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NEW E N G L .A N D FARMER, 



NOVEMBER ai, 1818. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



British Corn Market. — A late number of the 

 London Standard lias the following table, showing 

 tlie nature of the seasons in Great Britain since 

 1790, and che annual average prices of whe.it in 

 each of the sca.sons. The object of its publica- 

 tion by the London editor is to show that the high- 

 est prices of grain have generally marked tlie sea- 

 sons of the greatest co.niniercial jirosperity, and 

 also to prove tiie greatly i.iiproved condition of tl'.e 

 manufacturing population under the operation of 

 the Corn Laws. 



Per Qutirler. 

 Years. Nature of the Sea-ions. Wheat 



.s. d. 

 ]7iX) ^ ( 5:? 3 



]7!(1 \ Peace, and favonble seasons, I 47 .3 

 17!)2J ( 4-3 



1793 War, but favorable season, ^7 10 



17!»4 ( ri A • e .u ( .'il 



,.„. > Deficiency or the crop, 

 l/Oo ) ' 



73 



179(5 -l 



1797 > Seasons less unfavorable, 



1798 P 



1799 » „ , 



isnn I seasons. 



/• 7u i.i 



} .5-3 (J 



( (57 (i 



I <i7 (i 



\ 110 11 



lorvi ( Good crop, followed by peace, | ,,- 

 I also good seasons m 180a-.3, ) 



1802 ( . f 07 6 



1803 1 Average crops, j ^^^ ^, 



1804^ r 60 5 



1805 I Deficient crop, followed, how- J 87 1 



1806 ( ever, by average crops 1805-6-7,1 7C 9 

 1807 3 [ 73 1 



1808 Partial deficiency, 78 11 



1809 Great deficiency, 04 5 



1810 Good crops, 103 3 



1811 Deficiency, 92 5 

 1612 > Favorable crops, but currency de- i 122 8 

 1813 ( predated, ) 106 H 



r Nearly an average crop, but great "J 



,. I import and decrease of charges ! , 



j 01 production 1 " 



I peace, 

 1815 Full average crop. 





1816 Great and general deficiency, 



1817 ) „ ^ ,. 

 JNot exceeding average. 



i 54 5 

 > 43 6 



1814-^ f , .■ 



j 01 production consequent on 



I peace, 



03 8 



70 2 



94 



-Q.Q > iioi exceeuiiig average, ^ KQ K 



1819 Somewhat below average crop, 72 3 



1820 Exceodinij average crop, 05 10 



1821 » . 

 182'^ ( Average crop, 



1823 Scarcity, 61 



1824 Average, 62 



1825 Nearly an average, 66 6 



1820 ) . ( 30 11 



jg27 j Average crop, { ^, ^ 



1828 Scarcity, 60 5 



1829 Avnrag'e, 66 3 



1830 Full average, 64 3 



1831 Nearly an average crop, 60 4 

 18.32 \ " r 58 8 

 1833 ;■ Above an average crop, I 52 11 

 18.34 j I 40 2 

 1835 Considerably above an averao-e, 39 4 

 1830 Above an average, 48 

 1837 Under an average, 55 10 



manner in which they are placed, the head appears 

 larger than it really is, would reasonably be sup- 

 posed to possess more than an ordinary degree of 

 sagacity ; — but, as, from the construction of I heir 

 eyes, they are unable to distinguish objects in the 

 broad daylight, and th^'ir manners and habits thus 

 becoming altogether nocturnal, their sagacity has 

 seldom been put to the tC5t. When a boy, I took 

 a young owi, the barn or common white owl, from 

 a nest, and kept it for eighteen months. Perceiv- 

 ing that it was anxious to hide itself from human 

 gaze during the day, I formed a hole for it, a yard 

 in length, of bricks, where it passed tlie day, but 

 from which as night a.pproached, it sallied forth, 

 displaying much activity aud fierceness. It would 

 come wlien called, even in the day-time; if called, 

 it would approach the mouth of its hole and seize 

 a piece of meat, with which it would instantly re- 

 treat, and it uniformly evinced a disposition to avoid 

 the broad glare of day. It was amusing in its 

 way ; at dusk, it would strike a mouse, a bird, or a 

 piece of meat, out of my hand with much dexterity ; 

 and I have no doubt, that it was susceptible of ed- 

 ucation much in the same way as a hawk, could 

 the requisite instruction have been imparted in the 

 dusk of the evening or during the night. This 

 bird frequently rambled to a considerable distance 

 in the twiliglit, but always returned to his day re- 

 treat. Ilis fate was melancholy ; two of ray school- 

 fellows, one of whom was the late earl of Hunting- 

 don, contrived to purloin him, and after tying him 

 upon the back of a duck, placed this ill-assorted 

 pair in a pond. T did not witness this mischievous 

 exhibition ; but, it seems, the duck, not liking the 

 involuntary companion, no sooner got into the water 

 than it dived, carrying the unfortunate owl under 

 the water with it. On coming to the surface, the 

 night-bird loudly testified its dislike to immersion 

 by that peculiarly dismal noise for which these 

 birds are remarkable, called hooting! Down went 

 the duck again, and so the cruel business was con- 

 tinued until the duck became completely exhausted, 

 when it and the owl drowned. — Physiological Ob- 

 servations. 



The Owl. — The owl tribe, from the size of the 

 head, though owing to the superabundance of fea- 

 thers with wliich it is surrounded, and the peculiar 



DUTIES PERFORMED BY A GOOD FAR- 

 MER. 



Ereri/ duti/ faithfully peiformed hath its reward. 



The approach of winter always induces the 

 thoughtful, and careful and industrious farmer to 

 look about him to sec that he is prepared to meet 

 so boisterous and inclement a season of the year 

 in the best possible manner. His windows, his 

 doors, and the roofs of his building, are all exam- 

 ined, and if necessary, made tight and secure. His 

 barn and stables are looked to and put in good or- 

 der. His slieep, and hogs and poultry have all 

 comfortable, dry lodgings prepared for them in due 

 season, for ho knows that no animal can thrive and 

 do well, that is not well housed, and well fed, and 

 every way made clean and comfortable. His pota- 

 toes, his sugar beets, his turnips and all his winter 

 fruits and vegetables are well secured against frost, 

 and placed in such positions that ready access can 

 be had to them when necessary, without subjecting 

 them to danger of injury by exposure to the wea- 

 ther. His fuel is so arranged and prepared for 

 current use that his family can procure it without 

 any unnecessary exposure to the rude blasts of 

 winter. His fields and meadows are kept closed 

 during the winter and early part of spring ; so that 

 animals may not be permitted to ramble over them 



and injure his grounds. His barn yard is so ar- 

 ranged that his cattle never leave it during the 

 period of winter feeding, by which means he saves 

 all their manure for the nourishment of his crops. 

 His implements of husbandry and food are all care- 

 fully housed and arranged in good order, so that 

 they can be had when wanted for use. His garden, 

 in which not a weed has been permitted to perfect 

 and scatter its seed "during the autumn, is thrown 

 up into ridges about eighteen inches high, and sep- 

 arated only by trenches extending from end to end 

 of the beds ; this he knows exposes the soil to the 

 meliorating influence of the frost, destroys the grubs 

 and worms which seek refuge during the winter, 

 deep in the ground, and induces the ground moirs 

 to seek out for dryer and warmer lodgings else- 

 where. By this plan of ridging his garden in the 

 fall, as soon as the frost is out ui the spring, his 

 beds are dry and warm, and admit of bei:;g level- 

 led and worked at once, long before flat, wet ground 

 can with propriety be moved by the spade ; this en- 

 able his family to have a supply of garden vegeta- 

 bles several weeks earlier than those who have less 

 intelligence or industry; tlie deeper tilth and more 

 thorough pulverization of the soil, also increases 

 the growth of his plants, and enables them the 

 better to protect themselves against the contingen- 

 cies of either very dry or very wet seasons. — Far- 

 7ner's Calinet. 



WIU'.A r FARMS FOR SAT.]!: IN WESTERN 

 NEW YORK. 



En the counties of Jlonroe, Orleans, Genesee and Erie- 

 Taryins in quantity from 60 to 300 acres each— under a sood 

 stale of cullivalion and improvemeul, witli huilahle liuildinfis, 

 fences, &c., watered wiiii duralile streams, and most of them 

 have wheat nn the ground. Five or eight years crertil can 

 lie given, if wantej), on the whole principal sum, with annual 

 interest. These farms are situated ij] ihe midst of a rich 

 agriculinral district, unsurpasssed in the richness and pro- 

 ductiveness of its soil, Iving on the hanks of the Erie canal, 

 and in the vicinity of Rochester, Lockport and Buflblo. al- 

 fording at all times a ready and sure market for all ilie arti- 

 cles of produce, which at present prices amply reward the 

 husbandman, and enables him with a few crops to pay the 

 first cost of his lands. A favorable opportunity is here pre- 

 sented to the enterprising larmtT who would wish to obtain 

 a good farm on liberal credit, with sufficient means to secure 

 the payment of one third ol the purchase money. Letters 

 (post paid) promptly attended to. 



JOHN C. NASH. 



Rochester, N. Y. Oct IS, 1S38. 



BOXE niAMRE. 



The subscriber desires to itiforni his friends and the public 

 that he has lieen in the Hone Inisincss more than len vears, 

 and has spent much lime and money to ascertain how bones 

 may be converted to the best use, and is fully satisfied that 

 they form the most powerful stjmulant that can be applied to 

 the earth as a manure. He offers for sale ground bone at a 

 low price, and is ready to receive orders to any amoimt, which 

 will be promptly attended to 



Orders may be left at my manufactory, near Tremnnt road, 

 in Koxbury, or at the New England Agricultural Warehouse 

 and Seed Store, No 51; North .Market .Street, Hnslon. 



Sept. 20. NA HUM WARD. 



FRUIT \-yii OHNAMEXTAL TREES 



The subscribers will lie happy to receive orders for PruiV\ 

 and Oniameidal 'Jrfes, 67(n(bs, &c. We shall be enabled 10 

 furnish at Nursery Prices, and at short notice. Trees and 

 Shrubs of every description, and hope to give satisfaction to 

 all who may be disposed to favor us with their orders. 



Oct. 22. JOSEPH 15KECIC & CO. 



THE NE^V 1-flGl.AXO FAIJMER 



Is published every Wednesday Evening, at S3 per annum 

 payable at the end of the year — but those who pay wilhtD 

 sixty days from the lime of" subscribing are entitled to a de- 

 duction of 50 cents. 



TUTTIE, DENI*ETT A:»D CHISHOLM, PRIKTEBS, 



15 SCHOOL STREKT-. l;OST»^ 



