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MASS. IIOllTirLLTl'RAL SOCIKTV. 



Kxhiliil!on of Fruits, Snturdny, .iug. M. 

 SiMtecM lioxi'a of choice Pluins, from the ^iinlen 

 'S. rmiil — ui: Royal <lc '1 oiim, llalmii Uaiiin.--k, 

 pricKt, mill :i kinil called Ciitiloninn. 

 Fro:M J. A. Koiiiick — I'.nrly Scck-no-farllicr, 

 rilliaiii's l'°a\<irilo, and Kivor .'Vp[)lc!i ; also, Uullc 

 ■Kiiirniiio CliiTrics. 



From M. r. Wilder — Clinrles ofiXustria, Blnod- 

 >od, :in<l Jar<:oiicll Pears; also, Monsieur Natif 

 luiiia niid a kmd unknown. 



FruMi Mrs Mary Lewis, Ro.\bury — .i line cxliibi- 

 >n t>f .Apricots. 



From Cl)t'n'r Drccd — a basket of choice Peach- 

 , prunn unocr (^lass. 



From JiHia. Winship — Winsliip's Early Vidctto 

 lunis. 



From Jno, Ilovey — William's Favorite and Crab 

 pplcs, aiul Pears — name unknown. 

 Fr.iiii Will. P. Richardson, Salem— the Cloud 

 rry r ■' Chomsniopus" .- and a 8ecdlin>? Cherry, 

 siraMc for its line flavor and lateness of ripeninj;. 

 Frum J. L. Moffat, Ro.xbury — a Sopsavine .Ap- 

 B, in shape of a pear — one of nature's sports. 

 From .1. l.ovctt, Beverly — a large, ripe, hand- 

 roe .MisI; melon, from open culture — large and 

 ceM( nt for the season. 



Fr'Mii Robert Manning, Salem — Early Bough 

 jpl'-s ; Flp.irgn Pears; the "Jargonell of Eng- 

 rid and .\i;ierica;" also, tlic Jargonell of the 

 end,, nccording to Thompson, being known 

 re as the English Catherine ; American Apple 

 ars ; I>e!lisime de ete. Citron dc Sirentz and 

 )ussclletle Hatif(of Cox) Pears — the last named 

 ^ood kind for an early Pear. Also, Morocco 

 urns. 



Froin J. F. .-Mien, Salem — Peach Admirable — a 

 •c specimen, grown in a pot and forced in open 



Trom A. P. Williams — as usual, many boxes of 



oice White and Red Currants. 



[From J. L. L. F. Warren — Royal George Peach- 



ont door culture — a fine specimen. 

 From C. Goldcrmann, Chelsea — a choice speci- 

 n of .\pricots. 



Fri'iii U . Stearns, Salem — Empress of Summer 

 ars — ihcir great beauty only to recommend 

 rm. 



Fruiu Capt. Percival, Dorchester — a fine speci- 

 n of .Apricots. 



iFrom Joishua Crane, Boston — a specimen of 

 y large Figs — open culture. 

 From L. P. Grosvenor, Pomfret, Ct. — William's 

 vorite Apples — large and handsome. Also, 



dliug Apricots — a gireal bearer. 

 Mr .\llen, of Salem, exhibited Grapes, called 

 tarsrirabe" — in appearance and taste like the 

 Idin Chasselas. 



A specimen of Grapes, called the Black Ham- 

 rg, bi'i'c'.:;; r.ot large, of fine flavor and appear- 

 :e, were left at the rooms by Mr Emerson, from 



garilrn of .Mr James Arnold, New Bedford ; — 

 9 of the berries measured three and three quar- 



inches in circumference. 

 For the Coniiniltee, BENJ. V. FRENCH. 



Good Medirint for lings. The American Far- 

 r pays — " When your hogs get sick, you know 

 of what, give them cars of corn, first dipped in 

 , and then rolU'd in sulphur. 'Tis ten to one 

 it it nrrcsts the disease, and restores the animal 

 health." 



j niSKASKS OI'' HORSES AND CATTLE. 



' Cure fi<r Ihr Srralches m llnrsrs. With warm 

 soap suds wash the part nlTccliMl, nnd with n cob 

 or other rough giibslnnce, ruli off nil ccnbd, then 

 nfiply oil or hog's lard just so os to inoi.ilen the 

 skin, then take a fine powder of lipiiilock bark and 

 cover the parts well with it : a few applications 

 will cfToct a cure. 



t'ure of Murrtiin. I have a Durham bull that 

 was taken nlioiit n year since, with what is called 

 heie. the Dloody Murrain. 



St/inptoma — Eyes sunk in tho head, nose dry, 

 bowels costive, the discharge brownish, urine 

 the darkest bloody color, appetite gone. 



Treiilmoil — I give I lb. of salts, 1 oz. of nitre, 

 and I oz. cream tartar, one dose ; the next day 

 aiuither dose of the anine. No appetite ; the third 

 day gave 1 pint castor oil. 4th day, physic began 

 to operate, appetite rather on the mend, water still 

 the same ; dissolved 4 oz. of alum in 3 qta. of sour 

 biitter-milk for an astringent. It turned the blood, 

 but made him costive ; gave hiin one more duse of 

 salts, and turned him off the sick list, perfectly 

 cured. \Vm. ICinuuam. 



Curefor the Poll Evil. Make one or two inci- 

 sions in the swelling, nnd then wash the wound 

 nicely with strong soapsuds, and fill the wound 

 with lime. A few applications will perform the 

 'cure. Care should be taken in cutting, so as not 

 to cut across the neck, and thus wound an artery. 

 Castrating Colts. I will (while writing about 

 I horses) give you my mode of castrating colts, 

 t which is not new, but pliiin and simple ; and, I be- 

 jlicvc, if care betaken on the part of the operator, 

 it is the best mode. I never had one to mind cut- 

 ting more than a boar. The plan is this : after 

 the colt is thrown down and carefully tied, the in- 

 teguments of the testicles are to be laid opon witli 

 a sharp knife, and the stone pullod out, and tho 

 cord of the nut cleaned down. The cord is then 

 to be securely tied with a strong thread, well wax- 

 ed, and the cord is then cut off near the thread, and 

 the ends of the thread left six or eight inches long. 

 After both stones are taken out, the wounds are to 

 be well greased with old bacon gravy and salt. — 

 farmer's Register. 



Simple Cure for Cough in Horses. Two years 

 ago (says a correspondent of the Albany Cultiva 

 tor,) one of my carriage horses had an extremely 

 bad cough, which had continued for six or eight 

 months ; different applications were made without 

 effect I applied to a man who I knew dealt in 

 horses, and had paid some attention to their dis- 

 eases, for a remedy. He at once told me that he 

 had never found any thing so effectual for a bad 

 cough as human urine, given a few times, by dis- 

 charging into a bucket of water and letting them 

 drink it, or on their food and eat it. I directed my 

 driver to do so, and in one week the horse was 

 compli'tely relieved. I have frequently had it 

 tried with the same good effect. 



Does the Curculiojly up intu the Trees ? A cor- 

 respondent informs us that the Curculio can fly (I) 

 and consequently any contrivance fixed around the 

 body of the trees will prove of no avail. Now we 

 readily admit theyjremMt but the inference does not 

 necessarily follow. Does it fly up into tho trees.' 

 that is the question. Who will answer from posi- 

 tive knowledge ? — JVeio Genesee Far. 



l''f>r the Nrw EnRlnud I'nfiiiir 



IMPl.KMK.Nl' I'OR HARVESTING RUTA 

 BA(,A. 

 Mil Putnam — Sir — Permit mo to intrude upon 

 your notice once more, for tho pciiose of showinfr 

 lo you n labor saving iiiachinn of mine, iimdc laHl 

 autumn. Ueing hurried very much, necessity 

 obliged me to contrive a plan for hnitcning the 

 harvesting of rutn baga, instead of that slow and 

 dull work, pulling by the hand. I am not an adept 

 in drawing, but here it is: 



A, fork — prongs seven innhcs long. 



B, knifr — eight inches long, two wide. 



A person cuts the tops off with the knife, and 

 turning the handle quickly, pulls them easily with 

 the fork. I found that one man could pull nearly 

 three times as fast with that as by hand. The 

 cost is trifling, and in the reach of all. 



Yours, &c., JOS. A. WIIJ^ARD. 



Pine Grove, Cambridge, ^tug. 7, lt'41. 



HOW TO ASCERTAIN THE AGE OF HOR- 

 SES. 

 In purchasing a horse, not the least important 

 matter is lo be able to tell hia age. In transfers 

 of ordinary farm and saddle liorses, great imposi- 

 tions are often practiced upon the credulous and 

 uninitiated purchaser. To prevent this, to as great 

 an extent as possible for the future, is the object of 

 this communicntiiin to the public. The most cer- 

 tain means of ascertaining the age of a horse is to 

 examine tho changes which take place with the 

 teeth. The twelve front teeth begin to shoot in 

 about two weeks after the colt is foaled. These 

 are called colt teeth, and are shed at different pe- 

 riods and replaced by others. When the colt is 

 about two years and a half old, the four middle 

 ones come out ; in about another year, four others 

 are lost — and in another year, or when the horse 

 is four and a half years old, the four last are shed. 

 These last are replaced by what are called corner 

 teeth. They are hollow, and have a black mark 

 in their cavity. They are scarcely visible, and the 

 cavity deep, when the horse is four and a half 

 years old ; thoy begin to fill when he is six and a 

 half, and the mark cimtiniially diminishes and con- 

 tracts till the horse is sei'en or eight years old, 

 when the cavity fills up and the black mark is ob- 

 literated. The horse acquires his canine teeth or 

 tushes about his fifth year. The two in the lower 

 jaw begin to appear, when he is between •') and 4 

 years old, and those in the upper jaw 5 orC months 

 after. They continue very sharp-pointed till six. 

 At ten, the upper seem blunted, worn out and long, 

 the gum leaving them gradually : — the barer they 

 are, the older the horse. From ten to fourteen, it 

 is difficult lo tell the horse's age — it is sufficient 

 then to know that he is old, and under the hard 

 treatment which is given lo horses generally, the 

 conclusion will be a safe one that he is worth hut 

 little. — Southern Cult. 



In 1839, the revenue from duties on wheat in 

 Great Britain was £1,089,77!). 



