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NEW ENGLAND FAUiVlER, 



36^ 



he Alabama Whij, states that the experiment I 

 he growth of the silk worm and of sui:ar cane, J 

 hat neiijhbourhooil, proves that those cominoili- ! 

 can be raisoil there to llie great advantage of > 

 farmer. The editor thinks that similar ex-! 

 rtt ments in a^rapcs for wine, in olives, indigo, and 

 in cochinoal would be attended by the same { 



Ht. { 



A nnmber of eggs of the silk worm ;;• vo been 



sin ight to the farm of the lion. G. \V. Owen, and , 



3 subsisted on the wild mulberry of the coun- i 



They are now at worli in a most vigorous 



B, promising an abundant product of the raw 



p Brial for the manufacture of Silk. iMr Hugh 



idson, residing a few miles from tliis place, on 



of 2d or 3d quality, transplanted a small ; 



nii ility o[' sugar cane, whicii yielded greatly be- j 



1 tlic calculation of the most sanguine." i 



evinced its utility. To evpry runlet of five gal- 

 lons, after being placed in a cask on ship board, 

 not to be stirred any more, put in two new laid 



liang pondaJit, with the leaves of a reddish cast, 

 and not half grown, which would induce a bye 

 slander who was unacfiuaiuted with their economy, 



ggs whole, and let them lie in it. In a fortnight I to think that they had not begun to grow. Some 

 or a little wore, the egg-sliells will be entirely " " • - 



dissolved, and the eggs become like wind-eggs, 

 enclosed only in their skin : after this the while 

 is preyed on, but the yolks arc not touched or cor- 

 rupted ; and by these means the ale h 



of the shoots had attained the length of 9 inches. 

 Mansfield, June 5. I. S. 



A friend at Bradford, Mass. has favoured us with 

 been so ; the following account of the weather, the three 

 well preserved that it was found better in Jamaica' past seasons, — for publication in the New Englantl 

 tlian at Deal. Quere ; why could not porter, ci- \ Farmer, 

 der and other liquors be preserved by the same ; 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1827. 



is stated by a French writer, in comparing 

 advantages of using horses and oxen as beasts . 

 ,1,' ibor, that oxen are subject only to forty-seven j 

 '' IS of diseases, while horses are liable to two ! 

 dred and sixty-one, besides accidents, some of 

 ;h, sucli as breaking of a leg, render a horse 

 3 value, while an ox may be sold to the butch- ' 



[Salem Observer.] t 



t I 



uackerij. — The celebrated Dr Thompson and j 

 disciples continue, unchecked, in tlicir career I 

 estructiun. From the nature aiid elTect of the I 

 tor's proscriptions, one is almost inclined to 

 2V0 that Professor Person's (we believe it w;)s | 

 IProfessor's) ingenious fiction of Satan's Pil- | 

 lage has become a reality. The last number i 

 he Geneva Palladium furnishes a specific, in- 

 ■ed for sore eyes. It is " an extract of rod , 

 3er ; and in case of much inflammation pul- , 

 aed pepper, blown in dry with a goose quill !" 

 remedy for puUnonaiy disorders, it will be ro- 

 ibered, isfunns of sulphur, taken inwardly. — 

 ly thing savours of a sub-terrestrial origin, it 

 t be brimstone and pepper. — JV*. Y. Slatesman. 



TO THE EDITOr. 01- THE NEW ENGLAND FARMEIl. 



SEASONS. 



Mr Fessenden — The following table contain, 



observations of the time that apple-trees have ' onions. 



been noticed to be in full blossom, in the town of' ^°°^' Cyclopedia gives the following directions 



Manstiekl, Mass. for the last thirty years. If you ' ''°'' ascertaining if onion seed will vegetate. » As 



think it worthy a place in the Farmer, and" its ; ''' '^ °^ "^''^ "''"ost importance to have good fresh 



length is no objection, you can publish it. 'seed, some to try its goodness, before they ven 



Yours, &c. I. STEARNS jr. 1 '""^^ their general crop, sow a little in a pot, and 



Mansfield, June 5, 1827. ' t place it in a moderate hot bed or near a fire; u 



more expeditious method however, is to tie about 



■fallible Cure for Canker in the Stomach. — Take 

 pint of dry white beans, and boil them in two 

 ■ts of water. Give to adults two table spoon- 

 and to children one tea-spoonful. Give sena 

 hysic next day. — This simple medicine has 

 ;ted cures when physicians have given the 

 ents over. [Salem Observer.] 



■.nocence. — The sweetest ingredient in mirth 

 inocence ; it heightens and refines the hu- 

 ir and doubles the relish of every enjoyment. 

 ive seen many bad men brutally merry ; but 

 er one of them quite open, easy and uncheck- 

 .n his mirth. That absolute serenity, that su- 

 me ease, is solely the gift of virtue. 



1798 

 1799 

 1800 

 1801 

 1802 

 1803 

 1S04 

 1805 

 IBOt; 

 1807 

 1808 

 1809 

 1810 

 1811 

 1812 



May 13, 1798 and Juno 2, 1812 are the two ex 

 tremes, — the mean of wliich is May 23, 



May 25 ■ a thimble full of the seed loosely in a piece of lin- 



• 14 |en rag, and put it in a vessel of hot water, sus- 

 ' 27 pended by a thread ; in ten to fifteen or twenty 

 ' 28 minutes, pull it out, and if the seeds are good, 

 ' 23 they will, in that time have germinated or sprout- 

 ' 29 ed, perhaps to the extent of a quarter of an inch 

 ' 25 in iengU'.." - 



' 17; It would, perhaps, have been well in this pre 

 ■ 27 scription to have stated the degrees to which the 

 ' 15 " hot water" should be heated, to bo ascertained 



• 23 by a thermometer. And it would, also, not be 

 19 amiss, if onion seed can be made to germinate ir> 

 15 this way, to try the same or some similar process 



' 15 to asccitaiii the goodness of other seeds. 



' LAND AND LABOUR. 



An English farmer must entertain a contempti- 

 ble opinion of our husbandry, or a horrid idea ot 



leallh and Money. — There is this diflerence be- 

 en health and money : money is the most en- 

 1, but tlie least enjoyed ; health is the most en- 

 ;d, but the least envied ; and this superiority 

 he latter is still more obvious when we reflect 

 t the poorest man would not part with health 

 money, but that the richest would gladly part 

 h their money for health. 



TO PUF.SERVE .iLE. 



'he following method for preserving ale from 

 ling sour during long voyages was first pub- 

 ed by Dr Stubbs (Eng. Phil. Trans. No. 27,) 

 . subsequent writers say that experieaco has 



m, ,,, . '\ ' Bie opinion or our nusUanilry, or a liornd idea ot 



■Hie mean annual blossoming of the thirty years „,, Lds, when he sh.U be informed that not 



May 21 ; and «lso of tne 1st and last 15 years. ^^,, ^lan 8 or 10 bushels ot wheat is the yield of 



riie above ooservations were taken when the k » .t,- i , i -u i . 



,, u 1 r ,, , , ■■""«-" ivMCM iiiL ^j, 2(,yu . J5y{ (jjjg ]Q^y produce may bo ascribed to 



blossoms had tully expanded, a'enerallv and the ■ ■ i r i \ ^ a ^ , , , -..l 



„„ ,, I ,, . !, J. &'-""''"J' '"'" ""- a cause wmch I do not hnd touched by either ot 



corollas had begun to blow off'plonlifully with eve _ 

 gust of wind, except the russet and some late kind's 

 which are more slow and gradu 



blossoms. 



FoaEST trees 



by 

 the gentlemen whoso letters are sent to you, 

 namely, that the aim of the farmers in this coun- 

 opening their (ry (if they can be called farmers) is, not to make 

 i the most they can from the land, which is or has 

 I been cheap, but the most of the labour, which is 

 It appears to be a fact not generally known, ex- dear ; the consequence of which has been, much 

 cept to a few botanists, with what quickness the ground has been scratched over and none cultivat- 

 oak, walnut, and a great number of other forest [ed or improved as it ought to have been ; where- 

 trees attain their annual growth in the length of [ as a farmer in England, where land is dear, and 

 their shoots. I have kno vn the o.ak from the time labour cheap, finds it his interest to improve and 

 the bud was expanded, when it may with proprie-; cultivate highly, that he may reap large crops 

 ty be said to commence its growth, to send forth from a small quantity of ground. That the last 

 a shoot G, 9, and 12 inches, and sometimes more in is the true, and the first an erroneous policy, I will 

 theehort space of 48 hours, and also to finish its | readily grant ; but it requires time to conquer bad 

 growth for that year, and form its winter buds : habits, and hardly any thing short of necessity is 

 within that time. j ^[,jg ^^ accomplish it. Thatnecessity is approach- 



1 observed a number of oaks, called here the iug by pretty rapid stMos—fVashington's Lei 

 Ked Oak; on the 16th of May, when their buds had ! ters to Arthur Young. 

 just got fairly opened ; I was passing that way two I 



days after, and observed that they had finished j ^ ^"'"'''^ sentiment. 



their growth for this year, and formed their buds '^^^ more I am acquainted with agricultural uf 

 for winter. The shoots appeared green, and to I f^'"' '^^ better I am pleased with them : insomucl. 



