▼OL. XVni. NO. 31. 



Mr Clark declined adding more at this time, as l,o 

 would not ho thought to desire to monopolize the lime 

 of the meeting 1 here was much more, however, that I 

 he would be glad to state. VVo hope lie will not fail to 

 avail himsollol an early opportunity to continue his in- i 

 Btructive remarks. H C 



TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. 



The state of our columns does not admit at this time 



our giving the interesting remarks of Mr Meiiam and Tuesday, 



Mr tarter, at the fifth agricultural meeting. We shall VVednesday, 



report them the next wpbL- ^ Th..„^„., '' 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



TIIEK.MOMETRICAL. 

 RoporreJ lor ihe New England Farmer. 

 Range of the Thermometer at the Garden of the proprietors 

 -f the iVe^v England Farmer, Brighton, Mass. in x shaded 

 iVoriherly exposure, week ending February 16. 



283 



WHOLESALE P R I CES C U R K E N T 



__CO RItECTEP WITHGltEAT CARE, WEEKLY. 



Feb., 1840. I 7 A.M. I 12, M. | 5,P.M. | Wind, 



Monday, 

 Tuesday, 



report them the next week. 



We owe an apology, likewise, for failing this week to 

 give at large the remarks of Hon. Isaac Hill. The mat- 

 ter is in reserve, and it is much too good and loo well 

 matuied to be in danger of being injured by being kept 



We have received the reports of the Massachusetts 

 bocietyon Gram and Vegetable Crops, which we shall 



Thursday, 



Friday, 



Saturday, 



Sunday, 



E. 



N. AV. 



N. W. 



N. W. 

 E. 



S. W. 

 N. W. 



WEBSTER'S SEEDS. 



. •' . " » t.5tiauit: v-'fups, wjiicn we shall i 



week's insertion. ,-- --. - „....o , .„„,c wno wisn to ei 



We have the pleasure of laying before our readers a I tk"" ^ c"",? " P<"-"™. bad better caU 



mmunication from Mr Meriam.^on an iZLZ, "u ^^'^ =''^?^*^»."""^.- 



---...„...„ „.^„„u,„ „, laying ueiore our readers a 

 Dommumcation from Mr Meriam.^on an important sub 

 |ec.t which wo know will be read with interest 



We say to our friend W. B at Mount Osceola, if he 

 n-ill pardon the vulgarism, " Go ahead !' The agricul- 

 :ural public are largely in bis debt. The consciousness 

 )t doing good and giving pleasure, is a reward which his 

 ;ood moral developement -will tench him how to value 



H. C. 



send soon. 



irj-The Sixth Agricultural Meeting will be held at the 

 >tate House on Thursday evening, 2Uih inst., at 7 o'clock 

 'Ubject of discussion-Indian Corn and the Small Grains.' 



MAGNIFICENT AGRICULTURAL TROPHIES. 



The following is a list of the weight of hogs fatted 



?ld,^,tr,1/rM^^"'""y'.^'^1- '" Lexington, and 

 )ld at the stall of Mr George Munroe, corner of Fleet 

 id Ana Streets. These are only a portion of those 

 h.ch ana to be graduated at this noble Porcellian Sem- 

 ary. 1 he date of their degree is annexed. 



tLY 6J-H. 



■weighed 407 



Febbuarv 15th. Febbd.ai« ipth. 



1 weighed 469 , 1 weighed 763 2» 



? " 38' i ~ " 691 15 



3 '' 362 3 " 476 15 



« 331 4 " 430 12 



S "■ 475 12 



I 8 " 464 12 



What farmer's stye or what butcher's stall in New 

 igland or in Old England, ever presented a finer ex- 

 Htion .' May the classes at Harvard do like credit to 

 ur keeping; or, as was pleasantly said by an Ex 

 ivernor at the Brighton Cattle Show-" May Iheir 

 IS do them equal justice." ■' 



Hopeloun Winter Oats. 



Ess-x do, (io. 



Dutch Poland Sprin? do 



Kent Tartary do. 



Essex Winter Beans 



Mumford's Garden, or Horse Bears. 



Yorkshire Prolific Beans. 



Sufiblk Harrad Tick do. 



Whitlington Winter Wheat 



Surrey GoJden Drop do. do ' 



Winter Tares, or Vetches. 

 Spring Tares, or Vetches. 

 Italian Rye Grass. 

 Pacey Rye Grass. 

 White Globe Turnip, 

 Pomeranian do. 

 Swedish do. 

 Red Tankard do. 

 1 ellow Scotch do. 

 While Tankard do. 

 Purple Top Hybrid, 

 Red Globe Blangel Wurlzel. 

 White do. do. 



We have also received some of the Early Hope Cabha-e 

 Seed, which was tried last year at New York and pVoved to 



eo'unTrf '" '"^ ^"'j' ^^"''^'^ '>'">""' Known k the 

 We iave now in New York, which will come to hand in 

 a few days, some of the Chevalier Barley, which we shal" 

 he happy to ofl^er to our cu.siomers '"ui we snail 



It has been understood by some that the seeds were left 

 w th us for gratuitous distribution. We wish lo corr«! hi 

 mistake as it is not the case We were .utV.rl ,„ ?^ I ^d quali 



of them at a small advance, sutficl^t't: paTl^ o "r t'SlT ' ^^''■'' '^"'•°"' 

 "Sa%. ,2, ,840. •'°^^^« ^^^'^^ ^ CO 



Alum, American, . 

 Ashes, Pearl, per 100 lbs" 



Pot, " •' " . ■ 

 Beans, white, Foreign, 



'* Domestic, . 

 Beef, mess, 



No. 1. . .'.■_■ 

 prime, . , ^ ' 

 Beeswax, white, 



yellow, .".■.' 



Bhistles, American, 

 BuTTEE, shipping, . " • ' 



dairy, 

 Candles, mould, 

 dipped, 

 sperm, 

 Cheese, new milk, 

 CiDEa, 



refined. 

 Bone Masube, 



in casks. 

 Feathers, northern, geese, 



southern, geese, . 

 Flax. (American) . 

 Fish, Cnd, Grand Bank, ' . " 



Bay, Chaleur, " . ' . 

 Haddock, 

 Mackerel, No, 1 , ' . ' 



Ni).2, ' . ' 

 No, 3, . . ■ 

 Alewives, dry salted, No. 1 

 Salmon, No. 1, 

 Flour, Genesee, cash, . ' ' 

 Baltimore, Howard street, 

 Richmond canal, 

 Alexandria wharf 

 Kye, ... 

 Meal, Indian, in hbls. . ' ' ' 



Grain: Corn, northern yeilsw..." ' 

 southern flat, yellow, 

 white, . . ■ . 

 Rye, northern, . 

 Barley, . . 



Oats, northern, (prime) 

 soathera, 

 GaiNDS-TONEs, pr ton of 200n lbs. rou?h 

 do. do. do. finished!' 



rlAMs, northern, . 



southern and western, . 

 Hat', best English, per ton^ . 



Eastern screwed, 

 Hops, 1st quality, . . " . i „„^ 



2d quality, . . . I"^ " 



pound , 



2 OU j 

 14 00 j 

 12 00 



pound 



pound 

 dozen 

 barrel 

 bushel 



pound 



quiaial 



barrel 12 50 



2 50 4 SO 



bushel 



j pound 



19 00 

 30 00 ' 



18 00 

 13 00 



SEEDS FOR HOT BEDS. 



Early London Cauliflower 

 Early Dutch do. 

 Early York Cabbage, 

 Early Hope do, (very superior 1 

 Early Broccoli, of sorts. 

 Sinot's Early Frame Cucumber 

 Giaat White Solid Celery. 

 Do Red do. 



New Dwarf Red Solid do 



Do. White do. 



Superior Double Curled Parsley 

 February?/. ^"'^ ''^ JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



THE FARMERS' COdlPAKION, 



RIGHTON MARKET.-MoN.,Ar,Feb. 17, 1840. 

 Reponeil fur the 



*325 Sheep.^'^^ ^""^ ^"'"'' ^° ^"^^ "'"^ halves 

 lTi:l^~ f«/<^««'«-7he prices obtained last week 

 alike quality were hardly sustained, and we reduce 

 li?y «fi 7^' °" ""■' fi'^', q"«'i'y- We quote Firs! 



oicsandCalves.~A fevf .,ales only were noticed and 



e of ordinary quality. .$23, $30, and $3S I Husbandry with iHp AH^ ' - --".^^ ^. ^.nencan 



1..,- We quote lots a. $2 70, $3 25, fa 00, $4 50, ^^^^^Z^t Htlf^u^^Kiltie^^^of'i^^r S 

 ««a._None at market. a^nTmher'^nTt::' Lrfuho^h'V'P''^''*^™"''''"'"^- ™es 



. B. We intended ,o have noticed in our report lasf I ^^^ 'a'rHr'j^s^lt'eS^'l^Zr^^r .?!-'!?_^''"r ■. . By 

 M yoke of beautiful cattle, fed by Mr Ichabod Stow 

 low, Mass., weighing, when slaughtered oyer 3,UOo! 



ROHA.\ POT.VTOES, 



few barrels of genuine Rohan Potatoes may be had oa 

 cation to the subscriber. Price Ss per barrel 



namum Hill, Newton, Feiir^ryVs'''' '^''''^'^''- 



FOR SALE. 



™rRz£7R'n""'%°'''- ■^'^o 3 Sows 8 months 

 J-uUBloodBcTksh,res,frnm the stock of C. N. Be- 

 Albany. The sows are all with pig. Inquire ol 

 '™"y '5- JOSEPH BREC'K & CO. 



southern, 

 Leatheb, Philadelphia city tannage, 

 do. country do. 



Baltimore city tannage, 



do. dry hides, 

 New York red, light, 

 Boston, do. slaughter, 

 Boston dry hides, 

 Lime, best sort, . 

 Molasses, New Orleans 

 Sugar House, 

 Oil, Sperm, Spring 



Winter, . . ' ' 

 Whale, refined. . . ' 

 Linseed, American, 

 Neat's Foot, . 

 Plaster Paris, per ton of 2200 lbs. 



'dear ' ' ' " ^"-"^^ 



Mess, 



Prime, 

 Whole Hu 



rv^ticed in our report ,a J ^^i Hr'^^^Xlr '^d^Z^^, ^iX^^Z^,^ 



. fed by Mr Ichabod Stow, '°'U /"' ^=^1= ^^ 'he New Ensjiand Parmer Office 



n slaughtered oyer 3,U00. •'ebruary 19. JOSEPH RRECK & CO. 



GARDENER WANTED. 



ra^n^':4^^^-^^^„:^ » i!:t r:T-'' 



can with a small family, wSuld be preferred None'l^eeH 

 apply without good recommendations "^^'^ 



rebruary 19. 



GARDEN MATS. 



For sale at the New England Farmer, lOOdo^en r-„.i 

 Mats of extra quality, for covering hotbeds &e 

 *'''• '2- JOSEPH BREck & CO. 



Red Top, southern, 



northern, , . 

 Canary, 

 Hemp, . 



Vi^, ■ ■'.'.' 

 Red Clover, northern, . 

 Southern Clover, none 

 American, Brown, . ' 

 _ " Castile, . 



Tallow, tried, 



.1ZLE3, Isl sort, . 

 >oL, prime, or Saxony H'leeces 

 American, full blood, was'liei 

 do. 3-4ths do. 



do. 1-2 do. 



= r?,"'„ , '"^ "'"' common, 

 £ ■ I Pulled superfine, . 

 ^3JNo. 1, ^. ' 

 g-3]No.2, . . " ■ 

 Z =• No. 3, 



pound 

 bushel 



pound I 



2 75 j 3 08 



17 00 18 00 



' 1 6 UU 1 7 00 



14 00 I 15 00 



I 12 on j 



2 5U 



13 00 

 H 

 2 75 



18 J 



