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NEW ENGLAND FARxMER. 



June 13, 1826- 



and through which ilone it could receive nourish- New York, was read, announcing a present to the 

 ment The larvs having continued for four years | Society of a painting of the great Boston Ehn, 

 in the ground, are now about to undergo their j and also of specuTiens of the different varieties of 

 next change ; to affect this, they dig deep into j Zea mays or Indian corn. Cordial thanks were 

 the earth, sometimes five or six feet, and there voted for these obliging -— ^=. " 



presents. 

 P. NEILL, Sec. Caled. Hort. Soc. 



The following note was likewise addressed to 



MILLET. 



This is a round, yellowish white grain, which 

 grows ill panicles at the top of the stalk. The 

 stalks and leaves are like those of Indian corn, but 

 smaller. It grows to the height of three or four 

 feet. A sandy warm soil suits it best. It should 

 be sown about the middle of May, in drills three 

 feet apart. The plants should be so thinned at 

 the first hoeing as to' be about six inches apart in 



ies'quite soft" and white. In M.y the parts are ^,^^ ^-^y^.^^^^^", harden: I regreVt^^^^^^ \'?" '""^'^'- 'Vf ''™^"'' f ^ '^':-^. ";°P^ ^^,1"" 



haidened, and then they come forth out of the „,- ^ man or a horse has been placed close to the ^'*" ^°'""' ^"VV 'V T "^'"^'^^'^'y.^'^"— 

 arth This accounts for our often finding^ the i^^se of the trunk, for this would at once have been ?,!^!!!! "V"ll5 „? ""llrfiir!^^^^^^ 



an index to the relative size and bole of the whole 



tree. An accoimt of its dimensions and some 



seeds from it would be v5ry acceptable. Any 



thing that can be furnished from our Experiment- 



apin a smooth case, in which they change into a 



pupa or chrysalis. They remain undpr this form 



all the winter, until the month of February, when ; ^yj^^^j.^ Thorburn & Son, by Mr Neill 



they become perfect beetles ; but with their bod- j .,q,j^g painting is placed iii the Council room at 



perfect insects in the ground. The most effica- 

 cious mode of preventing their increase is to em- 

 ploy proper persons to take the flies in May and 



Jiiiie, before they have laid their eggs; which, 



though it appears an endless task, may be done ^^ Garden, you may depend on our sending when 



with very considerable effect, by shaking and ^^,^ learn your wishes." 



beating the trees and hedges in the middle of the 



day. Children will be able to (!o this — and, as early peas. 

 has been proved by experiment, will, for a trifling -j-lie following fact respecting early Peas, was 

 reward, bring some thousands per day gathered obhgingly furnished us bv Mr IIaywaud, clerk of 

 in a single village. Domestic fowls of all kinds ,|^p Boston Faneuil Hall Market, 

 are particularly fond of these beetles,. s'o that the j„„g ,j^ 1827— There were more Peas in Fan- 

 expense of collecting them would be fully com- g^ji h^h Market than could be sold for 25 cts. 

 pensrited by the quantity of food they w.iuld at- ^^^^ peck. • 

 ford in this way. When land is ploughed up in j,„,^ jj^ 1828— There were but very few Peas 



the spring, if the weather be warm, hundreds of 

 the chafer grubs are exposed : — in which case, 

 crows, gulls, and jays will be sure to detect and 

 devour them These birds, therefore, should not 

 be driven away, as the occasional damage they 

 commit is amply rep.nid by their unceasing exer- 

 tions to ilestrov various insects. The almost sole 



in the Market, which sold from 75 cts. to $1,00 

 the peck. 



SALE OF WOOL 



On Tuesday last the sale of foreign wool, by 

 Messrs. Coolidge, Poor & Head, took place in the 

 hall over the city market. The company was nu- 



employment of crows, for three months in the merous, and the article went off with spirit 



spring, is to search for this sort of food, and the There was a small advance on Portuguese wools; 



clover. A crop of it sown thick, and mowed 

 green, makes excellent fodder. 



Some say a crop may be obtained by sowing it 

 at about niidsuiraner. Perhaps it may be so in 

 hotter climates. I tried the experiment in the 

 44th degree of latitude, and the crop was Uttle 

 better than mere chaflT, for want of continuance of 

 heat to fill the grain. 



This grain appears to be subject to 'no distem, 

 per ; but when it is nearly ripe, the birds are apt 

 to get a great deal of it, if it be not watched care- 

 fully. 



The way to harvest it is, to cut off the panicles 

 with a knife, near the uppermost joint of the stalk, 

 put them into sacks or sheets carry them to the 

 barn floor, and empty them into heaps, covering 

 them with cloths. Afler lying five or six days, it 

 must lie threshed and cleaned. It should be 

 dried well in the smi, before it is stowed away in 

 the granary ; for it will not keep well with any 

 moisture in it. 



Millet is an excellent food for fowls and swine ; 

 for the latter it should be ground into meal. — 

 Some mix it with flour in bread ; but it is better 



havoc that a numerous flock makes amongst them and the Saxon and Spanish realized the prices for puddings. There is also a red sort of millet ; 

 must be very great. Loudon's Ency. they have borne at the two or three l.nst put,lic but this I have never seen. — Deane's M E. Farm. 



NEW ENGLAND PARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 182S. 



sales. About 900 bales of the latter and 1.55 of 

 the former were sold. 3Ierinos brought .50 cts. 

 ' and a lot of choice selected Saxony fleeces 62 cts. 

 Very little fleece wool was offered. 



EMIGRATION. 



It appears to us vei-y doubtful that any perma- 

 nent relief can be obtained for G. Britain by enii- 



gration. The number of emigrants, for such re- 



To CoBREspuNDENTs.— ^« Interesting article from a cor- The British Goverment has determined not to I U^f, would require to be very great — not less than 

 'spoiident at li;cckport,(Penn. J giving a history of the American raise the duty on AVool. Ministers say they cap- ' ^ ""'It^n or two ; and this export of human be- 

 ' ' "" " ' "' ' ' not do it consistently with the interest of Manufac- ings would be again necessary after the lapse of 



turers. A committee has been appointed to in- 30 or 40 years, on the scale the population increas- 

 quire into the causes of the depression of the ; ^s "t present. 

 Wool Trade. j While there is every reason to doubt any per- 



' manent advantage to G. Britain, there is tiiUy as 



Green Peas, the produce of this county, were much reason to doubt it ui respe,-t to the Colon- 



Appl^' Tree, kUL appear next week 

 ing water. 



-likewise an article on 



MONSTROUS PRODUCTION. 



A reptde resembling a leech but much larger, 

 was lately extracted from the oesophagus or gul- 



let of a cow belonging to Mr. Jacob Dickman, of brought to our market on Friday evening, the 6th. ies. A lai-ge addition s>{ able-bodied, imellige'nf 

 Tb.pkinton Mass. The u.sect was ttomty-two and i„st. ,ai,ed by Mr. Samuel Budlong, and Benjamin ! and industrious settlers would, no doubt, m some 

 «/,«// inches long ot a flesh color, and, m form Hill, of Cranston, and purchased by Mr. Hodges j years, add to their wealth ; but at first, the pau- 

 like the leech used lor medical purposes. It was of the Franklin Hnii«p at eia-ht rfn77/»-<i ne,- VinsV, ' i -n ^ i ■ • ^- ■ . 



. I ^ »i rneriaiuvim nouse, at eigni aollars pei oush- ^ers, who will form the maioritv ot enngrants, and 



extracted irom the throat of the cow after the pi On Satin-Hav mominfr iip-i< were tivnnn-iit tr, i u . i , • , ; , • ■ , 



,.,,.., ■ 1 /■ u- u »i • 'Jn oaiuiaay nioimng, peas were inonght to who have to unlearn their old habits, and serve 



death of the animal, of which the monster ,s sup- market by Leonard Sweet, of Fruit Hill, and Mr. an apprenticeship to a new occupation, will be 

 posed to have been the cause It was probably ga.^el Burlingame, of Cranston. In 1836, the burthensome to the Colonists, as uideed they have 

 swallowed by the cow in drinking, and contrived first green peas were sold in this market on the already deplorably been.- Quebec Gaz. 

 .„ .r„„.„., ..,„i<-.., .!,„ ..„„...„„ ^_ gg^j^ of May, and in 1827, on the 4th. of June. 



Fresh Salmon was offered in our market on Fri 

 day, and purchased by Mr. Lawton, for the table 



to fasten itself in the position from whence it was 

 taken. 



THE BOSTON ELM. 



In page 218 of the current volume of the New 

 England Farmer, we gave the letter of Messrs. 

 Thorburn & Son to Patrick Neill, Esq. Secretary 

 of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, accom- 

 panying a painting of the Great Elm on Boston 

 Common, presented by the former gentlemen to 

 the Society. We have been politely favored with 

 the following answer : 



« Extract from the Minutes of the Caledonian Hor- 

 ticultural Society, March 5, 1828. 



" A letter from Messrs. G. Thorburn & Son, of 



A NEW AND CHEAP PAINT, 



More impervious to the iveather than common paint. 



of his hotel at 50 cents per pound. Not more than Take of unslacked lune a quanlity sufficient to 



30 years since, this fish was common in many of make two gallons of white wash when slacked 



our rivers ; so common, it is said, in some parts of mix it with a due quantity of water — add to it 2i 

 the country, that a sjiecial clause was inserted his. of brown sugar, and about 3 oz. of salt. The 

 in the indentures of apprentices that they should exact proportion of each will be best ascertained 

 not be compelled to eat salmon of\ener than once hy experiment. This when ap)>hed as a paint, be- 

 a week. Webeheve most of our ap])rentices would conns perfectly hard and glossy — by nu.xing either 

 now like to insert a clause providing a dinner of ivory black or lamp black with the ingredients, a 



this fish occasionally Prov. Journal, June 9. I beautiful lead colour may be had, or a yellow by 



^ mixing suitable ingredients — this paint is now al- 



Histories of the towns of Scituate, Weymouth, ' ,„„st altogether used at the south for houses, 

 i Lynn and Concord, are in preparation. \ fences, &c JV. Y. Com. Adv. 



