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01 Mr. Pickering-, likewise says tliat his 

 •^ctice has been to prune in the spring-, be- 

 *)g when the buds have scarcely begun to 

 rt|, and ending before the expanfion of the 

 !*s."* Mr. Forsyth, likewise, in his Treatise 

 Juit Trees (p.' 18, Cobbett's Edition) says, 

 ive a great dislike to autumnal pruning, 

 the spring, \vhen the sap is beginning to 

 the knife, the lips will quickly grow."' — 

 writer whose essay on the subject of ap- 

 ees, is published in the Massacliusetts Jig- 

 iral Repository, -p. 121 to 127, instating 

 errors in the mode of managing orchards 

 ons that beginning to prune in March, 

 •n there is still much wet and frosty 

 er, and no activity in the sap of the free," 

 y injurious. These authorities are pro- 

 fo show what should not be done, till the 

 1 is further advanced ; and to evince that 

 ■.isapplication of labor is oftentimes more 

 lental to a farmer, than sheer idleness. 

 iLY Peas. — As soon as possible prepare an 

 piece of ground for the reception of peas. 

 Icbbett gives the following directions for 

 J peas. " I ploughed the ground into 

 , the tops of which (for the dwarf sorts) 

 four feet apart. I then put a good parcel 

 d dung into the furrows ; and ploughed 

 irth back upon the dung. I then levelled 

 p of the ridge a little, and drew two drills 

 upon it at six inches distant from each 

 In these 1 sowed the peas. When the 

 fere about three inches high, I hoed the 

 1 deep and well between the rows and on 

 outside of them. I then ploughed the 

 I from them and to them again, in the 

 ■way as in the case of Swedish Tur- 

 in a week or two afterwards they had 

 r ploughing ; and soon after they fell and 

 iziin tkc fides of the ridges. When not 

 , and sown upon level ground, peas fall 

 rregtdarty, and in case of much wet, the 

 pods rot ; but from the ridges they fall 

 .•ly, and the wet does not lodge about 

 Yon walk up the furrows to gather the 

 and nothing can be more beautiful or 

 onvenient. The culture in the garden 

 ! the same, except that the work which 

 ; with the plough, in the field, must in the 

 be done with the sparfc." — American 

 ler, Par. 241. Mr. M'Mahon directs, ''in 



give the first early crops a greater ad- 

 prepare a south border of dry light 



"or their reception, and raise the earth 

 ow sloping ridges, about a foot brond at 

 16, and nine inches high, and at the dis- 

 if three feet from each other ; ranging 

 na south west direction, from the north 

 the border ; then on the easterly sides of 

 idges about half their height, sow your 

 it peas, pretty thick, covering tlietn about 



1 and an half, or if the land be very 

 nd light, two inches, or if of a stiff na- 

 le inch in depth. In this situation, they 

 ve all the advantage of the morning and 



lie dry, and will consequently 



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in vegetation much more rapidly than 

 > in the ordinary way." — .imcrican Cur- 

 Calendar. 



to' Deane observed that for field peas, land 

 to newly ploughed out of sward is general- 

 th( .unted best ; and land which is high and 

 eiplfld has not been too much dunged. The 



*:y. E. Farmer, No. 32, p. 250. 



sorts, which grow large, should have a weaker 

 soil ; in a stronger soil the smaller sorts an- 

 swer. Our farmers do not commonly allow a 

 sullicient (|uantity of seed i'or pease in broad 

 cast sowing. When sowed thin they lie upon 

 tlie ground, but if sowed thick tlioy hold eacii 

 other up. Mr. Deane recommended three bush- 

 els to an acre. In sowing peas in rows which 

 grow six or seven feet high, to have the rows 

 12 or 11 feet apart, with rows of carrots or 

 onions, &c. between them is lliought a good 

 practice. — ■^^^— — ^^ 



CCj-WAR DECLARED !— The Erig Parthian, Capt. 

 Nye, has arrivpd at New Bedford, in :Jj days from Lis- 

 bon. Capt. Nye reports, that the day before he sailed, 

 Mr. Hutcliiusoii, our Consul there, informed him, that 

 aecounts had been received of WAR'S BEING DE- 

 CLARE.D BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN. 



NEW GARDEN SEEDS. 



FOR sale, by GEO. MURDOCK, No. 1.1, Market 

 Square, a ^real variety of English and American 

 (iARDE.N .SEEDS, i.f lln last year's growlli ; consist- 

 ing oil arly Frame, Kolsjinr and Charlton Peasi ; early 

 anil late (Jahbagc ; early and late C'anliflower ; Sweet 

 .Marjoram, 'i'liyme, ice. vilh every other Se( d suitable 

 for a Kitchen Garden, .iho, -10 lbs. Mangel Wurtztl 

 or Scarcity — 100 lbs. Rnia Baga or S^^■cdi^h Turnip — 

 a quantity of ArmacU or Carrot. March 'J!'. — 6w 



AGRtCULTURAE SOCIETY IN VIRGINIA. 



A meeting of " The Agricultural Society of the Val- 

 ley," was held at Wmchester, (Va.) on the 1st inst. 

 and after a very able address lioui the President, and 

 some other proceedings of local interest, Mr. William 

 M. Barton presented to the .Society some Flax, cleaned 

 by a new invented machine, accompanied by a letter 

 from Gen. Samuel Swartout, of New York, in which 

 he describes the facility with which one man can clean 

 fla>:, amounting to 100 lbs. cleaned for the hackle in 

 one day — the price to be $100. The machine, owing 

 to some disappointment, was not exhibited. The same 

 gentleman presented some rape or cole seed, a present 

 from the Hon. De Witt Clinton, of New York, which 

 was assigned to Edward M'Guire, Esq. Treasurer, for 

 distribution among the most careful farmers. *^ This 

 plant has Jong been celebrated iu Ireland and England, 

 for its great utility in feeding sheep, as being remarka- 

 bly hardy and capable of sustaining the most severe 

 winter without injury. It is a species of cabbage, and 

 is also celebrated for the oil it produces, which answers 

 for baruing in lamps. The cake also is valuable for 

 feeding cattle, and serves as a m.anure." A letter was 

 presented to the Society by Mr. Wm. M. Barton, from 

 Judge Buel, of Albany, N. Y. giving an account of his 

 mode of cultivating the Ruta Baga, or Swedish turnip, 

 upon a clover lay previously mowed, in which he was 

 very svtccessful, the acre having produced 500 bushels. 



The following gentlemen were chosen honorary mem- 

 bers of this Society :— Hon. Dc Witt Clinton and Jesse 

 Buel, Esq. of the State of New York ; Hon. Josiah 

 Quincy, Thomas L. ^\"intbrop, Esq. S. W. Pomeroy, 

 Es(j. and Dr. Dexter, of or near Boston. 



Exhibition of Horses. — We learn from the last N. 

 Hampton Gazette, that " the Executive Committee of 

 the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural 

 Society, propose to their fellow citizens of the three 

 counties, to have an exhibition of Horses, in the village 

 of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, on Wednes- 

 day, the 21st day of May next." They likewise olTer 

 premiums to the amount, iu all of $131, for the best 

 stud horse, breeding mare, gelding horses, ice. 4;c. 



Safforefs Slraio Cutter. — We have seen a Machine in 

 operation for cutting straw. Sec. invented by Mr. Noah 

 SalTord, of Springfield, Vermont, which we believe to 

 combine more advantages than any other ever put in 

 use, taking into consideration its cheapness, simplicity, 

 ilc. We are well assured that it will cut, with tlie 

 moderate labor of one man, a bushel of straw in a mi- 

 nute, or sixty bushels in an hour. The notice of the 

 improvement which is given in Mr. S.''s advertisement, 

 together with the testimonial in its favor, bearing the 

 signatures of persons who are good judges of the merits 

 of machinery of this sort>, supersede the a«cessity of any 

 further remarks from us. 



OO" We are compelled, for want of room, to omit 

 several articles intended for this day's paper ; and 

 among others an advertisement for Mr. Osborn's Poems, 

 which shall appear in our next. 



DIED— In Washington, on the 17th inst. the Hon. 

 Brockholst LivjiicsTON, one of the Judges of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States, aged 65. 



SAFFORDS STRAW CUTTER. 



rrillE utility of cutting Hay, Straw, and other sub- 

 JL stances lor /ceding cattle, is now so universally 

 acknowledged that any remarks on the subject must 

 he deemed supcrlluous. The following Certificate -will 

 therefore be conclusive of the merits of the above men- 

 tioned Machine. 



Boston, .March 22, 1823. 

 We, the subscribers, have in operation a Straw 

 Cutting Machine invented and exhibited in this city by 

 .Noah Safford, and we do not hesitate to say that in our 

 opinion it excecils any other we have ever seen, for 

 cheapness, simplicity, despatch and durability. 



Stkphf.n Hartwkll, Spvrr U Holmes, 

 Hkzekiah Eart,, Andrew Slater. 



(C^ The above mentioned Machines may be had of 

 J. R. NEWELL, at the Agricultural E.stablishment, 

 No. 20, Merchant's Row, Boston. Price $15. 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE, kc. 



[Revised and corrected every Friday.] 



ASHES, pot, 1st qual. . . . 



pearl do 



BEANS, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 cwt. . . . 



cargo, No. 1 



" No. 2 



BUTTER, inspect. 1st qual. . 

 " 2d qual. . 

 small kegs, family, 

 CHEESE, new milk .... 



FLAX 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Baltimore, superfine, 

 Gcnessee .... 

 Rye, best .... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort . . 



HOPS, No. 1, 



LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, American 



PLAISTER PARIS .... 



PORK, Navy .Mess .... 



Bone Middlings . . . 



Cargo, No. 1, . . . 



Cargo, No. 2, . . . 



SEEDS, Herd's Grass . . • 



Clover 



WOOL, Merino, full blood,washed 

 do. do. unwashed 



do. 3-4 washed 



do. 1-2 do. 



Native .... do. 

 Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 do. Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVISIO.y MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces .... 



PORK, fresh 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY 



BUTTER, keg & tub ... 

 lump, best . . . 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, ...... 



Indian, ..... 



POTATOES, 



CIDER, liquor, 



H.\Y, best, 



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