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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



OCTOBER 30, 1833. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 30, 1833. 



TOASTS 



DRANK AT THE BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW. 



We were able to obtain but a few of the senti- 

 ments, which were elicited by the festivity of this 

 occasion, but we are sure that their quality will 

 amply atone for any deficiency in quantity. Other 

 wise and witty sayings were uttered and applaud- 

 ed, but like many brilliant things, were (so far as 

 our memory is concerned) as evanescent as the 

 scintillations of the Aurora Borealis. 



Tfic United Stales of America — Their strength, 

 prosperity and glory, lie in their union. 



The Commonwealth of Massachusetts — May she 

 ever remain true to her own interests, true to her 

 own character, and true to the whole country. 



The Governor of the Commonive.alth — Nine years 

 of social and political prosperity under his admin- 

 istration, are the best proof of his wisdom and 

 patriotism. 



Tlie late President of this Society, Mr. Lowell — a 

 fanner both practical and scientific ; a benefactor 

 to this Society, whose services are never to be 

 forgotten. 



The Twenty-four States — A team strong enough 

 for any work, provided they do not break the chain. 



In proposing a toast, Mr. Welles observed, that 

 it might be thought proper he should report to 

 the Society thus assembled, that he had represented 

 them at the Worcester agricultural Show — and 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural Society had been 

 noticed in that gracious manner so customary and 

 so complimentary by the president of that society, 

 to which he had the honor to respond. 



In the Exhibitions of the Day there was much 

 to admire, and it seemed difficult to conjecture 

 where the fertility of production in that beautiful 

 county might pause. The president of that so- 

 ciety had exhibited an apple which he now made 

 room for in his carriage, and had brought to Brigh- 

 ton ; this he invited the company to view [the 

 apple here raised] and in reference to which he 

 asked leave to propose the following toast: 



The Orator of the Day — He engrafts the scion 

 of public usefulness on the stock of private worth. 

 After some pertinent remarks the Governor ex- 

 pressed a compliment to the Orator, and toasts 

 with pleasant and appropriate introductions were 

 offered by Mr. Everett, Judge Story, and Mr. Web- 

 ster. 



The removal of the deposits from the barn yard 

 to the field — a constitutional measure for the ben- 

 efit of the local banks. 



The Speaker of the day — Old Virgil may have 

 spoken well of agriculture in poetry — we are satis- 

 fied with its praises in prose. 



By the President — M. Emanuel Fellenburg of 

 Switzerland, an Honorary member of this Society 

 — alike celebrated for his great practical skill in 

 husbandry, as for the important and valuable in- 

 struction in his favorite pursuit, constantly and 

 gratuitously imparted to the young men in his vi- 

 cinity. 



By Mr. B. V. French— The Rev. Farmer at 

 Meculowbank ; the Arthur Young of America ; his 

 theory and practice promise for New England what 

 the Rev. Author's did for old England — may the 

 ■happy influence of his example and industry pre- 

 vail. 



Hon. Henry Clav was admitted an Honorary 

 Member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 at their last meeting. 



Enormous Beet. Mr. George Newhall of Dor- 

 chester has Vhised this season a Sugar Beet, 

 which exceeds, so far as our observation has ex- 

 tended, all of its kind that was ever ycleped a 

 Mammoth Vegetable. It weighs without the top 

 "23 lbs ! It was presented on Saturday last to the 

 Mass. Hor. Soc. and may now be seen at the 

 office of the N. E. Farmer. 



JYeiv kind of Corn. The same gentleman, men- 

 tioned above, has imported from the South, and 

 left at the N. E. Fanner office an ear of corn, of a 

 singular and to us non-descript kind, in which 

 every kernel has a separate glume or envelope like 

 the chaff of wheat. The specimen left with us is 

 not ripe, being planted late, but it is thought that 

 it will prove valuable as food for cattle. 



Prodigious Turnip. A Turnip was raised the 

 present season, by Mr. George Latimer, of Hart- 

 ford, Vt. which weighs 16i lbs. and its circumfer- 

 ence is 38J inches. It may be seen at the office 

 of the N. E. Farmer. 



ROLLING WHEAT GROUND. 

 Farmers are often heard mourning the effects 

 of winter in injuring their wheat Holds. The 

 great and sudden changes of temperature throw 

 the roots out of the ground, and thus kill the 

 plant. Rolling the ground after the wheat is 

 sown has a very great tendency to prevent injury 

 from frost and thaws. Next harvest, many a one, 

 we dare say, will lament that he did not get and 

 use a roller. — New York Farmer. 



AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



The following are among the Premiums award- 

 ed by the American Institute at its Annual Fair, 

 October, 1S33. — 



To the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, 

 Somersworth, N. II. for the second best blue and 

 black Broadcloths — a premium. 



To the Middlesex Manufacturing Co. Lowell, 

 Mass. for the best piece of Cassimere, (drab and 

 printed) — a Silver Medal. 



To the York Manufacturing Co. Saco, Maine, 

 first premium for bleached and brown Canton 

 Flat-nels — a Silver Medal. 



To Robinson, Jones & Co. Attleborough, Mass. 

 for the best specimen of Military, Naval and Sport- 

 ing Buttons, and for the truth and finish of plain 

 fiat Buttons — a Silver Medal. 



To J. M. L. & W. H. Scovill, Waterbury, Con. 

 for the second best Silver Plated Metal — a Silver 

 Medal. 



To Oliver Ames, Easton, Mass. for the best 

 Spades and Shovels — a Silver Medal. 



To Daniel Adams, Springfield, Mass. for the 

 best Sand paper — a premium. 



To Allen &. Co. Boston, and Win. Minns, New 

 York, for the second best Account Books — a pre- 

 mium. 



To Oliver Perkins, Maine, for a Press, upon the 

 principle of the inclined plane, very powerful, and 

 requiring but small power — a premium. 



To P. Hubbard, Vermont, for a Rotary Hand 

 Pump, simple, powerful and lasting — a premium. 



To the Boston Crown Glass Company, for well 

 made articles of excellent quality — a premium. 



To Day, Venables &■ Taylor, Norwalk, Con. for 

 good articles of Flint Stone Ware — a premium. 



ITEMS OP INTELLIGENCE. 



An experiment was made some time since on the 

 Dansville and Pottsville railroad, over the inclined 

 plane, in order to ascertain its practical operation. The 

 plane is SOU feet in length, and 200 feet in perpendicular 

 height. The car, which was drawn by a descending 

 iino, passed up in 1)0 seconds, and without the least in- 

 terruption to its smooth progress. Water power, it is 

 said, will be used on these inclined planes, being at 

 present attended with far less expense than that of steam 

 machinery. 



The (hiuitl'its spirit has extended itself to Charleston, 

 S. C. We observe by a recent number of the Courier, 

 that an Omnibus has commenced running at certain 

 hours of the day to various designated points. 



A letter from Oxford, Chenango County, New York, 

 states that the quantity of butter was fully one eighth to 

 one quarter greater than ever was known, and that the 

 farmers have bountiful crops of every tMng except corn. 

 Letters in fact from every part of the State of New York, 

 concur in the statement, that for years the crops have 

 not been equal to those of this season. 



The Horticultural Garden of Mrs. Parmentler, on the 

 Jamaica turnpike, two and a quarter miles from Brook- 

 lyn Ferry, was sold on Friday, for the sum of $57,000. 

 The garden comprised twenty-four acres, and has been 

 purchased by a company, for the purpose of converting 

 it into building lots. 



Law for Travellers. — A court in Cincinnati recently 

 decided that it is the duty of stage proprietors, to pro- 

 vide good and sound carriages, horses, and harness, a 

 skilful driver, and not to take more than a reasonable 

 load. Should they travel in the night, it is their duty 

 to carry lights. In cases of accidents, occasioned by a 

 fault in any of these particulars, the proprietors are 

 liable. 



During the late exhibition of manufactures by the 

 Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia, there were $1,400 

 collected ; and about 40,000 persons as spectators. 



A letter from Hartford says, that a piece of one of the 

 boilers of the boat New England, was found at a dis- 

 tance of two miles from the scene of the explosion. 



There is scarcely a greater degree of mortality'on 

 record, as occurring in one family, than that mentioned 

 as having recently taken place in the family of Daniel 

 Bamby, of Berks County, Pa. From the 28th of August 

 to the 22d of September, no less than seven members of 

 this family, including its head, were carried ofT. A gen- 

 eral want of cleanliness, and a cellar filled with stagnant 

 water, are said to have been the probable cause of this 

 unusual fatality in one household. 



A friend who has had an opportunity of noticing the 

 rain guage at the Hospital, mentioned to us that between 

 the 7th inst. and yesterday at 9 o'clock A. M., there had 

 fallen ten inches of water in rain. This is the greatest 

 quantity of water ever known to have fallen in this 

 country, in the space of time. The average quantity of 

 rain falling annually for the last twenty-three years, is 

 about thirty-six inches. — U. S. (Philadelphia) Gazette. 



The Charleston Patriot says, it is understood that the 

 Bank of South Carolina has refused to receive the United 

 States deposites. f 



Gale on Lake Erie. — A severe gale was experienced 

 there on the 17th inst., by which a large number of ves- 

 sels on the Lake were driven ashore — roofs swept off of 

 buildings, and chimneys blown down, and other damage 

 done. 



Great Fire. — An extensive conflagration took place in 

 Somerset, (Penn.), on the morning of the 16th. At half 

 past two a fire was discovered in the house owned by 

 J. F. Cox, Esq., and occupied by several families, and 



