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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



MAY 30, 193S; 



SPRING. 



Now the golden morn aloft 

 Waves her dew bespangled wing 



Wilh vermiel cheeks, and wiiisper soft, 

 Shp woos the tardy spring; 



Till April starts and calls around 

 The sleeping fragrance from the ground ; 



And lightly o'er the living scene, 



Scatters his freshest, tenderest green. 



New born 6ocks in rustic dance, 

 Frisking ply their feeble feet ; 



Forgetful of tlieir wintery trance 

 The birds his presence greets. 



But chief the sky lark warbles high 

 His trembling thrilling ccstacy ; 



And lessening from the dazzled sight, 



Melts into air and liquid light. 



Kise, my soul, on wings of fire. 



Rise the rapturous choir among ; 

 Hark ! 'tis nature strikes the lyre. 



And leads the general song; 

 Warm let the lyric transport flow. 

 Warm as the ray that bids it glow. 

 And animates the vernal grove 

 With health and harmony and love, 



Yesterday the sullen year 



Saw the snowy whirlwind fly : 

 Mute was the music of the air, 

 The herd stood drooping by ; 

 Their raptures now that wildly flow, 

 No yesterday, no niorrow know j. 

 'Tig num alone that joy descries, 

 With forward and reverted eyes. 



See the wretch that long has tost 



On tlie thorny bed of pain. 

 At length repair his vigor lost. 



And breathe, and walk again ; 

 The meanest floweret of the vale, 

 The simplest note that swells the gale, 

 The common sun, Iho air, the skies. 

 To him are opening paradise. 



The Tomato. — Few vegetablo.s of ecjiial value 

 are so little known through this country. None 

 are more readily raised — none better repay the 

 cultivator. 



The totiiato, or love apple, is a luxury in com- 

 mon use through the south of Europe. In France 

 and Italy, particularly, it is largely employed in 

 culinary preparations. Either raw or stewed, in 

 soups, or fricassees, for gravy, or catsup, as well as 

 for j)icklcs and sweetmeats, its utility is such that 

 it would not readily be dispensed with by those 

 who have given it a fair trial in these various 

 ways. The experience of several years enables 

 me to recommend the tomato to all who desire 

 the acquisition in their gardens of a cheaj) lux- 

 ury. For salubrity none can surjiass it> It 

 has been constantly used in various fort."' Gfc al- 

 most every meal during the la.st three or four sea- 

 sons, by myself and several ar(|uaintance, whose 

 health continued excellent, even when the ])reva- 

 lence of the cholera banished fruits and vegetables 

 generally from most tal>les. 



Should any who are now unacqitainted with 

 the tomato, make the experiment of raising a sup- 

 ply, they may add to the simple luxuries of the 

 table by adopting these directions for making to- 

 mato catsup. 



The tomatoes, when fully ripe, should be bruised 



and boiled slowly for an half an hour — then 

 strained through a cloth, and the liquid boiled 

 for another half hour, after adding salt and spices 

 but witiiout any admixture of water. The scitm 

 should be carefully removed, so as to render the 

 liquid as pure as possible. It should be bottled 

 and kept in a cool place. After it has stood a 

 short time, should any sediment be discovered in 

 the bottles, (and in order to luiow with certainty, 

 char glass bottles would be the best for this use,) 

 the liquor should be poured off into other bottles. 

 In this way catsup of excellent quality — prefera- 

 ble, in my judgment, to that from mushrooms, and 

 clear as choice Madeira — can be readily made, in 

 greater quantity, and with less trouble, than in the 

 common way. — Genesee Farmer. 



Waste of Manure. — " But as an example 

 may perhaps bring this before you in a stronger 

 point of view than in any other way I can put it, 

 let me suppose that some of you should purchase 

 a little tea at a grocer's ; as long as you keep it 

 dry and shut up from the weather, it will preserve 

 its original strength, even for years ; btit when 

 you put into a teapot, and pour water on it three 

 or four times, the strength is all gone, and your 

 tea becomes, I may say useless matter. It is just 

 so with your manure. 1 see it often placed in 

 such situations that the rain water from your 

 house and offices, and the seepage from the higher 

 grounds, all run through it ; thus every shower 

 floods it day after day, carrying off always some 

 part of the strength, until at length it is left as 

 dead and as useless as the leaves thrown out of 

 the teapot. 



" Surely no man in his senses will persist .•>ny 

 longer in such gross management. If you were 

 to observe a man quietly stand by and see his po- 

 tatoes destroyed, which are to be the chief sup- 

 port of hunself and family, you would say he was 

 either mad or a downright idiot ; and if this would 

 be your opinion of him, what can you say of your- 

 selves when you stand liy and daily look on at the 

 destruction of that manure by which your pota- 

 toes are to be produced ?" — Blackcr^s Essay. 



Salting Bdtter. — The qtiantity of salt for 

 butter that is not to be eaten for several months 

 after salting, should not bo less than half an ounce 

 of salt, mixed witk two drachms of sugar and 

 two drachms of nitre, to sixteen ounces of butter. 

 The sugar improves the taste, and the nitre gives 

 the butter a better color, while both of them act 

 with the salt in preserving the butter from ran- 

 cidity. If the salt is not minutely mixed into tlie 

 butter, that on which it rests will have a yellow or 

 brownish color, while the rest will be of a white 

 color, which, in dairy language i.s termed "pyety 

 butter,'' that brings an inferior price. But although 

 the butter has to be kneaded among, and the salt 

 well mixed into it, care must be taken not to hake 

 or knead it too nmch, otherwise it will become 

 tough and gluey. — Qwor. Journal. 



A Frugal Wife. — A woman in this town, 

 during the last year, from a common sized flock 

 of hens, (our informant thinks about fifteen,) pro- 

 cured and sold eggs enough to purchase throe bar- 

 rels of flour ; after deducting one cent per dozen 

 allowed for niarkcting, tmil at the end of the sea- 

 son sold five dollars worth of poultry — Brunswick 

 (Me.) Pioneer. 



PliEASANT AND VAXtJABtE RESIDKNCE FOK 

 SAXE. 



Situated in Dorchester on the Brushhill turnpike, two miles 

 from Roxbury street, containing 16 acres of excellent land 

 with a mansion house, farm house, two barns and outhouses 

 thereon, having a garden of one acre contaniing valuable fruits 

 &,c. The situation is unrivalled, commanding a most exten- 

 sive prospect of the harbor and of the country back. 



The houses are in complete repair and the whole farm under 

 a good state of cultivation, with a good orchard of excellent 

 fruit. For terms and particulars inquire of Messrs LOT 

 WHEELRIGHT <^- SOIV, 4C Central Wharf, GEORGE 

 C. BARRETT at this office, or JOSIAH WILSON on the 

 premises. 



IMPROVED SHORT HORNED STOCK. 



To be sold, a number of fine animals, from the breed of 

 Denton, Admiral, Wye Comet, &c. Apply to A. Green- 

 wood, on the Welles farm, near Doctor Codman's Meeting- 

 House, in Dorchester. feb. 25. 



■WANTS A SITUATION AS GARDENER, 



A single man, who is well acquainted with his business in al 

 its branches, and who can procure good recommendations from 

 his last employers. Enquire at G. C. Barrett's Agricultural 

 Warehouse, Boston. m6. 



SII.K COCOONS "WAJVTED. 



The subscriber, encouraged by the late act of the Legisla- 

 ture to reel and throw American Silk, wishes to purchase al 

 the Agricultural Warehouse in Boston, Silk Cocoons, and will 

 pay S'3 per bushel for the best, and in proportion for poorer 

 nes. [m6] G. C. SARKETT. 



GRIST MII.I> MACHINERY FOR SAIiE. 



A grist mill, with geering complete, built in the best manner, 

 and has been running but a very short time — stones 3 feet 6 

 inches diameter — runner J9 inches thick — removed for the 

 accommodation of other machinery. 



One runner, 3 feet diameter, 17 inches thick. 



Two driving wheels, partly worn, with pinions and spindles. 



A pair of mill stones, superior grit, i feet 8 inches diameter, 

 runner 18 inches thick, with the requisite iron work. 



The above will be sold low, if immediate application is made 

 at the counting room of the Daily Advertiser & Patriot. 



march 11.. 



KAI.MIAS, AZALEAS, <&c. 



The subscriber will furnish Kalmia latifolias and Azalea 

 nudlfloras in bundles of 25 each, packed in moss, at the rate 

 of gl2,60 per hundred, delivered at Geo. C. Barrett's 

 Seed Store, who is agent, at short notice. Also, a great vari- 

 ety of indigenous and exotic shrubs, and herbaceous plants 



Lancaster Garden, March 27. JOS. BRECK. 



FOR SAI/E OR TO LET, 



A valuable Farm situated in Medford, about five miles from 

 this city, well calculated for a milk, vegetable and fruit farm, 

 or would be let on shares, provided a temperate man should 

 want the same. 



For further particulars apply at this office, m I] 



GROUND PLASTER, 



From the Lubec Manufacturing Co. in casks of 500 lbs. 

 each, constantly on hand and for sale by GEO. CLARK *!^ 

 CO. No. 9, T VVharf. april 8. 



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