stock of Mr Wellks at Dorchester.— Sir 

 10 Coffin's efforts to ilissoniiiiate tliis valiia- 

 race of Cattle, are remarkably secoiidoil by 

 gentleman, who lias for many ytars, sought to 

 rove the native cattle of the country. 



% 'o the great patron of all that is good, the 

 ROOM,* 1 am still ill debt — his liberal efforts 

 continued to introduce these animals into this 



I e ; and to the fanner, none are so valuable, 

 eturn him so large an income in so short a 



1 ! fur his labor. Very resp(H-tfiillv. 



L. JKNKINS. 

 'anandaigua, Jsr. Y. Sept. 16, 1829. 

 Ion. S. Van Rensselaer, cf Albany. 



irol.VllI.— No.lO. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



75 



thus augmenting, in compound proportion, that 

 great source of fertility." 



Here we may observe, that the easiest, cheapest, 

 and most certain mode of improving poor land, is 

 preferable to any other, if to be trusted ; and this 

 meanest of land is not only improved, but put in 

 a permanent state of fertility, independently of 

 manure ; manure produced by common fertility, is 

 to be used on other lands. 



The reason why husbandmen differ so strenu- 

 ously from said author, may, hereafter, be can- 

 vassed by the ijublic's friend. 



WORCESTER. 



FOR THE NLW ENGLAND FARMER, 



ERNSEY PEAR— A NATIVE VARIETY. 



William Pri.nce, 

 iiR — I have sent for you, to the care of Messrs 

 fc J Swords, a small ])ackage of the grafts of 

 very fine Pear, respecting which, I spoke to 

 111 when I visited your garden last summer.— 

 3 of the melting kind, larger than the Virga- 

 (or St Michaels) ripens in September here — 

 uld be gathered as soon as the stem will se- 

 ate by a clean fracture — and ripen in the 

 ise, and must be eaten as soon as yellow and 

 How, as it will not keep. — I have had one of 

 in which measured 11 inches in circumfer- 

 ;e — they are more juicy, and much more deli- 

 iis than the St Michaels. — The tree from which 

 y are derived was raised from the seed, and 1 

 pose them to be an original sort. — Should my 

 3S do well this year, 1 will send you a sample 

 the Fruit. Your ob't. servant, 



J. K. GUERNSEY. 

 tsford, Monroe Co.,M Y. August, 1829. 

 ^. B. The scions received are growing vigor- 

 ly, and I have called it the Guernsey pear. 



W. P. 

 Linnean Garden, J\i'tw York, Sept. 20, 1829. 



ESSEX CATTLE SHOW. 



The Cattle Sliow, E.\hibition of Manufactures 

 and Ploughing Match of the Essex Agricultural 

 Society, will be held at Haverhill, on Tiiursday, the 

 first day of October. 



commence at 9 o'clock, A. M. The whole busi- 

 ness will be transacted in one day. The Society has 

 liberally offered ihe whole amount of the income of 

 their own funds, as well as the sum granted for 

 that purpose by the Legislature, in premiums ; and 

 we trust the E.xhibition of live stock and vegeta- 

 ble products will be such as to do credit to thisin- 

 nuential Society. We shall ne.\t week mention 

 some of the most important prcmiiiiiis, and the 

 time and mode of making the necessary entries. 



Diabolical Outrage. — On Sunday evening last 

 some heartless scoundrel entered upon what is 

 called the Waite farm, in Miilbury, and girdled 

 fifly young apple, trees. Mr Heywood, of Wor- 

 cester, has [iromptly offered one hundred dollars 

 reheard for the detection of the offender ; who it 

 is hoped will not escape the punishment due to so 

 detestable a crime. 



FOR THE NEW ENGT.ANO FARMEK. 



IRRIGATION. 



On agricultural subjects, there are few more 

 litroverted, and few more important, than irri- 

 noN. This branch of husbandry, I propose 

 discussion. 



The most approved agricultural author posi- 

 ely states, that land, irrigated, will produce three 

 is^ of hay, annually, per acre, without having 

 y occasion for manure ; besides one or two 

 )ps of ])asture, or being grazed, fall and spring, 

 Bryyear; and that this production is perpetual. 

 ider the head of advantages he writes thus, 

 JVhere the situation is favorable, the following 

 . nefits result from the practice of irrigation. 

 It is by far the easiest, cheapest, and most 

 rtain mode of improving poor land ; in particu- 

 dry, gravelly soil. 2. The land, 

 proved, is put in a state of perpetual 

 out any occasion for manure, trouble 

 weeding, or any other material expense. S. It 

 comes so productive, as to be capable of yield- 

 g the largest bulk of hay, besides one or two 

 ops of pasture every year. 4. In favorable sit- 

 itions, it yields grass early in the season, when it 

 doubly valuable. And 5. Not only is the land 

 us rendered fertile, without having any occasion 

 r manure, but it produces food for animals, which 

 nconverted into manure, to be used on other lands 



r any poor, 

 men once imp 

 Irtility, withou 



WORCESTER CATTLE SHOW. 



The Worcester Cattle Show, 5:c. on the 7th of 

 October, as stated in our paper of the 18th inst. 

 In the handbill announcing the premiums, &c. 

 it is stated that " The unsatisfactory mode of de- 

 termining the relative excellencies of Milch Cows, 

 by mere inspection of them in the Pens, or from 

 recollection of verbal representation made to the 

 Committee at the moment of examination, has de- 

 termined the Trustees in offering the above liberal 

 l)rcniiuiiis, [viz. $15 for the best, $10 for the next 

 best, &c.] to require of the claimants, at the time 

 of entry, to file their certificate in writing, of the 

 product of milk, or of butter and cheese made 

 from the Cow from the 1st to the 20th of June, 

 and from the 10th to the 30th of September — as- 

 certained in such a manner as may be entirely 

 satisfactory ; also stating the time of the Cow's 

 calving, the quality of the calf, and if the Cow has 

 had any other keeping than by pasture, of what, 

 and in what quantity it has been. And no person 

 shall be considered by the Committee of Judges, 

 a Competitor for either of the above premiums for 

 Cows, who has not strictly complied with this rule. 

 It is desirable also, although it is not made requi- 

 site to obtain a premium, that if the Cow is from 

 a dairy stock, the certificate should contain 

 statement of the number and breed of the Cows 

 kept together, and the |)roduce in veal, butter and 

 cheese; and of the number of Swine kept as con 

 nected with the dairy, through the season to the 

 time of the Show." 



Among the premiums are 



" For the best plantation of White Oak Trees, 

 not less than one acre, nor fewer than one thou- 

 sand trees |ier acre, to be raised from the Acorn, 

 and which trees shall be in the best thriving state 

 on the 1st day of Sept. 1830, the premium to be 

 paid to the proprietor of the land on which said 

 trees grew on that day, fifty dollars. 



" To the proprietor of the best Nursery of JIul- 

 berry Trees, within the County, in number and 

 quality on the first Wednesday of May, 1832, to be 

 determined upon inspection and comparison, by a 

 committee to be appointed by the Trustees for that 

 jiurpose, ujion the application of those who shall 

 claim to be competitors, twenty days next jire- 

 ceding the said first Wednesday of May, sixTr 

 dollars." 



From Ihe York (Pa.) Recorder 



The Annual Cattle Show, Exhibition of Manu- 

 factures, and Ploughing Match of the Massachu- 

 setts State Agricultural Society will take place at 

 Brighton, on Wednesday the 14th of October, to 



LARGE GRAPES AND THE FOX GRAPE. 



The Yorkville (S. C.) Pioneer lately stated that 

 several Madeira grajies, weighing 80 grains each, 

 had been gathered in a vineyard belonging to Col. 

 Clandinen ; and that the Muscatel grapes in the 

 same vineyard averaged 50 grains. — Grapes, of 

 these kinds, equally large, we do not doubt, could 

 be found in abundance in this county. The own- 

 ers of vineyards would nevertheless do themselves 

 credit by furnishing the proof. We saw yesterday 

 some white or " guteder grapes, from Sir George 

 Small's vineyard, among which, though they were 

 pulled early last week and consequently somewhat 

 withered, there were several that weighed 69 

 grains. 



In the National Intelligencer, of the 7th instant, 

 it is mentioned that Mr Adam Lindsey, of Wash- 

 ington city, selected from his vineyard, near the 

 Navy Yard, two grapes, one of them a Georgia 

 bullus, weighing 82 grains, and the other an Ital- 

 ian grape called the Roman plum, weighing 135 

 grains. — We do not know whether there are in the 

 York county vineyards any of these kinds of grape, 

 and consequently cannot say whether our vigue- 

 rons are jirepared to compete for the prize. If 

 they are and can claim the palm, we shall take 

 pleasure in proclaiming it. 



In one particular, however, we think we need 

 not hesitate to assert the superiority of York coun- 

 ty, when the size of a jiroduct of this kind is the 

 subject of boast. A German emigrant, in this 

 count}^ several years ago transplanted a vine of 

 the common white Fox grape, from the forest to 

 a si)ring house near his dwelling : by which pro- 

 cess, and the slight attention paid to its culture, 

 the fruit has been remarkably enlarged in size 

 and also considerably improved in quality, though 

 it still retains its strong peculiar odor. We last 

 week obtained several specimens of the grape pro- 

 duced by this vine. Their average size and weight 

 was fully double that of the grajie in its wild state. 

 One of the larger weighed 153 grains, another 

 weighed 162, and a third 164 — this latter meas- 

 ured 3| inches in circumference. These grapes 

 were sold here at four cents per quart. 



It is the opinion of several experienced vigne- 

 rons, with whom we have conversed, that by trans- 

 planting, grafting, pruning, and suitable culture, 

 and attention, this much neglected anil despised 

 native variety may he so meliorated that the culti- 

 vation of it, on an extended scale, would jirove 

 profitable. 



