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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Dec. 31, 1830. 



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BOSTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1830. 



Valuable Communications. — We should be 

 very insensible or ungrateful not lo acknowledge 

 with gratitude the numerous favors, for which we 

 are indebted, and by which the public is benefited, 

 emanating from the i)en of our enlightened and 

 patriotic correspondent, Gen. H. A. S. Dearbor.n. 

 We are happy to perceive that his efforts to irradi- 

 ate the path of the American cultivator with the 

 lights of European science, as well as those 

 which can be elicited from cisatlantic sources, 

 ai'e well appreciated ; as his articles are widely 

 diffused by the courtesy and disrcrnrnent of our 

 editorial brethren. Our wannest thanks are alsi 

 due for the constantly increasing number of in- 

 telligent correspondents. 



AGRICULTURAL MEETING. 



At a meeting of a number of Farmers of Rut- 

 land, and the nei£riiboring towns, at Capt. Wm. 

 Butman's, on the 27th ult. for the purpose of con- 

 sulting on the adoption of measures to promote the 

 agricultural interest in this vicinity, 



The Mod. Moses Strong was appointed Chair- 

 man, and Wm. Fav, Secretary, 



After some discussion in which it was argued 

 and urged, with much earnestness and zeal, that 

 something ought to be done to promote the Agri- 

 cultural Interest in this vicinity, — It was unani- 

 mously 



Resolved, that the Farmers of Rutland and the 

 neighboring towns, form themselves into a society 

 denominated an Agricultural Society. 



On motion, Messrs Heman Spaffbrd, Robert 

 Pieipont and Wm. Green, were appointed a com- 

 mittee to draw up a constitution for said Society, 

 and report at the next meeting. 



Voted, that the meeting adjourn to meet at the 

 Court House in Rutland, on the first Tuesday in 

 January ne.\t, at one o'clock, P. M. 



Voted, Tliat the Secretary cause the proceedings 

 of thi.s meeting to be published, and therein to 

 solicit the attendance of the Farmers of Rutland 

 and the neighboring towns. 



WM. FAY, Sec'tj. 



From the Concord GazeUe. 



AGRICULTURAL REPORTS. 



The Committee on Fruit and Forest Trees, Shrubs 

 and Farms, consisting o/Josiah Adams, Ben- 

 jamin F. Varndm, Reuben Brown, Jr., and 

 Moses Whitney, Esq's respectfully Report. 

 That Premiums have been claimed only for 

 Apple Orchards and Farms — The Competitors for 

 the premiums on Orchards nre: — Capt. Francis 

 Richardson, of Billerica ; Mr Horace Tuttle, and 

 Robert Chaffin, of Acton ; Mr George M. Barrett, 

 of Concord ; and Mr Nathaniel S. Bennet, of 

 Frainingliam. 



CAPT. Richardson's orchard 

 Has 1 3'2 trees which were set in the spring of 

 1825. They were then very small and not thrifty ; 

 being jdaced however in a good soil which has 

 been cultivated, and manured, most of them have 

 recovered and some of them are of good size and 

 thrifty. Tliey do not however ap|)ear to have 

 been trimmed at all ; the trunks of many of them 

 are much too short ; the branches are crowded 

 into the middle of the tree, and present an ap- 



pearance which to the horticulturist, need not be 

 described ; and all for the want of a little trim- 

 ming in season. 



MR TUTTLe's orchard 



Was set partly in 1824 and partly in 1825, on 

 strong loamy land. There are about 80 trees. 

 The land has been cultivated till the last year 

 and kept in good heart. The trees look healthy 

 and some of them quite large for their age. Some 

 attention has been paid to trimming, but more of 

 it would have added greatly to the beauty and 

 value of the orchard. 



MR CHAFFIn's orchard 



Is partly in Acton and partly in Littleton. It 

 consists of 114 trees set in 1826, on land of rather 

 more than ordinary quality. It had l>een cultiva- 

 ted and laid down in 1825, and has been mowed 

 ever since. Had it been plouglied and cultivated 

 two or three years, the trees would have been much 

 benefited, as the roots would have extended them- 

 selves to a greater distance. They have however 

 a healthy appearance, though they are not large. 

 They were well set in holes of three or four feet 

 diameter, which were fitted vvitli a rich soil, and 

 the roots within those limits have been cultivated 

 with great care. If Mr Chaflin will ])lough his 

 land the ne.ft season, and manure and cultivate it 

 two years in every four, and will also take off 

 many more of the limbs, which should have been 

 removed when small, he will in a few years see a 

 very beautiful orchard. The limbs should not be 

 sufi'ered to cross each other, nor to tend either 

 toward the ground or into the middle of the tree, 

 and the sooner such branches are cut the better. 

 A small twig, growing in a right direction, should 

 be left to the exclusion of any other however thrif- 

 ty. MrC. seemed willing to be instructed and did 

 not pretend to any of that sapience which the in- 

 experienced are so apt to assume. The Commit- 

 tee are confi<lent he will not feel injured by these 

 suggestions, which are made for the benefit of 

 others who may be exposed to the same errors. 



MR Barrett's orchard 

 Is large, containing above 200 trees, exclusive 

 of the 50 at the west part of it, which received 

 the Society's third premium in 1826. The or- 

 chard is situated on the southern declivity of a 

 hill of good soil and in a healthy state of cultiva- 

 tion. There is a considerable variety of well se- 

 lected fruit, the trees being many of them in a 

 bearing state. They were mostly raised by him- 

 self in the nursery. They were set out in the 

 spring of 1822, and appear to have been well 

 attended to, many of them being quite large and 

 thrify. Many of them have been well trimmed 

 but some of them have suffered in this particular. 



MR Bennett's orchard 

 Is very large and occupies six different lots, 

 which are separated only by stone walls and the 

 road. The trees are about 540 in number, and 

 were set out some in every year from 1825, to 1830. 

 The trees are set a little less than two rods apart 

 excepting that, between every two rows, a sjiace 

 is left of four rods, and, in some instances, this 

 space is left also cross wise making the trees stand 

 in squares of four trees each. There is some varie- 

 ty in the manner, but the effect and object, in each 

 case is to let in the sun's rays so as to make the land 

 productive for other purposes. In order to suffer 



cattle to graze without injury to the trees, they ar 

 engrafted about six feet from the ground, and th 

 limbs generally take a direction upwards more tba 

 usual. As the trees however are not yet out c 

 reach, they are preserved by putting bows on th 

 neck of the animals and also on one of the for- 

 legs and connecting the bows with a small iron rod 

 Mr Bennett has a nursery of his own, from whic! 

 he took the stocks — assisted personally in settin 

 them in the orchard, and engrafted them himsei 

 in the year 1829, excepting those set out in tha (ll« 

 year and the present being about one hundred whic' 

 had lieen engrafted in the nursery. Mr Bennett' 

 object was to preset ve any new varieties of fruil 

 as he might choose, and engraft the rest ; but bein 

 disappointed in all the specimens of the first fruits 

 he gave up the object and engrafted the whole 

 The tops of the trees are of course small, but the 

 are generally thrifty and in a year or two will be 

 come proportioned to the bodies. It will be neces^ji 

 sary however to cultivate the soil at least for a fev 

 feet around the trees, and to add a little manure 

 in order to make the trees continue thrifty. 



Trimming has been purposely omitted this yeai 

 as the stocks were large and long, and required al 

 the top that could be obtained. It will be in sea« mi 

 son next year, when Mr B. proposes to attend t> n 

 it. The soil is good — consisting of a hill of strOD| 

 loam, some parts mixed with gravel, inclining t> ci 

 the southeast ; and also a piece of low land o 

 strong loam. The whole is at present laid dowi 

 to grass except one piece which is planted will 

 corn. 



Your Committee recommend that Premiums b' 

 awarded as follows : 

 To Mr Nath'l S. Bennett, of Framingham, thi 



1st Premium on Orchards, $15,01 



To Mr George M. Barrett, of Concord, tb»f" 



2d Premium of S12,0m|"'' 



To Mr Horace Tuttle, of Acton, the 3d Pr&> 



mium of $10,0* 



In awarding the premiums on Orchards, youi " 

 Committee have been governed rather by the spil " 

 rit than the letter of the ofters made by the Trust* 

 tees. They have considered the expression, 

 ' best thrifty state,' to mean the best state — takinj 

 thriftiness into view among all the other eircunv 

 stances. JOSIAH ADAMS, 



For the Committee. 



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LARGE HOGS. 



But a few weeks since we published an accouna 

 of large Hogs. By way of appendix we now adoi 

 that a dead bog 20 months old was carried througM 

 Warren last week which weighed no less than 

 712 pounds, and was bought by Mr Benjamin Hall • 

 of Bristol. The animal was bred in Swanzey, bjj 

 Mr Richard Leisure, and may fairly excite tha 

 emulation of all growers of pork, in the flourish-' „ 

 ing county of which Swanzey is a part. 



Large Heifer. — Moses Smith, of Flatbush HillJ 

 is now fatting a three years' old Heifer, which i* 

 supposed to be the largest ever fatted in this county. 

 She weighs 1829 pounds. — Brooklyn Mv. 



Horticidtnre . — Thomas Cody, gardener of Com^ 

 modore Chauncey, at the Navy Yard, in this village, 

 has left at this office a Savoy Cabbage weighing 

 nine pounds and a half, without the stalk and 

 under leaves. It is considered large for that pectin 

 liar kind, which was produced from foreign seed, 

 by Mr Cody. — Brooklyn Adv. 



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