Vol. C No. 15. 



NEW ENGLAND FAIIMEK. 



119 



127,467; oxen and other neat catUi, 162,553; — 

 swine 85,071. 



The great Cattle Show and E.\hibilion of the 

 Agricultural Society of Pennsylvanii, took place 

 on Thur3<lay and Friday Inst. These exhibitions 

 have already had the effect of stimulatinjj tlie ex- 

 exertions and enlivening the practice of the Penn- 

 sylvania farmers. Jolin Mare Powel, Eiq. one of 

 the most active members of the SoRioty, has pro- 

 bably done more towards improving the breed of 

 cattl», than any other man in tlie country. His 

 beautiful farm on the Schuylkill presents those 

 fine Durham short horn cattle, which are ex- 

 hibited at the cattle shows. For som* of these 

 which he has imported, he has given as high as 

 six or ci"ht hundred dollars ; and his calves from 

 this breed arc so fine, that they sometimes com- 

 mand $200 a piece. — Paulson's Jim. Daily Adv. 



gonia Cornutn. Some of it was cooked and found 



to be of n very mild and agreeable taste Tlio 



plant is described at large in the Loudon Horticul- 

 tural Transactions, by the name of TitragoHiu E.v- 

 pansa. It is a very useful vegetable and will, un- 

 doubtedly, through the instrumentality of the N. 

 Y. fl. Society, be speediliy introducn! into our 

 markets. It grows very luxuriantly, is hardy, und 

 capable of standing heavy droughts, and not easily 

 injured by frost. It should be sown early in the 

 spriug. Four or five pUnts will supply a small fa- 

 mily (luring the v»hole summer aud I'all. In this 

 respect in particular, it is decidedly preferable to 

 the common spinage, which requires to be sown 

 several times in the course of the summer. 



A". Y. Farmer. 

 05^^ee also Mr Floy's commnnication, on page 

 110 of this day's New England Farmer. 



One hundred and twenty-five copies of the De- 

 claration of American Independence, with fac sim- 

 iliea of the signers, were sold at auction, recently, 

 in London, for thirty five guineas. 



On the employment of the wood and baric of the j 

 Che.irtut tree in dyeing and tanning. — The bark of 

 the chesnut tree contains twice as much tanning 

 matter as oak bark, and nearly twice as much co- 

 louring matter as logwood. The colouring sub- 

 stance of chesnut bark is to that ofCampeachy 

 logwood ex.TCtly as 1,857 to 1. — Leather prepared 

 with this substance is more firm ami solid, and yet 

 more supple. This bark is the best substance for 

 making ink: mixed with iron it becomes a blueish 

 black. The liquor drawn from this bark appears 

 blue at the outside, like indigo ; but it gives on pa- 

 per the finest black. In dyeing it has a greater 

 affinity for wool than sumac has, and in other res- 

 pects it differs very little from sumac and gall nuts. 

 The colour obtained from this substance is un- 

 C laugeable by air and light. 



w9 rare instance of honorable conduct, — About ten 

 years ago, a genileinan engaged in mercantile put- 

 suits in the interior of tins state, mot with rever- 

 ses, gave up all his properly, coiupouuded with his 

 creditors, and wts fully and unconditional y dis- 

 charged by them. A few days since he called 

 upon them respectively, several of whom reside in 

 this city, and paid every f.irthiiig of the original 

 debts, with interest to tuis rime, amounting to near 

 |2(I,0U0. We are happy to add that his creditors 

 hero, presented him with a service of silver plate, 

 as a testimony of their high regard for him perso- 

 nally, and as their admiration of the exalted prin- 

 ciples by whicii he had been governed. 



[Albany Argus. 



."(EW-VORK HORTICOLTCR.II. SOCIETf. 



At a regular meeting of the Inspecting Cornndt- 

 tee, onTuesday evening the 16th lust, seven heads 

 of very fine and cle. r cape Brocculi, weighing 

 about two pounds each, were presented by JMr 

 Wilson — Six fine real blood beets, weighing 15 

 lbs. a^ ounces, by Mr Hattrick — 6'everal afiples 

 from Monmouth county, New-Jersey, sweet on one 

 side, and tart on the other, presented by M; 'Jo- 

 she n. 



Mr Floy exhibited a fine kind of Double Dahlias; 

 also Silver, Orange, and Scarlet Cockscombs. Mr 

 y. also presented a basket of New Zealand Spin- 

 age, the seeds of which were sent to the Society 

 last spring from Paris, under the name of TttroL- 



Consumption. — A medical gentleman residing in 

 Prince William County, Va. has addressed n com- 

 munication to the editors of the National Intelli- 

 gencer, describing the powerful effects of a simple 

 plant called Liverwort in a case of formidable pul- 

 monary disease. The patient had been for five 

 years subject to distressing affection of the lungs, 

 during which periotl he frequently discharged from 

 half a pint to a pint of blood at a time. He was 

 greatly reduced, and so far gone in what his 

 I'riends thought consumption, that they entirely 

 despaired of him, and abandoned all hopes of his 

 ever being restored; as the ordinary remedies, and 

 almost every thing that could be thought of, had 

 been tried in vain. 



In this desperate situation ho was advised to try 

 the Liverwort, in the form of infusion, or a strong 

 tea, to be used cold, as a common diink. In less 

 than ten days, he derived the most positive bene- 

 fit, and in four weeks, every violent symptom had 

 vanished : no cough, no expectoration or di:?chargc 

 of blood or matter — a fine appetite, general health 

 much improved, gaining flesh and strength rapidly 

 and such a change in his whole appearance, as 

 both astonished and delighted every friend he had. 

 He is not the only one that has ecperienced its sa- 

 lutary influences. There are sevi'ral others in his 

 neighborhood who have been laboring under breast 

 complaints, or pulmonary consumption, and who 

 have been relieved by it. 



Vanilervccr, ('„]. CihNs, Messrs. Win. Page. Kulel' I(. hrlu-jick, 

 Richard Ardcii, .loim J-iirr. aud ail die s''"''"""'" "li" have 



lioughl ihcir vines dI'Iimi,. The lid! Ls ilio hoi i;ii;c ui plain 



(he vines in a sand nr hehi soil, wbicli is the hi'sl I'or the \ iiies. 

 Orders can be Hircelert lo Mr. P's. eslablishintiii, posl paid. — 

 nir. Swan will deliver groiis, ihe Provisional Catalogue of Fiuii 

 aiidOriiamenlal Tiers ofiVlr. 1'. whi< li may be had of his agents 

 at Uoslon, .Mr. Russill, New Enfflaiid Fa. iiier ofticc— Hartford. 

 Mr. E. W. Bull— ll.irl.esler, .Me"ssi-s. l.uiher Tucker & Co.— 

 rufl'aio, Mr. Lewis F. Allen— llirlmioud, Mr. iiciiiingivay. 

 Hrmklyn, S.pt. i::i. HK7. ___. 



Superb Bulbous Flower Hoots. 

 JusI received al the i/lfii-e of ihe New lOnglaud l''arnicr, direct 

 fiom ihe most cniim-iiL lloi-iiis in Hollaiiil, a large as.sorUnent ol 

 bullions flower loots, coiiijn isiiig Ihe finest vai ieiics of 

 Double while hvaciiiths, with purple eyi: 

 " pure ^vll;te hyacinths 

 " red diailcnip de Flora 

 " dark blue hvacinihs 



yellow iose\L,Ii|js 

 " porcelain blue hyacinths 

 " early claremaiid tulips 

 '■ red donna Eleoiiora hyacinths 

 '* while and purjjle Franklin hyacintk- 

 *' jonquiUes and lilies 

 " yellow melistote 

 " white hyacinths, with yellow eye 

 " belie Agathe hyacinihs, porcelain blue 

 Larg;e yellow crown imperial ; large red do j gohl striped di» 



"silver striped ilo Pci'siaiifriliUaries; Ciiinese yellow 

 tiger lilies ; large \'ellow crocus ; yellow pompone lily ; cloth of 

 gold crocus ; princess Esterhazy hyacinth ; superb dragon flow- 

 er ; polyaiitlius narcissus j purjilc crocus j mariegon lilies ; gold- 

 en crown tulips, &.C. Likewise, plain and coloured bulb glasses. 

 Purchasers may rely on the excellence of die above, as they 

 were iu)t purchased at auction, but are iii.|joitpd direct from the 

 tirst florists in Holland, and arc remark:. i.iu lor ihcir size, beauty 



or delicacy of lint. 



Gooseberry Bushes. 

 Persons in wantof superior varieties of G.ioscl en-ics, can pro- 

 cure the bushes, by sending ihi^ii- orders to ihe olfice of tlie New 

 l^ii,.^land Farmer. They arc lioin lilasgow in E'c'-.tland ; ilie 

 liuit is fine flavored and lai'i;c, (some may be seen at thisofiico 

 iiieasuring" 3 and 4- inches in circuniterence) an.i of while, red. 

 and y ellow colour. The pi i <e will not e.\cec(' ^l per dczon. 



M'Mahun's Gardener. 

 Just received at die Kew England Farmer otBce, a furthcj 

 supply of ai'M.Viii.rs Americiin G.nidenei-. This work is the 

 most elaborate ol' lite Kind ever poblishcd in this country, com- 

 prisin.^: ample dirocli.'n;, tor the management ot' the kitclien gar- 

 den, Iruit garden, o, chard, vineyard, nursery, pleasure ground, 

 flower e;orHen, green house, hot house, and forcing Jraines, foi 

 e\erv month in the year. 



500 Grape Vines, 

 For sale in Cliarlesiown, by .Samuel U. Johnson. The above 

 choice vines are of the Sliced irater species, all raised from cut- 

 tings, and are from 3 to 4 years old, most of them in a bearing 

 siaie. Orders tiir Ihe above may be si^pplied al J. K. Kewells 

 Agricultural Establishment, No. Si Norih Market street, or by 

 Ihe subscriber in Ciiarleslown ; price for each vine is iioni twen- 

 ty-five ;o fifty cents, according to its age and size ; all the abo\e 

 vines have been trained lo trtllises and insured to be as healihy 

 vines as can be presented tor sale. SAMUEL R. JOHNjiON', 



.Subscription. — Select Tanlt Grapes. 



MR ANDREW PARMENTIER, Piopiietor of the Horti- 

 cultural tjol.inie Garden at Brooklyn, two miles from th^ City 

 of New York, offers to the public, bv subscription, one dozen vf 

 the most select and choice GRAPES, for the table, many of 

 which are in a bearing slate, and can be seen at his establish- 

 ment with the fruit, aiier only fifleen months planting. 

 Names of the Hrelre sorts. 



No. 1. White Chassolas — 2. Chasselas of Fontainbleau — 3. 

 Yellow Chasselas of Thomery — t. Golden Chasselas — 5. Musk 

 Chasselas — 6. Roval Chasselas — 7. Large Maroc — R. White 

 Muscat— 9. Violet" Muscat — 10. Black Muscat— 11. Grey Mus- 

 cat — VZ. Large Frankenthal. 



The Subscribers will receive their Vines between the 15lh of 

 Oct. and I4lh of Dec. and the 1st of April and l.ilh of May 1828, 

 free of freight or postage to New Yoik, well packed in moss in 

 such a nianner as to go several hundred miles lariher than New 



York. Mr. Charles Swan, Grocer and Ten Store, No. 357 



Broadway, and Messrs. Grant Thorburn Si, Son, Liberty-St. 

 New York, are empowered lo receive the subscriptions. Price 

 six dollars the dozen, and the plants to be paid for wh«n de- 

 livered. The subscription receipt will be accompanied by 



directions on the best mode of cultivating and planting the vine. 

 The same sorts of Vines may be had separately. Pnec 75 cts. 

 with package, except the Golden Chasselas and Royal Chas- 

 selas. Mr. P. will designate the diflerenl kinds of most con- 

 genial to each soil and situation for lo make vineyards, and 

 furnish the roots at 25 cents each. Mr. P. warrants his vines 

 to grow, and will replace ihose the spring or the fall after the 

 plantation, Ihat is not growing; provided, the person has follow- 

 ed his directions. References for the above assertion, to Dr, 



Fainham's Grater Cider Mill. 



We the undersigned, having seen Joel Farnham's Grater Ci- 

 der mill in operation at tlie farm of Mr John Parkinson in Rox- 

 bury. state as our opinion that the principle of said mill is well 

 calculated for the purpose of grinding apples for the cIHer press, 

 and superior to any tiling of the kind we have seen. We wit- 

 nessed its operation, and found its motion to be equal to about 

 400 revolutions per minute. At this rate it ground one bushel of 

 ajyples in 55 seconds, with an eigh't inch cylinder. We are alsc^ 

 of opinion that with a cylimler v.ith longer points, \egetablei 

 might be very advantageously cut for the use of animals. 



Roxbury, Oct. 27, 1827. JOHN PRINCE. 



■JOHN PARKINSON, 

 NATHAN SMITH. 



I the undersigned certifylhat I was present al Mr Parkinson's 

 at the time the said mill was in operatior,. aud am fully of tlie 

 opinion that it will perform all iliat is above slated. 



J. R, NEWELL. 



For further information, apphcation may be made at the Agri- 

 cultural Warehouse, No. 52 North Market Street, Boston. 



.Kcw England Farmer's Almanack, for 1828- 

 Just published, at the New England Farmer Office, and 

 for sale by Bowles & Dear born , 7"! Washington Street, and 

 at the Bookstores generally, the A'ivc Ergland Farmer's Alma- 

 nack, for 1828. By Thoiiias G. Fessenden, Editor of the New 

 England Farmer^ 



Typo-grnphia. 

 An historical Sketch of Qie Origin and Progress of the ail of 

 Printing, with practica'r directions for conducting every depari- 

 inent in an office; wiih a description of Stereotype and Litho- 

 graphy, illustrated by Engravings, Biographical Notices, and 

 Portraits. Bv T, C. Hansard. Just ■.-cceived and for .sale by K . 

 P, & C. WILLUMS. 



