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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



JULY 19, ?■ tr. 



2. 

 3. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



XXIX. Disejiscs of Trees am! Plants. 



XXX. Injurious Inserts ami Vermin. 

 Borer; canker worms; eatei pillars ; [intato 



worms; toliarco worm; slugs; hee niotli ; tnr- 

 liip fly; crows and Ijlaek birds; wondclmeks ; 

 field miee ; rats. 



XXXI. Fenee.s. 



Siono walls ; rail fmices ; live hedges ; hedge 

 mid ditch ; raised hanks, &e. 



XXXII. Forest Trees. 



1. For timher ; for fuel. 



2. Modes of raising ; care of forests ; time and 

 iiiorles of cutting. 



3. Nurseries of fruit and fovest trees. 



4. riaiits for hedges and fences. 



XXXIII. Oeheial Improvenients. 

 Clearing wihl land. 

 Removing stumps and stones. 

 Draining. 



Irrigation. 



Paring and burning. 

 Gravi'lling low inv;adows. 

 Improving peat meadows. 



XXXIV. Great Farming operations. 



1. Ploughing. 



Siiwing; planting ; laying down to grass. 



Haymaking. 



Harvesting. 



Preserving and expending the produce. 



Marketing. 



XXXV. Examples in detail and in full of 



1. General farm management. 



2. Parti'-nlar crops. 



3. Particidar inii)rovenients, 



XXXVI. I.ahur. 



1. Farm luhor hy the month or year. 



2. " by the piece. 



3. Cost of hoard and prices of provisions. 

 Use of spirituous lienors. 

 Laws and customs relali-ng to labor. 



Wi'chaniral Labor. 



iilacksnuili. Price per pound of iron. 



" Price of horse shoeing ; ox do. 



2. Carpenters' \vork jier day. 



3. Masons' do. do. 



4. Wheelwrights' vvork, per iiiece. 



5. General cost of farnii.ig utensils ; Carriages, 

 and eipiipments. 



XXXVII. Farming Im]ilem6nts, &c. 

 Ploughs, harrows, horse rakes, cultivators and 



liorse hoes, threshing machines, winnowing ma- 

 chines, vegetable slicers, hay cutters, n Hers, drill 

 machines, corn planters, corn shellers, wheel car- 

 riages, stump extractors, &c. &c. 



XXXVIII. (^^ondition of Roads and Improve- 

 ments in construction of roads, as intimately con- 

 nected with the agrieultural jirosperity of a couti- 

 try. 



XXXIX. Miscellaneous subjects. 

 \. Si/.e of faiins. 



2. Farm capital. 



3. Farm accounts. 

 Laws relating to agriculture. 

 Taxes and burdens upon land. 

 Agrieultural paupi:r establisbmentti. 



" and manual labor schools and 



colleges. 

 " Societies; funds; premiums; 



operations ; cattle shows. 



4. 

 5. 

 6. 



7. 



8. 



9. Agricultural libraries and jiublications. 

 XL. JIaimfaetnres connected with agriculture. 



1. Household manufactures, manufactures of 

 wool, silk. Max, ljem[i, hair, bristles, straw, &c. 



2. Leather, with all its various preparations. 



3. Glue; combs; buttons; bonnets ami hats 

 made (iom grass, straw or wool. Wooden ware. 

 Barrels. 



M.-iple sugai-, maple molasses, beet sugar, po- 

 tato syrup, starch, opium, suntlower oil, Indian 

 corn oil, linseed oil. Neat's foot oil, wine from 

 grapes, wine from currants. 



Cider, perry, beer and ale, whiskey, gin. 



Soap, candles. 



XL!. Objects of particular inquiry, with a view 

 to Agricullur.il Iinprovennnts. 



\. Irii[)rovements in live stock. 



2. " in utensils and farm building. 



3. " in new vegetables, fruits and 



grasses. 



4. " in seeds for earliness and a- 



bundant yield. 



5. " ill economical preparations 



and uses of food for man 

 and beast. 



6. " in economical uses of fuel. 



7. " in economical application of 



human and brute labor. 



8. " in application of water, steam 



or wind power to purpo- 

 ses of husbandry. 



9. " in cultivation, — depth of 

 ploughing; mixing ofsoils ; compost ma- 



. nnres; manuring with green cro|)s ; in- 

 verting and covering the sward ; drill cul- 

 ture ; sowing broad-east ; management ol 

 any particuiar crop, &c. &c. 



10. Improvements in rotation of crojis. 



n. '• in uses of lime; gypsum; 



bone dust. 



12. !• ill application ofaslies, crude 



or spent. 



13. '' in application or discovery 



of other manures. 



14. " in contrijction of Farm 



buildings. 



XLII. Exports and Imjiorts of Agrieu:tiiral 

 Produce. 



Capacity of the State to supply its own wants. 

 General views. 



XLIII. Specimens of Soil to be analyzed. 



Models of iuiproved implements. 

 " " buildings. 



Sketches of improved modes of draining lands. 



Collection of valualile seeds or plants. 



Samples of wool, silk and sugar. 



I have thus, sir, laid before you the principal 

 objects designed to be embraced in an Agricultu- 

 ral Survey of the State. It is not, of course, ex- 

 pecte<l that every farmer, possibly not any single 

 farmer, will be able to give me information on 

 every subject here enumerated ; nor will any farm 

 or any town in the Commonwealth fmiiish exam- 

 ples ol all the various crops, operations and slocks 

 here mentioned. But what is wanting in one, 

 may <loubtless be found in another; and as no 

 subject is mentioned in which the agriculture of 

 the State is not directly concerned, it is hoped 

 that much valmiblc and practical information may 

 be collected in regard to all. Jt i\ ill be my pro- 



vince to gather up the fragments that nothing ha 

 lost. ! earnestly solicit, therefore, your particu- 

 lar aid in acquiring this information ; and the 

 communication ot your know ledge or exjierience, 

 either by writing, conversation, advice, or in any 

 form in which you will please to give it. Any 

 trouble which any gentleman may take uptm him- 

 self fnr tl'C purpose of procuring information, shall 

 be always most gratefully acknowledged. 



My duty will require me to visit every town in 

 the Slate ; and .my wish is to visit every principal 

 farm in every town, the management of which 

 promises to afford useful information. In deter- 

 mining what particular farms to visit, it is obvi- 

 ous that I must necessarily be directed by tlie ad- 

 vice or suggestions of others, whicli I shall al- 

 ways be most happy to receive; but, in order to 

 avoid all invidionsness, 1 beg leave to state dis- 

 tinctly, in the outset, that, unless prevented hy 

 extraorilinary circumstances, I will visit every 

 farmer, who will do me the kindness to invite me 

 to his premises; and I have perfect confidence in 

 finding oftentimes as creditable and instructive 

 management among small farmers, as among those 

 who [lursue agriculture upon an extensive scale. 

 I therefoie solicit such invitations; and will glad- 

 ly avail myself of them. 



I jiurpose to make the survey by Counties, and 

 am anxious to prosecute it with all convenient de- 

 spatch. I beg the farmers to wlumi this Circular 

 is sent, to give it an attentive and repeated exam- 

 ination. The objects of the survey are most im- 

 port.-uit to the farming interest. 1 go to seek in- 

 formalion from practical men ; and shall be happy 

 to communicate all that I receive. I soli( it the 

 correspondence and co-operation of such men.— 

 It is reasonable to hope that the inquiries will 

 elicit much valuable knowledge ; that they will 

 contribute to excite and strengthen a spirit of im- 

 provement in agriculture, this most honor.ible and 

 useful pursuit; that they uill unfold agrieuhnral 

 resources and capacities of which we were not 

 fully aware ; that they will strengthen those which 

 already exist, and present nevv reasons for a de- 

 voted attachment to our native State ; a State, 

 which, if its soil be comparatively hard and sterile 

 and its climate severe, is in a high degree favora- 

 ble to longevity, to strength of muscle, vigor of 

 intellect, and moral eneri'y ; furnishes an ample 

 reward to patient industry, temperance and fru- 

 gality ; and under the udministration of upright 

 magistrates, and wholesome an<l equal laws, which 

 she has so long and eminently enjoyed, abounds 

 in the elements of domestic comfort, and social 

 improvement and jirosjierity. 



Yours res|iectfiillv, 



HENRY COLMAN. 



Boston, June, 1837. 



P. S. Communications and letters relating to 

 the S'jrv('y, may be a<ldressed to the siibscril-.er 

 at Boston. They may be forwarded by piivate 

 cmiveyance to the Postofhce in Boston, or direct- 

 ly by mail, if oiherwise not convenient. 



The Crops.— Never were the prospects fairer, 

 than at present, for an abundant .harv,-.st. Wheat, 

 which early in the spring, praiuised but little, 

 bids fair to produce as good a crop as has been 

 produced for many years. Crops of every des- 

 cription, look well, and the farmer has the pro.s. 

 pect of a rich return for his labor. — Gfncscc Bal- 

 ance. 



