ol. V No.2ii. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



208 



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iressod, constricted aiiJ ilislrcssed, as a bux- 



3iintry lass all pinned nnd latoJ nnd tortured | 



asliion behind a sturdy busk. My coat, with 



ch or so oft' the boltom,is imposed upon Tom- 



nstcad of the now one he expected. Poor 



. he looks like an old man cut shorter. His 



Jhope is to out-grow it ; and by the lengtlien- j 



it" his face I think he may. lint it will proba- 



e small enough for Bill before long, with a^ 



more docking. My sheep afford me good 



merino and common ; my wife is accounted 



xellent spinner and weaver ; of our clothier [ 



no judge. But if you will instruct him or mc j 



, y wife, as the fault may be, how to make cloth 



ji. at garw-nts of it, that fit when new, will fit! 



lev are worn out, you will much oblige her' 



Tommy, and mauy others ; especially 



Your humble servant, 



HOMESPUN. 

 'sworth, (Me) Jan. 5th 1827. 



From Q A'ew York Paper. 



)N MIXING TAN WITH MANURE. | 

 ultivate a large farm ; and have long been in 

 labit of purchasing manure from those who 

 ct It for sale; of late I hate become quite ais- 

 iged.the manure which I have purchared has, . 

 ik, rather injured than benefitei my land. 

 ino.Mng the cause, I at lengl'* visited the! 

 iitories of the manute, whe.ltf I found large 

 lilies collected for sale, a/^d saw large heaps 

 e tin which the moi^-co leather dressers use 

 eir business, laid to ferment until it turns 

 : like old wel,!, rotted manure ; and I saw 

 eniployed^'i^tSiing this sour substance among 

 ooi! mjtiiiire. This fi.ved my opinion at once, 

 fully convinced that the failure of my 

 r was owing to this spurious stuff, which no 

 ■t destroys all the fructifying qualities of 

 ures. On inquiry I learnt that the maniire- 

 5 get pay from the morocco leather dressers 

 •arling away their tan, but those good honest 

 .\s do not quite give it away to us poor country- 

 ; we are obliged to pay high for the cheat — 

 the cheat is not easily diseovered. This is a 

 ving evil ; for as the business of the morocco 

 her dressers increases, so the quantity of tan 

 eases, and so in proportion the produce of the 

 ler must decrease. This is to warn my broth- 

 irruers of the evil. 



A Long Isi and Farmer. 



CiREAT BENEFITS OF LOO.-ESTABLKS. | METHOD OF BURNING LIME WITHOUT 



I have khown horses, in trifling lamenesses re- KILNS. 



coive much benefit from being turned into a loose Tlie practice of lime burners in Wales, was for- 



stable ; and all valuable horses should bo kept in 1 inerly to burn lime in broad shallow kilns, but in 



loose stables. I am certain, if you crack the oats some parts they now manufacture that article with- 



for horses, in a machine made for that purpose 

 that three feeds will do a horse nearly as much 

 good as four. 



A horse has a very sweet tooth, — when he is 

 unwell and won't drink, mix molasses or coarse 

 bnncn sugar in the water : he will then drink 

 freely, 



out liny kiln at all. They place the lime-stone in 

 large bodies, which are called conks, the stones 

 not being broken siniiU, as in the ordinary method, 

 and calciiie these heaps in the way used for pre- 

 paring charcoal. To prevent the flames from 

 bursting out at the top and sides of these heaps, 

 turfs and earth are placed against them, and the 



The best stopping I know to make horses' feet i aperture paitially closed; and the heat is regulated 

 grow or to supple hard feet, which are subject to j and transfused into the whole mass ; so that, not- 

 crack, is linseed boiled, and, when moderately withstanding the incv eased size of the stones, the 

 cool, applied to the feet. , uiiloe becomes thoroughly calcined. As a proof 



I have been informed by an agriculturist who • of the superior advantage that lime burnt in 

 has written on agriculture, ami tlie feeding of these clamps or conks, has over lime burnt in the 

 cattle, that the following cheap food will do for all j old method — where farmers have an opportunity 

 horses, which work in the stages, and draft-hors- of taking either lime at the same price, the prefe- 

 es ; — not for mail-coach horses, nor post-chaise ! rence is invariably given to that burned in heaps, 

 horses ; they must be full fed with oats. — Haifa This practice has long prevailed in Yorkshire and 



peck of split beans per day ; oats in tho straw, 

 one iliird ; two thirds barley or wheat straw ; the 

 oats in the straw, and the straw, to be cut, in a cut- 

 ting machine, as short as possible, not above a 

 quarter of an inch long. Particularly no hay 

 whatever with this is necessary. [Southern paper.] 





AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. 

 The Newburyport Herald given an account of 

 the factories in Salisbury and Amesbury, which 

 towns are separated by the river Powow,a narrow 

 stream, on which the factories are erected. All 

 the works are built and carried on in a space of 

 forty rods, viz : — A Nail Factory, connected with 

 a Rolling and Slitting Mill, at which 1,000 tons of 

 Iron have been wrought yearly. Extensive An- 

 chor Works. A Broadcloth manufactory, at pres- 

 ent discontinued. A Flannel manufactory, owned 

 by the Salisbury Manufacturing Company, — has 

 2,500 spindles, employs 80 hands, pays $90,000 

 yearly for labor, and manufactures 100 pieces of 

 flannel weekly. The Amesbury Flannel Company 



CONGELATION OP MERCURY. 



he fact of mercury becoming soliu was first 

 overed by accident. A professor Braun, at 

 srsburgh, in 175'J, taking advantage of a very 

 ;re frost, plunged a thermometer in a niix- 

 ; of snow and salt, to ascertain the degree of 

 i produced. Observing the mercury stationary 

 r it was withdrawn, he broke the bulb of the 

 'inometer, and found the metal frozen into a 

 l1 mass. Since then, mercury has frequently 

 en ; and in this state, when touched, it aft'ects 

 hand with a sensation similar to touching a 

 ;e of heated iron, the hand having the same 

 earancc that it assumes when burnt. 



Shropshire, and is also familiar in Scotland. 



CARE OF FARMING TOOLS. 



A topic not yet sufficiently enforced on the at- 

 tention of farmers, is the wasteful negligence e- 

 vinced in the exposure of agricultural implements 

 to the injuries of the seasons. The sled, curling 

 and cracking by the side of the wall in summer, 

 and the cart half buried in snow, and seasoning in 

 the winter storms, are symptoms of waste and ex- 

 travagance, which will ripen into a consumption, 

 to be hastened to premature termination by the 

 visits of the sheriffs. The whole secret of wealth, 

 consists in economy, and the prudent care of those 

 small rills, which without great vigilance, are 

 slipping through the chinks of the best woven 

 purse : and il may be considered quite as safe to 

 predict that none of these slovenly gentlemen will 

 be prosperous, as to write, in the style of the cal- 

 endar soothsayers, through the printed page of the 

 month of .Tanuary "expect some snow about these 

 days." The price of th« time lost when it is most 

 has 5,000 spindles, employs 180 workmen, pays valuable, in putting the exposed articles in proper 

 $40,000 for labor per year, and manufactures 260 j repair, not speaking of the cost of materials and 

 pieces of flannel per w-eek. Attiched is a Dye- 1 the interruption of business, would defray the ex- 

 house. Fulling mill and Bleachery , and an exten- ! pense of erecting ten such cheap sheds as would 

 sive warehouse. Connected are two lari'e machine ' cover them from the storms, protect them from 

 shops, at which all the work is performed for the j decay, and keep them ready for immediate use. 

 factories. The Salisbury Manufacturing Compa- [National iEgis.] 



ny are erecting a new factory, at the Upper Falls,! 



to contain 10,000 spindles, and to make upwards j Capt. Parry has commissioned the Hecla at 

 of 400 pieces of flannel per week. Whi'n complet- I Deptford, the fitting out of which was to com- 

 ed,it is calculated that 35,000 pieces of flannel will | tnonce immediately, for the voyage to Spitzen- 

 be made yearly, and 1,000 hands employed within bin gh. Several officers have been appointed to 

 the distance of 40 rods. her, one of whom (Lieut. Ross) would proceed 



Besides the above, there are within the above with Capt. P. in one of the boats over the ice, in 

 distance three grist mills, three saw mills, a cloth- I the drawing of which Shetland ponies are to be 



ier's establishment, a nail factory, carding ma- 

 chines, &c. The supply of water is abundant. 



The infiividiials employed in these Factories are 

 distributed intothrct: principal departments — card- 

 ing, spinning, and weaving, over which is an over- 



employed which will be taken on board at the 

 Orkneys. 



I rich bed of Iron Ore has been lately discov- 

 d on Gun Stock Mountain, in Guilford, N. H. 

 ich is said to be very extensive, and a furnace 

 low erecting for the purpose of preparing it for 



Petitions from the Wool Growers and Manufac- 

 turers in the Counties of Franklin, Hampshire and 



_, ■ r- , , r- , • ; Essex, Mass. — Woodstock, Vt. — New London and 



seer. The proportion or males to females is as „.. ,, ri t c /-vl- .. i 



^. , '^ f „ , ,_ ^ Windham, Con. — and from Ohio — were presented 



three to one, tne former receive each about one 



dollar per day, and the latter fifty cents, which is | 

 paid quarterly. The hours of work at the present 

 season are from 8 in the morning to 8 in the even- 

 ing. The intermissions include about two hours. 



to Congress on the 8th inst. 



A petition against the Corn Laws, has been pre- 

 sented to the British Parliament by 1350 women. 



Attempts are making to cultivate the Sugar Cane 

 in Kentucky. 



I In the Kentucky Penitentiary, lately a man 

 I chopped oft' a part of his left hand and foot, that he 

 might not be able to labor. 



