NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



JCLY 7, 184 1. 



CIRCULAR. 

 To tht Jlfrricultwrists, the Manufacturers, Mechan- 

 ic! and Jirlisaiis of the United States. 

 The American Inslitule of the City of New 

 York, Imve directed us, the Tnistoes, to announce 

 to the public, that the Fourteeiitli Annual Fair will 

 be held in this city, in the early part of October 

 next. 'I'he time and place, with a variety of de- 

 tails, will he made known and published by the 

 managcrt! as soon as i-onvenicnt after their organi- 

 zation shall be perfected. 



This Institute was established and incorporated 

 by the Legislature of the State of New York, to 

 promote domestic industry and improvcmenls in tlie 

 United States. Among the means sugfrested in 

 the charter, are public e.xhibilions of meritorious 

 productions, and rewards for such as are most de- 

 servinfj. 



Thirteen great annual fairs have already been 

 held. Their beneficial effects in exciting emula- 

 tion hue been seen and directly felt in more than 

 half the States of the Union. The popularity of 

 thcje exhibitions, the extended and inten-^e compe- 

 tition they have excited, is without a precedent. 

 More than one hundred thousand visiters have been 

 admitted, and more tlian filteen thou.-iand specnicns 

 of domestic products have been exhibited at a sin- 

 gle anniversary. 



A repository for the daily exhibition of improvc- 

 nienta, and a library, of great utility for practical 

 purposes, have both been established by this Insti- 

 tute, and been open for years free of expense to 

 contributors and visiters. Five plowing exhibi- 

 tions have been held on fields in the vicinity of 

 Now York ; and many eloquent addresses, instruc- 

 tive lectures, and able reports have been made on 

 different occasions, all having a bearing on produc- 

 tive industry. 



'l"he amount of gratuitous labor bestowed by the 

 conductors of this InstiLute in fourteen years, it is 

 believed is without a parallel in the history of our 

 public institutions. Hitherto the Institute has been 

 sustained by voluntary contributions, unaided by 

 city or State bounties. Impressed with these ideas, 

 the Legislature, in a law just passed, intended for 

 the promotion of "agriculture and household manu- 

 factures," have wisely included the .American In- 

 stitute, and on certain conditions appropriat>; to aid 

 it, nine hundred and fifty dollars per annum for 

 five years, reiiuiriiig premiums to be awarded, as 

 suitable means for accomplishing the object of this 

 enactment. In addition to the pecuniary aid con- 

 templated by this act, which is timely, and will 

 enable us to extend our premiums, it is a public 

 toMlirnonial of the high consideration maintained 

 by the Institute in the opinion of our Legislature. 

 The confidence reposed in the Institute is in the 

 highest degree honorable to its conductors, making 

 it thereby the direct agent to carry into effect a 

 law important in its future effects, and expressly 

 enacted to encourage the great and paramount in- 

 terests of agriculture, winch supplies not only the 

 principal materials on which all other labor is em- 

 ployed, but also atrurds giistonnnce to the whole hu- 

 man race. 



Accommodations will be provided at the four- 

 teenth fair for the exhibition of every kind of agri- 

 cultural and horticultural productions, for machines 



and imploiiionls, and steam power and engines 



Separate and nuitable places will be assigned for 

 exhibiting cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and other 

 farming stock. 'I'hc best productions of the man- 

 ufactory and the workshop, including woollen, cot- 



ton, silk and linen fabrics, will have their appropri- 

 ate rooms. Labor-saving machinery will not only 

 be examined by competent judges, but also tested 

 by steam power. .Ml ne\y and useful labor-saving 

 inventions « ill command attention, and publicity 

 given to their merits. Purchasers will have the 

 best possible opportunity to examine, compare and 

 select such articles as they wish. Gold and silver 

 medals, silver cups, diplomas, as well as rewards 

 in money, will be bestowed on the moat deserving. 

 The appropriation will enable the managers more 

 liber-iUy than heretofore, to reward industry gene- 

 rally, and more particularly female industry, for in- 

 genious fabrics of household manufacture. 



On behalf of this Institute, we would earnestly 

 invoke the patronage and exertions of prosperous 

 and intelligent agriculturists, to enable us to fulfil 

 the expectations of tlie Legislature. In its wisdom 

 it has laid the foundation of great and lasting good 

 to the State. But much of the success and popu- 

 larity of the law to encourage agriculture, will de- 

 pend on the American Institute. Its pesition in 

 the city of New York is of all others the most fa- 

 vorable. There will always be in this great em- 

 porium choice spirits, and such as know well the 

 ini-,timable value of agriculture, and who are able 

 and xvilling to aid any and all great and beneficial 

 objects. The whole island is surrounded with 



P. S. — Gentlemen friendly to the objects of tlie 

 Institute, both in the city and country, are inviti'd 

 to become members. Admission fee $3 — annua! 

 dues $2. Application must be made in writing, 

 naming place of abode and occupation. Member- 

 ship confers the privilege of the repository and li- 

 brary, attending the meeting, also hearing the ad- 

 dresses and lectures, and visiting the annual fairs, 

 with ladies, free of expense. 



.V<u> I'orA-, May, If 41. 



From the Farmer's Cabiaet. 



GARLIC. 



Mr Editor — I have been a careful reader of 

 your valuable and interesting paper for some time 

 past, and have been much gratified to find therein 

 the productions of so many able writers on many 

 subjects of much importance; but there is- nf 

 subject on which I do not recollect ever having 

 seen any thing published in the Cabinet. I mean 

 in relation to that noxious plant, Garlick, as to the 

 best mode of conducting a rotation of crops on a 

 garlicky farm, so as to be the most profitable to 

 the agriculturist, and at the same time keeping the 

 growth of it under, in such a manner as to prevent 

 one being annoyed with it in the grain 



I will here mention a system which I have found 

 fertile and highly cultivated farms and gardens ex- I to be the best calculated to retard its growth: it 



tending into the interior, which bring their sup- 

 plies daily to our numerous markets, to meet the 

 vast demands of city consumption. A large pro- 

 portion of all the f^\rming and gardening imple- 



is, to plough it under early in the spring, thereby 

 preventing it from growing during the following 

 summer, which causes much of it to decay ; and I 

 am inclined to think that all that had come to ma- 



inents used in this and the adjoining Slates, is sup- turity dies, by being ploughed under at that season, 



plied from this city ; and with the facilities of con 

 veyance by horses and by steam, by land and by 

 water, it would .»eem to be the chosen place for 

 agriculture and horticulture to present their fairest 

 and best contributions, and the radiating point 



but inasmuch as the earth is filled with its seeds, 

 there is great difficulty in exterminating it entirely. 

 The best course then, is to plough it under late irv 

 the fall or early in the spring, and cultivate the 

 land ill corn the following summer; then plough it 



from which the knowledge of improvements may again the following spring, and seed it with oats, 

 be readily made to flow to every portion of our I or any other summer crop; manure it in the fall. 



country. 



In conclusion, we would also respectfully appeal 

 to all the multiplied interests of industry and art 

 to make their contributions of the best specimens, 

 that the most perfect miniature may be presented 

 of the skill, the genius, and the ample resources 

 of our country al the coming anniversary ; and to 

 the public at large, whose countenance and cheer- 

 ing approbation has uniformly attended all our un- 

 dertakings for more than thirteen years, and to 

 whose favor this Institute owes its existence, we 

 appeal with uiKjualified confidence, and at the same 

 time with a strong desire for the especial and best 

 inlliienccs of our fellow. citizens, at this time, to 

 enable us triumphantly to carry out the coining 

 exhibition, and discharge the obligation conferred 

 by the recent legislative grant. By the kind aid 

 which the public can confer, and the means pro- 

 vided, a new impulse may be given to agricultural 

 improvements, oud to invention and the arts, over 

 our whole State ; other Slates, some of which are 

 behind, will ihneby be induced to profit from our 

 example, and thus the benign influences of liberal 

 legislation will be exemplified in every section of 

 our wide-spread country. 



JAMFSTALLMADGE, ") 



ADONIRAM CHANDLER, 



WILLIA.M INGLIS, 



JOHN THAVHRS, }Trtistees. 



ALi;.\.J. HAiMILTON, 



T. H. WAKMAN, 



JOSEPH TITCOMB, 



and seed it with wheat, and in the spring follow, 

 ing sow clover on it. This mode enables me to 

 realize a crop of corn, a crop of oats, a crop of 

 wheat, and a crop of clover, all without garlick : 

 and by letting the iand remain only one year in 

 clover, I generally can have another crop of wheal 

 without much garlick ; but afterwards it generally 

 comes thick again. Now, as my principal object 

 in view is, to elicit information on the best mode 

 to exterminate it entirely, I conclude by hoping 

 that some of your able correspondents will oblige 

 lis with instructions how to cultivate garlicky lands 

 so as to exitrminale the noxious plant, or to keep 

 Its crowth under, and enable us to cultivate our 

 lands profitably. A Practical Fakmeh. 



I consider every man who makes some new ag- 

 ricultural improvement— every man who is instru- 

 mental in promoting the cause of agriculture — as 

 the most deserving of approbation. The farmer's 

 enjoyment from the improved culture of the ground, 

 is greater than what arises to men employed in 

 other kinds of business ; and this might be niiicli 

 increased, if they would expend a portion of labor 

 and expense in beautifying and adorning the lands 

 which the Almighty has blessed with fruitfuldess 

 under their hands. — Clianning. 



We can never hope to render soils more fruitful 

 by applying a gill of manure to tlie hill, and then 

 carrying off the whole product. 



