V iNo. a4. 



NEW EM.LA^D FAKMEK. 



271 



jiiould never be coiisiJcrable, at least in 

 jntrios and seasons. 



ISINQLASS Cr.MENT. 



Ive about half an ounce of isinglass, beaten 

 Is, in a pint of proof spirit (brandy or 

 in a vr:iTin place, loosely corked : no« in a 

 ;c. In two or three days pour off,(or strain) 

 :r liquor; dissolve in common spirit of wine, 

 ammoniac, or of gum gilbanum, about the 

 a small nutmeg. Add this solution to the 

 1 of iiinijlass ; it will make a milky liquor, 

 will congeal in the cold into a stiirjelly,and 

 e used warm. When applied to broken chi- 

 [lasa, the pieces should be previously warm, 

 y ou the cement with a pencil, press the 

 tngrther, binding them with a strmg. 



Dr T Cooper. 



t for preserving wood and brick from decay, 



and for stopins; leaks andjissiires. 

 cement is composed of the following ma- 

 ; \'{?.. tar pii'voriserl coal, (Charcoal is reek- 

 he best) and line well slacked lime ; the coal 

 to be well miied together, about four 

 coal, one filth lime ; tar to be heated, and 

 hot thickened with the mixture of coal and 

 \inited, it becomes so hard that it may be 

 spread ou the surface of a board, and not 

 IT when hot. Turpentine or pitch will answer 

 / as well as tar, and plaster of paris will an- 

 inslead of lime ; to be used in the same 

 er. The cement must be applied when warm, 

 j found to be used easiest with a trowel. 



The last number of the London Quartcily Re- 

 view, just republished by Wells and Jiilly, con- 

 tains llic following articles : 



Babbage on Life .Insurance Societies. 



Government of India. 



Servian Minstrelsy. 



Ilurwitz's Hebrew Tales. 



Head and Miors on Buenos .\yres and Cliili. 



.'Vutobiograpliy. 



Carrington's Dartmoor. 



Dr. Sayers's Works. 



The (ireek Committee. 



Electro- Magnetism. 



The Corn-Laws. 



Ta.xation and Expenditures. 



For sale by P. l\ .Mcriam, ConcorJ, Mass. 100 ILs 

 Onion sf(td, various kinds, which is genuine o.ood. 



Jf^hite Mulberry Trees >i'i • Seeds. 



Real Kslate at AucHun. 

 Will be sold by Pnbh.; .^nrhou, on .VIOMiAY the 

 26th inst. all the Real tslatc lately belonging to Ben- 

 jamin IVtl, deceased ; situalcd in Charlestowrj, viz. a 

 valuable farm lying near the road leading Ir.im V\intej 

 Hill to VVest (Jaiubiidsf. containing fj4 acres ol lirst 

 rate land, on which ii a good dwelling house— a large 



barn— corn bar and other om buddijigs— 2 good 



wells— a valuable young orchard now in bearing state; 

 ny yonng (ruit trees lately set ; a bed of as- 



paragus of choice growth. Snid lands are conveniently 



fenced into small lots by good stone walls, and arc 



bounded .n the Mi.ldlesex canal and the Medlbrd 



river; and has valuable fishing privileges for shad. 



alewives, eels Ac. The house is pleasantly situated ; 



has a fair view of the village of West Cambridge ami 



country surrounding. Iliswfll calculated (or a milk 



and vegetable farm, and particularly for the growth ol 



hay, and is within 5 miles ol the city. \lso a pleasant 



situation on said road, containing si.x arres, on which 



are a commodious dwelling house, a good barn, wheel 



Wright's shop, and other buildings ; ;i nursery olap 



pie trees containing several thousands most ol which 



ri !■> ■ , r.u \' r 1 1 c. . . , are inoculated rtnil many are now fit to set ; also an 



rhe IVnpnctors of the ^ew England Farmer and A'>- h.,nara^i.« h»rf of aKo„t h.>if ,„ ^ j •'"-'••" 



ii , I- . .»■ , i , J » asparagus oea oi aooui nail an acre and many athei 



ulturaU.slablishment have made arrangements for [ imp|.oy"„en,s . <• ' 



Tl 



,- ■ ui ■ /. ; --> ,2 acre? of salt marsh lying .>n the north- 



„, , ,. , ,.. . ''T°f,l'"" L"''" '^"'"'y^i'l'''''" Medlbrd river near its intersection with the 



transplantmg and l,,<ew.se seeds of the same. Persons ; Middlesex canal ; about 6 acres of woo.dand land h. 

 who may be disposed to cultivate the.e trees with a I ,he north part of Medford ; also the ruunure on the 

 vie., to Ihe rearing of s,lk worms, can be supplied with ,,remi.es.-Reference to Ammi C. Teel Cambridge or 



fi" m" Z'% V'^''l^, r ? p ■■?' "™" "''■ S^""'-' P- '^*'-' "" ""•' Prcnises.-Sale on the premises 



fice. No. 52 North Market street, Boston. ^t 11 o'clock A. M. JOSHUA AVI R\ J 



Further supply of Seeds. 

 Just received at the FarmfT office and Agricultural 

 Establishment, iNo 62 North Market street, Boston, 



.1 few bushels Carolina seedling potato slips. 

 Directions for the cultivation ol Sweet Carolina Pota- 



March 12, 1827 



Ornamental and Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Plants, $fr. 



U. ii C. LANURFl'H. 



JVurseiy, Seedsmen, and Florists, 



Pnii.ADELPniA, 

 HAVR constantly on hnnd for sale, a very extens 



BORING FOR WATER. 



have just seen a letter from Mr Di-sbrow, 



is engaged in boring for u-ater, from a per- 



n his employment at Albany. The shaft is 



on the meadows near Greenbush ferry. The 



r says " we have got on to the depth of four 



;red and eighty feet. The rock has become 



dfully hard, so that one foot a day is as Tiuch 



'e can get. We have struck a fresh siipply of 



which is mineral of the same quality of 



itoga Springs. There have been a number of 



tlemen here to view it who pronounced it much 



'er than the Saratoga w'ater, and possesses the 



e qualities. Mr Disbrow informs us that this 



n the same shaft from which the inflammable 



arose a short time since. The boring has been 



tinued until the mineral spring was reached." 



[N. Y. Times.] 



n the .Northern States may be found in the New i collection of Fruit rrees,Hardy Ornamental Trees and 

 England Farmer for March 3, 182G, vol iv. page 252. | Shrubs. Green House Plants, Bulbous Roots, Garden 



Red, white and yellow Silver Skined Onios, Potato] Seeds, &c. &c. not exceeded by any similar establish- 

 ditto. I ment in the United States. 



A few bushels of the F.arly Manly Potatoes, the ear- In their selection of FRUITS for cultivation, every 

 liest and best sort known in Englami, from whence the I care and attention ha.« been paid, and from an intima' 

 original of the seed was impoited, al a very high price, j cy with the subject of many years, they believe it done 

 by a practical farmer in New Vork of the first respec- ! judiciously. 



tabilily. They are completely naturalized to our j ''he ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, both tender and 

 cli«ate, and cannot fail to give s.atisfaction. The i hardy, which they are now cultivating, are some of the 

 price is $J per bushels- most esteemed and admired of both native and exotic 



A great variety of Beans and Peas, by the bushel or origin, 

 smaller quantity. ] The GARDEN SEEDS, of which a large and gene- 



Oarolina Water .Melon — Pine Apple, Green Citron, I ral assortment is cultivated, are exclusively of their 

 and Nutmeg Melon, Canlelonpe Melon. ', own rearing, for which purpose a number of acres at- 



Mangel VVurtzel, large White Norfolk Turnip, Ruta tached to the establishment are appropriated, and from 



Brighton M.\rket, March 12. Whole num- 

 of Beeves at market, 4.50, including 28 on hand 



t week. One fine O.-c brought $6 the hundred ; 



;rage price, $4 2.5 to )*5 25 — .58 remained un- 

 I d. The market for Sheep was dull ; 58<1 were 



ered for sale, of which two good lots brought 

 and 4 50 each — 12.5 unsold. Working 0;;en, 



jairs, and 6 Cows and Calves ; but few or no 



les, prices graduated by the wants and fancy of 



rchasers. Pigs, none at market. [Pat.] 



A fair is to be held at Baltimore, on Easter Mon- 

 y, for the benefit of the Greeks, at which the 

 lies are invited to assist. 



Ba^a &c. 

 24 bushels early seedling Peas, various kind 



6 " Canary sied, 



1 '• Rape seed, 



1 " Hemp seed. 

 Early Yellow six weeks Benn" 

 Dun coloured ditto 

 Warrington Dwarf ditto 

 Refugee or Thousand fold ditto 

 iVhile Cluster Dwarf ditto 

 White Kidney ditto. 



sale, wholesale and retail 



the moment they are planted, through all the various 

 stages of their growth and ripening are under their im- 

 mediate care and superintendence, consequently they 

 are enabled to assure purchasers not only of their nge, 

 but quality. 



Orders received by Messrs. PARKER & COD.MAN, 

 No. 9 Congress-square, near the Exchange Coffee 

 House, Boston, of whom priced Catalogues of the 

 whole may bt had gratis. tf. Dec. 1.5. 



March 



Copartnership Formed. 

 iJOHNSWEI'T hereby gives notice that he has 

 tajten into copartnership Mr WILLI AM ATWILL.— 

 Business, in future, will be conducted under the firm 

 o'SWE IT & ATWILL. JOHN SWETT. 



I WM. ATWILI,. 



1 SWETT &i ATWILL 



hive taken store No. .iO Broad Street, where they intend 

 \U confine themselves to the transaction of COMMIS- 

 ON BUSINESS, for the disposal of 



AMERICAX GOODS, 



AND OTHER MERCHANDISE. 



Boston, March 16, 1827. 2t. 



Tiie population of Upper Canada, according to 

 3 census lately taken, is one hundred and sirty 

 (r thousand wjiich does not equal the population 

 the city of \ew York, by several thousand. It 

 3, however, r.apid!y populated of late years. 



j Memoirs of the P. A. S. 



iJUS r received and for sale by Hilliard, Gray & Co. 

 Jo 134 Washington street, a new supply of the Me- 



ijoirs of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, with ..„ „„.,, 



Elections from the most approved authors, adapted j street, (if from adlstaDcT'p'o'st paidrwilimret p^^^^^ 

 t^ the use of the practical farmers of the United States, attention. JOS. R. NEWELL, 



JOHN B. RUSSELL. 



*''**Sf # ""^ subscribers give notu 



4^ ..r^wt^'.^. '^*' """y ''^''^ '"^''" ='PP°in'<^' 

 .'fe^jy^,*!?*??,^ sole agents for this vicinity, fo 



the Linncean Botanic Garden 

 and Nursery, at FUishing,Long 

 Island. This Nursery is well 

 known, and contains the most 

 extensive collection of Fruits, 

 ;s-'^ ^ Ornamental Trees, and Plants 

 P-^ r in America. The Fruits have 

 (la^ been selected by actual inves- 

 gation of their merits, and 

 nearly allot which are engrafted from bearing trees 



In the selection, which has been the particular pur- 

 suit of Mr PRINCE and his father for more than hall :i 

 century, he has spared neither pains nor expense, and 

 such as did not possess particular merit have been re- 

 jected and their accuracy has been tested by the best 

 authors of the age. 



Catalogues may be obtained gratis of the subscribers, 

 and orders left at the New England Farmer office and 

 Agricultural Establishment, No. Z2 North Market 



