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Sl)c -farmer's iHcini[)ljj lltsitor. 



a professor ofrclif^ion; and lie aclornecl that pro- 

 ti^f^ioii liy a iiriilonn arid oonsislenl example, the 

 ahiiiidaiit li-iiiis ol'wiiicli lie reaped at the time o( 

 Ills fjieatest need. 



He was early in the war of the revolution. At 

 the hattle of Bunker Mill, he was iipoii Charles- 

 town iieek, and much exposed to the fire of the 

 enerny. He was afterwards at New York cily 

 and in the liatile with linrL'oyrie. Some inter- 

 esliiif; partienlars ol'the last hattle he has related. 

 He was attached to the oidy company of ar 

 tillery which was in that hatllc. They went upon 

 the field with their pieces loaded with round 

 .■shot. As they were advaiicinjr, very nne.\pected- 

 ly a eomfiany of Hessians who had been con- 

 cealed, presenled themselves at the distance of 

 of only eight and a half rods, and fned upon the 

 artillery. Slran;^e as it may seem, not a man was 

 killed. Tlie captain was slightly wounded in the 

 arm, and the advance pieci; struck in a nnmher 

 ot jilaces. A retreat was immediately ordered, 

 the company heiiiff a little too near to discharge 

 their pieces to advantage. When at a suitalile 

 distance iliey halted, and cointnenced their tire 

 upon the Hi-ssians. The first discharge dill little 

 execution. They then charged with canister, 

 containing f)ity lead ounce balls. These did 

 their filial work. They swept the entire ranks of 

 the Hessians. Jt was like a svvarth cut in very 

 tall, heavy grass. They had been engaged but a 

 short lime, when they saw a company of innnitry 

 advancing upon the rear on their leit ; and they 

 quickly discovered the object of this movement. 

 The cmnpany of inlimti y entered a piece of wood, 

 and came out on the Hank of the Hessians, and 

 fired upon them, when the whole company, with 

 only three exceptions, dropped. The artillery 

 rontimied in the battle till the victory, which re- 

 flected so iiiuch glory on the American arms, was 

 won. 



For years you have been well acquainted with 

 liiin. You know something of his ardent devo- 

 tion to the cause of his country. Deeply as this 

 principle was implanted in his heart in early life, 

 it could not, it did not, diminish in intensity, with 

 his advancing years. He visited Bridgewater 

 first in 1780, then a wilderness. He did not 

 finally remove there till 17815. 



Very respectfiiHv, 1 am, &c., 



B. 



Burr's New Seedling Strawberries. 



Report of the Commillee of lite Columbus Horlicul- 

 iural iiocietij. 



The undersigned, a committee apfjointed by 

 the Horticultural S<jclety of Columbus to examine 

 Mr. John Burr's SJeedling Straw berries, make the 

 Collowing report: 



iVIr. Burr has exhibited at several times during 

 the season, upwards of filiy varii'ties of new seed- 

 ling.s, of two and three years' growth, bearing 

 fruit ;souie of which we deem of superior qnalily, 

 and are very productive, tin; ground being in 

 many (ilaces completely covered with large anil 

 beaiitiliil fruits, Mirpassiiig every thing we have 

 before secui. We therelijre take pleasure in call- 

 ing attention to a few which have been the most 

 fiilly tested, and named, as well worthy extensive 

 oiiliivalion. 



Bun-^B JVeui Pine. — A large fruit, possessing a 

 high aidinalic flavor, sweet .-11111 delicious ; ber- 

 ries nearly round, light or pale red ; very earlv, 

 ripening its fruits as soon as Bain's ICxira F.arly, 

 anil of much linger size; a I'istillale flowering 

 plant, very viuoroiis and productive, and con- 

 tinues long in hearing; a fruit of surpassing e.x- 

 cellence. 



Burr's Ohio Mummalh. — Fruit extraordinarily 

 large, probably exceeding all others in size, the 

 berries averaging iiiucli hirger than Hovey's ; the 

 fruit is quite distinct in appearance; form rather 

 long and somewhat conical; of a pale red or 

 true llesh color; flavor sweet and excellent; a 

 |ieil(-ct lloweriiig plant ; foliage very large ; strong 

 plants, vigori'iis and productive. 



Husi--. — A large and beautiful rose colm-ed fruit, 

 nearly round, posseS!:in^' a high, lich, sweet, and 

 delicious flavor; a perfect flowering plant, of 

 strong and vigorous habits; needs another year's 

 trial to fully test its character liir productive- 

 ness, &c. 



Rival Hudson. — The plant and frnil of this 

 nearly resemble the Hndsmi, except the stem and 

 fruit are both larger, and not branching so much ; 

 fiuit of u good size, of a dark und shining red, 



high flavor, with an agreeable acid — thought to 

 be superior to the Hudson, and surpassing every 

 other kind in prodnctiveneus ; a female or pistil- 

 late flowering plant. 



Columbus. — A large dark colored frnil, nearly 

 roiiinl, or conical, high flavored, sweet, and very 

 productive; raised from the seed of Hovey's — 

 and resembles that in the growth and color of the 

 Icaf^and like it a pistillate plant — but more [iro- 

 ductive. 



Scioto. — A fruit of large size, nearly round, 

 dark or deep red, of a rich, sweet and delicious 

 flavor; a pistillate plant; of strong and vigorous 

 growth, and extremely productive. 



We would also call pailicnlar attention to the 

 variety, called " Burr's Seedling," which has been 

 cultivated by liiin for some years, and is now well 

 known in this vicinity, its the very best known 

 to this coinmitlee, tor its very high, sweet and 

 delicious flavor, its great productiveness, large 

 size, early ripening, and long continuance in 

 bearing; a perfect flowering plant, and found by 

 IVIr.Biirr to be superior to any other for the impreg- 

 nation of all his pistillate varieties; fiaiit nearly 

 round, bright or light red in the sun, a light pink 

 or rose in the shade. All Mr. Burr's new varie- 

 ties were a cross between this, the Hudson, 

 Methvin, and Hovey's seedlinss. 



Res|)ectfully submitted, 

 B. Latham, M. B. Bateham, 



S. Medary, Jno. Miller, 



Committee. 



Columbus, Jnne 5, 1846. 



(t^ As yet throughout the interior of New 

 Hampshire very little attention has been paid to 

 the domestication and cultivation of the straw- 

 berry. A lady friend in our neighborhood sent 

 us a sample of as fine strawberries as we ever 

 saw, raised close by us in the garden of Mr. 

 Caleb Parker, who in a small bed picked this 

 year between twenty and thirty quarts. Mr. 

 P. escaped the usual fruit robbery and depre- 

 dation by having a high, close fence about his 

 premises. With very little labor and attention, 

 we might have abundance of this delicious fruit. 

 The most profitable acres of individuals near the 

 cities of the sea-board have been devoted to 

 strawberry beds. Ohio, a country almost two 

 hundred years younger than New Kiigland, has 

 in her interior her Horticultural Society encou- 

 raging the growth of those fruits which, when 

 once introduced, will not readily be afterwards 

 neglected. 



We hope yet to live long enough to see every 

 interior town awakened to this subject. Let 

 nurseries of apples, pears, plumbs, cherries, such 

 as are adapted to our climate, be every where 

 begun — let strawberries, raspberries, gooseber- 

 ries, currants, &.c. &c. become a general appen- 

 dage to the garden. Ladies may attend to these 

 at the same time they adorn their dooi-.-^ and win- 

 ilows and yards with the flowers, than them- 

 selves scarcely less beantiliil. 'Tis gratifying to 

 taste what is sweet, not less than to look upon 

 what is beautiful. 



Ruth. 



Slie stood breast hinji ainid the corn, 

 t^iasp'd by the tjoldcii li^'lit of inorii, 

 I.ilie tlie Hwccthe:irl oT llu- sun. 

 Who niiiny a glowing kiss had wini. 



On her check an .\iilMnin (lush, 

 l)i'i?|ily ripened; such a blush 

 III the midst ()(' brown was born, 

 I. ike red piinpics grown with corn. 



Round her eyes her tresses foil, 

 Which were blackest none could tell : 

 Hut Innt; lashes veil'il n light 

 'I'hal had cUe been all too briglit. 



And her hat, with shady brim, 

 Made her tiosyy tnndicad dun ; 

 'J'hus she stood amid the sliooks, 

 I'raising Uod with sweetest looks. 



Sure, I said, Ileav"n did not mean. 

 Where 1 reap thou shouhlVt but i;ican, 

 Lay thy shear adown and come, 

 Share my harvest aiW nay houie. 



liight Pine Plains. 



On the fifth of June, while on a flying journey 

 to Northauipion, Mass., the editor of the Visitor 

 visited the rye-field of William Clark, Esq., two 

 miles out of that village, to which the railroad ex- 

 tends. The rye-field, of twenty-five acres, was 

 upon the poorest, worn-down pine plain, upon 

 which Mr. Clark has tempted the growth of most 

 beautiful rye, by means of plaster and clover 

 alone. We brought home, pulled out of nearly 

 naked sand by our own hand, a cluster of rye 

 stalks, the longest of which stood seven feet from 

 the root at that early day, not having attained its 

 whole growth. 



Mr. Clark, who has in operation a jiaper mill 

 which turns out some one hundred and thirty 

 reams of elegant letter paper with satin finish per 

 day, sold liis rich river intervale upon the Con- 

 necticut River, and purchased near his mill 

 pine plains on which we saw twenty-five acres of 

 rye, nearly as many more of Indian corn, and 

 about as many more of herdsgrass aiid clover 

 groyving. Mr. Claik assures us that be can raise 

 all these crops upon the lightest of the land. He 

 first ploughs and sowsdoyvn to rye in August or 

 Septend)er — puts in the clover the following 

 spring, which takes root bright and early under 

 the stimulating effect of plaster. This clover, 

 without pasturing or cutting it off, he suflers to 

 come to maturity the succeeding season, turns it 

 over with the plough the following spring, and 

 plants upon it his cro|) of corn. This crop, with- 

 out manure other than plaster, is thirty to forty 

 bushels to the acre, as large as ordinary crops 

 where manure is used, upon stronger land. Much 

 of his last year's corn-field, sown down in the fall 

 to grass, is a hay-field the present year. Land 

 which Mr. Clark purchased from seven to leu 

 dollars the acre, he considers worth filiy to sixty 

 dollars cultivated in bis manner. 



After witnessing his experiment, we have not 

 a doubt that our most feasible and easy and pro- 

 fitable fields for cidtivation, as well as for grass 

 and pasturage, may be found in our light pine 

 plains. Plaster and clover upon a quick rotation 

 would alone do the business. It will be all the 

 better if manure, especially compost, can be 

 brought in as addition. 



It is desirable 10 see the pr.ictice along Con- 

 necticut river of dispening with ll;nces against 

 the roads, introduced generally. Luxuriant fields 

 groyv there yvilhout a particle of stone or wooden 

 fence. Mr. Clark's rye, corn and grass field of 

 soiiK! seventy acres, was along the load-side, with- 

 out expenses for fences. Jf people turn their cattle 

 iqion the road, tho law makes it their duty to 

 watch and guard them against depredation. This 

 law must hereafter be eidbrce<l: the farmer inns' 

 be protected against the depredation of the fruits 

 of his iiulnslry. 



Large Animals. 



We have frequent accounts of the great size 

 and weight to which animals attain. We arn 

 told of horses 17 hands high, of oxen weighing 

 Vi or ;iOUO lbs., of hogs of tj or 800 lbs, when 

 bnlclieied, itc. This is all well enongb. lint 

 unless considered w ith regard to the actn.il profit 

 in rearing such animals, fiicts of this description 

 are of no consecjnence vyhatever to the practical 

 farmer. 



If these mammoth specimens can be proiluceil 

 pound fiir pomiil, at a less cost than smaller ones, 

 and if they have as iniich or more hardines.<, then 

 are lliey profitable and desirable. But if the re- 

 verse of Ibis is true, they may do for playthings 

 with those who finiii it for amusement, ami will 

 serve to s\Nell a paijigraph lor the newspapers; 

 but the judicious fanner who looks only lo the 

 greatest profit from bis operatiu'is, will think 

 twice before he enters upon the race of conipeti- 



