VOL. XV. NO. 'i6. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



207 



THOMAS'S ALMANAC 



Just received and for sale, at the New England Farmer 

 Office. We commend lliis to our p\truiis as an excellent 

 suKstituie for Fesse. den's Almanac, the p ihlicaiioa of which 

 is su-pended for this season JOS. BRECK & CO. 



Jan. ]1. 



A VAIiUABLE BOOK. 



For sal.', a fe-v copies of t^ow's Eleaients of Practical 

 A-^riculture. illustrated with i umer-ms ong'raviiig-s, London 

 published, price ^6 50. JOSEPH RRECiv & TO. 



Dee. M 



HORSES. 



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

 hay, in the vie nlty of the city ; the very best attention will 

 be paid to ihem. Apply at the Agricultural Warehouse, No. 

 52 North Narket street. Dec. 2.1. 



FRBNCH SUGAR BGKT. 



We have just received a fresh lot of French Sugar Beet o: 

 this year' t3 growth. Ttie cultivation of the Beet for tl e man- 

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

 rally throughout tlte 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 (avorable 

 to the growlii of beets ; but the best soils for the purpose are 

 those t.iat 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. 'I'he seed may be sown broad- 

 cast, or in drills. We confidently recommend the ariirle here 

 offered. It Is pure and of the right kind, .-selected wi h great 

 care fiom imported roots. For sale at th« New England 8ped 

 Store, by JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 9. 



FARM FOR SALE IS AVESTBORO. 



Thirty .nilc- from Boston and one mile and a half from the 

 Boston and \Vorcesler Ivailroa<l Depot on the Road h-adin^' 

 to Hopkinlon Spi^nijs, an<i witliin twenty minutes ride of 

 eitlier place. Coniauiing forty-two acres of land under a 

 high state of cultiva'ion, wiiii a never failing stream of water, 

 running through the same — 2 good houses, and other out 

 buildings all iu good repair. Also a large granite quarry 

 easy of access. Tlie granite is of fine color, works well, and 

 can at small ewpeiiso be landed in Boston. Said farm !s 

 pleasantly situated and well worthy the attention of gentlemen 

 in pursuit of a pleasant country seat or a farmer wishing a 

 small but good farm. For a person who would wish to accom- 

 modate families visiting the Springs, this stands unrivalled. 

 Said tarm will be sold fow if applied for immediately, to 

 NAHUM HARRINGTON, Esq. Westboro, or HENRY 

 WHITMORE, on the premises. 



Also oi:e containing pit;ht acres, with a new house and other 

 out buildings suitable for a mechanic, on the same road, wit 

 in one mile of the village. Apply as above. Dec. 28 



GARDBNKR WANTED. 



On'i who thoroughly understands his .busmess, paiticularly 



freenhouse culture, will find employment, by addressing X, 

 '. Z. at this Office. Dec. ^. 



BOOKS. 



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

 very valuable work entitled Cattle ; tlieir Breeds, Manage- 

 ment and Diseases, with an Index. Published under the 

 superintendence of the Society for the Difiusion of Useful 

 Knowledge. Also 



Terrible Tractoration, and other Poems. By Chr-stopher 

 Caustic, M. D. &c. Third American edition Dec. 2L 



SUGAR BEET MANUAI*. 



Just published and received, a Manual of the Art of 

 Making and Refining Sugar from Beets, including the culti- 

 vation of ttic plant, and the various improvements in the 

 manufa^'ture. Translated from portions of the treatise of 

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

 M. J. De Fonleuelle. Price 75 cents. For sale by 



Dec. 21. JOS. BRECK & CO. 



W^ ANTED. 



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

 Farm a .d assist in managing the bo^'s. The requisites are 

 an exemplary character, temperance, patience, perseverance, 

 some knowledge of farming, and able and willing to worc^, 

 To such, good encouragement and constant employment will 

 be ^iven. Those who wish to 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.mav be atldressed to the 

 subscriber. DANIEL CHANDLER, 



Superintendent Boston Farm Scnool. 



Boston Harbor, Thompson's Island, Dec 14. 



NEW WORK ON SJLIv, 



Just published »nd received * Tlie Silk iiai^er's Maiumi,or 

 the Art of Rearing and Feeding Silk Worio'^, and ilif Culti- 

 vation of tlie Mulberry Tree. 'rransl.Ue'l truni the Frenrli" 

 Price 50 cts For safe ai the New England Seed Store, 51 

 and 52 North Market Street « 



. Oct. 26. JOSEPH BRECK & CO 



LINSEED OIL. ItlEAL. 



The subscribers are now ready to supply Farmers and 

 Stable Kespers with the abive superior atticle for ferding 

 horses, cattle and swine the quality jind cheapness »tf whicli 

 has been fully tested by farmers in the vicinity, and stable 

 keepers in the city, to whtnn reference will Ih^ given 



The Linseed l)il Meal is used generallv as a substitute for 

 corn meal, and is mixed with bran, or any oilier f lod having 

 little nourishment, or with cut hay and brr^n for hnrsus; and 

 is believed to be as cheap food as corn meal at sevent}tive 

 cents per bushel. 



The price oi the above is thirty dollars per ton delivered 

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

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



Nov. ^i3. IjEO. L. STEARNS &, CO. 



*' R IC E S OF COUNTRY I» R O D U O K. 



CORRECTED VVITH GPtAT CARE, WEEKLY. 



Applks, new 

 Beans, white, . 

 Bkek. mess, new, 

 No. I . 



TO PJLOUGHIVIEN. 



The subscriber has upwards of 300 acres of meadow land, 

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

 ploug'ied as early in the course of the next year as practicable. 

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

 [)loughed four inches deep, thf* furrow must be turned com- 

 [)lctely iver, so that the whole will lie flat. To plough a 

 great part ol this land, advantageously and speediU , a<(louble 

 team of light cattle is preferable to one pair of heavy oxen. 

 Provender Ibr men and cattle, can he procured on the prem- 

 ises. Apply by letter, directed to Anthony Dey. No. G3 

 Cedar street, corner of Nassau street, New York, by mai' or 

 otherwise, stating terms, &.C. A. DEY. 



New York, Nov. 30. 



RAW SIIiK 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 wid be regulated according to the quality 

 and the maimer in which it is reeled. 'I his Compal^y will 

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

 tity of Sdk 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 can be reeled from them, they pro- 

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

 the silk which they will offord, in preference to purchasing 

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

 will realize all which they can possibly be made to prothice. 

 Where tlli^ course is objected to they will purchase them as 

 they aie usually sold, by the busliel ; 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 (o silk cultivators by paying cash and 

 liberal prices for Raw fsilk and Silk Cocoons m any quantities, 

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

 with the New England Farmer, No 62 North Market street, 

 Boston. Cominunicrttions on the subject niay be addressed 

 to WM. H. GARUNFR, 



President Atlantic Sitk Companij. 



Nantucket. (Mass.) Sept. 7, J836. Sm 



WANTED, 



To hire within five miles ol the city » f Boston 

 on a lease of five or len years, containing froi 



ood Farm, 



irty to one 



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



hear of a tenant by addressing a leiier to Isaac Wentworlh, 



DoiobeMer? describing its situation and terms. Nov. 16. 



prime, ■ . . . 

 Beeswax, (Americ: n) , 

 Chii.kse, new milk, .... 

 Feathkus, northern, geese, 

 soutliern, geese, 

 Flax, American, .... 

 Fish, Cod, 



Fi.ouB, Genesee, . . ca?>h 

 Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Baltimore, wliarf, 

 Alexandria, 

 Grain, Corn, northern yellow 



southern flat yellow 

 wliite, 

 Rye, northern, 

 Barley, .... 



Oats, northern, . (prime) 

 Hay, best EugTlish, per ton of 2000 lbs 

 best English, new- 

 hard pressed, .... 

 Ho SKY, 



* Hops, 1st quality new 



2d quality .... 

 Lard, Boston, 1st soft, . 

 southern, 1st sort, 

 Leather, Philadelphia city tainiage, 

 do country no. 



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, extra clear, . 

 cle?r from other States 

 bone, middlings, scarce. , 

 Seeds, Herd's Grass, 

 Red Top, 



Hemp, . . . , 



Red Clover, northern^ 

 Southeni Clover, '. 

 Silk Cocoons, (American) 

 Tallow, tried, .... 

 Wool, prime, or Saxony Fleeces, . 

 American, full bluod, washed, 

 do. o-4ths do. 



do. 1-2 do. 



do. 1-4 and common 



- ( Pulled superfine, 

 c -c Isl Lambs, . 

 ■S^^td do. . . 



o g. 3d do, . I 



Southern pulled wool is generally 5 cts. 

 less per lb. 



quintal 



iKiircl 



bushc 



gallon 

 pound 



cask 

 barrel 



eask 

 barrel 



bushel 



pound 



bushel 



lb. 

 pouud 



54 j 



100 



10 00 



11 00 



in 50 



10 75 

 I 10 



1 on 



95 

 I 40 



90 



Go 

 25 00 

 20 00 

 20 00 



45 

 9 

 7 



16 



»5 



30 



24 



27 



24 

 23 

 21 



1 15 

 8 75 

 3 00 



29(0 

 28 00 



3 00 

 75 



2 75 

 13 

 10 



2 75 

 9 

 70 

 65 

 60 

 50 

 45 



60 

 55 

 45 

 30 



4 00 



2 5^ 



14 75 



12 5<t 



950 



3(1 



12 



60 



2 50 



11 2.'> 



II 50 



II CO 



10 87 



1 It 



1 0,'j 



99 



I 50 



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6(i 



26 50 



22 (10 



22 00 



50 



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17 



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32 



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79 



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 69 

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COCOONS WANTED. 



Adam Brooks, South Scituate, will pay g^ per bushel for 

 cocoons (of the first qualtty) raised the present >ear — the 

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

 either by steaming or by camphorated spirits ; they must be 

 dried immediately after, in the sun, until they are perfectly 

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

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

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

 [\o. 52 North Market street, Bos'on. 



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

 has for sale a valual>le apparatus for killing the chrysalis and 

 also well titled for heating the water to reel the coc<ions, 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 ^iven by Adam 

 Brooks on reasonable terms. Communica'ions (post paid/ 

 may be a<ldressed to ADAM BROOKS, South Scituate, 

 Mass. Aug. 10 



PROVISION MARKET. 



RETAIL PRICES. 



Hams, northern, . , pounds 14 15 



southern, and western, " j 13 14 



Pork, whole hogs, . . " 10 IS 



Poultry, chickens per pair, . " \ 16 



Butter, (tub) . . * . " 22 23 



lump . . " 25 28 



Eggs, . . . dozen 28 30 



Potatoes, new, . . bushel 50 75 



Cider, . barrel 2 25 



FOR SALB OR TO I.ET. 



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

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

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

 I>air. It has the advantage of the Boston and Lowell Rail- 

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

 bounded on Mystic River, which afford great facilities for 

 transporting manure, &.c. Possession given immediately. 



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

 and occupied by the subscriber, containing 1000 rats, witl. all 

 the necessary buildmgs and machinery for carrying on the 

 tanning business extensively. Connected with the yard is a 

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

 miMing hides, smoothing leather, pumping, S^c. Also, a large 

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

 session given immediately. For further particulars inquire of 

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



Dec. 14. 4t 



