55 



* 

 nbout twenty pounds of sugar to a barrel of common cider, a^s 



it comes from the press, it will fine itself, keep for years, even 



on the lees, without souring, and be much improved in strength. 



Wine, far superior to most that is imported, either for use 

 in sickness or health, may be made from currants, ripe or unripe 

 grapes, cranberries, or other subacid fruits, allowing about a 

 bushel and a half of fruit, and seventy-five pounds of sugar, to 

 the barrel. Good wines made in this manner will cost about 

 fifty cents per gallon. They now readily sell for a dollar. A re- 

 spectable member of this society, Mr. Caleb Smith, of Danvers, 

 shipped some currant wine of his own making to India, a few- 

 years since, and there obtained for it over two dollars a gallon. 

 This wine was made, and kept perfectly well on this long voy- 

 age, without the a<Idition of brandy, or other spirit, a circum* 

 stance which greatly increases the value of the experiment, and 

 certainly entitles Mr. Smith to the thanks of the community. 



Pou'- bushels of barley malted, and a pound of hops, AviU make 

 a barrel of strong and a barrel of Table Beer. These liquors 

 should be made in the winter, aod will be found excellent drinks 

 in the following summer, free from all the objections which ma- 

 ny have to new beer and cider at that season. All the materi- 

 als, for composing this best of strong drinks for labouring meo, 

 can be easily raised, and all the work, except malting the bar- 

 ley, which will cost about twenty cents a bushel, can be per- 

 formed, at a leisure season, by the farmers themselves. 



Agriculturalists of Essex ! You possess a territory in which 

 are found a great variety of soils; and the means of rendering 

 them fertile are every where abundant. Three fourths of your 

 borders are wasted by the waters of the ocean, which are continu- 

 ally throwing on your shores materials for excellent manure, and 

 which afford, without the expense of making canals, all the fa- 

 cilities of a conveyance by water for your surplus produce to all 

 the most important markets on the globe. The same convey- 

 ance will bring lime from distant quarries, if it cannot be found 

 at home, at a small advance on its prime cost, to within a few 

 miles of your doors. What then is there to prevent this county 

 -from becoming one of the most fertile and productive districts 

 in New-England '^ Industry is not wanting, and luxury ha? net 



