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NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



KOV. 15, IS*!* 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Ancient Egyptian Wheat. — The longevity of tlie 

 vital principle of the wheat mentioned in the sub- 

 joined account, is truly wonderful ; and it proves, 

 we suppose, the perfect exclusion of air, by means 

 of the enibalrainof process and the swathing of the 

 mummy with which the wheat was wrapped up: 



In unrolling an Egyptian mummy, in J838, which 

 was ascertained to be 3000 years old, several he.:ds 

 of wheat ware discovered. A portion of this mum- 

 my wheat came into the hands of the Earl of Had- 

 dington ; and last year, his lordship's gardener 

 sowed four seeds of it in his garden. The produ<:e 

 is at present nearly 100 stalk-s, about 6 feet hifh, 

 and the ears have from 4.5 to 55 grains each. The 

 ears have beards or heads not unlike those of bar- 

 ley ; and the leaves on the stalks are long, :iiid 

 nearly an inch broad. — Caledonia Merr.ur\j. 



In England, as most people are aware, wheat is 

 called corn : whenever the word "corn" occurs in 

 the English translation of the Bible, it nioans 

 wheat. Maize, or " Indian corn," was probably un- 

 known in ancient times. This mummy wheat is 

 doubtless a sample of.that same- kind of grain with 

 which Joseph supplied his brethren, when " all 

 countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy corn, 

 because the famine was so sore in all lands," and 

 if the account above is correct as to its chronology, 

 then this very wheat — the identical kernels which 

 so lately sprouted in Lord Haddington's garden, 

 after a sleep of 3000 years, must have been part 

 of a harvest reaped in Egypt in the days of Samuel 

 the prophet of Israel — peradventure in that same 

 year, the first of the reign of Saul, when at the 

 prayer of the mighty seer, the Lord sent upon " the 

 wheat harvest" of Palestine, a tempest of thunder 

 and hail, that the people might see how great had 

 been their folly "in asking for a king." In most 

 countries popular folly seems not to have grown 

 much wiser from the example of Israel ; for though 

 the course of kings may not have been felt direct- 

 ly on the wheat crops by destroying them in the 

 field, yet in the distribution of the harvest, so far 

 as the people have been concerned, those crop.'? 

 might, in most cases, have been as well reaped by 

 the hail as by the sickle. 



piece at another part of him with the same effect. 

 " Well," said the emperor, "you have produced a 

 capital work, undoubtedly: there is an order for 

 the eighteen thousand francs, and here is another 

 of an equal sum, for the fright I have given you." 

 — Selected. 



INapohon and the Terrified Jlrtist. — Just before 

 Napoleon set out for Belgium, he sent for the most 

 skillful artist of his class in Paris, and 'demanded 

 of him whether he would engage to make him a 

 coat of mail to be worn under the ordinary dress, 

 that should be absolutely bullet-proof, and if so, 

 that he might name his own price for such a work. 

 The artist engaged to make the desired article, if 

 allowed proper time, and he named eighteen thou- 

 sand francs as the price of it. The liargain was 

 concluded, and, in due time, the work was produc- 

 ed, and its maker honored with a second audience 

 with the Emperor. "Now," said his imperial maj- 

 esty, " put it Oil." Tho man did so. '' As I am 

 to Blake my life on its efficacy," said the emperor, 

 "you willj I suppose, have no objection to do the 

 same" : and he took a brace of pistols and prepar- 

 ed to discharge one at the breast of the astonished 

 artist. There was no retreating, however, and, 

 half dead with fear, he stood the fire, and, to the 

 infinite credit of his work, with perfect impunity. 

 But the emperor was not content with the trial ; 

 he fired the second pistol at the back of the trem- 

 bling artist, and afterwards discharged a fowling- 



Tht Slranscir's Pew. — I once passed a Sunday 

 at a very rural village on the borders of Wales, 

 and on going into the church, was greatly delight- 

 ed to see a large pew fitted up with cushions and 

 books, on which was painted, "The Strangers' 

 Pi-'w." [ could nnt help contrasting this homely 

 charity with the culd politeness with which I had 

 been ailnwed to stand in the aisles nf some of our 

 metropnliian churches, and wishing that they would 

 imitate these rustic Christians in their kindness to 

 the stranger. — Mullen. 



The Honeymoon. — A clergyman being pressed 

 by a lady of his acquaintance, to preach a sermon 

 on the first Sunday after her marriage, complied, 

 and chose for his text the following passage from 

 the Psalms : "Let there be abundance of peace 

 v\hile the moon endureth." 



" F.itlier, what does the printer live on ?" "Why, 

 child ?" " You said you had n't paid him for two 

 or three years, and yet you have his paper every 

 week !" "Take the child out of the room — what 

 does he know about rishl and ivrons; "1" 



HOWARD'S IIViPROVED EASY DRAUGHT PLOUGH, 



Great improvements have been made the past yenr i) 

 form and workmanship o( these Ploughs; the m'uiil.l 1 

 has lieen so formed as to lay the furrozo completely 

 lurnivg in erenj particle of grass or sitdMe, and ceavln/ 

 ground in the best possible vianncr. The length of 

 mould hoard has ht n very much increased, so that 

 Pino jh works wiih the greatest ease, holh with respe 

 the holding and ihc team. The Committee at the late 

 of Ploughs at Worcester, say, 



" Should our opinion he asked as to which of the Flo 

 we should prefer for use on a farm, w.- might perhaps s 

 the inquirer, if your land is inoslly light and easy lo i 

 try Prouty & Mears, hut if your Z<i)zt/ is Acat'i/, /tarti orr 

 DEGiN WITH Ma. Howard's.'' 



At the above mentioned trial the Howard Pl'-ugfc 

 more work, with the same pmtcr of team, than amj 

 plough exhibited. No other turned more than twenty! 

 and one half inches, to the 112 lbs. draught, whil 

 Howard Plough turned iicent'ininc and one half inch 

 the same power of team ! All acknowledge that How 

 Ploughs are much the strongest and most substan 

 made. 



There has I'een quite an improvement made on the 

 or land side of this Plough, which can he renewed wi 

 having to furnish a new landside: this shoe likewise se 

 the mould lioard and landside together, and strengthen 

 Plough very much. 



The price of tlie Ploughs is from 96 to St 5. A Pi. 

 sufficient for breaking up with four cattle, will cost; 

 SlO GO, and with cutter 4|, with wheel and cutter, 

 extra. 



The above Ploughs are for sale, wholesale and ret; 

 the New England Agricultural Warehouse and Seed ii 

 Nos. 51 & 32 North Market Street, hy 



JOSKPH 15RECK & C 



PATENT COIIN SHELTER. 



A Corn shellcr is one of the most c(mvenient and labor 

 saving implements that the practical farmer has in use. 

 Various machines for this purpose have been invented. It 

 can be used in all cases lor large or small sized ears. It is 

 very simple in its construction, and ilurattle in its operation, 

 and no waf liable to gel out ol order \ one man can work it 

 to good advantage, though a man to turn, and a boy to feed it, 

 works it much better than one alone. They are so light and 

 portafde, as lo be euMJy removed from place to place, and 

 outt machine will serve for several families oi eveu the in- 

 bahitants of a small town. 



For sale at the Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store 

 Nos. 51 and 52 North Market Street. 



JOSEPH BRECK & CO. 



Nov. 1. 



WILLIS'S LATEST IMPROVED VEGETAH 

 CUTTKR. 



This machine surpasses all others for the purpose o 

 ting Ruta Baga. Mangel W'urtzel, and other roots, 

 great objection to other machines, is their cutting the 

 into slices, which ma^es it almost impossible for the 

 lo get hold of ihem : this machine with a little altei 

 cuts them into large or small pieces, of such shape 

 most convenient for the cattle to eat. It will cut will 

 from one to two bushels of roots per minute. 



For sale by JOSEPH BRECK & CO., No. 62 : 

 Market St. 



GRINDSTONES ON FRICTION ROLLER! 



Grindstones of different sizeS; hung on friction rollei 

 moved with a foot Ireader, is found lo be a great iin] 

 ment on the old mode of hanging grindstones. Stones 

 in this manner are hecoming daily more in use, and wh- 

 used, give universal salisl'aclion. The rollers can be a 

 ed to stones hung in the common way. For sale 

 BRECK & Co., No. 51 North Market street. 



LACTOMETtlRS— a simple instrument for h 

 the quality of milk. For sale by J, BRECK & ( 



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