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NEW KNCi.ArsD FARMER, 



Dec. 21, 1&31. 



mw^ SiJ^^iiisja) s>iiissai22J 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 21, 1831. 



REPORT ON BUTTER. 



As a few inaccuracies occiuied in tlie table oC 

 entries for ihepreniiuiiis on Bmter as piililisheil in 

 our last, we have been desired to repiiblisb il, liy 

 ihe chairman of tlie ConHiiiltce, who drew up the 

 Iteport. 



•No. 1 San ford Howard, Ilnllowell, Mo. 6 firkins. 



2 Jude Kimball, l.yndcn.Vt 10 do. 



3 RnberlGilson, Kycjale, Vt. 10 do. 



4 Thomas S|>arhawk, V\ alpide, N. H. 7 do. 



5 Iclialiod Everell, Billcrica, Mass. 3 do. 

 7f 8 Honrv Sprugui-, rrincctoii, Mass. 20 do. 



10 William VXar.len, Barnelt, Vt. 7 do. 



11 William Baclinp, do. 40 lio. 

 !-2 A\ illiam Plicaror, " ' " 

 13 Jesse Wilson, 

 15 William Eag.'r, 



17 Mosea R. Houve, 



18 Silas lleinis, 



19 Lydia Page, 



20 Sampson Pierce, 



31 Richard Hildrtth, 



32 Selh Davenport, 

 ' L. Chamberlain, 



Spencer, Mass. 

 Norlhboro', Ma 

 Barnelt, Vt. 

 Barre, Mass. 

 Hardwii-k, Mas. 

 N. Braintree, M 

 Sterling, Mass. 



Me 



, Ma 



• tubs. 

 ■ Srkii 



34 



do. 



39 Walter Higelow, 



42 B. Sl J. Lyndo, 



43 Charles Cutter, 



44 H illiam Spring, 



45 Fitch Winchester, 



46 Cloud Hurvey, 



47 WilliamGilkerson, 



48 Samuel Sawyer, t.'d, 



49 Oliver Johnson, 



50 John Gilkerson 

 .51 Nathan Hardy, ' 

 52 Thomas WatJs, 



n Stephenson: 



Westhorough, Mass. 7 do 



do. 2 do. 8 boxes. 



Barre, Mass. 7 kegs. 



Merino Island, N. H. 7 firkins. 

 Attlohoru*, Mass. 2 pots. 

 Worcester, Mass. (i firkins. 

 Giiilford Centre, Vt. 7 kegs. 

 Weston, Mass. 4 pots, 2 boxes. 



do. 



Weston, Mass, 

 Barnett, Vt. 

 Wall ham, Mass. 

 Pockham, Vt. 



8 kegs. 

 26 fitkir 

 5 do. 



4 kegs. 

 2 tubs. 



5 firkli 

 2 do. 

 7 do. 



Woodstock, Vt 



do. 

 nresd-n. Me 



Mass. 



Baire, Mass. 

 IVdham, Mass. 

 Charllon, Mnss. 

 Croydon, N. H. 



53 jM: 



55 N; 



56 GershomCubb," 



57 Levi Woodward, 



58 Gabriel Parker, 



59 Amiiew J. Allen, 



63 Peter Harwood, 



64 Abijah Fisher, 

 66 John Dudley, 

 68 Stephen Metcalf, 



In addition to which there were u 

 applications from individuals, who not 

 plied with the regulations of the Society, could 

 not be alloTved to come in com|)elitiuii for the 

 premium.". 



For Cheese there were eighleen entrioF, viz. 1 

 from Maine, 1 fiom Ncw-Ilampshire, 2 from Ver- 

 mont, and 14 from Massachusetts. 



3 kegs. 

 Gfirkius. 



5 pots, 1 t 



6 firkins. 



Teat tnany 

 ivinij coin- 



AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION. 



A convenlioii of delcgoles is called in the New 

 Yorlt papers to meet in the city of Albany on the 

 14th of February, 1832, to be composed of individ- 

 uals engaged in agriculture fioin ihe various coun- 

 ties of the state, for the purpose of forming a 

 State Agricultural Society. 



Edinburgh Review. — Lilly and Wait have just 

 repuldished the lO'lli No. of this able journal, 

 which contains articles on the following subjects: 

 Croker's l\dition of Bosui ll's Life of Johnson- 

 Greek Philosophy of Taste--Southey's uueduc-ited 

 Poets — Tones on the 'J'heory nf Rcul — Poblir 

 Amusements ; Pretensions of the Evaiigelii al class 



— Moore's Life of Lord Eilward FitZfrrr.nld 



Crombie's Natural Theology— Life and Wriiiupsof 

 Fusrii— Ros,si on Criminal Law — Slate of ProTest- 



autism in Germany — House of Lords ; Retbrm. 



Published quarterly at .-fcS per annum. 



Hops. — .\ petition is before the Legislature of 

 Lower Canada, from certain IIop-Growers, for an 

 additional duty on foreign [United Slates] H<.ps im- 

 ported. 



Jit nn a<ljonrned[slnled meeting of the J\Iassachtisetts 

 Hortkultunil Societi/, held on Saturdai/, Dec. I7th, 

 1^31, 



The follovving seeds presented to the Society by 

 J. R. Van Zandt, Esq., of Albany, (an honorary mem- 

 ber of the Society,) were distributed, viz : 

 No. L Large Drumhead Lettuce. 



2. SiigarioafHead, do. 



3. Smooth Musk Melon, the inside green and 

 thick — name not known. 



4. Pine Apple do. 

 ,5. Rock do. 

 G. Green Minorca do. 



7. Citron do. 



8. Nutmeg do. 



9. Green Flesh do. 



10. Pine Apple do. 



11. Water Melon. 



12. do. do. 

 1.3. do. do. 



14. do. do. 



15. do. do. Hilling Red Core. 



IC. White Solid Celery, none better in the country. 



17. Water Melon, large, 3 feet 8 inches long. 



18. Purple Cape IJrocoli Cabbage. 



1!». Dark Striped Crooked Neck Winter Squash. 



20. Yellow do. do. do. 



21. do. Straight, do. do. 



22. Peruvian Cocoanut Squash, very sweet. 



23. Valparaiso do. 



24. Bush do. 



25. White Spine Cucumber. 



26. Frame do. 22 inches long, 



27. Tomatoes, superior kind. 



28. Egyptian Barley, 2 crops in one season, very 

 valuable. 



29. Rensselaer Prem. Potatoes, 2 crops, small 

 round White, 



30. do. do. Corn. 



31. Albany Prem. do. 



32. Pure Sweet Corn. 



33. Large Corn, equal to sweet. 



34. Very Early Corn. 

 3.5. Pop' Corn. 



ovi. Very fine Early Kidney Potatoes, Long Black. 



37. Seek-no-farther Potatoes, Large White. 



38. White Prolific Bush Beans. 



39. Orange Cayenne Pepper. 



n.OWF.R SEF.D.S. 



40. Double Hollyhock, mixed colors. 



41. Marvel of Peru. 



42. White Candytuft. 

 4.3. Chrysanthenuin. 



44. Dwarf Virginia Sun Flower. 



45. Purple Lavatera. 



40. Large Purple Zinnia. 



47. Hyacinth Beans, or Flowering Beans. 



48. White Lavatera. 



49. Perennial Bee Larkspur. 



50. Hibiscus Syrian Mallow. 



51. Ipomea, Cypress Vine. 



52. Sweet Williams, fine colors. 



53. Red and Yellow Co.\comb. 



54. Centaurea Cyanus. 



55. Fumaria Vine or Wood Fringe. 



^>C>. Rose and Variegated Double Balsam. 



57. Cacalia Coccinea or Tas.sel Plant. 



58. Zerauthemum, Eternal Flower. 



59. Golden Coreopsis. 



CO. White and Purple Snap Dragon. 



01. Blessed Thistle. 



(!2. Sea Beach Hibiscus. J. R. Van Zandt. 



Capt. Martin Burridge, of Medford, was admitted 

 a member. 



FRUITS. 



A bo.f of Apples was received from James E. 

 Mifflin, Esq., of VVrigbtsvillc,Pa., of the variety call- 

 ed Jf inter Sweet Paradise. This fruit is of large 

 size, pale yellow, with a tine blush, juicy, and pos- 

 sessed of very rich flavor. We know of no sweet 

 apple, in eating at this season, that is better ; a let- 

 ter from Mr Mifflin is anne.\ed, who it may be re- 



collected a few years past kindly forwarded scions 

 to the Society for distribution, which are now grow- 

 ing in this neighborhood, but have not as yet, we 

 believe, shown fruit. 



Per oriier of the Committee. 



E. VOSE, Cliairman. 



VVtlshlSTille, .\nv, IJth, ItSl. 

 To .he Honorahlell. A. S. De»r,o»», Pre;idtnt of the Mam. 

 Holt, boilbty, and the GenUemHn of the Fruit Coniiulttee. 



Having ill a communication with one of the ' 

 gentlemen connected with the New England Far- 

 mer establishment, some time past, mentioned my 

 intention of sending a sample of the Winter Sweet 

 Paradise apple for the use and information of your ' 

 Society, and which by an opportunity to Philadel- 

 phia I am now able to do, I have tin'refore to 

 request your acceptance of 1.5 apples of that kind, 

 which accompany this, and that you will ailer 

 trial give your opinion of the fruit ihroiigh the 

 New England Farmer (in one of the volumes of 

 which said apple is described,) making proper 

 allowance for their being more dry than usual, 

 owing to having laid 5 or 6 weeks on a garret 

 Hoor, and being otherwise exposed in the pack- 

 ing and carriage. Here, vviih many people is a 

 prejudice against sweet apples, which, judging 

 fiom some descriptions in Thacher's Orchardisl 

 and Fessendeii's New Gardener, may not be the 

 case with you. I have twice forwarded grafts of 

 this kind to Boston, some of which, most likely, 

 have taken; therefore, after an examination of the 

 fruit you will be enabled to judge whether to ex- 

 tend or drop their cultivation. I have observed 

 that in appearance they vary tmich, the most 

 showy frnil being grown on high thin land, while 

 ihe size is increased on rich bottom lands, with a 

 more dull appearance in color. Acclivities with 

 slaty or gravelly soil, of tolerable strength and 

 southern exposure, I should ihink favorable to 

 their production in high perficlioii. 



Wishing success to the undertaking of your 

 Society, I nm your friend, 



James E. HIiffmn. 



FLOWERS. 



Mr Haggeriiton, of Charlestown,e.\hibited a beau- 

 tiful bouquet of flowers, consisting of Noisette arid 

 Tea Roses. Indian White, Straw colored and Pink 

 Chrysanthennims, and Brown, purple Chinese Chrya- 

 anthemums, Primula, &,c. 



A contract for hnildiiig four or five miles of the 

 Bosion and Lowell Railroad, commencing at Con- 

 cord River in this town and extending south, has 

 been made by jMr Livingston, one of our enterpris- 

 ing citizens. Other contracts, we understand 

 have b( en exten.-^ively made ; — as soon as the' 

 spring opens the work will go lui along nearly the 

 whole extent. — Lowell Journal. 



Ii is in contemplation to cousiruct a Rail Road 

 Iroiu New London to Providence, to inter-si'ct the 

 road contemplated, to run hclweeu Providence 

 and Boslon. 



The Editor of ihe Providence Daily Advertiser 

 has received a second crop of Apples and n third 

 crop of Blossoms, taken from a tree in Cumberland, 

 R. I. The tree after bearing and bringing to ma- 

 turity one crop, blo^^somed the second time, during 

 the second week in September, and for ihe third 

 time about the second week in November. 



In consequence of the high price of wood, the 

 Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company have 

 made arrangements to bring 200 cords of wood 

 daily to Baltimore, to relieve the poor. 



