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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



theory of the operation of the iron, and cause 

 of the hlast, but practical men will hecontcnled 

 ■with a knowledge of the important fact, which 

 comes from a man of judgment, and of an ob- 

 serving disposition, who has again and again sat- 

 isfied himself that no deception or accidental 

 circumstance occurred, by reference to which, 

 the preservation of liis liooped trees could be 

 accounted for." 



We are aware that it is the general opinion, 

 that east winds are the cause of blight in fruit 

 trees. But in addition to the fact:; above stated. 

 th[it pear trees on the sea-coast in Massachusetts 

 /which are generally most exposed to those 

 winds,) suffer less from that disease, than Ihose 

 of the interior parts of the country, we may cite 

 the authority of Dr Anderson and Mr Curtis, 

 eminent British writers, who coincide in opin- 

 ion, that blights in trees are not produced by 

 east winds. Perlia[)s our south-westerly wind" 

 partake m some degree of the siroc or suinicl,i 

 names given to those winds, which in the ea«l- 

 ern continent blow from the Soath, and are often 

 fatal not only to vegetable but to animal life. — 

 Our "bject, however, is not to form theories, 

 but to el.cit inquiry, and we hope that this arti- 

 cle may have a teiidtMicy (o call attentio'i to this 

 interesting subject, I'roni those who may lie liliC- 

 ly to ascerlnin the cause and [)rpscribe a remedy 

 to this disease in our iVuit trees. 



TO THE BDITOR OF THE NEW EAGLANI) FARJIEn. 



MACHINE FOR PARING APPLES. 

 Mr Fessf.nden — A few evenings ago, I «enl 

 to a neighbour's house for a social visit. On 

 my arrival, I found the family busily employed, 

 and did not suffer my presence to impede or 

 hinder them in the least about their work, as 1 

 always like to see people attending to their 

 biisitiess without being oljstrucled by every lit- 

 tle incident or unexpected circumstance that 

 may chance to take jilace. The lather and two 

 of the girls were diligently engaged in paring 

 apples, while the good tnother was equally as 

 diligent in slicing them. i inquired why they 

 did not use a paring machine, as=erling that a 

 person therewith wo.ild pare faster than all of 

 them could with their knives. To my interro- 

 gation, the father replied by saying that he 

 never saw n paring machine, and they had al- 

 ways pared apples in this way, and he did not 

 Ivnow but they could still continue to pare in 

 this way, as well as they had done heretofore. 

 Knowing ihcm to be lolks who adhered pretty 

 tirmly to old rules and maxims, and not much 

 disposed to adopt new methods or modern ini- 

 ptovements, I dismissed the subject, and turned 

 the conversation upon something el«e, conclud- 

 ing it would be in vain to spend any more words 

 with them about the matter. So the good man 

 and his daughters worked very steatlily all the 

 evening, to perforin ivhal one of them with a 

 machine could have performed in one hour. 



I have no doubt if the ulilily of the Paring 

 Michine was generally known, that every fami- 

 ly whicli makes use of any considtrable quantity 

 of (>areH apples would immedialel) procure one. 

 ^Vllo would hesitate to pay one or two dollars 

 for a machine, that ivilh careliil usage would 

 last twenty year=, and with which one person 

 would accomplish more work in the samo time, 

 Ihan three or iour could perform in the common 

 tvav. BUSHUOD. 



FOR THE NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 At the annual exhibition of the Essex Agri- 

 cultural Society, at Topsfield, October 26, 1824, 

 the following premiums were awarded : 



To Col. Jesse Putnam of Danvers, for the manage- 

 ment of his farm, the 1st premium $30 



To the " Indian Hill Farm" in West Newbury, 

 under the direction of Mr Nathaniel Pearson, the 

 second premium 25 



To Col. Moses Newell of West Newbury, for his 

 ingenious and improved plan of a barn, a gratu- 

 ity of 10 



To .lesse Rice of Lynn, for the best bull raised iu 

 the County 20 



To William Thurlow of West Newbuiy, for the 

 second best do 10 



To Nathaniel Pearson of West Newbury, for the 

 best bull calf 8 



To .lohn Torrey of Newbury, for the best milch cow 20 



To Perley Tapley of Danvers, for the best pair of , 

 workins: oxen 20 



To Joseph Goldsmith of Andover, for the secon# 

 best do t3 



To John BiockUbank of Pvowley, for the third 

 best do 10 



To William Thurlow of West Newbury, for the 

 best pair of four yrar old steers 15 



To Jfsse Putnam of Danvers, for the second best do 10 



To do. for the best bear 5 



To Moses Newell of West Newbury, for the best 

 breed ins: ^ow 8 



To Asa Tapley of Danvers, for the second best do 5 



To Moses P.lnck of Danvers, for the best litter of 

 weaned piSTs ^ 



To Moses NewtU of West Newbury, for the 2d 

 hpst do 5 



To do. for the best lot of meriro ewes 10 



To Col. Benjamin Peabody of .Middleton, for a 

 sheep w ilh ff-nr lambs, all of tin same a»e and 

 of handsome appearance, a jratuily cf 5 



IThis sheep is now eleven years old. and has borne 



twenty-seven lambs, four at three several times, three 



at one time, and two at each of the others.] 



To Perley Taplev of Danvers, for the best per- 

 formance in plouj^hingf. Ist premium 15 



To Samuel Scribner of Newbury, fcr ploughing, 

 4(h premium 6 



To Mrs Clarissa Porter of Danvers. for an econom- 

 ical hearth rusr, and 3 handsome bonnet, made 

 from spire jrass, in inii^ation of Leg-horn 3 



To Miss ^'arv T'r.rlic'-i' '->f Danvers, for a fine bon- 

 net of the same material 4 



To Miss Napcy Tnd roit of Danvei.", for a similar 

 bonnet of superior fineness 5 



To Mrs Robert Piper of Newburyport, for an inofe- 

 nious and handsome hearth ru^, the materials 

 of which cost only 50 cents 3 



To Miss Betsey Kinsman of Ipswich, for a very tine 

 specimen of yarn, spun by herself from common 

 wool, 340 knots to the pound 3 



A large number of fine working cdtle were 

 exhibifed on this occasion. — The Swine were 

 more numerous and superior to anv that we 

 have seen at anv other Show. — Of Milch Cows 

 and heifers, there were not so many as there 

 ought to have been. The improvement I'f the 

 breed of this most valuable animal deserves 

 particular attention and encourasjement. Six 

 cows were in the pens for exhibition only, from 

 the farm of Col. .Tf.ssf. Putnam in Danvers, (hat 

 have yielded milk sufiicient, since the 1st of Hav 

 last, to make 98o lbs ofg-dod butter. & upwards 

 of 1 100 lbs. ofcheese — Of Merino Sheep, there 

 was but one flock, and that of middling quality. 

 — Of Bulls, the show was good. We ought not 

 to omit to notice the very tine bull of the Sand- 

 wich breed, belonging to .Iames H. Dcnca.v, Esq. 

 of Haverhill, which would undoubtedly have 

 obtained the lirst premium, had it not beeu ex- 



cluded by the rules of the Society, not having 

 been raised in the county, or imported. — The 

 show of articles of Domestic Manufacture was 

 highly creditable to the donieslic industry of 

 the county; a branch of industry that deserves 

 encouragement. — On the whole, the Show was 

 such as to atiord much satisfaction to those who 

 attended ; and evidence of the beneficial influ- 

 ence of the Society. 



The foregoing is an abstract of the most es- 

 sential parts of the Reports of the several Com- 

 mittees. JOHN \V. PROCTOR, 



Darners, Oct. 27, 1324. Sec. of Essex- ^ig. Soc. 



At the annual meeting of the Essex Agricul- 

 tural Society at Topsfield, Oct. 26, 1824, the 

 lollowing gentlemen were elected officers of 

 the Society for the year ensuing, of which they 

 are requested to take notice : — 



President— Hon. TIMOTHY PICKERING, 

 of Salem. 



Vice Presidents — Ichabod Ticker, Esq. of Sa- 

 lem, Dr BiNJAMiN Parker, of Bradford, Paue 

 Kfm. Esq. of Newbury, Asa A.ndrews, Esq. of 

 lps« irh. 



Treasurer — Benjami.n Merrill, Esq. of Salem. 



Corns, and liec. Sec. — John W. i'ROCTOR, of 

 Danvers. 



Truitees — Hon. Thomas Stevens, of Beverlv, 

 Hon. Nathaniel Hooper of Marble head, Hon. 

 Bepj.'niin W. Ci iiv\ninshield, of Salem. John 

 Ad.wtis, Esq. of Andover, Mr .\aron Perley, of 

 Boxii'rd, Hon. Holarl Clark, of Andover, Dan- 

 iel Pulnani, Esq. of Danvers, Temple Culler, 

 Esq. of Hamilton, James Gardnei,Esq. ofLvnn, 

 Capt Edmund Barllell, of Newburyport, Col. 

 Daniel .Xdams, of Newbury, Nathan p'ellon, Esq. 

 of Danvers, Capt. Eliphalet Chaplin, of Row ley, 

 James H. Duncan, Esq. of Haverhill, Hon. Da- 

 vid Cummins, of Salem, John Choate, E^q of 

 I(iswix:h, Frederick Howes, Esq. of Salem, Col. 

 Jesse Putnam, of Danvers, Asa T. Newhall, 

 Esq. of Lynnlield, Hon. Benjamin Osgood, of 

 Melhiien, Capt. Stephen .Abbott, of Andover, 

 Mr Enoch 'J'appan, of Newbury, Col. Muses 

 Newell, of West Newbury, Jacob Townc,jun. 

 Esq. of Topsfield. 



The Hon. Thomas Stevens, Chairman of the 



Committee ap[)cintcd by the President to lake 



I into consideration the e.spediency of fixing on 



(some permanent place for the Annual Eshihi- 



j tions of the Society, made a Report, the con- 



sideration of whicli was i)ostponed until the 

 ' """' ■■"""■•1 meeting. 



JOHN Vi. PROCTOR, Sec. 



next annual 

 Attest, 



I SOCIETY OF J.ilDDLESKX HUPB.\NDMEN AND 



j M.\NUFACTURERS. 



' This Society at their annual meeting, in Con- 

 cord, elected the following ofiicers : 



Col. JOSEPH VALENTINE, President. 

 i RiFUS Hosmer, Esq. 1st \'ice President. 

 ; Ben.tami.\' Di.\, Esq. 2d Vice President. 

 j Nathan Brooks, E'q. Recording SecVy. 

 IC'cd. Daniel Shattfck, Treasurer. 

 ;Dr JosiAH Bartlett, Corres. Secretary. 



I At an adjourned meeting, the Society chose n 

 I sufficient number of Trustees to manage their 

 funds for the ensuing year. It then appeared, 

 that the Society was in a most flourishing con- 

 lition. Within « few week-^. three hundred 

 and fifty members had been added to the associ- 



