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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Jan. G, 



NEW E\01jAND EA Il'\l ER. ' '''® recommeiulHlion of a correct iuid orflcrly 

 _^ — _ ^ ■ system arul sucli rules iis ii.'iiv UmhI I'j insiiire 



FRIUAY, JANtAkV 6, Uis;6 



j contiileiice. 



JVew Eugtand Society for the Kncovrogemenl of< 6. The bonrJ o! mnn;.gers, or l.y ivlu.tever 

 the Manufacturvig end 'Mechanic .Irr.c— In oifr j "''e th?y iDiiv be clesigniUed, will provide (or 

 paper ot'the 23J ull. pnge 1 7 !, wc g;ive a Lirief exhibitions ot the skill and talents ot all our 

 notice of this proi.used li.stiiuiiuii ; but the im- j m.inulac-tiirers, nrtisis i.rtiz^ins and mechanics of 

 j.ortance of its nhjecis and Ibe respertabilitv of j every description, at sue!) Utiles, as they may 

 7he association for rnrryins them into cti'ecl". in- 1 "i'"'' "le l"il'l'C interests shall require — the 

 duce us to return to the subjert. ! same to be held in Dostoii. and ot which ample 



The lirst meeting; of ihe association was held public noUce shall be given. 

 in Boston on the 2d of iXovemler, Hoa. IsraklI "^^ P'eminms shall be announced and dislrib- 

 TnORNDiKE chairman. A number of re.-ohitions ' "'t'l tor the best productions in all the manufac- ; 



were passed, and a rnmmittee ol seventeen ap- 

 pointed to prepare a constitution for the propos- 

 ed association, to be reported at a subsequent 

 meeting, having power, if they deemed it expe- 

 dient, to increase the committee to twenty-live, 

 by electing members re'^idenl out of the State. 

 The following persons were chosen on this com- 

 mittee : — JoH.\' LowKLL of Pioxbiiry — Jonas Ken- 

 dall of Leominster — James Shepherd of North- 

 ampton — Seth Bemis of W'ateitoivn, — S.nntiel 

 Crocker of Taunion — Dezalf'el Tali, jr. of Ux- 

 bridge — liflward S. K^nd of l\ewl)urvport — Ph. 

 Case of S.ilem, — and Amos Lawrence, Nathan 



turing and mechanic aris, without favor or pre- 1 

 pidice. The managers shall however have thej 

 power to iletertnine to which and how many; 

 branchf s Iheir preniiumsshall be awarded, u ilh- , 

 out prejudice or any other consideration other' 

 than their opinion of the comparati\e iinpor-l 

 tancc of them. j 



G. Liberal rewards or honorable notice shalT 

 be offered to at! ingeniou* aitistti in ev ery branch j 

 of mechanic iadustry tor any new invention j 

 which shall be first communicated to the socie- 1 



..I 

 9. As soon as the funds will perrn;t, provision 



Appleton, George Bond, L"wis Tappan, Patrick '*i''" '"* nv,\A>i lor oprning a correspondence 

 T.Jackson, Gerry Fairbanks, Joseph i'.v eleth, ' "''" '''^ arlizans of ev ery j>at t of Europe, to 

 Edmund AIonioe,and Fiaucis C. Gray of Boston. ; '''^ inleul that we rnay avail ourselves as early 



IS possible, of all improvemfnls in any branch 

 Ihe mecb.nnc arts, and such improvement so 



'J'lie si'coud Uit'eiing was iLPld in Buiton on Ihe 

 21st ol December, nl «hirh «e gave some ac- 



count. It m.iy be well, howe\er, to give ill large obtaincil shall be open to all the members of 

 the ^ 'he society. 



10. The association will [irovide the means 

 of affording to ihnse who m-iy exhibit their ar- 

 ticles at Ihe shoivs, an op[)orluni!y of selling 

 them at public auction, on terms which shall be 

 annoiiiired. 



(Signid) JOHN LOWELL, Chalmmn. 



At this meetirig a C'ommillf"' of five w.is cho- 

 sen to reporl a nomination at a fu'.ure inreling. 

 This Committee consi-ted of Samuel Perkins, 

 Nathan Appleion, Gonrge Bond, Gerry Fair- 



'branch' '''"'^'*' '""' ''"-'"'' '^'"I'l'''"- 



' The third meeling was held Dec. 27. Mr Per- 

 kins from the Nnmin.iting Commit lee reported 

 ihe loliowing list of names: Patrick 1'. Jackson, 

 Samuel yiiephcid of Northampton — Edward S. 

 Rand of Nevvburyporl — Bezaleel Tal'l, jun. of 

 Uxbiidge — Nathaniel Sil^fee ol Salein — Samuel 

 Crocker ofTannlon — .lo»o|>li II. ill of Springlield 



Genentl Plan of an .hsociation for the encoi/ra^e 

 mcnl oj Duiiiesiic Indimlni in all its brandies, to 

 which Associalinn it is prnjjnsed to give the name \ 

 of Ike " .Very Englnnd Snciety far the enconr-> 

 ogemenl of the Mannfaclurina and Mcclinnic] 

 Arts:' 1 



\. The Associ.ition shall ONlend fo every' 

 branch of the minufacluring and inc-cbanic artsi 

 which contribute to the comfort, convenience,! 

 enjoyment and prnsppiily of the country. No 

 favour whatever shall be given to one 

 over another, except in propoition to what may 

 be deemed by the repro«enlali\ es of all, th^ir 

 relative importance to society. 



2. The association shall '(dicit from Ihe Le- 

 gislature of Ma-<sachiisells an act of incorpora- 

 tion enabling tln-m to hold properly lor the val-' 

 uable purposes of the inslituiion. i 



3. The elections shall be rounded on the prin- 1 

 ciple of perl'ect equality, e»erv member being 

 entitled to vote wilhout regard to Ihe amount of 

 his subscription or the Slate in which he resides. 

 The officers may be chosen from any of the New 

 England Stales in which thnre may be niembcrs. 



4. Every person subscribing two dollars per 

 annum shall be enlilk'd to all the privileges ol' 

 a member so long as he shall continue to pay 

 his subscription wiihin the time limited forsuch 

 payment, and all porsons payiiiii livenlyfive dol- 

 lars shall be memliers for life, subject to no an- 

 nual subst.ri|>tions. 



5. The associates will give Iheir aid. and en 

 couragement to public sales of domestic arti- 

 cles, at slated tunes wilhm the city of Boston, 

 to the end to atfunl a home markt'l for the dis- 



— and Samuel Perkins, i-aac Parker, Edmund 

 Monroe, Gorry Fail banks, Ainoi Lawrence, Jiio. 

 Doggetl, Francis C. Gray, William Parker, Ch 

 P. Cuilis, Jcisejib Eielelb. Roiiert Rogrrson, G. 

 Darracolt, Daniel Tre.idvvell, Cvm* Algpr, S. 

 Billings, Willi.im Tileslon, George Safi'ord, Lew- 

 is Tap]ian, John Rayncr, L3man Tiffany, Isaac 

 Mead, and Benjamin Lonng of Boslou. This 

 report was accepled. 



There was some debate on Ihe subject of 

 making ap|)licalion to the Legislature for the 

 repeal of auction dulios, which, on motion of 

 :Mr (iray, was left to the Commillee to decide 

 on. 



'J'be above is but a brief sketch of the pro- 

 ceeilings of the Association, but it iii.iy, perhaps 

 serve to explain its objocls, which ne^'d only to 



iv/ I iiu i.w'j I.. ..ii>-i II ,1 iiuiijf; iii.ii iv^'l Hir nit! CMS- I 1 1 , J . I 111 II I ■ 



•,,.c..t .,r .,11 ii,o „i ; . .■ w 1^ , ,1 , be undri>luod to be highly appiecialod by a dls. 



posal ol all ttie olM^cts of Nevv Knir and Indus- • , b j i i 



, .. 'in , ;ii I .1 ,• . '"""• ceining coinmunilv. 



try. 1 bey will be llie organs ol Ihe several • 



detached parts of the manufacturing and mc- ii ,- i, i } n ■ ',~ i o ■ /• r 

 rti-.nir- ,1 r,„,i..i ... I I,. II .1 I , J lorticnliural uiid Jlgricullurai Socictii of Jamutca. 



cnanic.il capilal afid skill, and endoavour o pro- \„ i„ , , , ',i ,i ,,i ■ "^ i . i 



,,,,_„ .„,. II,. m ^.. (• :i', ,1 • . '»" 'ii>lilulion with this litle has been eslab- 



i^ure .or llitm every (acllilv in their power byli-.i i ,- t , , ,, 



' ■ lished 111 Jamaica, and on luyuurab e auspices. 



The lir-t general iMeeting of this Institution wag 

 hehl at Kingston, the 2blh of January, 1825. — 

 The Duke of iManchestep,,, Governor of Jamai- 

 ca, is Patron of the Society, and Dr BANCRorx, 

 President. Among Ihe Honorary Wpinbers o|' 

 the Council are The Right Reverend ihe Lord 

 Bishop o( Jamaica, the Honourable William An- 

 GLiN ScARiEif, Chief Jiislice, and the Honoura- 

 ble Wii.i.iAM Blt.oe, A^liu'ney General. Gi:orgi. 

 IManmrs, the Briti'h Consul, in this city, and 

 John Ski.nne.",, of Baliimore, have been elected 

 Corres|)onding Members of this Society. 



Anions Ihe subjects for information on which, 

 prizes shall be oll'ered ; the comniunications to 

 be sent to the Secretary by the 15:h (>f Kovem 

 her 132G, are "The natural history of the in- 

 sects, birds, and other animal*, most destructive 

 to vegetation, and the most effectual means ot 

 hindering or counteracting their r.ivages. The 

 most economical modes of irrigating (hit and 

 mounlainous lands, with the least wasic of the 

 most niilrilious parts of the soil. The most eco- 

 nomical and effectual modes of draining marshy 

 soils, .^ny valuable medical iiroperly in plants 

 hilherlo nnknonn. Descripiions of jil.ints not 

 previnusiy known, or known imperfectly, with 

 their botanical characters, and with specimens 

 of each plant described, if practicable.*' 'I'he 

 prizes lo be bestowed by the Society shall con- 

 sist of silver Med.ils of two sizes, and of luiini- 

 ums in money." 



Fine Potatoes — X genileman ha« sent to our 

 office Samples of Potatoes, of uncommon size, 

 and excellent quality, which were raised in the 

 vicinity of Quebec. They are called the Eng- 

 lish Kidney Polaloe. They are the largest and 

 linest, to afvpear.mce.of any we have ever seen. 

 When boiled they exhibit a yellow colour like 

 ttiH sweet or Carolina Potatoes, resemble tlif-m 

 in flavour, and gooil judges of ihis kind of edible 

 tell us they are the most palatable of any, w hich 

 they hav e ever lasted. 



Pnialnes require a damp and cool climate ; 

 and it may be that those to which we refer de- 

 rive their superionly, wholly, or in |>art. from 

 the soil and ^lluation in which they were raised, 

 if so, (be circumstance affords no objeclinn a- 

 gainst them to the lovers of good eating. It", 

 however, (hey will not sunn dogenoiate, when 

 Iransplantrd to this part of the country, they 

 will prove a great acquisition lo New England 

 Farmers. Esperiments only (and we hope 

 Ihey will be numerolls^ can decide this point. 

 A large quantity of these potaloosare deposited 

 for .sale in a cellar under the Meeling-llouse, in 

 Chauncy place, near Summer-street. 



To make Composiiion Puinl. — Take 50 lbs of 

 chalk ground as (^iie as possible with a rolling 

 pin. one gallon of linseed oil. and -f lbs. of rosin; 

 simmer them well together until the rosin is 

 midted. First mix ihe chalk vvilh skim milk, 

 then put in ynni oil — slir them together, and 

 run the whole through a paint mill — then lake 

 ■IS much milk as is nece«sary to lay on your 

 paint — paint over twice. — London paper. 



\\ gentlcm in who gave us the above, assures 

 us that he has asierlained by experiment that 

 Ihe Composition I'ainl, made according to Ihe 

 recipe will answer a valuable purpose. — En. N 

 E. Fariu.r.] 



