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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



ter than for many years. Oats good. Rye and 

 wheat very good. The weevil has done but lit- 

 tle mischief in this vicinity. As I was returning 

 from my walk I found 



THE BAraC CRACKED ON A PLUM TREE, 



and the gum oozing out. Can this be reme- 

 died by slitting down the bark in the spring ? 

 Yours, rather plumish, N. T. T. 



Bethel, Me., Aug. 30, 1858. 



HYMN OF THE HARVESTERS. 



We gather them in — the bright green leaves, 



With our scythes and rakes to-day, 

 And tlie mow grows big, as the pitcher heaves 



Ilis lifts in the sweltering hay. 

 O ho ! a field ! for the mower's scythe 



Hath a ring as of destiny. 

 Sweeping the earth of its burden lithe. 



As it sung in wrathful glee. 



We gather them in — the nodding plumes 



Of the yellow and bended grain. 

 And the flash of our slcliles' light illumes 



Our march o'er the vanquished plain. 

 Anon we come with the steed-drawn car — 



The cunning of modern laws ; 

 And the acres stoop to its clanging jar, 



As it reelis its hungry jaws. 



We gather them in — the mellow fruits 



From the shrub, the vine and tree, 

 With their russet, and golden and purjile suits, 



To garnish our treasury. 

 And each has a juicy treasure stored 



All aneath its tainted rind. 

 To cheer our guests at the social board. 



When we leave our cares behind. 



We gather them in — this goodly store. 



But not with miser's gust. 

 For the Great All Father Wo adore 



Hath but given it in trust ; 

 All our work of death is but for life. 



In the wintry days to come — 

 Then a blessing upon the reapers' strife, 



And a shout at this Harvest Home. 



DELEGATES TO THE AQRICULTURAIj 

 SOCIETIES. 



The following is a list of delegates appointed 



by the Board of Agriculture at its last meeting 



to attend and report upon the exhibitions of the 



various county agricultural societies : 



Essex at Danvers Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg 



Middlesex at Concord George Mai-ston, Barnstable. 



Mid. South at Framingham M. P. Wilder, Dorchester. 



Middlesex North at Lowell Wm. S. Lewis, Framingham. 



Worcester at Worcester Wm. Sutton, South Danvera. 



Worcester West at Barre Luke Sweetser, Amherst. 



Worcester North at Fitchburg T. J. Field, Northfield. 



Worcester South at Sturbridge J. C. Bartlctt, Cbelmsford^ 



Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden at Northampton, 



B. V. French, Dorchester. 



Hampshire at Amherst George M. Atwater, Springfield. 



Hampden East at Palmer...., Josiah White, Petersham. 



Franklin at Greenfield C. G. Davis, Plymouth. 



Berkshire at Pittsfield N. Durfee, Fall River. 



Hoosatonic at Great Barrington. . . .E. W. Gardner, Nantucket. 



Norfolk at Dedham J. S. Grennell, Greenfield. 



Bristol at Taunton C. Knox, Palmer. 



Plymouth at Bridgewater Simon Brown, Concord. 



Barnstable at Barnstable S. Bushnell, Sheffield. 



Nantucket at Nantucket C. P. Tracy, Hinsdale. 



TO MAKAGE A REARING HORSE. 



Whenever you perceive a horse's inclination 

 to rear, separate your reins and prepare for him. 

 The instant he is about to rise, slacken one hand, 

 and bend or twist his head with the other ; keep- 

 ing your hands low. This bending compels him 

 to move a hind leg, and, of necessity, brings his 

 fore feet down. Instantly twist him completely 

 round two or three times, which will confuse him 

 very much, and throw him off his guard. The 

 moment you have finished twisting him round, 

 place his head in the direction you wish him to 

 proceed, apply the spurs, and he will not fail to 

 go forAvards. If the situation be convenient, press 

 him into a gallop, and apply the spurs and whip 

 two or three times severely. The horse will not, 

 perhaps, be quite satisfied with the defeat, but 

 may feel disposed to try again for the mastery. 

 Should this be the case, you have only to twist 

 him, etc., as before, and you will find, that in the 

 second struggle, he will be more easily subdued 

 than on the former occasion ; in fact, you will see 

 him quail under the operation. It rarely hap- 

 pens that a rearing horse after having been treat- 

 ed in the way described, will resort to this trick 

 a third time. — British. Sportsman. 



For the New England Farmer 



EFFECTS OF THE SOIL ON PARTICULAR 

 PLANTS. 



"When scions are taken from a fruit tree and grafted upon 

 stocks raised from seeds of that same fruit tree, will any advan- 

 tage or detriment result from the practice, or is it simply im- 

 material?" 



"In selecting a suitable soil for a fruit tree, should the ground 

 be chosen with reference to the graft or to the stock ?" 



"Far East," in New £ngland Farmer, May, 1858. 



Mr. Editor : — It is well known that, when 

 the seed of an esteemed variety of pear is com- 

 mitted to the soil, that seed does not produce 

 the same variety, but a number of varieties, no 

 two of which are the same, nor perhaps like any 

 other variety of the kind that had ever been in 

 existence. Such being the fact, it is easy to in- 

 ter, even by the most inexperienced, that no ad- 

 vantage would accrue from the practice all"uded to 

 by your corresjiondent, and no deterioration 

 whatever could arise from the use of such stocks 

 more than from that of any other "free stock," 

 which, in point of fact, they are. It is, therefore, 

 "simply immaterial," and no more necessary than 

 that the Asphodel should be planted in abun- 

 dance, in and around our cemeteries, to supply 

 the manes of the departed with food, in order to 

 avert the terrible alternative of having hungry 

 ghosts devour one another. 



But it is of paramount importance that the stock 

 should invariably be adapted to the soil. As a 

 dry, siliceous soil for the free or pear stock ; and 

 a clayey, heavy, or moist soil for the quince. 



This is what our standard pomological works 

 would inculcate, Avhen they describe different va- 

 rieties as succeeding Ijetter on some soils than 

 on others ; that is, the varieties described as af 

 fecting certain specified soils, should be grafted 

 on stocks naturally adapted to those soils rathe^ 

 than on any other. 



The rationale of this is simple. We have but 

 two differently constituted root-systems, or, in 

 other words, two kinds of stocks to choose from 

 — the pear and the quince. Also, by a little 

 generalization, all kinds of soil may be resolved 

 into two — the moist and dry, considering it with- 

 out regard to its organic constituents, and chiefly 

 as to its ppwer of absorbing and giving off heat 



