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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



longer in an official capacity in the agricultural 

 society of his county, as appears from the following 

 resolve of the trustees : — 



"NVhcreas the Hon. Monrai-L Allen, of Pembroke, 

 who, for thirty years last past, has emphatically iden- 

 tified himself "-with the agricidtural interests of Plym- 

 outh county, and by his science and practical skill 

 in farming, has won the distinguished appellation of 

 the " Model Farmer," has communicated his deter- 

 mination, by reason of his advanced age, to retire 

 from further official service in the Plymouth County 

 Agricultural Society, — 



Therefore, Resolved, That this Board respectfully 

 tender to Mr. Allex an acknowledgment of the 

 obligations of this society to him for devoting so 

 much of his time and talents to its objects, and for 

 the eminent success and ability with which he has 

 for many years tilled the offices of its President and 

 Supervisor. 



Attest, JESSE PERKINS, Sec. 



LECTURES ON THE VETERINARY ART. 



February 28, and March 7, Dr. Brooks delivered 

 lectures before the agricultural meetings, giving a 

 history of the absurd practices in past ages, and the 

 progress in veterinary science in modern times, in 

 Europe. At the beginning of the former meeting, 

 Dr. Warren, one of the trustees of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Society, remarked that while Dr. Brooks 

 was a student in Europe, the board of trustees of 

 said society requested him to continue some years 

 longer, for the purpose of attending the veterinary 

 school at Altfort, near Paris, and studying the anat- 

 omy and j^hysiology of the horse, and the mode of 

 treating diseases, for the purpose of giving instruc- 

 tion in these branches on his return to this country. 



Dr. Brooks's lectures were wholly historical in re- 

 lation to this important art or science. He showed 

 particularly the thorough studies and practice re- 

 quired at the school we have named, before a student 

 could receive his diploma. The time of attendance 

 is four years, and those who do not make good 

 progress are put back, in order to become thorough 

 before leaving the institution ; so that some have to 

 study five, six, or eight years. Such were the reg- 

 ulations, that a more thorough knowledge of the vet- 

 erinary science was required of graduates than was 

 required of the students of medicine. He spoke of 

 the French schools of this' character being far supe- 

 rior to the English, both in thoroughness and in the 

 time required to graduate. 



Dr. Brooks contemplates delivering a course of 

 lectures on the diseases of the horse, another season. 

 His historical account of the veterinary surgery 

 showed research and close investigation ; but the 

 audience were generally disappointed, as they ex- 

 pected something of practical utility — some account 

 of the anatomy and physiology of the horse, and 

 the mode of treating diseases. We regret that Dr. B. 

 did not condense hLs two historical lectures into a 

 small space, and give the information so much desired 

 and needed, and earnestly expected by those who felt 

 the want of that information, which he had gained 

 by embracing the superior advantages afforded him 

 in the veterinaiy colleges of Europe. 



EGGS IN WINTER. 



We have often recommended special attention to 

 fowls in winter, in order that hens might lay at a 

 season when eggs are scarce and dear ; and we have 

 no doubt that the great interest taken in poultry, on 

 account of the recent excitement on the subject, con- 

 sequent on the splendid exhibition of fowls last 

 fall, has led to unusual care in the winter manage- 

 ment of fowls. The article which w'e gave our read- 

 ers on this subject, in our first number, has been 

 copied into almost every paper that we have seen ; 

 and we ofte^ hear of the favorable effects of extra 

 attention to this interesting branch of rural econ- 

 omy. 



This attention, we have no doubt, is one of the 

 principal causes of the large number of eggs in our 

 market this season. A few weeks ago, a dealer in 

 this city bought eggs at fourteen cents per dozen — 

 only half what he paid for them just one year pre- 

 vious. 



In the article in our first number, to which we 

 have alluded, we stated that one hundred and fifty 

 hens produced nineteen hundred eggs in the month 

 of January, even in the northern part of New Eng- 

 land ; and that from a lot of hens, we had eggs 

 enough in January to pay three times the cost of 

 keeping them. We were lately informed by an am- 

 ateur in this business, that from eighteen hens, he 

 had seventeen dozen of eggs in the short month of 

 February. Another remarked that he had seventeen 

 dozen from twelve fowls, in the same month. In 

 the Ohio Cultivator, a correspondent states that 

 twenty-six hens, in two and a half months, begin- 

 ning the first of December, produced forty dozen of 

 eggs, besides enough for a liberal use in the family. 

 These, with hundreds of other favorable eases, 

 should lead to that attention which will produce a 

 good supply of eggs in the winter season, instead of 

 their being almost as scarce as lumps of California 

 gold. Let every one consider that every animal that 

 is worth keeping, is worthy of care and good man- 

 agement. 



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PRODUCE OF A SOUTHBOROUGH DAIRY. 



Mr. Editor : I send you the produce of twelve 

 coAvs the present season, (with the addition of one 

 farrow cow and one new Tnilch cow, the months of 

 April and May.) Butter sold from the 1st of March 

 to the 1st of December, 2287 lbs. 



Cash received for the same, $524 79 



Butter consumed in the family, 126 lbs., at 



the same price of that sold, 29 94 



To milk sold from the same the present 



season, 77 76 



Calves sold from the same, 70 71 



$703 20 

 GEO. W. GOODNOW. 

 SouTHBOROUGH, Jan. 1, 1850. 



Mr. Goodnow has had a very fine yield from his 

 cows. We have no better pasture land hereabouts 

 than is found in Southborough. It will be seen that 

 Mr. G.'s cows yielded considerably more than fifty 

 dollars each, — Mass. Ploughman. 



