V'>I, XV. KO-. 8. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



63 



ramble over ihe farm to vi«w imi»rovemi;iils, &c. till the 

 return ai llie steiiiii«r from Hingliaiii |(ul an end to the 

 most profitable, as well as the nn»st pluasing party and 

 excursion we ever attended 



PUICE CUKRKNT. 



Condetised frcim the IJostun Conripr. 



Flour has advanced daily since our l.tst report, and 

 Gfne-see standi one dolJar liii^lnr than last Saturdav- 

 The ntarKoi is in no unsf tiled a state that it is dilHcuIt tu 

 give quoialions that will be any guide to the marUet. 



Gram. The liigherii rates tor corn hav»' been oblain- 

 ed, and, although 40,000 bu^Ilt-Is arrived last week it has 

 nearly all bt-en sold, as weil assume cariToes to arrive, 

 at corrsiderable advance on last week s prices. Dealers 

 have hiid an unusual dnmand from the country. Then; 

 is no H)e except in deal-is hands. 



For., is held v\ith tirnm* ss at tilt! late advance ; prim*^ 

 Lard is rather iscarce and prices well inainl.iined. 



Wool haKs have been modtrate without cliaiige in 

 prices. 



Hav. We obtain our report of this artifle from Mr 

 Bradtt rd, the City Weigher, anrt the price given may bi- 

 relied upon is correct A lot of old hay sold this morn- 

 ing for ^1 4fi per hundred, and many loads bring puces 

 not niut it \ ar} ing from it, but the average prices for old 

 iiay is as qunied. 



Neighbo'- Thompson, of the Baire (iazette,. will please 

 to laKe notice of this. 



Sii.K Cocoons. It is im[>ossiblf» for us to give the ex- 

 act market price of this article Last) ear the price 

 vari«fl but little fioni $3 p<r bushel. Many lots were 

 sold fir less Pnichascrs are willing to give more this 

 season. We will buy at (his offire, all ihe Cocoons that 

 are brought us, if they are superior, at liie highe>t price 

 quoted. We give the price today at 3 00 to $5 00 per 

 bushel. But it is a difficult a-ticle to buy. There is ni» 

 btandard fixed. Mr Whitmarsh, of Northampton adver- 

 tises tl'.at he is making experimenls to purchase Cocoons 

 by the pound, to regulate the pi ice according to the ag.^ 

 of ti.e Cocoon. 



BliKlIITOiN MARKKT— Monday. August 29, 1836. 



Itt-porn'tl inrtlie Daily AdverlK-'fr i. I'jitnoi. 



At market i»GO Beef Cattle, 305 Stores, 4380 Sne.p, 

 and 410 Swine. About 900 Beef Cattle, several lots of 

 Sheep, ;:Md nearly all the C*tuies unsold. 



Pkues — Brcf CaW^e — Prices have declined about 

 50c the 100 lbs and we reduce onr quotations to cones- 

 pond, viz : extra !|*G ; first quality 5 25 a 5 75 ; second 

 qual.iy $4 75a ,f5 ; third quality $3 75 a 4 25. 



Stores — Sufficient sales were not effected to estab- 

 lish prii es. 



.^hcrp and Lainhs — A further decline has been sub- 

 milled to Ordinary lots were taken at 1 50 and $;2 ; 

 belter qualities at 2 12, 2 25, 2 50, and 2 75. Wethers at 

 2 50,2 75, $3 and 325. 



.S?r/H« — Sales as follows : lot old Barrows at 8c; lot 

 of selected Barrow SlioalsatO; lot to peddlf at 7 for 

 Sows and 8 fi»r B nrows. At retail, ShoaL'^, fur Sows 

 and 10 f'lr Barrows. 



COU TRY SSS.VT AND FAR3I. 



Th'" sii*i><-riiicr offers tor -^ale, Ins E>l;Ue, sihiriled on Jama- 

 ica Mil', J iiiaica Plnias Pitri>li. Itoxt'urv, five miles trmri 

 Host"!! c.m'non — lormerly tlie estate owned and .rrniieil 

 by (lov '•immrl Adams. The pHrm roitl;iiiis filly nrres ot 

 land, well sii|ipiied with a mimber of never lai!in;jj sprinfjs id 

 water, niid lor tarmina;^ por]n>ves is one »d' ihe best farms in 

 ;lie rouM'rv. The hou-ic is ni'w. iiir^«' and convenieiil. cairu 

 lated ;or>uinmer a.,d winiei residence, bnili of llu^ liesl sea- 

 soned uuileiials. and al| Uio lahnr pHid hv tiip f^^y, conse- 

 quei'ily is a first rale Inmse. Barns and uut bundings all in 

 good (ir-'-M iii;d convenienl. 



F' r imr'f^ id" aii lor extensive and beaulifnl prosperls. lh"s 

 Kilti.Tl"-a t .IS no rqunl in New Rn^iland. and is an iiivilinij 

 silO'it ;. iii'i a gent cinan of tasie, lii.il has a_/tri'" spare iloU'trs 



July -27. H. COVVLNG. 



WANTED. 



Kor a term of yi»ars, a place suilablc for gnrflpiiing'. mn- 

 t lining 4- iir 5 acres, willi Iniddin^s n> -cccomodaie a small 

 1 onily. A de>criplion. with leim> of rent dinned lo A. li. 

 I '. and 1p(t soon at lliis oflice, will he duly atleiidod ta. 



Aug 24.. 



COCOOJVS WANTED. 



Adam Hrooks, Sonlh Snlnatr, will p:.y ^-i per hn^hel for 

 coccons {ot llie first qualli\) r.iised uie presen; ^ear — the 

 (■ icoons niusi he stripped ol ilm floss, and ihe clirysalis killed, 

 either by sleamiiiij or oy caniphoraled spirits; ijiey nmxi ho 

 <'riod immediately niter, in llie sun. unul die y aie pt-ifui ily 

 tiry and v\ ill rattle hy shnkni-r, ami farclidly "parked in dry 

 I oxes ; not pressed hut shaken d<>wn — to he ''elivered at 

 Adam Hrooks's, South Sciluate, iMass , or lo J. R. Newell. 

 .So. bt Norih Matket street, ilttsion. 



Tlioma-iCi. fessenden. Editor (»t the \eiv nii^^land Farnie'r, 

 has for sale a valuafde app-irauis for killing- the - hrysalis an.-l 

 iiUo well lined (or heating; the waier to icel the coeoons, and 

 Mselid lor iiianv other puiposes — ii is so cheap il is waliiii 

 \\\v power of almost any one to ..htain. 



In-«lfuriinns (or spinniiii; silk from the cocoons into warp 

 ai:d fi 111 ng, sewing- sihf. and kntltiii'r s,ilk — and dressing '.t 

 ihe same — and receipts for coloriii'j, are g^iven by Adam 

 Biooks on leasonahle leims. Connnuiiica ions (post paidj 

 may be addressed lo ADAM UKOUKS, South Scitnntc 

 iVIass. A UP. 10. 



TEURIBLE TRACTOKATION. 



Just pnldlshed and (or sale f.y Tuille. Weeks & Dennett 

 School street, and at iKe Far.iier Ofhce, Territde ■|'racloralio:i 

 aiid other Toems, by (jhrisiopl.or Caustic, iM. D , and n.eni- 

 Iter of no less than iVim-iL-en very learned Societies. Third 

 American Edition. 



At*ril27. 



AGRICUL.TVRAL. UOOKS. 



Farmer's l.il>rary in 3 volumes, eniisistiiii^ of iho Am^riran 

 (lardener, by 'I'hos (i Fe-isenrlen, ihe A nu-rican Orchardis , 

 Ity VVil lam Kenrick, and the Cmnplele Farmer, bv 'Ihos- 3. 

 Fessi iiden '^he^e are bound to mntrh, ai ^.^ Itjr'the set, or 

 \v\ I be sold separately for $\ en* h \olume 



Ilufbn's E-.say on Calcareous (Manure, 1,00. 



Ctiaplal's Agricoltnjal Cbemislr;, new editionj a work of 

 2[reat value, price \,'i5. 



The American Farrier, p-ire 75 cts. 



Mrs Child's Frnt^al Housewife, 50 cts. 



Kenrick's American Silk Grower's Guide, 42 cts 



Cobb's Silk Manual, .50 cis. 



Comstnrk's Ho. 50 cts, 



Forsytli on Fruit Trees. 



RI'Malion's American Gardener. 



London's Complete Works. 



And will be supplied to order any work upon subjects con- 

 nected with Agricu.ture, Horticulture and Rural Eccuomv 



June 22. ^ 



FARM FOR SALE. 



For sale a Farm in lied ord, County of Middlesex, 17 miles 

 ''rom nos1i»M and 10 (rotn l.ni\. '). cotit;Miii'.i'. lOJ ac res incln- 

 dui^ abudt lOacies coveied with a valuafdj fjrowlh of wood 

 wliich has been preserved with ijreat care for the last 'JO vears 

 llie garden contains abont 3 acres under the hi-hesl ciiUiva' 

 lion and is furnished wiili a groat variety ol flowers and 

 shrubs wliich have been collecr<-d at much I.dmr and expense ■ 

 attached lo the garden is a Green Hou>,e (ilUd with liiriViy 

 hearing Grape Vines, and clioice and valuable plants wh eh 

 wdl be sold or not as the purcliaser may choose. The Farm 

 IS under jrood cultivation find io<rether wiUi the Garden is 

 stfickfd with ihc choicest Fruits, such as Apples, Pears 

 Peaches. QWnces, Plums, Sirawberr'es of various kinds! 

 Ka-;pberries_, Gooseberries, &c &c., which ihe present owner 

 has spared no expence in obuining. The Farm is bounded 

 on the west by Concord Kiver, which is well supplied wiili 

 ti>h. and the c<)untry arounti abounds with game makin" it a 

 desirable retreat lo ihe gentleman who is fond of tishii7g or 

 shooting. 



possession will he giv^-n on the 1st April next— for terms 

 which will be liberal, npply to the s'lbscriher in Boston or at 

 the Farm. JAMES VILA. 



1' K IC E S OV C O U iV T 11 Y P R O D U U K. 



CORUECTTD WITH fiPiiAT CAKE, WEEKLV 



RASPBERRIES. 



For sale at the New Em;lan:I Secfl .Store, deliverable anv 

 tiin»* before t'le I-t of Nuvemher, 3000 best English Ha-.p 



Kerry Koois, in fine order. 



3l 



AU'r. 10. 



FRENCH SUGAR BEET, 



A vah^ablc root for llie table when young, nnd for Calib 

 when lull_> irrown ; v ry proihictive. Y to 2 1-2 lbs. will seed 

 an acre. For sale at the Seed S\ore, 51 and 52, Aonh Mar- 

 k*-i SI reel. n.p^.5 



NOTICE 



Sub.ceriUers can have li.eir vidumes neai'y half boi:n<I and 

 I, for 73 cents by leaving them at tins office. 



PROVISION MARKET. 



RETAIL PRICES. 



Hams, nortliefTi. 



sinilli.'ni, and western, 

 Pork, whule hogs, 



I'OUETKV, . 

 liUTTKK,(lllK) . 



lump 



EOGS, 



Potatoes, itpw, 

 rii>KR, 



peand 



ooz<"n 

 I'firrrI 



IcUl 



Jul> 20 



4t 



17 



2.5 



It: 



.■if 



2 51 



16 



le 



2G 



20 



,6,, 



J.\MKS MANN 



Preserver of Birds a:id Quadrupeds, ,Tt die sloppinff plaee 

 of (lie Ilosloii and W..rcrsier Cars, Winships' Nur'icsies, 

 rrigliton, 



Or<leis or sulijeels for preservnlion direrled as ahove. aiul 

 left al the Hail lloail Dipol. will I,,- f(,r«ar<leil uilli <u -paiili 

 nn.l prompdy aliiMided lo .Skins of Foreign Uirds and rare 

 Animals purchased. 



Cannrv I'.irds lor sale — superiorsoneslers 



.lune 15. 



hkhip sf.ed. 



Jusl rereived. 100 l.usliels prime and fresh Ilen.p Seed, 

 whieh wdl he sol. I low. al Ihe New Ku^'and Seed Slore. >os. 

 51 au<l 52 Norlh iMarlc I slreet, Itoslini. .lune 1. 



nSILLET SKF.D. 



For sale, a few bu'.hels of verv s'oi"''"- >';!'.e. >een. nt ihe 

 .\uw t;.ig;ana .-recti S.,jre, No». 5i ano 52, North Mniliet si. 



