Vol. 6.— No. 30. 



NEW ENGLAND PARMER. 



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lion to a lover of o'jricultiire ; a soil become rich i slips or strips of tough white oak, shaved with | for seed one Hundred Bushels of the " Tta 

 •hrouffh the effect of ciiltivatioti, and consequent- [ the grain, about an inch aide, a quarter of an j /f7i(a<."— It has been ascertained by erperitnce, 

 iy by the skill of an industrious people, who re- 1 inch thick, steamed for bending into any desired j (the best evidence in tho world,) that this sort of 

 ceive the due reward of their admirable exertions, I shape, and extended round the bottom and sides I wheat is the best that has yet been used in this 

 in the product which they obtained." \ of the body, in every direction, like the frame of Province for the purpose of securing a fair crop 



About fifty years previous to the period of Sir ^ common basket or ribs of a boat. The top of the We would earnestly invite the attention of Far 

 Tohn Sinclair's visits, Flanders was almost a mov body is covered with carpeting, and the outside nieis generally, and of those in particular whc 

 int'sand. With a climate not more favorable than | with canvas, or leather, which, with painting, have lands fit for raising wheal to avail themselves 

 that of England, land has since quadrupled i s make the most light, beautiful, and permanent of the opportunity now afforded them of obtaining 

 value ; faMows h.ivc been entirely banished ; the p.uinelling ; not liable, like tho common wooden at least, a partial supply of this seed.— Wo would 

 produce in nine years, is generally" fifteen harvests, punncls, to split, and from which a little paint will , also wish to impress on the minds of persons pos- 

 of which wheat yields, oil an average, four quar- remove the defacing of u bruise, the only injury sessed of this grain, (for there must bo others be- 

 ters per acre; barley, seven quarters and a half, to which they would seem exposed. No mortices sides Mr. W AssoK,)to do every thing within their 

 and oats eleven and a fourth quarters; and the or tenons are used in any part of the frame, power either by advertising their stock through 

 borders of the fields sire planted with trees, in which is so constructed as to brace every part, the medium of newspapers, or otherwise, for the 

 such numbers, that by their sale the proprietors and to hold itself firmly together by the help of a j general good of the inhabitants of the Province, 

 acquire, every forty years a sum of money equal to few rivets or ecreivs The whole is so complete- We cannot say that we have full faith in the Tea 

 the value <if the sn'il. The cause of this wonder- ly and firmly interwoven, and presents at every Wheat's answering the good purposes for which 

 tul improvement and fertility, is chiefly attributed, pcint so strong resistance, that it would rebound it Ins been recommended, but we surely think thf. 

 by Vanderslraeten, author of a treatise on Flemish like a basket, from the most violent shock or con e.\perimentr that have been made, are sufficient to 

 husbandry, to the cave taken to " extirpate nox- cussion, unbroken, and it would appear impossible induce a repetition of them, and that upon as large 

 ious plants and roots every six or every three years, to break, rack, or loosen it by upsetting, or any a scale as possilde. If it be finally proved to be 

 by din-ning all the land on their nspictive farms, ordinary accident. The frame of a carriage body not subject to rust, its introduction into this Pro- 

 By tMs operation they revert to the surface a stra calculated to hold six persons, buill in the above vince is certainly a matter of no ordinary interest. 



turn of fresh soil, which for three or six years, has manner, has been found to weigh only twentyfive , '*'''■ 



been absorbing the salts of manure as they filter- pounils, less than one quarter of the weight of the 

 cd to the bottom of the roots." common pnnnel body; and when finished, the dif 



Leather Bands. — It is somewhat singular that, 

 the application of leather bands to communicate 

 ference between the weight of the old nd new n-iotion from one part of machinery to another, 

 A short time since, we noticed an bodies is from ^ to A less, or the weight of from should till recently have been so confined in res- 

 pect to capacity, mote especially as their propertj 



Liverwort 

 inquiry in some of the newspnpcrs for information, two to three persons, in favor of the latter 

 concerning any prictical benefit derived from the 

 use of this celebrated plant. In a late Nationtil 

 Intelligencer I here is an article signed by a gen- 

 tleman of Washinoton, stating that the writer, 

 after undertroing salivation thrice for the cure of 

 of inflanimntions of the liver, experienced several 



From the St, John's Courier. 



NORTHUMBERI-AND AORICULTURAl, AND EMI- 

 GRANT SOCIETY. 



has been known from time immemorial. 



Power to almost any extent may bo communi- 

 cated through them, and to effect this object, it is 

 only necessary to increase their width under a 

 proper tension, proportionately to increment of the 



At the Annual Meeting of the Members of this power required to be imparted. By adopting 



attacks of bleedin'g at the lungs, which reduced .Society, this day held at Hamill's Hotel, (Newcas- hands We get rid of the disagreeable noise which 



Jiim to such a stale of debility as to induce a bo- tie,) pursuant to the rules, the following gentle- i attends the movement of toothed machinery, and 



lief that his constitution was fist falling a prey men were elected office bearers for the present 



to the ravages of pulmonary consumption. In this season, namely, 



condition, the patient determined on making trial 'fhomas H. Peters, President. 



of the Liverwort, as recommended by Dr. Here- j^_^^^ Qilmour, and 



Wm. Abrains, Esq'rs 



J. M. Johnson, Esq. — Treasurer. 



i'-' 



ice Presidents. 



ford ; and for the last three or four months, h 



persisted in its use with manifest advantage- 



having derived signal relief from the most painful ]' 2' 7lZe^"E^q.'lst'crdar,,. 



symptoms of his malady. He states that the dis- ^^ Carman, Jr. Esq.— Jls'sistant Secrctarn. 



charges of blood have ceased, that his strength 



iias rapidly returned, and that his frame is reno- Committee. 



vated in a degree far beyond his most sanguine Charles Clarke, Esq, | A. Frazer, Jr. Esq. 



anticipations. He recommends its use also for William Carman, Jr 



obstructions of the urinary passages; and exhorts Dudley Perley, 



patients, in all cases, while taking the Liverwort Alexander Rankin, 



tea, to be especially mindful of their regimen ; — John Frasor, 



observing that, for the last sixteen months, he has R- S. Clarke, 



Richard Blackstock, 

 I Isaac Paley, 

 I George Taylor, 

 I Mr. D. Johnson, 



James Johnson, 



also save considerable expense in constructing 

 and repairs. 



Messrs. fellers and Pennock have applied * 

 band of about a foot in breadth to propel a saw 

 of ordinary dimensions for sawins; timbor, and it 

 answers extremely well. — Mec. Mag. 



John T. Williston. 



Bill nf literary mortality Of about one thous 



and books published annually in Great Britain, six 

 hundred are accompanied with ,.ommercial loss — 

 on two hundred there is no gain — on one hundred 

 the gain is trifling — and, only on one hundred any 

 considerable profit. Six hundred and fifty are for- 

 gotten within the year — another h :ndred in tw» 

 years — no more than fifty survive seven years — 

 and scarcely ten are thought of after twenty 

 years. Of the fifty thousand books published in 



strictly adhered to a milk diet, and avoided every 



species of stimulating draughts. He appends the The annual subscribers to this Society are not the seventeenth century, not more than fifty are 



following directions for preparing and taking this very numerous, although it possesses some very now in estimation; and of tho eighty thousand 



medicine: A double handful of the Liverwort, j zealous and patriotic supporters, who have not books published in the eighteenth century, not 



after washing it clean, is to be put in a saucepan, ! hesitated on all occasions, when the good of the more than three thousand are consiilered worth 



and half a gallon of boiling water poured on the i Institution required it, to extend the most liberal re-printing — and not more than five hundred are 



same; let the pan then remain on the hot embers i assistance. But in the infancy of almost every sought after at the present time. Since the first 



or stove, and simmer for about an hour and a institution of a public nature, there are always commencement of writing — or in thirty-two cen- 



half — then pour the whole into a proper vessel to I obstacles and prejudices to contend against, which tnries — only about five hundred works of writers 



drink out of. When cold, it may be drank as nothing but industry and perseverance, or occular of all nations have sustained themselves against 



often as the thirst or state of the stomach will ) demonstration of its utility can surmount. The the devouring influence of time. — Eng. paper. 



admit. The keeping the leaves in tl e vessel Society, however, I am happy to add, is clear of, 



debt, and upon the whole, is in a prosperous state, \ Danville College, Ky. — Four scholarships of 



while using the tea, is necessary, to keep the 

 same limpid. — Boston Bull. 



Carriage Bodies. — Mr. Jesse Reeder, of Ohio, 

 has patented a new mode of constructing carriage 

 bodies, which is thus described: "The frame or 

 skeleton, is composed of small straight grained 



and in a fair way of proving highly beneficial to $1000 each are founded. A farm is attached to 

 the rural economy and agriculture of the country. \ the College, to reduce by labor the expense of 



J. A. STREET, Secretary. 



We observe by the Miramichi Mercury, that 

 Mr. Robert Wasson, of Ludlow*, has reserved 



living. The indigent will be supported and edu- 

 cated without charge. Those who are able to 

 board themselves, will pay a sum for that pur 

 pose never exceeding $20 per annum. 



