NEW ENGI.AN© FARMER. 



PUBLISHED BY GEO. C. BARRETT. NO. 52, NORTH MARKET STREET, (at the Agricultural Warehouse. )-T. G. FESSENDEN, EDITOR. 



OL. XIII. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1834. 



NO. 1. 



CHEESE PRESS. 



The aljove cut represents an useful implement i!e- 

 omiuated (Quakers' Improved Self- Governing Clu'^se 

 'rtss. It is so constructed tliat tlie cheese is press- 

 1 by its own weight, auJ the heavier the cheese 

 le harder the pressure. The power of the press, 

 kewise, increases as the cheese is contracted by 

 le pressure, by a method which is obvious on in- 

 jection of the figure. 



To be olttained at the Agricultural Warehouse, 

 OS. 51 & 52 North Market street, Boston. 



ARDENER-S WORK FOR JULY A»ID AUGUST. 



Clean and jirepare your ground where your 

 jrly crops of peas, spinage, cauliflowers, and 

 ibbages grow, and all other vacant spots to cul- 

 vate thereon such plants as are proper to supply 

 Dur table in autumn and winter, with later growi; 

 reductions. You may continue to sow crops of 

 nail salading every eight or ten days, as in 

 irnier months ; but they should now be sown 

 1 shady borders, or else be shaded by mats,.oc- 

 isionally, from the mid-day sun, and frequently 

 atered, both before and after the plants appear 

 JOve ground. You may now plant out your cel- 

 ■y plants in trenches, unless you have already per- 

 irmed that operation. About the middle of .luly, 

 id from that time to the end of the first week in 

 ugust, you may sow turnips. Thin and trans- 

 lant such lettuces as were sown last month, and 

 iw more lettuce-seed in the beginning, middle, 

 id last week of this month, in order to have a 

 instant supply for the table. So likewise radishes, 

 nd in the last week of July a good crop of spinach 

 lay be sown for aututnn use ; it will not then be 

 able to run to seed as in the preceding months. 

 ! is a good practice to sow early kinds of cab- 

 iges, about this time, for a supply of young 

 reens during autumn. Collect all kinds of seeds 

 i they come to maturity, cutting oft' or pulling up 



ilie stiMiis with the seeds attached, as tiny riptji. 

 Spread tlicni in some airy place under cover, turn- 

 ing them now and then', that the seeds may dry 

 .■uid harden gradually, and he careful not to lay 

 lliciti so thick as to hazard their heating and fer- 

 menting. When they are sutKciently dry, beat oui 

 and clean the seeds, and deposit them in bags or 

 boxes till wanted. Give water to such plants as 

 require it, but let this be always done in the eve- 

 ning that it may be of use to the vegetables before 

 the sun shall cause it to evaporate. 



You may now innoculate or bud your fruit trees, 

 and, where it can be done without inconvenience, 

 it will bo well to turn swine into your orchard to 

 cat the fallen and decayed fruit, and thus destroy 

 the insects which it contains. If, however, this 

 cannot well be done, or you have not swine in suf- 

 ficient numbers to devour all your fallen fruit, it 

 will be well to gather and carry it froMi the ground 

 before the insects, which inhabit it, make their 

 way into the earth, and make you destructive visi- 

 tations another season. 



Keep all yoiu- crops clear from weeds, using the 

 hoe where safe and convenient ; otherwise make 

 claw-hoes of your hands, and weed-extracting iii|)- 

 pers of your thumb and fore-fingers. Pull up the 

 hauhn of peas, beans, &c. and remove it to your 

 compost bed ; bury it between rows of plants, or 

 throw it, together with all weeds, &c. to your 

 swine, that your premises may have a neat appear- 

 ance. Cut such herbs as are now in flower, to 

 distil, or to liry for winter use, being careful to do 

 it when they are dry, and spread them in a dry, 

 shady place ; for, if they are dried in the sun, they 

 will shrink very much, turn black, and jirove of 

 iittle value. Your dung-hills and compost-heaps 

 should, during the sununer months, be kept free 

 from weeds; lor if the seeds are permitted to ripen 

 and fall, the dung, when carried into the garden, 

 will disseminate weeds innumerable. Attend to 

 plants set out for seed, and put stakes to such as 

 need support. August, as well as the latter 

 part of July, is the proper season for inoculating 

 or budtling. M'.^Iahon says, " Cherries, plums, or 

 any other fruit-trees, may be budded in August, if 

 the bark parts freely from the stock. Pears ought 

 to be inoculated the early part of the month, or 

 while the s;ip flows freely ; but the peach, necta- 

 rine, almond, and apple, will succeed any time be- 

 tween the first of August and twentieth of Septem- 

 ber, provided the stocks are young and vigorous." 



Preserve peach, plum, cherry, and apricot stones, 

 &c. to sow for raising stocks to bud and graft on. 

 These may either be sown immediately, or kept 

 in common garden earth or moist sand. But it 

 will be necessary to sow them before the stones 

 open, and the radicles begin to shoot ; otherwise 

 many of them will be broken or torn in the process 

 of sowing. Every day they are kept out of ground 

 is an injury to them ; and if they remain in a dry 

 state till spring, very few will vegetate till a year 

 after, and the greater nundier not at all. Continue 

 to collect and ])reserve seeds. Sow onions to stand 

 over winter ; likewise cauliflowers. 



Fcsscndcn's A'cic American Gardener. 



CLOVER AMOKG CORN. 



A FRIEND of mine sowed red clover among his 

 corn after going through with the cultivator the 



hist !iiiie ; ihe seed was proleciod iVom ihe heat of 

 the st]n by the corn ; it consequently vegetated 

 very soon, and alier the corn was cut oft', there 

 was a luxuriant growth of clover which aSbrded 

 fine pastui-e for several successive seasons. The 

 red clover is an excellent manure. I have raised 

 a fine crop of wheat by plongbiag in the second 

 growth after harvest. — Jim. Farmer. 



From the Gcnesf^e Far-vicr. 

 Oy OILING LOCKS, DOOR-LATCHES, &c. 



We have soniewhere read of a gentleman who 

 was in the habit of taking a nap soinelinie during 

 the day ; but near his couch hung a door on rusty 

 hinges which grated so harshly when moved, as 

 always to break his slunjbers ; and it was remark- 

 ed that the labor of one minute with a feather dip- 

 ped in oil, would have prevented the disturbance. 

 He then might have quietly taken his siesta. It 

 was too trifling a concern however, to require im- 

 mediate attention : it could be done at any time ; 

 and why should he get uj) and do it then ? Like 

 a philosopher, he would not move without a sufli- 

 cient motive ; and week after week, and year after 

 year, he was reminded of JMilton's sublime concep- 

 tion of the doors of another region. 



We have been in the habit of frequently oiling 

 the locks and latclies of our doors, not only as a 

 matter of comfort and convenience, but of strict 

 economy, — because we are persuadcil they will 

 last much longer when they arc shut and opened 

 w I:'^ .'t strain or jar. Owing to forgelfulness of 

 the time when it was last done however, tije latch- 

 es on two doors when pushed to, had refused to 

 rise, and consequently would neither shut closely 

 nor fasten. It had become necessary to raise 

 them by hand. At first we concluded that some 

 roughness, occasioned by wearing, which we could 

 not well explain, was the cause of the difliculty ; 

 and we thought of using a fine file to remove it ; 

 but happily we first tried the experiment of an 

 oiled feather, and we were delighted to find every 

 obstruction vanish: all moved like clock-work. 



A wooden latch was the fastening for a door ex- 

 posed to the weather ; and it had lately been re- 

 fitted so as to rise with great facility. A single 

 shower of rain however, put a slop to the move- 

 ment; and it would not shut without the assist- 

 ance of the hand. We tlierefore applied a few 

 drops of olive oil : the spell was destroyed ; and 

 though it has rained much since that time, the 

 latch rises and fastens without the least trouble. 



Who of our readers have grating doors, or locks 

 and latches that have become refractory.' In such 

 cases we should point to the oil flask. 



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• ITE3IS. 



A rorxG Englishman while travelling in one of 

 our stage coaches a short time since, was nearly 

 sutfocated by a cloud of dust, when be hastily ex- 

 tended his hand to a fellow passenger, and ex- 

 claimed, ''■farewell if I should not see you again." 



A LADT who died in England in ISIG, bequeath- 

 ed to sis of lier horses an annuity of £50 each. 

 These happy and well fed horses, died at the res- 

 pectable ages of 28, 29, 31, and 33. The last but 

 recently departed this life, having enjoyed his an- 

 nuity more than 17 years, and received about 

 £800. 



