PRACTICAL FARMER. 



15 



BRIGHTON MARK KT,— Monday, May 23,1836. 

 Reported for the Daily Advertiser &. Patriot. 



At market, 198 Beef Cattle, 18 Cows and Calves, 76 

 Sheep, nnd 360 Swine. 48 Beef Cattle unsold. Also 

 43 left within a few miles of the market. 



Pkices. Boef Cattle — Last week'.s prices for a like 

 quality were well supported. We noticed a few extra 

 and very fine taken at 51s ; first quality at 46s a 49s6d ;- 

 second quality 4]s3d a 44s3d ; third quality 36s a 39s. 



Cows and Calves— Sales at $21, 24, 32, 35, 40 and 43. 



Sheep — No sales effected at the close of the market. 



Swine — Prices have declined a little ; a very few pur- 

 chasers to peddle. We quote selected lots 8 for Sows 

 and 9 for Barrows ; two lots Barrows, not selected, 8 

 and 8 1-2. .^t retail 9 and 10. 



Horses — We noticed sales as follows : $50, 75, 125, 

 150, 155 and 178. 



FUEJVCH SUGAR BICET aud . .XJL.BERRY SEED. 



VVM. PKINCE & SONS, Flushing, Long Island, have im- 

 ported a few hundred pounds of the j'ellow and while Sugar 

 Beet Seed, which they supply at $1 per lb. Tliis vegetable 

 bids fair to become an object of extensive culture throughout 

 our country for the manulacture of sugar. 



Also, 20l' lbs. genuine white Italian Mulberry Seed, crop 

 1835, an article so rare at the present moment, as scarcely to 

 be obtainable elsewhere ; and it is with pleasure we announce 

 to our correspondents that they will not be disappointed when 

 they apply lo iis for this rare ariic'e. 



<,"hin' se Mulberry Trees and Cuttings by 100 and 1000 — 

 Apply by mail direct to us. 



650 bushels Whilefield Pcans of a very prolific variety aud 

 of excellent quality by Bairel oi Tierce. 



May 25. 2t 



AO ACRES 



Of the best land in Koxbury,ror sale, situated on Brush 

 Hill Turnpike, about 4 miles from th; city, near Grove Hall, 

 together with all the buildings thereon, comprising a- conve- 

 nient dwelling house, 2 barns, one of which has a cellar, and 

 is capable of holding 100 tons of ha}', with an inexhaustible 

 well of soft water contiguous — a mill house — corn barn, sheds, 

 &.c. — large, valuable orchards of inoculated fruit trees of 

 all kinds, — a nursery of young trees — gooseberries, currants, 

 &c. The land is well adapted to the growth of the Mulberry 

 and is accessilile by two roads. For further [articulars en- 

 quire of Charles Rlclniire, No. 5, f^xchange street, Boston, or 

 ol" the subscriber on the premises. 



THOS. H. DARLING. 



Roxbury, May 23d, 1836. 



FRENCH SUGAR BEET. 



A valuable root for the table when young, and for Cattle 

 wlien fully grown ; v. rv productive. 2 lo 2 1-2 lbs. will seed 

 pii acre. For sale at the Seed Store, 51 and 52, :Sorth Mar 

 ket street. may 25. 



AVAKTED, 



A man thoroughly qualified to take the management and 

 nork on a sma I Farm. A married man will be preferred if 

 ihe wife can undertake ihe cooking and washing of a small 

 family. The best of icforences will be required lo such per- 

 sons wiiii whom they have lived, as to capabilities and char- 

 acter. Letters addressed post paid to box 2G5 New Haven, 

 or application lo the Agricultural Warehouse, will be attend- 

 ed to May 25. 



SILK WORMS EGGS. 



Just received at the New England Seed Store, a few thou- 

 sands of Silk Worms Eggs of the difterctit varieties White, 

 2 crops a year, Black and Mammoth, in papers, from 25 cts. 

 o 2 00 per paper. May 25. 



PHINNEY CORN. 



For sale, a few bushels of this superior Early Corn, recom- 

 mended in the current volume of the New England Farmer, 

 Capt. Daniel Chandler. PricegS per bushel. Way 18. 



CARROT SEED. 



For sale at the New England Seed Store, 250 lbs. vcrv fine 

 Long Orange Carrot Seed, Every farmer knows the "value 

 of carrots as fodder for horses and cattle. It is calculated 

 that one bushel of them, is fully equal to one bushel of oats. 

 They produce on an average 600 bushels to the acre. The 

 seed may be sown lo the 20th of June. May 18. 



MORUS MUI.TICAULIS SEED. 



Just received fresh from Canton, per the Neponset, a 

 quantity of Genuine Chinese Mulberry Seed. This seed is 

 undoubtedly of Ihe growth of 1835. It was thoroughly tested 

 in Canton by the gcntleiiian who imported it, and there is no 

 doubt of the genuineness, or the quality of the seed, and its 

 vitality. One ounce of seed will give about 5000 trees. For 

 sale al Barrett's New England Seed Store, Nos. 51 and 52 

 North Market street, Boston. May 11. 



NATIVE FOREST TREES. 



The siihscriher will furnish the following kinds of Native 

 Forest Trees from the vicinity of Bangor, Maine, and ship 

 them carefully, according to orders, viz.: Silver Firs, (from 

 2 to 3 feet high) ; Elms, (from 5 to 25 feet); Rock Maples, 

 (from 5 to 25 (eel) ; Mountain Ash, (from 5 lo 25 feet) ; 

 Spruce, Sumachs, Pines, and Cedars, Red Cherry, Sugar 

 Plums, and Junipers. Also Seed of the above trees furnished 

 in their season. Any orders addressed to the subscriber. 

 Seedsman at Rangor, or left at Geo. C. Barrett's New England 

 Seed Store, Boston, will meet with pronpt attention. 



Bangor, May 2, 1836. W31. B. HARLOW. 



AVINSHIPS' ESTABLISHMENTS 



All orders forwarded by mail will be executed with prompt- 

 ness, or plants may be selected by persons visiting the Nur- 

 series. 



Just received from Europe, a large quantity of productions, 

 among tliem, new and superior Gooseberry Trees, from Scot- 

 land, with specimens of fruit preserved in alcohol. 



SILVER LEAF ABELE TREES, a suitable, and very 

 ornamental for islands, sea coasts, or public grounds, at rea- 

 sonable rates, by the hundred or thousand ; remarkable for 

 its beauty and quick and vigorous grow h. 



Brighton, April 13. 



FARM FOR SAL.iS. 



For sale a Farm in Bed'ord, County of fliiddlesex, 17 miles 

 from Boston and 10 from Lowell, containing 104 acres inclu- 

 ding abo'jt 15 acres covered with a valuable growth of wood 

 which has been preservetl with great care for the last 20years, 

 the garden contains about 3 acres under the highest cultiva- 

 tion and is furnished with a great variety of flowers and 

 shrubs which have been collected alniuch labor and expence; 

 attached to the garden is a Green House filled with thrii'ly 

 bearing Grape Vines, and choice and valuable plants which 

 will be sold or not as the purchaser may choose. The Farm 

 is under good cultivation and together with the Garden is 

 stocked with the choicest Fruits, such as Apples, Pears, 

 Peaches, Quinces, Plums, Strawberries of vaiiotis kinds. 

 Raspberries, Gooseberries, &c &.C., which the present owner 

 has spared no expence in obtaining. The Farm i^ bguiided 

 on the west by Concord River, which is well sii,>pl:r i with 

 fish, and the country around abounds with ganu , n-akins i' a 

 desirable retreat to the gentleman who is fond u! fisliaig or 

 shooting. 



Possession will be given on the Isl April next — for term?, 

 which will be liberal, apply to the subscriber in Boston oral 

 the Farm. JAMES VILA. 



BOUND VOtiUMES OF THE SllilC MANUAL. 



For sale at Ih.e Agricultural Warehouse and New England 

 Seed store, the first volume of the Silk Manual and Practical 

 Farmer, neatly bound. Price 62.J cents. 



The book contains 192 pages, and a g.-eat amount of val- 

 uable information on the subject of Silk Culture. It is deci- 

 dedly the cheapest book, extant, that treats upon that subject 



May 4. 



SPLENDID DAHLIA ROOTS. 



Just received from the Laucas^er Gardens, a fine assort- 

 ment of splendid Dahlia Roots. For sale at the New England 

 Seed Store. 



