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Ni:\V ENGLAND FARiMEK, 



Jan. 29, 1830- 



rncril of tliat wliicli wu liavd Icaiiujcl in America, 

 and convince us, lliul when wu seek tor new 

 ameliorulej fruitti, wc (irocecil exactly in such a 

 nianncr as never to obtain tiiem. 



tlicy <lo not, like ut^, I'onncl iliiir liopes upon indi- 1 'I'l"; value of the followin,; vote is cnlianreii 

 viduaU exeinpl from tlioins, lurnished wiili large ; ll"-' circumstance of its emanating from a body L 

 leaves, and remarkable for the size and beauty of "ilii whose pul.-lic spirit, enlightened zeal and d 

 their wood ; on the contrary, they prefer the most interested efforts to im|irove the arts of Agricj 

 We will now pass on to the question, to nscer- 1 thrjrny subjects, provid.il that the thorns are long, lure and Domestic Industry are so well known m 

 tain whether it is advantageous, useless, or injuri- ■ and that the plants are furnishcil w ith many budH, appreciated. 



ou.s, to prefer the seeds of tabic fruit-i, — that is ^ or eyes, very near together. Tiiis last circuni- 



to say, the best fruits,— when we plant, in the statue appears to them, ami with reason, to be an " -'^•" J- '•■ Ht'S.SKLI., 



hope of obtaining new ameliorated fruits. This ,' indication that the tree will speedily produce fruit. ! " PMuicr »/ ikt .\v» Kngiami ytrm,,. 



question, which is not in conformity to practice, is' As soon as the yoimg individuals which oirer these j "Hear Sir— The Rhode Island Society J 



still worthy of being discussed before the llorti- favorable appearances, afford scions, or buds ca- ''"^ Encouragement of Domestic Industry, at tht 



ultural Society of Paris, which can only iul:nit j)able of being grafted or inocidatcd upon other 

 and propagate such principles and i>roces8es, as stocks, those operations arc performed ; the apples 

 arc founded on successful results. on Paradise, and the pears on quince trees, to 



The mirsery men, seeing that iti domestic ani- hasten their fructification. The first fruit is ge- 

 inals, the races which have already begun to be : nerally very bad, but the Uelgiana do not regard 

 ameliorated, arrive sooner at the maximum of i that ; whatever it is, they carcfnllv collect the 

 amelioration than those which commence from the ' seeds and plant them ; from these, a second gene- 

 lowest degree of degradation, have thought that I ration is produced, which commoidy shows a corn- 

 it should be the same with the fruits of the apple, inciicemcnt of amelioration. .As soon as theyoimg 

 and pear; and they have established as a general [ plants of this second generation have scions or 

 ride, that it was advantageous to select the seeds j buds, proper for the purpose, they arc transferred 

 of the best fruit.i. when thi-y planted, with the to other stocks, as were the preceding; the third 



hope of obtaining new ameliorated fruit*. This 

 rule has been follr)wed, to the letter, from its ori- 

 gin to the present time. Very well ! Vou all know, 

 Gentlemen, that they have obtained, absolutely, 

 nothing ; neither IVcts or rcsidts can be cited in 

 its favor ; it even appears, that nature abrogates 

 it, by the course which she pursues in her ordina- 

 ry march. In fiu-t, we have seen, that the seeds 

 of ameliorated fruits, planted in America, have 

 produced oidy wild fruits, which have not shown 

 a .sensible amelioration until after several genera- 

 tions. If to this e.vample, we join a fact recorded 



and fourth generations are treated in the same 

 manner, and imtil there are finally produced ame- 

 liorated fruits worthy of being ju-opagated. M. 

 Van Mo.ns asserts that, the peach and apricot, 

 treated in this manner, afford excellent fruit in the 

 third generation. The apple does not yield supe- 

 rior fruit before the fourth or fifth generation. 

 The pear is slower in its amelioration ; but JI.Va.v 

 MoNS informs us, that in the sixth generation, it 



last meeting passed a unanimous vote, authori/ 

 me to subscribe and pay in advance for one Iji 

 dred volumes of the New England Farmer; >_ 

 closed yon have my check on the Pawlux 

 Bank for the aii:oimt of the same. 



" WILLIA.M KHODES, Tnatunr 

 " R. I. Soc. En. Dom. In 

 '■^Providence, Jan. 16, 1830." 



SUGAR BEET,— FOR CATTLE. 



Mil Fesse.vde.n — I wish to recommend to n 

 brother farmers, a more general use of the Front 

 Sugar Beet for cattle, as an improver of the qu 

 lity of their milk. I purchased some of the set 

 of Mr RussEi,!., last spring, at the Seed St 

 connected with the New England F'nrmer oflic 

 which has more than answered my expectation 

 afl'ordiiig a boiimiful crop of large sound root 

 v.hicl', if not so large as the Mangel Wurtzcl, 

 think arc heavier and will keep better. The 

 use as food by my cows, has produced a decidt 



no longer produces inferior, but aflbrds excellent "V*"'""'"' '" the quality of their milk, which hi 



fruits, intermixed with those of a middling quality. 

 You will recognise, Gentlemen, by this e.vposi- 



by several authors,— to wit, that the seed of a | tion, that the method of the Belgians, is an imi 

 Winter Bon-Chretien always produce a detestable tation of the course which nature pursues, in the 

 fruit, we shall be induced to consider the rule of United States of America, to produce new ame- 



the nursery men as without foundation ; finally, 

 if we support ourselves by the respectable au- 

 thority of Mr Knight, President of the London 

 Horticultural Society, who positively asserts, that 

 the seed of the wild pear, fiicundated by the St.- 



liorated fruits ; and whether the Belgians had a 

 knowledge of what liad passed in the United 

 States, and that they have taken nature for their 

 guide ; or whether by reason alone they have 

 found out this method, it is not less true, that they 



mens of a blossom of an ameliorated one, it will obtain many new ameliorated fruits, several of 



yield a belter fruit than the seeds of an ameliorn- i which are now scattered Over Euro|>e, while we 

 ted pear ; if, I say, we sujiport ourselves by the [ obtain none, absolutely none, by our process, 

 respectable authority of Mr Knioht, wc shall be ; I have accomplishcll the task which had been 

 fully authorized to think, that the rule of the ' assigned me ; I have placed the result before the 

 nursery men is not only ill foundeil, but that it is • Horticultural Society, that it may decide, in its 

 adverse to the success of the operation. j wisdom, whether niy labors have been, in some 



After these considerations upon the course , degree, useful to the progrestg of Horticulture ; 

 which wc have always followed to obtain new and whether we should not abandon our unsuc- 

 nmeliorated fruits, and upon that which nature j cessful method, and adopt that of the Belgians, 

 appears to pursue, to arrive at the same results, it which appears to me excellent, and in conformity 

 is proper to glance at the process which the Bel- j to the course of nature, 

 gians, our neighbors, employ in like cases. You 



been ))erceplible by all my family, in two days 

 ler I began to feed ijicm out to my cows 



This root is a good deal similar to the Mang^ 

 Wurtzel in appearance and properties; and I hai 

 no doubt the foflowing remarks by those eniinc 

 agriculturalists Loweli, and Powel, on Mang 

 Wurtzel, would have a still stronger application 

 the Sugar Beet, it being a sweeter root. 



Mr LowEi.i. sa\s,(Ma3s.,'lg. Rep. vol. iii. No.' 

 " cows fed upon this root solely, give a great 

 ipiantity of milk and cream, and of a belter ijualit 

 for the first fifteen days, after which, they gro 

 too fat, and the milk lessens. The food of cov 

 must therefore be varied. Oxen and sheep fattt 



Agriculture — A plantation in the iieigliborhood 

 of Magnolia, rioriila, on which 35 persons were 

 employeil produced last year 50,000 lbs. of sugar, 

 ■10 bales of cotton, ami ~.")00 bushels of corn 

 besides quanrjties of rice, peas, and rye. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



BOSTON, FRIDAY,- JANUARY 29, 1830. 



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know already, that they are much more for- 

 tunate than we are in their results, that they 

 freciuently obtain excellent new ameliorated fruits, 

 several of which have enriched our gardens, and 

 those of England, for a numb(>r of years ; iind as 

 the process atid theory establish the cause of their 

 restiltH, we should now be disposed to receive fa- 

 vorably, the metlioil of tin; Belgians. 



Their com|ialrioi, .M. Van Mons, has made 

 known the method which is pursued in Belgium, 



to obtain new luneliorated fruits ; and the infor- 1 (TT^Wo beg leave to proffer our most jfmtcful 

 Illation which I now have the honor, Gentlemen, i acknowledgments to the Rhode Island Society for 

 of coinmuuicaling to you, is but an extract from i the Encouragemeiit of Domestic Industry, for the 

 the compilation of M. Van MoNs. efliricnt testimony of their approbation, which -'•O Sheep and 171 Swine; divided aj< follows 



The Belgians give no preference to the sends they have manifested by the following vote- and I »' 'W"" '"'"•*''. 2C9 Beef Cattle, (including 1( 

 of toblo fruits, when they plant to obtain new our assurances that no cflbrts on our part shall he ""sol'l last week) 3 Stores, 1 120 Sheep, and 26 

 amchorated kinds. When their plants appear, I wanting to continue to merit their approbation. I ^"""^ : '<"''■'■ '"nrAW, 198 Beef Cattle, OS Store* 



very well upon it." Some further interesting pa 

 ticulars will be found in Deane's New F.nglan 

 Fanner, page -12, 



Col. Powel says, (Hints to .Imerican Husbani 

 men,) " In proof of the advantages of this roo 

 I have exhibited cream obtained from one of 

 cows, fell for several weeks upon .Mangel Wiu-izi 

 and Millet fodder. Its color and flavor ore pcrfc 

 ly good ; the butter w hich it atVords is more lik 

 that produced in June, than any 1 have used, e» 

 cepting such as had been derived from cows fe 

 on carrots and corn meal." 



I will only add, that in addition to its excel 

 leiico for cattle, in improving the quality of thci 

 milk, it is an excellent and tender root (i>r the ta 

 bic, when drawn small and young. 



Yours, truly. V]. 1!. 



Concord, Mius. Jan. 23, 1830. 



Rrioiitom Market Monday, Jan. iX 



(Rcporicd for ihc Cliroiiiclc nml r.iirioi.) 

 At market this day, I(i7 Beef Cattle 71 Storm 



