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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Dec. 24, 1830. 



MISCELLANY, 



EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF. 



The following facts cannot be gainsayed, and 

 they show to farmers the effect of the increase of 

 the Tariff on some articles of prime consumption 

 and necessity. 



Flannels have been reduced in prico from 23 

 cents to 17 cents per yard. 



Cotton Manufactures have fallen_^/^ ])er cent. 

 A man can buy a sliirt for half what it used to 

 cost. 



Chemical Preparations have fallen fpy per 

 cent. 



Window Glass in 1S16 worth $15 for 100 

 square feet, now sells for $7.50. As many tum- 

 blers can be bought now for 50 cents, as used to 

 cost us $1. 



Lead and all its manufactures are reduced in 

 cost. 



The duty on pig lead is 3 cents per lb. and its 

 price is 3 cents per lb. 



G(rn Powder has fallen from 45 cts. to 22, and 

 even 10 or 12 cts. per lb. 



Spirits of Turpentine 50 els. in 1823, now 30 

 cts. per gallon. 



Cyphering Slates are 33J per cent cheaper in 

 conscr»'jence of a duty of 33^- per cent. 



Castor Oil in 1824 was $3 per gallon : in con- 

 sequence of a duty of 40 per cent it fell to $1,- 

 50 per gallon. An important item this in the 

 domestic concerns of a ' marriage antl giving in 

 marriage' people. 



Before we made Fire Brick, we paid England 

 §70 per 1000. Now they are made as good by 

 ourselves for $30 per 1000, in consequence of a 

 protedmg tariff. 



This list might be extended to fifty other arti- 

 cle.s. 



Notwithstanding the Tariff, the Tonnage /orei^^n 

 and coasting, of the United States, has been stead- 

 ily ajul rapidly increasing for the last fifteen years. 



The revenue from Imposts has steadily increas- 

 ed too — not so much from the increase of duties 

 — as from the obvious reasons; that the more we 

 have to sell, the more we can bnij. 



THE MAGIC ONION, 



Sometimes called the Canada, sometunrs the tree, 

 or top onion. This is a singular plant, and de- 

 serves cultivation, not only f )r its domestic use, 

 but as a curiosity. All other, plants raised in the 

 garden are oviparous, or in other words, re-pro- 

 duce their species from seeds or eggs; but this 

 alone is viviparous, and brings forth its yoimg 

 alive ; in clusters of four cr five, around the parent 

 stalk. These continue to enlarge, until their 

 weight brings thern to the earth, where, if not 

 prevented, they take root, and the maternal stalk 

 now becomes useless, dries off, and the next sea- 

 son, these in their turn become parents, and rejiro- 

 duce a numerous progeny. 



This species of onion is raised with less art than 

 the other. If you would have them in perfection, 

 make your ground ready as for the other kiml ; 

 tliun stretch a line ten inches froin the alley, and 

 with a small hoe make a furrow two inches deep ; 

 in the bottom of this place the top bull)s, or infimt 

 onions, five or si.\ inches apart, with their points 

 or heads uppermost : then fill up the drill with 

 li;jlu earth, which should be pressed down with 

 ,tke hand or broad hoe. This done, remove the 

 J.ine back a foot, and in tbp same manner, plant 



as many as you please. In setting out these bulbs, 

 you should not place the large and small ones 

 promiscuously together, but separate the large 

 from the small, and plant them in different rows ; 

 for the largest will generally become breeders this 

 season, while the small ones will enlarge, and swell 

 into beautiful onions, fit for any use in the kitchen. 

 The magic onions intended for seed, or breed- 

 ers, should be two years old, and the largest and 

 the best of their kind. They must on no account 

 stand near the other species of seed onions, or 

 they will degenerate, and a mongrel race ensue. 



Preserving the Wood of IVheel-work, &,■€, from de- 

 cay — A Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences 

 of Stockholm, in Sweden, in a Memoir, read to 

 that Academy, states that wood, for the use of 

 building may be rendered incombustible by letting 

 it remain some time in water in which alum, 

 copperas, or any other salt has been dissolved 

 which contains no inflammable matter. He like- 

 wise states as his opinion that wood, rubbed over 

 with very warm alum or copperas water will, by 

 this process, be secured from decay, dry rot, or 

 injury from moisture, moss, mushrooms, &c. Also 

 that boiling for some hours the spokes of wheels 

 in vitriol water, will secure them from rotting in 

 the places where they enter the stocks or hubs. 

 After they have been thus boiled they are to be 

 dried as perfectly as possible, and then may be 

 painted any color. 



Itching Feet. — Among the minor evils to which 

 the human frame is subject there are few more 

 tormenting than that of violent itching of the feet, 

 during severe frosty weather, caused by incipient 

 chilblains. The followiug specific is so simple 

 and cheap, that no person ought to be ignorant of 

 it ; it is merely one i)art of muriatic acid mingled 

 with seven parts of water, with which the feet 

 must be well rubbed for a night or two, before 

 going to bed, and perfect reliefwill be experienced. 

 The application must of course be made before 

 the skin breaks, and it will be found not only to 

 allay the itching, but prevent the farther progress 

 of the chilblains. The feet may be a little tender 

 for a short time, but this slight inconvenience will 

 soon disappear. 



Mix Olive Oil with a good quantity of water ; 

 agitate and whip it uj) well: suffer it to subside, 

 then skim off the oil and bottle it. Themucilage 

 which disposes the oil to rancidity is detained in 

 the water, and the oil when deprived of it will be 

 better, more fluid, and may be kept sweet for 

 years. I have experienced the benefit of this for 

 table purposes, and Clock and Watch-makers would 

 doubtless find it useful in their business. Castor 

 Oil, which is usually obtained by expression, I 

 should suppose would be preserved from rancidity 

 iftreated in the same way; and if no consequence 

 to the doctors I assure them it is a very serious 

 matter to patients. — American Farmer. 



A village pastor was examining his parishioners 

 in their catechism. The first question in the 

 Heidelburg catechism is this ; — ' What is the only 

 consolation in life or death .'' A young girl to 

 whom the ])astor put the question, laughed, and 

 would not answer. The priest insisted. ' Well 

 then,' said she, at length 'if I must tell you, it is 

 the young shoemaker who lives in the Rue 

 Aqueax.' 



For Sale, 



Tiie well known FARM in Dover, occupied for the 1* 

 fourteen years by the .subscriber, containing abeat 2*! 

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

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

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

 plaster. The Buildings consist of a large two story Brie 

 House, of4G feet by 38, with a wing of 20 by 16, all we 

 finished, adjoined to which is a shed 34 feet by 14, co) 

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

 plastered room, where all the spinning and weaving 

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

 by 42, with two wings of about 40 feet each, one empio' 

 ed as a stable, the other for a sheepfold, with a good yal 

 well walled in; the other is a Store Bam of 4.'3 feet squari 

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

 gery of 50 feet by 30, with a cellar of 18 feet square ui 

 der it, with boilers set to mvike soap, brew, and cook f< 

 swine. The fields are divided by permanent stone wall 

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

 of 17 on the East, one of 10 acres on the North, (print 

 pally orchard,) one of 15 Northeast, and one of 30 acn 

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

 each. 



The Farm has been gradually 'iniprovhig for the la 

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

 dredtons of hay, and 20 to 25 tons of thatch. It is oi 

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

 a good mai'ket. There has been planted some hundrei 

 of Fruit Trees, principally Apple, many of which a: 

 grafted — with Pears, Cherry, Mum, Peach and Quini 

 trees, and many in bearing, with a small nursery. 



The terms of sale may be known by applying to Maj 

 A.'VDREw Pierce, of Dover, Mr Samuel. Lord, 

 Portsmouth, or the subscriber on the premises. 



June 11. WILLIAM FLAGG. 



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Bolivar Calves, Saxony Bucks, and Bremen Gees- 

 For sale, 4 Bull Calves, sired by the celebrated importi 

 improved Durham short horned bull Bolivar, whh 

 stock have produced 36 quarts of milk a day. No. l,da 

 Grey Brown, half Coelebs and half Galloway. No. 2, da 

 Juno, three fourths Fill Pail. No. 3, dam Ceres, her si 

 Cuelebs, her dam Mr Gray's imported Cow. No. 4, 

 Beauty, half Coelebs and half Galloway. The Catvi 

 are beautiful, and their dams all great milkers. 



Two imported Saxony Bucks, 2 Yearlings, and2Laml 



3 pairs of Bremen Geese. Inquire of Benjamin Shur 



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



July 9. 



Culture of Silk. 



For sale at the Seed Store connected with the Ne' 

 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 ; wii 

 Directions to Farmers for raising Silk Worms — By Job, • 

 D'Homergue, Silk Manufacturer, and Peter S. Du Pow 'I 

 ceau — Price 62^ cents. 



Also, Directions for the Rearing of Silk Worms, ai>Aj|, 

 the Culture of the While Mulberry Tree. Published hi 

 the Pennsylvania Society associated for the Promotia " 

 of those objects, (,m excellent, plain, practical work.} 

 Price 2o cents. 



Silk Cocoons luanted. , 



Cash and a fair price will be given at the New Englaru 

 Seed Store, No.52 North Market Street, for about 20 It 

 of prime Silk Cocoons, to be delivered soon. 



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