Vnl. 0.— No. 17. 



N^W ENGLAND FARMER. 



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labour. The greatest difficulty is over after ttie 

 plants have once ripened their seeds ; as plants 

 raised from such seeds, grow annually hardier und 

 • inieker of growth. 



With respect to fruit trees, it would be better 

 to procure such as have been introduced from the 

 Indies into Italy, Spain or France, than direct from 

 the Indies into England ; as' for example, the 

 Quinquina, Balm-troc, Sago, Cocoa, and other 

 Palm-trees, by being first transplanted from their 

 native soil into the Canary Islands and thence to 

 .Indalusia, the most southern province of Spain, 

 at lenirth have been, by successive transplanta- 

 tion, accustomed to the climate of Madrid. 



Swine are ready for procreatii'n at seven months 

 idd ; but the male is unprofitable for tha*. use, un- 

 til twelve, and is in his prime at two years. The 

 sow goes nominiiHy four months, or one hundred 

 and fifteen days, with very few days variation ; 

 brintring three litters, of from five to twelve pigs 

 each litter, in about eighteen months, supposing 

 the pigs to be weaned ; but in two or three months 

 less time, the pigs being suckled for roasters. — 

 The old lopped eared make the best bacon ; the 

 Chinese, and crosses with it, the best pork ; for 

 which they will fatten in four or six weeks; and 

 killed at eight or ten months" old, are esteemed 

 more delicate, than if they were kept longer in 

 the stye. Should be restrained to a certain quan- 

 tity of water, and kept clean and dry ; for cleanli- 

 ness is as essential to the preservation of their 

 health and well doing, as that of any other animal. 



Two gentle;nen in Lancashire have a breed be- 

 tween the Wild Bo:trand the Chinese ; they have 

 very light and small bellies ; their sizes are but 

 small, weighing from ten to fifteen score, general- 

 ly twelve score. 



There is an animal kept tame in some of the 

 East India Islands, called Baby-roussn, of the 

 same genus as the Common swine ; which, if it 

 would bear our climate, would be an useful ani- 

 mal, as it lives solely on herbs and leaves uf trees, 

 and never ravages gardens like swine ; the flesh 

 is well tasted- 



The cutting away with a sharp knife, the grist- 

 ly or horny part of the snout, tiirough which the 

 r'in'r is usually pui, will, without the least injury 

 arising from it to the animal, effectually prevent 

 Its rooting. 



Crows are terrible destroyers of Indian corn. — 

 Blackbirds and squirrels are also great enemies to 

 the corn crop; but the poor wiiod-peckers, accus- 

 ed of eating maize in the field, do but dig for and 

 pick out worms ; for which they deserve a premi- 

 um, as these worms, in different shapes and char 

 acters, become enemies to vegetable productions. 



For Inflamed Sure Ei/es — White vitriol, one 

 drachm, acid elixir of vitriol, twenty drops, and 

 boiling water one pint: put the white vitriol into 

 water, and when nearly cold, add the drops, and 

 after add one large table spoonful of brandy or 

 very old rum. If the above is found too strong, 

 weaken each quantity drawn off with more or less 

 rose water. 



To take ink spots out of cloth or liiifn. Wet 

 immediately the place with lemon or sorrel juice, 

 er with white soap diluted with vinegar. 



Cure for oxen strained by over-drawing. — About 

 half a pint of common soap, stirred up with a quart 

 •f milk, poured down the throat of the creature 

 vill, we are told, speecily efTect a cure, 



From Cjie Worct:ster JEgu. 



SELECTION OF FRUITS. 

 In turning the puges of catalogues of the e.xton- 

 sive varieties of fruit trees contained in the nurse- 

 ries, one is much perplexed to make a selection of 

 choice kinds for the garden and orchard. A friend 



; eminently successful in cultivation has kindly fur- 

 iiished us the followiug li.at of the best varieties, 

 whose superior excellence has been tested by his 

 own e.xperiments. The wish that the benefits of 

 his experiments may be extended, induces us to 



I present it to our readers as a sure guide iu their 



I selections. 



' APPLES. 



I Summer. Harvest. Red Juneating, Early Bon. 



Fall American Nimpareil, Princeall. 



Jfintcr. Baldwin Pippin, Nonesuch, Rhode Isl- 

 and Greening, Peck's Pleasant. Spitzhergen of the 

 new kind, Roxbury Russet, Tift Sweeting, Tolman 

 Sweeting. 



I PEARS. 



! Summer. Early Chaumontelle, Skinless, .Targo- 

 nelle, St Michael's, Seckle, Bergamot de Pasque, 

 Satin Green, Charles of Austria. 



Winter. King's Bon-cretien, St Germain, Col- 



I mar. 



CHFRRIES. 



Ronald's Black Heart or Black Tartarian (best), 

 May Duke, White Heart. 



PEACHES. 



Early White Nntme? or Early Ann, Red Rare 

 ripe, f arly York Island, Lemon Cling=topp Ken 

 nady's Clingstone. Early Admirable, Royal George, 

 Royal Kensington, Gross Mignon. 



PLUMS. 



. The varieties of the Green Gage, and the Pur- 

 ple Gage. 



GRAPES. 



July Grape, Burgundy Black, White Chasselas, 

 White Sweet-water. White Muscat, Miller Bur- 

 gundy. The Auwigsburg, is an early white grape, 

 reported to be the best of all the natives of our 

 country, and said to he hardy. 



"Letters from Europe, comprising the Journal of 

 a Tour through Ireland, England, Scotland, 

 France, Italy and Switzerland, in the years 182.5, 

 '26 and '27." 



Mr Carter's book has just been published by the 

 Messrs Carviils, under the above title. It is in two 

 handsome octavo volumes, of above 500 pages 

 e'^ch, on fine white paper, and a beautiful type. 

 About one third of the work, as we have been in- 

 formed, is substantially new, consisting chiefly of 

 letters written durinff the latter part of the tour, 

 which were not published. It would of course be 

 superfluous for us to speak of the tal-nts and ac- 

 quirements of the author, or of the ease and fluen- 

 cy of his style : and the public have already been 

 made acquainted with the plan and execution of a 

 large portion of this hook, which will no doubt be 

 received with greater approbation and pleasure, | 

 from the improved and enlarsed form iu which it 

 now appears. — A". Y. Daily Adv. 



A few years ago all the flannels and baixea used 

 in the country were imported from Europe. The 

 severity of an American winter was moderated by 

 the fabric of Wales and the fleeces of Saxony. 

 Such an establisliment as a flannel manufactory 

 was unknown in the country. Tne tariffoflSlG 

 gave encouragomont to some branches of cotton, 

 but woollen goods were partly unprovided for. 

 The new protection extended by the law of 1824 

 has not been v/ithout its expected operation. 

 .\mong other branches of mauufariures, that of 

 flannels is making a rapid progress. Already there 

 are about six or eight establiohments of this kind 

 in the country, one of the largest of which is situ- 

 ated in Amesbury, in Massachusetts. Not long 

 since one was erected in Connecticut, and recent- 

 ly its proprietor sent a very handsome assortment 

 of flannels to this market, which entered into com- 

 petition with those of English fabrics. It is known 

 that the average prime cost of the article in this 

 city amounted to 25 cents a yard; and at auction 

 when they were sold, they brought 40 cents. The 

 liberality of this price was occasioned by the beau- 

 ty and texture of the goods, and its genera,! ex- 

 cellence in comparison with the foreign. The 

 growth and progress of manufactures cannot he 

 impeded by any sectional differences of opinion. 

 All the middle, eastern and western states are 

 nearly unanimous in favor of this policy, and at 

 the next session ofCongress there is every proba- 

 bility that a new revision of the tarifl'will be lU'ide. 

 [.v. Y. Commerrift ."idv. 



Early indications of Ji'inter — On the night of 

 t p 7tli inst. a severe snow storm corsjmsnced from 

 ' TVfrth. and continued till the evening of the 

 Hving il:\y, and left us about a foot of snow on 

 ; vel. Ko jTe'>t and early a fall of snow is hardly 

 A i'nin ti;e recollection of our oldest and most ob- 

 sc! ing -iti-eus. The tinkling of sleigh bells at 

 thi'- 9ea:.on of the year surprised us almost as much 

 as 10 have heard them at midsummer. Indeed the 

 sound was rather melancholy than enlivening, as 

 ' marr of onr farmers have not finished gathering 

 t their crops — Considerable produce from the neigh- 

 jbori ;.r tov.'ns was brought to market on Thursday 

 in sleighs. We also learn, with surprise, that the 

 mail coach from Litchfield to this city, was actiial- 

 ! ly stopped by the heavy drifts of snow that had ac- 

 j cumulated during the storm. — Hartford paper. 



In Williamstown, a few days since, a young lady 

 swallowed a pin which lodged about half way 

 down in its passage to the stomach. Dr. Emmons 

 took a piece of wire, fastened a piece of dry 

 sponge to the end, and passed it down the passage 

 below the pin ; here it absorbed moisture, and be- 

 come so much swollen, that in drawing it up, it 

 brought up the pin Hampshire Gaz. 



In a communication in the Georgetown Colum- 

 bian, Mr Adlum says there a,re now (Sept. 24,) 

 enough of wild grapes on the vines in Maryland to 

 make 2000 pipes of wine ! 



They have in exhibition at Philadelphia, the 

 greatest Ox in the world, and the smallest Cow. 

 The Ox is the Columbus, weighing 4000 lbs. and 

 the C«w measures only 3 ft. 10 in height, and 4 

 ft. 2 in length. 



Covering for Roofs. — A new substitute for slates 

 has been adopted in England, and introduced ex- 

 tensively into use. A quantity of lime is slacked 

 in tar, in which sheets of the largest and thickest 

 brown paper are dipped and then laid on in the 

 manner of slating. This is said to make a durable 

 covering, answering every purpose of shingles or 

 slates, and will effectually resist the weather for a 

 great number of years. 



