Vol. v.— No. ]. 



NF.VV ENGI.ANI) FAU3n:K. 



Pembroke, July 26, 1820, 



Yours, respectfully, 



is large, it is well wortli a thorough trial. It may i nieaium of tlie New England Farim 

 ! be well, however, to observe that some patience method of curing them 

 ■11(1 perseverance may be necessary to ascertain its [ 

 ilue by feeding i^ out to cuttle, which have not 

 ii'cn accustomed to it ; as they otlen refuse a new 

 I kind of food which is substantial and suitable for 

 them. Let your cattle, if they reject it at first, try 

 it in cold weather, alter short keeping, and when 

 I they have been aciustomed to it, tlieir preference 

 or dislike will give tlie means for forming an esti- 

 mate of its value. 



n-, tlic best 



II. C. 



THE SEASON. 

 [Extract of a letter from a Correspondent in Ben- 

 nington, Vt.] 

 '• The universal complaint of drought lias pre- 

 vailed here in a severe degree. There is not half 

 a crop of grass, and many kinds of fruit, — spring 



. j and winter wheat, and rye, are much injured Bui 



RECOVERING SALT MARSHES. | we have had copious showers of late, v^-hich make 



Mr Fesse.npe.n. — I wish through the medium jOats, Corn and potatoes look promising, Grass- 



of your paper to call the attention of some of our i hoppers are plenti/." 

 distinguished and useful agriculturists to the ob- 



3 



The lambs cume in February, and the 

 greater part died ; and the remai.ider were poor 

 scrawny thmgs. I then found, for the fust time 

 that the ewes had but lilllc milk, which was owino- 

 to tlieir bemg fed on dry food. The next year,! 

 put my bucks witli my ewes, the twentieth Oc- 

 tober : had better luck. The next year, I put my 

 bucks tenth November: had still better luck.— 

 Tlio next year, put my bucks the first December • 

 and from one hundred and fifty-six ewes, raised 

 one hundred and fifty-four lambs ; wliicli great 

 success was chiefly owing to the season of the 

 year the lambs came in ; tlie ewes then having 



plenty of milk, and the cold storms mostly over 



_ ^ ^ ^ I "<'ver let my ewes have the buck until they are 



ject of ricovcrins marshes icholly from the sea. I From Memoirs of the N. Y. Board of Aoriculture ' l'?^^'"""*^^ of one year old : my reason for so doing, 



"= ■ ' IS, they lose two fore-teeth when they are one 



year old, and cannot gather grass enough to sun- 



occasionally ride on the Salem Turnpike, and as | 

 often wish the Hon. Joh.n Lowell or some other | 

 spirited and competent individual, would under- 



ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP, &„. , 



„^ „ J, , ^,_i To Jesse BuEL, Esq — Having received a cir- j ''°''' ""^™^'^'^''^ ""'' lamb, ami are both spoiled. 



take to cover the large waste place, devoted to *^"'^''' at'''ressed to me, requesting me to commu- ^^^ ^^'^'^P ^^^^'^^ before mentioned have large epa- 

 salt grass.with rich plantations and luxuriant Eng- "'^^^''^ 'o the Board of Agriculture for the state of [ ^^^ '®'} "P.'^".'''; *''^ ^''^es, about four feet from the 

 lish grass. I would enquire of you, tlie nature of |^ew-York, what little information I possess, as 



round, which lets the air circulate freely above 



the shore bounding those great marshes. Is it *a''n^<^>'' I know of no better way than to give a I \ ^^'^^^' ""^ carries otf tlie stench. I also 



such that a moderate expense would embank or ^ho" 'Tcount of my operations for several years ! jf^*^ '"^'^'^'^ «ithboUoms to them, m order to keep 



dyke it : and are the mouths of the several rivers P^st ; which are as follow *"" 



30 situated that they could be easily locked so as 

 to admit as much water as should be necessary 



'"em from running over their feed, or getting 

 In tilling the earth, I consult the nature of the i '^''°''' ^^""^ ^"" °*' bay-seed, which is injurious. 



When properly managed, sheep arc the most 



... .... ^., „.„...,.,.... „o ., ^ ^^ ,.^^^^:,a.,y 'f sandy, I loavo the surfaco smooth, in Order , « ., ■ , - 



for irrigation and no more ? Your attention is ^ retain the moisture as long as possible : if the ; P'_,"''/f .^"™^'^ '■^'^'='' "P°" o""; farms ; as they 

 respectfully invited to this subject by 



Boston, July 26, 1626. 



Your ob't servant, 



F. H. P. 



soil is heavy, I lay it in ridges, so as to carry the ' '^"PP'^'i i" their fleece, carcases and tallow, the most 

 water off as soon as possible. The ridges are | "'"=.'^"' "'^"'^ °'""''^"- I beg leave to remark, that 

 made by throwing eight furrows together, and , "'*^"' ''^''' ^'''"'^ ^'^^'^^ "°* ^°^'> well understood 

 cleaning out the middle furrow between the lands, ' ^^ °^^ legislature, or they would lend a fostering 



which always ought to lie so as to take the water | ''^""^ *" ^° ^^^ili'^ble an animal. The United States 

 off. I followed this mode of farming many years ; "^^^ "^^'°'' ''^ ^" independent nation, until we roan- 



Hemarks by the Editor. — We are but little ac 



nuainted with the nature of the soil and the cir- - — & j j^.^.^, . 



cumstances of situation, &c. of the extensive tract I''"*' Ending my farm fast decaying under the } "''^'^^"'^ ^^'^ °'^'" <=°"°"^^"j;^o°JJ^;^ ^l°tjj^ 

 above referred to : but think the snhjoe* highly P'o^gh, and knowftig that no farm will keep itself . » i>t .v cTTm,,, 



BENJAMIN SUTTON. 



deserving attention. Among the enquiries which ^" liean 



should precede any attempt, by draining, embank 

 ments, &c. to convert salt marshes to fresh mead 



I turned my i 



CURE FOR THE STING OF A WASP. 

 A few days ago, happening to be in the country, 



attention to the raising of horses and cattle, with 

 menis, tvc. lo coint-ri, saiL iimisiies lu iiusn iiieau- ^^"^ SO"*' success ; but I never suffered my young I ,..„ ,,,;f„„^„„i ,,„ „. - > ^, . „ 



ows suitable for the production of English grass, ^ ^t«k to stand crooked with hunger or cold, in dn "I? ™n 1 i 'r T L^°' *'^ 



&c. the nature and depth of the soifis, perhaps, ««i^ ^^^t year's growth ; for if they are allowed '^^'"^ "^ '^ «'«^P '"enfoned m one of our late nnn. 

 one of the greatest consequence. The soil of ^° '^o ''°' they will grow crooked, as well as a twig, 

 some land occasionally flooded by the sea is so ^'''^^" ''^"'- ^ think that if farmers in general 

 sandy, or otherwise defective, that it would not """^"^ ^^^d to two,as much as they do to three,their 

 be, prudent or profitable to undertake to change its "^*' profits would be much greater. After these 

 nature and productions. But in some cases salt several experiments, my land being mostly of a 

 marshes, by a moderate expense in ditching, diking heavy nature, I found that stock travelling over 

 and proper cultivation, may be made the most vaf- "'*^ f^eUs, packed the land so hard that it must be 

 uable land which our climate affords. We hope P'oughed often, or it would bear no grass ; and as 



the suggestion of our correspondent will meet the '"y S°o^ fortune would have it, I had twenty!. ^„„, ^, , ^ .....„.,.<...„„». i.mus- 



attention of those to whom they are addressed, calves and sixty slieep, feeding at my barn ; and ' try. They overlook solid comforts, such as all 

 and shall at all times be happy to lend our columns | always found that the twenty calves eat more ; might enjoy, and think only of luxuries which must 

 to the objects of his communication. i "='y "'an my sixty sheep ; and I found by obser- ' always be confined to a few. The love of the fine 



vation that my sheep trod so light that they did arts engrosses attention that should be devoted to 



RECIPE FOR GINGER BEER. j not poach the land into mud, and leave it so hard ' the useful. I have seen women busy in embroid- 



Mr Fesse.nden— The following recipe for nuk- that nothing could grow on it, until it was pul- , ering silks and weaving artificial flowers, when 



ing Ginger Beer, I know from long experience can verized by the frost, or ploughed again. And as they ouffht to be employed in darnin<r their own 



be relied upon. I think your readers will find it the raising of sheep is so little understood in the stockings or in mending their petticoats Carter. 



worth trial. Yours, E. \^. 1 United States, I shall give my experience nearly ! ■ — ■ — 



p mentioned in one of our late pap- 

 ers. A little boy was stung severely, and was in 

 great torture, until an Onion was applied to the 



part affected, when the cure was instantaneous 



This important and simple remedy cannot be too 

 generally known, and we pledge ourselves to the 

 fact before stated. [Liverpool Mercury.] 



CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH. 

 J . , „ . , In my opinion, one of the greatest faults with the 



good fortune would have it, I had twenty i French people is, a misdirection of national indus- 



One gallon fresh water — two pounds best su^ar I at full length on that head. In 1814, I sold my I 



— two lemons sliced — two ounces crirn tartaj— 



WIT. 



Dr Henniker, in piivato conversation with the 



horses and cattle off, and commenced raising me 

 simmer (not boil) for half an hour — then add table J ""o sheep, and had all the disadvantage of inex- earl of Chatham, his Lordship asked him, amon 

 spoonful yeast — ferment it in the usual way, jtnd i perience to encounter ; which proved almost fatal, other questions, how he defined wit. " My lord," 

 bottle for use. Boston, July 30, 182(1 i I wintered my sheep in the open air, without sheds; said the Doctor, " wit is like what a pension would 



my lambs came in February, and mostly all died ; be to your humble servant, — a good thing well 



and those that survived were poor little nurly ' applied." 



things, and mostly all died the next winter. I also ' 



QUERY. 



For several years past we have been unsucci 

 ful in preserving our cucumbers, for pickle^ in | lost about one fifth part of my old sheep, which"l 



Great Accuracy. — Private letters from America 



vinegar, they are destroyed by its being too sharp j think was mostly owing to their bei^n-r constantly f"^'' *''\* ^ subscription for the relief of Mr Jef- 

 or perish for the want of sufficient acidity, [n a exposed to the cold rains and snow ; for they were ! ^''"°"' "'V l'^!'"^''''l °^ the United States, has 



- , , ■ — , --- they.. ^.^ 



pickle of salt, or packed in dry salt, they soften t well fed. I then built sheds to shelter them in i , 

 in freshing. I beg leave to inquire throughlthe bad storms ; but did not take my bucks from niy r° ^''P®'''^ 



commenced in Boston, his native toivn [Liver- 



