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NEW ENGLAND FAIIMER. 



Sept. 28, 182/. 



(.Sclecled for Ibc American I'aimer.) 



SAL'l' AND ALCOHOL. 



■'Salt and Alcohol appear to owe their piuperty 

 jf preserving animal and vegetable substances to 

 their attraction for water, by which they prevent 

 its decomposing action, and likewise to their c;- 

 tjluding air. The use of ice in preserving animal 

 substances is owing to its keeping their temper- 

 ature low." [Davij. 



TO DESTROY THE THISTLE. 



"It is frequently cut close above the ground, by 

 means of a very simple instrument called a weed- 

 hook; but it is done more effectually by means of 

 a pair of forceps or nippers with two long li;ii)dles, 

 by which the whole or a part of the roots are pul- 

 led up, and the plants destroyed or much weaken- 

 ed." [Sinchtir. 



DOCKS. 



J, "Docks should be pulled up by hand, after lieavy 

 rains, when the soil is soft enough to allow their 

 long tap roots to be easily pulled without breaking, 

 and before the seeds approach ripeness." [Ibid. 



" WEEDS liNDLUDE 



"AH plants that grow naturally among a crop 

 that has been sown; or in other words, all those 

 which are enemies to the crop cultivated may be 

 regarded as weeds." [Ibid. 



WEEDING ENFORCED BY LAW. 



'•The importance of weeding, is such, both to the 

 individual and to the public, that it ought to be en- 

 forced by law. At any rate, a regulation of police, 

 for fining those who harbour weeds, the seeds of 

 which may be bl*wn into their neighbour's ground, 

 can have no injustice in principle." [Ibid. 



IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTDRAL IJIPROVEMENT. 



"The improvement o( agriculture is ever a mat- 

 ter of the greatest consequence, as well to each 

 particular country, as to mankind in general. It is 

 peculiarly important to ns, as a commercial nation; 

 the support of our trade depending on our manu- 

 factures; those manufactures on the rate of labour, 

 and the price of labour, in a great degree, on the 

 price of the necessaries of life." [Dossic. 



SHEEP IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 



" The number of sheep in England and Wales, 

 according to the evidence given on passing the last 

 (180(1) wool bill, exceed 40 millions; of which, in- 

 cluding throe millions of lambs, about fifteen mil- 

 lions are killed annually. The yearly clip of wool 

 is about 144.01)0,000 pounds, which (at the price of 

 lOrf per pound) sells at six millions sterling. A- 

 bout 600 sheep and lambs die of the rot or other- 

 wise carrion." [Agricultural Miigazine. 



Adam's apple. 

 "Adam's apple is the fruit of the Citrus Dccu- 

 manus, Linn. — and in the opinion of the Jews, the 

 same fruit which was eaten liy our first parents, in 

 transgression of the divine command; for which 

 reason they consume large quantities of it during 

 the feast of tabernacles. [Ibid. 



METHOD OF PRESERVING CREASI. 



bottle and cork it carefully — keep it in a cool 

 place, and it W'ill continue (it forusi;.for several 

 weeks, and even months." [Ibid. 



AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY. 



"Unless for the improvement of agriculture and 

 rural economy, several of the most useful and in- 

 teresting branches of physical science, such as 

 chcini;5try, botany, mineralogy, zoology, would 

 scarcely dcacrve to be cultivated." 



[jVeAL' Farmcr^s Calendar. 



WllE.N; AND WHERE WAS EEER FIRST BREWED? 



" It was first brewed ,by the ancient Egyptians, 

 before the Grecian conquest of Egypt. It wa,s, 

 therefore, natural for them to contrive to R.xtract 

 from their grain, since they had no vines, a fer- 

 mentable, exhilirating and into-xioatiug liquor — a 

 substitute for wine." [PhiUijis. 



DRILLING. 



" It gratified us much to find Tull so honorably 

 mentioned as the father of that practice (drilling.) 

 Though vvc have perused TuU's work as often as 

 it merits, \vc were not aware that ho laboured un- 

 der any pecuniary difficulties; and it is with regret 

 we find that we must add his name to the illustri- 

 ous catalogue of those who have benefitted an un- 

 grateful world to their ov.'n detriment. Our own 

 opinion of drill husbandry would have been recited 

 in few words. That considered simply as planting 

 corn in lines, it is frivolous. With tlie assistance 

 of hand hoeing, something better; but on the ori- 

 ginal Tullian plan, with the full benefit ol* horse 

 hoeing, the most important discovery since the time 

 of Ceres and Triptolemus." 



[licview of the N'ew Farmer'' s Lalend-tr. 



to assist in this manufacture. Materials for mak- 

 ing several harnesses have also been sent out in 

 her. We also learn, that men conversant in cali- 

 co printing have also gone out in this vessel, to 

 assist Jonathan in this branch of business. Very 

 few passengers are going to Canada by the fall 

 vessels, in fact, the- tide of emigration seems to 

 be fairly set in for the United States. 



[Glasgow paper.] 



Patents for nets inventions issued in England 

 from the 2'ith of April to the i9lh of May.— For 

 improvements in machinery, for pressing cardings 

 from woollen or carding engines, and for drawing, 

 stubbing, and spinning wool aild cotton. — For 

 improvements in v/eaving machinery. — For im- 

 provement in refining sugar. — For a detached 

 alarm watch. — For improvements on chairs, or 

 machines calculated to increase ease and comfort. 

 — For iniprovement.s in bedsteads. — In furnaces 

 for smelting. — In the manufacture of brushes, and 

 materials applicable thereto. — For a machine for 

 ascertaining the attendance to duty of any watch- 

 man, or other persons : also applicable to other 

 purposes. — For improvements communicated from 

 abroad in the rectification of spirits. — For a com- 

 position or substance, which may be moulded in- 

 to bricks or blocks for building: and also made 

 applicable to ornamental architecture. — For an 

 improved carriage wheel. — For a new or improv- 

 ed machine for the dibblinsr of grain. 



Social Hints. — When I see a young man, the 

 nature of whose business imperiously demands all 

 liis attention, loitering about public houses, spend- 

 ing his time and money, and what is of much, il 

 not more consequence, his respectable standing in 

 society, then I say to myself, if he does not "tack 

 sliip he will be on a lee shore, and consequently 

 among tlio breakers." 



When I see young married persons launching 

 out into great extravagancies, beyond what their 

 pecuniary affairs will admit, then I say to myself 

 you had bolter "haul aft, and run closer to the 

 wind, or you will soon have to make a losing 

 stretch to get to windward again." 



When I see parents indulging their children in 

 every tiling their little fanciet, prompt them to de- 

 sire after, tlien I say to myself, your children will 

 soon be your masters, and it is probable, should 

 they come to years of maturity, the will be a cause 

 of trouble to you in old age, and by their improp- 

 er conduct, "bring down your grey hairs with 

 sorrow to the gra~\'t." [JV. Y. Ev. Post. 



.NEW EWGi^AND FARMER^" 

 BOSTOiN, FHlDAi, cJbPT. 28, 1897. 



EMIGRATION. 



A vast number of passengersoffered themselves 

 that could not be taken. Many of the passengers 

 by the CamilJus have been sent for the express 

 purpose of being engaged in the rising manufac 

 tujes of the United States. We learn that great 

 exertions have been made in New- York and its 

 vicinity, to establish what is termed the Paisley 

 "Take 12 ounces of white sugar, and dissolve it ""« °^ manufactures— viz : shawls and trimmings, 

 in water, over a moderate fire. After the sugar is ='"'' scircely a vessel has leU the Clyde for New- 

 dissolve.l, boil it for about two minutes in an earth- ^°'^ ''"^^c some months by-past, but either c.^r- 

 on vessel; after which, add immediately 13 ounces "^'' °"' P'^°!''e o"" materials for this branch of 

 of fresh cream, and mix the whole uniformly over weaving ; and we understand that some ol the 

 the fire: then suifor it to cool ; pour it into a quart Passengers gone out in the CamiUus are engaged 



The annual meeting of the Plymouth County 

 Agricultural Society for the choice of Officers, 

 Exiiibition, Cattle Show, &c. will be held at 

 Bjidgewater on Wednesday the 3d day of October 

 next. The Ploughing Match will commence at 

 nine o'clock. An Address will be delivered ou 

 the occasion, by John Winslow Whit.tian, Esq. 



A society, entitled, tlie New Jersey Society for 

 tiie promotion of Manufactures and the Mechanic 

 Arts, has been established in East Jersey, of which 

 Governor Willianison is the President. 



The Exhibition and Cattle Show of the Cheshire 

 Agricultural Society, is to be held at Drewsville, 

 N. H. on Wednesday the 3d of October Premi- 

 ums are offered for the best Working Oxen, Cows, 

 Bulls, Sheep, Swine, Stud Horses, Woollen and 

 Linen Manufactures, Hats, Leather, &,c. 



We are happy to state that an Agricultural So- 

 ciety has been formed in the enterprising and 

 wealthy town of Hingham, Mass. 



The Hillsborough Cattle Shaw was held at Mil- 

 ford, on Wednesday last ; but the unfavourable 

 weather tended to dampen the exhibition. The 

 assemblage wus nevertheless numerous; and as 

 each Member of the Society aiiviinced to the table 

 to contribure his quota to the objects of the Socie- 

 ty, he received fioiii the fair hands of Ladies ap- 

 pointed for the purpu.se, the honorary badge of 

 the Society, furnishing the Secretary at the same 

 time with a list of the articles he intended to 

 compete for preniintns, or wished to exhibit as 



specimens of neat and ingenious manufacture 



This pleasing arran J c.ient could not fail to pr«- 



