NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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itf to apply it to growing crops ia great heat or 

 Milt, Hence it is (inadvisable to use it, except for 



S after the moath of April or May, unltss diluted. 

 Articularly useful in the spring, when the appli- 

 [,, of liquid manure gives a new impetus to the 

 uand makes its growth more vigorous. This ma- 

 "orces newly planted cabbages in a most remark- 

 nanner." 

 be true that more manure can be obtained from 

 ale of cattle than from their dung and litter, in 

 •oportlon of 7 to 6 (as would seem by Mr. Alex- 

 's experiments as above detailed) and that by o»r 

 lon modes of husbandry this stale is nearly or 

 squandered away, the discovery is of very great 

 tance indeed to agriculture. It is nothing less 

 a method by which farmers may, with a small 

 ise, somewhat more than double their usual quan- 

 f stable manure. And if farmers should "value 

 re as a miser does his strong box — should grasp 

 and hoard it as eagerly and anxiously as a cove- 

 nan accumulates treasure,"* surely the wise cul- 

 ir will not grudge some labor and expense to ac- 

 more tharf double the usual quantity of so valua- 

 1 article. It is very true there are many things 

 taken into consideration in all these economical 

 sses. A principal inquiry should ever be whether 

 iving will cost more than the benefit arising from 

 1 be worth. Many improvements, which are high- 

 luable in old and populous countries, where labor 

 eap and land dear, cannot be advantageously 

 ;ed in this country, where the object, in general, 

 ber to make the most of our labor tlian of our 

 It is to be recollected, likewise, that in New 

 md, during a considerable part of the time in 

 1 cattle are usually housed, the liquid manure is 

 ionverted into ice, and, in that state, must be 

 erred to the dung-heap, or inconvenient accumu- 

 is will take place before a thaw would render it 

 icable to separate the liquid from the solid parts 

 manure, ^till, with all these disadvantages, we 

 'e, in most cases, it is highly advisable to preserve 

 quid portion of stable manure separate from the 

 part ; especially where cattle are soiled, or horses 

 )d during all or the greater part of the year. In 

 ext number, on the subject of these essays, we 

 ise to state some means by which such separation 

 preservation may be conveniently and economi- 

 effected. 



Iiete txpressiom, we htlieie, belong to the Hon. 

 Pe(«rj, of Penniyhania., but tee do net Ttcolltct 

 t lee found them. 



(to be conti.vded.) 



quiiin;,' into the expediency of continuing the prefer- 

 ence ^iv( n to West I'oint Cadets in entering the jiul'lit 

 service over those of Patridge^s Academy and otiurs — 

 Of employing the regular army in building fortifications 

 — A statinient of the duties performed by navy officers, 

 &c. A bill has been reported for allowing the molh( r 

 and sister of the late Wm. H. Allen, 1^150 per annum 



each, for five years. Resolutions have passed both 



Houses for inquiring into the present state of the trade 

 and intercourse between the U. States and the Island 

 of Hayti, and report what measures would be necessa- 

 ry to improve the commerce of both countries. Mr. 



Taylor, of N. York, has moved a resolution, That the 

 Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire 

 into tile expediency of allowing costs in all cases where 

 damages may be recovered for the violation of the 

 rights of patentees, under the several acts concerning 

 the issuing of jiateuts for useful discoveries and inven- 

 tions. 



FOREIGN.— An arrival at New York from Havre, 

 brought Paris papers to the 19th November, containing 

 the latest advices from Europe. By them we learn that 

 the Congress at Verona held their first business session 

 on Ihe last day of October. The assembly deliberates 

 with closed doors, and of course, nothing to be depend- 

 ed upon, can he gathered respecting their proceedings. 

 With regard to Greece, the accounts look encouraging. 

 Letters from Trieste, [no date given] hifoim that a 

 large body of Greek troops had penetiatcd from Liva- 

 dia to the southern part of Thessaly, where they at- 

 tacked and entirely defeated the forces of Chourschid 

 Pacha, collected there — details not received. The 

 Turkish fleet which sufl'ered so severely in the Morea, 

 had finally arrived in the Dardanelles, and its distress- 

 ed condition had spread dismay throughout the whole 

 city. It is said, likewise, that the Greeks had gained 

 great advantages over the Turks in Candia. 



'Ihe Hon. James l.lr.yd bus been eli cted u !:euatur 

 in Congress for six yeais from 4th March next. 



The Hartford Kr^,wing Company offer a premium of 

 twenty dollars, or a silver cup, or any other plate of 

 that value to the larnier v\ho shall raise, sell, and de- 

 liver to the said Company, at their Brewery in that tily, 

 the best lot of Barley, the growth of the ensuing s( aeon, 

 not less in quantity than one hundred bushels, being 

 the produce of one farm — (he quality of the barley to 

 be ascertained by the weight of it. — I'or the iiixt list 

 lot of one hundred bushels, on the same teims, Ihey 

 will give a premium often dollars, in addition (in Loth 

 cases) to Ihe current price of barley. 'J'he barit y to be 

 delivered before the first day of January, 1624, on wliich 

 day the premiums will be declared and paid, 'this no- 

 tice is signed by Lorenzo UuU, agent. 



On the Ist inst. during the snow storm, a lam was 

 burnt at Hebron, Con. belonging to Mr. lianiel W hitc, 

 of that place — supposed to be the work of an incendia- 

 ry. A horse, wagon, and a considerable quantity of 

 grain were thus destroyed. 



Ripe cherries were gathered near Norfolk, on the 

 4th of December last. 



Miss Ann Robins, aged 22 years, was lad ly drowned 

 in the river, opposite Middletown, in Connecticut. A 

 number of young persons went to the rivt r for the pur- 

 pose of sliding ; the^deceased, with another laily, and 

 two young gentlemen ventured on the ice, when she, 

 with one of the gentlemen, slid within four or five feet 

 of the glade, before they perceived it ; but they were 

 moving with so much rapidity as to be unable to check 

 themselves, and plunged into the water. She had hold 

 of the gentleman's arm, when they went in, but im- 

 mediately released her grasp ; he turned round and 

 took her by the arm ; she then got hold of the ice but 

 it gave way ; he continued supporting her till his feet 

 becoming entangled in his cloak, he could support her 



A firman has been issued by the Turkish government, no longer. He succeeded in getting hold of the ice. 



ittake Corrected. — In our paper of Dec. 28, p. 174, 



article headed " Satellites of Venus.,'''' which is 



)uted to the Buffalo Patriot of 26th Nov. This we 



redibly informed made its first appearance in some 



ih newspaper above a year ago. We are moreover 



>l that the magnifying power, which that article 



la s as the property of the common mirror, does not 



x , Itut that a mirror will sometimes reflect double or 



ri ■ images of objects. This circumstance led the 



a ulta gentleman to suppose that the planet Venus 



r; •(■compaujed with satellites, when for any thing 



^< mw to the contrary, her ladyship is as destitute 



f t -ndants as a belle of the last century, whose 



h ms have long since faded into non-entity. 



FARMER SUMMARY OF NEWS. 



DNGRESS exhibits appearances of industry, and 

 Jl': is every indication of the session's being lets 

 »ely, not so windy, and more efficient than some prc- 

 :e !?• ones. Mr. Cannon has shewn himself to be a 

 lece of ordnance by sundry reports^ which we 

 . lit calibre sufficient to repeat. They relate, how- 

 » , to improving the Militia of the U. States— Of in- 



prohibiting the use of furs, gold lace, cashmere shawls, 

 &c. which has excited much agitation in Constantino- 

 ple ; and the English merchants there, were seriously 

 affected by its operation. 



A Vienna article, dated Nov. 2, states, on the author- 

 ity of letters from Verona, that the Ministers of the five 

 powers there, have unanimously voted to disapprove of 

 the progress of events in Spain, and that the interests 

 of Europe will not allow them to remain as they are. 

 This is to be formally and officially notified to the 

 Cortes by a manifesto. Should they refuse to listen to 

 th'» jnemorial, the ulterior measures of the Cortes will 

 be looked for with anxiety. And it is said that the on- 

 ly answer which the Cortes will give to any Manifesto 

 from the Congress at \'erona, will be a decree to raise 

 an additional army of 100,000. 



A Paris paper says " it is believed that Russia, Aus- 

 tria and Prussia are determined to extinguish every 

 spark of revolution." The French government, howev- 

 er, says a London paper, are determined to abide by 

 the decision of England, in regard to Spain. 



The Caledonian Canal, in Scotland, which opens a 

 communication between the eastern and western seas, 

 was opened the latter part of October. It ii nearly 20 

 years since it was commenced, and it cost 900,0001. 



Three bottles of green Gooseberries were lately acci- 

 dentally dug up in England. They were in excellent 

 preservation, although it is thought they had been bu- 

 ried a century or more. So says an English paper. — 

 Might it not be well to try some experiments suggested 



by this fact ? 



DOMESTIC. — An ingenious mechanic in Philadel- 

 phia, has invented a new safety lock, to which he has 

 given the name of Patent Trap Lock. It is contrived 

 so that any key but its own being introduced into the 

 lock, is made fast, and cannot be removed. The con- 

 struction is simple, yet if five hundred locks were made, 

 no key would fit any other than the one for which it 

 was intended. 



Counterfeit three dollar bills of the Eagle Bank of 

 New Haven are in circulation in New York. They are 

 intended to imitate those of the letter C, and are made 

 payable to J. Ingersoll, dated Dec. 1st, 181i!. The 

 imitation is said to be very good, and well calculated 

 to deceive. 



A meeting of Printers and Booksellers of Philadelphia, 

 has been called to choose a person to attend the four 

 hundredth grand anniversary of the invention of the Art 

 of Printing, to be celebrated at Haerlem, ia Holland, 

 in 18^3. 



and was saved, but was unable to stand when taken 

 out of the water. 



The paper-mill of Gen. L. Burbank, in Fitchburgh, 

 with its contents, was destroyed by fire on the 3d inst. 



F 



BROWN'S PATENT VERTICAL FAMILY 

 SPINNER. 



OR SALE, at the Agricultural Warehouse, it\ 

 Chambers No. 20, Merchant's Row, (opposite 

 the East end of the Old Market) — a number of 



BroiiirCs Patent Family Wool Spinners, 

 which are found on trial to be one of the most useful 

 domestic implements that have ever been invented fot 

 that purpose, being of so simple and easy construction 

 that a girl of the age of 15 can well do the work of six 

 persons in spinning, and so compact in its form as not 

 to require so much space as a common family spinning 

 wheel. The advantage of this machine over and above 

 the common mode of family spinning, is at once tested 

 in a few minutes operation with the machine ; it at 

 once discovers its immense saving of labor, its accuracy 

 in spinning a good thread, and the quantity it will 

 spin. It requires no further examination to judge it 

 its utility than to see it operate. It is afforded at so 

 low a price as to bring it in common use to every prac- 

 tical farmer, and is well calculated for the employment 

 of the inmates of our common town's poor houses — 

 Any number of Machines can be furnishcdat the short 

 est notice, and warranted. J»»' J*- 



