vol., XV. NO. 46. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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BREAD STUFFS. 



Much has been written and riMich more said 

 about the want of bread stuffs in the United Stales. 

 There is no suoli want, nor has there been, as we 

 will show to the satisl'aetion ol' every one in the 

 least acquainted with the subjeit. True, there 

 has been a large quantity of grain imported into 

 the U. States, not because there was not enough 

 raised at home for constimption, but, because of 

 its very low price'in Europe; wuen it isbout'litat 

 Odessa, for fifty cents, and at Dantzick for fifty- 

 five cents per bushel, thus affording a great profit 

 to the importer. There has been, since the last 

 year's harvest, about half a million of bushels im- 

 ported, and bef(u-e the next harvest it will amount 

 to a million — say a million — that would make two 

 liundred thousand barrels of flour, at the usual 

 allowance of five bushels to the barrel, and that 

 quafitity will furnish bread to seven millions and 

 a half of people fo;- five clays and four hours I — 

 We are thus particular to place in the most prom- 

 inent |ioint of view, the absurd idea that our last 

 year's crop was not equal to the consumption of 

 the country ; yet the whole amount of injporta- 

 tions to this time, is not equal to two days and a 

 half consumption I and the i)rice of flour has fal- 

 len and is ftilling in New York, Philadelphia, 

 Baltimore, Alexandria, New Orleans, and Cincin- 

 nati, besides numerous other places of less note. 

 The annual consumption of the United States, 

 on the rule laid down, of a barrel of flour lor ev- 

 ery ten persons, which long experience teaches 

 us is true, amounts to nine millions nine hundre<l 

 and ninety thousand barrels per annum, for half 

 our population, or seven millions and a half of 

 people. We have thus, we think, shown that a 

 bountiful Proi'idence sends us plenty, but the 

 speculator deprives us of the enjoyment of it. — 

 While on this subject, we cannot forbear to men- 

 tion the fact, that in New York, the other day, a 

 mother and three children had nearly died by 

 starvation ; one child died, and the others were with 

 difliculty and great care preserveil. In Philadel- 

 )ihia, last week, a mother and child starved to 

 death! add to this, ther; are tens of thousands 

 who do not get half enough to eat in this land of 

 l)lenty and of christians, as we call ourselves, al 

 though we are free to confess, that letting our fel- 

 low creatures perish for want of food, is rather an 

 odd way of displaying the praciicaZ part of the 

 character. But, never mind, we will all make 

 fortunes by speculation, and then we will give 

 Boniething to the poor, if they have not all starv- 

 ed to death in the mean time. — Cincinnati Even- 

 ing; Post. 



they are perfect 



unfavorable to Indian coin, 

 substitutes for each olhrr. 



Potatoes, turnips, and every kind of garden veg- 

 etables should be raised iu abundance, as they fur- 

 nish a great portion of nourishment, and can be 

 used mireor less, as cirsumstances require. Beans 

 and peas an: also articles of great value, and fur- 

 nish abundance of wholesome nourishm(;nt. All 

 these articles shouhl be planted liberally, in difter- 

 ent soils and at dilTerent periods, that auiidst the 

 variety of soil and seasons, be may ensure a plen- 

 tiful crop. We are glad to see our mechanics en- 

 larging their gardens and proein-ing [latches ol 

 land for cultivation ; it will aflord them employ- 

 ment, health and profit, and we tender all our 

 agricultural friends our hearty good wishes for 

 their prosperity and success in the labors of the 

 year. — Haverhill Griz. 



lantjc ciiif's. Lowell is a city among a iliousaml. 



— Jnur. of Public Morals. 



Harrowing Grain in S|.ring is now particular- 

 ly recommended, where the grain is not too far 

 advanced, in order to counteract the effects of the 

 recent changeable, or freezing and thawing wea- 

 ther. To the proofs already given of the effica<-y 

 of this practice, we adil the testimony of William 

 Merrifield, a respectable farmer of Guilderlanil, 

 who has followed it for six years, lie says it has 

 resuscitated crops that pirmised nothing before 

 harrowing,and rendered them highly productive; 

 and that where a part of, the field, and that the 

 poorest, has been harrowed, the product was, in 

 one case, five fold that of the unharrowed part. — 

 Cxdtivator. 



The Cocbeco , "Manufacturing Company paid off 

 and discharged two hundred and forty hands yes- 

 terday. We understand that orders have been re- 

 ceived to stop another mill, and that two himdred 

 and sixty more will be discharged the last of next 

 week. Adding to these five hundred, the opera- 

 tives employed in the other establishments, which 

 have been suspended in this vicinity, and those 

 dependent on them as keepers of boarding hou- 

 ses &.C., it is not too much to say that not far 

 from one thousand persons in this town alone, 

 will be deprived of their accustomed employment 

 by the disastrous state of the times. — Dover En- 

 quirer. 



A Corn Mf.al RnsK. — Among the many deli- 

 cacies in the form of bread, which render the en- 

 joyment of bi-eakhist so acceptable, we know of 

 none more deserving; of notice than the one i)Te- 

 pared according to the following recipe : 



Take six cupsful of corn meal, four c f wheat 

 flour, two cujistul of molasses, and two tahle- 

 spoonsfuls of salcTeratus, mix the whole together, 

 anil knead it into dough ; then make two cakes ; 

 bake them as you would pone for three-fourths of 

 an hour, and you will have one of the most grate- 

 ful descriptions of bread that ever graced the ta- 

 ble.— jV. B. Gaz. 



The Mtstert Explained. — The vessel seen 

 oft' Erie, and below there for some weeks past, is 

 one we are informed, that wintered in the ice 

 s.iinewhere oft' Conneaut or Ashtabula, and since 



Agricultural. — We congratulate our readers 

 on the return of the wai-m season, when they can 

 renew their labors and make up by the wisdom 

 of their plans, and the perseverance of their ef- 

 forts the ensuing season, for the deficiency of the 

 past. Every wise farmer will look out never again 

 to fall into the hands of the speculator. His own 

 farm if properly improved, will yield him all the 

 necessaries of life, and he can dispense with luxu- 

 ries, unless when they come to him convenient 

 and cheap. 



Every farmer should plan for a great variety 

 of fruits from his soil, so that if the season should 

 prove unfavorable for one article, it may prove 

 favorable to another. Those seasons are peculiar- 

 ly favorable to the smaller grain, which are most 



the ice began to move, has been moving about 

 with it. Repoits say she has two or three thou- 

 sand bushels of giain aboard, while others say it 

 was taken out of her during the winter and sled- 

 ded ashore. There are three men on board, who 

 have wintered in her, and who it is also said have 

 been promised some $500 each if they bring her 

 safe into port. She now lies 8 or 10 miles out in 

 the lake nearly off' Van Buren Harbor, and as the 

 ice is broken up, the men cannot get ashore, and 

 their situation is thought to be somewhat perilous. 

 — Fredonia Ctnsor. 



It has been a prevailing opinion, that our lands 

 near the sea coast will not produce wheat. Prob- 

 ably this is a mistaken notion. Fine wheat was 

 last year raised at Cape Elizabeth ; and in those 

 places where muscle shells or muscle mud can 

 be got from the inlets and bays, the coast may be 

 the best land for wheat. Some farmers of North 

 Yarmouth have carted large quantities of nmscle 

 mud on their farmsthis year. We shall see what 

 the effect is. — Kcnmhic Jour. 



Machine for S wing Clover Seed. — Every 

 farmer knows how difficult it is to sow evenly, 

 clover and othersmall seeds — especially in a cnhl 

 morning, with fingers stiff' with cold ; that soiwe 

 parts are sown ten times as thick as they shouilil 

 be, and other parts not sown at all. 



Farmers also know, in consequence of the vvea- 

 ther being windy, they are prevented from sow- 

 ing eight or ten days— and thereby miss the op- 

 portunity of sowing at the most favorable time. 



Now a machine has beeiT invented, which will 

 only cost about .fSrtliat will in sowing a single 

 bushel pay for itsfi'f — and with which seedcan be 

 sown in wini^y weather. 



With this hiachine a bushel will sufficiently sow 

 fifteen acres. Usually, our farmers sow a bushel 

 on from eight ta ten. acres. Clover seed is now 

 from 7 t') 8 dollars per bushel, so that on each; 

 bushel the machine will save itom 2 to 3 dollars,, 

 —and save hundreds of dollars tt» the county, of 



Franklin. 



Mr Richard Woods, Carpenter, at the west en.t 

 of Market .St., Chauib(;rsburg, is now making th© 

 machines, and will in a few days have them ready 

 for sale. — Franklin Rep. 



Lowell, Mass. — In a recent visit to this man- 

 nfiictming city, we were forcibly impressed with 

 the sober morality of the place. Special eflforts 

 have been made in the regulations of the large 

 manufactuiing establishments, against the intro- 

 duction of those vices which form a moral vortex 

 for the 



destruction of bodies and souls in our At- good supply of clean litter, 



Artesian Wells.— M. Mulot, who has the. 

 management of the process now in operation at 

 the Barriere de Crenelle, near Paris, for forming 

 Artesian wells, has already penetrated 1088 feet 

 without finding water. His contract is to bore as 

 low as 1200 feet; and if no water is found M this 

 depth, the engineer. is ready to make a new con- 

 tract with the city of Paris, to go to the enormous 

 depth of 2(00 feet; such a depth has never yet 

 been souniled on the surface of the globe. If the 

 depth of 2000 feet can be attained at any thing 

 like a moderate expense, it is probable that a still 

 greater depth is practicable; and if so, water may 

 probably be found in every spot on the face of 

 earth. — Loudon's Card. Mag. 



Calves as well as other animals, shoidd have a 



