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i.v .\o.a!t. 



ivi:w ENGLAND farimi:k. 



227 





instead of conliiiinc; llieir hiiiatii-s in lios- 

 pcnsion tlicm (uit amoii'T the l':irniors, where 

 them improve in health, some of them make 

 lie workmen, and a few recover entirelj'. — 

 '.■?S"- (ics Pai/s. Ras.. Jan. l!^9U. 

 •s. — The Roynl Society of Sciences nt Co- 

 jen, Iinvc offered a prize of 101)0 crowns for 

 ;st essay of applying bones as a maniiro. 

 culturai Schools. — The Airricultiiral Socie- 

 ^[oscow,ovor which Prince (ialit/en presides, 

 which the late Emperor Alexander gave a 

 of land near Moscow, tor a farm, woes on well, 

 eighty pnpils from various part.s of Russia, 

 from kamschatka : and the journal of its 

 '"': edin^s has been so much in demand, that 

 St volumes have been reprinted, 

 e number of Ai.n-icu!tural schools in Switzer- 

 increasing from day to day. That which 

 tablislmd in the canton of Zurich in ISlB.is 

 ' most flourishing state ; that of Hoffwyl, the 

 which was established in Switzerland, still 

 ains its reputation; that of Cane, near Gene- 

 id that of Basle, arc comparatively recent 

 ishments, but give every promise of success. | 

 le establishtiient of agricultural schools in the 

 d States would produce a now era in our 

 imlry. But what is a paradox, the warmest 

 ition comes from farmers, who, constituting 

 ijority in onr legislatures, hold the public 

 !-slrings. So they wish to keep agriculture 

 B level of their own capacities! Are they 

 us lest their children should be wiser than 

 fathers ? There is scarcely an operation of 

 andry but what is connected with principles 

 ience ; and a knowledge of these principles 

 id enable the rural manager to direct his la- 

 with certainty of result, and economy of ex- 

 They would expand his mind, polish his 

 icrs and tend to i-ender liim an ornament and a 

 ing to society. What intelligent farmer but 

 d like to hear a Sinclair, a Davy, a Coke,&c. 

 erse upon husbandry ? Yet what is reading 

 • works, but hearing t'lem converse. Books 

 us a description of the successful methods of 

 ucting every branch of farming, and science 

 hes us the rationah, or cause of their being 

 successful. — Science teaches the medical 

 1 the anatomy of the human frame, the quality 

 lie various simples and compounds which he 

 'leys, and their effect upon the patient, and 

 lers tributary to him the skill and discoveries 

 ledical genius of his own and preceding ages, 

 nee teaches the agriculturists the nature rn^. 

 erties of the plants which grow upon it, tiie 

 which is adapted to nourish them respective- 

 the best manner of its preparation and appli 

 on ; and it also renders tributary to him the 

 I and discoveries of practical genius and sci- 

 fic research of his own and preceding 6i;ps.] 

 Vmnv, 18-37. J. B. 



(i(:». Il'iinfiiitslon's Hor/c.i. — It is with great 

 satisfaction that we learn, that Mr Jared Sparks, 

 Editor of the North American Review, has made 

 p.rraugemcnts with Judge Washington for puh- 

 li.-liing an entire edition of " General Washing 

 ton's Works," to consist of his letters to the Gov- 

 crnnr of Virginia during the French war, his State 

 Papers, Official Correspondence, both niilit^iry and 

 civil, such of his private letters as may be deemed 

 suited for publication ; the whole to be comprised 

 in a series of volumes, with notes and illustrations 

 by the esteemed editor. [Nat. Intel!.] 



&'. Grapes. — In South Carolina, a person by 

 name of Herbemont, made the last year, from 

 pecies of Madeir^-. grape, 150 gallons of fine 

 'onred wine. He disposed of the whole of it 

 dily at $'2 per gallon. 



(Vine is made in S. Carolina from grapes raided 

 land too poor and sandy for cotton or corn. — 

 om experiments made, it appears that the yield 

 such lands will be worth .$100 annually, per 

 •e. 



The quantity of Hops inspected in Albany, NY. 

 b late three months, was .55,828 pounds. 



WORTHY OF IMITATION. 



We learn from the last Paterson Intelligencer, 

 lliat a Philosophical Society has been formed in 

 that town, by a number of young men, principally 

 mechanics and jirofessional gentlemen, designed 

 for mutual advancement in the knowledge oftlie 

 various branches of Philosophy. A correspondent 

 of the Intelligencer remarks— " It is pleasing for 

 me to be able to state, that I heard an Introduc- 

 tory Lecture delivered on the principles of matter, 

 by a young man, in plain and unaffected language, 

 which really astonished me, and which would not 

 have disgraced a collegia] professor." A museum 

 and Library for the Society have been commenced, 

 and progress has been made in procuring an appa- 

 ratus for philosophical experiments." 



[Flemington, N. J. Gaz.] 



Transparent Tarts. — Take a pound of fine well 

 diied and sifted flour, then beat an egs till it be- 

 comes quite thin, melt throe quarters of a pound 

 of clarified fresh butter to mix with the egg, as 

 soon as it is sufficiently cool pour the whole into 

 the centre of the flour, and make up the paste ; 

 roll it extremely thin, make up the tarts, and whtn 

 setting them in the oveB,wet them over with a very 

 little water, and grate a small quantity of line su- 

 gar on them. If they are baked lightly, they will, 

 it is said, be very fine indeed. 



A ill sciiptinii oillu- iiivinliou, niujl he given in clear 

 lanj:u:i«;''« and corrrclly written, accompaniid by 

 cliawiLJ? in peisi.ective and delail, where necessary to 

 illnatrale it. V\ here the invunlion is a composition of 

 Dialter, specimens of the in«rretiients and of the com- 

 piisilioii iif matli r siiificieut in quanlily for the purpose 

 or' experiment, and lo preserve in the Cabinet of the 

 Society, will he expected. 



The Committee consist of the following gentlemen : 

 .Iamks Mkase, M. 1). Vice I'res. I'hil. Agric. Soc. 

 Robert Hark, M.D. Prof. Chem. Univer. I'enn. 

 .Ia.iik.3 UorrALrsozt, Pres. Franklin Institute, 

 S. W. Conrad. Lecturer on .Mineralogy. 

 W.-vi. Hembei. Jr. 

 Win. Phimps. 



OARDEH A2?D FXEI.D SEEDS. 



The proprietors of the New England Farmer and 

 the Agricultural Establishment inform the public 

 tlial they have made arrangements for selling Gar- 

 den, Herb, Flower and Grass Seeds, Bulbous Flower 

 Roots, ^-c. of every description. They have just 

 received from Mess. Thorburn & Son of New 

 York, a fresh assortment, among which are 



PRICES AT NEW YORK.— Feb. .3. 

 Clover seed - 9 to 10 cents per lb. 



Hops . - 18 ' i 



Beef, mess, new, 8.7.5 to 9.75 per bbl. 



Pork, mess, new, 11.75 to 12.00 ' 



Cheese, American, 6+ to 10 per lb. 



Wool, merino. Am. fleece 35 to 45 ' 



Oak woorl has been selling at ten dollars a cord 

 at New-York. 



Philcdelphi/i Society for promoting Agriculture. 

 JOHN SCOTT, Chemist, late of EdinHur?h, by his 

 Will, made in the year 1816, bequeathed the sum 

 nf four thousand dolhrs \a the funded (href per cent. 

 Stock of the United States, to the Corporaiion nf the 

 city of Philadelphia, to the intent " thai the interest 

 and dividends to become receivable thereon, 'hould be 

 laid out in Premiums to te distributed amonj ingen- 

 ious men and women, who mike useful inventions, 

 but no such Premium to exceed Twenty Dollars : and 

 that therewith shall be given a copper medal with this 

 inscription— "To TnE most Desertinc." — The Se- 

 lect and Common Councils of the city of Fhiladelpia, 

 having entrusted " the Philadelphia Society for promo- 

 ting .Agriculture," with the distribution of the afore- 

 said prf niiums and medals, and a committee of that 

 •Society having been app' inted to attend thereto, they 

 will receive applications for (he same. 



Certificates of the originality and utility of the in- 

 vention, mn?t accompany the applications, which may 

 he direct "to the Committee of the Philadelphia So- 

 ciety for promoting Agricultu.i-e, on Scott's legacy," 

 and forwarded free of expence. 



Windsor beans, 

 China dwarf do 

 White kidney do 

 Warrington do 

 Refugee do 

 Mazagnn do 



J White onion 

 j Red do 



I Yellow do 

 i Parsnip, Parsley, 



J Early frame peas, 

 Charlton do 



Red pole cranberry do 5 Dwarf Imperial do 

 Dutch case-knife do 5 

 Turnip beet 

 Blood do 



Dwarf prolific do 

 i ' ' marrowfat do 



'i Tall sugar do. 



5 Early Washington peas 

 5 Lucerne [very early 



S Squash pepper 

 5 Cayenne do 

 I Scarlet radish 

 i Salmon do 

 5 Red turnip do 

 J White do do 

 I Black do do 

 i Purple do do 

 5 Round spinage 

 S Prickly do 

 \ Early bush squash 

 5 Crook neck do 

 5 Salsafy, vegetable oyster 

 ' Early Dutch t'irnip 

 { Red top do 



i White Norfolk do 

 I ' Stowe do 



5 Ruta baga do 



I Tomatoes Thyme 



I Sweer marjoram 

 i Savoury Sage 



'. Asparagus Artichoke 

 I Warrington do 

 5 Early turnip blood beet 

 ; Purple cape Brocoli 

 I White onion 

 5 Red do. 



J Yellow do. 



5 White clover 

 I Red top grass 

 t Early cauliflower 

 5 Late do. 

 I Early horn carrot 

 5 Okra' 



' Green curled endive 

 5 Ruta Baga 

 As the season for making hot beds is now- at 

 hand, gentlemen in want of Early Cabbage, Cauli- 

 flower, Lettuce, &c. can be furnished with the 

 seed. 



White scarcity do 

 Brussels sprouts 

 Early York Cabbage 



' sugar loaf do 



' Battersea 

 Sugarloaf 

 Drumhead 

 Red Dutch 

 Green Savoy 

 Yellow Savoy 

 Madeira 

 Tnnnisball 

 Drumhead 

 Ice coss 

 Green 

 White 

 Solid Celery 

 Red do 



Horn Carrot 

 Orange do 

 Early Cucumber 

 Long do 



London leek 

 Early lettuce 

 Cabbage do 

 Pine apple melon 

 Green citron do 

 Nutmeg do 



Purple egg plant 

 Sallad mustard 

 Nasturtion 

 Mangel Wurtzol 

 Large Norfolk turnif 

 Curled Cress do. 

 Long cucumber 

 Girkin do. 



Green Turkey do. 

 White do. 



