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AGRICULTURAL. FROM TDK F\UMKU'< MAGAZINE. of ri.it. 2, ISlS. An Account ,f Experiments and Obse? vations on the Restoration of Frosted Potatoes, and of the different Uses to which they nun/ be applied. By Dr. James How h on, Crossbwn House, Douglas. Sir, AS the experiment of Mr. Dallas on frosted potatoes,published in your LXIl. Ko. tended chiefly to show the advan- Tautages to be derived from their imme¬ diate conversion into fermented liquors and ardent spirits I send you the result of some, made by me towards the resto¬ ration of frosted potatoes, and in which their application to uses little noticed by him, has been more particularly attend¬ ed to. I found that potatoes are liable to in¬ jury from fro«t in tv.o dearees ; and that it is of considerable importance towards their after treatment, to distinguish in which degree they havo been affected. In the first, the frost occasions a con¬ siderable sweetness in the potatoe, with- out having so far penetrated its sub¬ stance as to render it hard. In the second, by the cougelation of the watery part of the potatoe, a hard¬ ness takes place, that, upon one hitting against another, a sound is given out similar to that from the striking of two pieces of ice. Potatoes affected in the first degree re- quire no stepc being tnk<m for th'ir resto¬ ration ; as, on the springing of the- young shoots, the sweetness d^appears, the '^u- gar formed by the action of tiie frost be¬ ing expended in their nourishment. Instead of potatoes being injured by frost in the above decree, their nutritive property is perhaps increased, as will be more particularly noticed hereafter :— it is thereforelhose affected in the second degree that demand our special attention. Einhof, in his experiments on pota¬ toes,* is of opinion, that frost is destruc- J completely prevented, by having a store¬ house properly defended, of a size cor¬ responding to the wants of the family, " and which should be filled from the pits only after a considerable continuance of fresh weather. what is sufficient for forming the necessa¬ ry raising to throw off the rain. They are then covered with six inches of mos^y turf, with the mossy side next to the po¬ tatoes ; and, afterwards, one foot of earth over all. During the severe and John Dowlingi M ETURNS his mod f.ncerc thanks to j his friends and the public, for the veiy liberal fupport given him fince his commencement in bufmefs, and begs leave * R I must, nevertheless, remark here, that when potatoes are left completely uncovered, so that the frosty winds can directly reach their surface, that the in¬ jury the potatoes sutler is often such as not to admit of stopping (he putrefactive Stage by any other means than throwing them into boiling water in their frozen stato, by which they may stiil be rendered useful as food. 1 had frequent opportu¬ nities, during m) experiments, of observ¬ ing, that potatoes which had parts of their surface only covered from others lying upon them, were so partially affected by the frost, that the covered portions, w hen planted, produced healthy shoots, while the uncoveied were reduced to a btate of putrefaction. This took place when one thermometer sunk into the heap, and another laid on the surface, indicated the same degree cf cold. It would therefore appear, that the injury done to the organi¬ zation of the potatoe does hot depend so rnucjion thediffcrent degrees of heat and cold, as on their sudden application. Conceiving, from the nature of starch, that in potatoes sufficiently ripened, that substance could not be injured in quality or lessened in quantity by the must in¬ tense frosts, L made the following expe¬ riments. On the 20th of January 1815, T took 8 lib. of clean washed kidney potatoes, one half of which I grated down with care ; and having separated the starch in the usual way, it weighed, when dry, 84- oz. I then exposed the other half to two days and nights of severe frost, 2. lib. of which I grated down ; and, from their extreme hardness, f accomplished this with the same ease as if they had been loaf sugar. The remaining '2 lib. I by way of experiment broke small with a hammer, and which, of all methods, I consider as the most expeditious for re¬ ducing frosted potatoes into a state pro¬ ne r for extractin<? the starch. ? Groceries, Wines and Spirits, at his old (land, which he is determined te fell at the molt reduced prices, viz. Re>i Jamaica Spirits : Shrub Hoi lain! Gid Conine Brandy Cherry do. \\ hvskey i Peppermint continued frosts of 1*813-1814, this co- to inform them that he has laid in a general veiing was found sufficient tor the com- and well fele&ed flock of piete presenatlou of the potatoes. Conclusion. 1st. From the foregoing experiments and reasouir.g, it appears that, although in most winters and situations, potatoes are liable to be affected by frost in that degree as to piode.ee a considerable swe.tuess, still they are so little injured thereby, as to be lit for every purpose the} can be applied to in their sound state. 2c%. That those affected in a greater degree, may, in mast instances, by be¬ ing covered with sand or earth, be bi ought back to taeir original .slate, or by boiling made useful for food ; but that, in all cases, starch in the same quantity, and of tie same quality, may be procured from frosted potatoes, as from shove in a sound state. '.-klt/j. That, by a little precaution in the formation of pits, and attention to the time of opening them, potatoes may, with certainty, be preserved lound dui- iiu the severest waters of ibis climate. Benernrlo Port do. Sparush WINES. : Tene rifle * Malaga Beil Pickling Vinegar Lime juice. GROCERIES. ; j^£fiXJ»1^5?i^ ADVERTISEMENT THE Subscribers beg leavi refpe&fiilly to infotm their fner.us and the pub* lie, that they have jail received from Mon¬ treal, a very extenflve aad general aflort- ment of GOODS (.oo mimeraus to fpecf- fy) which will enable them to fcrv* thafe who naay be pleafe i to call at their Store, on more reafonable terms, than the llfual mole of doing buttnefs in the country cf- tabliihments. Thi> fyitem they are deter¬ mined to perfevere *n, and humbly hope it will meet with the: approbation and iup- port which it may merit. FOWKE, YVEESTER & Co. Smith's Creely K/i March, >S*9. 8«M2 Gunpowder Tea Hy<0Ti Shin do. Coffee I.oul Saga? Muscovado do. More Cloves Cinnamon SaiVron king Glass, Turk*) Ftgs Box Raisins Common do. Pearl Barlejf Prench do. Nig VAie Ponder do. * Best Poland Starclj liiack Pepper I lower Stilphcr Ground Pioger Whole do. Indian Arrow Root Sweet Almonds Bitter do, Allum '. Green Copperas : H*>t Bullish GneeSB ; \V ind or Soap \ Best tiunii-r.il Jo. ; Pine Clay ' Glauber Sails ; pearl Ash : I ngdish Mustard J Peppermint Urops * Sogai Plumbs ; Sugar Almonds : Cod Fish I Fled Herrings : Salt do. : Salt Butter I Wrought Kails, * fercnt sizes : Shingle do. ; Tapes I Needles : Twist : Cot ion Balls : Coloured do. : Black Thread, : "White and Brown do, * Writing Paper 1 Letter do. interest in the Houfe of Luther 5v Van Slyck at Prefcott, and that of Luther & Sexton at La Chine, to Mr. A. Jones of Prefcctt, Upper Canada, the Bnsiuef.l will, after the first day of March enfuing, be carried on under the Firms of Jones & Van Slyck at Prefect^ and of Levi Sexton 6: Co. at La Chine. We beg leave to refer vou to the an- nexed Notice, wherein Mr. Lufher makes himfelf refponsible with us, for any en j:i e- menta entered into by fa id Firms. \\ e feel fatiafied, from our iate experience in Busuiefs, the number of limits now owned by us, and the commodious Stores at this place ar.d La Chine, ti.at we ih ill have it in our power to give geper.il fetu* fac"tio:j. A. JONES. COKS. A. V\K SLYCK, L. SKXiON. Prefcott^ January iSth, i6'j<;. NOTICE. friHE Subfcriber having rlllpofed of 1 U -*- interest in the Houfe of Luh.er & Van Slyck, at I refcott, and that of Lull.er & Sexton, at La Chine, to Mr. A. Juries the businels will in future be carried on under the Fwqis of Jone3 8c Van Siyck at i'res- cott, and that of Levi Sexton & Co. at La Chine.—He will notwithstanding^, hold Iiimfelf refponsible with them, for any en'lavement they may make. 6 ER1 LUSHER. J NOTICE. HE usdeifigr-'d rea/icft all perfons Putrefaction, I arn, houever, led to ascribe the same effect to a different cause, viz. that tin? organization of the potatoe IS destroyed I>y the sudden application of heat, alter having been penetrated by frost. The 3-1 oz. less than from the same quantity of sound potatoes. This deficiency was easily accounted for, from the starch of the frosted potatoes requiring a greater number of washings. By frost, the pulp of the potatoe is rendered so tine, us ople in this part of the country, (Up- wlf ■ aPPl,ed '" <"* .... . u r Ward ofUnarksS.Sr^beiDg anxious ,. Potatoes» **« 6»*« ,n such■«■".*»■ ascertain the state of tl.rir potatoes in *"-.•? "0t «'a?,ed "lr Starf',' W* animal inllamiraticii from cold, will end in putrefaction, unless a low tempera¬ ture is maintained until the solids^radu- ally regaiu their former powers.t Thr well know n fact, of potatoes being often ploughed up in pprisg iii perfect preservation, after a severe winter, long since attracted my notice. In January 1809, during a very hard frost, 1 raised With a pickaxe, part cf a drill of pota¬ toes that had been left uudug, and in which could he. seen distinctly the pota¬ toes imbedded in solid ice. This f di- Tided into two portion*, both of uhich I placed in a dry cellar, and covered one with three (cct depth of sand, while the other was left lying on the floor. On ex¬ amining them in spring, I lound the po¬ tatoes included in the uncovered portion universally rotten, while these in the co¬ hered, with a few exceptions, were in ex¬ cellent preservation. In further support of this theory, [ shall observe, that, after the unusually severe frosts cf 1813-1814,many of the pe pe to ascertain me state oi uieir p pits, opened them immediately on the commencement of thaw ; and, on trial, they supposed their contents completely frosted, on which thjy threw the earth back again into the Openings. However, upon examining the pits a month after, they, to their agreeable surprise, found the potatoes perfectly restored, unlets near tu the places xohere the pits had for¬ merly been opened, the warm air having there been too Suddenly applied to the j*ofoUi,ci, sun in a *tdte of Congelation. In the beginning of harvest we h:ive often very satisfactory proofs uf the dif¬ ferent effects of the sudden and slow ap¬ plication of heat to the halm of potatoes ■penetrated by frost. If sunshine imme¬ diately sneceed t« frost, the halm is cer¬ tain to suffer materially : whereas, if the following day prove cloudy, the effects of the frost will not be visible. Jt there¬ fore appears, when potatoes have been penetrated by frost in the second decree, that the most effectual method of restor¬ ing them, so as to rcndei them tit for food, is to cover them with three feet of dry salidwh^te the frost continue&*, and so to remain untouc h>d until some weeks after thaw has taken place. It will however be found, that, nine- I discovered that the starch forms a part of the solid substance of the potatoe. Having squeezed out a quart of juice fro n frosted potatoes, I atfded an equal quantity of water, which, having stood a sufficient time, gave no starch. I then bruised in a mortar the solid parts of the squeezed potatoes, until reduced iuto a pulp, which afterwards afforded its due proportion of starch. This shows the necessity of having the potatoes, whether sound or frosted, very finely broken down, to obtain the whole of the starch. The frosted potatoes from which it is intended to extract starch, should be washed clean in very cold water while the frost continues, and then broken ar grated down, as a very considerable de¬ gree of toughness is the consequence ef their thawing, which renders this part of the process more, tedious. The starch made from the sound and frosted potatoes seemed to be in no re¬ spect different, either in appearance, or An aflbrtment of Crockery Ware* do Queen's do. Bell Dutch Long Pipes, Plug Tobacco—Candle Wick, Mould Candles—Dipp'd do. Superior dreffed Calf bkins, Beft Liquid blacking, A few articles of Dry Goods* N. B. In addition to his pre- fern (lock, he expects many other articles in his line in a Few days. King (Ion, Odober 19, 1818. 21 Executive Council Office, York, 22d July, 1H1S. "RvfOTICE h hereby give., to CHRIS- i-Nl TOPHKR THOMSON, or his Keprcfeutativp, by.order of HivHo.no/ the any pretention to the Weft half of Lot nber Seventeen m the sixth concefhon, on the Napane River, m the Townfhip of Frederick (burgh, within Six months horn this date, or the lame will be thrown open to other applicants. JOHN SMALL num I im C. £. Cj . To Let, AND immediate pofteflinn given, that pleafantly fituated HOUSE and after being washed in water at a low temperature, ana thrown iuto boiling water, where they must remain, until, by bursting, they show signs of being tho¬ roughly done, have the period of their being useful greatly lengthened. This operation prevents putrefaction taking place, which would immediately follow thaw. If the boiled potatoes were after¬ wards spread on a i\;y floor, they will remain in a state fit for feeding cattle of |.i-.ih»j Cm many weeks, ami, horn my own experience, are better suited for that purpose than sound potatoes; the change produced by frost on the mucil- age or the potatoe, of converting it into sugar, being veiy similar to that on grain by malting. As I have observed the method of pitting potatoes in this part of the country to be both simple and efficacious, it may be of use to be more generally known. Adry situation, with a gentle declivity, is al¬ ways preferred for winter pits:,* as much more loss is sustained by the totting of potatoes in these depositories than from frost? The extent of the pits, as to length ami breadth, is justly considered of lit¬ tle importance as to the keeping of the to make immediate payment, ana Juch as have accounts ag? oft the eftatr, are re¬ queued 10 prefent them for acljiiltment. Cli. A ex. Hagernjafij Daniel Hagerman, Executors. Kingflon, I5th>larchs 1819. i2 T'UESubfcnVr offers for fale his Houfe and Fa"1, together 01 f.-parate, as alfo his Horfes, Caris, ^Jeijvhs, Cow*, Hogs, Oxen, Grain, )lay, Potatoes, and Implements cf 11 nlb:>,dry, fituate on the River St. Lawrent> overlooking the beautiful village of O^denfburg, and within half a mile cf Prefcott, Upper Canada. TheDwelling houfe, which has lately been erected, coniUts of two fitting Rooms, 4 Bed rooms, a Kitchen and Cellar, well finifhed. The Farm contains 107 Acres of choice Land, well fenced, upwards of 60 of which is Pasture and Meadow, the remain¬ der Tillage and Wood Land, with a young .-___r Orchard and £ood Barn, Stable and Root- ?A UK, the property of the Rev. Alexr. honfe, and a fatal! Tenement for Labourers. McDoi.ell. For further particulars apply To a Gentleman of fpeculation. the to the fubferiber. .. ^ _,, x r above Premifes which extends 3 Acres in DUNCAN McDCNcLL. front of the River, must prove of gieat Also—\ fmall HOUSE inMore Street, advantage, as it is one of the best situa- oppofite MeflVs. Monjeau & St. Germain s. lions in the neighbourhood for the erection Apply as above of a Whaif, Brewery or Distillery, &c. rc—*** *W, SteA. 181H. 2Q Part of the purchale money, may remain on Mortgage, if agreeable to the Purchafer. . 'Application to be made to Henry Forest Efq.Montreal, John Macauljy Kingston, or the owner PETER O'BRIEN, Prescott, 26th Oa. 1818. 6tf FOR SALR, THREE valuable FARMS, two of them lying in the Township of Kingston, 3d concession ; one containing 50 acres,being a part of Waterloo, with a good House and Bain. Tan House, Bark Mill, and eleven good Tan Yats.—a good situation for a Distiller)-, there bring a constant supply of water : the other fy- itig about half a mUp -I-^.' -f W«t<er?o«», in the 3d concession, containing 153 Acres and one third, being the East and West halves of Lots No. 20 and 21, with 40 acres of improvement, well fenced, and cuts 25 tons of Hay yearly : the oth¬ er part well timbered, and a small creek running through tin; middle of the Lot. It is a handsome situation for a Dairy. For particulars enquire of JOHN RYDER, Jun. Waterloo. Jan. 90, 1819. - KkgstonyBtG. mr iSiR. • BLANKS, For the Courts of Request, and various other kinds, for sale at this Office^_________ NOTICE. THE late Partnerfhip of James Ranhn fcf Co. having difTolved Ufelf this day, by the death of Roderick Mackay, Efq. the bunnefs will in future be canied on by the fubferiber, to whom all perfons who are indebted to the above firm, will pleafe pay their accounts without delay ; and thote who may have claims againft that concern, Will pleafe prefent them for adjuftment. TAMES BANKER ' 2-|.tf NOTICE. AMES ME AG HI. P. returns lis mcji Jincere thanks to th." p ople of fcirgs- ton and its environs, for the lilcrat en¬ couragement he 1. as met ivi'.h Jir.ce h s com¬ mencing buftnefs. He legs leave tm inform his friends and the pullk, that he hai Removed to his New Houfe rear the III ar¬ id Place, oppofite to A'r. Bay man's and will as ufual carry on the Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron , Manufactory. HORSE SHOEING and BLACK¬ SMITH WORK w'M h executed in thi heft maimer, at the Jbartr/i netitit, and or* the lowcjl terms. N. 13. To rent, leafc or f1l, far tie term of ten years, and immediate / /v .'"<"/ given, that well known Jinn,dt the iVEL¬ LINGTON INN, in liar rack ///.,/. — This filiation is one of the left tn fawn, having many ctftveniences thai render it particularly well adapt 1 J. for a Houfe of Public Entertainment and Store. Apply to the Proprietor. JAMES MEAGHER, KJngJimi Feb. 5^,1819. f- ~ EGS leave to info,,-the luouc, that he has commenced n..uiufaclur.ng Poap ■& Candies in the houfe formerly occTJed « * l™ by Mr. John Size, in Store Street ; and 5 bopesthat from hi, >ng experience nnrf knowledge of the bufioefc, he will be who may favor him with their pa.on^e andfupport. ^^ BENSON. ' Kmgdon, iff MarJbiS..;. fj^N. B. Cafli Paid f .^Aflies. icnf toTet\ THE Commodious dwelling Houfe and' premifes, the property of W. Rofs. Efq. lately in the poffeili-n of Mr. Woolf. For terms application to be made to V Wm. MITCHELL. Kingftdn, Oft. mt^ i8io*. 20 FOR SALE. ON reafonable terms, two STONE HOUSES.oppofite John McLean's Efq. Sheriff.—Enquire of NICHOLAS MORIN. April 2. T4 •"^A Erneft Town, 2 1 tt Sept. 1S1S. ^OR one or mo»e years, and pofTeffion 5tf For Sale or to Let, Af TWO (lory framed Houfe, and a WjL large and commodious (lone Store, fituate on the water'; edge in the centre of TO LET. IP given immediately, That Stone houfe, fituated in Store Street lately occupied by Mr. Medcalf, with Stable, Garden and other out-houfes. The fituation of the above premifes is mod advantageous for a ^Dwelling houie. For particulars applv to FRANCIS X. ROCHELEAU. ■ Kinglton, 15 Jan. 1819. $ NOTICE. "~ ALL perfons are cautioned againft pur- chafing Lot No. 22, in the 7th con- feen times in twenty, the potatoes injur Pufatoes 5 and they are therefore regal ated ed have been lying, uncovered, ]Q barns by C!'e C0l,veni'-nces «f the -.....-- - or dwelling-houses, and exposed to direct currents of cold air. L'his might be 1 GiMin's Journal, IV. 457. + *' Ii i- c.itaii-lv enough to startle a stranger. 10 see a perton perfrctlv unknown tnvoft, run- ^•^ng up witii a handful of snow, calling oui, »our nose, sir, >osr no e, \»n are frustbitten; owner for stowingtnemsafely wkeu removed. It is, however, otherwise with the depth, which if the situation be perfectly dry, is gene¬ rally such as will allow the whole o\ the potatoes being under the surface, unless * T.:ir method mentioned b\ the Reverend Mr. How, in the Transactions of the Caledonian ii i;,r ":•' perspiration. the Village of Prefcot, on exceedingly ad- eeffion of Frederickdaurnh, or lot No. 27, in the ist concefhon of Richmond,fiom the Heirs or Affignees of Davis Hefs, as the Subfcriber holds an indifputable tide to the feme. GILBERT HAR15. Sidney, 4th Dec. 1818. " % NOTICE. A LL persons indebted to the subscri- ii ber, are requested not to pay the 6ame or any part thereof, to Duglc Came¬ ron, my late Clerk,whom I have difcharged, and any perfon to whom faid JUugle Cameron has applied for payment, within the laft Month, will do the Subfcriber a favor by informing him thereof. JOHNDOWLL\C. 31 Kingfton, Feb. 17, 1819. 8 vantageous terms t» the purchafer or lessee. Enquire at the Office of CI-h. A. HAGERMAN. Kingfton, 26th February, 1819. 9 NOTICE^ T^HE Subfcriber forbids all perfons from trefpaflhg on Lot No. 32 in the 4th conceifion 2? the Townfhip of Camden, in the coir.ty of Lenox and Ad- dington, Midland Littrfct, and does here- TT RMS of THE KINGSTON CHRONICLE. Twenty shillings per annurn; if sent hv Mail twenty four shillings, SoWripHiuis m he paid in advance to the 1st of Joly, ot iii«- Ui ot Janu- Trice of adfektisevents, IN lines and under "Is. 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