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NEW EiVGLAND FARMER. 



[From Ihe Georgetown Columbian.] 

 WILD (iRAPES, 



Nov. 23, 182/. 



I or Irost grapes or others, as the chicken or pige- 

 I on, which are full of seeds and have lliick clam 



Sir 

 •grapes aro 



As the common Fox grape an,! other larpe ' Z ul I ^VTf-"]: '° "^'' *^T °"" ""'" 

 am now ripe, and other jrrapes ^vill be , ""J" " ^""^" ^"•-d a halt of water to the bnshel 

 ripening in sucoessiun until after frost, I wish to ! " /"P"'"' ^'t''" ^-^f^^^e or after thoy are bruised, 

 draw the attention of our farp.ers and others to ' ' ' ^'T' ? , .\ ""'^T^ '" "'^ '='"^"^"- 

 this object. Ian, led to do this, as there is not i P"' ' ! Ll° T T\'''T ,"'"" ™"= 



one person in one hundred thousand that knows ^TZ'',""^ '""^ 'f^'" ^f ^^'"? '^^ ^and, then put 

 or has any idea of the advantages ue possess at! Jm'" '" ° Vf' "' '"'^ "^^''^f "''^T'"^' ""^ 

 Ihe present moment. j ""^ '^° -iTections given for the manufacture of 



There are thousands if not tens of thousands of' ZIL"1 ^"P'' ■'""'■ /" '"''^'"^ "'/"i ^^'"^ >'°"'' ' farmers -.enerallv • 



hands, it is very easy to get most of the stems ofFi " ^eneraiiy . 



north of the Old EbenezerChurch.aeveralinsoutU 

 Fifth, west side, between South and Shippen, m 

 Southwark. In the Northern Liberties, several in 

 St. Jolin's street, north of and near Polar Lane one 



in Cable Lane, east side, near Vine street U.S. 



GazdU. 



HORSES. 

 The following remarks upon horses, are copied 

 from the publication of on eminent farrier in Eu- 

 rope, and we think them worth the perusal of the 



bushels of wild grapes of various kind;-, now n-row- , ,i,o „,. i r ' ~ , ■,, 



ing in the different sections of our country, each i ^^L^ "P"'' "'' '^ ^^P"'''^'', will make a neater 



bushel of which will make from two to three ga 



The pulse of a horse in health, is from 36 to 

 40 beats in a minute, and may be easily felt by 

 fi.xing the fingers gently upon the temporal artery, 



Where you have not the means of getting the ,. , • • , ,_ 



instruments for ascertaining the specific gravity of i '"''",'' f "'"f""^ ''^''"' ^" '"'^'' '"'"'^ '^ '^"'^ '""='' 

 the must of the grape, and you wish a wine to keep' '""''' ^""^ "'*' ^"''^ ""'"" "^ '^° "y^" 

 for an indefinite length of ti 



Ions of wine ; much better than the wretched stuft' 

 imported in wood called Claret, and other "rot 

 gut" imported wines of low prices. , . ^ ^ . 



I had some Fox grapes gathered for experiment, [Z"" Ta 1^7] °' time the way is to add 



from where they grow naturally; after bruising f^" '° ""^ '""^' ='°^'y' ^^'^ '^'-^^oUe it until a 

 them and straining them through a thin piece of ;,' 'f,? 7"""' ^ .' l^^ "^^"^ ^"^^^ '' •""'' 

 muslin, I tried the specific graWty, and found :t ir,r''V'tr 'T ' °f "'\'""'' °' '^' ^"P'^' 

 to be 1,055, which was the average of three dif- ,T'"''' '" ' '^'".^" "'5"'^' '° '^b""' ^^'''^ P°""''^ of 

 ferent wines, and which is equal to'one pound four \ll7Z Tl'f" ^""""'J 'I '!"' ^'"°" ' "'^^^^ 

 ounces of the sweet principle, that is [suoar] to ' l ,./,.. u ^°","" °^ ""' ''"'"'' P"""'P'' 

 the gallon of the juice or mxtsL L o J ,„ the gal on, it will make a wme that ought to be 



; "fi'nk within the twelvemonth following. But for 

 To make tnne >if wild grapes. lyour grog bruisers, whiskey, rum, and madeira 



Gather the grapes when ripe, and bruise them I «^rinkers, who drink for Ihe " inlo.ricalina; qunlibi 

 with a mallet, or in any other way, just to crack , '^'"'^ not for the flavor,'''' it will be necessary to add 

 the skins is sufficient, but take great care not to 'from three to four eallons of strong brandy to the 

 bruise the seeds— and when the grapes are bruis- | barrel of wine. With four gallons of brandy to the 

 ed, put them into an open headed cask or tub, but' barrel, that wine which has but two pounds of the 

 do not fill it more than two thirds full, where they sweet principle to the gallon, will suit mostvitiat- 

 are to remain from one, to two, or three days, ac- ^'J tastes best. 



■•ording to the tempernture of the weather, jr un- There is now a sufficient quantity of the wild 

 •il the pulp or coloring matter is dissolved. The chicken and frost grapes within half a mile of my 

 skins and seeds will have risen to the surface and houst^ to make a pipe of wine, and I should sup- 

 ihe wine is to be drawn off by a hole made within P"se th^t in Montgomery County, which joins the 

 ene or two inchr?s of the bottom ; the wine will D. of C. there are wild grapes sufficient if they 

 run off tolerably clear ; but have a hair seive to "'ere gathered to make between one and two hun- 

 Ict it run through to catch every thing that may ''''f^d pipes, otherwise they will be left to fall and 

 run off with the wine. When you have the wine ■'*'' on the ground or be eaten by the birds, and in 



drawn off, add sugar to your taste, or it is a bet- the whole state of Maryland there is now at this '' 



ter way to add sugar until a fresh egg swims just present moment, enough 6f wild grapes on the | HORSES 



so that the upper edge is even with the surface vines to niake two thousand pipes of wine, and. The two following items will be considered as 

 of the mvsl, and as soon cs it is dissolved, put it many of the other states would produce as much | ..orth the subscription price of this paper, by per- 

 tntoa clean cask well fumigated with a sulphur which would be worth, if properly manufactured, i ^ons who have much to do with, and a proper 



oiatch and bung it up tight ; bore a small gimblet "om fifty to one hundred ceuts the gallon. ' feelino- for horses. Am Farmer 



hole near the bung, into which put a peg, not so Srptemhcr. 94, 1837. JOHN ADLUM. j ° 



light but that a little air ra:iy escape to keep the P- S. I have always observed . that the wild I ,^ Lorcttn, Va Oct. 31, 1827. 



cask from bursting. In about three weeks, drive giapos are infinitely more abundant in slatey, gra- ' ^^''^ SiK— The following extracts from a very 

 the peg in tight, and it is not necessary to look velly, sandy and other poor land than on the rich I P"?"'""^ scientific work now publishing in Eng- 

 at it again until the first week in Decmber, when limestone lands. ■ i '""<'' "i"'' '^''"''-'^ " '^he Library of Useful Knowl- 



in nine cases out of ten, the wine will be perfect- edge," wdl save, I hope, many a poor horse from 



ly fine and bright ;— you need not be under any ' SHADES. | much sufi^enng and injury. With this view I take 



apprehension about the fermentation, as it will go • '' "'"^ ^^''h pleasure I observed, that a writer in | the liberty to offer them for publication in your 

 on its own way, and nature will perform her office °."^ °*"*"p moruinj's papers, has called the atten- | useful paper. Yours, with resr.trd. 

 in the best manner possible. 'ion of his fellow citizens to the importance of a- I JAiMES M. GARNETT. 



On a clear cold day early in December examine *'^''i"? themselves of the present season for plant- Speaking of the eye-lids of birds, the writer re- 

 your wine, and in nine cases out of ten it will be '"" ^^i^^s in front of their dwellings. | marks , " A third eye-lid of the snme kind is found 



completely fermented, and it will be perfectiv fine I ^ ?reat diversity of opinion is entertained as re- i in the horse, and called the hnw ; it is moistened 



and bright. Then rack it off" into a clean cask. fT^rds the kind of tree to be preferred. For my part, ■ with a pulpy substance (or mucilace,) to take hold 



fumigated with a sulphur match, and in the month ; ' ■"'^"'j''' Prefer trees of a quick t'rowth. (thick fo- ' of the dust.on the eye-ball t nd wipe il clean off", 



of March following, rack it airain as above and ^'^?^ ""<' widely spreading limbs,) that tlo not attain so that the eye is hardly ever seen with any thing 



if it should not be perfectly fine, fine it with fif ^ "real hei^'ht, are clean and clear of caterpillars, "pon it, though greatly exposed from its size and 



red wine] the whiles of egfs if white wine with hig-worms, &c. and do not injure the pavement, posture. The swift motion of the haw is given to 



milk. '^ ' iThe only kind that I know of, tliat answers this it by a gristle, so as to drive ojt the haw with 



If all these operations are done with proper care, description, is the Paper Mulberry, many beantif I : great velocity over the eye, and let it come back 

 it will then be incorruptible ; and last for an age] specimens of which, may h" seen in our vicinity as quickly. Ignorant persons when this haw is in- 

 or ages if necessary. i '^he following are a few of those which I can at i flamed from cold and sw ells so as to appear, which 



I am here speakinc of the Fox and other larger '■his time point out, vi': In several of the streetsin it never does in a healthy state, often mistake it 

 vfgpeg. '^ the vicinity of, and west ofthe navy yard, in south | for an imperfection, and cut it ofl': so nearly does 



If the smaller "rapes are used, such as the falL ^'"^°"'' "'■reet, — below Catharine, and one door | ignorance produce the same mischief as cruelty ! 



'• Horses have not the faculty of puking or even 

 belching wind out of their stomachs, and therefore 

 are peculiarly subject to the wind colick. 



"When ahorse has been over ridden, bloody 

 spots may be seen in the whites of his eyes. 



" A lin^ber dock is a sure sign of a limber back, 

 that is, a weak one. 



" A horse that is hardy and good for business, 

 has a short back bone, which terminates forward 

 of the hip bones. 



" A decoction of white oak bark, will kill bots 

 by tanning them, and they become so shrivelled 

 as scarcely to be discernable when discharged. 



" The principal signs of a good horse are these: 

 Tlie eyes set far apart in the head, and large and 

 bright — the quirl high in the forehead, one or two 

 in the neck is a good sign: the neck well set on, 

 and high, the shoulder blades pretty high, and 

 converging to a point, the breast full and large, 

 and so also behind — the body round, for flat bodi- 

 ed or slab fided horses are weak natured, the 

 dock stiff, going wide behind, for if the gainbrels 

 knock together, it shows that the horse is feeble ; 

 chewing the bit when provoked, is a good siffn. 



" It is a Spanish proverb that a dapple gray will 

 sooner die tlian lire." 



