1856. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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vats ; for milch cows the food is green grass and 

 fodder. The manure being accumulated in the 

 trench beneath the house, is occasionally sprinkled 

 •with earth or other absorbents, so that the absence 

 of all smell in the sheds is remarkable. It is af- 

 firmed that the extension, by this process of stabula- 

 tion, of the culture of roots, pulse crops and artifi- 

 cial grasses, on the pasture grounds, really gives 

 two or three times more food for cattle. 



Another feature in English farming of modern 

 origin, is the process by which the evacuations of 

 the cattle, after falling into the trenches, under the 

 stalls, pass through pipes into a reservoir, where 

 they are mixed with water and fertilizing substan- 

 ces, and from thence driven, by the steam engine, 

 through a system of underground pipes to the ex- 

 tremities^ of the property. At distances of every 

 fifty or sixty yards are placed vertical pipes and a 

 gutta-percha tube fitted on, and a man, boy and 

 the steam engine are able to manure five acres a 

 day. Great results have followed this system of 

 manuring ; but it is yet only adopted by the few 

 more ardent, enterprising and wealthy agriculturists. 

 These are the general features of the present agri- 

 cultural revolution, called high farming ; introduced 

 by the repeal, or after the repeal, of the com laws, 

 and possible only in a country of great wealth, 

 dense poj^ulation, and limited surface. 



The English do not revolutionize like their neigh- 

 bors the French ; but they revolutionize ; they are 

 always at it, in their quiet way, attempting only 

 what is possible and useful, without the destruction 

 of the past, ushering in a better future. M. 



THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY. 



SIXTH SESSION. 



In conformity with a resolution passed at the last 

 meeting of this National Association, the Sixth Ses- 

 sion will be held in Corinthian Hall, in the city of 

 Rochester, New^ York, commencing on Wednes- 

 day, the twenty-fourth day of September next, at 

 10 o'clock, A. M., and will continue for several 

 days. 



Among the objects of this meeting are the fol- 

 lowing : To bring together the most distinguished 

 Pomologists of our land, and by a free interchange 

 of ex])erience, to collect and diffuse such researches 

 and discoveries as have been recently made in the 

 science of Pomology — to hear the Reports of the 

 various State Committees and other district associa- 

 tions — to revise and enlarge the Society's catalogue 

 of Fruits — to assist in determining the synonymes 

 by which the same fruit is known in A merica or 

 Europe — to ascertain the relative value of varieties 

 in difterent parts of our country — what are suitable 

 for particular localities — what new sorts give prom- 

 ise of being worthy of dissemination — and, especial- 

 ly, what are adapted to general cultivation. 



The remarkable and gratifying progress which 

 has been attained, of late years, in this branch of 

 rural industry, is, in no small degree, attributable 

 to the estabhshmentand salutary influences of Hor- 

 ticultural and Pomological Societies. It is, there- 

 fore, desirable that every State and territory of the 

 Union should be represented in this convention, so 

 that the advantages resulting from this meeting may 

 be generally and widely diffused. Held, as it will 

 be, at a convenient point between the Eastern States 



and the Western, easily accessible from the South, 

 and also from the Canadas, it is anticipated that the 

 attendance will be larger than on any former occa- 

 sion, and the beneficial results to the American far- 

 mer and gardener proportionably increased. 



All Pomological, Horticultural, Agricultural and 

 other kindred associations of the United States, and 

 of the British Pro^-inces, are requested to send such 

 number of delegates as they may deem expedient ; 

 and nurserymen, and all other persons interested in 

 the cultivation of fruit, are invited to be present, 

 and to participate in the deliberations of the con- 

 vention. 



In order to increase as much as possilile the util- 

 ity of the occasion, and to facilitate business, mem- 

 bers and delegates are requested to forward speci- 

 mens of fruits grown in their respective districts, 

 and esteemed worthy of notice; also, papers de- 

 scriptive of their mode of cultivation — of diseases 

 and insects injurious to vegetation — of remedies for 

 the same, and also to communicate whatever may 

 aid in promoting the objects of the meeting. Each 

 contributor is requested to make out a complete list 

 of his specimens, and present the same with his 

 fruits, that a report of all the varieties entered may 

 be submitted to the meeting as soon as practicable 

 after its organization. 



Packages of fruits and communications may be 

 addressed as follows : "For the American Pomo- 

 logical Society, care of W. A. Reynolds, Esq., 

 Chairman Com. of Arrangements, Rochester, N. Y." 



Delegations will please forward certificates of 

 their appointment, either to the above, or to the un- 

 dersigned at Boston. 



Gentlemen desirous of becoming members of the 

 Society, and of receiving its Transactions, may do 

 so by remitting to the Treasurer, Thomas P. James, 

 Esq., Philadelphia, Penn., the admission fee of two 

 dollars, for biennial, or twenty dollars for lift mem- 

 bership. Marshall P. Wilder, President, 

 H. W. S. Cleveland, Secretary. 



Boston, Mass., March 15, 1856. 



Fur the New England Farmer. 



PEAT MUCK AND CROPS. 



Mr. Editor : — I don't know when I have been 

 so interested as in reading a recent report of the 

 Massachusetts Legislative Agricultural Meeting, 

 on manures. It is a subject second to none to 

 the farmer. On the farm that I occupy, there 

 is a' swamp containing about five acres, from which 

 we have for the last ten years drawn from fifty to 

 eighty loads to the yard, and by way of experiment, 

 small quantities have been put on different parts of 

 the farm, in a raw state, always to htlle or no bene- 

 fit, excepting in one case. We had about one acre 

 of cold, stiff, clay land, the mould not being over 

 one inch in depth, upon which we put thirty loads 

 of muck right from the swamps ; plowed in the 

 Spring, harrowed and sowed to oats, and had a 

 good crop. In the fall, (September I think,) I 

 plowed, harrowed, and sowed one-half bushel of 

 Timothy ; mowed it last summer and got a fair 

 crop of hay. 



We get the most profit by putting it in the yard 

 and in the trenches in the stable ; and get as good 

 corn where we manure with muck carted from the 

 yard, as we do from any other manure. So it makes 

 it a matter of fact with me, that the juices of the 



