vol.. XI. NO. 34. 



AND HORTrCLLTURAL JOURNAL. 



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MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXHIBITION OP FRUITS. 



Saturday, Feb. 23, 1833. 



From Capt. D. Chandler, Lexington, a natnral 

 apjile raised from seed in Marlborongli colour red 

 and of good flavor. 



From CheeverNewhall, Esq. a yellow apple with 

 a slight tinge of red, smooth skin, uanie unknown, 

 fine table fruit. 



From Stephen II. Smith, Esq. Providence, four 

 sorts of apples. The French Nonpareil, Belle et 

 Bonne, Honey sweeting, (a valuable fniit) and the 

 Seek-no-farther, a handsome red apple rather 

 over ripe. 



From C. A. Olmsted, Esq. of Cleveland, Ohio, 

 the Belmont ajiple, raised, from seed in Behnont, 

 County, Ohio, a large, handsome yellow apple, 

 broad at the stem tapering towards the eye, 

 external appearance is beautifid, its flavour fine, 

 and would be a great addition to any collection of 

 apples, however choice. Mr. Olmsted also exhib- 

 ited beautiful specimens of Yellow Corn grown in 

 the north part of the State of Ohio. 



For the Committee. Robert Manning. 



Providence, Feb. 20, 1S33. 



Dear Sir, — AVith this I send you a basket of 

 Apples, containing four varieties. Should any of 

 them be new to you and meet your approbation, I 

 will fmnish scions of such, at your request, for 

 disiribution. 



On top you will find 2 pale striped apples, the 

 French Nonpareil — ri[(e in October, past maturity. 



In the same layer 5 large red apples, the Seek- 

 no-farther, in eating from October to March. 



The next layer is the Honey Greening, teeps 

 till June. The tree is healthy and very produc- 

 tive. 



The bottom layer is the Belle et Bonne, very 

 productive. 



I am very respectfully, your obt. servant, 



Stephen H. Smith. 



Mr. Cheever JVewhall. 



NOTICE. 



A STATED MEETING of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society will be held by adjournment, on 

 Saturday, March 9, at 11 o'clock, A. M. at the 

 Hall of the Society. Per order, 



" R. L. EMMONS, Secretary. 



THE GENTLEMAN'S POCKET FARRIER. 



We have perused a small tract, entitled "7Vte 

 Gentleman's Pocket Farrier showing how to use 

 your Horse on a Journey, and ivhat remedies are 

 proper for common accidents, that may befall him on 

 the roal. By F. Tuffnell, Veterinary Surgeon. 

 Published by Carter & Hendee. 



The author asserts that "The remedies this lit- 

 tle tract prescribes are simple and easily obtained, 

 and never fail of a cure when tne disorder is cura- 

 ble ; therefore no man who values his horse should 

 presume to travel without it. 



"Small as this tract may appear, it will be 

 found to inform gentlemen, 



I. What methods are best to be used, if their 

 hoi'sis f;dl lame ; 



II. What medicines are proper to give them 

 when sick; — .and 



III. How to direct the operations and escape 

 the hnpositious of ignorant men. 



"In short, by the lielp of this treatise, gentle- 

 men will be able to prevent a groom or farrier 

 from injuring their horses by improper applica- 

 tions, and mistaking one distemper for another. 



"The recipes are tew and cheap, and contrived 

 on jjurpose to prevent trouble and expense, by 

 pointing out the best remedies at first, such as are 

 easiest to be got, and such as make the speediest 

 cures ; and the reader may be assured they have 

 been experimentally confirmed by a practice of 

 sixty years. 



,,The book is drawn up in a manner calcidated 

 for a gentleman's pocket, supposing him upon a 

 journey ; and no man who values his horse should 

 travel without it." 



THE FOLLOWING ARE SPECIMENS OF THE WORK. 



Setting out on a Journey. Whenever you in- 

 tend to travel, hunt, or only ride out for the air, 

 let your horse's feet b' examined sometime before, 

 to see that his shoes are all fast and set easy on 

 his feet, for on that depends the pleasure and safe- 

 ty of your journey. 



Directions for mounting. Before you mount 

 look round your horse to see if his bridle, curb, 

 saddle, and gii-ths are all fitted in their proper 

 places. Always accustom your horse to stand 

 firm and without a motion, till you are fixed in 

 your seat, and your clothes adjusted. 



Directions for going. When you would have 

 him go, teach him to move by pressing close your 

 knees or, speaking to him, without using whip or 

 spur; for a horse will learn anything; and a good 

 quality may as easily be taught him as a bad one. 



Correction ill timed. Correction welt timed. Jin 

 easy rein. Most men whip and spur a horse to 

 muke him go faster, before they bid him. But 

 this is cruel treatment to beat a generous animal 

 before you have signified your mind to him, (by 

 some token, which he may be taught to under- 

 stand), who would obey you if he knew your 

 pleasure; it is time enough to correct him when 

 he refuses or resists you. Do not haul his head 

 about with too tight a rein, it deadens his mouth ; 

 besides he will carry you safer, and take better 

 care of his steps with an easy hand, than a heavy 

 one, much depends on the quietness of the bridle 

 hand. Keep your elbows steady, and you cannot 

 hurt his mouth. Again, nothing discovers a bad 

 horseman, (even at a distance) so much as throw- 

 ing his arms and legs about; for it is easier to the 

 horse and rider, and he can carry you farther by 

 ten miles a day, when you sit steady upon him as 

 if he were a part of yourself. 



any squealing into his sled, wagon or whatever 

 vehicle he had, and away he went. When lie ar- 

 rived where he wished to deposit his hog, he 

 knocked oft' the top board, tinned down the bin 

 and exit hog, without any further trouble. 



TO CURE BUTTER. 



Beat up and blend well together two parts of 

 best common salt, one part of brown sugar and 

 one part of salti)etre. One ounce of this prepara- 

 tion is well worked into every pound of butter, 

 which is then to be put up for use, in a close ves- 

 sel. 



Butter thus cured will appear rich and marrowy 

 and will have a fine color, and never acquires a 

 brittle hardness nor tastes salt. It will keep good 

 for three years, only observe that it must stand 

 some 3 or 4 weeks after put up before used. 



Heavy Oxen. A pair of oxen, fattened by Mr. 

 Elisha Graves, of Northampton, weiglied 4185 lbs. 



It is stated that 50,000 bushels of barley are 

 grown annually in Springfield, Ohio. 



Juvenile Rambler. A weekly newspaper with 

 that title has been published about a year, is well 

 conducted, and has obtained extensive circulation. 



Weather. A snow storm commenced in this 

 place about four o'clock on the morning of the 

 1st inst. This like other north east storms, (ac- 

 cording to Dr. Franklin's theory,) made its debut 

 in Philadelphia about 24 hours before it began 

 to puft' and blow in tliis latitude. On the 2d, 

 the weather became excessively cold, and on 

 Sunday morning at sunrise, in Boston, the ther- 

 mometer indicated 5 degrees below zero. In some 

 places in the vicinity it sank to 13 below 0. On 

 Tuesday morning, the 5th inst. in this city, the 

 temperature was 9 degrees below zero ! 



From the Kennebec Fanner. 

 HOW TO NAB A HOG. 



Mr. Holmes, — I was once acquainted with a 

 man who us.;d sometimes to remark that a little 

 thing was often larger than a great one ; by which 

 he inteniied that there was more saved by little 

 things, which often occur, if done right, than by 

 large ones that were not of frequent occurrence. 

 I have lately seen a hog of considerable size mov- 

 ed from place to place without being tied or hand- 

 led in the following manner. The owner, or tlie 

 person enq)loyed prepared a bin of suitable size. 

 When desirous of removing his swine he placed 

 it near him, turned on one side into which lie 

 threw some corn or any food which the animal 

 was fond of, and he would soon enter. The man 

 stood by and righted the bin, and immediately 

 placed on it a board and nailed it down. 



He would then put his ben hog and all, without 



ACUTENESS OF HEARING IN ANIMAL 



Cats and dogs can hear the movements of theit 

 prey at incredible distances, and that even in the 

 midst of noise, which we should have thought 

 would have overpowered such effects. Rabbits, 

 when alarmed, forcibly strike the earth with their 

 feet, by the vibrations of which they communicate 

 their apprehensions to burrows very remote. — As 

 an instance of the discriminating power of the 

 car of the elephant, we may mention a circum 

 stance that occurred in the memorable conflict of 

 shooting the maddened elephant at Exeter Change. 

 "After the soldiers had discliarged thirty balls, he 

 stopped and deliberately sunk on his haunchc?. 

 Mr. Herring, conceiving that a shot had struck 

 him in a vital part, cried out, 'he's down boys! 

 he's down !' and so he was only for a moment 

 He leapt up with renewed vigor, and at least eigh- 

 ty balls were successively discharged at hhn from 

 diflerent positions before he fell a second time. 

 Previous to this he had nearly breught down the 

 building of Exeter 'Change by furious lunges, fly- 

 ing round his den with the speed of a race horse. 

 In the midst of the crash of timberand the halloo- 

 ing of the assailants, he recognized the voice of 

 tlie keeper in his usual cry, ^Chaunee bite — Chaurif 

 bite!'' which was his command to kneel, and th^ 

 iiolile beast actually knelt, and received a volley 

 111' balls that terminated his existence. — Gardentr't 

 Music of Mature, 



