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Published by John B. Russell at Ko. .Vi Xorlii Market Strcot, (opposite Fanucii Hall).— Thomas G.'Fessk.nuen, Kuitor. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1827. 



No. 29. 



AGiUCULTURE. 



SALT MARSHES. 

 R Editok — 1 have read in the Fartt.er of to- 

 tlie second letter of the Hon. .lohn Welles, 

 iarshes. The subject is in excellent hands, 

 mo time since I sufrgestod in your paper Iho 

 of some spirited and competent gentleman's 

 rtaking the recovering of the Lyn i marshes. 

 iild now sugpfcst some propositions to be made 

 ic, provided Mr Welles should not make them 

 .s future numbers. 



Would it do to overflow the marshes during 



mn and winter, or after an upland crop has 



gathered, and before the time of sowing in 





Sir, — I take the liberty of troubling you with a 

 few iniiuiries, in consoquence of uu application 



made to me by , who says he has rented a 



farm under you, and crin refer to you for his ch.ir- 

 acter and respectability, for permission to take an 

 i-.ssignmeut of a lease of a farm of which I have 

 the control. You will, thrcfore, oblige me by in- 

 forming me vvliat is Ins character. Whether he is 

 iionest, sober, frugal, industrious ? Whether lie is 

 observant of hie engagement with his landlord and 

 others ? Whether he is contented or encroaching, 

 coijipliant or obstinate, cunning or sincere, good 

 tempeicd or churlish ? Whether he stands to his 

 word, or takes all such advantages as he legally 

 can .' What capital you suppose him to have ? 

 VVhat sort of an education he has had ; whether 

 he is intelligent or stupid, eager to acquire new 

 information in matters of farming, or adheres to 



fould it do to overflow them every alternate 

 J years, that is, keep out salt water two years 

 (raise upland crops, and then overflow for two! that which contented his grandfather ? Whether 



&,c. Perhaps in this way the sea would 

 [■vate the soil exhausted by two summers. 

 How would three or four feet deep ploughing 

 To secure the benefits of alternate flowing 

 I dry soil, locks would be necessary. 



(was sorry to see no premiu-iis offered for »a- 

 1 grape wine, and for cotton as well as for silk. 



abundance of home-made wine is the best 

 I'ention of drunkenness and intemperance — 



cultivation of the grape has increased much 

 iiin a few years, and it might be advanced 



he has an improved method of farming.' Does he 

 lay his dung on for wheat, or for his turnips, 

 beans, and clover.' Does he drill or use broad- 

 cast.' Does he use two or four horses in his plough? 

 Does he feed his hay grass, or mow it .' How 

 many sheep per acre did he keep on your farm ? 



tain a very extensive and clear description of cul- 

 ture, manner of preparing, use, utility,&c. of these 

 productions. 



If he could have ocular information, it would be 

 still better, and all he has .seen or heard concern- 

 ing that object,must be committed to paper on the 

 spot, also by duplicate ; which trifling trouble 

 would be higlily compensated if by some accident 

 or other one copy should be lost. 



In many instances it would be advisable to make 

 our fortunate discoveries known to our friends 

 who are in the agricultural line, because good 

 things cannot be known too soon ; aud travellers 

 are sumetimes exposed to !o.se their papers and 

 valuable informations which are not always to be 

 regained. 



Instruments and tools calculated for lessening 

 the fatigues of the husbandman are so much the 

 more desirable, as there are many people annual- 

 ly enervated and lost, by violent efforts of labour, 

 which it is expected, will be a great excitement 

 fur the traveller's utmost exertions to bring to 

 light inventions of tliis nature. 



All contrivances for clearing land from weeds, 

 ploughing, sowing, reaping, threshing, grinding 



How many crops running did he use to take, or corn, draining and flooding lands, approved meth- 

 wo'ild he have taken, if he had been permitted .' ods of raising grass and vegetables, planting tim- 

 Diil he leave the land clean for the incoming ten- ber and fruit trees, selling and transporting tim- 

 ant ? especially were his last year's wheat stub- ber, sawing mills of all kinds, ingenious construc- 

 blcs clean .' Did he buy much hay and other fod- tions of carts, and in general, all real improve- 



I h more by judicious premiums. High authori- ''"' ^""^ ^'"'"? °" ^^^ <""'"■ °' ^'^ ''^ ^f, hay and 

 Lens that every state in the union p0sse5.es ' '""'^"'"""? his term, or at the end of it.' Does 



les, capable by cultivation of producing good 

 table wine. I beg leave respectfully to draw 



r attention to this point. 



s to Cotton, I know we cannot become a cot- 

 growing state, but I still think experiments 



jld be made occasionally, to ascertain how far 



fall short of certain points — how much we can 



-and what God and Nature has done for us. 

 Yours very respectfully, 



oston, Feh. 2, 1827. F. H. P. 



FOR SCALDS AND BURNS. 

 iVIr Fessende.v — The following recipe will be 

 id singularly efficacious in cases of scalds 

 burns, if applied in time, and will even remove 

 ammation after it has taken place. At this in- 

 Kient period, when children are peculiarly liable 

 iccidents from fire, every parent sliould be pro- 

 d with it : 



nseed oil and lime water, each eqoal parts — | 

 bottle to be .-shaken previous to application, as 

 ingredients will separate — lint or a piece of 

 n to be applied to the burn and kept constantly 

 iirated with the liniment. C. 



iosion, Feb. 2, 1827. 



he soil his beasts and his horses ' Did he keep 

 his fences good and accurate, and attend nicely to 

 the doing of his repairs ? Did he thrash by hand 

 or machine ? Is he a sportsman ? What was your 

 motive for parting with him ? Is ho careful in in- 

 creasing manure ? and does he lay it on the land 

 hot and fresh, or keep tt till it is rotten ? Was it 

 upon the chalk land that he held a farm under 

 you, or upon the sand, gravel, or clay .' — The an- 

 swer to some of these queries may not, perhaps, 



lie within your knowledge, unless you take pleas- 

 ure in farming ; but if you would answer such as 



you can, you would confer on ine a favour. If| 



leisure should permit you to address a line to me 



by next week, I should thankfully acknowledge 



the obligation. 



P. S. — Does he lay out money ^ith spirit in 



cleaning, manuring, and improving land, or is he 



close ? 



Vn esteemed friend at Philadelphia has sent us 

 following article, taken from an English journ- 



A country gentleman has published the follow- 

 : letter, dated from the Temple, London, receiv- 

 by a friend of his in the country, for the char- 

 er of a tenant quitting a farm, regarding it as 

 /el and curious to agriculturists — to London j 

 snts, ingenious and instructive — and comprehen- 

 e and amusing to the public : — | 



Useful Inquiries for patriotic Travellers. 



It mu.st be the greatest comfort to a feeling 

 mind to increase the methods of subsistence of our 

 fellow-creatures, by an improved agriculture, by 

 introducing useful plants, &c. that hitherto have 

 not been cultivated in the country. 



A traveller may easily procure himself that 

 pleasure ; he ought to get a list of the most cele- 

 brated husbandmen in the country, visit them, and 

 inform himself of the most minute, as well as the 

 most lucrative productions of rural economy; com- 

 pare that account with the list of the productions 

 of his country, of which he must carry a duplicate 



on his setting out from home ; and if he finds any 

 seeds, roots or plants unknown in his country, 

 neither trouble nor expense must be spared to ob- |theTr^^nVeni^ous "inventions tend"w7topromVtr'the 



ments in rural and domestic economy, deserve the 

 greatest care and attention. 



A travpller should get a list of all the societies 

 for the promotion of agriculture and other useful 

 arts, which are to be found in the countries he 

 visits : and permission will easily be obtained from 

 the respective societies, to survey the repositories 

 of their machines; to know for what objects pre- 

 'iiiums have been given and promised ; in what 

 they commonly consist, &c. Perhaps it will not 

 be difficult to get models, prints, or drawings of 

 the machines in question, and the necessary ex- 

 planations of them. 



It would also be advisable to establish an inter- 

 course by letters, with the secretary, or some ac- 

 tive member of each society, in order to be inform- 

 ed from time to time of any new and beneficial dis- 

 coveries. 



Instructions procured by conversations with vir- 

 tuous and well informed men are very pleasing be- 

 cause a man may learn with ease in a short time, 

 what has cost them an unwearied application of 

 many years. The maxims and remarks of such 

 men should be carefully treasured up, and the 

 ffreatest part of a traveller's time spent in theii 

 company, as far ns it can be done without incon 

 venience to them. A traveller who is so happy as 

 to be admitted into an intimacy with men of merit 

 should endeavor at his departure from the place of 

 their residence, to establish an epistolary inter- 

 course and friendly connexion with them, inform 

 them of any important discoveries made in his 

 tour, and beg them to acquaint him of anything 

 useful to mankind that may have been produced 

 by them, or communicated to them by others. 



An inquisitive traveller should also procure the 

 address of all able artists, and a minute account of 



