V..1.IX.— X.-. AH. 



AND MOUTICllLTLRAL JOURNAL 



391 



niillic if In; will ;iiis\vor llie, I'ollnwin^ e]iicsti(>iis 

 m yiiiir nrxt |i.i|iir, a-s 1 may lie iiului-ed lo offi-r 

 lini' tlie |nviiii{iiii il I iMii lie inside to iindcrstaiiil 

 tlie piiiimit ol" llii; |iiiiiio^iti(in. 



1. l)ii ilii; rcinimiteo propose to pive a promiuin 



f lutiitv iloUais (or a '/Vfad'se on the licst mellioil 



f iMillivaiiii^ (ori'igM grapes in llic ojmmi gniiiiiil, 



rillicr iliaii tliose now pracliseil in this coiiiitrv ; 



3V ilo lliov intend lliiit lliis premiinii j^liiill lie paid 



to I lie person wlio shall show liy liis own practice 



belter mode of culture limn any now in use here ? 



2d. If, as the romniiltee seem to think, the 



riioniery method lie tlic best now in use nny- 



vhere ; do ihey mean lo exclude this jiractice, 



Id il be found on inquiry that it is now in snc- 



essfid operation, or ratfier pro<rressinjr towards 



uei-essfiil operation in this neighborhooil ; and if 



t, do tlioy intend to pay tiie premium, when the 



lljs is partially filled, or wait iinlil the whole be 



ompleled, !uu] the advantage of this niethoil 



estahhshed over all other iiioilosof open enltnre? 



3d. If a treatise only is asked for, then the com- 



littce can have no reference to the ' Thoinery 



ethod,' as they have the ' iJon-Jarrfi'in'ei- ' before 



lein, in w hicli that whole system is laid down. 



he question then is, will any method other than 



le Thomery, be satisfactory to the committee — 



at system having been universally acknowledged 



France to be the best ? 



4th. If the Thomery method is to he considereil 

 open tjr the premiiiiii, and the condition of oh- 

 ining it is to be the coinpletion of the experi- 

 ent, from the planting of the cuttings to the fil 

 ig the trellis with fruit, I apprehend I iniist give 

 I all competition for it. I am somewhat ad- 

 need in life, and if I nndersland the method 

 aetiscd at Thomery, it cannot take less than si.v, 

 it does less than seven years to complete a trel- 

 of eight feet square. It is true that a trellis of 

 rty feet may be completed as soon as one of eight 

 ;t, hut as I have neither time nor money to 

 ■ovv away, I wish the chairman lo explain the 

 •ention of the coniinilioe on these points before 

 ngage in it .' 



These questions are intended to ascertain 

 KBther the Committee expects that any one will 

 idertake to build ami cover a trellis of thirty 

 It long according to the Thomery method, and 

 ated as the Bon Jardiiiier directs in all respects, 



II preminm of twenty dollars? 

 If I were to undertake it, and were permitted 

 ive long enough to carry it through, it would 

 <t me in momy, over and above my personal 

 or, one hnmlreil dollurs, in lieu of twenty which 

 Committee offi-r. — In the first place, to make 

 experiment upon the system adopted at Tho- 

 ry, you must erect cither a wall or n wooden 

 ce on which to form your trellis : — in France 

 Is are used — here a wooden fence might answer, 

 ext the cultivator must either own the soil, 

 e sure that he will be permitted to remain on 

 attend to the pruning of the vines from year 

 extending them six or seven inches only 

 •y season, until they respectively arrive at their 

 d positions on the trellis. — If he is siiccess- 

 I in bringing them to this point, agreeably to the 

 3 laid down in the Bon Jardinier — how can 

 )e sure, in such a climate as this, where we 

 e to contend with mililew, frost, and fly, that 

 ivill have a particle of fruit to show the corn- 

 ea when they come to see whether he has 

 ifully and successfully worked out his seven 

 a' apprenticeship. 



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These are not nuimportant questions, Mr Editor, 

 to one who is in pursuit of a premium. — If the 

 Coniinitleo want the experiment fiirly and proper- 

 ly made, let them otVer a premium of one Itundred 

 dollars, anil they will ilo a real good — and save 

 some j)oor wight from spending that oiiiotint in 

 |iursnit of twenty. 



Respeclfiilly yours, 



June 20, 1S31. ' " Vnis. 



lliliiard and Brown have commenced a series 

 called the Library of Old English I'rose Writers. 

 \Ve are glad to see this. Tliero is an abundance 

 of vigorous thought, and quainlly heauinTul expres- 

 sion in these old 'wells of English undifiled ;' and 

 they have been lo much neglccteil hy the mod- 

 erns. The 1st vol. contains Fidier's Holy State, 

 with a preface and account of the author, by the 

 Rev. Alexander Young, Jr. of this cily. 



Edinburgh Review.— The lOoth No. of this able and 

 popular journal has just been repulilished by Lilly & Wait 

 of this city, and contains elaborate articles on the fol- 

 lowing subjects : Lingaril's History of England — Causes 

 and Cure of Disturbances and Pauperism — Public 

 Schools of England; Westminster and Eton — Schiller 

 and Goethe— Roade's Poems — M.iller's History of the 

 Dorians — Buhver's Siamese Twins — Tayloi's Historic 

 Survey of German Poetry — Character and Authorship 

 of the Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum — Beechy's Voyage 

 to tile Pacific and Behring's Strait — Refoini, and the 

 Ministry — Quaiterly List of New Publications — Pub- 

 lished quarterly at $5,00 per annum. 



.figricidturnl. 



The Trustees of the Wmcester Agricultuial Society 

 arc hereby notified, that a nieeling of ihe Hoard will b? 

 held at the Probate OfTice in Worcester, on Thursday, the 

 23d day o( June instant, at 4 o'clock, P. ^^, for the pur- 

 pose ol cboo-ing an Orator, Chaplain, Coiniiiit'ee ol Ar- 

 rangements, and Judges of Slock, &c, for the nsxt Cattle 

 Show ; anti also for the jidmission of members. 



By order of th.- President. 



WILLIA.M D. WHEELER, Rcc. Sec'ry. 



Worcester, June 8, 1S31. 



Farmer IVanted. 

 A permanent situation offers for a man wiio under- 

 stands farming generally, and a little of gardeninir, and 

 who would I'eel an in'eresl in his employar's business, — 

 to go on to a farm in one of the pleasantest towns in IVew 

 England, on Connecticut river. Apply personally at 

 the New England Farmer office. 



Farm IVuntcJ. 



Wanted, afirstiafe Farm in the.vicinity of Boston, 

 containing 100 to 150 acres of land, with a good and con- 

 venient house, barn, &c. 



Letters (postage paid) addressed to R. P. H. Salem, 

 Mass. giving a particular description o( Farms, offered, 

 cash price, taxes, &c, will receive immediate attention. 



Wrought- Iron Ploughs. — Bar-Iron, ^c. 

 Wrjughl-lron Ploughs, of all sizes. — ^Iso, A Complete 

 assortment of American, English, Swedes and Russia Har 

 Iron— American Br.iziers' Rods — Spike and Nail Rods, 

 Sho^-Shapes— Hoop i.nd Band Iron— Steel of all kinds— 

 Pipe-box and Mould-board plates, fee. constantly for sale 

 by GAY ,!(• BIRD, 



fills. No. 44, India Stre'-t, Boston. 



The true Sugar licet. 



For Sale at the New England Seed Store, 52, Norlli 

 Market street, Boston, 100 lbs. of the tiue French Sugar 

 Beet Seed,— received this day from Paris, by Ihe lust 

 Havre packc', via Newport. The excellence of this 

 loot for calile, and for culinary and other purposes, is loo 

 well known lo require comment. 



Also — Large and Small Lima Beans — Early Dwaif 

 Reans — several varieties of pickling and other Cucum- 

 bers — Radishes, Lettuces, Cabbages, Turnips, &c. 

 Broom Corn. 



Also, just received, a few bushels of prime Broom Corn 

 rr.ised last season in the vicinity of Connecticut river. 



Lead Pipe. 

 LEAD PIPE, all sizes, consiandv for sale bv Lincoln 

 Fearing ii Co , No. 110, Stale Street. 

 .ipril 13, isai. 6w^ 



Bones If'antcd. 

 Shin and Leg Hones constantly purchased by GEO. 

 H. GRAY 4- CO. No. «S Kilby street. 



April 20. 2inos 



Brass Sj/ringes. 

 For sale at the Agricultural Wai'ehouse, Nos. 51 and 

 52 Norlh Maiket sIk^cI, a very useful article for destroy- 

 ing Caterpillars, Bugs and other insects. Likewise to 

 prevent Ihe mildew tm Vines and Gooseberry Bushes. — 

 See N. E. Farmer, vol. 8, page 358 and 363. 



Sheep — Sheep. 



Valuable Bjo'ts o'l the best melbod of forming good 

 flocks, of increasing them, and treating them properly 

 when in health and v;ben diseased — i^n the character 

 and value of .Merino Sheep — anatomical structure, &c, 

 &c— 5 valuable woiks, viz: 



Sii George Stewart Makcnzie, Bart. 



Robert R Livingston, LL. D. 



Samuel Bard, M. D. 



M. Dnubenlon, a man of l,>tters, and profound Natural- 

 ist ; his wotk was pnblished in Germany, Italy, Spain, 

 and America — and in France, at the expense of the na- 

 tion. 



Mr Tessiu, inspector ol the Rambouillet Establish- 

 ment — and others in France. 



Also for sale — a valuable collection of Books on Agri- 

 csilluie. Manures, various treatises on Horses, Cattle, 

 Botany, »S:c, fcc. By R. P. & C. WILLIAMS, whole- 

 sale and retail Booksellers and Stationers, No. 18 and 20 

 Cornhill, Boston. May 25. 



Hownrd^s Cast Iron Ploughs, &fc. 



Jn«f received al Ihe .Agricultural Warehouse, Nos. 51 

 and 52 Norlh Market street, a few of C. Howard's Patent 

 Cast Iron Ploughs. Thi; is the mo t approved Plough 

 now in u--c. and i,; highly rccoinnieniled by our best far- 

 mers for doing the work wi'Ii ease an<l in the most per- 

 fect manner ; the casting being ground smooth, the 

 Plough is not liable to clog even at the first time using, 

 but runs perfectly free at all limes. 



Aho,— Tafl's sui)erior casl steel SCYTHES, manufac- 

 tureil cspres-ly for this eslablishracni. Likewise, Pass- 

 rnoro's, Faiweirs, Dudley's and English Scythes, with a 

 large asset inient of Garden tools. 



Also,- Hall's supcriof Hay Rakes— the bc^t article of 

 the kiiid maiuiriclured in the conntiv. June 15. 



For Sale, Full hlood Aldnerne-ij and Short Horn 

 Bull and Heifer Calves. 

 Two Alderney Bull Calves, and one lleif r Calf. Al- 

 so, one Bull tind two Heifer Calves of the Shoit I'orn or 

 Teeswater breed, all from full blood imported slock, on 

 both siiles. For terms apply at this oHice. 4t May 11. 



Brishton IVIaukkt — Mojidny, June 20. 



[Unporlrd for llie Cl.roniole ami Palri„i..J 



At .Market this day331 Beef Cattle, including 75 unsold 

 last week ; IS Cows and Calves, and 12C6 Sheep and 

 Lamlis. 40 Beef Cattle, remained unsold at the close of 

 Ihe market. 



Pricks. — Beef Cattle — Vt'e shall quote lo d,iy from 

 4 50 to 5 25, extra at 5 33 a 5 50. We noticed some th\jj 

 Steers taken at 4 a 4 50. 



Cou-s and Calves — Sales were tfi'ecled ;it .'515, 19, 

 24, 25 and 27. 



Sheep and Lambs — Sales quick, we notice one lot at 

 SI 88, several at 2, one at 2 25, also al 2 33 a 2 37A. We 

 noticed Ihe sale of a lot of wethers, sh-'ared.tt 2 33, also 

 an extra lot sheared, at ^4. 



JVcw York Cattle Market. June 13— At Market this 

 dav between 3 and 400 head of l!eef Cattle, from 250 to 

 30n Sheen and Lambs, a few lots of Swine and about 20 

 Milch Cows. Eeef continues lo be in good demand, and 

 the price well sustained. We noticed several lots extra 

 to be bought at gtS, several good 7 a 7,50, fair from 6 a 6* 

 and iniddli- g at 54 a SJ per cwl. Sheep, the market is 

 lively and sales effected at extra $ii, good 3 a 3i, fair 2 a 

 24 ; and ordinary at 1,25 a 1,50 each, without the fleece. 

 Swine selling quick at 3^ a 4^0. Milch Cows, several 

 sales at 20, 25, and 30 each. 



