Vol. C No. 13. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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uiid have suffered by a journey or otherwise, 

 should be plunged into this camphorated water, 

 a-o that they may be entirely covered; in about 

 two, or at most three hours, tlie contracted leaves 

 will expand again, the young faded and dependent 

 shoots will erect themselves, and the dried bark 

 will become smooth and full. That being eftected, 

 the plant is to bo placed in good earth, copiously 

 watered with rain or river water, and protected 

 from the too powerful action of the sun, until the 

 roots have taken hold of the ground. 



When large plants, as trees, are to be revived, 

 their roots are to be plunged into the camphorated 

 water for three hours; the trunk, and even the 

 head of the tree, being frequently welted with 

 the same water, so as to retain them in a properly 

 moistened state. But it is always best, if possible, 

 to immerse the plant. Shoots, sprigs, slips and 

 roots, are to be treated in a similar manner. If | 

 plants thus treated be not restored in four hours, 

 their death may be considered as certain, for they ', 

 cannot be recalled to life by any artificial means, j 

 They should, consequently, never be left more 

 than four hours in the camphorated bath; because 

 the e.xciting action of the camphor, when it is con- 

 tinued for a longer period, may injure the plants, 

 instead of doing good to them. It is not necessa- ^ 

 ry to say, that the final prosperity of the plants, j 

 thus reanimated by the camphor water, must dc-j 

 pend upon the particular properties of the former, j 

 the state of their roots, and the pains that are ta- 

 ken wit!: them. The camphor produces no other 

 effect than to restore life to plants nearly dead; 

 after that all proceeds according to the ordiuary 

 liabits, and their ultimate state must be left to art 

 and nature. — Journal of Science. 



N. YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At a meeting of the society on Tucsd^iy eve- 

 ning the 9th inst. Wr. Wilson presented 3 very 

 largo heads of cape brocoli.wcighing 13 poiindw ti 

 ounces. Six large blood beets by Mr (joij. Still, 

 weighing 30 pounds. 



Air. Still also presented 12 heads of green col- 

 ored Endive, very handsomely blanched. Weight 

 of four of them 4^ pounds. Si.\ heath peaches by 

 Mr. Oakley, weighing 1 lb. 14 ounces. 



Some beautiful Roses, by Mr. William Phclanc, 

 consisting of rosa oderata — muscata — sanguina — 

 noset tei semper-florens — All in a fine state of 

 perfection. — AT. Y. Farmer. 



The Fair under the patronage of the Montreal 

 Agricultural Society, held on Thursday last on the 

 plains of St. Ann, was numerously attended, con- 

 sidering the muddy state of the voads ; cattle off- 

 ered were generally of a good quality, which as- 

 sures us that the praiseworthy exertions of the 

 Society to improve the breed of cattle in this 

 country, have not been without success. 



Apples In the town of Stamford, U. C. the 



apple trees are loaded, (some so much so as to 

 break down,) with fruit. The crop of apples is 

 very abundant. — Montreal pa. 



The fourth e.xhibition of American Manufac- 

 tures under the auspices of the Franklin Institute 

 of Pennsylvania, was hold at Philadelphia on the 

 3d inst. In consequence of the inconvenience c.t- 

 perienced by the great concourse of visitors at the 

 last exhibition, the number of whom was about 

 30,000, the managers intended on this occasion to 

 demand 12^ cents from each visiter. 



SHEEP. 

 A friend mentioned to us as a fact within his 

 Knowledge, that about a year since, a person in 

 •he vicinity of Philadelphia, having a few acres of 

 ground of an inferior quality, not suited for culti- 

 vation, purchased forty sheep at Si 50 cents each, 

 making the cost of the whole $60. He last spring 

 disposed of his flock at the following rates — 2 dol- 

 lars each for the fleece, and two dollars for the 

 rest, making $160 — a clear profit of one hundred 

 dollars on so small an investment. The same 

 gentleman remarked in relation to the subject, 

 that in England, (and he has possessed ample 

 means of informing himself in these particulars,) 

 a farmer, who gives attention to sheep, calculates 

 that the fleece will pay the rent of his land, while 

 the flesh will be left for a profit on his labour — 

 now if the wool grower was protected in this 

 country, or if a demand was created for the article, 

 by a protection on woollens, how much more pro- 

 Stable would the raising of sheep be in this count- 

 ry than in England, inasmuch as the purchasing 

 prii;e of land hero would scarcely exceed the 

 yearlv rent of the same quality in that country. 

 [17. S. Gazelle. 



ICE HOUSE. 



At St. Owen, near Paris, there is an ice house 

 of one hundred feet diameter, and capable of con- 

 taining 10,000,000 pounds of ice. 



The enterprising Proprietors of the Cincinnati 

 Type Foundry, have received an order,from South 

 America, for Iwenty Printing Presses. 



We are glad to see such a piece of news as the 

 above. Let a free press be put in operation, and 

 the mists of superstition and bigotry, will soon be 

 dissipated, and an artful priesthood will no longer 

 bo able to wield the weapons of ignorance over eo 



many millions of the human vacc. JVewbvnjport 



Herald. 



To make Oats prove doiibbj nvlrilious to horsts. 

 — Instead of grinding the oats, break them into a 

 mill ; and the same quantity will prove doubly nu- 

 tritious. .-Vnother method is, to boil the corn, and 

 give the horses the liquor in whicli it has been 

 boiled ; the result will be, that instead ofsix bush- 

 els in a crude state three bushels so prepared will 

 be found to answer, and to keep the animals in 

 superior vigour and condition. 



Strength of bone. — Mr. Sevan finds that bones 

 of horses, oxen, and sheep, have a cohesive 

 strength per square inch, varying from 33,000 to 

 42,500 pounds. One specimen of fresh mutton 

 bone supported a load in proportion to 40,000 lbs. 

 per square inch, for a considerable length of time, 

 without any visible injury tv Jie bone. 



Onions. — A patch of uncommonly large onions 

 has been raised this season by Mr. James Canfield 

 of this town. One of them has beea left at our 

 office, measuring 14 1-8 inches in circumference, 

 and weighing 15 1-8 ounces. — JViivark pa. 



Mr. Christie has ascertained that a magnetic 

 needle conies to a rest more quickly when vibra- 

 ted and exposed to the rays of the sun, than when 

 vibrated in the shade, and this entirely indepen- 

 dent of any mere effect of change of temperature. 

 When the needle was shaded, he could easily 

 make the fiftieth vibration ; when it was e.^cposed, 

 he could not distinguish beyond th^ fortieth. 



C.\TTL! : HOW AT CONCORD, Mass. 



On WednPi'i y the 10th lust. the Society oi 

 Middlesex I! ?- .andmen and .Wanufitctun^rs held 

 their annual Cattle Show and Exhibition of Manu- 

 factures, in '-his town. Notwithstanding the incle- 

 mency of the weather, twenty teams were enter- 

 ed fur the Ploughing Match before eight o'clock. 

 .\. M. anM ten single and eight double teams, be- 

 ing foun'! qualified agiecably to the rules of the 

 Society, commenced the work at nine o'clock, in 

 presen' e of an unusually largo collection of pco 

 pie. At ten o'clock, a procession of members and 

 citizeas was formed at the Middlesex Hotel, and 

 accompanied by a band of music to the Meeting 

 House, where select pieces of mUsic were perform 

 cd by a choir; prayers were offered by the Rev 

 Mr Francis, of Waterlown, and an Address by the 

 Hon. Edward Everett. The perforicances at the 

 meetlng-houso, were of the first order, and were 

 listened to with great interest and allonlion, bj 

 an audience which filled the house to an overflow- 

 ing. After the ccreiuonies at the meeting. Iioust 

 the several committees proceeded to the discharge 

 ! of iheir respective duties. The exhibition of neat 

 stock, swine and sheep, was luicominonly good, 

 and the number and variety was unexpectedh 

 groat, considering the inclemency of the weather, 

 more than sixty pens being filled v.'ilh fine speci- 

 mens, in addition to the interesting exhibition of 

 working oxen which were not in the pens. Many 

 of the specimens were of the first rale, and would 

 have done lionor to ;'.ny state or country. With 

 respect to working oxen, our exhibition has al 

 ways held a high rank, but this year we observed 

 a marked and evident improvement. At the timr 

 of the trial of the strength and uiscipliue of work- 

 ing oxen, tliere was a violent sliower; the road 

 was much cut up, anil the trial was had under eve- 

 ry disadvantage, still most of the oxen performed 

 tiicir. task with apparent ease and dexterity. A 

 single yoko was attached to a waggon loaded v.'ith 

 over -five tons of gravel, which must have beep, 

 mucii iucroased in weight by the rain which fell, 

 and each pair drew thi^s load up a hill of consider- 

 able ascent; and in the manner of their backing 

 and checking the rsame, evinced that they had been 

 well trained. At three o'clock, the Society par- 

 took of a dinner at the Middlesex Hotel, at which 

 the followi.ig toasts ivore drunk: 

 ! 1. The Presidtnl of (lie United Slates. Like the 

 > Diamond — the gross and malicious rubs of opposi- 

 I tion, only cause him to shine vvith a more brillian- 

 lustre. 



a. jf'.'ie Governor of the Commonw-alth. At the 

 people's Show he has twice had awarded to him 

 the first premium — may ho still continue to re- 

 ceive it. 



3. The Fanners ofMiddle'cr. Let each one's 

 farm be well cultivated, for land without cultiva- 

 tion is like self-righteousness, the more a man has 

 of it, the worse he is off. 



4. The days of "auld h:ng syne." When there 

 was more temperance and less physic, more hon- 

 esty and less law, more practice and less preach- 

 ing. 



5. The lute Harrislurgh Convention of Wool 

 Growers. Success to its endeavors, but let there 

 not be a great cry and little wool, as the devil 

 said when he she»r'd the pig. 



0. Internal Improvements. Let there be more 

 railing and less darning. 



7. Innovation called Improvement of Taste;which 

 hirs "c.'vchanged the milk-pail, the distaff and cook. 



