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NEW ENGLAND F AR'^SER. 



[Dec. 9, 



From the Belvidere ApoUn. 



ir 7„fil,o rnof oxtpndedlin il? improvement. One of (lio principal 



, '" "", ""Tr'T.v H Te " V it wo lid a Tor.r>. brnnci.e. ol' .l,e science of AgricnU.uo is that 

 __ jCopMcieraWy beyond *« '3' "«"^' , ,, ,^^^h,, ,„ ameliornle soils l.y n j.Khco.s 



Messrs. Editors: This is llie season of tl.e , convenient cover or fo.mmg a l>eap comp ( . _ _ _,^^ _^ _^^ _^ ,_^ ^_ ,,^^„^^ 



year (o clear meadows of the bogs thot freqnent- ' from the d.ing o ^ Uie^^vnie. 



"iy grow on low lands, and I '^""''' ^",7"?^"''j V' F W FNGI.AND FARMt^H- 

 from my own experience, to cut up the bogs 1> fc. '^^ l^i>(V:rlj/4.i^x^ Jl 



and build fence with them, by which means the 

 land is doubly benefited : first, by cloiring it oi 



that which is injurious, and secondly, by making 

 a fence which i^ equally substantial with that 



nilDAY, DECF.MBF.R 9, 182!; 



MASS.\CHUSr,TTS AGRICULTURAL COLIXGE- 

 The Franklin Post, a well condtirird newspa 



made of stone, independent of its compactness : i ppr printed at Greenheld,!\Iass. m malung some 

 After having tried dilTerent methods, 1 would „pjnnrks on the proposed establishment o) a sem- 

 recommend laying them after the manner of j^^rv for the education of yonlh designed tor ag- 

 stone fence: on low or wet lands it will settle Li(.,,'ilnral nnil mechanical pursuits, says " There 

 much slower than on npl.ind : the wild grass U^ pmbably but one opinion concerninsf the ntil- 

 will ce:ise to grow, and a spear commence, j j(y pf s.,ch a seminary, in th^ j.ppsont stal^^ot 

 which in two years will connect the bogs. I 



mixture of other soils, as well as by ii proper 

 application of substances which we slyle ma- 

 nures. If the soil "is situated in one ol the 

 rr.-hest agrirullural regions of the world, where 

 a <^ood system of agriculhire has been for many 

 ye'ars pursued." there will be littb> to be ex- 

 pected from any exhibition of the effects nl ag- 

 ricullural science in the imprm<e:,ient nf soils.—- 

 Wh;'t nature has rnide perfect art cannot anieli- 

 orale. Any ignorant cultivator m.ay make a 

 paradise produclive, but it requires superior 

 skill lo cause " the wilderness to blossom."' 

 The value of the fruits of the earth in (he 



. . , '^, ! neighbourhood of Boston will be grealer than 



society, and the progress ot agriCMlluro. -^ "^ i (|,eV wouhl be at a considerable dislance Irom 

 only subject of discussion will be the r,'""r'^'' ',"• j |j^.,-|.p, ^ larger pro;.ortion of the expenses 

 cation " ' ' - . - 



would advise laying the lence three teet at bot- 

 tom and four ("eet in heighlh, with one lateral 

 rail supported by stakes at each end, usually 

 termed " stakes and rider," which will keep it 

 to its place, although it settles consiilerably the 

 first year, and gradually afterward*. I am con- 

 vinced from four years' experience, that it will (oru many anvniua};t:?, »iinii 



endure ten years wilhout any additional bogs, and ijnyed in an interior location; and there are 

 it can be laid up at one-tenth expen-e of ilmt gome objections, which may be Ihoughl to cnun- 



^ K would seem at (be first view' that the 



country would furnish the most eligible situation 

 for an in'litution whose principal design is con- 

 nect. -d with the business of the country. The 

 vicinity of the university would undoubtedly af- 

 ford m"any advantages, which would not be en 



which is miide from stone. ECONOMY. 



Independence, (N.J.) November 17,1825. 



,. , of the prnpo=ed Seminary might be paid by (be 

 '."'""" I produc's of the labour of the pupiU, if those pro- 

 '*' *"""' ' duels rould be sent fresh to Boston market, than 

 could he obtained from similar arlicles raised at 

 a distance from it The advantages of obtain- 

 inc- Scientific'infnrmalionaswell in Agriculture, 

 as^'in other useful arts, are much greater in Bos- 

 Ion .nnd its neighbourhood than in any country 

 itown! The Lir.rary of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 1 culinral Society— that c( Havard University, the 

 books of the Athenaeum, and many valuable pii- 



terbalance this advantage. We have introduced 

 this subject for the purpose of calling attention 



. to the petition of the Trustees of Deerfi-ld Acad- ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ 



HOGS.— A good sly is of the utmost im- j gmy, presented to the Legislature at the '■'"' j ^.j,,^ m.^.^ries might and undoubtedly would he 

 portance in fatling hogs. Nor is it less impor- i ggssion, to be incorporated as an agricultural j^^ ^^^^^^^.^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^.^^Ig ^.^j^jKlop,^ to all per- 

 tant for keeping Them iu winter ; as, the more Lp^innry, embracing the ot>jects proposed at the |^'^^ ;,--^^^^^^^p^l j^^ ,,,g proposed inslitui;«n. 

 comfortably they are kept, the less nourishment! meeting' at Boston. If it should lie thought P'=-fpjg^^ ^^^^,5 i,Tiproved implements in Agriculture 

 they require. The sly shouhl be proportioned j pgdient to locate the institution at a '''"'''"'^^ j ^^,j ,1^'p Ap,s might be inspected gratis, in larger 

 in size to the number of swine it is to contain. 1 fp^rn the Metropolis,we know of no place, which '_^^^j ^^^^^ com'jdele repositories than can be 



e is probably suffi-i possesses superior natural advantages for ''''J'^.'";'j- i ,,- obtained in any part of the coiujiry. 



found or obtained in any part ot the counlry. 

 Likewise a greater number of our most disliii- 

 . , ,.j \ ..,. i.iiiM fcieniinc agrii..i(iuri^ls, as well 

 as'our best artists, of every description, leside 

 in Boston and its neighbourhood, than can be 

 found in any part of the country of the same ex- 

 tent. In sbo'rt the advantages for obtaining every 

 kind of information which it is (be object nl the 

 propos"d institution to acquire and disseminate 

 are much gre;iter in Boston and its neighbour- 

 hood (han'^m any otlier part of New England, 

 unless mineralogical and geological science may 

 form an exception. S(ill it is a mailer of doubt 



One of sixteen feet by twelve .- , .. , |,,,^c-t.-.:.i.n ..., 



cient for eight fatting swine. It should be di- j ^pipa all llie hcnelils of such a seminary, it is 

 vided into two aparlmcnts ; (hat in the rear, 1 pjdia'^ed in one of (be ricliest agricultural regions ; 

 which should be about six feet wide, sliould be ' „(• )k» „,«..m .^i.^re the pom <^rc ^r -••'"■■"""j 

 clo=e and warm for the hog, la lie In. nere ^^v be tested lo the utmost, and where a g-'or. 

 they should have a constant supply of dry litter,! gyctem of agriculture has (or years beeii pirsu- 

 when the weather is cool ; for i( is an essential ; ed. II is provided with a building, which will 

 point to keep them comfortable. The front ; i,e sufficiently large and commiMlmus tor the 

 part of the sty. which would then be about ten ; ^.^nls of the proposed institution lor several 

 feet wide, should have the floor descending on : ypnrs. The academy posses-^es a good set ot 

 one side for the tilth to run off; and on ibis apparatus for philosophical and chemical exjic- 

 side should be an opening. The (rough should rimenls, and a cabinet of minerals, collected by 

 be on the upper side, covered with one or more Professor Hitchcock of Airdicrst College. I be 



lids; and upright pieces should be set before it, (nwn and adjacent country present a hue held ^^^^^^^^^ ^1^^ '^^^^^^1^^ j^ the neightiourhood of 

 at such distances apart as that one hog only for geological, mineralogical and bolanical ■"«■: p^gip,^ j„.,y pn, ppp.ient as fine a fiehl for research- 

 could put his head between any two of them, in searches, which will be important p;uts o( "'*' : p, tending to improvements in mineralogy and 

 order that, while feeding, the weaker animals plan of education. There is a large school li- |^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^.1^^. p^P( p, ,1,^ („jo„ 



should be protected against the stronger. The hrary in (he village, accessible on reasonable j j, ^ny be lirged that (he aliurcmenls (o dis- 

 whole should be covered with a roof; for it is conditions, to all persons. All these ="'*'^"'^p^'' ' j;jpation are greater in Boston (ban in (he conn- 

 essential that (hey be protected from slorms, ' would be enjoyed at the commencement with-j^^^ But any evil from that source may easily 

 \vliile they are in the outer or feeding apartment. ! out drawing upon the liberality of the public ; ; ^^^ obviated by (he discipline of the Seminary. 

 According to the I'oregoing, if sixteen hogs are ' and in addition lo these (he funds ol (he academy ,^^^ p„pj|s n\',\\ be prohibited from visiting this 



' ' ' "' "'" '' city except under the superinlendence of one 



of the ins(ruc(ors of the institution, or some 

 other means may be adop(cd (o preserve them 

 from being tempted, or led astray by the fascin- 

 ations of this Metropolis. 



We have been politely favoured by the Ad. 



to be kept or fat(cd in the sly, il should bo thir- j are to be reckoned. It is believed that few il 



ty-two feet long and twelve wide, and in (hat any country towns are more eligible in every 



case there might be a sleeping apartment at respect than this for the location of an Agncul- 



cach end. These aparlmenis should again be ! tural College. We, however, merely state these 



subdivided, that, for the quiet of the animals, ] loose thoughts for the consideration of those 



particularly in fatling, too many may not be 1 who may feel an interest in the subject.' 



forced to lie together. It would probably be I Notw'ithstanding the advantages (hus^cnume- ^ „ ^ .,.,,.. „,,.. , j 



best also to <)ivide the feeding apartment ; forirated by the Editor of the Franklin I'^^'i ""'' i ,[,or^ ,v|(l, a manuscri|)l copy of a learned and 

 too many hogs kept tngotber are not apt to en- j undoubtedly of much importance, we think that ip,gpp,,j„g. Address, delivered before (he Ply. 

 joy thatpeace and quiet which is necessary to j similar advantages, with some other accommo- j^^mi, Agricultural Society, at Bridgewater, 

 their fatling well. Posts should also be set up ! datinns of a superior nature may be enjoyed by Qg( 5^ ) ;!"o5 |,y j. £, Howard, Esq.' Il will 



,„M ..c .-.;i up Illations ot a superior nature may he enjoyed by 



in the sly for the hogs lo rub (hemselvcs. If j an AgricuKural Seminary, wi(h a location in the 

 thiily-two hogs arc to he kept or fatted, then, | vicinity of Boston. If the soil in this neighbor- 

 perhaps, the better way is, to have two stys, of I bond is not naturally so fertile as that of the 

 the dimensions last doscrilied, placed together, 1 rich alluvial lands winch compose the valley of 

 with a roof over the whole, and a passage i Connecticut river, there will be the more room 

 between them for the purpose of carrying food ' and occasion for the display of agricultural skill 



Oct. f>, l.'i'i.'), by .1. E. Howard, Esq. Il will 

 soon be an en to the public through the columns 

 of the ISew England Farmer. 



Mr. Ben.i. MuncF, is at present on a lour 

 through pan of N''w Hunpshire and Vermont, 

 and is an authorised Agent for this paper. 



