Vol. VI.— No. 50. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



399 



TO FARMERS. | Pain in the eyes A corrcsiioiulcnt at Scituatc 



It may not be generally known that the beetle, requests us to publish the following receipt for the 

 which frequently cointnits serious ravages on cure of severe pains in the eyes : Make a strong 

 fruit trees, may be effectually extirpated by sliak- decoction of bitter herbs, such as wormwood, tail- 

 ing tlieni from the trees every evening. By pur- zey, huarhound, penny-royal, &c. and liold it, boil- 

 suing this course for a few days they will entirely ing hot, so near the eyes, that the steam will as- 

 disappear. Being a heavy insect they never wan- cend into thein. It has been known to give un- 

 der far, so that there is but little danger of being mediate relief in many cases. — And further, he 

 troubletl from the neighboring stocks. We have requests us to ask if any remedy is known for 

 the above facts from a scientific and practical ag- weak eyes of ten years' standing ? 



liculturist, who says that two pailsful of beetles 



^vere collected on the first e.\i>eriment ; and tliat The Emperor of China, by a late edict, severe- 

 .iftcrwards the number regularly decreased until ly censures his sherifts for their frequejit mistakes 

 the fitlh day, when only two beetles were to be in executing one prisoner instead of another, as 

 found. ■ The experiment was made two weeks described in the death warrant, and cautions them 

 ago, and since that time they have entirely disap- , against such mistakes in future. 



peared.— ^V. Y. Eve. Post. ;^ — — — " — . 



Ihe last number ot the North American Ke- 



TO ESCAPE THE EFFECTS OF view contains articles on the following subjecls.: Lower Cana- 



I ii^iiTixfTXTri ^^ — (."^ompagnoni's America — IMediral Societies — Universities 



LiOllliMlNtr. _,he Chippewalntlians— ilip Ariof Henifr Happy— llie Red 



It is particularly dangerous to stand near leaden Rover— Naihanie! Appleion Haven— Necessity of The Common 



]• „j..^^ ..♦ -..,.1, *:.>i.^^ . '-'3^^' — Farrar's Mathematics — Politics of Europe — Epitome of 



-pouts, u-on gates or pahsadoes, at such tunes, Grecian Antiquiiies-West's Journals-QuarteSy List of New 



metals of all kinds having so strong an attraction Publications. 



■ourse which it would otherwise liave taken. Turnip Seed &-c. 



When in a house, avoid sitting or standing near jus, received at the .New England Farmer Seed .Store, No. 

 'lie window, door, or walls, during a thunder 52 North Market Street. Uoslon. an extensive assortment of 

 -torm. The nearer a person is to the middle of a sT"'";P_1het',es°i'^ortI ".th' 

 room, the better. 



The greatest evil to be apprehended from Ught- 

 ii'mg, is the explosion of powder-magazines. — 

 These may, in a great degree, be secured from 



finest sorts 

 most improved sorts (or tliF 

 Dutch, Vellow Stone, Vi 

 one of uncommon e-xct-lleii 

 field culture, ihe White N- 



arp the growdi of the present 

 (or family use or stock. The 

 tnrmer are the White Stone, White 

 ■Mow Malta. Tiie i'e/loio St07ie is 

 ■ c and keeps well. Of the sorts for 

 rfolk. White Globe, and Vrlh. 



rdeen or Bullock 'Avc preit^rable. 'j'he Vellow Aberdeen is 

 danger by^nsulati^, or byUniug the bulk-heads ^:Z:':t:^2^tJ^::;;:X^:^^^t^^^^ 

 and floorings, with materials ot a non-conductip.g liirjune. Also, Yoliuw Ruia Ba^a, or Russian Turuip, of the 



ed in Europe ex- 

 pressly fo»* us. and the utmost .de|>endence may he placed upoi 



nature, the expense of which would not be great, best de.scription. The above seed's 



* pressly fo»* us. and the utmost .de|>ende 



theii genuine quality A varrety of Long and Tn 



p Radish- 

 ■" kly or 



Lake Superior. — According to the late surveys es. suitable for »row"ing the ihr 

 of the boundary between the United States, and F?ll Spinach Long Prickly and Early Clus 

 ^ . . .. , . I the ffenuine Girkin Cucumber, or West India picUinGf one ot 



Canada, about one thousand rivers empty them- ,i,olinesi pickles. 



-elves into this enormous inland sea. It is esti- Likewise MO lbs. fresh common white flat English Turnip 

 1^1. 1 .;^.. ^c ......t^ **.i«t r^P i.rot<i..o r^P- '*^eed, a part of it the growth of lfi28 : — to dealers and purchas- 



mated that an elevation of nine leet of wateis or ^,^ ^^ ,,1^^ quamity, it^ill be put at a low rate. ^ 



the lake would cause them to flow over into the Also, genuine Fowl Meadow Grass, from Vermont— Orchard 

 source of the Mississippi instead of running m its Grass l.ucerne, &e.-Hemp. White Mustard, Flax Seed &c. 

 ... .** , , , At this place IS KeiJl ihe best supply of seeds, native and im- 



present direction. An earthquake, such as was ported, ihat art and industry can precure. July i 



experienced at Cliih in 1822, might be attended — -—— 



with tremendous consequences to this region of ^''^«'' OatmeaL 



' For sale at the New England Fanner Seed .Store, iNo. 52 



the coiuitry. North Market Street, '20 barrels of warranted lre»h oatmeal, 



direct from Stevens' mills, Barnet, Vi. It will be sold by the 



Bartfoot and Serab. 

 The.se two valuable animals, vrnieh have been sent to this 

 country by Admiral 6ir Isaac CoBin, will, for the present sea- 

 son, stand at Hrighton. — Thev are joung, and have tiecii high- 

 ly celebrated in England, 'llie pedigree of Barefoot, a ches- 

 nut horse, is as follow-.. 



kO*LKD 18'J). 



Barefoot, by Trump, tlani Rosamond by Ruzzard, out of 

 Rosclierry, sister to Huley and Tartar, by Phenomenon, out o1 

 Miss West by Malcham- Regulus— Crab— Childers— lasid. 



In \8°2t, when at Pontefraci, sweepstakes of 20 gs. each, tor 

 two years olds— 1 1 subs.. Unri'lool btaiiiig Harpooner. 



Ill 1823, Yi.rk Springs St. Ledger, oi 26 gs. each, G subs.— 

 Barefoot beaiiiig iour oihers.— A. I'ontelrnct sweepstakes of 30 

 guineas each ten feet, 10 subscribers. Barefoot beating Pala- 

 tine. 



tn 1823, the Domastcr great St. Ledgers, of 25 gs. each, 80 

 subscribers. Uareicol beating 11 others. 



In 1323, at ^^-u Market. Harelboi won a h.tndicup plate val- 

 £.")0, beating Ticsihan and five i.lhers. 

 In 1824, at Ascot Heaih, Itareloot talked over for the Swin- 

 las slakes, of 23 sovereigns each 3 subs. 



In 1825, at Lancaster, the gold cup, value 10 gs. added to a 

 sweepstakes -f 10 sovereigns, 17 subs, ol all ages. Barefoot 

 beaiing Lottery and two others. 



Li 1826, ai .VldiK'hester. Handicnp stakes of 30 sovereigns 

 each. 10 ft. wiih20 sovereigns added — G subscnliers— Barefoot 

 healing two others. At Lancaster, the gold cup, vqIim- 100 gs. 

 added to a sweepstakes ot 10 sovereigns each. 9 subs. — Bare- 

 foot beating t^\o oihers. 



Skbab. (a beautiful bay Hnrsp.) Foaled in 1821. 

 Got by Phantom oui of Jesse, by Totieridge — her dam Crac- 

 ker by HighH^er. out of Nutcracker, by Matcsum. 



In 1824, won ihe iNew .^Inrket stakes, 50 gs. each 21 subs.— 

 Serab beaiing tijur others. 



In 1825, at the New i!,irki:t Crane meeting, the stak«.s. 100 

 sov'ngs. 7 subs. Serab beating two others. The same year. 

 Spring meeting, Serab won Handicup sweepstakes, lOOsov'iis.. 

 sub.^. beating three others. 



In 182G. Se.-ab ■.con Kings Plate. 1(X1 gs. beating 30 oihers. 

 In l;;27, Su.ciou. Si'i-ab won the gold cup. j.l3 



PRICES OF COUjVTRY PRODUCE. 



Ai'PLES.be 

 ASHES. !.iol. 



BEANS 



BEEF. 



Revolving rake. — A patent revolving hay and barrel only, at 

 grain rake has lately been introduced into this : ^ 



State, (says the Portsmouth Journal) and consid- j njgrciiants 



> low pri< 



Seeds for the West Indies. 



, . , ..lasters of vessels and others trading to the West 



ered a highly important and usetul invention. Indies, can be furnished with boxes of Seeds, assorted, suitable 



With a horse, one man and a boy, it rakes clean, for that market, at from gi to .§5 per box.— Each box comains 

 , , . , . ,. 1 ^11 . ^ ■ upwards of sixly different kind.i of seeds, vegetable and orna- 



iind by its revolving, discharges the hay into win- „iemal, in quantities sulficiem for a common kitchen garden.- 

 VOWS without .stopping the horse or lifting the Likewise the greatest variety of seeds to be found in New Eng- 

 rake. It will do as much work as ten or twelve ^^'"''^y ;''.«„P-™"^^ °' ''"^''^'' »" warranted pure, and of the 

 men with hand rakes ; and no farmer will di.s- 

 pense with it in gathering his hay and grain after 

 once seeing it in operation. 



Farmington' canal. — On Friday the 27th instant 

 the first canal boat, called the Jas. Htllhouse, was 

 launched at Farmington, Conn, on the canal at 

 that place, under a salute of artillery, with a band 

 of nuisic, &c. A party of two hundred ladies and 

 gentlemen embarked on board, and were drawn 

 jjy a team of decorated grays a few miles on the 

 new channel opened to commerce in that direc- 

 tion. They crossed the Farmington river, on an 

 aqueduct thirty-si.x feet in height, partook of re- 

 fresliments on the excursion, and returned at sun- 

 set, amidst the acclamations of a large concourse 

 of spectators assembled on the rationally joyful 

 occasion. — JV. Y. Statesman, 



growth of 1827. 



t'ar;;o. No. 1, uc.v, 

 -i Cavio, N". a, WW, 

 BUTTEfciospected No, 

 CHEESE, iK>v mil!., 



Sktmrtiet! ini'k. 

 FLOUR, Salt;inore,II..iv„ 



HOGS 1. •■.•■ 

 LIME. 



PLA!STr:rt i .r:i^ ieu.uat 

 PORK, new, clear, - - . - 

 Navv, mess, new, 

 (."a.-go. No. I, new, - 

 SEEDS, H.rd's Grass, - 



Orchard Grass, 



Fi.wl Meadow, - 



Ry<' Grass, 



Tall iMeadow Oats Grass, - 



Red Top - 



While Honeysuckle Clover, 

 Red Clover, (northern) 

 French Sugar Beet, - 

 Mangel Wurlzcl, 

 WOOL, Merino, full blood, washed, - 

 Merino, full blood, unwashed. 

 Merino, three fourths washed. 

 Merino, half &l quarter washed 

 Native, washed. 

 Pulled, Lamb's, first sort, 

 Pulled, Lamb's, second sort, 

 Pulled, for spinning, first sort. 



18 00 

 13 50 

 13 50 

 1 87 



pound. 



F)-esh Imported Soicony Sheep. 



Thursday, July 10, iit '.i o'clock, .\. M. at Brighton, near Bos- 

 ton, will be sold at Public Auciinn. the entire flock of Saxony 

 Sheep, imported by Geo. & Thos, Searle,in the ship Am-^rica, 

 Dehis, master, from Bremen, consisting of 



72 RAMS. 158 EWES and 14 LAMBS. 



Samples ot the W^ool from each of these Sheep, may be seen 

 at any time previous to the sale, at Samuel Grants, Esq. Wal- 

 pole. N. H. or at the office of the auctioneers. The whole will 

 be sold on the day above named, without reserve, and none will 

 be disposed of previously, on any terms. Purchasers are al- 

 ready so well acquainted w ;lh the quality of the Sheep, liereto- 

 fore imported by the importers of this ffock, that it is unnecessa- 

 ry to say any thing more in their favor, than that Ihey will be ■ VEAL 

 found equal !o any previous importation. Catalogues will bn ; MUTTON. . . . . 

 ready for delivery ten riays previous, and the Sheep may be ; POULTRY, . - . . 

 examined at Brighton, any time before the sale. BUTTER, keg and tub, - 



COOLIDGE. POOR &. HEAD, Auct'rs. ' Lump, best, - 



Boston, June 20, 1828. I EGGS, 



MEAL, Rye, retail, - 



Bremen Geese. \ Indian, retail. 



For sale, 10 pair fine Bremen Gcesc. Apply at tlie New I £0X^9^' ji " ', i' 

 England Farmer Seed Store. " July 4. j CIDER, [acconPnff to qoal.ly,] 



PROVISION MARKET. 



BEEF, best pieces, - 

 PORK, fresh, best pieces, 

 whole hogs. 



pound. 



5 00 



97 60 



I>i7 00 



1 50 



11 00 



8 SO 



7 50 



12 



10 



4 



3 37 



5 12 



3 25 



65 



55 



70 



38 



9 



1 00 



2 75 

 19 00 

 14 OO 

 14 00 



2 00 

 5 00 , 

 4 00 



4 00 



5 00 

 I 00 



SO 



50 



12 

 1 50 

 1 50 



45 



30 



40 



35 



30 



60 



30 



40 



Ibarrel.J 2 00 



68 



37 



2 60 



