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AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER, 



i:iH 



lliein till ti> iliy. Till- riilos of tlio Socirty rc- 

 iro til it all iirllclcs should be pntored bt^'ore II 

 lock A. M. of the day previous to tlio fair. 

 uiy were not eiiU^red till to day, which might, 

 lerwiso, have been entitled to n preiniiiin or 

 ilnity. 



Six siibstiintial wool Hats, three white and three 

 ok, were sent in by Mr. Bla.'.Uiiian of VVorces- 

 Mr. Ularkinan is evidently no respecter of 

 rsons. 



The silk worms of Rra^^tus Gunn of Tatiiiick, 

 K some of their Cocoons to the show. They 



the frroiind, and one of the premiums wimid have 

 been awarded to Mr Hathaway, had not the a^e of 

 his team (7 years) f,'iviMi it a less conspicuous plare 

 in the minds of the coiniiiittce, than other yoU<i.s 

 nearly or altogether eipial to this in other rospircis, 

 and youniror. 



In'the course of the examination the committee 

 have been struck with the importance oi well muling 

 and well brcnkia^ oxen in their youth. They be- 

 lievo, that amon^r ox"n, sis well as in the society 

 of those who rank higher in the scale of bninsf, it 



I ted 



is important to heed the admonition not to be une 

 re done lip in the best style of that class of jjimHi/ yoked tugethcr-:xnd while they re<;.n- 

 nnfirt.irers. It is however, respectfully sug- I similarity in color as less important in the tonne 



sted, whether it would not be an improve nent if case than in the latter, it strikes them with 



> silk worm should contrive some expedient to that equality in size is more essential in the 

 the color* that fancy or fashion refpiire in the mer than in the latter society. Being 



coon. " Dyed in the wool" is essential not only they may the more easily be well 

 woollen cloths and politics, hut in silk also. It m forward movements, 

 therefore respectfully requested that the silk may be so well taught m the way they 



,nn shonld die in the cocoon. that when old they will not swerve either to the 



M i.'^.-^rs. T. VV. & C. P. Bancroft had there a ! right or to the left. To eircct this, it has been 



ist superb and aristocratic Centre Table, of ma- 



■gany 



rd a 

 r 



force 

 Ibr- 

 II mated, 

 trained. Both 

 an. I in backing, the pair 

 should go, 



suggested to the committee, by the exiiihition of 

 The exterior was, without controversv, j today, that much self-denial 0:1 the part of the dri- 

 e very first quality of Mahogany, with elegant ! ver, much coolness of temper, more training by mo- 

 an.hes spreading about wherever beauty would tion, and less by voice, may be highly advantage- 

 .e. Your Cooimittee did not submit the in- ous. It is apprehended that too 0! ten the driver 

 nor to the usual Yankee test, because they had 1 underrates the sagacity of the o.x. It is in pnrsu- 

 , jack knife at hand. This table was made, at | ance of that beautiful order of things which always 

 eir own mann(\ictory which is under the care of j marks the arrangements of Divme Providence, that 

 r. A Carey, by W. Bradford. | tlm qualities are apportioned among the various ani- 



In consequence of the neglect of many Individ- mals, as their uses require. The ambition ot the 



horse is needed for his calling — the excess of 1, is 

 his obstinacy. The quiet and submissive docility 

 of the ox is wanted for his field of labor; the ex 



lis to comply with the requisitions of the Society, 

 IS very probable that many articles may have 



caped notice 



In consequence of a severe calamity, accompan- 



d by a largo loss of property, tne Cot-nmittce 



ere ui.fortun itely deprived of the aid and assist- 



iceofiVIr, liemis f Spencer, to day. 

 All of which is respectfully submitted, 



CHARLES THURBKR, Chairman. 



REPORT ON WORKING OXEN. 



I The Committee, though a portion of them were 

 hpiessed into the service at a somewhat late hour, 

 live attended to the duty assigned them, and sub- 

 lit the result of their examination. 

 I Sixteen yokes of working oxen entered the list, 

 le half of which came from the towns of Sutton 

 (id Charlton, and all from that [lortion of the coun- 

 I' lying south of Worcester. The load drawn, by 

 Ihicli to test the merits of the teams, consisted of 

 'MC pounds. The committee have found it ex- 

 leninly embarrassing to distribute the premiums 

 litli very nice discrimination, in consequence of 

 111" near approach to equality in most of the excel- 

 l-ncios of the teams. Indeed, so difiicult has it 



cess of it is his laziness, and it is this which far 

 too frequenlly brings from his master angry words 

 and heavy blows. If the ox be respected more, 

 will he not respect his owner more? May he not 

 be taught more than he is, by motions — by those 

 mystic signs which all dom''slic animals can read 

 by their sagacity, and obey almost by instinct ? 



The Committee b^'lieve, that while nothing can 

 gainsay the authority which declares that "the ox 

 knoweih his master's crib," experience has shown 

 that he also knowelh, will appreciate, and will re- 

 compense his owner's wants, when reasonably ex- 

 pressed — his kindness, whenever received. 



A. H. BULLOCK, Chairman. 



PEARS.— I.NFORMATION WANTED. 



We find ihe following in the Western Fanner 

 and Gardener, published at Cincinnati, with a re- 

 quest to copy : 



Tln-re is a subject connected with the cultiva- 

 tion of th.; pear, upon which we should gladly be 

 informed. Pear stocks being much more inacces- 



ly confident that if the breaking peirsbe grah 

 on quince stocks, the fruit is rendered griity or 

 stouey, while melting pears are much improved by 

 such stocks. Therein he agrees vith what we 

 have stated as the result with the Seckcl pear, 

 which on a pear stock is small, though free from 

 grit, which we should expect to find if on a quince 

 or thorn stock. This, however, does not agree 

 with Lord Bacon's doctrine, that "the cion over- 

 rulelh the graft quite, the slock being passive on- 

 ly," which, as a general proposition, is in a great 

 measure true. The distinct characteristics of the 

 inarnjled fruit remaining unchanged, although the 

 qualities of the fruit itself are partially affected. — 

 Will some of our eastern friends, Messrs. Hnvey, 

 Manning, Ives, Downing, &c.. (our acquaintance 

 with all of whom, though not pirs'inal, is by no 

 means of yesterday,) wlio have been enabled to put 

 the experiment to the test of time, enlighten us? 

 I have found, in my own experiments, that wlif^ro 

 the quince or thorn stock is used, the graft lives 

 and thrives a few years, perhaps bears once or 

 twice, but soon shows signs of decay, and in five 

 or six years dies. Tlie lale Mr Knight observes 

 the same thing, and gives as his opinion, that " a 

 stock of a species or genus different from that of 

 the fruit to be L'rafti>d upon it, can rarely be used 

 wilh advantage, unless where the object of the 

 planter is to restrain or debilitate." In grafting 

 the pear upon the apple root, wc have rarely, though 

 in a few solitary instances we have foond lh.it a 

 union took place between the root or graft — yet 

 the pear grows, being evidently supported by an 

 absorption of moistuie at least, fnnn the root, until 

 it liad thrown out roots of its own. We have re- 

 peated inquiries made of us by individuals who 

 wish to plant out pear orchards, as to the best va- 

 rieties to be used, and particularly of the very 

 early kinds, and in our answers were guided prin- 

 cipally by the published experience of the gentle- 

 men named above ; but owing to the limited stocks 

 and assortments of choice pears here, as yet, few 

 of the fine varieties there spoken of can be obtain- 

 ed — we know of onfy a few hundreds fit for mar 

 ket. Will the gentlemen we have named, oblige 

 Us by forwarding to the office of the Farmer, a priced 

 catalogue of all their choice fruits, and particularly 

 those new kinds which have fruited with them, 

 checking oft' those they have not already spoken 

 of? By doing so they will benefit the cause we 

 advocate, and enable us, probably, to send them 

 some orders. i. A. 



leen to ri'st satisfied with any selection of the can- j sible to our nurserymen, than apple, they are in the 



lidati's for the awards, that the committee have al ■ 

 liost been driven to decide claims ainmig rival ox- 

 lii, as judges sometimes adjudicate for another 

 Ifiss ol litigants, upon " distini;tions without a dif 

 j.'rence." 



It was al length concluded that the several pre- 

 liums be awarded as hdlow : 



'o James L<'ach, We.--lboro', first premium, $\2 

 'o Simon Carpenter, (Jharltoii, second do 10 



i'ollavey Dodge, Sutton, third do 8 



Vo Tyler C.irpentor, Chirlton, fourth do .5 



' The committee would particularly make men- 

 ton of the oxen exhibited by S.ilmim H ithaw.iy, 

 if Grafton, which were quite as large as any upon 



habit of working the foriiiev on the latter, and do 

 so the more readily, as it has been found here that 

 the Seckel, and lo ne of tlie other smaller pears, 

 are improved by being grafted on the apple. We 

 ate a Seckel pear a i'ow days ago, 1 f a most 



iimi.<ual size and flavor, taken from such a tree 



Will this hold good with the large, melting, juii-y 

 pears? and, what is of still more importance, how 

 does it affect the dnrahilihj of the tree ? We find 

 It generally allowed, that fruit of any kind is affect- 

 ed f) a certain extent by the nature of the stock 

 used. Miller says, decidedly, that the common 

 crab stock causes afiples to be firmer, to kee[) Imi- 

 ger, and lo have a sharp(>r fiavjr ; and he is ecpial- 



Egg^. — Two thousand years ago it was well 

 known that long eggs when hatched produced 

 male-, and round eg{.s females. Wo sec the same 

 thing has ben re-disrovered, and claimed as an 

 important addition to modern facts! Solomon was 

 not far from right when he said there was nothing 

 new under the sun. — jllb. Cult. 



Save yoor fire wood. — Mr Madison, in hm 

 notices of agriculture, says_" Of all the errors in 

 our rural pconoiny, none perhaps is so much to be 

 regretted, because none so difficult to be repaired 

 as tlie exce.-'sive and injudicious destruction of fire 

 wood. It seems never to have occurred, that the 

 fund wa< exhaustible, and that a crop of trees could 

 not be raised as quick as one of wheat or corn. 



Poverty looks in at the windows of the indus- 

 trious man, but never enters. 



