VOI>. XIX. NO. O. 



AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER, 



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uiiiti'd ill tliirf grral work. Tlio wise and good, the 

 public nnd |inv:ito man, those wlin fill liijfli places, 

 niixinijf wilh t!u; t;\rincrs and cultivators of tice soil 

 upon perfi'ct i'(|iiality, and the spirit of peace and 

 cliarily sheddinp; around tlieir holy calm, refresliing 

 alike to the feelings and the intellect. (Cheers.) 

 It was, he said, upon this Society and its wide 

 spreadiug anil far e.xteiuling purposes, that the eyes 

 of Europe and .America were now fixed with a 

 steady gaze. He hoped there would be no disap- 

 pointment. Viewed in relation to their own coun- 

 try, there was every motive for supporting it — but 

 viewed in relation to its effects upon other nations, 

 as had been justly said, the motive for exertion rose 

 into a much higher and nobler sentiment: it be- 

 came then the cnuse not of their country or his, 

 but that of mankind ; and who so poor or sordid in 

 spirit as to think only of himself or his country, 

 when the great ()uesti<m was whether the earth 

 should be inhabited and cultivated by enlightened 

 and virtuous and religious men, or by debased and 

 ignorant human beings and hordes of sjvages ? 

 (Cheers.) In conclusion, lie could only re[ieat his 

 thanks for the kindness and honor done him, and 

 his best wishes for the success of their glorious 

 association, lie trusted in God, that it might ful- 

 fil its high purposes, do honor to its founders, and 

 benefit mankind. 



Mr S. proposed as a toast, the health of their 

 noble President, the Duke of Richmond, with three 

 times three, and sat down amid the most enthusias- 

 tic cheering. 



For the New England Farmer. 



IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING BIRDS. 

 Mr IJRECK — In my communication on the origin 

 of the borer and my mode of extracting them, I 

 spoke of a narrow gouge as being the best instru- 

 ment with which I was acquainted for this purpose. 

 The remarks you made in relation to it, saying that 

 " the hill and long tongue of the little speckled 

 woodpecker were quite as effectual," have induced 

 me to send another communication — not that I dis- 

 sent, but to say that I fully concur with you. I 

 believe from what I have seen and known by expe- 

 rience in farming, that if sportsmen were treated as 

 they ought to be, encroaching as they do upon the 

 public rights, the interest of the agriculturist would 

 be greatly promoted: the birds no lunger frighten- 

 ed away from our habitations, would congregate in 

 our orchards and gardens, and rear their young in 

 our midst, and the husbandman might fold up his 

 hands in complacency, for ought that could injure 

 him in the shape of a. worm or insect. Nor is this 

 all : we should not only have our trees and gardens 

 freed from insects, but music, sweet music would 

 be heard from every 'bush and tree;' at)d who is 

 there that does not like to hear the songs of the 

 feathered tribe ? Surely if ever there was music 

 that was intended by the Deity to cheer the droop- 

 ing heart of the farmer and impart joy and happi- 

 ness, it is the music of the songsters of the grove. 

 How often as he goes out in the morning to engage 

 in the toils of the field, is his heart made glad by 

 the joyful notes that burst from every quarter upon 

 his ear, and sympathizing with the charming sounds, 

 he goes wliistling or singing to the plough, rejoic- 

 ing in Him who created all and pronounced his 

 works very good. Now who would alter this wise 

 and merciful provision of Providence? None! 

 none! unless it is the mean, base, low-lived, loaf- 

 ing sportsman — a set of scamps, destitute of all 



moral restraint, who now are, and always have 

 been, a miisance to all good society. 



But again : having our trees secured from the 

 vermin which infest them, and the pleasure we de- 

 rive in listening to their sweet music, are nbt all 

 the benefits which we derive from the protection of 

 birds. No — other advantages aie numerous, nnd I 

 presume my employer will not be affronted if I 

 mention one which will result to him in this re- 

 spect. During the whole time he has been a resi- 

 dent of the place he now occupies, he has never in 

 the least manner discouraged the coming of birds 

 upon his farm and garden by shooting them him- 

 self or allowing others to do so : and not even in 

 the time of cherries, when it is customary to put 

 up something in the tree to frighten tlicui away, has 

 he done it; but always allowid them to come and 

 got what they pleased ; conseipiently his trees are 

 not so much infested with insects as his neighbors, 

 and what is worthy of notice, the birds have plant- 

 ed the cherry stones in the grove and about the 

 farm so liberally, that I have no doubt but what 

 three hundred English cherry seedlings may be 

 found upon the place of all sizes. Tliese trees my 

 employer intends to have taken up soon, and put 

 in a convenient place for sale, which if disposed of 

 at the common price, will bring a good round sum 

 — more money than was ever gained in preventing 

 the birds from eating a few cherries, that the owner 

 might sell the more, without saying any thing of 

 the many insects which the birds would destroy in 

 the mean time. 



The increase of insects is not only a sure result 

 of killing the birds, but how often have I seen the 

 sportsman discharge his gun into the small branch- 

 es of the tree, stripping leaves, buds and bark en- 

 tirely off, and oftentimes cutting off quite a num- 

 ber of the fruit. Cannot and shall not these things 

 be prevented ? There is a law to prevent our 

 property from being injured, and if a man injures 

 our trees by shooting into them, ought he not to 

 suffer the penalties of this law ? Surely he had, 

 and that too with a double force ; but who has ever 

 yet prosecuted a man for shooting birds in his or- 

 chards ? has it been done by any man ? if so he 

 deserves llie praise and good wishes of every far- 

 mer. If it has not been done, if we have patiently 

 submitted to this outrage upon our property in 

 times past, let us resolve we will do it no longer — 

 let us (the farmers) awake to this subject and say 

 it shall be so no more, .'ind exert ourselves to put 

 a stop to such gross insult and abuse. If you or- 

 der the sportsman off your premises, ho is affront- 

 ed and thinks he is doing no harm. What strange 

 ideas simie men have of property at the present day, 

 to think they may do what they please upon their 

 neighbor's grounds. Would they ho pleased to 

 have their own premises thus invaded and their 

 property destroyed ? We think not. Tlicy know 

 they do wrong, or they would not run away at the 

 approach of the owner. We concur with your 

 friend in considering " the person who destroys the 

 birds on his premises, in the same light as though 

 he robbed his purse." 



For one I hope there will be more interest taken 

 in the preservatiim of birds, so that the lime may 

 soon come when they shall become our familiar 

 friends, and feel that we are their protectors rather 

 than enemies. 



Yours, &c. 



J. M. HARTWELL. 



Medford, Mass., Aug. 25th, 1840. 



MASS. IIORTICUI/rURAL SOCIETY. 



EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



Saturday, Aug. 15. 



The variety of fruits was not so numerous this 

 morning as usual. The s|)ecimens exhibited, how- 

 ever, were good. 



Mr Manning, of .Salem, exhibited the Large Red 

 and Green Sweet and Graverstein apples — the lat- 

 ter a good fall apple. Also, Gross Rousselet (of 

 New Duhamel)and Petit Blanquet pears. 



By Mr Walker, of Roxbury, fine English Green 

 Chissel pears. 



By Nathaniel N. Dyer, of Abington, the Ginseng 

 apple. 



From S. Downer, Large Sweet and William's 

 Favorite apples— both fine specimens. 



From A. D. Williams, Roxbury ; William's Fa- 

 vorite and two other varieties of apples — both very 

 large. 



From Messrs Winship, Brighton ; a new Seed- 

 ling pear, raised from seed of the Heathcot. 



l''rom B. V. French, Braintree ; Garden Striped, 

 William's Favorite, River and Garden Royal ap- 

 ples — all fine specimens; the latter a seedling. 



From John llovey, Roxbury; very fine speci- 

 mens of the William's Favorite apple. 



From Samncl Swan, M. D., Medford; the llov- 

 ey S-weeting — a large and very beautiful apple, 

 more pleasing to the eye than to the taste. 



From S. Pond, Cambridgeport ; Bingham, White 

 Gage, Pond's Seedling and Apricot plums and Ju- 

 lian pears. 



From Capt. J. Clark, Dorchester; variety of 

 Weeping cherries. 



From E. M. Richards ; beautiful specimens Wil- 

 liam's Favorite, Sugar-loaf Pippin and Red Juneat- 

 ing apples. 



From J. L. L. F. Warren, Brighton ; large spe- 

 cimens of Love Apple (Tomato.) 

 For the Committee, 



J. L. L. F. WARREN. 



Seed Corn We take this opportunity — so as 



to be in season — to remind our agricultural friends 

 that if they would have the best seed corn and im- 

 prove their kind for another year, they must not 

 neglect to select the earliest and fairest ears this 

 fall, and preserve then carefully for seed. They 

 may be gathered by the hand from the field as soon 

 as the husks turn white, and should then be traced 

 and hung up where the air will circulate freely all 

 winter, and where the rats and mice will not reach 

 them. In all fields some ears are earlier than oth- 

 ers. The earliest selected for seed, will insure a 

 field nearly the whole of which will be ripe as 

 early next year as the ears you gather out for seed 

 this season. If you allow the later ears to be ta- 

 ken for seed, you will find a late crop the next fall. 

 The surest way, therefore, to improve a crop is to 

 be careful in selecting the seed ; for it is a univer- 

 sal law of nature that "like begets its like." — 

 Maine Cultivalor. 



A foreign paper says that a short time ago a far- 

 mer of the village of St. Dunnet, desired one of his 

 sons who is 7'J years of age, to have the horses put 

 to the plough, and went to a field with it. Hav- 

 ing worked some time he said, "My children, tell 

 your friends that your ancestor, after his hundredth 

 year, ploughed the field which gives you subsis- 

 tence. I yesterday reached my hundredth year,^ 

 Let us return thanks to God." 



