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NRW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Nov. 26, 1830V 



Bhovved the nniiniil to have been at least 25 feet that came in their way, still I conceived they 

 bi-'h, anrl 60 feet long. The skull bone alone : might relish them more as a conihmeiit ormecli- 

 weicr'hed 400 pounds. "They were found by a Mr! cine than as food, till I was assured by a friend of 

 Finney about 14 feet helovv the surface of the mine, long in command of a ship, that he once 

 earth, who had refused *5,000 for them. The , knew of a pig being lost for several weeks m a 



skeleton is said to be complete, saving only one or 

 two ribs. 



When and how this animal existed, must baffle 



vessel which he commanded, and it was at last 

 found to have tumbled into the coal hole, and 

 there lived all that period without a single morsel 



all speculation. The mammoth himself, so long ' of anything to feed on but coals ; on being drag- 

 the wonder of these latter times, must dwindle into i-ged out it was found as plump and fat as if it had 

 comparative insignificance before this newly dis- ; been fea.sting on the most nutritious food. Anolh- 

 covered prodigy. If carniverous, a buffalo would ^ er friend told me of a similar case, which came 

 scarcely serve iiim for a meal, and if granivorous I under his observation ; and although these may 

 trees must have been his tender herbage.— JVa(. Int. ■ be solitary instances, yet they serve to show the 



wonderful facility which the stomachs of certain 

 anima Is possess of adapting their digestive powers 

 to such an extraordinary sjiecies of food, and 

 extracting wholesome nourishment therefrom. 

 When we consider coal, however, as a vegetable 

 production, containing the constituent principles 

 of fat, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen our surprise 

 decrease.' 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1830. 



LEAVES FOR MANURE. 

 In our last, we gave some i-emarks on this subject, 

 but the following in addition may, perhaps, prove 

 useful. We are assured that great use is made 

 of leaves for manure in some parts of Europe, 

 and that farmers pay for the privilege of gather- 

 ing them from public vvalks, shaded by trees, as 

 well as from forests. Our excellent correspond- 

 ent J. M. G. of Weston, Mass., in a communica- 

 tion, published in the New England Farmer, vol. 

 vi. page 102, observed that 'the gathering of leaves 

 may be greatly accelerated by suitable arrange- 

 ments: a cart with ladders fore and aft, and long 

 slats of boards to go from ladder to ladder to se- 

 cure the sides and stakes, is the best adapted car- 

 riage. The leaves should be raked into small 

 heaps, a sheet of tow cloth two yards square, 

 should then be laid on the ground, and the small 

 heaps be raked into it ; when full a man ties the 

 corners of the sheet, and hands it to a hoy, who 

 keeps on the cart and receives it ; he unties the 

 bundle and lets the contents go, and keeps treading 

 all the while ; in this way a load is soon obtained ; 

 and to the above tackling, some little brush may 

 be added to ilie sides of the load to build it up, 

 and hold on the leaves. I have tried to iiBe has 

 kets to load the leaves : but have found the above 

 sheet to work easier and quicker, and in order to 



Bishop's A'ew Earhj Dwarf Prolific Pea. — Mr 

 Jude Kimball of Lyndon, Vt. has cultivated this 

 pea extensively the past summer. He considers it 

 a most valuable variety, being very prolific, of the 

 richest flavor, and continues in bearing a great 

 length of time; one vine 12 ins. high produced IDS 

 pods , two had 94 pods each, and many had from 

 50 to 70 pods each. — It seldom grows more than 

 10 to 14 inches in height, of course requires no 

 sticks. Il is but a few days later than the Early 

 Washington Pea. It should be planted 2 or 3 

 inches apart in the rows, which its spreading habit 

 I'equire, and \\liich answers better than when 

 sown closer ; hence it is obvious there will be a 

 great saving of seed, as a quart of this will go .is 

 far as three quarts of other peas. It begins to blos- 

 som when three inches high. They should be 

 planted every fortnight for a constant succession, 

 and green (leas may be obtained all the summer 

 and autumn. From the nature of its growth, it 

 appears well calculated to withstand the great heat 

 of our summers. 



Potatoes food for Horses. — To every 300 pounds 



of potatoes, washed and steamed, is added half a 



make it more durable, I have had a snidl rojie | pint of salt, and occasionally a small portion of 



sowed round the edge of it, and let ou( about sulphur ; this quantity will more than supply a 



o-bteen inches at the corners, which make ijeasier 

 to tie, and secures the sheet from gettinj torn. 

 Such a sheet will cost about one dollar. I 



' In the use of leaves, hogs excel ; for whdhcr as 

 a litter in the covered part of their stye, or \\|iether 

 thrown in incderate quantities in their yardlwhen 

 miry, they soon work them, and secure llie| from 

 the power of the wind ; when used for liiering 

 cattle it is absolutely needful to work ihei with 

 their dung. When the floor is cleared i the 

 morning, the dung, urine and leaves, shoid be 

 well worked and chopped together, with the hovel 

 before they are thrown out on the lieap ; ' it is 

 not done, the wind will surely take hold, ail dis- 

 appointment ensue ; when so mixed, the will 

 soon dissolve in the ground, and seldom an^ trace 

 of them be seen in the fall, when potato? ore 

 dug.' 



Fattening Pijrs on Coal. — Cunningham, i his 

 Tivo Years in JVcic South Jf'ales, relates, ' I Id of- 

 ten heard it said among sailors that pigs vould 

 fatten on coals, and though I had observe them 

 very fond of munching up the coals and luders 



horse kept at work constantly for six days 

 Horses thus fed will perform with the greatest 

 ease, all the common labor of a farm, without hay 

 or oats. — English publication. 



The Bunker Hill Aurora recommends a con- 

 vention of Military Officers, to devise measures for 

 relief in the present Militia System. We doubt 

 if they would do much towartls relieving the on- 

 erous burdens ot Privates, whose complaints have 

 generally been overlooked in the thousand and one 

 transformations of the militia system. 



Two gentlemen of Liverpool, England, have 

 subscribed liberally to the stock of the Virginia 

 Rail Road, from Petersburg to Roanoke. 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY- 



Satulday, Noveml)er 20, 1830. 

 F K U I T S . 



./ipples, — From Mr Manning, the Conway apple 

 and the Reinnette d'Espagne. From Gen. New-- 

 licill, of Lynnfieldy specimens of yellow and red 

 apples. 



Pears. — -A St Germain, weighing 12i oz., a fine 

 specimen from J. B. Joy, Esq. of Boston. Chau- 

 muntelle, very fine, from Win. Pratt, F2sq. Both 

 of these fruits, and especially the former, however 

 perfeclly fine and fair in cities and some highly 

 favored situations near, are liable to blast notori- 

 ously in the vicinity of Boston. From Mr Down- 

 er, kSt Gerniains and the Chaumontelle of Cox, 

 and the Iron Pear, weighing 16 oz. Presumed 

 by the comniittee to be the ' Black Pear of Wor- 

 cester,' of Langley's Pomona: also Winter Rous- 

 .selette, of high mu-ky flavor, but dry. From Mr 

 Manning, Pears, name unknown, and the Spanisb 

 Bun Chretien. From Wm. Robert Prince, Esq, 

 of the Linncean Botanic Garden, Prince's St Ger- 

 main, fine and well deserving of cultivation; also 

 a small pear, in a state of decay received hy liin» 

 fium a French Nursery, for the Verte longue d* 

 .\utoinne, and not true; also Col mar Sou verain, 

 one of the new sorts of Van Mons, large and fine. 

 Tills fruit has been noticed in the report of a for- 

 mer meeting. 



(Quinces. — Mr Prince sent also for exhibitioi- 

 =pecimens of French apple-shaped Quince, ai. ' 

 and the Coignassier commun of France, or com 

 mon French Quince, WM. KENRICK. 



FLOWERS. 



Chrysanthemums, grown in the open ground, 

 Toni R. L. Emmons. Quilled Flame, Curled Li- 

 lac, Tasselled White, Golden Lotus, Large Lilac, 

 for premium, and tlie following sorts for exhibition 

 only. Changeable Buft", Pa|)er While, Crimson, 

 Pink, Lilac, and White, Semi-quilled White, Park?i' 

 small Yellow, Golden Yellow. From Nathaiiii 

 Davenport, Milton, the following Chrysanthemniii 

 for premium. Quilled Flame,' Quilled Lilar 

 Quilled White, Gulden Yellow, Golden Lotu- 

 and Pink. A beautiful plant of Camellia .Inpon; 

 ca, var. Double Striped, full of flowers and buds, 

 was also exhibited by Mr Davenport. 



Mr Cook's Address is now ready for delivery to 

 members of the Society, at their Hall. 



State Prison. — Thei'C are at present, 290 convicts in 

 the prison in lhi«town — who are confined in solitary cell- 

 in the niglit time and during meals. The whole cost 

 of the new Prison— together with a new chapel aill 

 cookery, erected (he past year— is $81,000,incluiling the 

 laborol the convicts. The cost of the old prison, erected 

 in 1804-5, was $170,000. This is now used principally 

 for a Warehouse. The new prison contains 300 cells.— 

 Charlestuu-n Jlurora. 



UXThe legislature of Vermont has repealed impris< 

 ment for debt, except in cases of fraud. 



Qui tnm suit. — George J. Willis, vs. H. F. Sanfl 

 and L. Wilson, brought to recover a penalty IncuH 

 under tiie statute to prevent the making or setting ud 

 lotteries, was tried before the county court of this couO 

 which closed their session last week. The Jury foil 

 [he respondents had incurred a penally under the Stan 

 equal to the amount of llie scheme, and aceordinglW 

 turned a verdict for the complainant of $402,660. — F 

 mont Gazette. 



Hydrojihobia. — Three cases of the cure of this 

 formidable disease by friction with mercurial iiint- 

 ment one of them at 40 days after the bite, wlien 

 light iiymptoms of the disease, attended with 



Rice was introduced into South Carolina in lG93filj 

 the Island of Madagascar. Thomas Smith went on bfl 

 of a British vessel which touched at Sullivan's.Islandl 

 her way to Engand. He received a small bag of s 

 ... I from the Captain with directions for cultivating it, wh 



bpasm, had become manifested, and described in he distributed among his ueighnors. We believe that | 

 the Bib. Univ. Mars. 1830. | culture of Rice in the Southern provinces v/asprotf 



by the British government as early as 1740. 



