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NEW ENGLAND FAUMEU, 



May 2. 1833. 



SimW JHET^ILilSriD I?ill3121I2ac 



Boston, >Vednesday Evening, May 2, 1832. 



DELICATE AI'PLE. 



We have seen and tasted of a fine apple, called 

 the CratchfteU Jipplt, sent from Virginia to Jona- 

 than Winsliip, Esq; of Brighton, by George W. 

 Brimmer, Esq. of Boston, now in Virginia, a very 

 respectable, scientific and active mcndii'v of the 

 Massachusetts Horticidtnral Society. The apple 

 is fair to the eye as well as pleasant to the taste, 

 and that it has the pro[ierty of keeping well 

 through winter, is evident from the sound state of 

 those we have seen. We appreciate the exertions 

 of such public spirited men as Mr Brinnner, and 

 hope he will continue to iavor cultivators in this 

 quarter of the country, with specimens of plants 

 and other choice products of the South. 



her paw upon the hole through which the air es- 

 caped, and thus prevented any more from passing 

 out of the receiver. All the exertions of the phi- 

 losopher were now .unavailing ; in vain he drew 

 the piston ; the cat's paw effectually prevented its 

 operation. Hoping to effect his purpose, he let 

 air again into the receiver, whicli as soon as the 

 cat perceived, she withdrew her ]iaw from the ap- 

 erture ; but whenever he attempted to exhaust the 

 receiver, she applied her paw as before. All the 

 spectators clapped their hands in admiration of 

 the wonderfid sagacity of the animal, and the lec- 

 turer found himself under the necessity of libera- 

 ting her, and substituting another in her place that 

 possessed less penetration, and enabled him to ex- 

 hibit the cruel experiment." 



DESTRUCTION OF RATS. 



Mr Fessenden — Permit me to inquire, through 

 the medium of your useful paper, the best method 

 killing rats. My object in making this inquiry, is 

 because my barn and corn-house has for some 

 time past been hifested by a large number of tins 

 very " unprofitable company," and how to get rid 

 of them I know not. Some of my horses are sick 

 almost every week, and 1 actually believe the sick- 

 ness is wholly caused by the rats being among the 

 hav and grain. If you or any of your corresjion- 

 dents know of a safe and sure remedy, I should 

 be pleased to have it made known in your paper. 

 By so doing you will greatly oblige 



Api-il 21, 1832. A Subscriber. 



By the Editor. — The following are among the 

 means recommended for the destruction of these 

 Tcrniin : — 



Take one quart of oat meal, four drops of oil 

 rhodium, one grain of musk, two nuts of nuxvom- 

 ica powdered ; mix the whole together, and place 

 it where the rats frequent; continue to do so 

 while they eat it, and it will soon destroy them. 



Another mode of destroying rats. — Take equal 

 quantities of unslacked hine and powdered oat 

 meal ; mix them by stirring, without adding any 

 liquid, and place a small quantity in any ))lace 

 infested by rats. They will swallow the prepar- 

 ation, become tliirsy, and the water taken will 

 swell the lime and destroy them. 



Another mode of destroying rats. — A friend in 

 Salem, Mass. informs us, that rats are easily de- 

 stroyed by sprinkling a little of the powder of 

 Spanish flies on some buttered bread, or other 

 food of which rats are foud. 



A plan for removing choice floirers from one pot 

 to another withont injury. — A writer in the Garden- 

 er's Magazine, ( M. Saul, Snlyard street, Lancaster, 

 Eng.) gives a plan for removing prize flowers from 

 one pot to another without injury to their vegeta- 

 tion, and examine the lower part of the plant, and 

 ascertain whether any slug or other insect is prey- 

 ing on the roots. A small p] ejection round the 

 inside of the sides of the pot, is made for the 

 moveable bottom to rest upon. " When I want to 

 remove the plant, I have a light rim the size of 

 the opening of the pot, with three upright spring 

 legs ; these are riveted to the rim and are cal-u- 

 lated to bear the weight of the ])lant aud earth ; 

 and by pressing on the ledge of The pot, the plants 

 may be raised to any height, or turned out of the 

 |)ot. By having pots made of certain sizes, the 

 bottoms may be removed along with the plant. 



MERRIMACK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



At a meeting of the Directors of the Merrimack 

 County Agricultural Society, holden pursuant to 

 notice, at the Inn of John Stickney in Concord, 

 on Wednesday, the 8th day of February, 1833, the 

 following business was transacted, to wit : — 

 Present, Richard Bradley, President. 

 James Wilson, Secretary. 

 Joseph Low, 



~irectors, 



Joseph Low, \ 



Jonathan Atebs, > Dii 

 Reuben Johnson, j 



Next best do. 1 OO 



Best acre of potatoes, not less than three litindred bush- 

 els per acre, $1 00 and one year's subscription New 

 England Fanner. 



Nt'xt I)est, one year's subscription do. do. 



Best acre of wheat, one dollar and one year's do. 



Next best do. one year's do. do 



Best mulberry orchard, one dollar and one year's do. 



Next l)est do. do, one year's do. do. 

 ' Best mileh cow, 3 OO 



Second do. do. 2 00 



Third do. do. 1 00 



The owners of cows presented for premiums, 

 will be required to specify what keejiing they have 

 had through the w inter ; whether anything more 

 than grass through the summer; the quantity of 

 milk given per day, and the quality, to he ascertain- 

 ed by the quantity of butter made from said milk, 

 sav at least seven days, either in June or Septem- 

 ber, particularly stating the keeping during said 

 time. JAMES WILSON, Sec'y. 



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SAGACITY OF A CAT. 

 He la Croix relates the following almost incred- 

 ible instance of sagacity in a cat, who, even under 

 the receiver of an air pump, discovered the means 

 of escaping death, which appeared to all present 

 inevitable: — "I once saw," said he, " a lecturer 

 u])on experimental philosophy, place a cat under 

 the glass receiver of an air pump, for the purpose 

 of demonstrating that very certain fact, that life 

 cannot be supported without air or respiration. 

 The lecturer had already made several strokes 

 with his piston, in order to exhaust the receiver of 

 its air, when the animal, who began to feel herself 

 very uncomfortable in the rarefied atmosphere, 

 was fortiuiate enough to discover the source from 

 whence her uneasiness proceeded. She placed 



Voted, That all farms and gardens ofiered for 

 I)remiums must be entered with the Secretary or 

 one of the viewing committee, on or before the 

 20th day of June next. 



The following gentlemen were ai)pointed view- 

 ing committee on farms, gardens, cro|is, &c. 



Joseph M. Harper, Chairman, Canterbury. 



Joshua Fifield, Franklin. 



Aaron Whittemore, Pembroke. 



Moses Coffin, Jr., Boscawen. 



Moses Tyler, Hopkinton. 



John J. Ater, Coucnrd. 



Charles Stinson, Dunbarton. 



A'oled, To award for the best farm $S 00 



Second best do. ' 7 00 



Third best do. 5 00 



For the best reclaimed meadow, not less than si.x acres, 

 and the manner of reclaindng ihe same, 6 OO 



For the next best reclaimed meadow, not less than four 

 acres, 4 00 



Best kitchen sarden, $1 00 and one year's subscription 

 New England Farmer. 



Next best do. one year's do. N. E. Farmer. 



Best field of corn, not less than ooe acre, $1 00 and 

 one year's do. do. 



Next best do. one year's do. do. ^, ■ 



Best field of rye, one year's do. do. 



WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIET\^ 



At the Annual Meeting of the Worcester Agri- 

 cultural Society, on the llMli of April, 1832, the 

 following officers 'were elected for the current 

 year, viz. 



Levi Lincoln, President. 



Aaron Tufts, 1st Vice President. 



Silas Holman, 2i1 Vice President. 



Theophilus Wheeler, Treasurer. 



Oliver Fiske, Cor. Secretary. 



William D. Wheeler, Rec. Secretary. 



TRUSTEES. 



Jonathan Wheeler and John Batcheller, Graf- 

 ton ; Baniel Bacon, Barre ; James Draper, Spen- 

 cer : Jacob Conant, Sterling ; Sammd Daman, 

 Holden ; William Eager, .Yorthborough ; Jacob 

 Fisher, Lancaster ; Stephen P. Gardner, Bolton ; 

 Jerome Gardner, Harvard ; Jonathan P. Grosve- 

 ner, Paxton ; Isaac Sonthgate, Leicester ; Benja- 

 min Davenport and William S. Hastings, Mendon ; 

 Williaju Williams and Silas Allen, Jr. Shreu'sbury ; 

 Samuel Mixter, .N'eiv Brainlree ; Daniel Tenney, 

 Sutton ; Lovett Peters, Westborough ; Eli Warren 

 Uplon ; Samuel Read and Bezaleel Taft, Jr. Ui- 

 hridge ; Sylvanus Holbrook, JVortlibridge ; Salem 

 Towne, Charlton; Edwin B. Tmulor, Brookfield ; 

 Rnfus Barton, .Millbur>i ; Jacob W. Watson and 

 Benjamin Harringlon, Princeton ; Stephen Davis, 

 Oxford ; Asaph Andrews, Boytslon ; Da\ id WiP 

 der, Leominster ; Silas Brooks, Thomas Chamber- 

 lain, John Davis, Nathan Heard, John W.Lincoln, 

 Rejoice Newton, Samuel B. Thomas, and Benja- 

 min Butman, Jf'orcester. _ 



It appears by the Treasurer's account, exhibited 

 at this meeting, that the funds of the Society, well 

 secured on interert, amotmt to more than .$6,000, 

 and the Society is entirely free from debt. 



It was voted unanimously, that it is expedient 

 to have a Cattle Show and Exhibition of Manufac- 

 tures,' on Wednesday the lOlh day of October 

 next, at Worcester; and^ the Trustees were au- 

 thorised to off'er Premiums for Stock, &c, which 

 it is understood will soon be before the public. 



The Secretary was directed to prepare and pub- 

 lish in a pamphlet form, a correct hst of all the 

 members of the Society, arranged by towns. — 

 Those gentlemen who have not yet availed them- 

 selves of the privilege of becoming members of this 

 flourishing institution, and who intend to join, by 

 leaving their names and fee of admission with 

 either of the officers of the society, previous to the 

 21st June, will have their names in the catalogue. 



