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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



JULY 5, 18:ir. 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1837. 



FAilMER'S WORK FOR JULY. 



Weeiis made useful. — If } on liappfn (o have on 

 hand a tolerable growth of weeds, it joay be north the 

 trouble to endfavor to convert them to some useful pur- 

 pose. We would not advise you to spend more time in 

 saving those incumbrances than they are worth ; but 

 perhaps the pig weed, purslane, &c., of your garden 

 will nialie fond for your store liogs, well worth atten- 

 tion. Or, if it be more convenient, you may bury weeds, 

 while yet fresh, in trenches, between rows of cultivated 

 plants ; or plane them in heaps in some unoccui>ied spot, 

 and cover them with soil, and you will soon, have a 

 good compost. In sucli case, it may be well fir.st to sifi 

 a litll." quick lime over the heaps of weeds, and then 

 add a good quaniity of earth to imbibe the gases given 

 out by fermentation A good husbandman permits as 

 few vegetable and animal substances as possible, to de- 

 cay or putrefy in the open air, but covers them v\'ith 

 earth and a little quick lime, if he has it, thus preserv- 

 ing the health of himself and of his family, by the same 

 means by which be makes his gr« und fertile. 



Havm iKi.NG — Make as much hay as possible in the 

 early part of th.; season, as there is at that lime a great- 

 er probability of yuur being (avored with iair weather. 

 More ruin falls on an average in the latter part of sum- 

 mer, oi after the 4th of July, than before. If the wea- 

 ther is so urifavoraale that hay cannot be thoroughlv 

 cured, the application of from 4 to 8 quarts of salt to ihe 

 ton, is recommended. In this way it can be savi d in a 

 greener state than otherwise, and the benefit derived 

 from the salt is many times its value. Another good 

 method of saving green or wet hay, is that of mixing 

 layers of dry straw in tiie mow or slack. Thus the 

 strength of the grass is absorbed by the straw, and the 

 cattle will eagerly eat the niisture. 



Water your Plants with Soap Suds. — A gentle- 

 man assures us that soap suds is the best of all possible 

 manure, for cucumbers, water melons, &c., as it not 

 only causes them to grow with rapidity, but preserves 

 them from bugs, worms, &c. You will, ihereforo, di- 

 rect your domestics to bear this important fact in mind, 

 on washing days, and to preserve this laluable manure 

 in tubs ai.d other suitable receptacles, and apply it to 

 your planis every evening, about sundown, after it has 

 been exposed to the heat of tlie sun during the day. 



The day, however, begins to dawn on this palpable 

 and appalling darkness. Adversity is a stern and rough 

 teacher, but its lessons are impressive and generally 

 effective. Necessity is not only the parent of invention, 

 but the teacher of reform, well directed industry, do- 

 mestic economy, and a large train of public and private 

 virtues, which e.\alt a nation, as well as improve the 

 condition of individuals. Correct cultivation and intel- 

 ligent industry, will soon take the place of mismanage- 

 ment and misrule, speculation and peculation ; and those 

 pursuits in which the gains, if small, are sure, which 

 benefit the community, lofjether with individuals con- 

 cerned, will be as fashionable, and as general as they 

 are promotive of private as v%-ell as public prosperity. 



greens, 12 cents jier bunch ; Cabbages C cts. per head ; 

 Horse radish 12 cents per pound ; Lettuce 2 to 4 cents 

 per head; Onions G cents per bunch; Pota'oes, new, 

 $3 00 per bushel ; Green Peas $1 25 to 1 .50 per bush- 

 el ; Rhubarb 3 to 4 cents per pound ; Radishes 3 cents 

 per bunch; Spinach 12 cents a peck ; Turnips 6 cents 

 a bunch; Currants 12 cents per quart ; Gooseberries 12 

 to 25 a quart; Cherries 10 to 12 cents a quart; Straw- 

 beiries 37J to 50 cents a box. 



Close of the 15tli Volume — The present number 

 brings to a close, the fifteenth volume of the New Eng- 

 land Farmer; and the next, with a new volume, will 

 commence renovated exertions to merit continued en- 

 couragement from those who practice or patronize the 

 great art to which our paper is devoted. The para- 

 mount imporlance of Agriculture, and the evils whic h 

 are consequent on a want of due attention to iis inter- 

 ests, have, of late, been made impressively evident by 

 the calamities which afflict a needy jiopulation, unable 

 either to obtain profitable employm. nt, or to avert or 

 palliate the distress inevitable to a union of idleness and 

 in.ligeiice. VViib a fertile erriiory of boundless extent, 

 and an urgent and increasing demand for its produc- 

 tions, we aie strangely dependant on foreign countries 

 for the indispensables of human existen.;e ; thft neces- 

 sarjesas well as the comlbrlsand luxuries of life. Those 

 commodities which ought to he the great staples of 

 American ezpoTt, are imported by foreigners, and sold at 

 ruinous priies to their should he producers ! 



^For trie New England Farmer.) 



Mr EniTOR: — Perhaps we young farmers expect too 

 much from you : your paper we esteem a valuable com- 

 panion, one that we can generally rely upon, to ease 

 our labors. My neighbor has suggested that he should 

 like to hear from you, or some of your correspondents, 

 on the subject of the "white weed," its uses, &c. 



Is it profitable to cultivate it,' Some, apparently, 

 think so ; others do not, I have this season appropria- 

 ted about $25 to " \chite weed '' account, and it inav de- 

 pend upon the information received through your jour- 

 nal, whether further appropriations are made. Have 

 the goodness to let us hear of its good and bad qualities, 

 and any thing pertaining to it, M, 



By the Editor. — The weed above complained of, is 

 known by a va'iety of appellations, and like some other 

 mischievous vagabonds, has an alias for almost every 

 County in the Commonwealth, Its botanical name is 

 Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, but its common or vul- 

 gar names are numerous. Among others, it is known 

 by the titles of May weed. Ox eye. Bull's eye, Daisy, 

 &c, Dr Deane observed, in Deane's New England 

 Farmer, that " dunging the ground is an enemy to this 

 weed ; and it is said that pasturing with sheep kills it. 

 But toconquer it effectually, there can be no belter way 

 than to u?e the land in tillagefor hned crops," A wri- 

 ter for the Genesee Farmer, recommends to plough this 

 weed under, with a deep, even, regular furrow, when 

 in its most growing state, and suffocation must ensue. 

 The ground, however, will probably contain iinsprouted 

 seeds. When the old plants have rotted, successive 

 ploughings and harrowings may be i ecessary to destroy 

 the young plants that come forward, and to bring up 

 more seed near the surface to germinate, 



A writer for the Maine Farmer, whose communica- 

 tion was republished in the New England Farmer, vol 

 XV,, p, 13, gives the ollowing directions for destroying 

 white weed : 



" When discovered in small patches, or pieces of 

 ground, the most sure remedy is to take a hoe and a 

 basket, and dig it up, root and branch, and burn it. or 

 place it in a pond. It has abundance of seed, and if 

 left to cast it, will overrun the whole farm, destroying 

 the grass, or taking the place of it! A farm thus over- 

 run, is not worth half price. Indeed, no prudent man 

 would purchase <mo thus contaminated, nor ever buy 

 hay f'om it. Every fanner should spare no pains to 

 search his farm fir the nuisance, and destroy it, if he 

 finds only a spear ofitmore or le.«s,if he sets any ihinu- 

 by iiis domain." 



Faneuil Hall Vegetable Market.— Wednesday, 

 July 5, 1837.— Aspar,' us G to 8 cts. per bunch , Beans 

 $3 00 per bushel ; Beets li cts. per hunch; Young, for 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL, SOCIETY. 



EXHIBITION OF FHUITS. 



Saturday, July 1, 1837. 

 By J. L. L. F. Warren, Esq., of Brighton,— Methuen 

 Castle Strawberries, very large and beautiful, and of the 

 most productive kinds. Also, fine specimens of Cu- 

 cumbers. For the Committee. 



WM. KENRICK, Chairman. 



Saturday, July 1st. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was held. The 

 President slated that the principal business was to or- 

 ganize concerning the Anniversary. 



On motion of Mr Walker, it was voted that a com- 

 mittee of five be chosen to take into consideration the 

 expediency of an Address and Exhibition of Fruits and 

 Flowers, n ihe next Anniversary,— and the Ibllowing 

 gentlemen were chosen on that Committee : 



Mr Samuel Walker, Mr Benjamin V. French, Col. 

 Marshall P. Wilder, Mr Charles M. Hovey, Mr Joseph 

 Bieck. 



Capt. Alexander Pairis, and Mr Samuel Hunnewell 

 were admitted subscription members. Adjuurned to 

 the next Saturday, 11 o'clock. 



E. WESTON, Jr. Rec. Sec. 



inrThe Committee appointed on Saturday last, 1st 

 inst., to take into consideration the expediency of an 

 Address and Exhibition of Fruits and Flowers, will 

 please to meet at the Rooms of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, on Saturday, Sth inst. at 10 o'clock. 

 S, WALKER, Chairman. 



Profitablb Dairv. — The dairy business having be- 

 come so important a branch in the department of the 

 agriculturist, that I feel it my duty to communi- 

 cate, through the medium of your useful paper, the re- 

 sult of one of my dailies, under the management of one 

 of my farmers a gentleman by the name of John Bush, 

 He bad fnurteen cows of the common country breed 

 but a little better, on account of being better fed. He 

 raised six calves, which wi;re fed on milk ten weeks 



Made 2342 lbs. of first quality of Cheese, 



which sold at $8 per hundred, $187 37 



Made of Butter, 1591 pounds, the average 



price 19 cents, 30a yg 



Six Calves at $3 a head, 18 00 



$507 C5 

 Ten hogs fed on the skimmed miik and 



whey, worth, say $3 |ier head, 30 00 



$s537 05 

 Hay and pasture for the J4 rows, at $10 



per head, 140 00 



Net proceeds. 

 The average per head, 



$397 65 

 28 40 



