NEW ENGLAND IJ'ARMER. 



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id other vegetables, have been raised at the 



Ims-House Farm the present season. The 



iportant improvements constantly making at 



is interesting ct?tablishment ; the order and 



■gularity with which every thing is conducted ; 



id the neatness and comfort every where seen 



ithin its limits, reflect great honour on the 



•esent worthy Overseer, and entitle him to 



te lasting gratitude of the town. 



Mr. Upton, whose mind is ever bent on .some 



Ian of usefulness, has suggested, (and we think 



i|lie suggestion entitled to serious consideration) 



%it .1 Dam might he liuilt from the Ahiis-House 



li.vri', across Collins' Cove, to the nearest point 



1 t!io opposite side, which would alTord suitable 



,1 tor Mills of various kinds, and be of great 



■..-■tit to the town as well as individuals — it 



( idd also be a very convenient public w.iy be- 



i-n Beverly, Bridge street, &c. and the lower 



^oftiieloH-n. The stone and gravel ne- 



,.ry for the construction of the Dam, are to 



l-aj in groat abundance near the Alms-House, 



ni! by employing the n-ien, teams and gondolas 



f Ihe establishment, it might be executed at 



!iill expense. — Essex Register. 



From the New York Statesman. 

 As you profess to devote a portion of yourpa- 

 .1 to the interest of agriculture, I lake the 

 lurty of communicating some facts relative to 

 10 turnip culture, which I have prosecuted this 

 oar to a greater extent tlian before. 



'\ly farm, on the Albany commons, is a sandy 

 i.uii, and, so far as I can judge, very much re- 

 Mnhles the celebrated turnip soil of Norfolk, 

 1 I'ngland. The idea, which is prevalent in 

 lany places, that the turnip requires a moist, 



oaty, or very rich soil, is erroneous It i' 



(jiially an error that they will not grow on old 

 inds, provided they have a dry and sandy soil. 

 1 Xorfolk there have been raised live crops on 

 «h1s which were eight-ninths silex ; and pcr- 

 :ip< they do the best where the sand does not 

 oiistitute less than 70 percent of soil. I find 1 

 row the best crop on the sides and tops of my 

 iMi-t sandy hills; wheiV in places more moist, 

 .iid abounding in more vegctalilo matter, they 

 lie of diminished size, ill flavoured and stringy, 

 bnce it has become a primary rule in my prac- 

 icr to sow this crop upon my lightest soils. 



For table use, the later the turnip is grown 

 be better. Those later sown, are more crisp, 

 nirv, tirm, and better flavoured, than those 

 .vhich are maturing during the heats ofScptcm- 

 jor. 1 therefore sow late ; the common sorts 

 rem the iioth July to the Gth August, and the 

 ^■.\edes early in July. 



As a crop for cattle food, I have yet but little 

 experience, except with the nita baga. Of the 

 utility and profit of these I am fully satislicd. — 

 Tliey are raised as cheap as Indian corn. The 

 average product is from 500 to 600 bushels. In 

 a root cellar, or in piles of 100 bushels, buried 

 up on the surface of the ground, they keep per- 

 •ectly well, and are fed without being cut to 

 neat cal;le, with as little labor as any food. 



1 have raised turnips five j'ears with unilorm 

 success, and always as a second crop. — You 

 probably recollect the high reputation they ob- 

 tained in the Albany market as a table vegeta- 

 ble. This year I have grown seven or eight 

 acres, of dilferent kinds, viz : the flat red top 

 and green top, the Norfolk white, the Aberdeen 

 yellow, the globe and ruta baga ; md they all 



prove excellent of their kind— the two tirst 

 yiohlcd at the rate of 7C0 bushels per acre. — 

 The whole were raised on ground on which I 

 had previously taken (the same year) clover-, 

 rye, wheat, flax and peas. Most of the ground 

 had a liglit dressing of manure, whi^h was 

 ploughed under, and the seed sown broadcast, 

 and harrowed in. They were thinued and weed- 

 ed with the hoe once only. 



I contemplate sending a few hundred bushels 

 to your market in a day or two, when 1 beg you 

 will do me the favor to call at the boat and 

 view them. I think they are not surpassed lor 

 beauty and goodness b^' any which I ever saw. 

 Your obedient servant, 



JESSE BUEL. 



BRF.F.D OF HORSE?. 

 The fine exhibitions of this animal at the late 

 Cattle Show in this county, have led to much 

 conversation, and excited a laudable spirit of 

 emulation ; and it is hoped a subject of so much 

 importance to the community will continue to 

 attract public attention, until the state is stock- 

 ed with a new race of horses. Although the 

 tirst premium was awarded to the celebrated 

 Diiruc, of Dutchess county, jet the beautiful 

 .\rabian Bagdad., imported and owned by Mr. 

 Barclay, of this city, is said, by good judges, to 

 be little if any inferior to his elder and success- 

 ful rival ; and the most sanguine hopes are en- 

 tertained, that the stock from Bagdad will con- 

 tribute much to the improvement of our breed 

 of horses. As the two competitors are kept 

 in dift'erent parts of the state, the interests of 

 their respective owners can in no way inter- 

 fere. — ibid. 



Frfmi tlie Old Colony Memorial. 



That the following may receive the notice 

 which it deserves, we lake the liberty of staling, 

 that it is received tVom the Rev. Mr. Allen, of 

 Pembroke, who has used it on the sides and roof 

 of all of his buildings, except the house in wliich 

 he resides. At a very little distance, the paint 

 on the latter cannot be distinguished from this 

 cheap, and ornamental mixture. Beside the 

 neat appearance it gives, it niay be recommend- 

 ed by the arguments of economy', as protecting' 

 the wood from the vicissitudes of weather, and 

 of precaution, in guarding against fire. The lat- 

 ter should be an argument of great weight in 

 this town. We can in no better way express 

 our gratitude for the signal favour of Pi'ovidence, 

 in saving us from the ravages of this destructive 

 clement, than in guarding in every convenient 

 and practicable way, against the mischief it may 

 occasion. 



This cement is designed as a paint for the 

 roofs of houses. It answers all the purposes of 

 common paint, and also protects the roof from 

 tire. Those who are now erecting new houses, 

 or are about to paint the roots oj' old buildings, 

 would do well to try it. The expense of paint- 

 ing a roof in this \yay would be much less than 

 the common method. — The cement becomes 

 very hard and glossy, and is Said to be more du- 

 rable than the best kind of |i;itiit. The follow- 

 ing is a receipt for making it : — Take as much 

 lime as usual in m iking a pail full of white- 

 wash ; let it be sifted in the pail nearly full of 

 water ; in this put two pounds and a half of 

 brown sugar, and three pounds of fine .salt — mix 

 them well together, and the cement is composed. 



A little lamp-black, yellow ochi-e, or otiier 

 colouring commodity, may be intermixed, ta 

 change the colour of the cement, to please the 

 fancy of those who use it. 



From the Northampton Gazette. 

 Sarnn Sheep. — Our enterprising townsmen, 

 Isaac C. Bates, Esq. and Col. James Shepherd, 

 have recently imported two Saxon backs, which 

 have arrived in town. They wore purchased 

 in Saxony for these gentlemen more than a year 

 since, and sclecteil b}- a good judge, as the ex- 

 cellence of the animals evinces. It is well 

 known that Saxon wool commands a higher 

 price in the English market than Spanish. If 

 is the material of which the superline west of 

 England cloths aro made. The growth of it, 

 therefore, in this country, is important to the 

 agricultural and manufacturing interests. These 

 bucks are of the merino race of sheep, but im- 

 proved. They arc remarkable for the fineness, 

 delicate softness, and singular uniformity of thoir 

 fleeces, and are an acquisition to the country, 

 for v.'hich the proprietors are entitled to a meed 

 of thanks. 



iSkeep. — In the Report cf the Committee on 

 Sheep at the AVorcester Cattle Show, it is stat- 

 ed that England and AVales possess '2ii milliona 

 of Sheep, the annual produce of whose wool i» 

 27 millions of dollars. England imports from 

 Spain about one fflernth of the whole quantity 

 of wool which she manufactures. Three fourths 

 of the wool wrought by the woollen manufac- 

 tories of the United States is the product of 

 foreign soil. — ibid. 



Exfraordiiwnj Prnduct. — Mr. Edwin Lathrop, 

 of Hawley, raised the past season one hundred 

 and eighti/ sninincr squashes from one seed. — ibid. 



A ncti! Method of heading Cabbage in the IVinter. 

 Last fall, at the usual lime of taking in Cab- 

 bages, I had a number well grown, but had no 

 appearance of a 1. fad. I dug a trench on the 

 southern declivity of a hill, about 18 inches v/ide, 

 and 20 or '22 inches deep, and took tiG cabbages 

 of the above description, and set them out in the 

 bottom of the trench, in their natural position, 

 with the roots well covered with sand : I then 

 filled the trench with straw on each side of the 

 cabbages, and laid straw over the tops of them, 

 to prevent the sand from getting in ; then placed 

 a rail over the middle of the trench, to prevent 

 any pressure on the cabbages, and then com- . 

 pleted the work by throwing on more straw, and 

 i'orniing a ridge of sand over the whole, to keep 

 out I'rost and water. In the latter part of March, 

 1 opened the trench and took out the cabbages, 

 and found each one with a common sized head, 

 white, solid, and well tasted. — Anon. 



Easy method of breaking Glass in any required 

 direction. — Dip a piece of worsted tiiread in 

 spirits of turpentine, wrap it round the glass in 

 the direction that you require it to be broken, 

 and then set fire to the thread, or apply a red 

 hot wire round the glass, and if does not imme- 

 diately crack, throw cold water on it while the 

 wire remains hot. By this means glass that is 

 broken may often be fashioned, and rendered 

 uselul for a variety of purposes. — Eng. yiap. 



