Vol. 1.— No. 41. 



AND G'AK1>ENER'S JOURNAL. 



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accordingly planted ihem, and tended 

 them as well as I knew how, and had hut 

 a small crop as might be supposed ; and 

 was not a little pleased even under these 

 unfavorable circumstances to have expe- 

 rienced the fact of raisin;: about two 

 bushels of small sweet potatoes. 



After making use of about one half of 

 them, I knew no better way to save the 

 residue for seed, which were the smallest 

 of them (and small indeed too) than to 

 put the-n into a cask in my cellar, well 

 mixed and covered with diysand. Sup- 

 posing them to be well taken care of, I 

 did not look to them until the las of the 

 wiuter, when to my very great disappoint- 

 ment I found the sand to haye settled and 

 become quite moist, and every fibre of 

 the root entirely decayed. 



From all these circumstances I conclu- 

 ded if 1 could procure seed in good sea- 

 sou, in March or early in April, tli.it they 

 might be started in a hot bed, or some situ-; 

 ilar way, to plant as soon as the spring 

 frosts were over that they might be grown 

 to full perfection. I accordingly applied 

 as before. As it happened they did not 

 reach me till late, and they had then be- 

 gun to decay. I was not able to plant' 

 them until the last of May, about one 

 month earlier than the last season, which 

 has operated greatly in favor of a crop. — 

 From one peck of seed, (not more than 

 one half of which were sound and vegeta-: 

 ted) and notwithstanding they were plant- 

 ed very late, I am favored with a plenty 

 of perfectly sweet potatoes, much better| 

 than any I have e>'er bee i able to obtain 

 from the South or Middle States, and I 

 think finer than ever I found there, hav- 

 ing frequent opportunities of proving 

 them. My little crop s very gratifying 

 to he sure, for my family are numerous 

 and all excessively fond of them ; my -v- 

 erage yield is a bushel from ei^ht hills, 

 which gives me about twenty bushels pro- 

 duced on light loam. 



I have seen in t'e New England Far- 

 mer some advice for keeping this valua- 

 ble vegetable. The method most h gh'ly 

 recommended, I think, was pulverized 

 charcoal, which, if a safe way, is at best 

 a very disagreeable one. I should feel 

 myself very much obliged if 1 should he 

 advised from anyone through you paper, 

 of the most safe and proper way of keep- 

 ing them, also whether there should be 

 any selection for seed, and what kind. 

 Yours. A. R. 



Portsmouth, JV. H. Oct. 4, 1831. 



fJ^Sweet Potato slips are not gener- 

 ally received in Boston from the South, 

 for sale, till about the middle o April. — 

 It would be useless to try to get them 

 sooner, for if they become in the least 

 chilled on the voyage, they decay almost 

 as fast as they are opened to the air. No 

 economical method of preserving the 

 slips for seed during the winter in New 

 Englapd has yet been discovered to our 

 ^knowledge,— Eb. : 



From the Southern Agriculturist. 

 To save sekd.-. — All seeds keep bet- 

 ter in their seed vessels, but this can 

 rarely be done, on account of the great 

 space occin ied. As soon, therefore, as 

 the pods of cabbages, turnips, radishes, 

 &C. turn brown, and a part become dry, 

 the stems should be c t and laid on a 

 cloth or floor to dry, and after wards 

 thrashed out, ad hung up in hags in some 

 open airy place. Lettuce should be pul- 

 led up with the roots, as soon as there is 

 the least appearance of maturity, and 

 hung up, and the plants will ripen all ol 

 their sPeds, nearly at the same time. It 

 left in the garden t ripen, the earliest 

 and best will be lost; in fact, except mi- 

 lder very favorable circumstances, very 

 ■ few will be obtained, as every shower and j 

 every strong breez will lessen tlie quan- 

 tity," and scatter those which are mature 

 I over the whole garden. The same course 

 should be pursued with leeks a d onions. 

 It is a pr valent opinio that the bush 

 squash cannot be perpetua ed among us, 

 as such luve a strong tenden y to run, 

 and in ne or two seasons become a vine. 

 This is a mistake, and has originated, uo 

 doubt, in the manner of s ving th seed. 

 If the first squashes ihat appear be retain- 

 ed for seed, iher is no anger of the 

 pi : 1 1 1 running the next season; but if 

 these be used and those which are borne 

 t the extremities are preserved for this 

 purpose, they will run and moreover will 

 be later in bearing. To have early fru:t 

 of either the squash, cucumber or melon, 

 the very first should be preserved. 



Grfipes !ii Baltimore. — We have been 

 delighted with the supply of delicious 

 fruit wlii'di our market has affoide tins 

 season. In addition to our usual supply 

 of fine peaches, which are unequalled in 



i any ot er market, we have for some weeks 

 past been furnished with dtlicious grapes 

 from .h vineyard of Nicholas rewer, 



i K>q. of Annapolis. They were of the 

 fill wing kinds: Golden ( hasselas, 



1 Sweetwater, Isabella, Bland's Madeira 

 and ed Hamburg, the 'wo first sold read- 

 ilv at .$6 per bushel, and the Madeira are 

 selling with equal facility at $3 to #4. — 

 Of the three last mentioned kinds, Mr, li 

 has about 200 bushels on his vines. — A 



inter. Far. 



purpose. We certainty should feel much grati 

 lied, if the ancient city should be enabled by the 

 improvement in the navigation of the Hudson, to, 

 import, (at no distant day) in ships of their own. 



Fuel and Stoves. 



Mr. L. Tucker, Sir — Much time, labor, an 1 

 money, have been expended in order to determine 

 the most econmieal mode of heating rooms. Stove 

 after stove, of almost every conceivable form has 

 been offered to the public, each inventor claiming 

 superiority, yet so equal or so doubtful have beta 

 the merits of each, that neither public opinion, 

 nor correct philosophy, has to this day pronounced 

 judgment, or awarded the palm. Expense, com 

 plexity and waste of fuel are common faults. 



All these objections seem now to be completely 

 obviated by anew form of stove invented by Mr, 

 Levi Burnell, of this village, which for beauty, 

 simplicity, and enconomy, both in first cost, and 

 consumption of fuel, is not equalled by any thing 

 heretofore known to me. A model of the plainest 

 kind fur the purpose of experiment, may be seen 

 at the store of the inventor No. 11, Carroll street. 



It exposes a greater surface of heated metal 

 than any other form of stove of equal dimensions 

 and weight, and consequently radiates more heal 

 from an equal, or even less quantity of fuel. 



Either coal or wood may he used with perfect 

 security and cleanliness, requiring no further ad- 

 justment after being once introduced, till entirely 

 consumed. The tire always burns clear, as the 

 ashes, as fast as formed fall into an ash-pit below. 



In short its form being the most simple and 

 philosophical, is therefore the most beautiful. 



W. W. Reid. 



Improvement op the Hudson' Riveu. 

 From the circumstance that ships of the largest 

 class, can come up the Hudson and anchor at 

 Cattskill, and the establishment of the Canajohar- 

 rie Railroad, it is apprehended that the ancient 

 city of Albany may be somewhat shorn of her 

 business and resources, if the channel of the river 

 at (he overslaiigM should not be deepened. The 

 city of New- York will the present year, pay about 

 $•20,000,000 of hard cash into the coffers of the 

 government at Washington, audit is the opinion 

 of a writer(in the Argus) that if a proper applica- 

 tion be made to Congress for means to deepeij the 

 channel of the riv-r, at the ovetsfaugjtt, that a 

 handsome appropriation may be obtained for that 



The Cincinnati Daily Advertiser relates 

 the following circumstances as having oc- 

 curred in the " Town of Boston," some- 

 where about the year 1760. 



'! A captain of a vessel having arrived 

 from England upon a Sunday, his affec- 

 tionate wife, anxious to greet him, met him 

 upon Long Wharf, when he imprinted a 

 kiss upon her lips — for which offence a- 

 gainst the purity of the morals of these 

 goodly souls, he underwent a public whip- 

 ping ! Now mark the result: — The cup- 

 tain put up with the punishment he had re- 

 ceived, as in duty bound; and when the, 

 time arrived for his departure again for 

 England, taking his wife and children on 

 board his ship, he dropped her down below 

 the castle which defended the harbor, when, 

 determined not to be behindhand with tiie 

 selectmen in acts of civility and Limln ss, 

 he invited them to an entertainment on 

 board his ship, where they were received 

 with every mark of respect and hospitality; 

 but the hour at length arrived when the best 

 friends must part : the selectmen had ta- 

 ken their leave and ascended the ship 

 deck, where ihe boatswain and his mate 

 were awaiting their arrival, and seizing each 

 of them, by turn, tied them up, and gave 

 them Moses's law, (thirty-nine lashes,) well 

 laid on ; they were then put into their boat. 

 and departed for town ; whilst the captain 

 spread every sail to the breeze, and took a 

 final leave of Boston," 



