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Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of AgricuUure, as ex- 

 pressed in the report on bulls, and the practical observations 

 and comparisons contained in that report, upon the peculiar | 

 properties of different breeds as adapted to different localities, 

 and of the character of the stock heretofore reared and used in 

 the county, will excite to still further enquiry, and cannot fail 

 to admonish to more discriminating and judicious selections, 

 and secure corresponding improvement of the stock to the par- ' 

 ticular purposes for which its qualities are best suited. 



The reports on the cultivation of root crops, will prove highly 

 useful to the practical husbandman. Iti the discouragement 

 which the disease of the potato has given to the cultivation of 

 an esculent, hitherto so universally used as food both for man 

 and beast, it is consolatory to learn, that another vegetable, 

 much more valuable in its use for the latter, and hardly more 

 costly in its production, is to be had in the carrot. The satis- 

 factory experiments, as detailed in the statements, show the 

 certain profits of a well cultivated carrot field, and the great 

 advantage of the crop, in the keeping of stock. Mr. Dodge's 

 estimate of the relative value of the different varieties of roots 

 for this purpose, is worthy the profound regard of every farmer. 

 The representation of Mr. Wheeler, that he has grown the car- 

 rot on the same land for six successive years with increasing 

 advantage, and at last with a surprisingly large crop, presents a 

 new fact in rural economy for the consideration of the advo- 

 cates of rotation ; while a no less novel result, in the cultiva- 

 tion by Mr. Lincoln, of a buck wheat stubble, should lead to 

 further experiments upon the effect of that plant on succeeding 

 crops. The new variety of potato, also mentioned by Mr. 

 Lincoln, commends jiself to farther cultivation. 



The prize essay, " on the means to be used to create a greater 

 interest in the cause of agriculture," by the Rev. T. D. P. 

 Stone, the chaplain and principal instructor of the State Reform 

 School, at Westborough, will not fail to arrest attention. With 

 great directness and force, he has pointed to defects in our sys- 

 tem of public instruction, and indicated methods by which to 

 diffuse practical knowledge through the laboring masses of an 

 agricultural community. May it not be hoped that his sugges- 

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