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less y<m are so iiiifurtunate as to provoke it by 

 your own nrrog-unce. 



It is folly t> carry city niaiir.ers and customs 

 into the country. This destroys tlie simplicity 

 which coiistitules the chiirm of rural lift'. If you 

 have HI) rual taste fir rural pleasures, nn intenst 

 in rural concerns, no dis|)osition for rural labors ; 

 if you are afraid of soiliiiij jour hands or brown- 

 ing your cheeks; if you can make no friends wiih 

 the flocks that whiten (he fields, nor the hwds that 

 make the hills and forests vocal with melody ; if 

 you are unwillini; that tlie earliest rays of the 

 dawn should disturb your repose, and your heart 

 kindles with no enthusiasm in the golden sunset, 

 then tlee the country as you would the Siberian 

 desert. It would be to you only a land of discom- 

 fort and solitude. 



iNEW E.NGLAiND ANU THE WEST. 



I have lately returned from a visit to the far 

 West ; from the Illinois prairies, beautilul and fer- 

 tile beyond description. This land has been to be 

 had almost for the asking. I am not disposed to 

 underrate any of the advantag;es of this land of 

 promise, farther than to say, that I am more than 

 ever satisfied with New England. Tiie boast ot 

 tliis western country is that the crops re(]uire no 

 manuring and little cultivation. Under present 

 circumstances, the land, allowing the enclosure to 

 be such as to re(|uire only twenty rods of fence to 

 an acre, cannot be fenced with a worm fence un- 

 der si.\ dollars an acre. 'I his is to be added to 

 the cost of the land. The first year's breaking up, 

 when in general no return of any value is obtained, 

 is done at an expense of two dollars and a half per 

 acre. This, likewise, is to be added to the cost of 

 the land. We come now to the second year, when 

 it is to be ploughed at an expense of two dollars 

 and a half or two dollars per acre; the corn is to 

 be planted and covered ; it is to be harrowed 

 with a cultivator at least three times, which at cur- 

 rent prices of labor cannot be estimated at less 

 than two dollars ; and it must be gathered, and 

 husked, and cribbed at an expense I leave you to 

 estimate. The rough fodder is deemed of no 

 value. The crop ordinarily will not exceed forty 

 bushels, but sometimes rises to fifty. Place it at 

 fifty. 'I'lie present price varies from fifteen to 

 twenty cents. It can scarcely ever be expected to 

 rise above iwentyfive cents. ') his would give a 

 return of twelve and a half dollars to the acre, out 

 of which you must deduct at least seven dollars for 

 tlie cultivation. This certainly is not to bo com- 

 pared with our .New England profits, as far as this 

 branch of husbandry is concerned. Labor must 

 continue to bo high in the western states. Cheap 

 land will make high wage.s. I have not time to 

 consider other branches of husbandry in the West. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 At a meeting held October 24, 1840 — 

 Voted, unanimously. That the thanks of this So- 

 ciety, with a piece of plate, as a testimony thereof, 

 be presented to the Hon. E. Vose, for the many 

 valuable services rendered to the Society, during 

 the period he has discliarged the duties as its Presi- 

 dent. 



Voted, That the sum of one hundred dollars be 

 appropriated for this purpose, and that a committee 

 j be appointed to procure a piece of place, and cause 

 ; a suitalile inscription to be engraved thereon, and 

 present the same with the thanks of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. 



Messrs Samuel Walker, E. .M. Richards and Jo- 

 siah Stickney, were clio.scn said committee. 



At a meeting of the Mass. Horticultural Society 

 held .lanuary iid, 1841, .Mr Walker transmitted the 

 following correspondence — whereupon il was 



Voted, That the same lie entered on the records 

 of the Society and publi>hed in the New England 

 EaniKT. .Attest, 



E. M. RICHARDS, Rtc. Stc'nj. 



Roxbiir;/, Dec. 2^lli, 1840. 



Dear Sia — The un<lersigu<'d have the honor of 

 being a committee appoimed by the Massachusetts 

 Hurticiiltural Society to present you the thanks of 

 the -same, with a piece of plate, as a testimonial of 

 the high sense entertained of the many and valua- 

 ble services rendered by you to the Society, during 

 your connection with it as its President. 



In requesting your acceptance of this token ol 

 respect, wc cannot forbear alluding to the prospe- 

 rous ccmdilion in wiiich you leave thu afiViirs ot the 

 Society ; we attribute this mainly to the able and 

 etfii-ient manner in wliich you have discharged the 

 duties and responsibilities connected therewith. 



Permit ii.s, dear sir, to add, in the performance 

 of this our duty, that wc have great pleasure, in- 

 dividually, (as well as on account of the Society,) in 

 expressing the high esteem in which we hold your 

 services. 



Accept our best wishes for your long and con- 

 tinued happiness. 



Very respectfully, your ob't servants, 

 S. WALKER, 1 



E. M. RICHARDS, \ Committee. 

 .TOSIAH SriCKNEY, ) 

 To the Hon. Elijah Vose, Dorchester. 



Dorchester. Dec. 'imh, 1840. 

 GE.vTLtJiEN — I have had the honor of receiving 

 your letter of the 25th instant, communicating to 

 me, by tlie request of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, the expression of its approbation of 

 my official conduct whilst connected with it. 1 as- 

 sure you, gentlemen, that I conceive this manifes- 

 tation of the good opinion nf the Society with great 

 sensibility, more especially, as emanating from 

 those who have so long been the eye witnesses of 

 the conduct which they have seen proper to approve. 

 To whatever extent it may have fallen to my 

 share to participate in the direction of the affairs 

 ol the Society, it has been a paramount object to 

 render it, as far as possible, subservn-nt to the 

 public welfare, by fostering a taste for the various 

 branches of culture which it has been its especial 

 object to promote, by elevating the standard of that 

 taste, and disseminating its inlliiences, so that the 

 beneficial effects, both moral and physical, oi the 

 interesting pursuits of horticulture., might be more 

 sensibly felt throughout tlie community. It is a 

 source of gratification to believe that exertions to 

 this etfect are appreciated. 



I beg you to conveyMo the members of the Soci. 

 ety my sincere thanks for this testimonial of their 

 regard, and to accept my acknowledgements for 

 the flattering manner in which you have tendered 

 to me the beautilul article presented by them. I 

 shall always highly value il, on account of the in- 

 teresting associations connected with it. 



With sentiments of great respect, 

 I am very truly, yours, 



ELIJAH VOSE. 

 T(> S. Walker, E. .M. Richards and Josiah 



Sticknet, Esqrs. 



From itie Albany Culiivalor. 



HOT AIR FURNACE. 

 jl/cvsrs Gaylord &( Tucker — 1 have recently be- 

 come a subscriber to the Cultivator published in 

 Albany, N. Y., which I find to be a very valuable 

 paper. On perusal of the April No. of said piper, 

 I find a description of a Hot Mr Furnace, uhich 

 has engaged my particular attention. The reason 

 was, it so very nearly resembled a furnace I had 

 constructed in a house of my own, built in 18;56; 

 1 have used that alone since that time to warm my 

 whole house ex- ept my kitchen. The part warmed 

 consi.sts of two rooms below, Id by 17 tect sijuare, 

 entry 8 by 16 feet, 2 rooms above, 14 by 14 feet, 2 

 rooms above, 8 by 9 feet, entry above, and 2 rooms 

 above in the L over my kitchen, 8 by Hi each. — 

 The construction of my furnace was original with 

 uie. I so arranged the arch upon which my cliim- 

 iioy was to stand as to make that the furnace of it- 

 self, which I considoi an improvement on yours. 



1 lift apertures 7 inches in diameter, same as 

 those marked in yoiirs E. E., which passes up 

 through both my hearths to supply hot air in my 

 lower rooms, which are as before stated, IG by 17 

 feet square each. To conduct hot air into my 

 chambrrs, I let'l two flues each about four inches 

 square in my chimnay which led from the hot air 

 chamber of furnace into each of my two large 

 chambers above, and came out of the chimney 

 about five inches above the chamber floor, by means 

 of a tin pipe inserted into the chimney horizontal- 

 ly, to extend from the flue into the room. Those 

 pipes can be closed by a tin cover, similar to that 

 of a tin pail, which can be opened and shut at 

 pleasure. My smoke flue was carried up in the 

 chimney, beginning at the hot air chamber, no 

 larger than the stove pipe, and directly between 

 the two hot air flues (with only one thickness of 

 brick between) and extended to the top of my chim- 

 ney. The stove that I have used is nothing but a 

 common box stove of large size, say 2 1-2 feet long, 

 16 inches square. Upon the top of this stove I 

 have one large round drum cbout 16 inches in di- 

 ameter, and nearly as long as the stove, and above 

 that I had two small drums only six inches in di- 

 ameter, but extended the length of my hot air cham- 

 ber, and then into the chimney above. In addition 

 to the above, I had a pipe for hot air made of brick, 

 placed upon a plank supported lor the purpose, to 

 lead from the side of my furnace near the top, and 

 extended about 7 feet through my cellar, (which is 

 kept apart for the furnace) and leads np into my 

 entry by a vei.tilator. This keeps the entry or hall 

 which is about 8 by 28 feet, perfectly warm as well 

 as my whole house. In half an hour after a fire is 

 built in the morning, you would be comfortably 

 warm in any room or entry even when the mercury 

 stands 15° below zero outside, which is not unfre- 

 quently the case in this climate. My stove had no 

 grate on the bottom, neither had I an ash-pit. In 

 other respects, my furnace resembles that repre- 

 sentf'd in your paper. This is found such an im- 

 provement in this country, that many have followed 

 rny example, and many others ha\e even laid by 

 the coal furnaces, which are so much 'cracked up' 

 in cities, and adopted mine The first year I used 

 my furnace, I burnt about twelve cords soft wood, 

 pine and spruce. I would prefer a stove for my 

 furnace such as you recommend, but none are to 

 be had in this section of our country. 



Truly yours, LEVI L. LOWELL. 



Calais (Mt.) Sept. 27, 1840. 



