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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



276 



'■''1 two hours, and pieces of this thicknees will PRINCK'S FRUIT TREES VINES, &c. 



le sufficiently dry to work after boiny placed Mr Wm. Prince, Alabamn, Bee. 2, I82fi. 



'^ Farm room or work-shop 24 hours. The .S/r.— With much pleasure I trjve you an nc- 



At the annuiil mooting of the Hampshire, Frank- 

 lin and Hampden Agricultural Society, March 7, 

 1827 — Isaac C. Bates, Esq. was chosen President, 



by this treatment is somewhat improved in count oCthc/niil trees, vine.% &c. transmitted to and Gen. E. Iloyt, Hon. M. Dooliltlo, Hon. Joseph 



neral colour, and those hlemishes which arc me from your establishment last sprin;?. | Strongr, .loel Norcroas and Roland Burbank.Esq'rs. 



icuUy called irrren vein.<, are entirely remov- The time they rfmained in the ho-; in which Vice Presidents ; I>. Stobbins, Esq. recording and 



It is also obvious, that the ejtrs or larvae of they were orijinally packed was <«'o vioiilhs ««'/ i corresponding Secretary ; S. Wells, .Tr. Esq. 



ts which may be contained in tli<i wood will ,,„,p,, rf„y_,. 'Phey wore taken out as Inle a.i (/.f ' Treas.iror. 



stroyed by the heat. — Meeh's Mn^. ■711, rf„y o/.1fojrA,'anr! planted withontany unusual I The first premium of .$10, on Cider, v»as award- 

 am is used by many of n^ir mechanics, not care. " led lo Reuben Morton, of Whately ; second do $5, 

 for seasoning timber, hut for bending it into Of the apph.f, you forwarded twentii-Jmir khuts. ' to Seth CUrk, of Conway, 

 r shapes for plough handles, scythe-snaths, Ilost one /rce. i On agricultural improvements, (a crop of flax) a 



!«ds, &c. — Editor. 



TOWN FARM. 



our late town meeting the subject of purchas 

 farm for the support of the poor — about "'[ 

 1, our indefiitiijable ti wnsman, M.-ij Chandler, 

 xerted a commendable degree of activity — 

 aken into consideration, and met with a very 

 rable reception. The town, by an almost 

 imous vote, appointed a Committee, consisting 

 >ssrs. Timothy Chandler, Stephen Ambrose. 

 Walker, Abel Hutchins, .and Isaac Dow, to 

 lasi" such a farm as they raigjit see fit, and 

 ale stock for the same : and authorised the 

 tmen to hire and appropriate all needful sums 

 le payment of the purchase money and ex- 

 [Concord Statesman.] 



I 



Of crreines, I received Jit'ne kinds — t lost one ! pr^'iiiutn "f^ $1*^' was awarded to Col. Elisha Ed 

 from accident. 1 wards, of Soutlinnipton. 



fii}f}..'!hellefl iilmonda orew equal to any peach \ It is understood that the Society will take meas 

 n the country — lost none. J "res in connection with the civil iiithority to pre 



Pinches — lost none : thevgrow admirably. j vent all tipling stands on the day of the next pub 



Figs — lost none ; the same remark mav be made "c exhibition. 

 oftlicm. " I 



The due VW^aUen an 1 St Germnin pears grow I LAMP APPARATUS FOR HEATING 

 well. If the c;roir h of the tree is anv proviso of 

 fruit, we have- reason to expect tlie finest p':'a 



The exiranrilinani srrowlh of fruit trees cuUivat- 



in this section of the United States is cenerally 



noivn. The growth of the .npplo trees from your 



WATER, &,c. 



The Editor of the New England Parmer ha*, 

 invented and obtnined Letters Patent for " a Lamp 

 Apparatus for heating water, cooking, and other 

 economical purposes." One modification of this 



es'frhlhhmenl. I, found eqvrri f, the trees of the I '"^''■".','"" ''^^ 'r^" *'°'!.".'| ^'"5"'^^''"' ^° ''"'^R'^'^- 



countrv. (generally) cultivated \lni^cr stmilrtr cir- \ 



ci(vtsla7iee.i. 



CUTTING ClONS FOR GRAFTING, 

 cutting cions for graf^inj- the following' di- j 

 ons from Forsyth may prove useful. Select 

 Is of the former year ; for where they are I 



ome additional kinds of fruit. 



Respectfully- vour oh't serv't. 



JAMES AfAGOFFIN. 

 P. S. T expect you will receive several orders for 



they never succeed well. " Always take ,,^^ ^p^j^^^^ f^^ the wir.e grreipes of Ma-'eira. Bour 



1 from healthy fruitful trees ; for. if the trees 

 which thev are taken be sickly, the grafts 



often partake so muc-h of the distemper as idj^ected fast towards those obiectn. and will soon, 



y to get the better of it. at least for some ! j ^^ persuaded, prove a part of the wealth of this 



s: and when they are taken from young lux- 1 ^t^te— it being admirably calculated from .soil and 



nt trees, whose vessels are generally large, | climate, to produce the finest icints and the best 



will continue to produce luxuriant shoots, ^^^^_ j jyj 



are seldom so productive as those which are j 



n from fruitful trees whose shoots are more j TEA. 



pact, and the joints closer together ; at least - Mr Wm. Prince, of Lonar Island, has about a 

 ■ill be a great number of years before the luxu- hundred fine flowering plants, both of the Greon 

 itt grafts begin to produce frnif. even if mana- and the Black or Bohea Tea. He has also the 

 with the greatest skill. You should pre- J^P^n Tea of North Carolina, the New Zealand 



13 will appear by the following recommendations 



Mr.. Fessenden, Sir, — I have for the last six 

 I shall forward you an order in a few days for | months, made use of your quart Lamp-Boiler. — 



It is the most convenient, cleanly, cfBcacious and 

 economical method I have ever made u^e of for 

 preparing Infusions, Syrups or Ointments at anv 

 season of the year, but particularly in summer. — 

 t have made several experiments, and have found 

 that in ten. minutes it will boil 1 quart of water 

 The quantity ol" alcohol consumed is but 1 oz. the 

 expense 1 cent. I consider your apparatus, now 

 I have become acquainted with it. as almost in 

 dispensable. It may be, I think, also, very use- 

 ful in a nursery, a sick chamber, or for culinary 

 purposes ; your gallon boiler I have also used, and 

 find it to answer equally well, where larger quan 

 tities are to be heated: 



Your obedent servant, 

 JOSEPH KIDDER, Druggist, Boston 

 Feh.^a, 1827 



deaux. Biirgundv — the Tokav, Sweetwater. &c.— 

 the silk wulhrrri/. as the ouhlic attention is 



those grafts which are taken from the lateral '^<^^' ""'^ ''Of"? plants, the flowers of which are u 

 orizontal branches, to those from the stron 



Mn Fessenbem — We the subscribers fully ac 



■oendicular shoots, for the reasons before o-iven. 

 These grafts, or cions, should be cut otf from 

 trees before their buds betrin to swell, which 



ed with others in perfuming the finer descriptions j cord «''th Mr Kidder in his opinion of the utility, 

 of Ten. cheapness and despatsh attending the use of your 



• ~ ! Lamp-Boiler, for the purposes he has mentioned. 



Fruit Trees— The failure of peaches and apri- 1 Reed & Howard ; Ebene?er Wight ; Ephraim L. 



,, r "-...., ,u,.w.,^ «,,,„ ^^^^_ ,^^j was owing undoubtedlv to the KHot • W B &H W White -John J Brown 

 enerallv three weeks or a month before the >,„ . „,, • , „ „o„, .i,„ c . .■ j''""'^' " • d- o- n. »» ■ vv niie , jonn j. crown , 



rattin.r: ,t,eretore. wnen th^v ,,, ['■"f which came .after the process of vegetation John Thayer; John P. Whitwell ; Maynard & 



honld he laid in the .round with the ^ ;-"'"'^''";f " ^^^ «"""'' "P-^n^^ too early Noyes ; A. T. Lowe ; Daniel Henchman ; William 



Is. buryin. them half their lenMh, \^' '^r\ ! \ t " '7" .'f , " ^''''''"'' ^^"^gists, Boston. 



', . • ., , ,. ' I ground nhoiit such trees remains frozen until late 



son for trrafting : therefore, when thf v 

 offther shonld he 

 downwards 



coverinrr their tons with dry litter, to r^e- j ;„ j^^ f,^i„^ t,,^^^ i;,;,^,^ 7^-^^^; „j. ^j^^j^-j^ T^";, | The inventor has, in addition to the above, the 

 t their drying : if a ssiall ;oint of the lormer , i^.,,^^,, ^^. }^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^j^ ^^^ perhans be ef- signatures to the same effect, of a number ef other 

 rs wood be cut off with the con. it w-ill nre- ^^^^^^ bv means of the snow now upon the .rround. i druggists, including in the whole, nearly all who 

 ve It the better, and when thev are o-rafted this ; j^^f ^ ,,^„^. „f ^^^^^ ^^ tf,^^„,^ „p ^„„^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ | are established in that business in Boston. 



hic-h and broad as convenient, and let it be Lamp-Boilers, of the above description maybe 



y be cut off; for at the same time the cions 



St be cut to a proper length before they are m- j ^g,^ ^^^,,, ^^ ^^ to make it as solid ^s possible, I °°'»'"«<^ "'"'« "'^^'^ "^ 'he New England Farmer, 

 ted ,n the stocks ; but. till then, the shoots , ,„^ ^^ ^„„„gj ^^i^j, ^^^^,^. „^ ^„„,^ ^j^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ : No 52 North Market street ; of Joseph Kidder. 



i!dremni»«f their full length, as thev were f„r the purpose of preservin-r it in the same ^i^fg' druggist, corner of Hanover and Court streets; 

 :eT, from the tree, which will better preserve ,,^ ,„^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ solid' mass of ice will thus i ''''"^"^'" Wight, druggist, Milk street, opposite 

 jm from shrinking: it these cons are to be cnr- ,,^ f„^„,^_ ,^.,,.^,, „,„, ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ j,,^ Federal street ; Richard A. Newell, in Sum- 

 d to a considerable distance it will be proper ,,„ ^^^ preserve the tree lon-rer against the : '"^ ^fe"^'' *"'' William Howe, Tin plate-worker, 

 put their ends into a lump of clav. and to wrap ,5^^;,)^^ ^^ ^^ i^j,,^^^ ,,^ ^^^^^ fWorcester Yeom.l ■ ^" " Marshall street, «ho alone has a right, under 



l?ra up in moss, which will preserve them fresh " [ I the Patent, to manufacture said Lamp-Boilers. — 



• a month, or longer ; but these should be cut Cruellu. — A mnn wns arrested in Philadelphia j Patent rights to make, sell, &c. said Lnmp-Boil- 

 ■from the trees earlier than those which are to on the Sfith nit. for forcing a horse to draw three | f rs, may be obtained of the Editor of the New 



grafted near the place where the trees are <-02(/i of pine weod upon a wagon, for a bet. (England Farmer, 



owing." 1 



