Vol.6 No. 31. 



NEW ENGLAND FAHMER. 



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must have recourse to artificial heat, and with tiie 

 less reluctance, as, of all plants the cucumber is 

 that, with which it hesl afrrees. To this eiid.there- 

 fore^coop as iiiany larije turnips as you propose 

 to have hills — fill these with good garden mould, 

 sow in each three or tour seeds, and plunge theui 

 into a hot hed. When the runners shew them- 

 selves, spire them, or pinch them, or bury them, 

 as you may think host :* and on the IDth uf May, 

 transfer them to the beds where they nre to stand. 

 The advantage of the scooped turnip, as a seed 

 l)ed, over pots or vases will now appear — for in- 

 stead of the ordinary {lifficully of separating the 

 mass of earth an I the plant from the pot which 

 contained them, and without injury to either, we 

 re-inter both plot and plant, and even find in the 

 one an additional nutriment for the other. The 

 subsequent treatment does not differ at all from 

 that of plants sown and cultivated in the open 

 air." Other plants, such as summer squashes, 

 melons, early corn, &c &c. might no doubt be for- 

 warded to great advanta>;e in hollowed turnips — 

 by means similar to those above s-tated. You may 

 form and temper your hot bed for raising cucum- 

 bers and other purp'ises, ns follows : "Take fresh 

 horse dung, with plenty of long litter in it : shake 

 the manure well and place it on a piece of ground 

 the size of Ihe beil you want to make ; the first 

 layer or two should have more litter than the 

 others ; beat the dung W'ell down with your fork, 

 as you proceed with the layers till your bed is the 

 bpight you want it. Different vegetables require 

 beds of different heights, (for cucumbers about 4 

 feet) but the mode of making them is the same. 

 The bed being thus made, place a frame light over 

 it, and in six or eijlit (hiys. it will be in a strong 

 fermentation. To temper this bed, when the frame 

 has been on six or eiyht days, take it off; if the 

 bed has settled unequally, make the surface level 

 by laying on a little old dung. Run a stick or 

 fork-handle into the bed, let the stick sta. there 

 five minutes ; on pulling it out, if it is more than 

 a temperate heat, lay on the frame, tilt up the 

 back lights, that the .steam may escape, and close 

 the holes you bored in the dung. When the hed 

 comes to a temperate heat, it is ready for use." 

 In attempting to raise early cucumbers, the ijar- 

 dener will of course clioose seeds of the earliest 

 sorts. Abercrombie recommends " the short prick- 

 ly for very early fruit; and the long prickly kinds 

 for the chief early and main summer crops." 



"s (laiii^crouH i (jUHeip.ences wiiglit . tlend their 

 being in very high condition at that period. Tur- 

 nips are said to be injurious to ewes with lamb, 

 but ni.iy be well given them after they have yean- 

 ed. If your sheep, whether store sheep or ewes 

 with lamb, have good hay, about a quart of pota- 

 toes a day to each will, it is said, be very benefi- 

 c'al, and an ample allowance. But when the ob- 

 ject is to fat them, according to a writer in Rees' 

 Cyclopedia, about ,i gallon of potatoes a day with 

 a little hay, will be the proper quantity ; but this 

 is dependent in part on the tize of the animals, 

 and in part on the quality anil quantity of the hay 

 which is allowed them. Potatoes, besides their 

 use as/iiod for sheep, are said to be very service- 

 able as an article of iliet, .vhich usually super- 

 sedes the necessity of medicine. They have, 

 when given raw, an opening or purgative quality, 

 which is thought to be of use, and answer a simi- 

 lar purpose with sheep, which is effected with 

 swine by brimstone and antim my. Potatoes, bak- 

 ed, steamed, or boiled, will furnish more nutri- 

 ment than those which are raw. 



Care should be taken to place in the stable 

 small tubs or troughs of water for the sheep to 

 drink in. They will do very well in summer with- 

 out water, as they feed when the dew is on, but 

 they need water in winter, especially if led most- 

 ly on dry food. '■ When sheep have colds, and 

 discharge mucus from the nose, good feeding, to- 

 gether with pine boughs, given occasionally, will 

 cure them ; or tar, spread over a bourd, over 

 which a little fine salt is strewed, will induce 

 sheep to lick up the tar, and this will cure a 

 cold." [lalf a cill of Indian corn a day, given to 

 each sheep durinir the winter, is recommended as 

 keeping t'lem in good heart, preventing the wool 

 from falling off, ami enabling the ewes to rear 

 their young better than they would if fed alto- 

 gether on food of a less substantial nature. 



" When several kinds of food can be procured, 

 it is right to give them alternately to the sheep at 

 different meals, in the course of the same day ; 

 the qualities of one kind aid or compensate those 

 of another. At certain hours of the day, dry fod- 

 der should be given, and at others, roots or grain. 

 If there be any danger that the roots may decay, 

 the winter should be begun with them, mixing, 

 however, some dry food with them, for alone they 

 would not be sufficiently nutritious." 



Lanilreth's JVurstrit.s — Mar I'liiladclphia. 



I'roin llie patnuieige already extended this Eslabhshniem, by 

 llie citizens of Boston and its vicinity. Ihe I'ropriclors arc agam 

 induced to advertise lo them their Nui-serics, as offering |ie<u- 

 liar facilities for the acquiienients of useful & (jnianientfil \cge- 

 laWe productions. The collection now cullivaled by them con- 

 sists of an immense variety of Fniit and Hardy Ornamenta) 

 Trees and Shrubs— Green house I'lants— Hulbous Roots, and 

 Garden Seeds. The assortment of l-'iuits is not surpassed in 

 real value b> any ni this country. It embraces most of the cel- 

 ebrated kinds of Europe, witit all the esteemed varieties which 

 have originated on this continent. The inmost care has been 

 observed in making the selection, and the whole is no* offered 

 as containing none hut lho.se most worthy of culiivotion. Per- 

 sons not acquainted with the difl'ereiil varieties by name, and 

 desirous to procure choice kinds, by merely stating the lime 

 they wish them to ripen, may confitfently refer the rest to th6 

 proprietors, without a fear ofdisappoiiiiment. 



The Ornamental department is rich in native and exotic 

 Plants — it contains a splendid collection of Grccn-house I'lants. 

 most of which are calculated for adorning m the v^ inter >cii^ons, 

 parlours, sitting-rooms, &c. with an assortment of Hardy b'low- 

 ering Shrubs, and acquisitions are continually makmg. 



In the portion of ground allotted to Garden Seeds are grown 

 almost every variciy of Esculent Vegetables for seeding. The 

 method pursued by tlie Proprietors in this branch, certainly} 

 must obtain for them a preference withs all who will consider the 

 subject in the sliglitest degree. The eparalion of those kinds 

 liable lo mix in seeding — in short, the whole process of cultiva- 

 tion, in gathering, &c. all being under their own personal sup- 

 erintendence undoubtedly conspires in an emiueni degrt^e. lo 

 obviate the errors and impositions, unavoidable in a tleiiend- 

 ence on foreign importations, or on careless or inexperienced 

 growers at home. Orders received by Parker &. Codnian, No. 

 31 Congress-St. TJoston. of whom priced catalogues ,'f the whole 

 may be had gratis. Persons ordering, mav be assured of hav- 

 ing every arlicle well and sc!ibly packed and fcH-Wdnietl, 



Feb. 15. If D. & C. L.^NDRETH. 



PRICES OP COUNTRY PRODUC K. 



EWES, LAMBS, &c. 



It is recommended to give ewes with lamb a 

 somewhat more t' an ordinary quantity of food for 

 a month or si.t weeks before they are expected to 

 yean. Not enough, however, to make them fat 



Erratum. — In the extracts from Prince on Horticulture, (pub- 

 lished in the N. E. Fanner) page 22!1, 3d column, 7th line from 

 the bottom, for *' mild,'^ read •' wild." 



O^A communication from Stockbridge, describing a i 

 for diseased bags in cows, will appear next week. 



^ To enable the reader the better to comprehend this passage, 

 il may be well lo quote the observations of the writer, in ano- 

 ther part of the same article. " You have to choose between 

 three iiiethods of treating the plants, each of which has many 

 and warm Advocates. First, The permitting it to regulate itself 

 with regard to the production, and the length of the siein. Se- 

 cond. The pinching sjstem. which bv shortening the stem, com- 

 pels il to push lateral branches 'rhird. The plan of Rozier, 

 ■which by burying the runner at short distances, avoids the haz- 

 ard of pinching or cutting, and at the same lime, obtains new 

 roots from the buried joints. Of the three methods, the last has, 

 incur opinion, the preference; but as others may come lo a 

 diflerent conclusion, we will point out the time, the modi', and 

 the cfiect of shortening the stem. Soon after the plant acquires 

 a second rough leaf, you will discover about the foot of il. a 

 Lud. which leA to itself would become a runner. This must be 

 pinched of^', taking care, however, not to wound the joint from 

 ■vvhicli it proceeds. The effect of this pinching will be the pro- 

 duction of side shoots, which in their turn must also be pinched 

 off, leaving only two eyes on each, destined lo become future 

 runne's, and so lo be conducted that they will not shade or 

 crowd each other." 



i 



Snedsfor Hut Btds. 



For sale at the .Seed Eslablishinenl connected with the New 

 England Farmer office, No. 52 North Market Street, Boston, 



A large variety of fresh Garden Seeds, suitable for spring 

 sowing of Hot Beds, among which are Bush Sweet Marjorum, 

 Early Camperdown Lettuce, Silesia do. Head do. Royal Cape 

 do. Teunisl>all do. Icel'oss do. Green and While Coss do. — 

 Early York Cabbage, Early P.enlon do. Early Battersea do. 

 Early Sugarloaf do. Early Dutch do. Green Globe Savoy do, 

 Cape Savoy do.— Early VVhite, Purple, and Cape Brocoli — 

 Early and Late Cauliflower — White and Rose coloured Celery 

 — Curled Cress — Early Frame Cucumber, Green Cluster do. 

 Long Green and White Turkey do. Long Prickly do. White 

 Spined do. Short Prickly do. — Cireen Citron iMeton, Pine Apple 

 do. Minorca do. — Purple Egg Plant — Superior Short Top Scar 

 let Radish, Early !■ raine do. <'herry do. — Early While Dutch 

 Turnip, Yellow Malta do.— Spinach, &c. 



Also, Lucerne, FowUMeadow. Orchard Grass, Millet, Early 

 Peas, Early Frame Potatoes, Early Beans, Tree and Potato 

 Onions, &c. 



Seeds of the Yellow I.ocusl, White Mulberry, Three Thorned 

 Acacia, American Holly, Louisiana Black ^Valnul, &c. 



Likewise, two casks superior London Spl , Peas, for soups — 

 Pulverized Celery, Sage, Thyme, and Savory, for soups. I 



APPLES, best, 



aSHES, pot, 1st sort, - - - 

 ptarl do. - - - . 



BEANt}, white, 



BEEF, mess, 200 lbs. new, - 



cargo, No 1, new, - - 



" No 2, new, - - 



BUTTER, inspect. No. 1. new 



CHEESB, jiew milk, ... - 



skimmed milk, 



FLAX 



FLAX SEE!) 



FLOUR, Baltimore, Howard St 

 Genesee, - _ _ 



Rye, best, ... 



GRAIN, Rye 



Corn - ... 



Barley - - . - 



Oats , 



HOGS' LARD, 1st sort, new, - 



LI.ME, 



OIL, Linseed, Phil, and Northern 

 PLAISTER PARIS retails at 

 PORK, new. clear 



navy, meas, do. 

 Carifo, .No 1, do. - - 

 SEEDS, Herd's Grass, - 



Clover .... 



Lucerne 

 WOOL, Merino, fullblood,wash 

 do do un'vashi 



do 3-4 washed 



do 1-2 & i do 



Native - . - do 



Pulled, Lamb's, 1st sort 

 2d sort 

 do Spinning, 1st sort 



PROriSIOJ^ M.iRKET. 

 BEEl'', best pieces - - - . 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, - . 



" whole hogs, - - . 



VEAL, 



MUTTON, 



POU LTR Y, ----.. 

 BUTTER, kej 5: tub, - 

 lump, best, 



EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, .... 

 Indian, do. - . - - 

 POT. 4 TOES, (new) - - 

 CIDER, (according to quality) 



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