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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



SEPTEMBER 25, 1S33. 



in this part of the state,) — my people not judging 

 rightly of the quantity of land, or having a heavy 

 hand, as we say, sowed 2 1 bushels to the acre — 

 and after it was sowed, I took pains in cutting 

 and charing out ditches, or drains, through the 

 piece, leaving the lands about 12 feet wide. The 

 thick sowing and draining gave the superiority to 

 my crop, above those of my neighbors. Some of 

 the wheat froze out, but enough remained — had 

 the water not been carried off', the greater part (for 

 it was low land) would have hern frozen out. 



If you choose to publish, and any person chooses 

 to try what can be gained by getting their land in 

 good order — sowing thick, and draining where 

 necessary — I wish you and they may reap abun- 

 dantly. A Farmer. 



TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. 



This Convention assembled in Worcester, on 

 Wednesday last, and consisted of about five hun- 

 dred delegates, of whom thirty-four were from Suf- 

 folk county, and forty from Essex county. It was 

 called to order by Dr. J. C. Warren, when a com- 

 mittee, of which Gen. Sullivan was chairman, 

 was appointed to nominate a list of officers. — 

 Their report was unanimously accepted ; and the 

 Convention was organized by the election of Gov- 

 ernor Lincoln as President ; Samuel Lathrop, of 

 West Springfield, Dr. John C. Warren, of Boston, 

 and William Reed, of Marblehead, as Vice Presi- 

 dents; and Emery Washburn, of Worcester, J. 

 W. Yeomans, of Pittsfield, T. A. Greene, of New 

 Bedford, and Luther S. dishing, of Cambridge, 

 as Secretaries. Prayers were offered by Rev. Mr, 

 Perry, of Bradford. A committee consisting of 

 Justin Edwards, William Sullivan, Hosea Hil- 

 drcth, John Read, Stephen C. Phillips and Ahijah 

 Bigelow, was appointed to prepare rules for the 

 government of the Convention. Another commit- 

 tee, appointed to devise measures for a more com- 

 plete Temperance organization throughout the 

 State, consisted of Messrs. J. Tappan of Boston, 

 G. P. Perry of Bradford, Jackson of Newton, 

 Foster of Worcester, Doolittle and Newcomb of 

 Belchertown, Yeomans of Pittsfield, Alden of 

 Bradford, Arnold of New Bedford, Bassett of 

 Barnstable, and Sprague of Duxbury. On the 

 evening of Wednesday, several eloquent addresses 

 were made, among which that of Rev. Mr. Taylor 

 of Boston, is mentioned as very striking and im- 

 pressive. 



The Convention, after an active and exceeding- 

 ly interesting session of two days, broke up on 

 Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock. An address to 

 the People of the State was adopted, which with 

 the other proceedings, will be published soon. — 

 The thanks of the Convention were voted to its 

 officers ; and the President, in their behalf, express- 

 ed his own lively gratification in the happiest terms. 

 It is but justice to this gentleman to say, that his 

 promptness and plainness in the despatch of busi- 

 ness, and his dignified and gentlemanly address, 

 were equally the subject of universal admiration. 

 The morning session was opened with prayer by 

 the Rev. Mr. Blagden of Boston, and the Conven- 

 tion closed with similar services by the Rev. Mr. 

 Walker of Charlestown. The most gratifying spirit 

 of mingled energy and mildness strongly charac 

 terizedthe proceedings throughout. It has never 

 boon our fortune to witness the earnest delibera- 

 tions of a body of five hundred men, on some of 

 the most interesting topics of the day, conducted 

 with such perfect harmony and good humor. 



We did not pass the evening in Worcester, but 

 understand that addresses were made, at a fully 

 attended public meeting, by Mr. Phillips of Salem 

 and other gentlemen. — Mercantile Journal. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ftj^For Horticultural Festival, see page 85. 



OFFICERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTI- 

 CULTURAL. SOCIETY, 



Elected Sept. 31, 1S33. 



president — .Henry A. S. Dearborn, Roxbury. 



vice presidents — Zebedee Cook, Jr. Boston; 

 Elijah Vose, Dorchester ; Enoch Bartlett, Roxbury ; 

 S. A. Shurtlefi", Boston. 



Treasurer — William Worthington. 



corresponding secretary — Jacob Bigelow, 

 M. D. Boston. 



recording secretary — Robert Treat Paine, 

 Boston. 



counsellors — Augustus Aspinwall, Brooklyn; 

 Thomas Brewer, Roxbury ; Henry A. Breed, Lynn ; 

 Benj. W. Crowninshield, Boston; J. G. Cogswell, 

 Northampton; Nathaniel Davenport, Milton; E. 

 Hersey Derby, Salem ; Samuel Downer, Dorchest- 

 er ; Oliver Fiske, ff'orccster ; B. V. French, Bos- 

 ton; J. M..Gourgas, Weston; T. W. Harris, M. D. 

 Cambridge ; Samuel Jaques, Jr. Chaiiestown ; Jos. 

 G. Joy, Boston ; William Kenrick, JVeuion ; John 

 Lemist, Roxbury ; S. A. Shurtleft', Boston ; E. M. 

 Richards, Dedham; Benjamin Rodman, JVew Bed- 

 ford; John B. Russell, Boston; Charles Senior, 

 Roxbury ; William H. Sumner, Dorchester; Charles 

 Tappan, Boston; Jacob Tidd, Roxbury; Jona. 

 Winship, Brighton; William Worthington, Dor- 

 chester ; Aaron D. Williams, Roxbury ; J. W. Web- 

 ster, Cambridge ; Geo. W. Pratt, Geo. W. Brim- 

 mer, Boston; David Haggerston, Charlestown; 

 Charles Lawrence, Salem. 



professor of botany and vegetable physi- 

 ology — John L. Russell. 



professor of entomology — T. W. Harris, 

 M. D. 



professor of horticultural chemistry J. 



W. Webster, M. D. 



standing committees — On Fruit Trees, Fruit, 

 SfC. Robert Manning, Chairman — Samuel Down- 

 er, Oliver Fiske, Charles Senior, William Ken- 

 rick, E. M. Richards, B. V. French, Samuel Pond, 

 Thos. Mason. 



On the Culture and Products of the Kitchen Gar- 

 den. Daniel Chandler, Chairman— Jacob Tidd, 

 Aaron D. Williams, John B. Russell, Nathaniel 

 Davenport, Leonard Stone. 



On Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Floioers, and 

 Green Houses. Jonathan Winship, Chairman — 

 Joseph G. Joy, David Haggerston, George W. 

 Pratt, Samuel Walker. 



On the Library. H. A. S. Dearborn, Chairman 

 —Jacob Bigelow, T. W. Harris, E. H. Derby, Z. 

 Cook, Jr., Geo. W. Pratt. 



On the Synonymes of Fruits. John Lowell, 

 Chairman — Robert Manning, Samuel Downer. 



On the Garden and Cemetery. Hon. Judge 

 Story, Chairman — II. A. S. Dearborn, Jacob 

 Bigelow, M. D. George Bond, Z. Cook, Jr. B. A. 

 Gould, Charles Brown, Joseph P. Bradlee, C. P. 

 Curtis. 



Executive Committee of the Council. Z. Cook, 

 Jr. Chairman — G. W. Pratt, Cheever Newhall, 

 Charles Tappan, Joseph P. Bradlee. 



ITEMS. 



A good sized Pear. A Pear, which grew on a 

 tree belonging to Mr. Richard K. Brickett of Hamp- 

 stead, N. II. measured thirteen inches and three 

 quarters in circumference, and weighing one pound 

 five and a half ounces. Quite a subject for a meal ! 



Large Fruit. We saw the other day, an Apple 

 from the farm of Joseph Houghton of Berlin, in 

 this county, which measured 4£ inches in diame- 

 ter and 14 in circumference, and weighed 16£ 

 ounces. — Worcester Spy. 



The Colonization Society of the city of New- 

 York, are about fitting out a vessel from Liberia, 

 to convey to that country a number of manumitted 

 slaves. Between twenty and thirty of the blacks 

 were the property of a gentleman in Virginia, who 

 released them from slavery on condition of their 

 immediately leaving the country. The Society 

 solicit aid from their fellow citizens, to defray tho 

 the expenses of this enterprise. 



Tlie number of spindles stopped in Fall River, 

 for want of water, is stated in the Monitor of Sat- 

 urday, to he 15,000. The whole number of spin- 

 dles is over 31,000. The Mills will be stopped on 

 Thursday next for the purpose of digging out the 

 canal or river that leads from the pond to the Mills. 

 It will probably require a week to complete the 

 work. 



Wheat. The Farmers in the vicinity of Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y. have been very prosperous in harvest- 

 ing their wheat the present season, and some of 

 them have got in near 3000 bushels, and others 

 1500, 1800, &c. 



Oats. The Springfield Republican says, Mr. 

 James Kent of West Springfield, has raised this 

 season, upon an acre of laud, a good one hundred 

 bushels of oats. 



The Shakers near Lexington, Ky. have commen- 

 ced the raising of silk-worms, and the preparing 

 and manufacture of silk. Samples received in 

 Philadelphia are highly extolled. 



Machine for Spinning Hemp. Mr. Joseph Wes- 

 terman, of New York, says the N. Y. Courier and 

 Enquirer, has invented a machine, by which rope 

 yarn is spun from hemp, without the process of 

 hatcbeliing, and, in consequence, without the us- 

 ual loss of eight or ten per ct. from that cause. — 

 The machine is simple, and its utility has been 

 tested. It produces a yarn far superior in smooth- 

 ness and strength to that produced by hand spin- 

 ning; and the saving, it is said, would be fifty per 

 cent. 



MAILS TO CANADA. 



It would appear by the following paragraph, 

 which comes marked for our notice in the St. 

 Catharine's "Colonial Argus," that the recent di- 

 rections of the U. S. P. O. department, on the sub- 

 ject of Canadian postage, originated in erroneous 

 information with respect to the regulations of the 

 British post-office. 



We are authorized in saying that no such in- 

 structions as alluded to [in the circular of Mr. Mel- 

 son,] have been received by the Postmasters in Up- 

 per Canada — but the very reverse. Subscribers 

 for American newspapers, as well as publishers, 

 have uniformly paid United States postage on 

 newspapers aud letters at the Canada offices, and 

 which has been regularly accounted for by our 

 Postmasters, and no instructions received to the 

 contrary. — Albany Argus. 



