NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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SINGULAR FACT— LARGE TREES. 



There is now standing on the premises of John 

 and Mahlon Carver, in Bayberry township, Penn- 

 sylvania, an elm tree that measures twenty-live 

 feet in circumference one foot from the ground, 

 and the trunk retains its size with but little di- 

 minution for over thirty feet, where the limbs 

 branch out. A curious incident is connected with 

 the history of this tree, in the fact that the farm 

 on which it stands was taken up by patent from 

 William Penn by John Carver, who came over 

 with him from England, and that the premises 

 have regularly descended from father to son by 

 will, and always to "John Carver," of which the 

 seventh of the name is residing thereon at the 

 present time. It is very doubtful whether there 

 is any other property in the county which has 

 never been sold. There are also growing on the 

 premises two pear trees which came from England 

 with the original John Carver, one of which has a 

 plentiful crop of pears at the present time. 



There is also standing on the premises of Alfred 

 Worthington, in the same township, a chestnut 

 tree that measures, one foot from the ground, 

 28 feet in circumference, and 6 feet from the 

 ground 25 feet 8 inches. This tree retains its full 

 vigor, and is probably the largest tree in the 

 country. — Germantown Telegraph. 



For the New England Farmer. 

 NOTES OP THE SEASON. 



Friend Biiown: — In the early part of the pre- 

 sent month I made a short visit in the town of 

 Sandwich, N. II. This is an excellent grazing 

 town, its steep hill-sides producing an abundance 

 of fine feed, and large numbers of cattle and sheep 

 are fattened and sold there every year. This year, 

 however, the drought cut off the feed early in sum- 

 mer; so beef is now a scarce article. Hay is dear 

 and stock is very cheap. Here in Rhode Island, 

 Ave have a good supply of fall feed, but there the 

 fields and pastures are almost destitute of verdure. 

 On rich, moist land, grass appeared to be alive ; 

 but I saw acres together on which the roots ap- 

 peared to be dead. Many persons there think the 

 hay crop will be lighter next year than it is this. 



The yield of potatoes is good, and scarcely any 

 rotten ones are found. Corn is sound, but injured 

 by the drought. Wheat yielded better than usual. 

 Apples are abundant in all sections of the country, 

 though I think they are not quite as large as usu- 

 al. One man said he thought the skin was thicker 

 than usual, and he had an idea that apples will 

 keep this winter better than common. Time will 

 tell. Old orchards seem to have remembered their 

 former fruitfulness, and the way the trees are 

 loaded this year seems to ask the indulgent farmer 

 to spare them a little longer. The plow, the hoe, 

 and manure, will work wonders for the old trees. 



Such is a brief account of the agricultural pros- 

 pects of that section of the country, and here I 

 might stop : 



•'But see the fading many-colored woods, 

 Shade deepening over shade;" 



and I can hardly lay aside my pen without saying 

 a few words about them. All who have ever seen 

 our New England forests in autumn, especially 

 those in mountainous districts, must admire their 

 beauty. I have often looked upon them with de- 

 light, and felt there is beauty, even in death; and 



now, as I approached the mountains in Carroll 

 county, the view appeared, if possible, more pleas- 

 ing than ever. The umbrageous sugar maple, 

 whose thick foliage afforded such a cool retreat 

 from the scorching rays of the summer sun, hail 

 exchanged its green dress for one of orange and 

 gold, tinged with crimson. Other deciduous trees 

 had also lost their summer hue, so that every va- 

 riety of tint was visible. These contrasted with 

 the dark green of the graceful spruce, pine and 

 hemlock, which crown the mountains and sur- 

 round the crystal lakes and ponds, present a scene 

 equalled in beauty only by the gorgeousness of a 

 New England autumnal sunset. 



But Time tarries not. The eye cannot always 

 rest upon the beautiful, and terrestrial pleasures 

 are, at best, but transitory ; so after three days, 



I left behind my native hills, 



With all their varied hues, — 



The crystal streams, the dancing rills, 



And the beauteous mountain views. 



I soon lost sight of the mountains, and of the 

 delightful scenery around them ; but the picture 

 is deeply engraved on the mind, and in reviewing 

 it the finger of a Divinity is visible in every hue, 

 and wilfully blind is he who canuot see it. 



L. Varxet. 



Providence, 10 Mo. 25th, 1852. 



N. H. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The New Hampshire State Fair was held at 

 Meredith, on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 6 

 and 7. 



From our correspondent's account, the Show 

 was a very creditable one, and the attendance 

 very large. It rained, he says, "by fits and starts." 

 all day on Wednesday, but nevertheless, 1500 dol- 

 lar badges were sold, and quite a number of single 

 tickets. The grounds were very favorable for 

 the exhibition, and great pains were taken by the 

 inhabitants of Meredith Bridge to accommodate 

 the visitors. The useful articles greatly outnum- 

 bered the fancy and tasteful ones, as it was be- 

 coming they should, though in the ornamental 

 department the Fair is said to have been very 

 good. Our correspondent particularizes some car- 

 riages, which would have done no discredit to a 

 Boston Fair. The stock of cattle was regarded as 

 uncommonly fine. There were many pairs of fine 

 working oxen and a large number of superior milch 

 cows of improved breeds and others, and a good- 

 ly number of very superior sheep. There were 

 numbers of superior horses, Blackhawks and Mor- 

 gans, &c. Some aldermanic swine, and quite a 

 fair exhibition of fowls. And what, perhaps, is 

 yet better worth noting, the show of fruits, such 

 as apples, pears, peaches, grapes and plums, as 

 well as of vegetables, was very large and fine. 

 Take it all in all, it is pronounced by one who 

 visited the Vermont Fair at Rutland — and who 

 himself is a good judge of such matters — to have 

 been superior to that in every thing but horses and 

 sheep. 



On the evening of Wednesday, there was a 

 spirited meeting of the farmers held in one of the 

 meeting-houses of the village, at which remarks 

 were made by Mr. Nesmith, the President of the 

 Society; Messrs. Glidden, of Unity ; Eastman, of 

 Conway ; Sawyer, of Piermont ; J. M. Whiton, 

 of Boston; Ex-Gov. Steele of Peterboro' ; and Dr. 

 Woodbury, of Bradford. 



