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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



SEPT. aa, 184 



A>n IIORTICULTUBAL RFGISTER. 



BoaTOS, Wednesday, Skftember 22, 1841. 



THE STANDING DISH— MANURES. 



" What slinll I get for diniKT today ?" B.iys the good 

 wife to her husband. " Why, you must boil the pol, if 

 there is nothing else." So the matter is si-llled (or that 

 day's dinner. 



Though a boiled pot might be neither palatnble or easy 

 of digestion, yol the salt bocf, porit and appendages iire 

 invaluable in the farmer's larder. From them he makes 

 a good nxiul, whenever other things happen to bo want- 

 ing. 



What has this to do with manures? Not innch,t'i 

 be sure ; but it happens to occur to us ju«t now, that in 

 casting about in tlie iutcllectoat closets for sometliing to 

 feed farmers' minds upon every Wednesd.ay, wo find it 

 convenient to cook n dish upon miinures about us often 

 as the farmer's wife " boils lite pot." 



Her salt junh \3 no rarity when it comes upon llio 

 table; and we have nothing new to set before ihoso for 

 whom we are making preparation. 



Repeatedly liave we told you all, to gather up weeds 

 and leaves, siil and muck ; we have called upon you to 

 use ihem freely but judiciously in the hog-pen, the cow- 

 pon and wherever else they can be converted into better 

 fertilizers. We have done what we could to coax you 

 or lo drive you into the muck holes and peat meadows, 

 that you may bring out from them scores and hundreds 

 of loads of materiel for future use. — What more can v\*e 

 Fay or do.' — We must, and we ici(/, with your leave, 

 keep you thinking about manures. You shall hear us 

 ask how to make them and how lo use them. We will 

 keep the subject in sight, whellier vvu can give you any 

 thing new or not. — Munvres — manures — MANURES! 

 rbeso constitute your great want, and cure the evils of 

 your lot, — Here comes up a thought — let ua see wiiether 

 it will answer to spice our plain disli with. — Manures 

 cure the evils, — yes, they are the " panaceas" (not 

 Swaim's, hut yours) — they are the panaceas — the cure- 

 alls for your soil. These make the lean become fat ■, 

 the barren fruitful ; they change iho meagre into the 

 bountiful harvest. .O, the virtues of manures! Greater 

 are they in elTects upon the soil, than is the sovereignest 

 of all the sovereign rcme<lips whicli cure all the diseases i 

 and all the ills that human flesh is heir to. | 



Had we but the pen that describes the wonderful I 

 workings of the thousand and odd patent medicines — [ 

 could we but catch the true and elevated strains of lau- i 

 dalion — then what a lolly and brilliant article would we \ 

 ueher in upon the world ! Quacks and all their paid i 

 scribblers should be left immeasurably behind us in the 

 details of wonderful renovatiims and astonishing cures. 

 Yes, had we hut thai pen, with manure and its wonder. [ 

 workings for our iheme, we would oui-do the laudatory j 

 strains of every quill driver, from the days when the I 

 first parents of mother Goose "bed iheir first pen-limber, i 

 down to i!2d September, IHU . 



Judge, reader, what we roighl do, had wn but the 

 true enibcllishiiig and eiiihlazoning power — judge what 

 we might do with such faelslo work upon as the follow- 

 ing certificates clearly establish : — 



HERDSMAN'S COMI'OUiN'D! 



To the whole world bn it known : — My ancestors 

 have evtr been sickly dwarfs — scarcely growing 15 inch- 

 ei tall — while I and my many brothers and sisters, 

 who have taken freely of Herdsman's Compound, have 

 been healthy and strong, and have reached a sloturc of 



more than 30 inches. So ostoiiishing have been the 

 virtues of this remedy for our dwarfishness, that an im- 

 perious sense of duty constrains me to make it public. — 

 It is agreeable In the taste and OAeeedingly nourishing; 

 no danger in taking it at any hour — day or night. I re- 

 commend its univeisiil application wherever pigmyisra 

 inclines to gain a fooiliold. TiMOTiir Grass. 



Meadowlands, July 15, 1841. 



AGRICOLA'S CORNGROWER ! 



Be it known to all lovers of corn cakes, and all pro- 

 ducers of that out of which corn cakes and various et 

 rrtcras are made, that Mr Agricola, by plentifully feed- 

 ing me witli a mixture ho has formed in his hog-yard 

 and barn-yard, has caused me lo be vigorous, strong and 

 green in June; to grow siout and expand luxuriantly 

 in the warm nights of Julv ; and to yield in autumn a 

 rich profusion of well filled and ripened ears of golden 

 grain. To thosu who Imve often seen my sickly com- 

 plexion; slender and drooping form, and diminutive 

 size, where this congenial food was wantin^j — to them 

 I say, feed all my kindred and tribe with Agricola's 

 Ciirngrowcr, for iti virtues you must acknowledge to be 

 extraordinary. — Verb. sap. Phila.vdkr Maze. 



Indian Hill, Sept. 2\, 1841. 



GARDENER'S ROOTl'RODUCER ! 



Td whom it may concern : — The undersigned feel 

 bound lo inform the public, that Mr Gardener has fur- 

 nished them with an article of sustenence whose vir- 

 tues it is impossible to exaggerate. The complexion, 

 the size, or the health of either of us bears witness to 

 its wonderful elHracy. Invalids and " wee bits of things" 

 our fathers were, while loe, having been fed upon the 

 compost which Mr Gardener manufactures, have become 

 robust and giant-like. His is the meat on which we 

 feed, and grow so big; and we humbly beg all persons 

 th:it are rearing :.iiy of our kith or kin, t) supply Ihem 

 plentifully with this mighty renovator and nourisher. 



L. O Carrot, 

 W. Carkot, 

 R. Baga, 



■M. WuRTZEt, 



S. Beet, 

 B. Bket, 

 E. TuR.s-ip, 

 D. Parsnip, 

 lioolplut, Sept. 20, 1841. S. S. O.vion. 



Now farmers and gardeners all — ^^the above certificates, 

 coming from veracious ones, who have actually expe- 

 rienced the happy tffecla of the articles above alluded to, 

 claim your confidence and regard. Though nothing is 

 said oftlie ingredients cotnposing these famous prepara- 

 ti'Uis, yet we imy safely infer that all ihe wonders there 

 described have been wrought by manure ; — yes, by ma- 

 nure. Therefore, sec to it that you collect from swamp 

 and roadside, from garden and field and pasture — see to 

 it that you collect every thing that can bo easily con- 

 verted into manure. 



A stronpef cThnrlation should be given, had we but 

 power to call up' fr6m Ihe " vasty dee[w" of the hog- 

 yard, the cow-yard, the muck hole, and every spot rich 

 with iho corruptions and putrefar lions of past ages ; — 

 Yes, from these deeps we would call up those spirits 

 which give its richest verdure to the lawn — its health 

 and vigor to every flower and plant and tree. And 

 when they came, these spirits should find a tongue in 

 every luxuriant blade of grass — in every noble corn- 

 stalk — in every promising plant — and these longues 

 should cry aloud — they should utter in unceasing din 

 these words of truth and significancy : — We — we — the 

 spirits of the manure heap — loe made the verdure and 

 heftiity upon plain and hill-side; wc made the ample 

 harvests; tot gave the husbandman the rich reward of 



his labors. These are our gifts. Without us, ye till 

 of the soil — without us, ye toil in vain. Give us, ihi 

 FOOD — give us your care and attention. Do every thi 

 to increase our size and our virtues. Do you the wt 

 «f making u*,and place us where we can act, and ll 

 wt will make fir you flowers, and fruits, and grains. 



Thus, had we the power, should these spirits speak 

 you. But ihey are beyond our call; — therefore far 

 for yourselves what they xeould order, and go and of 

 their biddings. This is all we have to set before yoi 

 nothing mere was put into Me pot. 



NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



Mr Wm. Kenrick has just brought nut a new and i 

 proved edition of his American Orchardist. He has ■ 

 thanks for a copy of the work; and when we get li 

 we shall look it over and avail ourselves of such p 

 tions of its contents as seem suited to the wanU of 

 readers — Otis, Broaders & Co., Publishers. 



BOSTON CULTIVATOR. 

 H. C. Morriani. Esq. has become successor to 

 Buckmiinter, as editor of the Cultivator. 



Btts Hortionltural Society. 



kxhibition of fruits. 



Saturday, Sept. 1 1 



The display of fruits at the rooms was very fine 

 the specimens numerous. 



The contributors were as follows : 



B. V. French, Esq., of Rraintree — Cushing, Spat 

 Bon Chretien, Belle et Bourne and Frederick of \\ 

 temberg Pears. Dutch Codlin, French Sweet, Gar 

 Striped, Summer Queen and Dewitt Apples, and C 

 Golden Drop Plums — all good, and many very 

 specimens. 



From Madame Cigelow, Medford — St Michael Pe; 

 Freixh Apples (beautiful,) and fine Peaches. 



From Mr Allen, Salem— fin» specimens of Bl 

 Hamkurg and Cliasselas Grapes. Also, Seckle Pe 



From Al. P. Wilder, Esq. — Reinsen's Favorite, Co 

 Admiral and Lombard Plums. Bartleli, Belle el Bo 

 and French Pears, name unknown. Coolidge's Fi 

 rite, and one oilier variety of Peaches — all fine sp 

 mens— some unusually fine. 



From S. Pond — St. Gliislain Pear, and a larire dis; 

 of five different varieties of Plums — all very fine ap 

 mens. 



From R. Manning, Esq , Salem — fine varieties Pe: 

 cnnsistin<! of Bartletl, Haniias, Golden Beurre of Bill 

 St. Ghislain, Harvard, Beurru Romaine, Beurre >d° Mi 

 and a new kind unknown. Also, Red Aprinot Plun 



From Geo. \\ uUli, Charleston Neck— large and v 

 fine Peache'i. 



From J. L. L. F. Warren, Brighton — George 

 Fourth, Red and Vcllow Rnieripe, Coolidge's Fnvo: 

 Royal Geoifje and Teton de Venus Peaches — the In 

 varietv measuring nearly 9 inches in girth. Gl 

 Mundi and Porter Apples, and Julienne Pears. 1 

 fine Musk Melons, raised from seed brought from Sii 

 na ! Also, lliriic Water Melons, weighing 7'> lbs., 

 ing a part of nine melons raised Irom out teed, the wl 

 weighing over two hundred lbs. 



From Mr Snunderson, of Lynn — Julienne Pears. 



Fine Peaches from .Mr Dana, Roxbury 



From Mr Billings — French Red Calvillu Apple. 



Specimens of the Chelmsford Pear, by Mr Brown. 



Seedling Peaches, from Mr .Stone, Salem. 



From F. W. Macondry, Esq., Dorcheiiter — very 

 specimens of Golden Beurre of Bilboa Pear. AIi( 

 very beautiful spcriinen of ilie fruit of the Egg Plant 



The Committee are very happy to noiica iho inert 

 ing interest manile^|ed in the weekly shows of the S> ^ 

 oty, and they Ixipe that all amateurs will contribute i 

 cimens of every thing rare and beautiful. 

 For the Committee, 



JAMES L. L. F. WARRE> 



Saturday, Sejit. 1^ 

 The di^Uy of Frniis to day was largo, and much < 

 was extra fine in appearance and quality. 

 Pears were exhiliiied by (he following pcrsoDi, vit. 



