Vol. C— No. 22. 



INEW ENGLAND FAllMEK 



17. 



giec of perfection at which it lias ulready arrived, 

 but by brecdinnf from individuals so solectod as to 

 correct each other's defects, and by a judicious 

 couibii.ation of their different properties (a posi- 

 tion that will not be denied), it follows tliat ani- 

 mals must degenerate by being long bred from the 

 same family, without the intermixture of any other 

 biood, or from being what is technically called 

 bred in and in. 



BakewcU and Culley say " like begets like," 

 therefore breed from the best. Of this says Sir 

 J. S. Sebright, there can be no doubt, " but it is 

 to be proved how long the same family, bred in 

 and in will continue to be the best." Cross breed- 

 ing appears no doubt more consonant to what 

 takes place in nature than breeding from very 

 near relationship; and arguing from analogy, the 

 result of certain experiments made by T. A. 

 Knight, on the vegetable kingdom, seems to justi- 

 fy us in concluding that occasional crossing may 

 become not on'y advantageous, but even necessa- 

 ry for the purpose of correcting defects. Never- 

 theless, as the last mentioned writer and Cline 

 observe, it can only be safely resorted to by skill- 

 ful and experienced breeders." 



Sir John Sinclair says that cattle will deterio- 

 rate by breeding from near relations ; and " the 

 same rule holds good regarding the human spe- 

 cies. By a train of unfortunate circumstances, a 

 brother and sister, German, ignorant of their close 

 conne-xion together, were niarried, They had ten 

 children, all of whom died before their parents." 



A nursery garden has been estnlilishnd in the 



Trem, Ornamental Shrubs, Sifc. 



ni> 



city ofCaraccas by Dr. Fanning, (an American) MR WINSHIP oflcrH for sain :u hi.-. NWy, in ^^^^^^^ 

 ^.,^^ u. v^aittv,v..i= u;, , '^ . ■■ , , the largest varieiv of Frurl and Onianieiilal Trees, Shrills, &c. 



for the purpose of collecting the most useful and 

 ornamental plants of Colombia. lie is also form- 

 ing a botanic garden in the vicinity, under tlic 

 patronage of Bolivar. 



lection oCi^fuit Trcts is larg'e and well scleclpd ; and his 

 variety of Ornamental I:*iirubs is very extensive, coniprisiii^ tht 

 Itu^e Acacia, 'I'lnee llmrneil Acacia, Gmn .Acacia, c'.oulilo tlow- 

 erinic .Almonds, red ajid while Althcas, Bladder ma tree, IJigno- 

 iiia Radican, Burnin;r I'ash, d« arf lloweriu;; Horse (.'liesmul, 

 splendid liowering <Jalal|'.as, JJahlias, Unpliiie Pink Mazereon. 

 (iirst flowerini; slfnib) vaiicty of r.ia|ics, variclyof Honeysuck- 

 le, English walnuts, Weepinj; willows, Uuinces. Syringxjs, La- 

 wool, (including the various mechanics and labor- burnum, Snowhalls, Khuliaib, Ras|.bcrrics, Plums. Pecan nut 

 ers employed,) in the New England states, sub- trees, Blounlain Ash, Lilacs, larkspur ijrandinora Japan pear, 

 v,>.ijj.uj,v,u,; . ,£?,. nnn 1 Japonnica chorchonus, &c. — Orncrs lor any of these. articlas 



sists about 20,000 families, or l-iO,00() persons, and |^,J ^■^^ jj^ Rus.-ei.l, at the New England Faraier office, will 

 that the*:" will cnnsiime the Sll>■^^M« nroducts of be executed on the same terms as al die nursery, and delivered 



It has been calculated that the manufacture of 



out, ;5U,uui-' luiiiniKa, ui i*./,^..,. ,,i,.ov^..o, icu with Mr KussEi.L, altlic i\cw tliiKland b aimer office, < 



ese will consume the S!»■p^M5 products of be executed on the same terms as al die nursery, and delive 

 „ .,. „ • It • t . t„„„ti,o,- nbni>t '" Boston, free of expense. — Uataloffucs furnished gratis, 

 families of agriculturists ; together, about, '_ [ ^ £: , — ^ 



40,000 



360,000 individuals 



Sea Coal. — The annual consumption of Sea 

 Coal, in London, is about one million and a half 

 chaldrons. 



Bremen- Geese. 

 FOR sale, 10 pair superior BREMEN GEKSE. Apply to 

 Thomas Williams, Noddle's Island, or to Mr Ri'SSELL, ^i 

 I he New England Farmer offic e. Pee 7. 



For Sale, 

 TWO large, well fnrnicd and powerful i 



es, with foal by 



the celebrated ir.iporlcd Imrse BeU/oinider. These animals are 



perfectly broke to the saddle and all kinds of hamess — will work 



_,e and before oxen, and are peileelly kind and jrnod travellers. To 



A. Bis;eIow, persons wantinj; luares to t)reecl from, this vfYevs an opporlunilj 



Rare Production. — In the market yesterday, at 

 the slallof Mr Tower, was exhibited a lot of 



beautiful lemons, from the green house of the R ^ 



of l\Iedibrd. They were chiefiy attached to small boughs, the not often met with.— Also 2 pair of V.'II.U GEESE 



fresli and verdant leaves of wliich set off the fniit to fine eiTcct. Apply to Ben j. Austin, near Blr Greenough's meetinghouse 



On one of these boughs no lese than six lemons were hanging in Newton, or to J. B. Russell, at the New England I-armei 



when plucked. The largest specimen of the latter measured office, Boston. Dee 7. 



seventeen inches round the longest girth, by thirteen in the ■ ■ m ■ m r i i ie^ m-imt»f ■ ir, c «»g3ta n j ji a_ u^ , ,.,«n . ~i. jT.TUT. , 



PRICES OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. 



Corrected every 2^liursdatj evening 



POtJNDED OYSTER SHELLS MAKE GOOD MANDRE. ' 



At Holkham, in England, oyster shells are 

 broken to pieces, either by passing them through i 

 oil-cake crushers, or repeatedly drawing a heavy 

 iron roller over them when spread upon a stone, 

 or hard burned brick-on-edge floor. A mill for 

 crushing bark would answer the same purpose. — 

 Forty bushels of this mafiure were drilled in the 

 usual w-ay, upon 27 inch ridges, slightly covered 

 with earth, and the turnip seed sown upon it. — 

 In the same field turnips were sown, on ridges of 

 the same size, manured with farm yard dung, at 

 the rate of 8 tons per acre. The turnips were a 

 good crop on both pieces, no diiference percepti- 

 ble ; the succeeding crop of barley, and the crop 

 of clover afterwards, to all appearance, were 

 tqually good on both. 



smaller. Eighteen of these lemons with their stems, were as- 

 certained to weigh precisely eighteen pounds and two ounces. 

 The display altogether was truly superb, and the more gratily- 



ing from being the production of our northern cliisate, offered 



at this inclement season. The fruit, we understand, was gath- j "*' 

 ered for the purpose of relieving the tree which bore it, of a I .pp. yc , , 

 part of its redundant slock, and to aid the growth of anoUier , i,,po ' f , 

 vigorous crop. It is refreshing to turn from liie noise and dis- : '^•-"■t-^i poti 'St sort, 

 tractions of these party times, to witness the silent course of na- ! pearl do. - - 

 lure, pursuing her operations in unfailing regularity, offering BEANS,, while, - - - 

 lessons of order for human imitation, and leaching that as a BEEji- mess, 200 His. nev 

 good tree is hiiown and prized by its fruits, so every public ser- I ' caT^o No I j,"W 

 ' ' ■ ■ •■- ■ ' o 1^.^ ,^^1 



^our 



.ant whose political worth stands approved, should be duly esti- j ^^ ^ i, , , . 



matedbv the community whose interests he promotes, and be } . i">o -i \'"'"''; 



rewarded with those tokens of continued confidence and favor, , bill 1 ER, inspect. i\i.. 1. 

 which may incite him to bring forth more abundantly his fruit j CHKESE, .new milk, - - 

 unto perfection. — Cadind. j skiaimed milk, 



Silk. — In Norton's & Russell's State Register, i|i^^-|^^ ggj^ J ■ ' ' ' ' 

 it is stated, that " in the town of Mansfield, in Tolland countj, ; ■'* ^'^' 

 is annually raised upwards of .3000 pounds of silk, which, (in its 

 raw slate) is estimated to be worth at a lair valuation, from 12 ; 

 to 13,000 dollars, and when manufactured into skeins and pre- 

 pared for market, is worth from 13 to 20,000 dollars, fhe GR.A1N. 

 labor is chiefiy performed by females and young persons. I 



The growing and manufacturing of silk is becoming more | 

 exiensive in this country, and the attention of many public j 

 spirited individuals has recently been turned to il. That it , 



may be made profitable, and a source of great income, cannot i HOGS' LARD, 1st strf, new, 

 be doubted when we look at the single instance of the town of HOP.S, No 1, Inspeclicrr 

 Mansfield. That town has less than three thousand inhabitants j |]v,jTr ..... 

 and comprises an area of only about forty-six square mile.s-its | oiL,'Linseed, Phil, and Northern ^ 

 soil IS less productive than that of many other towns, yet the ^J "' ..,, padic , i f ' 

 industrious inhabitants in addition to their other employmcms ILAl^U'.il rAKls retails at i(, 



lialtiHiore, lie 

 Genesee, 

 Kve, best, 

 Rve - - 

 Corn - 

 Earkv - 

 Gals - - 



IMPORTANT .NEWS. 



On the 20tli of October, a battle was fought 

 between the allied fleets, and the Turko-Egypt- 

 ian fleet, in the Morea, which terminated in the 

 entire destruction of the latter. The Turkish 

 Heel was attacked in the Bay of Navarin, at two 

 o'clock. At 5 o'clock the first line of the Turks 

 was destroyed, and their ships of the line and 

 razee frigates v\ere sunk or burnt; and the re- 

 mainder went on shore, and were burnt by their 

 crews. Of this formidable armament, there re- 

 main only about twenty corvettes and brigs, and 

 they were abandoned. A spectator of the combat 

 calculated that there were 150 vessels of all 

 classes engaged in the fight. 



The report on the Lead Mines, gives a very 

 satisfactory view of the importance of this prop- 

 erty to the United States — the expected annual 

 supply is equal to 10,000,000 pounds. A tythe 

 of which, as rent received by the Goverment, will 

 be more than suflScient for the purposes of the 

 ^rmy and Navy. 



from which the culture of silk does not detract, contrive to br 

 in a yearly revenue of about 20,000 dollars. What an induce"- 

 ment is here held up to the industrious and enterprizing, and if 

 imitated, how long should we be dependent on the f-ld world 

 for silk ? 



Lilerury Generosiiij. — The Providence .^meri- 

 caii relates an account of a gentleman, known only hv the de- 

 signation of \. B. v^-ho had volunteered and actually rendered 

 his services, in three different towns in Rhode I-Iand, as a 

 teacher of a school for several months in each, free of any ex- 

 pense; and when his board was offered to be paid, he declined 

 the otl'er. Afier finishing his services in one town, he left 4<J 

 dollars with a c|ualified female who had attended his school, that 

 she might continue the school in the summer months. He still 

 remains '• the unknown Teacher." Under date of Oct. IS, in i 

 the Newport Mercury, he again offers to teach a school in Cov- 

 eutr}', R. I. and has probably commenced. 



At Taunton, Mass. 1,200 tons of nails arc made 

 annually, and three hundred tons of plates, hoops aiKl machine- 

 ry. At Pittsburg, there are seven rolling and sliuiiig mills, j 

 eight air founderies, six steam engine factories, one wire facto- 

 ry, &c. Some of these are 

 them has two engines of ItX) and 120 liorse power 



I'ORK, BoaeMiddlin 



navy, mcfs, do. 

 Cargo, No 1, do. - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover . . . - 



WOOL, Merino, full tlood.wash 



do do iinwashe 



do 3-4 v.-iislrt 



do 1-2 & :1 do 



Native - - - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 



2d sort 



do Spinning, Utsort 



PROFTS!O.Y MARKET. 

 BEEF, best pieces - - - - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - . - 

 VEAL, 



large establishments — one of j MT^TTON, 



Bremen Geese. 

 For sale, by Samuel Jaques, Jr. Charlestown , 20 pair Bre- 

 men Geese^at^lOper_paii\ 



ffhite Mustard Seed. 

 Fop sale at the office of tlie New England Farmer, the best 

 English White iMustard seed, by the pound or bushel. 



POULTRY, -.--.- 

 BUTTER, keg & tub, - 



lump, best, - . - 

 EGGS, - 



.VIEAL, Rre, retail, - - - . 

 Tjidian, do. - . - - 

 POTATOT-P, (new) - - 

 CIDER.,, (acc^ojaingi io qiialitj) 



