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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



March as. 1885 



IVSl -SSLLANISS. 



To Editors of Iht Glasgow Mechanic's Magazine. 



METHOD FOR DRYING CORN, [GRAIN.] 



Gentle -I F.N, — I have long thoiiirht thai there 

 .night be some better antl clicuper plan constructed 

 for drying giain (say oats) previous to their being 

 ground into meal, the present mode being both te- 

 dious and expensive. 



I should 'heretbte propose to dry the oats for 

 mealing in a large cast iron pan, and this heated 

 by steam ; this pan might be from (> to 8 feet di- 

 ameter, with a smooth flat bottom, and 6 or 8 inch- 

 es deep ; this is for holding the corn, and under 

 this vessel is another of cast iron or of wood, 2 or 

 3 inches deep, and made steam tight; the steam 

 is introduced betwixt these vessels, which will 

 raise such aheat in the upper one as will be suffi- 

 cient for tlie purpose proposed and the panful of 

 corn \vould be dried in a very short time ; when 

 this is done, the process can be repeated as often 

 as necessary. 



Where corn mills arc driven by .steam engines, 

 ■a little steam can be brought from the ln.iler by a 

 small pipe, which would answer the purpose, but 

 when water i;; applied as the moving power, a 



small boiler might be erected for the purpose. 



The corn conld,be dried much faster in this way 

 than any mill could grind it, and without itie least 

 chance of burning it, or giving it a bad^th,'stc by 

 over-heating. M. P. 



The use of steam admitted into metallic cylin- 

 ders for the purpose of drying cloth, &c. is well 

 known to clothiers and dyers ; 'but we have not 

 heard of its. application as above, in this country. 

 Might not something of the kind answer a good 

 purpose in kiln drying hops. — Editor. 



dered to tht poor, which is 'lOt promotive of indus- 

 try, is aclualti/ a premium for idleness. 

 I " [N. Y. Ev. Post.] 



I foal. — We understand that for some weeks 

 past a few enterprising individuals have been bor- 

 ing tor coal in the northern part of South Hadley, 

 near Mount Holyoke, and that there are indica- 

 tions that a coalfield exists at no great distance. 

 On Professor Hitchcock's " Geological Map of 



may n ly with confideuce Ihal Ihu trees Ihcy ortU 

 prnvi- ijtnuiue. 



The subsciihtr, agent of the above nuisery, V( 

 ceive ordirs lor any quantitv of 



FRUIT AND FORF.sT TREES 

 FLOWERING .SHRUBS, ' 



A\D 



Ti.AN'I'S. 

 ^nd the trees will be dnlivired in this city at tl 

 and expense of the Purchaser; the bills may bi 

 to him. 



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., ,, ■ . ,, u , li- r- , i"77 n 111 I ne reputation nf this nursery is SO extenslvelv 



the Conueciicut," about half of South Hadley, all ^,,,^ ,, Jheen so well sustained that I take leave 



ot Granby. the greater part of Ludlow and a small fcr those in want of trees to any of the Ho liculi 



portion of Belchertown, are marked as belonging-l in t'is city am! its vicinity, and ifocular demoosl 



to the " Coal Formation," — that is, in those places 

 all the voiks are found whicl^ usually contain or 

 accompany beds of coal, vi-... greenstone, micace- 

 ous sandstone, shale, puddingstone, &c. Profes- 

 ser H. says the coal hitlierto discovered along the 

 Connecticut occurs in thin beds or veins only, 

 which renders it doubtful whether e.xtensive b ds 

 of tliis valuable mineral will be found, but he re- 

 marks that he would not wish to discourage furth- 

 er search Hamp. Gaz. 



TO REM:)VE SPOTS OF GREASE, PITCH 

 OR OIL FROM WOOLLEN CLOTH. 

 In a pint of spring water dissolve an ounce of 

 pure pear! "sh, adding to the solution a lemon cut 

 in small slices. This being properly mi.\ed and 

 kept in a warm state for two days, the whole must 

 be strained and kept in a bottle for use. A little 

 of this liquid poured on the stained part, is said 

 instantaneously to remove all spots of grease, pitch 

 or oils, and the moment tliey disappear the clotli 

 is to be washed in clear water. — Glasgozi) Mechan- 

 ic's Magazine. 



FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS. 

 Put into a sugar hogshead a ^mall barrel of tar, 

 pour upon it" a pailful or two of boiling water, stir 

 it, and then fill it up with cold ; with this water 

 the ground, and it will ilestroy all worms, grubs, 

 and other Urvae, which are within a considerable 

 distance of the surface of the soil. Should any 

 escape, and make their appearance in the caterpil- 

 lar state, immediate resource should be had to a 

 strong infusion of elder tops or leaves, the moment 

 the elder becomes green ; this will elfectually j 

 check the advance of all insects. — Ibid. 



Signs. — The following lines, Sriys an English 

 paper, are written upon a public house, in a village 

 of Westmoreland : — 



.Tohn f^tandly lives here, and sells good ale ; 



Walk in to g:et some before it jrnws stale. 



.Tohn succeeded his father Peter ; 



But in the old man's time the ale was never better. 



It has often afforded us amusement in travelling, 

 to copy from sign boards such inscriptions as were 

 remarkable for their oddity or quaintness of wit. — 

 About the year 1809, when the country between 

 Rome (old Fort Stanwi.\) and Sackett's Harbor 

 was chiefly a wilderness, we had occasion to tnake 

 two or three journies through those gloomy for- 

 ests; and never were our eyes more delighted 

 than when, during one of the latest of these journ 



ireil. I invite thost ivho wi-h to he thus sat' 

 to examine the trees in my garden at Dorrheste 

 cnrid from this nursery for three or four years 

 some of which are now in bearing, all in a health ^K 

 vigonni,! state. 



Catalogues will be delivered gratis on appli 



to ZEB. COOK' 



Uogprs' Bnilding — Congress .'^tn 



Kenrick jyursery. 

 FRUIT 4NU FO It F.ST TREES foi 

 as usual near the Brighton Post Oil 

 _ The .\ursery contains a good varietyol 

 lish herry Trees; and of Pear trees, from whicl 

 tlemen who seasonably appl}' ran obtain sai 

 sevfral of .Mr Ki ight's new sorts, so highly recoi 

 ed in the .Agricultural Journal. .Also many thoi 

 of liudded apple trees o sup. rior kinds, good sizi 

 allowed by all to he very thrifty and handsome 

 eral thousands of budded Pearh trees, consistil) 

 choice collection of about 40 of the best sorts dij 

 ed in gardens or the mark- 1 ; the peach trees ai 

 5 to 8 feel high, and the huyiT has his choici 

 cents each ; there are likewise plenty of Aprico 

 Nectarines. 



Of good sized Ornamental trees, the Flowen'm 

 alpas, and Horse Chesnut — the Mountahi Ash — 

 ing Willow — Silver Fir — Larch — Sugar maple- 

 ternnt, &c. Currant bushes, — the common red 

 sizes, by the dozen hundred, or thousand, on i 

 ate terms. — Also the large Dutch U hi(e, and R 



Champaine ..nd the Black, — Red, Whili^^ 



•all 



lot 



Damask Rose bushes. — Senna. Gun 



ics, on a very hot day,a shantee erected amidst th 

 lofty trees a few rods hevond Fish Creek, arose to I grape?,— Red and White Antwerp Raspberries, 

 our view, (now, we belie'vc, in the town of Ta ''h^ N"""y-7i'.hin ^ix miles ol Boston and 



, ,, J I .. i_ . ,, , .,,,.,, ny viewed stands m no need o! that incessant 



bough) and kept by ajolly yankee.with the follow- ti,^ interested and artful lavish on some distant 

 ing inscription upon its walls, which wo think beats I series, which they well know are located in a 



the English :- 



C»kes and beer. 

 For sale here, 

 Cider and cheese, 

 If you please, 

 Walk in 1 swear. 

 And take a chair. 

 In Albany we recollect an old sjfrn, erected by 

 one of the earliest interlopers fro.m New-Englan<' 

 which read as follows : — 



I put this board up here, 

 To tell you that 1 sell good beer. 

 In process of time, .Tonathan, finding his earthly 

 store increasing, e.xtended his business. An ad- 

 ditional piece of board was nailed to the old sign, 

 with the following additional couplet : — 

 And ! have marie it somewhat wider, 

 To tell yon that I keep good cider. 



I direction for supplying people in these Noithern 

 For it is an establishi d maxim, olWhich they 

 be ignorant, that trees of rapid growth ought not 

 rol.bf' of their roots in the fashionable way and n 

 cd from a mild to a colder situation, — but the re' 

 However. Yankee sagacity is not easily ontwijf(l 

 henre experienced ' gricullin isis as far south as Rbo» 

 Island, give a decided preference to trees from Noit' 

 ern Nurseries. 



Ordi r« addressed to .1. & W. Kenrick, and 9«lllt 

 the Brighton post offi. e. or left at the office of Da^| 

 Fenno in .'^late Street, will be duly attended to 

 trees will be packi ' i' clay and niatts for shipping 

 ordired . but d's'ai 1 gi ■'■'emep should always e 

 some ag nt to receiv. and pay lor them. On 

 days, packed trees will be delivered in Boston fr 

 charge for conveyance. 



In transplanting one year's growth is frequMli 

 lost, if Ih(- trees happen to survive, by an unreasoDlt 

 diminution of the roots, then fore special care shall! 

 taken for their preservation. tf. March^. 



The Poor. — The writer of a communication in 

 the Baltimore Patriot, on certain institutions for 

 the benefit of the poor, concludes witli the follow- 

 ing sentence, which contains, we believe, in a 

 small compass, the essence of all the wisdom 

 which has hitherto been learned upon the subject, 

 and which the charitable should always bear in 

 mind, when they engage in any plan to improve 

 the condition of that class. .In:/ assistance ren- 



JAMES BLOODGOOD & Go's 

 Xiirsertf at Flushing, on Long Island, near A''cw 

 York. 

 IN be' alf of the proprietors of the above 

 nursery, the subscriber solicit..^ the orders of 

 horlicultnrists who may be desirous eC-tock- 

 xurdens and fields with fruit trees of the finest 

 sorts and most healthy a'.d vigorous slocks the ,*esenl 

 autumn. 



Bi,nonGooD& Co. allfnd ptrsonally to the inoculaliii^ 

 and engrnflingnf all their fruil trcps, and purchasers 



Barley. 

 2250 riuthels of B..r i^y, ol a superior qnalitj^f 

 seed, and in lols to suit purchasers. — Now 1 

 •from Brig Sultana from Sniyrna, and for sa 

 EBFNEZFR BREED. No Gi "Dock Square. M; 



,0i!7"P"blished every Friday at T hree Dollars pell 

 num. payable at the end of the year— bul tbos^ 

 pay within sixty days from the time of suhscribilj 

 ei titled to a deduction of Fifty t ents. 



Gentlemen who f»iocnrey/i7 responsible silbsci^ 

 are entitled to a sUlh Tolumegr:(ti-. 



