examination of the country, the adjacent ponds, &c. No 

 doubt is entertained, %ve understand, as (o the sufficiency 

 of the supply of water. A favorable report from the En- 

 gineers luay therefore be anticipated; but whether any 

 thin<j will be done towards the construction of the canal 

 during the administration of our veto President, is anoth- 

 er and different matter. — Taunton Reporter. 



Large quantities of copperas have been manU' 



Kameter than the tub, and a weight of 20 or 30 lbs. 'season. 



- , ,T ■ ■ , ■ , ■ c^ , \ equal 10, and is much ciieaper than sperm oil. 



tactured at Hubbardston, ni this fcstate, the past covery is not a new one. 



The Wheeling Compiler, on the authority of recent 

 experience by some of the shopkeepers ofthat place, rec- 

 ommends the use of hog's lard, in lamps, as a substitute 

 for sperm oil. The light afforded by it is said to he lully 



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