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NEW E Nix LAND FAKMEll, 



Nov. 9, Us3l. 



BOfl'J'ON, U'EDNISDAY EVENING, NOV. 9, 1S31. 



FARMER'S WORK FOR NOVEMBER. 

 FM Ploughing. — It i= connioiily advisable for 

 culiivttU.rs to plough most, if not all their land in 

 autumn, wliicli tliey propose to till the next .-ieason. 

 The advantages of fall ploughing are, 1st. It saves 

 lime and labor in iho following; sprinir, when far- 

 mers are generally pressed by their avocations, 

 and their cattle are comparatively faint and weaU. 

 2. Land which is ploughed in autumn wi" 



inches square, placed perpendicularly at the distance 

 of a few feet from each other, 'i'he interval be- 

 tween the boards is filled with tan, and a space of 



the outside 



The aforementioned pit is divided by a double 

 partition, filled with tan, into two iiparlmenis. In 



_. . ^ , one of thein, vvhich is about 8 feet square, the ice is 



more exposed to the action of frostthan that which ; jepojited. The other apartment ia employed as an 

 suffered to remain, and frost will pulverize the K„try, at the bottom of which is a door, made double 



Horlicultural Hull, J 

 Saturdaj, NuveinKi 5. j 

 FRl'ITS EXBIBrTED. 



Ill 1 Pears. — From Dr Fiske, of Worcester, Seedlings, 



about 4 inches in width entirely around the building, | .^^^\ y,- ^^ „^^^ s^p.(:x. flavor, worth cultivaiin.r. A 

 on the outside, is also occupied by tan ; so that the | fg^. s(.i„„g would be very acceptable. The letter 

 earth or soil nowhere touches the boards. Upon i accompanies this. [Published below.] A Pear 

 these walls, which are U leet in beiij:lit, and of ,(•,.„,„ [v],. gbenezer Wight, of Boston, raided in Ded- 

 course project one foot above the surtace O' tbe ],,j|„^ weighing 24 ounces. 



ground, is placed a very sharp roof This roof is j .Spedlim' Apples, by Benjamin Guild, Esq. ; sweet 

 also double, and the interval between the boards is , pgarmain, from James Wadswoith, E.sq., Genesee, 

 filled with charcoal powder. It is painted wnile on i jy y . t|,ege were very fine— good table fruit. A 



soil more effectually than can be done by artificial 

 uietlioils. 3. Ploughing lands late in the liill is 

 of service by exposing insects, and their eggs and 

 larva to be destroyed liy frost. If however, the 

 land is very light and sandy it may be as well not 

 to plough it till spring, as it will be more solid and 

 tenacious if permitted to reniiiin without being 

 stirred previous to liie setting in of winter. 

 Much has been said on the depth of plon 



as aforementioned, for the purpo.se of taking out the 

 ice from day to day. This entry, whose temperature 

 in the lower part, is very uniformly that of cool 

 weather in the autumn, is furnished with shelves for 

 the reception of butter, meat, milk, &c, during the 

 heat of summer, and is found to be extremely use- 

 ful. 



The ice is cut in blocks of regular form, and very 

 closely packed, the interstices being filled with pul- 

 verized ice. All the space which remains above the 



the floor on which the ice rests. There are several 

 reasons for pieferring cerfarto other kinds of wood ; 

 and I did not find its expense to exceed that of mer- 

 chantable pine boards. It would be convenient to 

 have the entry a little larger than the one just de- 

 scribed. Yours respectfully, 



P. CLEAVELAND. 

 Brunswick, .Me. A'ov. 3, 1631. 



but we believe that no general rules, not liable to ice, is filled ^^i'l' <l7^s'raw. JV fevv cedy^skbs^^^^ 

 many exceptions, can be given on this subject. 

 The depth should be governed in souie measure 

 by the staple of the soil. Where the soil is deep, 

 we should prefer deep ploughing. But where the 

 soil is very thin it may be necessary to commence 

 the cultivation with shoal plonghing. If the plough 

 turns up too much at a time of the barren soil im- 

 mediately beneath the upper stratum, the succeed- 

 ing crop will be of little value. The owner of 

 such soil should endeavor to render it deeper by 

 degrees, according lo the manure he may be able lo 

 bestow on ii. A shallow soil is not only ileficient 

 bv its furnishing but little pasture for the roots of 

 plants, but it is liable t" be so much scorched by 

 di-oughtas to be incapable of iU-oduciiigany profit- 

 able vegetation. If, then, yoursoil is thin, plough 

 it with a shoal furrow, and sow it wiih rye. The 

 next season plough u little deeper, add manure, 

 &c. 



Land should generally be broken up from the 

 sward with a deeper furrow than may be reipiired 

 in subsequent culiuie. Harrowing and shallow 

 ploughins will then aiiswe' through a course of 

 crops. If the soil is light ami porous the furrow 

 slice should be turned over as flat as po.ssible. If 

 it be astifflnam or mixed with clay it may be well 

 to lap the furrow slices a liiilc one upon the othir, 

 so as to permit the air and frost to pervade the 

 liollows or interstices between and under the fur- 

 row slices. 



large white sweet Russett, and a red apple, very 

 juicy and sweet, raised by J. Pinneo, Hanover, N.H. 

 In behalf of the Committee on Fruits. 



S. A. SHURTLEFF. 



Worcester, Dec. 24, 3839. 



My Dear Sir — 1 am happy in having found 

 another occasion for addressing you on the subject 

 of native fruit. My cominunicatlons would be more 

 appropriate to the Commillee on Fruit, for whom 

 they are ultimately intended ; and my apology for 

 this transit is, that they, and we all know that you, 

 sir, are never more happy than when aiding their la- 

 bors in common with the general interests of the so- 

 ciety. Another inducement is, sir, that your office 

 aflords a more convenient medium than the Post 

 Office. I herewith send a specimen of a native 

 Pear gathered the 29tli ult., from a tree reared by 

 my brother in Claremont, N. H., from a seed from 

 his native town of Brookfield, in this country, which 

 he planted thirtytwo years ago. The common weight 

 of the pear is from 8 to 10 ounces. I saw one gath- 

 ered from the tree which weighed 11 ounces. They 

 are not in perfection until about this time in Octo- 

 ber ; and are best when recently gathered. Ths 

 tree in its prominent appearance so closely resem- 

 bles the St Germain, that I should have mistaken it 

 for one of this kind had I not seen the fruit. 



The Committee in estimating the value of this va- 

 riety will bear in mind that it was gathered prema- 

 turely, and that it does not now possess the richness 

 and flavor which it would have acquired, and which 

 other celebrated kinds attain in the last period of 



HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CATTLE SHOW. 



The Northampton Courier gives an account of 

 ihc Show which took place on Wednesday and 

 Thuisduy, 26lli and 27ih. Of Stock there were 

 present is bulls, 29 cows and heifers, 31 pair of 

 working cattle, 11 pair for the stall, 27 p;iir of 

 steers, 12 steer and heifercalves, 14 swine, 8 sheep j ^^,',„g,.jj^j, ,^^1, t|,e parent stock. They \vili judge 



QT'The following able an.l salisfactory article vplll 

 supply, we believe, all the Information necessary lo ena- 

 ble every Farmer, not only to construct an Ice House, 

 on the best principles, but to apply it to the best purpos- 

 es. We sbouM be highly giMlifieil, and ibe public 

 groatly benefited by I'urlher couiiiiunications from the 

 lespecleil Author. ■ 



Mr Pessendes — In answer to your request for 

 practical information on tiie subject of Ice Houses, 

 I take ths liberty of giving you a description of one, 

 which I constructed several years since, at a moder- 

 ate expense, and in which I have been perfectly 

 successful in preserving ice through the summer and 

 autumn. 



A pit about 13 foet long and 9 feet wide was dug 

 in level ground to the depth of 10 feet. The four 

 walls or sides of the Ice House consist entirely of 

 cedar. Each wall is rendered double by nailing the 

 boards horizontally to two opposite sides of joists, 4 



and 3S horses and mares, greater in number, and 

 much superior in quality to former years. The 

 exhibition of Manufactures, owing to the storm, 

 was inferior to former years. On Thursday there 

 was an exhibition of horse.s. At 1 1 o'clock an Ad- 

 dress was delivered by Hon. S. F. Dickinson of 

 Amherst, possessing high practical merit and in- 

 structive and gratifying to the audience. 

 Further particulars hereafter. 



Seed Corn. — A farmer on the east side of the 

 river, informs iis that, having often read accounts 

 of the crop of corn being increased by selecting 

 seed from stalks liaVing two or more ears, he was 

 induced to try the experiment. He has selected 

 his seed corn in this way for three years past, and 

 the result has exceeded his expectation. He states 

 that it is not uncommon to find in his cornfield 

 this season, ' stalks with three, four, five, and some- 

 times six ears, and three of them fiir, full-grown, 

 a:id fit for seed, and that too in hills containing 

 four or five stalks.' He say.*, ' I think my crop 

 has been increased several bushels this year by 

 the experiment. I would suggest a moile of select- 

 in" seed to those who do not cut up the corn at 

 the roots. When they are picking corn, and find 

 a st.ilk with two or more eaiv, let them tie the 

 husks together, and the ears will be easily known 

 at husking.' — Hump. Gazelle. 



how far it is worthy of propagation. I considered it 

 so great an acquisition to our native stock as to have 

 made arrangements with my brother for a supply of 

 scions — a part of which I will send to the society for 

 distribution, should it deem it an object to obtaia 

 them. 



Respectfully, your friend and servant, 

 Z. CooK, Jr, Esq. O. Fiske. 



Good Yield. — Capt. J. E. Treadwell of Kenne- 

 bunk gathered from one hill containing six stalks, 

 sixteen good sized, and perfectly sound ears of 

 corn. Two of the stalks had four ears each and 

 four two ears each. There are but little short of 

 five thousand kernels on the sixteen ears. 



In the course of debate, in the New York Con- 

 vention, Mr McCullech, of Baltimore, stated that 

 the value of Lcatlier annually produced in tlie 

 single State of Maryland, was $1,300,000, 



Great Yield. — Eight luinilred and ten beuns 

 were produced from a single seed, planted and 

 raised by Mr Jidin Pinks, of this village, the past 

 season. They are of the black kind. — The beans 

 and stalk on which they grew, may be seen at this 

 office. — Greenfield Gazelle. 



A c(MTespondent of the New York Advocate 

 states — In a town containing about 1400 inhabi- 

 tants, in a sterile part of New Hampshire, about 50 

 miles northwest of Boston, there was manufac- 

 tureil into starch, for the use of manufactories 

 45,000 bushels of Potatoes, at 20 cents per busliel, 

 amounting to 9000 dollars. 



To Correspondents. — We reeret our inability this 

 week to insert several cointnunications, among which i» 

 a valuable one fioin Salem, on Live Fences. 



Further Reports of Worcester Cattle Show, also of 

 Northampton Cattle Show, are unavoidably omitted thi«. 

 week. 



