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NEW ENGLAND FAUMER, 



Feb. 8, ISSa. 



these they opcu a phice sufficient to receive tlie 

 roots, then with both liands press the soil round 

 the plant so that it will stand erect. In this way, 

 if the ground is mellow, they can he set very fast, 

 and ilMhe plants are good, there will not one out 

 of a hundred die. I woidd recommend however 

 never to transplant in wet weather, and when it is 

 fair, the dew should he off some tinie before the 

 plants are taken up. 



The advantage of transplanting over planting 

 the seed iu the" field where they are to grow, I 

 think is considerable. In the first place, the 

 around is iu better condition, and it will generally l 

 save two hoeings. The first time a turnip crop 

 is hoed, when it is not transplanted, is a slow | 

 operation, and takes more time than it would to i 

 set it all out with plants after the ground has been | 

 prepared as before directed. With regard to the 

 best mode of preserving them from the frost I 

 think there is none so good or economical as a 

 good cellar under the barn. I had a cellar made 

 under my barn 7 feet deep, 26 wide, and 32 long, 

 this, if I am right in my figures, will hold upwards 

 of 4000 bushels. To dig and stone this cost me 

 40 dollars, digging and drawing the stone 20 

 more and 4 for pointing, making in all 70 dollars, 

 the interest of which is .$4,20. Now I know of 

 no other way that 4000 bushels of turnips can he 

 secured for $4,20, their hulk being 16 or 20 cords. 

 There is another very important consideration, 

 when they are in the cellar they are perfectly 

 secure and can be had every day through the i 

 winter when they are most wanted, wliioh is not ] 

 the case if they are covered on the field. With 

 regard to the value of the Ruta Baga for feeding 

 stock or fatting cattle, I think it is the most 

 profitable crop the farmer can raise. I consider a 

 ton to be worth more than a ton of potatoes, and 

 the expense of raising them is less than one half 

 of raising so many potatoes. 



Respectfully yours, J. M. 



^mesbury, Feb. 1, 1833. 



subscribe three dollars towards the premmm, and 

 take twenty of the nectareens approved of by 

 the socictv, the price adjusted by them. 



The fresh juice of an apple, having no taste of 

 pomace, would be palatable to most persons, and 

 having no inebriating qualities the cause of tem- 

 perance woidd be promoted by its use.— The tem- 

 perance societies might then repeal their edicts to 

 ' give the orchards to the axe.' 



Yo\u- most obedient servant, 



MiB York, Feb. 6, 1832. 



ADDRESS 



B Y 



President 



E. B. G. 



COUGH IN HORSES. 



Mr Fessesden — I have seen several valuable 

 comnnuncations iu tlie New England Farmer, 

 respecting diseases of horses — but have no recol- 

 lection of seeing anything respecting coughs, 

 which have been very prevalent among them the 

 last summer and autumn. 



I have a very valuable young horse, that has 

 had a cough for nearly a year, and I have been 

 imable to find a cure, though 1 liave foimd that air 

 slacked lune in small quantities, given with his 

 grain, has been useful.— If any of your corres- 



M A L T H U S A . VV A K I) , M . D . 



and GenUemen of Uie M»ss. Ili.rt Society: 



It were strange, indeed, should one with my 

 feeble abilities, on such an occasion as the present, 

 attempt to address such an audience as that now 

 before nie, without experiencing some inward mis- 

 givings, and betraying some outward perturbation, 

 — without feeling the immediate necessity of say- 

 ing' something to secure an interest in their favora- 

 bli; regard, and predispose them to look with some- 

 what more of lenient candor on his (•Hurts to please, 

 than belongs to a rigid though aju^^t criticism. 1 

 know too well the value of your time to imagine 

 this may be done by a protracted exordium, how. 

 ever higldy elaborated, or gracefiilly uttered ; but I 

 cannot forbear alluding, as among the disadvantages 

 of my position, to the circumstance of its being but 

 two years, since, in this place, we were instnicted 

 and delighted with whatever, relating to the carlj 

 historv of our art, could be drawn from the stores 

 of a mind imbued with all the knowledge which i 

 profound investigation could bestow, and set forth 



pondents can throw any light on this important I by a taste formed on a familiarity wiih the purest 

 subject I think it would be most thankfully | models in tlie walks of pidite literature; and ai 

 received by many of your subscribers, and one | our last anniversary, which seems but as yest^ 

 in particular. 



Boston, Feb.7,lS32. 



II. 



the present state, and future prospects of Horticul- 

 ture, particularly in our own country, were portray- 

 ed, in glowing colors, by one, whose ardent zeal 

 whose energetic and successful researches, have 

 made him a master of the subject he loves so well. 

 Were I, therefore, to pursue the track of thoss 

 who have preceded nie, it would be the highest 

 On the fourth dav P'"^^""'P'''°" '° suppose that any observations! 

 i- T 1 I . I 1 1 ,,^^ ^.^.-i.,™ nicrs: fi.p could make would deserve attention. It would be 



of July last I pmchased two sj)rmg pigs, tlie », , c, • . r . i ■ r 



■' ' " Ou the '■° °^'^^ '•'"' Society a few scanty gleanings, af- 



ter the full harvest has been gathered in. 



Other p'.ths are indeed open, where clusters of 

 the loveliest flowers and richest fruits are display- 

 ed in prodigal profusion on every siile ; but, to 



Mr FESSEKDEN-For more than twenty years] 

 past I have fattened my own pork ; and have sup- j 

 posed that an increase of one, or one and a ; 

 quarter pounds a day was as much as could be 

 expected from good keeping 

 of July last I purchased 

 joint weight of which was 108 lbs 

 fourth day of January they were killed, and weigh- 

 ed when dressed, five hundred and eighteen 



Mr Fessenoen — There appeared an unusual 

 fall of Apples from the trees through the last sum- 

 mer, a season when they are comparatively of 

 little value in market ; observing my trees prema- 

 turely dishurthened, I conceived that such fine 

 fruit might be profitably used in making a salutary 

 beverage during the hot season. 



^Connected with this subject it might be thought 

 a desideratum in rural economy to construct a 

 portable apparatus, which would at once grind and 

 express the juice from a single apple at a time. 



The summer apples are generally large, and 

 some of them very juicy ; two of such fruit would 

 yield a goblet of nectar which, while it slaked the 

 thirst, would delight the palate not vhiated by 

 alcohol. 



This nectareen, as we may call it, need not much 

 exceed the size of an ordinary coffee-mill, and 

 like it might lie secured to a post, or if more con- 

 venient to the dinner table of the husbandman, 

 the maid in waiting having a basket of fruit at 

 hand, might by the twirl of a handle fill a goblet 

 as called for. 



Should you think this subject worth notice I 

 would premise that your Horticuhural Society 

 offer a premium for the best and cheapest appara- 

 tus in wood, for the above purpose ; and as Mass- 

 achusetts is preeminently happy in such inventions 

 doubtless it would soon be forthcoming. I will 



day gain. These pigs were a small breed, had 

 short legs, small head, andywhen we began to feed 

 them witii grain it was usually scalded. W. L. 

 J^ew Haven, Feb. 1,1832. 



Projilahle Onion Bed.—Mv Ahlrich of Bmitli- 

 field, R. I. has obtained from an ouion bed 40 fi'^t j jy'^jj'y thrown upon'' closet naturalists"'.' I 



make a happy selection and profitable appropria- 

 tion of them, requires the skill derived from a 

 series of attentive observations which I have never 

 made, an<i an inventive originality which I never 

 possessed. I am aware of the severe sarcasms 

 which are oflen, and, no doubt, in many instances, 



by 20, a crop of onions, which after being washed 

 and tied up in bunches, sold for §7,83, not includ- 

 ing those used in his own family. The produce 

 of an acre, at this rate would amount to ui>wards 

 of $400. — The onions were sown in drills 14 

 inches apart ; the ground was often stirred shallow 

 between the rows with an iron rake, and kept free 

 from weeds. Mr A. has a large kitchen garden in 

 a thriving manufacturing village, and is thus en- 

 abled to bring his onions to a good market. 



First Daily Paper. — The first daily paper ever 

 printed on the American Continent was ' The Penn- 

 sylvania Packet, orGeneral Advertiser' published at 

 Philadelphia, by Dunlap and Claypoole. The first 

 number was issued on the 21st September, 1784. 

 The title of the paper was soon after changed to 

 its present designation of ' The American Daily 

 Advertiser' — the present editor of which, (Mr 

 Poulson) says he remembers the occurrence, (the 

 commencement of the dady publication) perfectly 

 well ; it was noticed, at the time, in almost all the 

 papers published in America, as a most enterpris- 

 ing and hazardous undertaking. 



the peculiar air of suspicion with which practical 

 men and ' out of-door students of nature,' regard all 

 communicaiions emanating from such a source; 

 and I am not ignorant of the exulting exclamation 

 so often and so triumphantly reiterated by LinnjE- 



I us, ' I care not how Icnrncd my adversaries are, il 

 they be only so fro[n books !' yet, from the manner 



I of my life, it is to tooA's and the observations of 

 others, that I must be principally indebted for the 

 entertainment, if any there be, in what 1 have pre- 

 pared to offer you at this time. 



It is admitted that among the various pursuits 

 which occupy the attention of man at the present 

 day, few hold a more distinguished place than 

 Horticulture. Even in the primeval ages of the 

 world, before luxury had established its control 

 over every relation of human Jife, and the wants, 

 and the necessities of man were confined to the im- 

 mediate productions of his native soil, we even 

 then find that ' the garden' was one of the primary 

 objects of his industry, and an important surce oon 

 which he depended for subsistence. Now, if the 

 culture of the kitchen garden, as a means of 8ub- 



Isistence, be one of the first arts attempted by man 



