Vol. VI.— No. 50. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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TOP DKt:f*SING «U ASS-GROUNDS, Sec. it offers a choice of the iinest sorts, in the finest RURAL TASTE. 



By top di-ossing, iiiuili of the best properties of order. We saw there a few days since, vines of We are far bfliind the Enghsh in the comfort 

 Uie puti-escent manures are exhaled or wasted in only two years old, bearing ten, twelve and four- an*! appearance of our Farni-houses. On the 

 the way that has been described ; if to this be teen chisters, apparently very healthy and thriv- ' other side the water they are content to build a 

 added the too general loss sustained by deconipo- ing. Mr. Parnientier, (the proprietor,) is from house no larger than can be furnished or occupi- 

 sition before the manure is applied, it wiU be Flenders, one of the garden spots of Europe, and e<l, but our practice is too often the reverse of thig 

 found that but little good can be done by a gi^eat combines with much practical knowledge of his for "ur zeal or money fails, and when the farm of 

 deal of it, when used in this way. art, great general intelligence. He will, we can- f'e dwelhng is covered, not a room is fini.shed 



If dung be used for top dressing, it should be not doubt, find that the labor and expense, (both witinn, thi! windows arc stuffed with olil hats or 

 applied soon after the first crop of grass has been great) wliich he has laid out upon his garden, re- rags, and the house stands a monument of the 

 mown, and before the maimre has suffered any turn to him with large increase.— JV. Y. Amer. owner's taste and judgment. The houses of our 



material loss by fermentation. The grasses should farmers arc of irregular shape, and tho' their de- 



be suflered to grow until they form a close shade ; ' American Asylum for the deaf and dumb.— We formities might be somewhat concealed by trees^ 

 after this, they may he pastured, provided a good have seen and "read with much interest, tho 12tli the proprietor will give up his shade rather than 

 covering of them be preserved. This will prevent report of the directors of this noble Institution. It i^ii^ prospect. 



much exhalation ; it will also keep the soil much contains a mass of information, as curious as it is An Englishman once told us that this want of 

 more open to receive the juices of the manure. — interesting to the friends of this unfortunate class shade about our houses, was the first thing that 



As water docs not pass on so freely through a of our citizens. We learn from it, that the whole struck him unfavorably in the country : and this 

 close pile of grass, much of the coarser particles number <who have been educated at this instita- too "n n ''""'f' every where abounding m trees.— 

 of the washings from the manure will be arrested tion, is two hundred and sixty-two ; of whom one Regarding them, we woidd repeat the ad_^'J^*'._°j 

 in tlieir progress through it, and much more of tlie hundred and thirty-two are now members. It is 



the Scotch Laird, to his son. " Be aye sticking 



juices from W dung wiU sink into the soil. Tao a singular fact, thkt notwithstanding the asylum in a tree, they'll be growing while ye're sleepmg." 



There is also a flowering plant, the honey- 

 iickle, which in .some counties in England covers 



close cohering also greatly favours the deconino- has been in operation nearly twelve J'ears, only 



-iition of the litter, and by keeping it flexible, cans- three have died while members of it. We also 



OS it to sink further into the soil, and lie much learn, that, besides the asylum at Hartford, there almost every cottage. 



closer to it ; therefore but httle if any of it will he are four institutions for the instruction of the deaf As to fruits, our farmers shew a wilful neglect 



found in the way of mowing the ensiung crop of and dumb in the U. States; 1 in Pennsylvania, 1 in of the blessings of Providence : not one in ten lias 



grass, or of making it hito hay, provided the ma- Kentucky, 1 in Ohio, and 1 in New York, all of Pears, grapes, plums, or mulberries, which once 



"ure be very evenly spread over the ground. But which are under the care of men, who have been planted, are hardy, and occasion .i e o 



as the want of the second crop for hay and otaer taught the system of the Abbe Sicard, at the Ame- trouble. 



I'lrcumstances, may readily prevent the cultiva:or rican asylum. It is probable, that other institu- 



The above thoughts occurred to us in a ride of 



from hauling the dung at the proper time, he may tions will be established in the different States, 18 ""iles in the country, which to our eyes never 



haul and spread it any time before frost sets in ; and very soon the whole of this unhappy, and wore abetter appearance than it wears at pies- 



but not with the same advantage. Still, if care otherwise nearly useless class of citizens, will *^"t. — Evening Gazette. 



be taken in racking up the hay of the ensuing ciop, have an f^pponunity of being rescued from an al- 



but Uttle of the htter will appear among it. most perfect mental darkness. Mas.sacliusetts, G)-««rf Aotd a/ Postal.— The project ot erecting 



Top dressing, however, with putrescent ma- : New Hampshire, and Vermont have for a long ^ spacious hotel at Boston, lor the better accom- 

 mn-e.s, is, under tl;e most favourable circmnstan- time, supported a number of tlieir indigent deaf modation oi strniii.eis, has been tor some time m 

 ces, a vciy wasteful practice, and should be-nvoid- mutes at the American asylum. The legislature agitation m that, city, and we learn from their pa- 

 od where population is sufficient to admit the of Connecticut, at their last session, appropriated pers that it is now in a fan- way to be earned into 

 practice of convertible husbandry ; except by 1500 dollars for this same beuevoleut purpose.— successful operation. It is estimated that the and 

 those who prefer the ease obtained by grazing M E. Weekly Eevieto. ^"'^ building will cost 200,000 dollars, ol which 



exclusivelv, to a more active and much more i " one half of the amount has been subscribed by the 



profitable "mode of management. ! The following is an interesting and important citizens at large, for the period of ten years, at the 



When ashes, gypsum, lime, &c. arc applied to ' fact which we do not remember to have met with ^^^^ »* 3 per eeut. The hotel is to be erected on 

 The grass grounds, it must he by top dressing— before. It should recommend strongly the appli- Common-street, and will cover the whole extent 

 But either of these substances is more extensive- cation of elcctrichy for the relief of paralytic af- «* t^e beautiful lot extending frotn Beacon-street, 

 iy useful to cultivated crops, when they are prop- fections.— £.«ex Register. '° «he Granary burial-ground. The building will 



crlv incorporated with the soil. | Singular Effect of L;ghfni7ig.~T:he ship New ''« f""'' 'Stories in height, one hundred and hfleen 



it isdiflicult to calculate the losses arising frotn • York, on a lat? voyage from New York to Lon- f^^^t in front, with wings ot more than one him- 

 Ihe prevailing practices of gathering, preparing, ' don, encountered a severe storm of thunder and ^red feet in length. It will contain a large num- 

 and usuig the manure that might be obtained from lightning. There was a passenger on board, verj- '^''f o*' ^''ops m front adapted to the convemeuce 

 the general resources of a farm. Some manage old and very corpulent, whose legs were so para- o*" the occupants. The workmen broke ground 

 better, and others worse. Neither weight nor lyzed, that for tliree years he had not walked half °" '^e 24th inst. and the Courier states tnat it is 

 measure to ascertain these losses, can be referred j a mile, and who, since his embarkation, had^ not '''c intention of the proprietors to lay the corner 

 to. We may, however, form a tolerable estimate ! been able even to stand. After the discharge of ***one of the edifice on the 4th of July. Ihe en- 

 of their amount, by summing up the supposed i the lightning which passed close to the place i "-'rprisiiig inhabitants of Boston deserve gr.eat 



losses arising from each improper practice, and, ' where this poor cripple was lying, every body was 



as well as it may be done, averaging the losses. 

 This must centre between the best and worst 

 practices in general use. I have done this, and 

 be)i!^vc the loss cannot be less than seven-eights 

 of til 



astonished to see him rise, pace up and down the 

 deck, and walk about for a long time, as if noth- 

 ing had even ailed him. At first his head was a 

 little aiTected ; but that soon went oft", while the 

 whole, which might be very readily saved i benefit which he had experienced in his limbs re- 

 1 management and a proper cultivation. — inained. He continued to use them freely during 



Lorain''s Husbandry. 



Parmcntier's garden. — This garden and nursor}'-, 

 situated about two miles from Brooklyn, at the in- 

 tersection of tile Jamaica and Flatbush roads, is 

 woftii a visif, if only for the pleasure, of seeing 

 man's earliest occupation, skilfully, and we hope 

 profitably, pursued. To those, moreover, who 

 may wish to purchase plants, fruit trees, or vines, 



the passage ; and on the arrival of the ship in 

 port, he walked with ease to the place of his resi- 

 dence. — Lon. Mech. Mag. 



The cultivation of potatos has been inlioduced 

 at the Grecian Islands by an Irishman named 

 Stevens — and promises to supply the Greeks with 

 food. The President of Greece has declared his 

 gratitude to him 



credit for the spirit with which they carry mto 

 effect every project calculated to promote the pros- 

 perity, and growth of their city ; and for the Ub- 

 erality with which they employ their capital in 

 giving employment to their laborers, mechanics, 

 artists, &:c. — Salem Reg. 



A valuable Donation. — The collection of the late 

 Governor Clinton in science and natural history 

 amounting to upwards of 1100 specimens having 

 at the recent sale of his effects been purchased by 

 Messrs. John T. Norton, and Edward C. Delevan 

 of this city, those gentlemen have very munificent- 

 ly and appropriately presented them to the Al- 

 bany Institute. May those who thus use wealth, 

 always have it to use — Albany Chronide. 



