SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



clean siveot hno-shead with inatchea of coarse cloth 

 dipped In molted brimstone, and rack off niy cider 

 into the cask as quick as possible. If the fermenta- 

 tion still goes on, I give it one more racking; in 

 this way, and cover the bung with a tile, until I am 

 sure the fermentation has ceased ; I then bung 

 close for the winter. 



Jttmitrks. — The most important parts of this 

 method of makinor good cider, are, 



1. The tiiuc and manner of gathering the fruit. 



2. The care and attention in sorting it, in separ- 

 ating the hard from the mellow. 



3. The rackings which separate the liquor from 

 the lees, or fine pomace, whicli causes the fermen- 

 tation." — Yankee Fanner. 



PRESERVING GRAPES. 



I last year made a little experiment in preserv- 

 ing grapes on the vine, which I am induced to make 

 public fropi its success, hoping it may be of service 

 to others who wish to have this fine fruit both in 

 season and out of season. To almost every one it 

 is known that there are many kinds of grapes tliat 

 ■will remain sound on the vine for a long time, if 

 tliey are not destroyed by birds or wasps. To 

 prevent this, I have several small bags made, of 

 proper size to contain one or more clusters of grapes, 

 (where they may be contiguous,) from some old 

 musquito netting, which was otherwise useless. 

 When the fruit was ripe, I drew them over the 

 finest bunches and tied them tight around the 

 stem. From the season being somewhat wet, I 

 was under the apprehension they might rot, and 

 from time to time gathered some : but I never 

 found one rotten grape. The \aA I gathered was 

 on the morning of the first frost, last autumn ; 

 which I think was on tlie 20th November. They 

 were all of the finest flavor possible, and almost as 

 tiansparent as glass. 



The experiment I tried on the Warrenton grape 

 only. But I have no doubt it would succeed as 

 well with the Bland Madeira, Catawba, Isabella, 

 and every other variety of native grapes. Any 

 material will answer for bags that will admit a 

 circulation of air. — S. Rose. — Farmer's Manual. 



A McLBERRV Fkver hr.s been raging for a few 

 days past with great virulence in this town and 

 vicinity. It is not quite local in its origin, although 

 premonitory symptoms have been seen here for 

 some months past. The immediate cause of its 

 outbreaking, however, was the arrival of a gentle- 

 man from Philadelphia, who was highly impreg- 

 nated witli the disease. Communicating with other 

 persons previously disposed to receive it, like the 

 contact of flint and steel, the disease, in its fierce 

 state, at once was struck into existence. The 

 symptoms, like the " Eastern Land Fever," are 

 much the same with each individual infected. The 

 tongue becomes oily and grows supple and wags 

 vague and unmercifully. Its lucubrations are en- 

 tirely of a vegetable kind, and the patient is heard 

 to expatiate largely on the subject of Silk Worms 

 and Mulberry Trees. " Morus Multicaulis," an un- 

 intelligible sound, is forever running, like water, 

 from the tip end of tlie tongue. What is curious, 

 tlic young, old, and middle aged of the masculine 

 gender, (it has not yet seized tlie tender sex) are 

 equally infected, and each take it easily in the na- 

 tural way. It operates somewhat like a certain 

 kind of gas when inhaled, making the head swim 

 and the mind visionary, and tiie imagination full of 



beautiful images — at once creating a desire for 

 rapid locomotion about the country. Various re- 

 medies have been prescribed, such as soothing 

 drinks and cooling appliances, but they don't avail. 

 Extensive acquisitions in the mulberry line have 

 been thought geod, but tliis only aggravates rather 

 tlian checks tlie disease; for, like live, this epi- 

 demic " grows by what it feeds on." 



Morus Multicaulis trees continue to be in great 

 demand in this vicinity. Applications from New- 

 York, Philadelphia, and as far South as Virginia, 

 arrive here daily after Morus Multicaulis trees. The 

 prices range from 2.5 to 50 cents the tree, in pro- 

 portion to its age and size. Those who have been 

 cultivating this mulberry, will now reap a rich re- 

 ward. The liberal premiums offered by the legis- 

 lature of Pennsylvania for Raw Silk and Cocoons, 

 it is said, have given this impulse to the sale of the 

 tree. The Canton and Alpine, in many respects, 

 however, is its superior. That tree is not the rage 

 yet, but it will enhance in value, with the Multi- 

 caulis A'oiihampton Courier. 



When is the best time to Plough? — In 

 a late number of your paper you copied an article 

 from the " Maine Farmer" witii the above interro- 

 gation ; and which, as therein stated, is a question 

 of no small importance. — But the writer makes one 

 admission, which as a general rule should not be 

 adopted, viz. that " farmers should embrace the 

 opportunity when their leisure time allow." It is 

 true the proper time for ploughing depends in some 

 measure on the condition of your land. The ques- 

 tion will arise — is your land in sward or tillageJS 

 Is the soil silicious or argillaceous ? If your land 

 is in sward and you intend it for corn, potatoes or 

 any autumnal ripening crops, the best time to plough 

 it is in the spring, a few days before you put in 

 your seed. Draw out your fresh unfermented ma- 

 nure, spread it on the sward and immediately plough 

 it under ; by this process you save all your ma- 

 nure and much labor ; for by this time the grass 

 begins to sliow itself, and on good soil indicates 

 vigorods vegetation, which turned under at this 

 season of the year, the vegetable matter covered 

 with the soil in its green and succulent state, com- 

 bined with the manure readily undergoes fermen- 

 tation and forms a most fertilizing substance for 

 the crop. As a general rule (and one to which I 

 know of no exceptions) plough no sward lands in 

 the fall, but always in the spring just before you 

 are ready to put in your seed. But if your soil is 

 argillaceous and in tillage, plough in the spring, 

 summer, fall or winter, "when your leisure time 

 will allow ;" only be sure to plough in the fall, tliat 

 the frosts of winter may pulverize it — plough it 

 again in the spring that the influences of the sun 

 and atmosphere may warm and invigor.ate it for the 

 succeeding crops. — Yankee Farmer. C. 



Mattakees, Plymouth Co., Jan. 1838. 



F'l.ouR Every body is astonished at the high 



price of wheat flour at this time — $!',.''0 in New 

 Vork, and .*10,25 to 10,50 here. There is no other 

 way to account for it, but the management of the 

 speculators. It is agreed on all hands, that take 

 the country through, there is a better crop of wheat, 

 rye and corn, than has been known for at least 

 three years. Advices from Europe, by the Great 

 Western, arrived at New York on Tuesday, in- 

 form us, that the crops there, turn out much better 

 tlian was expected ; tliat on the whole, the grain 



crops are good. In France, the crops are the best 

 that have been known for some years. The prin- 

 cipal flour speculator in New York, is a Mr Hart, 

 a leader of the loco foco party in that city. If he 

 and his confederates in business, must speculate, 

 we hope they will choose the luxuries rather than 

 the necessaries of life. The latest New York 

 prices for rye was 81,12 1-2 — for corn $1. 



To all poor people and lovers of good lii-ing. — 

 One pound of well cooked white beans will go as 

 far to support strength of body as tliree pounds of 

 beef steak. The one will cost six cents, the otlier 

 three or four shillings. 



One loaf of good home baked bread will feed 

 you as long as a leg of mutton, and an Irish potato 

 is better for you than a pound of pork. The Edi- 

 tor is requested to republish the following list of 

 aliments, that you may see the relative value and 

 expense of different articles of human subsistence. 

 It is as follows : 



100 lbs. Wheat contains 85 lbs. nutritious matter. 

 Rice 80 



" Barley 83 " 



Beans 89 to 92 



Peas 03 « 



« Lentils 94 " 



" Meat (average) 35 " 



" Potatoes 26 " 



" Beets 14 " 



" Carrots 10 " 



" Cabbage, 7 " 



" Greens fi « 



" Turnips 4 " 



J^Teicark Daily .'Idvcrtlser. 



Thorbuni's Dahlias. The most brilliant and 



beautiful exhibition of nature's purest gems that 

 we ever beheld, was at our friend and neighbor's 

 seat at Hallett's cove. Some twenty-five hundred 

 plants of the dahlia, of every hue and shade, pre- 

 sented themselves to the eager gaze of the true 

 epicurean. We understand that Mr Thorborn will 

 show off a great portion, if not all, of these splen- 

 did flowers at his depot in .John street during this 

 week. If the ladies of our city would enjoy a rich 

 treat when it is offered them, they will run down 

 and see Lawrie Todd and all the young Tliorburns, 

 who will be ready on that occasion to pay them as 

 usual all respect and attention; and we can read- 

 ily assure them that they may live a hundred years, 

 and never see the like of this exhibition again. — 

 A*. 1'. Sunday Morning JVetcs. 



Grind tour Proveivder. — Those who have 

 much provender to give to their cattle, or hogs, will 

 find themselves to be gainers by grinding their 

 grain, be it oats, barley or corn. One reason of 

 this undoubtedly is, that as it is deprived of the ex- 

 ternal coating, which was given it by nature to 

 defend it from external operations, the gastric and 

 other juices, which are necessary to be incorpora- 

 ted with the food in digestion, can have more com- 

 plete and thorough access to it, and consequently 

 more of tlie nutritive matter will be converted into 

 chyle, and be more perfectly assimilated with tlic 

 animal system. Some who have used provender 

 both ways and marked carefully the results, do not 

 hesitate to say that the ground is twice as good, or 

 will produce twice tlie amount of nourishment and 

 fat, that the unground will. — Maine Fai mcr. 



