Ic, it ini\e.l witii ti heap ol' pcrleot ones, will 

 irc tlie sale of tUe wliole ; sheets are laid upon 



erounil, and as tlie baskets arc filled, tlieir 

 iteiits ^ire carried, sproiul ont, and atler lying in 



sun tor an lioiir or two, till tliorouglily i!ry, 

 y are then put by haiul/ulh into dry barrels, 

 ri straw at the head and bottom — after they 



closed up, tliey arc then fit for market. 1 

 e some trees in my oichard which are so mucl; 

 3ciiip(t, that I niJikc their fruit be picked singly, 



brlbrc put into a barrel are each surrounded 

 1 surill slip of paper. Nothing but cider ap- 

 ! sliould ever be shook from tne tree, allowed 

 le in heaps, or be carried in bags.'* 

 1 the directions which are given above there is 

 ink perliaps too much particularity, but if they 

 e in pari followed by our farmers it would not 

 : be to their own credit ; but would really be 

 their interest. Good apples are now selling 



at 'Js to 33 a bushel, just about the value of 

 itoes, whereas, if they were gathered so as to 

 p during the winter and packed in barrels they 

 Id more i-eadily coaiimnd three times the i 

 e. Your very obedient servant, ! 



ictou, Sept. 2(). X. j 



Vol. V— N'o.lS. 



NEW ENGLAND FAUMEU. 



REMEDY THE DEFICIENCY OP THE 



HAY CROP. 



he crop of liay has been so light throughout 



Province in the last summer, that every means 



ht to be adopted to supply the deficiency, which 



unavoidably be lelt during the iijiproaching 

 ter. From tlie fine and provi tential rains, in 

 latter part of the season, the second crop, or 

 t is called, the after math, is uncommonly hea- 



I have lately been on a Tour to the Eastward 



was ipiite delighted with the fresli, verdant 

 beautiful appearance of the grass fields. A 



discovery in Agriculture will enable our far- 

 i, by the proper use of their second crop, to 

 edy the insufficiency of the first, and thus pcr- 

 3, to equali,-e the whole pro luct of the season, 

 discovery, to which I allude, is extremely 

 ole and may be practised without ditficulty. — 



to mix the early cut oaten straw, in alternate 

 rs, with the second crop of grass, to build the 

 .le in stacks or ricks, and after it stands for a 

 .ain time, it ^niay be cut down with a hay knife 

 used in the same proportions as hay — for the 

 es of the young grass incorporate with the 

 w, and thus convert the whole mixture into a 

 itious and palatable food. Some few handfuls 

 alt thrown in as the stack is building will prc- 

 t the mixture from heating, and render it more 

 ;ptablc to cattle. A celebrated farmer in the 

 t of England has followed this practice for 

 e years, and warmly recommends it to the at- 

 ion of the agricultural community. By bring- 

 it, at the present moment, to the notice of 

 r country friends you w-ili confer a favour on 

 n and on me. VIRGILIUS. 



Vuro, Sept. 18, 16-30. [Ibid.] 



:. -. ^ "» 



j who has written has thought proper to draw of it. I HELLS. 



i 111 the first place, the mounlaius, occupying fully We called yesterday at the store of Mr Joseph F. 

 one third of the country, are wholly incapable of I White, Noai.'J Water street, to look at one of Mr 

 cultivation. I Hoyt's patent Bells for Churches and otlier public 



Tlie Valleys it is true, are rich ; but the immense ; buildings. It is made of a bar of cast steel, shaped 

 plains are far from being universally so, even many i in the form of a triangle, .suspended by one of the 

 of the valleys wojld not produce without manure. J angles in a wooden frame; the hammer or clapper 

 But the great curse and terrific scourge of this j being attached to the frame, and moved, so as to 

 country, is drought, unremitted drought, during : strike the triangle, by a wheel and rope in the usu- 

 !• months of the year, throughout four-fifths of the al mode of bell ringing. The value of the improve- 

 Rcpublic ;bencc there arc few streams, and little mcnt consists in its economy. One of tlie com- 

 "ood. . : men kind of bells costs at least seventy-jive per 



Water and steam po,\er arc almost unknown, cent more thin one of these, having a sound equal 

 an<l can never come into general use. The wo- ■ to it in every respect, \\'hether as it regards its 

 men are obliged to grind by hand all the corn that : tone, prolongation, or the extent of its reach. The 

 is consumed, and have but little time to employ vveiglit of the patent bell is almost one fifth less 

 themselves in domestic manufactures, which how- than that of the other; the expense of hanging it 

 over arc gaining ground. but a mere trifle, and the ringing occasions not the 



'i'he labor of the husbandman is wholly lost dur- sliglitost shock nor injury to the steeple or build- 

 ing a great part of the year, for it is useless for ' ing in which it is placed. It is believed that its 

 him to sow when all consuming drought will des- ' advantages will be manifest to the trustees of 

 troy his crop, or rather prevent it from coming up; churches, and other persons having occasion to 

 and irrigation can be practised only upon a ievi procure bells, if they will take the trouble to give 

 favoured spots. , it .tu examination. [N. Y. Statesman.] 



From these causes or rather the single one,want ■ " ' ■■■■"■"■■■■■ 



of rain, [ am disposed to attribute the little progress 

 this country has made in comfort and civilization, 

 much more than that to its being oppressed by an 

 arbitrary government. Drought produces idle- 

 ness, and idleness as the proverb says, " is the root 

 of all evil," as is exemplified in this country. 



How much more preferable is our 4 months win- 

 ter, to the 8 or 9 months dry season of this coun- 



NEW ENGLAND FAR MER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, OCT. 20, 1826. 



WORCESTER CATTLE SHOW. 

 The Annual Cattle Show, Ploughing Match and 

 Exhibition of Manufactures, uhder the auspices o 

 the Worcester Agricultural Societv, was held at 



I n ij .u t ■ »u ij Worcester on the llth inst. The presence of 



•y I Could the w^orst government in the world ,. ,. •,]••. , ,' H'"c"^>= 



„,"..„ . 1 J 1 ,. <-iu • 1 U-. » some distinguished visitors, who attended as spec- 



maKe so wretched a people out of the inhabitants ^ 



of the United States .' No ! for rain falls there fre- 



quently." 



tators, and partakers in the solemnities and festiv- 

 ities of the Husbandman's Holiday, added to the 

 interest which is usually felt in this Anniversary. 

 Among the distinguished guests wore the Presi- 



GRAPES. 

 A grape vine growing in the garden o^Mr M. <^<^"' °^ t'le United States, and the Judges of the 

 H. Tucker in Lockport,N.Y. which was taken from Supreme Court. 



Prince's Garden on Long Island but two years ago '^l'" exhibition of manufactures, according to 

 in the shape of a small scion, has obtained a growth the Reports of the Committees was not equal to 

 that renders it not only valuable for its productions, ■ ^^'''^^ '' ^^^ ^^^'^ «" ^'ome former similar occasions, 

 out as an ornament. It has borne this season, two The exhibition of Animals according to the Re- 

 bushels of grapes, of a large size, and of a superi- V^"^^^ of the Committee surpassed any former show 

 or quality, that have ripened previous to the mid- of the kind ; and was highly gratifying to all who 

 die of the present month. It is called the Isabella have at heart the prosperity of the agricultural in- 

 Grape, and is said to be a native of the southern te^cst. 



states. From its peculiar fitness to our climate. The Ploughing Match was ably contested ; 11 

 we are led to the opinion that no species of gcape teams entering the list, but for particulars we 

 will bette-r repay the trouble of cultivation. It may ™"st refer to the report of the Committee, 

 be obtained by an application to Mr Tucker, who ^t 10 o'clock the society, together with their 

 is an agent for Mr Prince, and to whom our citi- honourable guests moved in procession to the 

 zens are already indebted for the introduction of ^""'h Meeting House. A brief and pertinent Ad- 

 many kinds of fruit of a rare and superior quality. ' '^"'ess hy his Excellency Gov. Li.ncoln, President 



CLIMATE AND SOIL OF xMBXICO. 

 xtract of a letter from an American, in one of 

 interior towns of Mexico, to his friend in Ncw- 

 eans : 



have now seen this country from Vera Cruz to 

 ;ico, from thence to Tampico, and from Tam- 

 , to this place. I have conversed with several 

 have traversed it in almost every direction, 

 I am Inst in astonishment at the exaggerated 

 ure of fertility which almost every traveller 



See N. J. Farmer, vol. v. page 91 



barTTey^ 



The demand for this grain is annually increasing, 

 and its value increases in like proportion ; a few 

 years ago, 40 cents per bushel wa« thought a high 

 price ; it will now command in this market from 

 80 to 90 cents per bushel of 48 lbs. This advance 

 in price is occasioned by the extensive use made 

 of it in breweries; the high price holds out a strong 

 inducement for farmers to raise more of it; and an 

 increased quantity of barley being offered for sale, 

 will probably be the occasion of still greater oper- 

 ations by the brewers. If all our farmers would 

 substitute beer for spirits as a summer drink, they 



would reap the double advantage of escaping in 



temperance and making a ready and profitable jenpe before mVntioned. __ .. , 



market for a portion of their produce.— Porfs.^/owr. j„,jtty^ ^nd patriotic toasts, were drank, which we 



of the Society, was succeeded by a pertinent,fervid 

 and eloquent prayer by the Rev. John Nelso.n of 

 Leicester. Ehory Washburn, Esq. of Leices- 

 ter, then delivered an Address which was very fe- 

 licitous and appropiate. The Oration extracted 

 much humour from a dry subject ; and though his 

 sketches were sometimes satirical, yet even the 

 objects of his satire could not but admire the keen- 

 ness of his shafts as well as the vigour of his bow. 

 While he pourtrayed certain follies and foibles 

 which mark the characters of some cultivators, he 

 did ample justice to the good qualities, which dis- 

 tinguish the mass of the yeomanry of New Eng- 

 land. 



At 2 o'clock the Society dined together in the 



Town Hall, together with the strangers of emin- 



A number of sensible, 



