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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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MOTHER APPLE. 



In the Farmer for September, 1850, we noticed 

 this apple, having then some samples of it before 

 us, sent in by Mr. J. C. Stone, of Shrewsbury, in 

 this State. Those samples were very large and 

 fair; and the fruit promises to be one of the finest 

 late fall apples. 



In his excellent practical treatise upon the man- 

 agement of apple trees, Mr. Jaques, of Worcester, 

 describes the Mother Apple, as being large, one of 

 the best, good for cooking or the dessert, and in sea- 

 son from October to January. 



The Mother apple is a productive Worcester 

 County seedling, but has not been in use long 

 enough to have earned a well-established reputa- 

 tion. 



Great Crop of Grass. — Mr. Clapp, of Greenfield, 

 in remarking on the Plow, at the late meeting of 

 the Mass. Board of Agriculture, said that he had 

 cut four tons of hay to the acre after common 

 plowing, and six tons after sub-soiling, in both 

 cases, mowing twice in the season. The land ma- 

 nured and treated in the same manner in both in- 

 stances witli the exception of sub-soiling. Deep 

 plowing is gaining many new advocates. It is found 

 to be one of those excellent rules that works well 

 both ways, either in a wet or dry season. If too 

 dry, the roots seek moisture in the earth loosened 

 by the sub-soil plow — if too wet, the water settles 

 into it leaving the roots to seek supplies as they 

 are needed. 



MORALS AT CATTLE SHOV7S. 



During the interesting discussions which took 

 place at the meeting of the Massachusetts Board 

 of Agriculture on Wednesday at the State House, 

 Col. Page, of Bristol, remarked that he passed 

 three days during the autumn in attendance upon 

 agricultural exhibitions. That in those three days 

 he probably mingled with 30,000 persons, yet saw 

 no one intoxicated, heard no angry word or indel- 

 icate expression, and at no moment during the tune 

 found himself in a situation where he would be 

 unwilling for his wife to be upon his arm ! 



Col. Page is an accurate observer of manners 

 and men, and as his observation accords very near- 

 ly with our own during several days spent at the 

 Shows, we cannot but believe that the Festivals 

 of the Farmer have been in a great measure ex- 

 empt from the vices which are usually noticed in 

 most large gatherings. That the tendencies of ag- 

 ricultural pursuits are to virtuous lives is plain, 

 and if any thing were wanted, this offers an- 

 other inducement for more persons to engage in 

 them. 



Hamilton* College. — Through the politeness of 

 Professor Edward North, we have received a 

 Catalogue of the Corporation, Officers and Students 

 of Hamilton College, at Clinton, N. Y. It is il- 

 lustrated by a beautiful engraving of the build- 

 ings of the institution, and the letter press is as 

 handsome a specimen of the art as we have ever 

 seen. 



