Vol.'G No. II. 



I\EW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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0(1 ear.s. It has been sown this year, by George lead; and with suitable precautions even by ?cad 



Hazeii, Esq. at the Vale, and by iliffercnt persons 

 at Grand Lake, Sheffiolil, and Mangorville. — This 

 is well worth the attention of Agriculturalists. — 

 St. Jokn,.Y. B. Gazttlc. 



SHALLOTS. 



This vegetable, the Allium Asccdonicum of Lin- 

 nsEus, sometimes termed Eschalolte, is a native of 

 Palestine, whence it has been introduced into our 

 Idtchen gardens. It is raised from suckers, which 

 should be set out eitlicr in autumn or early in the 

 spring, in beds or furrows, at the distance of about 

 threcinches from each other. Towards the end of 

 June, the stems are tied up: and, in the course of 

 another month, the plants are pulled out of the 

 cartli' when they are exposed to the air to dry, and 

 afterwards preserved in some dry airy place. 



The roots of the shallot are very pungent; have 

 3 strong but pleasing smell, and are preferred to 

 onions, as ingredients in highly flavoured soups 

 and gravies. They are also pickled, in which state 

 considerable quantities are consumed in the East 

 Indies. 



This plant, when mixed with vinegar, rice and 

 honey, is said to be serviceable against the bite of 

 a mad dog; we doubt, however, the pfficacy and 

 propriety of such an application. It is also recom- 

 mended as an excellent cephalic, especially when 

 inhaled through the nostrils; but its most beneficial 



upon wood. The experiments were successful 

 botli with English and French powder. 'J'he ex- 

 periments most clearly show, that in all the mani- 

 pulations of a powder manufactory, all violent 

 shocks aud percussions should be carefully avoid- 

 ed, since they may occasion the disengagement of 

 sufficient heat to produce the inflammation of pow- 

 der. — Bui. d^ Encouragement, Juin, 182G. 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Tte Committee of Arrangements, for the Annual 

 E.vhibition of the essex agricuitural society, 

 which is to be at West Newbury, (near the tavern 

 of Col. MOSES newEll), on Wednesday the 10th 

 inst. nould give notice: — 



That all claims for premiums for stock, must be 

 ente-ed with the Secretary, on or before 9 o'clock 

 A. IV. of the day of Exhibition. 



That all animals olfered for premiums must be 

 at the place of Exhibition as early as 8 o'clock, that 

 thert may bo time to arrange them in their places 

 by 9 o'clock, after which none will be admitted. 



Thit a room has been procured at the house of 

 J0H^ FOLLANSEEE, for the exhibition of manufac- 

 ture( articles; at which place all articles of this 

 desciption must be entered as early as 9 o'clock. 



Tiat the Ploughing Match will commence at 11 

 o'cloik, on a piece of ground near the Meeting- 



Houe. Persons intending to engage in this, are 

 properties are those of creating an appetite, and , remhded that this intention must be made known 

 expelling foul air. — Domestic Encyclopedia. ' to tie Secretary of the Society, or Col. Newell, of 



— ■ . W. Vewbury, as early as the Monday previous to 



A mode has been suggested of getting glass L[,g 3j,ijji,jjigp 

 stoppers oxt of bottles, viz. placing the bottle in a .j.,^t jhe premiums are ofiered to all, and are 

 pan of cold water and the whole upon the fire, I „(,, confined to members of the Society, 

 provided what may happen to be in the bottle be | p|,g Society will dine together at one o' lock — 

 not liable to serious injury from the heat. The j -Rckets for the Dinner will be furnisheu by Mr 

 air inside will thus become gradually e.xpanded, j^ath'l G. Tyler, 

 and the stopper driven out. It will be proper tJ | A room for the accomodation of the Trustees has 



attach a piece of cloth loose over the stopper 'o 

 the neck, to prevent its flying out so as to do iiis 

 chief. — Mechanic's Magazine. 



been provided at the house ofMr Richard Heath; 

 at which place the Trustees and persons appointed 

 on Committees, are requested to meet at9o'clock. 



The Meeting of the Society for the transaction 

 of business will be at the Meeting-House, at 3 o'- 

 clock P. M. 



Messrs. Jesse Putnam, David Emery, Josiah 



, . , „ 1 HIM, tni. 1 Newhall, Moody Bridges, Jeremiah Colman, and 



lowinff on the subiect of Powder Mills. 1 bough i„ ,~ l u -^jutli 



luwiug ^.ji Ml j^ ..,_,.. •. „_. _.. I Samuel Tenny, have been appointed Marshals on 



POWDER MILLS. 

 Among several interesting articles extracted 

 from foreign scientific publications for the Ameri- 

 can Journal of Science and Arts, we fi.id the fol 



it is well known that the use of iron in the ma 

 chinery of these establishments, is attended with 

 danger, we believe it is generally supposed that 

 copper may be substituted with safety. The re- 

 sult of experiments, however, shows that such is 

 not the fact. — Con. Courant. 



Although great care is taken to exclude from 

 these manufactories all articles of iron, and to sub- 

 stitute copper and other metals, in the metalic 

 parts of the machinery, which will not strike fire, 

 yet it is well known that explosions attended with 

 disastrous consequences, are very frequent. Ex- 

 cited by an occurrence of this nature, M. Aubert, 

 Col. of Artillery, was induced, in conjunction with 

 Capt. Tardy, to resume some experiments which 

 he had unsuccfssfully tried, to ascertain, whether 

 gunpowder v.o'jld not explof'e by the shock of 

 copper. The result of these renewals was that 

 powder v.'ould inflame by the stroke of copper 

 upon copper. This nave rise to further investiga- 

 tion, in presence of the committee of safety, and 

 it was ascertained that gunpowder could be ex- 

 ploded by the stroke of iron upon iron : iron upon 

 copper; copper upon copper; iron upon marhle ; 

 aad by using the halistic pendulum, by lead upon 



this occasion, and will be respected as such. 

 By order of the Com. of Arrangements, 



J. W. PROCTOR, Sec'y. 

 Danvers, October 1, 1827. 



CROPS IN NOVA SCOTIA. 



We regret to observe, by the following extract 

 of i. letter from the "Acadian," that the unfavor- 

 abh weather which has lately been felt in some of 

 the Eastern districts, has extended over the Wes- 

 tern portion of the country, and that the crops are 

 not likely to answer the promises of the summer. 

 There is not, however, as we can hear, any dan- 

 ger apprehended of a total failure, though much 

 damage has been done Halifax Recorder. 



Annapolis, Sept. 10, 1837. 

 "1 am sorry to hear, from all quarters, that the 

 wheat crop will be very deficientthisyear.through- 

 out the western part of the province. With few 

 exceptions, the farmers in general will have but 

 half of what they confidently expected from the 

 promising appearance of a few weeks ago; but they 

 arc a contented, manly people, and know upon 

 what grounds to be reconciled to their losses. 



Their Hay crops have been very abundant, but 

 they cannot, as yet, pronounce upon their Indian 

 Corn or Potatoes." 



Gardens in Ships To sow in the temperate 



zone, and reap between the tropics, is a eomewhat 

 singular thing. Yut (says the Weekly Review) it 

 is constantly done. For the great East India 

 ships, in imitation of the Dutch who first introduc- 

 ed the practice, have little salad gardens in flat 

 wooden boxes on their poops, where the seed act- 

 ed upon by a heat increasing daily, shoots up in a 

 surprisingly rapid manner. In these gardens the 

 number of crops in the year are more numerous 

 than in any spot on earth, but the gardeners, if so 

 minded, can command almost any temperature. 

 J\J'. Y. Statesman. 



Chohedar. — The inhabitants of Bengal usually 

 sleep with their doors and windows open. A 

 chokedar (or watchman) is employed by every re- 

 spectable family. This man frequently belongs to 

 a gang of robbers, and is considered on that very 

 account as a Uiuch better protection than an hon- 

 est person. He walks round the house and 

 grounds, and callr the hour until he thinks the 

 family are asleep. He then fixes his spear in a 

 conspicuous situation, and then goes tojsleep him- 

 self, without any further trouble or anxiety. The 

 robbers recognize his weapon, and never injure 

 their comrade by attacking the house. — Weekly 

 Review. 



It is in contemplation to build a splendid Hotel 

 on the land belonging to the estate of the late 

 Mr. Phillips, in Common-street, Boston — Fourteen 

 gentlemen have already subscribed $10,000 each, 

 to promote the plan, and we hear that the sub- 

 scription is to be increased to !S2,'iO,000. 



The Colombian dollar is singularly deficient in 

 standard and weight, its current and actual value 

 being only 75 cents; while the current value of 

 the dollar of Mexico, Central America, Peru, Chi- 

 li, and La Plata, and the Brazilian piece of 960 

 reas, (dollars re-stamped) is 100 cents, and the 

 actual value of nearly all of them a fraction more 

 than that. — Savannah Georgian. 



Rich Landlord. — It was lately asserted in the 

 British House of Lords, that one of the members 

 of that body who complained that the Corn Laws 

 would ruin him and other Landholders, owns no 

 less than five hundred acres of the land in the Me- 

 tropolis of England and most of it so valuable that 

 he leases it out by the inch. 



Debts Dr Johnson says, that small debts are 



like small shot, they are rattling on every side, 

 and can scarcely be escaped without a wound. 

 Great debts are like cannon, of loud noise and lit- 

 tle danger. 



Husband's Authority to Correct his Wife. — The 

 authority which the husband has sometimes claim- 

 ed, under the law, to inflict corporeal chastise 

 ment upon his wife, seems not to have been giveu 

 by the Hindus. Their code contains the follow- 

 ing beautiful maxim. "Strike not, evtn wichd- 

 blossom, a wife guilty of a hundred faults." 



In the botanic garden of Chelsea, England, there 

 are no less than 330 species of foreign wheat at 

 this time ripening, besides forty sorts of oats, ani5 

 ighteen varieties of barley. 



