NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Mnr. 19, 1S30. 



278 __,^ , 



■ ,_j e ^"^— ^^ ^^^^^^^^^'~ . , T , ,, „,. ,n-.liPK a business tliis winter. But mice would probalily feed < 



........ ranches as arc superfluous ; it is absolutely '>;:;-';;;,':-^'^;/;-* 7^ ''';::;,"/ ^^eto^ l-ney. and they n.ay be .raced by the e.xcr. 



unnecessary ,o water then. ;-.he tdcB ^[''^^''['^l ^''/^Z"^^^^^^^^ .n H-e hive. 1 



Buffieient hun.i.li.v beneath tlu.-m, to nourish the .nu.ute slate men ol the vbo.c ^ .__^_^_^^^ .^_ question, the only rational ,.omi,. 



plants. The melons are much better ^^''^'^ ;^'>^' \'" '''^ J^ ^:^J Z^% ,^^^ be in my view is the death of the c.ueon. Kuh 



^,tl,esan.e species, cultivated in the -'''"-y ^ ^'^' ;:';,. ^,'^^7^^^^^,^^^^^^ casualty, the ..ueen n.. 



wav. , logemer one J ' I .^..-enals how have died in aulunni, when it was too late for t! 



If the sro.md is damp, instead of excavating n house, how construct d?ol ^^r'^^^"-;,;^; "J, loss to he repaired. It is well understood tb 

 trcnc I n.Ae n.y bed of loaves upon the surface, are the places for nests fi"'^' »"^/"';;^;/X"h when bees are deprived of their .overeife-n, I I 

 ITvin'l It an elevation of sixteen inches, and 1 form What .s the best f-d, «u.nn,e and ■";; ; ^,^"-^ ^^ ,„,.^ ,,,,, •„ „„„^,. ,„„ ,„„f,,i„„, ,„a a tof 

 ^ 1 l,!^ « border of manure, a foot w de, to is the most prohlahle, e^'^s or tlie rearm oi i L. 



on each side, ii bor.lcr ol manmc, ,__'._ ,.•■,„.,„ , ,«...„ I nr>„„- in the noint in oucs'ion, 



prevent the air from penetrating into ih 

 which would be injurious to the plants 



NEW ENGLAKD FARMER. 



BOSTON, I'iUD.VY, MAUCH 19, 1830. 



TREES BY THE ROAD-SIDE. 



We are happy to find that the General Court has 

 at last alforded" protection to tive.s planted by pub- 

 lic spirited indivi.luals, on the bordois of the high- 

 way.s. Although it wouli^ be presumed, that there 

 could not exist, any wreti-.li, so base and barba- 

 rous among us, as to destroy a beautiful tree, 

 planted on the road-side, for ornament and .shade ; 

 slill so extensive has been the wanton mutilation 

 of elms, maples, and horsc-chesnuts, and other 

 forest as well as fruit trees, whether set out by 

 towiLS, corporations, or individuals, that the effort 

 to embellish public avenues has been constantly 

 obstructed, by the licentious depreilalions of the 

 idle and maruious. Now it is made an offence, 

 fur which the perpetrator of the act is liable to a 

 heavy penalty, and we hope every citizen, who 

 feels an interest in the cultivation of trees, will 

 cooperate in such measures, as may most effectual- 

 ly enforce, the provisions of the following law. 



Who that has ever passed through the town>- 

 of East Hartford and Deerfield, and beheld thi: 

 niagnificentelmsaiidrocU-inaples, which cnd)ellisli 

 those ancient towns, without uttering a wish, that 

 every road in the Commonwealth, was thus orna- 

 mciited; and how easily can it be effected, if each 

 jiroprictor will do his portion. Umler the ^Egis 

 of the Legislature, their meritorious and patriotic 

 eonlrihulions will be |>rotected, and in a fuw years 

 the whole work can be successfully accomplished. 

 Let it be commenced the iiresent season, with 

 rcnovatcil zeal. 



chickens ? Now I come to the point in (pies'ion 

 is there any profit in inclosing a yard of two 

 acres, and building a house at an expense of one 

 hundred dollars ? What is the profit on two hun- 

 dred fowls managed skilfully ? how much will it 

 cost for food, for one year, for two hundred fowls, 

 or how much grain will one fowl coiismne in one 

 year .' I hope to see an answerto tliese inquiries 

 n the New England Farmer, which will be'grati- 

 fying to - A NEW YORK FARMER. 



Calskill, A*. Y. March, 1830. 



NEW PLAN 



PEAR 



whole hive is thrown into confusion, and a to! 

 lestrnction follows, unless her place can be st» 

 jupplied. The writer observes, tliat his bees 

 aiitumo, appeared to be inactive, which is a syit ' 

 lom by which the death of the queen may 

 apprehended. The bees must have taken flif 

 before they were deprived of the use of tl 

 wings by the cold, else their bodies would hii 

 been found in the lii\eor its vicinity. 



MEDICUS. 

 Plymouth, March 8, 1830. 



t; VI 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At the annual meeting of ttie Hanip. FrnnV 

 and Hampshire Agricultural Society, March 

 Mark Doulitlle was elected President ; Fpaph 

 lloyt. Patrick Boies, George Bliss, jr. Elisha 1 

 war Is, jr. Ross well Hubbard, Vice Presidents 

 Daniel Stebhins. Corresponding and Record 

 Secretary; Samuel Wells, jr. Treasurer ; Ros% 



"- 1 Hubbard, Theodore Lvman, Preserved Buitl 



He proposes to graft the hall of the late pear- eommitlce of Agriculture ; Joseph Bdhngs, D 



•.I .1 _ I., .-.n.-i^ o»t*l Vioirilio *>«rl\7 tv^t*< ~ - — 



OF ENGRAFTING 

 TREES. 



A very interesting paper on the cultivation of 

 an early ami a late variety of the pear on the same 

 wall-trees, by Mi D. jMonlgomeiy, ganleiiirr to the 

 Duke of .MoiUrose, is printed in the Transactions of 

 the Horticultural Socielynf London, vol. vi. pp. 367. 



trees witli the early sons, and halfthc early trees 

 with the late sorts ; for example, every alternate 

 branch of the Crasanne with the Jargonelle, and 

 of the Jargonelle with one of the best late pears. 

 In this way there are two chances of success. — 

 Should the Jargonelle, which is very early in blos- 

 som, fail from unfavorable weather, the Lite sort, 

 which flowers at another time, may succeed. — 

 Another advantage arises from the crop coining 

 at different times. The Jargonelle ripens off be- 

 fore much eflort is required from the tree to sup- 

 port the late sorts, so that the tree is more capable 

 of supplying nourishment to half a crop of Jar- 

 gonelles," than if the crop were ail of that sort ; 

 and as the early pear are all gathereii before the late 

 sm-t begins to swell to size, the tree is at once re- 

 lieved from half its crop, and is better able to ma- 

 ture in greater perfection its late i>roduce. Mr 

 Montgomery states, that the trees produce finer 

 fruit in this way than if they were all of one 



AN .\CT to secure lo the iniblic the benefit of sort. Mr Sabine, the able secretary of the so 



Oruamental Trees 

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprc- 

 senlativts, in General Conrt assembled, and 61/ the 

 aulliority of the same, That from and after the 

 passing of this Act, if any (lerson shall wanloidy 

 and without cause, break, cut, mutilate, injure c-r 

 destroy any tree standing and growing by the 

 side of any public or private way, ami useliil to 

 the piiblii- f(M- the purposes of oinamcnl or shaile, 

 without the consent of the owner of said tree, 

 such person so offending, shall forfeit and pay to 

 the use of the Commonwealth, a sum not less than 

 five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, to be re- 

 covered by indictment or information, before the 

 Court of (^'oniiiKiii Pleas in the County where 

 such offence shall have been committed, or the 

 Municipal Court of the City of Boston, if such 

 offence shall have been committed in said City 

 of Boston. 



Ajiprovcd by the Governor, March .">, 1930. 



ciety, recommends the adoption of this |)laii 

 England, on the ground that, 'as few families 

 can consume the entire produce of a full-sized, 

 well-managed peartioc of any one kind, much 

 waste would be avoided, as well as more variety 

 for the table be secured, if every tree on a wall 

 were worked with two or more kinds. 



Mr S. Cooper of New-Jersey has ascertained 

 that early and late apples, by being grafted on the 

 same tree, improved in size and flavor, more than 

 if hut one kind grew on a tree ; and it appears 

 by the above that the same effect is produced by 

 the same means on the pear-tree. — Editor. 



rOBTlIK NEW KNnl.ANO K.\K»1KB. 



BEES. 

 Ma Fe3SENde!» — I was struck with the state- 

 ment of ' Incpiircr' in your last paper respecting 

 the losi of a liive of Bees. It is difliciilt 10 as- 

 certain the true cause of the singular disasler.^ 

 Hives are not unfrequenlly destroyed by mire, 



Bancroft. Theodore Lyman, Committee on 

 iiials ; Eliphalet Williams, Osmyn Baker, J 

 Whitney, Commitiie on .'.lannfactures. 



The first premium on cider was awanlei 

 Ebenezer Clark of Conway ; second do. to D; 

 Newhall, jr. of Conway ; third do. to Joseph \ 

 liams of Williamsburgh ; fourth do. to John 

 man of Southampton ; fifth do. to Elisha Lyt 

 of Sunderland. — Hamj^shim Gaztl!'. 



Brighton Market — Monday, March 15. 

 (Reporicrt (or Knr riirpi.irleaiui Palrioi.) 

 At market this day 373 Beef Cattle — 87 Su 

 570 Sheep and 384 Swine — divided as folio 

 Old Market, 144 Beef Cattle (including 61 tin 

 last week) 47 Stores, 200 Sheep and 384 : 

 .Wif Market, 229 Beef Cattle (inchidiiig 31 

 last week) 40 Stores and 370 Sheep, (inclut 

 260 unsold last week. 



Betf Cuttle— The Market lo-day was 

 brisk and active than we noticed the piev 

 week, and sales went ofl" more readily. We qi 

 a few sales of extra quality at ."ij a .5A — tiesi 

 anil other qualities from §4 a 4j| per cwt — al 

 30 remained unsold at the close of the niarke 

 .)/i7<7i Coics — Such ns cmne to markei, pli 

 and dull. We give the sales of two this da) 

 jhew the difference ordinary purchasers maki 

 iwixl a good Cow and those that arc usually r 

 ed for sale, viz : — 1 Cow without a Calf $72 S ^^ 

 1 do with a calf $11 25. 



Sheep — The only transactions we noticed to- 

 was the sale of a lot unsold last week and 

 of 110 at the .Vcir Maiket, prices not known. 

 Suine — Business in the Swiimlrrde lo-ilny 

 quite brisk — upwards of 200 wi-re taken in Hi 

 lilts at 4 a 4.-J cts. per. lb. and a few by retail a' 



FOWLS— ARE THEY PROFITABLE . . 



Mr Editor — Is there in, or near Boston, any und one inslanco of it lias come to my knowledge 



Iloriiciilturni Societies arc establishing in ah 

 every State in the Union. 



Grape seed is used in Paris, as a subslilulc 

 cortee. 



