V ol. G No. 18. 



NEW ENGLAND FAllMER. 



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for the purpose of strengthening the excellencies 

 und remedying the defects of each family. On 

 this principle the celebrated CuUey continued for 

 many years, to hire his rams from Bakewell, at 

 the very time that other breeders were paying 

 him a liberal price for his own ; and the very 

 same practice is followed by tho most skillful 

 breeders at present." 



If, however, the author of the pamphlet, which 

 it is the object of this article to recommend, has 

 "ivcn an erroneous view of this controverted 

 point, the general merits of the work more than 

 compensate for the defect. We arc glad to per- 

 ceive by this and other evidence that the British 

 colonies in North America are properly attentive 

 to the all important interests of agriculture ; and 

 hope that they, with their neighbors of the United 

 States, may always be found in amity ; and ad 

 vancing hand in hand in the path of national im- 

 provement. 



POULTRY. 



Fowls of every sort may be profitably fed on 

 boiled potatoes and meal mixed. Hens which do 

 not lay in the winter should have access to slack- 

 ed lime, pounded bones, oyster shells, or other 

 matter, which contains lime in some of its com- 

 pounds, because something of the kind is neces- 

 sary to form the shells of their eggs, which are 

 composed of the phosphate of lime. 



PEAT ASHES FOR MANURE. 



A gentleman who is fond of agricultural pur- 

 suits, wishes for information relative to the value 

 of peat-ashes for manure. We have had no ex- 

 perience on this subject, but will quote some writ- 

 ten authorities, which we believe may be relied 

 on. 



Deane's New England Farmer, under the arti- 

 cle Peat, slates that " It has been found by trials 

 that the ashes of peat is a very important manure, 

 of three times the value of wood ashes. Fifteen 

 bushels are allowed to be a sufficient top-dressing 

 for an acre. It is an excellent manure for cold 

 grass lands ; and for all such crops in any soil as 

 icquire much heat. They shouUl be sowed by 

 h:in<l, as they can thus be more evenly spread. It 

 may bo none in winter with the least danger of 

 hurting plants by its heat. If sown in summer it 

 should bejust before a ruin, when it would be de- 

 prived of its burning quality. The ashes are said 

 to have a better effect on winter than on summer 

 grain : and to be not good for leguminous plants, 

 as it makes their haulm too luxuriant. The good 

 effects of a dressing will be visible for three 

 years, and they do not leave land in an impover- 

 ished state." 



Sir Humplirey Davy say.s " Peat ashes are used 

 as a top dressing for cultivated grasses, particu- 

 larly sainfoin and clover. In examining the ashes 

 of sainfoin, clover, and rye grass, I found that 

 they afforded considerable quantities of gypsum ; 

 and this substance probably as intimately com- 

 bined as a necessary part of their woodv fibre." 

 We ir.id that peat ashes are very commonly used 

 in Great Britain for manure, but have not heard 

 of their being applied to that purpose in the 

 Uni'.ed States. We should be very happy to gain 

 information from our agricultural friends on this 

 topic, which appears to us important ; as peat is 

 much used for fuel in some parts of New Eng- 

 land. We should likewise be glad to learn wheth- 

 er the ashes of Lehigh coal, or other mineral coal 

 can be usefully employed as a manure. 



ILLEGITIMATE PLANTS. 

 In Ray's History of Plants, we iiavo the follow- 

 in" anecdote. One Richard Biial, u gardener at 

 Brentford, sold a great quantity uf cauliflower 

 seed, which he raised in his own garden, to sev- 

 eral gardeners in the suburbs of London, who 

 carefully sowed the seed in good ground, but they 

 produced notliiiig but the common long leaved 

 cabbage ; for which reason they complained that 

 they were imposed upon, and commenced a suit 

 against the aforesaid Baal, in Westminster-hall. 

 The Judge's opinion was, that Baal must return 

 the gardeners their money, and also make good 

 their loss of time and crops. This cheat we ought 

 not to lay to the poor gardener's charge, for it is 

 wholly to be ascribed to his good plants being im- 

 pregnated by the common cabbage. Therefore, 

 if any one has an excellent sort of cabbage, he 

 ought not to let it flower in the same bed with 

 any other of an inferioi sort ; lest tlie good sort 

 should be impregnated with the dust of the other, 

 and the seeds produce a degenerate race. Indeed 

 the same precautions are necessary in procuring 

 the seeds of other vegetables; as most or all of 

 them may be altered by plants going to seed not 

 far from them, which are near akin to them. 



We are informed that a singular trial took place 

 at the late term of tho Superior Court in Burke 

 county. 



A man who is estimated to be worth two hun- 

 dred thousand dollars, was indicted for the crime 

 of forgery, and so conclusive was the evidence, 

 that the Jury convicted him. What is still more 

 remarkable, the amount which this individual who 

 has thus made shipwreck of his reputation, expect- 

 ed to gain, was only thirty dollars!! He has ap- 

 pealed to the Supreme Court Raleigh paper. 



JAMES BLOODGOOD & Go's. 

 ! J^'uraery, at Flushing, on Long-Island near J^cu- 

 York. 

 IIV behalf nf the proprietors of the above iiuucr\ . 

 the subscriber solicits the oiilers of horlieuliarisis 

 who may be desirous oistockin; their ;;;iidens ami 



lidds with fmit ire- s of llic llriesi sons and nioM 



lienlthy ;uid vii^orous stocks the present autimm. 



Hi.oodgoou & Co. attend pirsanilly to llie inocululmg am' 

 gra/iing of all their fruit tries, and [jurehasers may rely with 

 confidence that the trees they order will prove genuine. 



The subscriber, agent of the above nursery, will receive ci- 

 ders for any quanliiv of 



I'RUIT AND FORE.ST TREES, 

 FLOWERING SHRUB.S, 



AND 



PLAi^T.S. 



And the trees will be delivered in this city at the risk and cs 

 pense of the Purchaser ; the bills may be paid to him. 



The leputatlon of this nui'sery is so extensively kuown ant; 

 has been so well sustained that I take leave to refer those ii> 

 want of trees to any of the Horticulturists in this citv and its vi- 

 cijiit}', and if ocular demonstration is desired, I invi'te those wh(> 

 wish to be thus satisfied to examine the trees in my garden at 

 Dorchester, procured from this nursery for three or lour years 

 past, some of which are now in bearing, all in a healthy and 

 vigorous state. 

 Catalogues v.'ill be delivered gratis on application to 



ZEB. COOK, Jr. 

 Rogers' Building, Congres«-Str«et. 

 ^Agricultural Books. 

 Just received for sale at the office of the New England Farm- 

 er, a further supply of standard agricultural books, among which 

 are, Loudon's Encyclopedia of Agriculture 



Marshall on the Knowledge and Practice of Gardeniog 

 G}ei^ jng^ in HLisba ndry o -id Gardening 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



Schuylkill Coal is in so great a demand, that it 

 appears probable it will this year exceed the sup- 

 ply, although an addition of 1000 tons per week 

 may be looked for, until the ice closes the naviga- 

 tion. There has been an order executed for two 

 hundred tons of thisCoal, shipped for the Havana: 

 this new source of demand, for boiling the sugar 

 cane, may be likely greatly to increase the con- 

 sumption ofSchuylkill Co.tI, and become beneficial 

 to the planters of the West Indies, as well as to 

 our Southern States, where sugar will be made to 

 a considerable extent Phil. Gaz. 



According to a recent and minute statement, 

 there are in Massachusetts, one hundred and fifty 

 incorporated Woollen and Cotton Manufactories ; 

 with an aggregate capital exceeding twenty mil- 

 lions of dollars. 



Bremen Geese. 

 For sale, 3 pair of this superior breed of Geese; they are de- 

 idedly superior to the common breed, in the great size they at- 

 tain, in the facility with which they may be raised, and in the 

 comparatively small quantity of grain required to fatten them. — 

 Inquire at thisotifice. 



jWMahon^s Gardener. 

 Just received at the New England Farmer olSre, a further 

 pply of M'Mahon's American Gardener. This work is the 

 most elaborate of lite kind ever published in this country, com- 

 prising ample directions for the management of the kitchen gar- 

 den, fi-uit garden, orchard, vineyard, nursery, pleasure ground, 

 flower garden, green house, hot house, and forcing fra.mes, for 

 every month iu the year. 



This day oublished by Richardson & Lord, at their town and 

 imtry booRstore, the Old Farmer's Almanack for 1828, by R. 

 B. Thomas, Esq. containing the usual quantity of new, useful, 

 and entertaining matter, together with the sun's declination. 



Country traders supplied by R. i. L. at the lowest rate. In 

 the press, and will so.5n be published, the Miniature or Pocket 

 .\tmanack, liSewiie she Wassachuseus Registar for 1S"8 1-i 



APPLES, best, 



.^SHES, pot, 1st sort, - - - 



ptarl do. - - . . 



BEAN^, while, ----- 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. cev,-, - 



cargo, No 1, new, - - 



"■ No 2, pew, - - 



BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new. 



CHEESE, new milk, - - - - 



skimmed milk, - - 



FLAX - - 



FLAX SEED 



FLOUR, BaKimore, Ilonard St 

 I GeHceee, - - - 



i Kve, best, - - - 



IgRAI.N, Rye 



j Corn - - - - 



Barley - . . - 

 i Oats - - . - - 



' HOGS' LAF.D, 1st sort, new, - 

 i HOPS, No ], Inspection - - 



1 LIME, 



OIL, Linseed, PhiL and Northern 

 iPLAIS'iT.R. PARIS retails at 

 j I'OllIC, fioneSliddlings, ns'.v, 

 ! navy, mess, do. 



I Cargo, No ], do. - - 



i SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 

 I Clover . . - - 



WOOL, Merino, fullblood,wa=h 

 do do unwashi 



! do S-4 washed 



do 1-2 & i do 



Native - - - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 2d sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROVlSIOjy MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces . - - . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - . - 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POULTRY, ----.. 

 BUTTER, keg & tub, - 



lump, best, - . - 



EGGS, 



.MEAL, Ryp, retail, - . - . 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOES, (new) - - 

 ClDE!f, (acce?aiDS to qnafity) 



ibbl 

 (on. 



bufh 

 bbl. 



FROM I TO 



1 25! 2 0(1 

 95 50| 97 60 



105 00 

 1 26 

 8 87 

 7 75 

 G 75 

 12 



bt;5li 

 bbl. 



90 



5 621 

 4 75) 



cask I 

 sal. 



bush 

 !b. 



641 

 63 

 80 

 40! 



o! 



12i 

 70i 



107 50 

 1 3J? 

 9 Ci' 

 8 00 



7 00 

 14 



1 no 



5 76 



6 00 

 3 2.S 



67 

 42 

 10 

 15 



1 00 

 78 



3 00 



