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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



From the United States Gazette. 

 ANALYSIS OF CORN. 

 Dr. Gorham, of Harvard University, has made 

 some experiments upon corn, in order to dis- 

 cover its constituent parts. According to his 

 analysis, yellow Indian corn, in the common and 

 dry state, is composed as toliows : 



Cummon slntc. Dry slale. 

 Water - - 9 



Starch - - - 77 84 .S99 



Zeine - - 3 3 "OS 



Albumen - - 2 5 ^747 



Gummy matter - 1 7j 1 9'2'2 



Saccharine matter - 1 45 1 -iQi 



Kxtractivc matter - 8 87!) 



Cuticle and ligneous fibre 3 3 •296 



Phos. carb. sul. of lime i; loss 1 i 1 C-1!! 



100 99 9!;0 



The powder of the corn is hygrometrjc, and 

 the quantity of water in it varies with the state 

 of the atmosphere. Sometimes it would lose 

 12 per cent, on drying, at other times not more 

 than half that quantity. In some experiments 

 on the coloring matter of the different colored 

 varieties of Indian corn, it was found to be sol- 

 uble in both water anil alcohid, and to become 

 green by alkalies and red by acids. 



A spirituous liijuor may be obtained from In- 

 dian corn, in consequence of the changes whicli 

 take place in its saccharine matter. 



two spoonfuls of common yeast; the potatoes 

 first to be pulped through a cullender and mix- 

 ed with warm water to a |)ropcr consistence. 

 Thus a pound of potatoes will make a pound of 

 good yeast. Keep it moderately warm while 

 fomenting. This recipe is in substance from 

 Dr. Hunter, who observes that yeast so made 

 will keep well. No sugar is used by bakers, 

 when adding the pulp of potatoes to their ris- 

 ing. — ibid. == 

 PRESFRVATION OF GRAIN, &c. FROM MICE. 

 Mr. Macdonald, in the Hebrides, having suf- 

 fered considerably from mice, put at the bottom 

 near the centre, and at the top of each sack or 

 mow, as it was raised, three or four stalks of 

 wild mint, with the leaves on, and never had 

 any of his grain consumed. He tried the same 

 experiment with his cheese and other articles 

 kept in store and often injured by mice, and 

 with equal effect, by laying a few leaves, green 

 or dry, on the article to be preserved. — ibid. 



POLISHING POWDER FROM CHARCOAL. 



Mr. J. Thompson, of Glasgow, turned his at- 

 tention, some time ago, te the property posses- 

 sed by charcoal, ot giving a fine polish when 

 rubbed on metals. This property is not pos- 

 sessed by charcoal in general, but has been 

 found to belong only to particular pieces ; no 

 means were known by which siicli charcoal 

 could be distinguished, except actual trial, nor 

 was the cause of the superiority of some pieces 

 over others, at all understood. Mr. Thomp- 

 .son, in consequence of being informed that the 

 Dutch rush used in polishing wood, owed its 

 powers to silex, was induced to suppose that 

 charcoal, nuide from wood, growing on sandy 

 soils, would have the property required, and on 

 trial this was found to be the case. It frequent- 

 ly hap[)ens, that turners meet with wood which 

 very r.ipidly turns the edges of their tools. Mr. 

 Thompson procured some of this wood, and 

 having converted it into charcoal, lrle<l its pol- 

 ishing powers. They gave great satisfaction ; 

 and hence Mr. T. recommenils, that turners, 

 cabinet makers, &.C. sliould lay aside such wood 

 when they meet with it, as a source of char- 

 1 oal to the copperplate workers, &c. to whom 

 it is of more value than to the former, atui who 

 are cOIJ^^anlly in want of polishing charcual. 



It may not be amiss to add, that the ashes of 

 our Lehigh and Schuylkill coal has been em- 

 ployjd with great success ia polishing brass 

 furai'.urc. — ibid. 



The following methods of making yeast for 

 bread are both easy and expeditious: Hoil one 

 pound of good flour, a quarter of a pound of 

 brown sugar, and a little salt, in two gallons of 

 water for one hour; when milk warm, bottle 

 it and cork it close ; it will be tit for use in 2 I 

 hours. One pint of this will make 18 pounds 

 of bread. 



To a pound of mashed potatoes (mealy ones 

 are best) add two ounces of browa sugar, and 



NEW HAMPSHIRE CELEBRATION. 



On the 21st ult. the settlement of New Hamp- 

 shire was commemorated in a mode which has 

 received, and doubtless merited, much applause. 

 .\s ours is not, properly speaking, a ncus paper, 

 we shall give but a brief outline of the proceed- 

 ings, abridged from the Dover New Hampshire 

 Kepublican. 



After an appropriate Prayer by President 

 Tyler, an Oration was pronounced by Nathaniel 

 .•\. Haven, Jr. Esq. of Portsmouth. Of this per- 

 formance it is sufficient to say that the speaker 

 equalled the expectations of liis friends. His 

 discourse was classical, ingenious and eloquent ; 

 containing much valuable information, and indi- 

 cating a liberal and cultivated mind. The Poem 

 by Mr. Peabody, of Exeter, was a vigorous and 

 spirited performance : that gentleman proved 

 to the public that he possesses fine talents, and 

 a knowledge of the history and antiquities of 

 the country, scarcely less rare than the posses- 

 sion of such talents. Of both these performan- 

 ces, we shall only say at present, that we join 

 in the general wish that they may be given to 

 the public. 



Some appropriate Odes, written for the occa- 

 sion by the Rev. Thomas C. Upham, of Roch- 

 ester, were sung in very tine style, by the mem- 

 bers of the Handel Society in Portsmouth. — 

 The exercises were about three hours long, 

 yet probably no person perceived their length ; 

 every one regretted their conclusion. After 

 the exercises two hundred gentlemen dined to- 

 gether in JefTerson Hall. Hon. John K. Pariott 

 presided at the dinner, assisted by Edward Cutts 

 .1 r. Benjamin Penhallow, Enoch G. Parrott, and 

 Samuel Larkin, Esq'rs. of Portsmouth, Colonel 

 f'hadwick, of Exeter, and Colonel Pierce, of 

 Dover. Among the strangers present, were 

 Judge Story of the Supreme Court of the L'. S. 

 Rev. Mr. Palfrey, Daniel Webster, Geo. Plake, 

 and Nathan Hale, Esq'rs. of Boston ; President 

 Tyler, and Professors Adams and Haddock, of 

 Dartmouth College, together with many of the 

 Rev. Clergy, and gentlemen from the adjacent 

 towns. 



The dinner was chiefly of Fish, of all known 

 names, and cooked in all possible variety. After 

 the cloth was removed, the following Toasts 

 were drunk, and many line songs finely sung — 

 copies of which «c hope soon to obtain. 



I I. The plaining at Pascataquack '^ in th 

 ^ring" of 1023, and the rich harvest it h; 

 tielded. 



2. " The goodly forests, fair Tallies and chrv 

 al hills of Laconia." 



3. The heroes of Louisburgh — an earnest i 

 Sew Hampshire prowess. 



I. Major Sullivan and Captain Langdon — oi 

 delegates to Congress in '75 ; who supplie 

 Bunker Hill with powder from his Majesty 

 fort at Pascataquack. 



.'). The New Hampshire regiments in '77 at 

 '7o. Bennington, Stillwater & Saratoga ; Ge 

 mantown and Monmouth. 



G. Mesheck Weare, at once Speaker of tl 

 House — Chief Justice, and first President of It 

 State. 



7. The Fisheries — the first interests of tt 

 I'iV-t settlers of New Hampshire. 



C. The absent sons of New Hampshire, wl 

 have made her name abroad to be respectec 

 let us at home with gratitude remember them, 



9. Our literary and religious institutions- 

 Monuments erected to the memory of our a 

 cestors by their own hands. 



10. The surviving Patriots of the rcvolutii 

 — a few bright stars yet adorn the horizon. 



II. Our Fathers two hundred years ago, ar 

 our descendants two hundred years hence — M; 

 there be no weak link in the great chain tb 

 connects them. 



12. The cause of '76 all over the world — Jfc 

 it have the spirit of '76 to maintain it. 



VOLL'XTEKRS. 



Hon. D. Webster being called upon for 

 toast, remarked that although not at home, I 

 hoped he should not be considered entirely 

 a stranger; he reminded the company — of wh 

 none had forgotten — that he was a iia'J-jc nfA' 

 Hampshire ; he briefly but eloquently remark 

 that this was the land of his birth — of his ed 

 cation and of his dearest associations; the pie 

 suies of the day were not a little heighten' 

 by the consciousness that those were prese 

 who directed his studies in youth, and assist* 

 him with their counsel in manhood ; he said 1 

 could not better express his feelings than by tl 

 words of the Poet : 



New H.iMPSHiRE. 



" Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see. 

 My heart untravell'd loudly turns to thee." 



Hon. Judge Story remarked that althoaj 

 not a native of this state, he was yet a citizen 

 New luigland ; and he adverted to those C) 

 cumstances which did excite and which oug 

 to excite throughout New England a similari 

 of feeling and sentiment, as they produced 

 unity of interest. He then called the attentii 

 I of his auditors to that country from which Ne 

 England was settled, and gave 



Exi;i..4M). — The land of our forefathers, ai 

 the land of their descendants — May it ever enj< 

 with us, a common learning, a common religio 

 and a common liberty. 



By George Blake, Esq. of Boston. This d: 

 a thousand years hence — May it find our poste 

 ity as free, as prosperous, and as happy as 

 has found us. 



By the Rev. Mr. Palfrey, of Boston. Tl 

 two May Jlozi:ers — the one which bore the P. 

 jrims to New England, and the other the strai 

 herry blossnm, which mot the first settlers 

 N. Hampshire on the banks of the Pnscataqua 



