VOL,. XV. NO- ;i4. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



191 



BOOKS. 



CHARLES WILLIAMS, No. 20 CnrnhiU, has for sale a 

 very valuable work eiuitled Catile ; ilieir Breeds, Manage- 

 monl and Diseases, w'ilh an Index. Published under Iho 

 superintendence of Ihe Society for the Diffusion of Useful 

 Knowledge. Also . 



I errible Tracluralion, and other Poems. By Christopher 

 Caustic, M. D. &c. Third American edition Dec. 21. 



SUGAK BEET MANUAL. 



Just published and received, a Manual of the Art of 

 Making and Refining Sugar from Beets, including the culti- 

 vation of the Plant, and the various improvements in the 

 manufacture. Translated from portions of the treatise u( 

 M. M. Blachette and Zoega, as published, with additions by 

 M. J be Kontenelle. Price 7i5 cents. For sale by 



Oec.21. JOS. BRECK & CO. 



HORSES. 



10 Horses can be taken to winter on the best of English 

 hay, in the vicnily of the city ; llie very best attention will 

 be paid to them. Apply at the Agricultural Warehouse. No 

 52 North Narket street. 



Dec. 21. 



HORTICULTURAI- REGISTER. 



Just published the number for December, 1836. 



CONTENTS. 



Article 1, Remarks on the Use of Soils in the Growth of 

 Plants.— 2. On the Culture of Cape Bulbs —3. Turnip- 

 Kooted Cabbage.— 4. Improvements in Cultivation.— 5. The 

 Rose Bush —6. On the Culture of the Tuberose — 7. On the 

 History of the Polianthes Tuberose.— 8. Notes on the Forest 

 Scenery in North America.— 9. Listof New and Rare Plann. 

 10 An Address delivered before the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, at their Eighth An'iiversary.— I!. On Prop- 

 agating Plants by Grafting, Budding and Inarching.- 12. 

 Aliscellancous Articles.— 13. Gardeners Work lor December. 

 14. Close of the Second Volume of the Horticultural Reg- 



Siibscribers can have their volumes neatly bound by leav- 

 ing ihcin at the New England Farmer Office. 



The first number of the third volume will be published on 

 the first of January, 1837. Subscription gtfiO per year. 



Dec. 17. 



NEW WORK ON SILK. 



Juki published and received -The Silk Kaiser's Manual, or 

 the Art of Rearing and Feediug Silk Worms, and the Culti- 

 vation of the Jlulberry Tree. Translated Iruin the Frencli." 

 Price 50 cts For sale at the New England Seed Store, 31 

 and 52 North Market Street 



Oct. 26. JOSEPH BRECK & CO 



PRICES OF COUNTRY I' R O D Lf C K. 



FRENCH SUGAR BEET. 



We have just received a fresh lot of French Sugar Beet ol 

 this year's growth. Tiic cultivation of the Beet for tie man- 

 ufacture of sugar, is exciting die attention of farmers gene- 

 rally throughout the country, and bids fair to be one of the 

 most important branches of domestic industry. Sandy soi's 

 formed by alluvions and deposits of rivers are very lavorable 

 to the "rowtli of beets ; but the best soils for the purpose are 

 those l"al have the greatest depth ol vegetable mould. The 

 produce from an acre is very great. Two and a half pounds 

 IS requisite to seed an acre. The seed may be sown broad- 

 cast or in drills. We confidently recommend the artirle here 

 offered. It is pure and of the right kind, selected wiih great 

 care liom imported roots. For_s^leji^lh«!_New^;ngland^Seed 

 Store, by 



Nov. 9. 



JOSEPH BRECK &. CO. 



TO Pl.OUGH.tIEN. 



The subscriber has upwards of 300 acres of meadow land, 

 now in sod, near the city ol New York, that he wishes 

 ploughed as earlyinlhe courseof the next year as practicable. 

 He wishes to contract for the whole, or any part. It must be 

 ploughed four inches deep, the furrow must be^ turued com- 

 pletely over, so that the whole will lie flat. To plough a 

 great part of this land, advantageously and speedily, a double 

 leam of light cattle is preierable lo one pair of heavy oxen. 

 Provender lor men and cattle, can be procured on the prem- 

 ises. Apply by letter, directed to Anthony Dey. No. 63 

 Cedar street, corner of Nassau street, New York, by mail or 

 otherwise, staling terms, &c. A. DEY. 



New York, Nov. 30. 



COCOONS WANTED. 



Adam Brooks, South Scituale, will pay g4 per bushel for 

 cocoons (of the first quality) raised the present year — the 

 cocoons must be stripped of the floss, and the chrysalis killed, 

 either by steaming or by camphorated spirits; they must be 

 dried immediately alter, in tire sun, until they are perfectly 

 dry and will rattle bv shaking, and carefully packed in dry 

 boxes; not pressed but shaken down — lo be delivered at 

 Adam' Brooks's, South Scituate, Mass, or to J. R. Newell, 

 No. 52 Norlh Market street. Bos' on. 



' Thomas G. Fessenden, Editor of the New England Farmer, 

 has fur sale a valuable apparatus for killing the chrysalis and 

 also well filled for heating the water to reel the cocoons, and 

 useful for many other purposes — it is so cheap it is within 

 the power of almost any one to obtain. 



Instructions for spinning silk from the cocoons into warp 

 and filling, sewing silk, and knitting silk — and dressing of 

 the same — and receipts for coloring, are given by Adam 

 Brooks on reasonable terms. Communications (post paid) 

 may be addressed to ADAM BROOKS, South Scituale, 

 Mass. Aug. 10. 



A VALUABLE BOOK. 



For sal.-, a few copies of Low's Ele.iients of Practical 

 Agriculture, illustrated with iiumerous engravings, London 

 pnblish.;d, price ^6 50. JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Dec. 14. • 



FOR SALE OR TO LET. 



A Farm, situated in Medford, now occupied by Mr Noah 

 Johnson, containing about 220 acres of land, in a high slate 

 of cultivation ; the buildings are commodious and in good re- 

 pair. It has the advantage of ihe Boston and Lowell Kail- 

 road, and the .Middlesex Canal running through it, and is 

 bounded on Mystic River, which afford great facilities for 

 transporting manure, ikc. Possession given immediately. 



Also, A Tan Yard, in Charlestown, near Mysiic River, 

 and occupied by the subscriber, containing 1000 lats.witli all 

 the necessary buildings and machinery for carrying on the 

 tanning business extensively. Connected with ihe yard is a 

 water power si fficient for grinding 2000 cords bark per year, 

 mililing hides, smooihing leather, pumping, f^-c. Also, a large 

 and very convenient wharf for landing bark and wood. Pos- 

 session given immediately. For furiiier particulars inquire of 

 GILBERT TUFTS, or "JOSEPH F. TUFTS, at the Yard. 



Dec. 14. 4t 



CORRECTED WITH GRiiAT CARE, WEEKLY. 



RAW^ SILK AND SILK COCOONS. 



The Atlantic Silk Company at Nantucket will pay cash 

 and the highest prices for any quantity of American Reeled 

 Silk. The price will be regulated according to the quality 

 and Ihe manner in which it is reeled. 'I his Company will 

 also contract to pay cash and the highest price for any quan- 

 tity ol Silk Cocoons raised the present year. Believing that 

 it would be decidedly for the interest of cultivators that the 

 price of cocoons shou'd be regulated by the quantity and 

 quality of the silk which cau be reeled from them, they pro- 

 pose lo receive and reel them, and allow the highest price for 

 the silk which they will afford, in preference lo purchasing 

 them by the bushel ; as by the mode proposed, the cultivator 

 will realize all which theycau possibly be made to produce. 

 Where this course is objected to ihe)^ will purchase them as 

 they aie usually sold, by the bushel ; in which case the price 

 will vary according to the quality, age, mode of packing, 

 dampness, &-c. 



It is the intention of this Company at all times to offer 

 every encouragement lo silk culti*ators by paying cash and 

 liberal prices for Raw Silk and Silk Cocoons in any quantities, 

 to be delivered at Nantucket, or at the Seed t^tore connected 

 with the New England Farmer, No 52 Norlh Market street, 

 Boston. Communications on the subject may be addressed 

 u, WM. H. GARDNER, 



PresiilerU Atlantic Silk Compa:iy. 



Nantucket. (Mass.) Sept. 7, 1836. 3m 



WANTED. 



To hire within five miles of the city of Boston, a good Farm, 

 on a lease of five or ten years, containing from thirty to one 

 hundred acres. Any person having such a place to lei may 

 hear of a tenant by addressing a letter to Isaac Wentwortli, 

 Dorchester, describing its situation and terms. Nov. 16. 



LINSEED OIL niEAL. 



The subscribers are now ready to supply Farmers and 

 Stable Kespers wilh the above superior article for feeding 

 horses, cattle and swine, the quality and cheapness of which 

 has been lUlly tested by farmers m the vicinity, and stable 

 keepers in the city. lo whom reference will b'fe given 



The Linseed Oil Meal is used generally as a substitute for 

 corn meal, and is mixed wilh bran, or any other food having 

 little nourishment, or with cut hay and bran for horses ; and 

 is believed to be as cheap food as corn meal at seventyfive 

 cents per bushel. 



The price of the above is thirty dollars per ton, delivered 

 at the mill in Medford, thirtytwo dollars in .Soslon. Apply al 

 No 10 Commercial wharf, or in Medford at the mill. 



Nov. 23. GEO. L. STEARNS & CO. 



•WANTED. 



One or two Young men from the country, lo work on the 

 Farm a ;d assist in managing the boys. The requisites are 

 an exemplary character, temperance, patience, perseverance, 

 some knowledge of farming, and able and willing to work. 

 To such, good encouragement and constant employment will 

 be given. Those who wish lo acquire a knowledge in the art 

 of farming in its various branches, particularly the silk busi- 

 ness, would be preferred. Application accompanied by testi- 

 monials from good practical men, may be addressed to the 

 subscriber. DANIEL CHANDLER, 



Superintendent Boston Farm School. 

 Boston Harbor, Thompson's Island, Dec. 14. 



.Apples, new 



Beans, white, 



Beef. mess, new, 



No. 1. ... 



prime, .... 

 Beeswax, (.American) . 

 Cheese, new milk, .... 

 FEA;rHERS, northern, geese, 

 southern, geese. 

 Flax, American, .... 

 Fish, Cod, 



Flour, Genesee, . . cash 

 Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Baltimore, wharf, 

 Alexaiiiiria, 

 Grain, Corn, norlhem yellow 



southern fiat yellow 

 white, 

 Rye, northern. 

 Barley, .... 



Oats, northern, . (prime) 

 Hay, best English, per ton of 2000 lbs 

 best English, new 

 hard pressed, .... 

 Honey, 

 Hops, Isl quality new 



2d quality .... 

 Lakd, Boston, Isl sort, . 

 southern, 1st sort. 

 Leather, Philadelphia city tannage, 

 do country uo. 

 Baltimore city do. 



do. dry hide 

 New York red', light, 

 Boston do. slaughter, 

 do. light. 

 Lime, best sort, .... 

 Mackerel, No. 1, new, 

 Plaster Paris, per ton of 2200 lbs. 

 Pork . Mass. inspect, extia clear, . 

 clear from other Slates 

 bone, middlings, scarce. 

 Seeds, Herri's Grass, 

 Red Top, 



Hemp, .... 

 Red Clover, northern 

 Southern Clover, 

 Silk Cocoons, (American) 

 Tallow, tried, .... 

 Wool, prime, or Saxony Fleeces, . 

 American, full blood, washed, 

 do. 3-4lhs do. 



do. 1-2 do. 



do. 1-4 and common 



„ f Pulled superfine, 

 J -3 [ 1st Lambs, . 

 ■S^i'id do. 

 5 §. 3d do. 



Southern pulled wool is generally 5 cts.* 

 less per lb. 



barrel 



bushel 

 barrel 



and 



quintal 

 barrel 



2 25 



1 75 

 U 25 

 12 00 



8 50 



26 



9 



54 



2 83 

 10 62 

 10 87 

 10 50 



4 00 



2 25 



14 75 



12 50 



9 50 



30 



12 



60 



3 00 



10 62 



10 75 



1 12 



1 05 



95 



145 



66 



28 50 



; 50 



22 00 

 50 

 10 

 9 

 17 

 16 

 32 

 27 

 59 



25 



24 



23 



I 14 



8 62 



3 12 



30 00 



29 50 



3 12 



1 CO 



3 00 



14 



11 



3 00 



10 



73 



79 



65 



5S 



50 



65 

 60 

 4Si 

 33 



PROVISION MARKET, 



RETAIL PRICES. 



Hams, northern, 



southern, and western, 

 PoRK, whole hogs. 

 Poultry, chickens per pair. 

 Butter, (tub) . 



lump 

 Eggs, 



Potatoes, new, 

 Cider, 



15 

 14 

 12 

 16 



23 

 30 

 30 

 75 



2 25 



AGRICULTURAL BOOKS. 



Farmer's Library in 3 volumes, consisting of the American 

 Gardener, by Thos. G. Fessenden, the American Orchardisi, 

 by William lienrick, and the Complete Farmer, by Thos. 3. 

 Fessenden. These are bound to match, at g3 lor the set, or 

 will be sold separately for $\ each volume. 



Kuffin's Essay on Calcareous Manure, 1,00. 



Chaplal's Agricultural Chemistry, new edition, a work of 

 great value, price 1,25. 



The American Farrier, price 75 cts. 



Mrs Child's Frugal Housewife, 50 cts. 



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



Cobb's Silk Manual, 50 els. 



Comstock's do. 60 cis. 



Forsylh on Fruit Trees. 



M'Mahon's American Gardener. 



Loudon's Complete Works. 



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

 necied with Agriculture, Horticulture and Rural Eccnomy. 



