Vol. 6.— No. 8 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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jur revolutionary fathers fought, and triumphantly 

 established. MrCanning was a bright and brilliant 

 star, to whom all eyes were turned, both in the 

 old and new world, upon botli of which the light 

 of his mind, the upriglitness of his genius, and the 

 glory of his life, shed their benignant rays." 



We can only say, in the language of a French 

 paper, " There are some sympathies so powerful 

 that the spirit of rivalry itself, cannot weaken 

 them. We live in times wlien the loss of a Minis- 

 ter friendly to liberal institutions, is a cause of 

 sorrow to all generous hearts." 



FALL SOWING OF SEEDS. 

 It is necessary to observe, that some, and even 

 many, things, which are usually sown in the 

 Spring, would he better sown in Ihefnll ; and, es- 

 pecially when we consider how little time there is 

 (or doing all things i.a the spring. Parsnips, car- 

 rots, beets, onions, and many other things, may be 

 safely sown in the fall. The seed will not perish, 

 if covered by the earth. 



Seed of all plants will lie safe in this way all the 

 winter, though the frost penetrate to the distance 

 of three feet beneath them, except the seeds of 

 such plants as a slight frost will cut down. The 

 seed of kidney beans, for instance, will rot, if the 

 ground be not warm enough to bring it tip. So 

 will the seed of cucumbers, melons, and Indian 

 corn, unless buried beyond the reach of the influ- 

 ence of the atmosphere. Even early peas would 

 be best sown in the fall, could you have an insu- 

 rance against mice. We all know, what a bustle 

 there is to get in early peas. If they were sown 

 in the fall, they would start up the moment the 

 frost was out ot the ground, and would be ten 

 days earlier in bearing, in spite of every effort 

 made by the spring-sowers to make their peas 

 overtake them. Upon a spot, where I saved peas 

 for seed, last year, some that was left, in a lock of 

 haulm, at the harvesting, and that lay upmi the 

 dry ground, till the land Vv-as ploughed late in No- 

 vember, came up, in the spring, the moment the 

 frost was oat of the ground, and they were in 

 bloom full fifteen days earlier than those, sown in 

 the same field as early as possible in the spring. 

 Doubtless, they would have borne peas fifteen 

 days sooner ; but there were but a very few of 

 them, and those standing stragling about; and I 

 was obliged to plough up the ground where they 

 were growing. In some cases it would be a good 

 way, to cover the sown ground with Utter, or w ith 

 leaves of trees, as soon as the frost has fairly set 

 in ; but, not before ; for, if you do it before, the 

 seed may vegetate, and then may be killed by the 

 frost. One object of this fall-sowing, is, to get 

 the work done ready for spring; for, at that seas- 

 on, you have so many things to do at once! Be- 

 sides you cannot sow the instant the frost breaks 

 up ; for the ground is wet and clammy, unfit to be 

 dug or touched or trodden upon. So that here are 

 ten days lost. But, the seed, which has lain in 

 the ground all the winter, is ready to start the 

 moment the earth is clear of the winter frost, and 



is sometimes mild till February, and then severe. 

 Sometimes it begins with severity and ends with 

 mildness. So that, nine times out of ton, their 

 seed would come up and the plants would be des- 

 troyed before spring. Besides they have s/wi^s I ^ri 

 that come out in mild weather, and eat small 

 plants up in the winter. Other insects and rep 

 tiles do the like. From these obstacles the Amer- 

 ican gardener is free. His winter seisin; and 

 the earth is safely closed up against vegetation 

 till the spring. 1 am speaking ot the north of Vir- 

 ginia, to be sure ; but the gardener to the south 

 will adapt the observations to his climate, as far 

 as they relate to it. — Cobbetl's Jim. Gardener. 



A Russian fleet has proceeded to tlio Archipel- 

 ago for the purpose of compelling a cessation of 

 hostilities between the Greeks and Turks 



ore some of the Ceriificaies rcspctling ihc 



1 Ua\ 



Fresh Garden Seeds. 

 For sale at the oiBce of tlio Now England Farmer, No. 52 North 

 Market Street, Boston, a complete assortment of Garden and 

 Fidd Seeds, many of which are suitable for fall sowing :* a part 

 of [he seeds are oi the p^rowtliof 1827 ; amon^ which arc 

 Superior WHITK PORTUGAL ONION - 

 BLACK SPANI.SH. or WINTER RADISH 

 FALL PRICKLY SPINACH, for greens 

 DUTCH COLE, for greens— WHITE MULBERRY 

 Various sorts ofCABBAGES, PARSNIPS, CARRXJTS, 

 LETTUCE, BEETS, &c. &c. 



Grass Seeds. 

 ORCHARD GRASS, LUCERNE, HERD'S GRASS, RED 

 TOP, RED and WHITE HONEYSUCKLE CLOVER. &,e 



The followins 

 Gralcr Cider Alil 



Berkshire, M;iy 20, 1827. 



Ihcrehy reriily that f h.ivc one of Joel Farnhain's Grater 



Cider Mills in operation, and when grinding with water power, 



' ave. grounil two husliols of apples in a minute, but when 



idiiii; Willi horse power, about half that iiuantily. The 



iilily of apples is about 7 bushels lor a barrel of cider. As 



lo the (jualily ol llic cider, 1 have not <liscovercd any material 



din'ereiiccdoni dial made in the nut mill, but there is much less 



sediment, I think not more than a quart, or at most 3 pints to a 



barrel. A. LEONARD. 



Oa'rgo, Tioga co. June 12, 1S27. 



We the suhseribers hereby certify that we have made cidci 

 at .loel Farnh.ini's eider mill, at his dwelling place, in Tioga 

 town, and with his Giaier Cider Will, and it will do the work 

 complete as the above given by Mr Leonard. 



G. I.. TALCOTT, 

 J. M. QUIGG, 

 R. BROWN, 

 E. TALCOTT, Jr. 

 This certifies that I have one of Joel Farnham's patent cidev 

 mills, and it will grind liom one and a half to two bushels of ap- 

 ples in a minute ; it will grind a bushel and a half wiihoui any 

 urging, but if urged it will grind two bushels, and the cider is 

 perfectly clear and pleasant when well worked, and I think i! 

 w'ill make more cider than any of the old fashioned mills. 

 Spencer, May 21, 1827. I. WOODFORD. 



Yellow Locust Seed, — Turnip Seed, ifc. 

 For sale at the New England l-'armer office, a few 

 lbs. Yellow Locust Seed. 



PRICES OP COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



Corrected every Thursday evening. 



Jsi'ew England Farmer^s Almanack, for 1828. 



Just published, at the New England Farmer Office, and 

 for sale by Bowles & Dearborn, 72 Washington Street, and 

 at the Bookstores generally, the New England Farmer's Alma- 

 nack, for 182S. By Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor of the New- 

 England Farmer. 



This Almanack, in addition to the usual miscellaneous mailer 

 contained in similar works, contains a Calendar of the Courts ' pj^ \x 

 for each state in New England ; the Sun's declination ; and 10 ' 

 pages of agricultural matter on the following subjects : 



(Jn .Soaking Seed Corn in copperas water — on Spiall Farms 

 — on Charcoal — on Fish used as a Manure — on Gapes or Pip in 

 Poultry — .\gricultural Axioms — on Fallen Fruit — on Staggers 

 in swine — How lo raise Cabbages, which shall not be club-tool- 

 ed, by Dr. Green of ulansfield, Ms. — How to Fatten Fowls — 

 A clieap method of preventing the disaCTccable smell of Privies 

 — Root Steamer, wiV/t « drawing — on Grafted Trees — on Paint- 

 ing walls lo Mature Fruit— on Cattle stalls — Signs of a good 

 Farmer — on Drying Peaches — on the value of Time — Machines 

 for gathering Clover Heads, with tiro lUustrative engrarijigs — 

 Sir Astley Cooper's Chilblain Ointment — Recipes forlhe Ladies, 

 containing directions for making several kinds of Cake. — i\Iis- 

 cellanies, &c. 



This .Almanack may be purchased, wholesale and retail at 

 the Ibllowing places. Of Bowies & Dearborn Booksellers and 

 Stationers, No. 72 Washington Street Boston— O. D. Cooke & 

 Son, HarUbrd, Con. — Holbrook & Fessenden, Braltleborough, 

 Vt.— Isaac Hill, Concord. N. H.— John Prentiss, Keene. N. H 

 —J. W. Foster and Childs & Sparhawk, Portsmouth, N. H— - 

 Pearson, Little & Robinson, Portland, Me.— Whipple & Law- 

 rence, and J. M. Ives, Salem — Ebenezer Stedman, Newbury- 



port Hilliard & Brown, Cambridge — E. & G. iMerriam, West 



Brookfield — C:larendon Harris. Worcester— George Dana, 

 Providence — G. Thorburn &• Son. No 67 Liberty Street, New , 

 York — and by booksellers and traders gcnerany. 

 5^ Country Dealers and others supplied on the most favorable 



terms. 



APPLES, best, 



aSHES, pot, 1st sort, - 



pearl do. - - 

 BEANS, while, - - - 

 BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, 

 carg;o, No 1, new, 



" No ?, new, 

 BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. 

 CHEESE, new milk, - - 



skimmed milk. 



Farnham's Improved Cider Mill. 

 A mill on this plan of full size is i feet by 2 1-2. The cylin- 

 der is 16 inches diameter and 'J inches long, the periphery fi.\- 

 ed with points of iron or steel, placed in a spiral Ibrm, project- 

 ing 3-16ths of an inch, placed 2-3ds of one eighth of an inch 

 from each other, there being 17 rows around said block or cylin- 

 der, and 43 teeth in a row ; the teeth may be Id brads. The 

 cylinder is put in motion by a whirl and band. 

 This mill without the power cost from 10 to 12 dolls; and by 



it is up by the time you can get other seed into 1?''''°?" 500 revolutions per raimiiek^^^ 



^ J . ■' 5, . „ , lone horsepower sixty bushels ot apples per hour; with two 



the ground in a good state. rail sowing of seeds horses double the quantity. The apples are grated very fine 



quantity 

 to come up in the sprins is not nractised in Eno-- 1 without breaking the seeds 

 land, though they are always desirous to get 

 their things early. The reason is, the uncertain- 

 ty of their winter, which passes, sometimes, with 

 hardly any frost at all ; and which, at other times, 

 is severe enough to freeze the Thames over. It 



There was risTng of two thousand barrels of cider made in 

 one of these mills last year, without expemling one cent for re- 

 pairs. Agents will shortly be out in the state of Massachusetts 

 to sell out the rights of towns, counties, &.c. 



Applications, post paid, directed to JOSEPH F. WHITE, 

 No. 213 Water St. New York, or to JOSEPH R. NEWELL, 

 Boston, will be auended i». 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, Ballimore, Howard 

 Genesee, - - 



live, best, - - 



GRAIN, Rye - - 



Corn - - - 



Farley - - - 



Oats - - . - 



HOGS' LARU, Itt sort, new, 



HOPS, No ], Inspection 



LIME,' 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 

 PLAISTER PAP. IS retails at 

 PORK, Bnne Middlings, new, 

 navy, mess, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEED.S, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover . - . . 



WOOL, Merino, fullblood.wash 



do do unwashed 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 & i do 



Native - - - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, Isl sort 

 2d sort 

 do Spinning, Ist sorf 



:t. 



pRorisjox j,rARKi 



BEEF, best pieces - - - - 



PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - . - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, --.-.. 

 BUTTER, keg & tub, - 

 lump, best, 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - - - - 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, (new) - - 

 CIDER, (according to quality) 



12 

 11 



6| 

 10 



9 

 20 

 IS 

 20 

 15 

 .'iO- 

 75 

 50 

 4 OO. 



