1826.] 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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the etTect ot'tliese migr;itions, on llie agriciiUiir« j give iin additional value to the productive iu- 



of the Atlantic States. Many valnable t"arm<, I 'Inslry of the country. Ciiciimslancer; liUe these 



orio'inally productive, have been abandoned, after I :ire calcultiled to stimulate the exertions of the 



the'y weve exhausted and made barren IVom con- > farmer, and to expand his views beyond the nar- 



staot cultivation, and no application of the means! row verge of his own experience. Curiosity 



to restore their lost fertility. If migrations i becomes awakened. New experiments give 



(says he) be continued under these circumstan- j birth to new discoveries. EtTocIs are traced to 



ces, some districts will liereafter exhibit all the their causes ; and Ihe knowledge of each one is 



features and poverty of a desart, and extensive no sooner acquired, than it is circulated abrnnd, 



tracts of valuable land will be a waste, to the | to become the common properly of all. The 



injury of our agriculture, manufactures, and : period, therefore, must be near when the art of 



commerce." But, fortunate for us, the evil has | husbandry, founded upon correct theory, shall 



proved less than was anticipated. This migra- 1 he rcduceil to a system ; when the f.irmer shall 1 the most common understandings. The light of 



tory sjiirit not only begins to be appalled by dis- 1 no longer be condemned to grope and plod his science was not wanting to leach man, that 



tance, but other and more effectual barriers are [ w^ay, with nothing to direct, save the tradition- 1 grapes were not (o he gathered from thorns, or 



daily rising up to repress it ; among tKe most ary practices of his fathers. 



Amid this zeal of inquiry, however, project- J 



ors may arise. Many idle speculations may be I 



entertained, and Jahe theories promulgated. — 



These are in(;idental evils, that may he expect- 



ol ciops, our laud is made to yield a pcienniui 

 harvest ; aD<l >ve have learned, that to restore 

 a wasted and impoverished soil, manure is as 

 powerful an agent in the hands of the farmer as 

 the plough. 



Let not the farmer imagine, however, that 

 every fact is to be learned from untaught expe- 

 rience or observation alone. Many jm(iorlant 

 lads lie hidden and concealed, ami require the 

 aid of the sciences to delect them. In the art 

 ol husbandry there are, to be sure, as in every 

 other art, certain axioms which are obvious to 



insuperable of which, is the manulacturing en- 

 terprise of New-England. 



But, notwithstanding the operation of causes, 

 thus peculiar to the situation of our country, 

 and unfavorable to the early adoption of a sys- 

 tem of rural economy more liberal and enlight- 

 ened, much has been achieved. In New-Eng- 



ligs from thistles. Every ordinary tarmei knows 

 that his land must be cleared from noxious 

 weeds; must be kept rich, and free from siipcr- 

 flnous moisture. But, to enable the farmer to 

 praclise with success, even upon these general 



ed to arise from free thinking, and free discus- ; principles of his art, he must perfectly under- 



sion. They are evils which have attended the [ stand the character of his farm : 



progress of the most accurate sciences, from the | " The force and genius of each ?oiI explore; 



land,;while time and industry have been produc- 1 period of their first dawning to that of their ma- ; To -nhat adapted ; what it s-huns averse." 



ing a gradual melioration of the soil, improve- 

 ments have been made in the art of cultivation. 

 The adaptation of plants to the varieties of soils 

 is better understood. A more judicious rotation 

 of crops has succeeded to thai unil'nrm mode of 

 cropjiing and exhausling. Implements of hus- 

 bandry have undergone a complete change for 

 (he better. Our stock has received more at- 

 tention, and increased in excellence. And Ihe 

 management of the dairy, to the credit of the 

 female department be it said, has arrived to so 

 high a point of perfectinn, that the boasted skill 

 of Cheshire need not scorn a comparison with 

 that even of our own county. 



For many of these improvement^ wfl- ore 

 greatly indebted to the establishment ol' numer- 

 ous Agricultural Societies, or Associations, in 



turity. Indeed, every department of life affords I Yet, without the aid of science, the properties 

 instances, in which the love of speculative re- of soil cannot be investigated, or the farmer be 

 linement has involved man in cnor, and led him able to deterniine,Hith precision, what influpnce 

 from Ihe straight path of useful industry. But, its various compositions may have upon ditTer- 

 for causes like these, all theoretical knowledge eiit modes of cultivation. 



is not to be condemned, or all inquiry abandon- 

 ed. Practical skill alone may be a suliicient 

 guide to Ihe farmer, in conducting the ordinary 

 details of his business; but, to enable him to 

 avail himself of every ailvantage which his sit- 



(7'o be cortcluded ne.rl 'j;etk.') 



fHassacIiusctts ItrgislatuiT. 



SS27ATS. MARCH, 1.— The resolve from 

 lalion may jiresent, to e'lable him to rise above i t'le House to appropriate gCOO annually, for the exe- 

 every obstacle which chance or accident rnav ' "^"''"^ '^"'*'"''*''™ "' ""^ Anniversary of -American !n- 

 Ihrow in his way. and prepare him for untried ; ^'^P'"''*'-"" passed in conrurrthce.— The bill respect- 

 i.(v„ u- „ " ■ 1 1 •• 1 I iiiir .Merchants aiitl factors was discus'ed. and referred 



d.thculties, experience and si'<!<-.ulation must he i (^''i,,^ „p^i ,^,„:,|,„,e._The bill on the s.lject of 

 combined. ! laying -^^ul Highways, at'ter debate, passed to Le eu- 



Our sperulatiens, however, upon Ihe subject ' ^rotsed, Yea's ]R, Nays 13.— 'Ihe bill on the tiil ject of 

 of Agriculture, will be in a decree true or false I l-ot'^r'^s wrs referred to a Coramittee which the next 



raendments. — The Annual Tax bill, after debate and 

 ' amendment, passed to be engrossed, but the amtnd- 



Ihe various sections of our country, which, un- :" they are founded more or less upon a care-' '^^-^ reported a concurrence in the bill with sundry a 



der the direction ol intelligent and patriotic 



individuals, have infused new life and vigor 



into this interesting branch of industry But 



much remains yet lobe accomplished; and, 



nlthough we have realized much from the past, 



we have still greater things to hope from the 



future. 



There never was a period, perhap.s, when 

 the sons of industry had more cause to ba en- 

 couraged; when so many circum'^tances conspir- 

 ed to promise them success. The spirit of the 

 times is peace. The civilize<l world begins to 

 turn with horror and disgust trom scenes of 

 bloodshed. The public mind has become a- 



ful and extensive observation of facts. In this 



as in every other subject, if false premises he ; ments were on the 3d inst nefjatived by tbe House 

 nssurned, false conclusions are inevitable. So: MARCH 2. — A number of bills passed to be enact- 

 far, therefore, as we can behold facts, so far we ^'^ ; amon^ which were several to establish manufac- 



may proceed with safety. But he that becomes ''•"'"S '^"'"P^"'^"' 



„,l.,„ ,,„ 1 . •, I . ■ 1 ' MARCH 3. — Eils passed to authorize the erection 



adventurous, and is no onser content o keen , p., , c ^,i n « »„ i < .t, 



. ' *" ' of a iree Bridge to Koulh Boston ; to regulate the re- 

 in s!^/i? o/- /,i,irf and explore the const, but weighs turns of the Banks; to incorporate the Salem Mill 

 anchor and sets sail to discover some other un- Dam, Sec. 



knoxi-n world, will soon find himself on a wide 

 perilous sea, and in danger of being swallowed 



MARCH 4. — A. resolve was passed that the several 

 Banks in this State, shall, in their next semi-annual 

 return make a statement of the amount of the Capital 



more frequently than from any imperfection in 

 our mode of reasoning; and this is particularly 

 wakened to a more lively sense of the benefits I true of the subject of Asrricultiire. Thus Ihe 

 to be derived from the peaceful pursuits of so- doctrine, that the earth needed repose, or that 

 ciely; and efforts seem every where making to the land must have a jubilee or season of rest, 

 promote the ha[)pine.ss of man, by improving his and the still more ingenious theory, of Tull and 

 physical condition. A spirit of inquiry has gone his disciples, that Ihe plough alone would invi- 



up in its fathomless abyss. Errors in theory ■•'.turn maKe a siatemeni o, me am< 



. „ 1- ., 1 , II r r stock of said Banks owned m boston. — 1 he thanks of 



arise from a too lim'ted knowledge of facts, ; ,),^ g^^.,,^ ,.^,.,^ p^^^.^i^^, (^ihe Hon.Mr Sil5bee,Pres- 



ahroad. Science has come forth from her re 

 tirement, to radiate her light upon the useful 

 arts ; and all ranks seem animated with an ardor 

 for enterprise and improvement. In or.r own 

 country, not only have .Agricultural Associations 

 been established, to extend inquiry and advance 

 the art of cultivation ; not only have books and 

 periodical publications been mulliiiheil, to dif- 

 fuse inl'ormation and enlarge our knowledge of 

 this most interesling subject ; but grand schemes 

 ot internal improvemeni are dailv going into 

 successful operation, to ' 'cil.late the means of 



ident, to which he returned a suitable reply. 



HOUSE. MARCH 1— The bill respeclin; 

 shavis in incorporated companies was indefinitely post- 

 poned. A bill relative to lotteries passed to be engrossed 

 and was sent to the Senate. — The bill from the Senate 

 limiting the liability of stockholders in IManufactuving 

 C'nrpoiations was, after debate, indefinitely postponed, 

 gorale the exhausted powers of nature, are er- 1 MARCH 2— The bill to authorize the erection of a 

 rors in husbandry that could proceed only from Btidge at South Boston, after debate, passed to engros- 

 sed. 



a too imperfect knowledge of the character of 

 soil and Ihe economy ol^ vegetation. It had 

 been learned from experience, that land would 

 not endure Ihe same tillage, and yield the Sflme 

 crop, year after year; therefore, it was con- 

 cluded, that it ir\u<i lie fallow in oider to be re- 

 cruit 

 the 



red that it might do every thing. A more ex- 1 ,hp Penate <-.i. the am. iidmeri= to the Tax bill— The 

 tended knowledge of facts has served 'o explode House was then prorogued to the last Tuesday of May 



MAR.CH 3. — The Resolves from the Senate author- 

 izing the appointment of Commissioners and an F.i-gin- 

 eer on the subject of Railways, were indefinitely post- 

 poned. 



MARCH 4 — The thanks of the House were present- 

 ed to PJon. Timothy Fuller, Speaker, who made a suit- 



ited; and, because it was discovered that i j'^'^ '•'^P'y—'T''^ '^'"/'T '*''' *^'""!" ""'!?'' f'.'J"'*,"'' 

 , , 1, , u ■. u .1 • r Lotteries, was passed, alter ameuilment, both by the 



plouffh would do much, it was hastily inter- c .„ .!j « , tL^ h„.,„o ,,r„-o^ i„ ^„„,,,/„.:ii, 



^. . , . , . ^ benate ana Hnuse. I he rlouse reiti-eo to concur wiln 



tommercial intercourse and exchange, and to such errors. At the present day, by a rotation next. 



