\ 1. v.— No. 



NEW ENGLAND FAIifVIKK. 



215 



i 



From the .MidJlclown Stntintt. 



SHAKER BARN. 

 Starr — 1 lisiid you for tlie aur.usement 

 )im;itioii of tiio practical farmer, a dcscrip- 

 icji 1 hare verbnlly rcceiveil from a friend 

 iving ill that vicinity, of a hiriro Barn, 

 ait season, in the town of Hancock, 

 re county. Muss, by the family of Shakers 

 in that town. It is possible tliut in some 

 the dimensions may be inaccurate ; but 



y rely tliat they are materially correct 



site and form are, probably unfit for any 



1 purposes — very' few farmers would wish 



ct so much forage and manure, or have so j 



toe k at one place; but all wlio have any I 



ncc in tlic business, will agree that there ! 



in'^enuity and convenience, in the design, ! 



Te establishment. i 



Barn is built on ground inclining south- : 



in a perfect circle, and is ninety feet in i 



r, or acro-is it from side to side. The walls ' 



le, 'J"2 feet in height, of suitable thickness, ! 



1 in lime or well pointed on each side. — 



tlie Barn, on the inner side, are stables 



a circle the manger within, and suitable 



over it to throw or feed down the hay ; the 



nd manger occupy about V2 feet, and are 



igli ; the stables open to and from several 



t barn-yards, in order to make as many 



ch I'.ivisions of their stock as tliey have 



proper. The covering of the stables forms 



rn floor, which also extends round thej 



There is but one large door way for en- i 



with teams and loads ; this is from the 



rn side, from an offset or causeway, 8 feet 



he base, and of course 14 feet below the 



The cart or wagon that enters with a' 



ikes the \T''iole circuit of the floor, and af- i 



lading comos out at the same door ; thus 8 ] 



!ams with their loads, can occupy the floor 



time in unloading, an«l not hinder each 



Within this circle of the stahlej and barn j 



« an area or bai/, as it is usually called, i 



is filled with hay, &c. which must be over 



diameter. This is pitched in and on from i 



e or place most convenient, or where wan- 



■roof comes to a point at the centre, and 

 off the rain all round something similar to 

 orella. It is supported from the inner cir- 

 the barn floor. The roof boards are laid up 

 <wn, which by a transverse sawing of the 

 re all brought to a point, and then shinjled 

 in the usual mode. M. 



pcnsfs, 'i,0ni,'.2j;J ; I'oiiirjiatidiis, Ordnance, ifcc 1,171, Crmvirsatioiis on Chemistry 

 i-400; llpvoluHnnary and Mililary Pensions, 1,571- Good's Book of N'atnic 

 ; -^40 ; Indian I), partmeuls. ItJlSi'l ; Arroarast,, '.'0,- '^''^^h-'-'j, Orclmrdist 

 - ' . a ' "1 Coxeonlruit Frees 



IKIO; Internal Improvements, 102,000 ; Naval Eslab- Fanner's Guide 

 lishme»t, 3,230,560. ; Cattle Doctor & Cattle Medicine 



— I Smilh's Grammar of Botany 



Fire in JHexatidria.—Oa the I8th iirstant, the city Kmpoiium of Arts & Sciences 

 of AUxandria, 1). C. was visited liy a most calamitous Y^'ious Works on Sheep 



conflagration, commencing abov^Roval street, near 1«!^'''^'?\^''"''"^°/,'<^°1!"";' , • . , 



. " " - I Sinclair's Account of the Husbandr-y in Scotland 



Fine street, and sweepings every building on both sides i Sinclair's General Kepoit of Scotland. Tlafcs 

 of Pine, as far as Water street, except the Farmer's '. Ijoudon's ('Encyclopedia of (iardining- 

 Bank at the corner of I'ine and Royal. It was arrested'! Loudon's Encyclopedia of Agriculture, 

 at Water street after it had consumed Mr Robinson's /^'".^ »"y great v.iriety of snch books as are wanf 



, cu, and put into social and Circulatin' Libraries, ori 

 store and a few adjacent small buddings. hand, and supplied on most liberal terms. 



The Humber of houses destroyed besides back build- ! R. f. Si C. W. have heard many complaints of the 

 lags was about 40 ; and the Talue of the houses and miserable quality of paper and type of the common 

 goods destroyed can hi.dly have fallen short of two ' ^"'^"f"''' "."'"'.^V"" &°^°"t some Tery neat, and 

 7 , , , , , ,, %, , , which they will sell at a moderate price in sheets to 



hundred thousand dollars. Some of the property was j (he trade on liberal terms. They invite the attention 

 insured but to what extent is not known : the Fire In- j of the public. Jan. 12 



suraace Company of Alexandria will, it is supposed, I ~Z ' 



he a considerable loser by the fire. The principal suf- 1 „,,^ Map of \ew-E,igland. 



, , , r , ,t ii-ii in n u „ I -"UST published, and for sale at the office of the 



ferers by loss of property are Mr Hdl, Mr Brocchus, Mr ! g^jj^,,, p^ny Advertiser, 



Podd!, Mr Harper, Mr .lohnson, Mr Rummay, Mr I A MAP of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, 

 Rudd, Mr iMurphy, Mr Hepburn, Messrs G. k .1. P. j Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, ar.d Connecti- 

 Thompson, Miss Wilson, the Estate of P. G. Marstel- i cut,— with the adjoining parts of New York, Lower 



, ^ ,, ,, ri II 11,1 ^T■ u.- 1 I L , Canada, and New Brunswick, 



ler, Jona. C. May, Mr Horwell, Mr iNightingale, Isabel ^n a scale of eight miles to an inch-exhibiting the 

 Howard, and several others. ! situations and boundaries of all the principal roads. 



The Office of the Alexandria Gazette was in such I streams, bridges, mountains, churches, villages, ix. 



Compiled from a careful comparison of all the pub- 



danger, (though the building escaped) that the materi- j 

 ils were all hastily removed and it will take probably 

 some days to get the office righted so as to resume pub- 

 lications. 



This is we believe by far the greatest fire that ever 

 happrned in Alexandria. 



FOR sale at the Agricultural Warehouse, un- 

 der the Office of the New England Farmer, at 

 wholesale and retail, 



500 bus.hels Red-Top Seed, 



Millet Seed — Mangel Wurlxel — Tl'uad Seed — 



Dutch Cote Seed, S,-c S^c. Jan. 26. 



lished maps and charts, and all the surveys, drawings, 

 and other documents which would aid the undertaking, 

 known to the compiler, in the public offices, or in the 

 hands of individuals, and from personal examination of 

 many parts of the countiy ; 



A»d carefully engraved in the neatest and most a] - 

 proved style, by a skillul artist, who has devoted the 

 most assiduous attention to the work. 



ET NATHiB HALE. 



Price to subscribers, five dollars for plain copies, ou 

 cloth and rolitrs, or loided in a case, at their option ; 

 and six dollars for copies put up in the same manner 

 coloured and varnished. 



The publication of this map has been hitherto de- 

 ferred, in consequence of the delay incurred in pro- 

 curing them to he coloured and mounted in a neat and 

 atisfactory manner, in such numbers as to supply the 

 demand; and in the mean time a few inconsiderable 

 errors have been discovered and corrected. .Tan. 19. - 



Fruit and Forest Trees. 

 N. DAVENPORT has for sale at his Nursery a larg«. 



aution. — A few days since, a respectable 

 itant of this town came near losing his life 

 dng a tea made of the Datura Stramonium, 

 Drn appl« plant, which v^as mistaken for 

 ound. By timely medical aid, however, the 

 onsequences were averted, which otherv^ise 

 lave ensued. We understand that a smaller 

 ad been taken by another member of the 

 , which produced a temporary delirium. — 

 ope this will serve as a caution to those who 

 :ake to administer medicine of any kind. 

 [Mass. Spy.] 



ropriationfor 1837. — Mr Secretary Rush has 

 fed the estimate for the service of the present 

 It amounts to $10,283, ri29, which is thus di- 

 ;— The Civil List, 1,263,69-1; Miscellaneous, 

 .5; Foreiga Intercourse, 261,000; Army Es- 



Valuable Farm for Sale. 

 On WEDNESDAY, the 7th day of February next, at 

 lOo'cUck, on the premises, • ill be sold at Auction, 

 That well known Farm, situated in Lynn, about J 

 mile from the Hotel occupied the past season by Dud- 

 ley Choate. cousieling of the following, viz. sixty acres 



ofwood tillage land, mostly down to English Grass ;! variety of Fruit Trees; also 300 Rock Maples, in a 

 onit is two young orchards of apple trees, of good se- young and thrifty state. This timely notice is giveu, 

 lection of fruit ; one hundred Itn acres wood and pas- j that persons in want of trees of any description, which 

 ture land, which has on it a handsome qi.arry of rocks, j Mr Davenport may not have, can send their orders in 

 suitable for splitting and dressing, situated one mile I season to have the trees brought from Long Island. A 

 from a wharf where they can be taken off by a lighter. ! list of Mr Davenport's trees will be found in the New 



England Farmer, vol. iv. page 312. — Orders for trees 



may be left with Johk B. Rcssei.i., Publisher of the 

 New England Farmer,N. Market street. Trees will be 

 delivered in Boston, and payment for the same may be 

 made to Mr Russell. Jan. 12 



There is a commodious Dwellin'; house built in the cot 

 tage form; twolarge barns; chaise house and tool sh»p ; 

 corn barn ; shed, and large hog stye ; the whole of the 

 buildings nearly new, and handsomely arranged to- 

 gether with two good wells of water, near the house 

 and barns ; all the land is adjoining and near the house 

 and enclosed with a good stonewall, Purchasers are 

 requested to call and examine the Farm, previous to 

 the day of sale. Terms will be made easy. For fur- 

 ther particulars, inquire of THOMAS A BREED, 

 HENRY A. BREED, 

 or WM. CHADWELL, Auct'r. 

 Lynn, Jan. Wlh, 1027. 



Approved Agricultural Works. 

 R. P. & C. WILLIAMS, 79 Washington street, have 

 1 for sale, a very valuabU collection of books on this 



subject, and directly connected with it, suitable for 



agricultural libraries— among which will be found. 

 I Farmer's Assistant, 



Farmer's Maniral 



Culley on Choosing Live Stock 

 1 Art of Preserving various substances 

 ' Davy's Agricultural Chemistry 



^[^Sportsmtn 

 Will find at COPELAND'S POWDER STORE, 66 

 Broad Street, a complete assortment of Powder, Shott, 

 Balls , Flints, and Percussion Caps. The Powder war- 

 ranted superior to any which can be had in the coun, 

 try — price 624 cents and 87.J cts. per lb. Shott, Caps, 

 &c. at the lowest prices — wholesale and retail. 



6t Nov. 24. 



a E IKE O V A I.. 



^S^The Office of the JVew England Farmer is 

 removed to the spacious room over Mr J^ewell's Ag- 

 ricultural Establishment, No. 52 JVorth Market 

 Street, sign of the Golden Plough, — opposite Ote 

 head of the JVew Fanueil Hall Market. 



