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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



ish apple, striped with light, rich red streaks, 

 flavor, mild sub-acid, excellent, succeeds best in 

 the northern States. Peck's Pleasant is a large 

 apple, good hearer, fruit always fair. The Jon- 

 athan, so called, is a great bearer; color a deep, 

 bright red, of an excellent flavor; the Baldwin, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Northern Spy, Newton 

 Pippin and Koxbury Russet are all too well known 

 to need a description. These are a few varie- 

 ties which my friend recommended with a good 

 deal of confidence, as we were standing under 

 the branches of a large Porter apple tree. Of 

 pears, the following are always good ; viz. : the 

 Bartlett, Napoleon, Vicar of VVinkfield, Dix and 

 Seckel. These are all good varieties, and will 

 amply repay the care of cultivation. 



My friend now wanted me to go and look at a 

 piece of land that he had reclaimed, and we were 

 preparing so to d ) when the pleasant sound of 

 the dinntr-horn broke on our ears, and as our 

 morning exercise had given us a keen appetite, 

 we concluded to postpone the visit until after 

 dinner. In my next, I will give you an account 

 of the visit to the reclaimed land, and my obser- 

 vations in the hay-field, not forgetting to speak 

 a good word of the utility of the hay-caps. 



Freeman. 



For the New England Farmer. 



BARN ARRANGEMENTS. 



Mr. Editor: — I will give you some idea of 

 the way in which I intend to build a barn. I 



BARNSTABLE AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 



In looking over the account of this fair, there 

 are two things that strike us very agreeably at 

 the outset. 



The fair was held on two days, and the annual 

 meeting for the choice of officers and the trans- 

 action of business was held on the forenoon of 

 the first day. While the articles for the show were 

 being arranged in the hall, and the stock in the 

 pens, the members met, and deliberately transact- 

 ed their business. This gives them time to do 

 all that is necessary, without the hurry and con- 

 fusion that usually attends these meetings af- 

 ter the dinner, at the close of the fair, when every 

 one is in haste to get away. Under such circum- 

 stances, the business is apt to be done hastily, 

 and with too little thought, and important mat- 

 ters are forgotten, or referred to committees. 

 Could the affairs of our county societies be trans- 

 acted more deliberately, and the views of all the 

 members be brought out, there would be more 

 union and harmony in their management. When 

 a fair is held two days, we think the Barnstable 

 plan is an excellent one. 



The second thing to which we refer is the ap- 

 pointment of a committee to superintend the set- 

 ting out of ornamental trees upon the grounds 



propose to have it of sufficient size to ace mmo>f ^^e society. This matter has been too much 

 dale my stock of three horses, three cows and a | neglected. Most of our showgrounds might, by 

 yoke of oxen, leaving room for hay, grain, gran- 1 proper attention, and with little expense, be con- 



ary, store room or tool house, &c. I intend to 

 have upon one side my granary, and a large bay 

 for hay, &c., and on the other side stalls for my 

 stock of cattle and horses, a tool room, <S:c. Un- 

 derneath the stalls I propose to construct a tight- 

 ly cemented manure cellar, of suflicient capacity 

 to contain about two hundred loads of manure, 

 and so arranged as to receive all the manure, both 

 solid and liquid, from the stalls. I shall have 

 adjoining my barn a building so constructed as to 

 contain a henery, store room with cellar under- 

 neath for roots, a room for cooking food for 

 hogs, hens, <5cc., and a pig sty, to connect with 

 the before-named manure cellar. I shall give my 

 hogs the range of the manure cellar, and shall. 



verted into beautiful and attractive places. Or- 

 namental trees tastefully arranged, and paths skil- 

 fully laid out, and a smooth, green surface be- 

 tween the walks, would render them much more 

 attractive, and add much to the comfort and 

 pleasure of the occasion. It would tend to fos- 

 ter good taste in the minds of the members and 

 visitors. We hope the example of this society 

 will be followed by all societies v,hich own 

 grounds devoted to the purposes of an annual 

 fair. 



We infer from the report that the directors de- 

 termined to have a good time at the fair, and 



from time to time, put into it muck, leaves and 

 other matter, as often as it shall be necessary. IjfLiHy succeeded. What was wanting to make 

 also intend to have a drain or pipe running from j their Agricultural /SAoiw attractive, they made up 

 my house (which is on a higher level than my|in attractions of other kinds. They bought to- 

 barn,) to the manure cellar, and to carry into itjgether His Excellency the Governor, and various 



all night-soil, soap-suds, and all kinds of liquids 

 valuable for manurial qualities. 



I hope, with the above named conveniences, 

 and the assistance of three or four of the hog 

 kind, to keep a small farm in a high state of cul- 

 tivation. 



What say the editor and my brother subscri- 

 bers to the N. E. Farmer, to my plan ? 



Boston, August 5, 1859. c. C. H. 



Remarks. — Your plan appears well in de- 

 scription, but a ground plan would have given us 

 a better idea of it. When the barn is completed, 

 give us an invitation to look at it. 



notabilities from all points of the State. The 

 Ancient and Honorable Artillery company from 

 Boston were there, and the Boston Brass Band, 

 with various side shows, such as a revolving 

 swing, the Ethiopian troupe, big oxen, &:c., and 

 last, but not least, a splendid ball on the even- 

 ing of the second day. J. B. Smith got up one 

 of his best dinners. Gov. Washburn made an 

 eloquent oration, and there was the usual varie- 

 ty of speech-making, and other talk, interspersed 

 with songs and music by the band. 

 But amidst all this display and show, we fear 



