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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1824. 



»cted witli agricultural exhibitions, which 1 should exhibit the phenomenon of i/)on(a)ieoH»' 



Agricultural Exhibitions. The evidence 

 which we gather from newspapers, as well as 

 from other sources ol' informalion, induces us 

 to believe that the Farmers' Anniversaries are, 

 generally,well attended, and are gaining ground 

 on their opponents. The increasing popularity 

 of these meetings, and the displays ol' things 

 rare, useful and ornamental, which they present, 

 are subjects of gratulation to every friend to 

 his country and his kind. These meetings, and 

 the associations from which they arose and to 

 which lliey give rise, are beneficial on many 

 accounts, and exhibit advantages in some points 

 of view, in which, perhaps, they have not been 

 contemplated by those who are not yet alto- 

 gether convinced of their utility. As sources 

 of information, such assemblies are worthy of] prove 

 high estimation. At an Agricultural Fair, a 

 cultivator may obtain ocular demonstra'.ion ol 

 many improvements in his all important occu- 

 pation which he would scarcely believe possi- 

 ble on hear say evidence. He sees the finest 

 breeds of cattle, both native and imported, and 

 learns by what means he may im[irove his own 

 stock of domestic animals. Ho views speci- 

 mens of different sorts of vegetables, sume of 

 which are not so generally cultivated as they 

 might be to the great advantage of the cultiva- 

 tor — some well calculated for field husbandry 

 as well as the garden, and which, perhaps, 

 might essentially benefit the observer by being 

 ■adopted in his own rotation of crops. Here, 

 likewise, the man who is solicitous frr agricul- 

 tural improvement may learn where new and 

 useful sorts of seeds, plants, scions for grafting, 

 Jtc. may be procured, and the means by which 

 they may best he cultivated. Improved agri- 

 cultural implements, by which the labours of 

 the husbandman are at once rendered lighter and 

 more efficacious, are here soliciting notice. In 

 short, if that can be called interesting which it 

 is for one's interest to attend to, an Agricultural 

 Fair and Cattle Show is, perhaps, the most in- 

 teresting object, which nature or art can present 

 to the practical as well as the scientilic farmer. 

 But it is useless to enlarge on the advantages 

 which result from these establishments, which 

 are now firmly fnunded on the basis of public 

 opinion, tested by ample experience of their util- 

 ity, and, as it were, consecrated by tiie common 

 consent of the most intelligent men of the most 

 enliglitcned nations. Those who yet doubt, we 

 would refer to the remarks of the Hon. Mr 

 Lowell, which we are happy to present in this 

 day's paper, and those who then doubt, will 

 never be convinced by any argumenls which 

 we can offer. 

 -There are, however,, some circumstances 



to us are unpleasant and perplexing. The of- 

 ficial reports of the proceedings on these occa- 

 sions are too voluminous to be published »vith- 

 out giving offence to some of our readers, who 

 appear to wish for the essence of all important 



combustion. Indeed, we imagine we can hear 

 them hiss and crnclde, as they lie under our ta- 

 ble, and feel some apprehension from the squibs 

 with which they abound. 



formation on husbandry, condensed into a few 

 short paragraphs. But another class of the pe- 

 rusersofour Journal would be offended, as well 

 as disappointed, if we did not give in detail an 

 account of most of the Cattle Shows in the 

 northern States. They say, in substance, that 

 as the pspers, which compose the volumes of 

 the New England Farmer, are generally bound, 

 preserved, and go to form a part of the library 

 of many of our cultivators, the accounts of our 

 Cattle Shows should be published at large, in 

 order to enable those who feel an interest i" 

 those exhibitions to note the progress of im- 

 mcni from year to year.— That one of the 

 inducements, which led to the establishment of 

 Cattle Shows, and their concomitant exhibitions 

 of Manufactures, &c. was to excite that emula- 

 tion which is the most powerful incentive to 

 improvement.— That such emulation will be 

 more strongly excited, if the competitors find 

 that the names of the successful candidates for 

 premiums, together with statements of the pro- 

 ducts, manufactures, &c. in which they have ex- 

 celled will be recorded in a book, like a volume 

 of the New England Farmer, to which an index 

 is prefixed, and printed in a form convenient to 

 be consulted hereafter, as well as to elicit a 

 mere cursory jierusal, and then be thrown aside 

 and forgotten. It appears to us that there is so 

 much weight in this train of reasoning, that we 



MORE TOASTS. 



The following wore among the number drank at the 

 late Drlghton Cattle Show. They were not received 

 by us, ill time for our paper of last week. , 



Tlic President of Ike Massachusetts ^gricullural So- 

 ciety — A practical example of pritatc virtue, illustrateil 

 by public spirit. 



By the Hon. Mr Manners, the British Consul, resi- 

 lient in Boston — The British Bull, and the American 

 Cow — Sure to be on good terms as long as Mannerf 

 shall be a .Mediator. 



Thomas K. Knight, Esq. of England — who has 

 generously furnished us with several varieties of Uh 

 new improved Fruits. 



Growers of Cotton of the South — May our I\Iann- 

 faclurrrs weave a web of Friendsliip for them, which 

 shall never wear out. 



By Col. Vai.f.stisf, President of the Middlesex »?»- 

 ricullurnl Societi/. The Massacliusttts Agricultural 

 .5«ic!f/.)/— Farmers, Merchants, Lawyers, Physicians, 

 and L'ivines — who plough the land and the ocean, who 

 bring their own suits, who take their own doses, and 

 whd stick to their own texts. 



The Jlgricullural Society of .Maine — An offset from 

 Massachusetts, and does honour to the parent Stock. 



Crops — May they be abundant at all times and fvll 

 three limes a day. 



FOR THE NEW ENr.LAND FARMER. 



Mr. Editor, — To those interested in Horticul- 

 ture, it may be gratifying to know that at the 

 Agricultural dinner, almost every variety of gar- 

 den productions ornamented and enriched the 

 table. Grapes of several kinds, in perfection, 

 were sent by Col. Perkins and Mr Sullivan ; — 

 pears and apples of delicious varieties, of fine 



,,,,., , , . ,. r 11 ., „f flavour and beautiful to the eye, by Mr Brooks. 



ha be induced give pretty full accounts of . , , .i • .u •• ' 



= r .; j^jp (,4rir,NER, and other gentlemen m the vicin- 



proceedings at our " Husbandman's Holidays," 

 a little complaining from quid-nunes and novel- 

 ty hunters notwithstanding. 



Newspapers. The newspapers of the pres- 

 ent period produce sc.nrcely any thing but po- 

 litical articles, very few of which deserve prc- 

 riiiuins — though, probably, many who exhibit 

 those products may expect to be rewarded for 

 their industry with good ful offices. We could 

 not have believed, and can now hardly credit 

 our senses, though incontrovertible facts stare 

 us in the face, that the soil and climate of our 

 country could have ff)0-u!n such prodigious crops 

 of nellies, thorns, red-pepper, smart-weed, 

 brambles, briars, and other stinging, pricking, 

 goading matters and things, as aie displayed in 

 the repositories alluded to. One would think 

 that the territory of the United States ivas con- 

 verted into a great hot-bed for the grovrth of 

 such venomous productions. 



Tlie said newspapers betray such evident 

 marks of violent fermentation, that we are care- 

 ful not to put half a dozen in a heap, lest they 



ity ; — a branch of grape vine, with rich clusters 

 of the fruit, sent liy Mr Cook, was considered so 

 ornameutal, as to be suspended over the table 

 till the dessert. 



Several kinds of vegetables and of fruit of un- 

 common size, were sent by Mr Prince, MrSuL- 

 i.iv.\N, Mr Sa.tcer, Mr Wellingtox, Mr Locke, 

 and Mr Houghton, Mr Jepso.v, and other gentle- 

 men, such as specimens of mangel wiirtzel, sugar 

 beet, pears and apples of 23 and 24 oz., &c. 



Corn of an early kind, ready for the mill this 

 year, by the lOlh of September ; and another 

 kind, for its productiveness, was sent by Mr 

 Prince ; and very large and fine ears of corn, 

 by Mr Ackers. 



Two fig-trees, with ripe fruit, raised by Mr 

 CnuEBUCK, in the open air, as well as the glass 

 hive of virgin honey, of Ge.\. Dearborn ; and a 

 glass dish cut by Mr Hastings, added to the ob- 

 jects of curiosity. 



The best fruit after all, perhaps, to be obtain- 

 ed by this exhibition, is xvhat may grow iVnoj 

 the experience of others, grafted on our own 

 stock. 



Large Apple. — Mr Anthony F. Taylor, of Borden- 

 town, IVew-.tersry, says, he has in his possession an ap- 

 ple, weighing 2(i l-sl ounces, of the species called pound 

 pippins- 



